With His Majesty Li Er, a shameless elder brother, Li Yuanying's long letter naturally poisoned all the courtiers who had the opportunity to show their faces in front of His Majesty Li Er. In the past, Changsun Wuji and others felt that Li Yuanying was shameless, but this time they had a new understanding of Li Yuanying's shamelessness.
When Changsun Wuji met Kong Yingda, he couldn't help but stabbed: "His Royal Highness Teng went to the Imperial College to study for a few years, and learned a lot." In the past, Li Yuanying would not have written such literary things. Those old pedants who ran to the Imperial College and Kong Yingda have learned a bad habit after staying for a long time.
Kong Yingda was also "fortunate" to have read Li Yuanying's letter, and he also felt that Li Yuanying and His Majesty Li Er were shameless, but Changsun Wuji even satirized people face to face, of course he couldn't admit this. Kong Yingda stroked his beard and said: "The lower officials think that Prince Teng's writing has greatly improved, the writing is fluent and natural, and there is a sense of respect, love and admiration for His Majesty everywhere. It is quite sincere and moving. It can be seen that it is sincere and sincere. send."
Changsun Wuji was disgusted by Kong Yingda again.
This literati's mouth is really amazing, black can be said to be white! He was sure that if Li Yuanying hadn't been a student of the Imperial College, this old Kong would be the first to jump out and scold him for flattery! Unable to offend such a researcher on cultural theory, Changsun Wuji found an excuse to separate from Kong Yingda, refusing to listen to Kong Yingda continuing to praise how natural and fluent Li Yuanying's letter was written.
In fact, if you take a closer look at the flattery that Li Yuanying patted, they would occasionally say a few words, but few people would blow up the long text so shamelessly. It's almost enough to flatter and write a sour poem to praise Longwei.
But they wanted face, but Li Yuanying didn't want it. Whenever Li Yuanying got a benefit, he would write a letter and boast about it, regardless of how others would feel about it. What's even more exasperating is that His Majesty Li Er just like this!
Just when Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others had just emerged from the shadow of Li Yuanying's sycophant letter and were able to nourish their appetites, another letter from Tengzhou was sent to Chang'an.
This time, upon seeing the bulging letter, Changsun Wuji immediately said to Fang Xuanling: "I suddenly remembered that I have something to discuss with Li Shangshu, so you can check this letter and send it to Your Majesty." After finishing speaking, Changsun Wuji got up without hesitation and walked out. His round waist and belly looked very light, and he disappeared in two or three strokes.
Fang Xuanling: "..."
This letter did not go through the channel of His Majesty Li Er's personal letter, but was presented to them first, and the content should not be as inexplicable as the previous one.
Fang Xuanling prepared himself mentally, opened the letter, which was more like a proposal than a letter, and read it.
Looking at the beautiful handwriting with a hint of sharpness, Fang Xuanling felt relieved, it was obviously not written by Li Yuanying. After Fang Xuanling finished the first paragraph, he sat up straight involuntarily.
To be honest, Li Yuanying made great efforts to build a post office, and they were a little confused, thinking that Li Yuanying might have built such a thing on a whim. This thing seems impossible to make money at all, because sending a letter may cost only one penny, at most ten pennies, and the operation of the post office requires a lot of manpower, there must be ticket sellers, sorters, letter deliverers, etc. Equip a group of people. How many people can write letters? Is it worth the effort
At the beginning of this plan, the significance of the postal system was explained in detail: the postal system is not for profit, but for the smooth flow of information throughout the Tang Dynasty, so that people living in remote and remote areas can feel the grace of the imperial court and recognize themselves as a great power. Tang people.
When Gaochang descended to the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court set up the Anxi Protectorate at the throat of the Silk Road, but how strong is the imperial court's control over that area? It can be said that if the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion is not an important commercial route, many people in the imperial court don't even want to care about it. If anyone sends them to guard the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion, it will undoubtedly kill them!
After all, it is too far away from Chang'an.
If it's too far away, the imperial court can't manage it; if it's too far away, it's hard to win the hearts of the people.
Of course, it is definitely impossible to expect a postal system to make people surrender. Just set up an ordinary mailbox in such a place, and give the common people a channel to send letters to Chang'an and all over the Tang Dynasty. It means that Chang'an has not forgotten them, and it means that Chang'an belongs to everyone. Chang'an—As long as you are born in the territory of the Great Tang, you can enjoy everything that any person in the Great Tang can enjoy.
When Changsun Wuji came back from outside, he saw Fang Xuanling was still reading the letter, and while he was reading the letter, he was calculating something, his expression sometimes excited and sometimes embarrassed. Seeing that the letter didn't sound like the usual nonsense, he stepped forward and asked Fang Xuanling if he had anything important to do.
Fang Xuanling said: "It's just in time for you to come back." He invited Changsun Wuji to sit down with him, and asked Changsun Wuji to accompany him to calculate how much money and how many people it would cost to roll out the postal system.
Changsun Wuji was at a loss, took the letter and read it, and he and Fang Xuanling were speechless. This Li Yuanying created a big problem for them. It's fine if they didn't think about these joints. Since someone has already brought it up, how could they not want to make it happen
Since His Majesty Li Er came to the throne, the most discussed among the monarchs and ministers every day is how to manage the Tang Dynasty well and how to make the Tang Dynasty long-term peace and stability. Now someone has proposed a method worth trying, a plan worth doing, how can they turn a blind eye
However, this is too difficult. It costs too much money and more manpower. Could it be that the people stop farming at all and run around to deliver letters every day? How can there be so many people available, how can there be so many letters to send.
Fang Xuanling is in charge of internal affairs, and knows how much money and how many people there are in the imperial court. Thinking of investing so much manpower and material resources, he suddenly turned gray. He dragged his eldest grandson Wuji to do the math. The segmented plan mentioned is more reliable, and it is a pipe dream to fully roll out the postal system at one time.
It can be said that the plan sent by Li Yuanying was very accurate in the general direction, and there was nothing they could change, but the specific implementation plan did not mention when to start, where to try it out, and who to choose To be responsible, Li Yuanying didn't interrupt a word, it was all planned by the court itself.
Changsun Wuji glanced at the last signature, the first name on it was of course Li Yuanying, and looking at the second name, the word Wu Mei was impressively written on it!
Judging by the handwriting, the whole plan was obviously written by Wu Mei.
This Wu Mei was originally a talented person of His Majesty Li Er. His Majesty Li Er gave her to Li Yuanying with a big wave of his hand. Later, I didn't hear that Li Yuanying had any relationship with her that he should not have. Instead, he let her get into the Jinshi examination and get a top ranking . Changsun Wuji couldn't figure out what His Majesty Li Er thought about this former talented person, and he always turned a blind eye to matters related to Wu Mei. He didn't expect such a plan to be written by her!
This is a talent!
If she was born as a man, with such ability, and a background like the top Jinshi, I don't know how many people would want to win her under their hands. It's a pity that she is a woman, and she was once a talented person of His Majesty Li Er! With such an identity and such a temper, no one would dare to use her, and no one would dare to marry her. Only a generous bastard like Li Yuanying dared to present her name to the imperial court.
Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling looked at each other, and found Fang Xuanling and Chu Suiliang to read the postal plan together, and then went to see His Majesty Li Er together.
His Majesty Li Er has nothing to worry about recently, the road has been repaired, Li Yuanying even said that the expenses are all covered, and he is welcome to take a trip to Mount Tai and visit Tengzhou to see his younger brother. However, the imperial court still needs to discuss this matter for a long time. Even if the discussion comes to a conclusion, it will take time to discuss the auspicious date and make preparations for Fengchan, so it may not be possible to leave this year, and it will not be possible until the beginning of next spring.
The matter is pretty sure, and His Majesty Li Er is not in a hurry now. Hearing that Changsun Wuji and several people came to see him hand in hand, His Majesty Li Er immediately invited them in and sat down, and asked, "What's the important thing for you to come here together?"
Changsun Wuji presented a letter that looked familiar, and the bulging appearance looked very similar to the long letter Li Yuanying wrote to him last time.
Hearing Changsun Wuji say that Li Yuanying sent someone to send it, His Majesty Li Er lifted his spirits, picked up the letter and began to read it.
Looking at the handwriting, His Majesty Li Er immediately realized that it was not written by Li Yuanying. Fortunately, after reading a paragraph, he knew that it must be Li Yuanying's idea, but someone helped to polish it.
His Majesty Li Er read the entire postal plan and looked at the budget brought by Fang Xuanling. After contemplating for a moment, he made a final decision: "We must do this, and do it well!" Trying to do things for the common people, he can't do this or that just because he is short of money and people because he is sitting on the Tang Dynasty. Thinking about Li Yuanying's series of actions carefully, the postal system may not be unable to take care of its own profits and losses. The imperial court only needs to subsidize some money from time to time. So, as long as they make a good start, the postal system can slowly work.
His Majesty Li Er made a decision, and Fang Xuanling and the others put forward their own opinions one after another to further improve the nationwide mailing plan.
Compared with the troubles and busyness of Chang'an, Tengzhou in the first month is much more cheerful. Recently, Fengtai Building has started to perform new stories and repertoires, either "a letter from home" or "a marriage of thousands of miles, a letter". The plot is in line with the atmosphere of the Spring Festival, and it secretly encourages everyone to write more letters Relatives and friends exchange feelings. You must know that sometimes a thin letter may determine your future, your marriage, and even your destiny in the next few decades. So, everyone, write more letters. Relationships need to be managed. If you don’t say it out, I don’t say it out. Who knows your deep affection!
Even if there was no such agitation, many people lined up in front of the postbox early in the morning on the first day of the first lunar month to post letters.
This is the first day that the post office officially opened for delivery. If they can put the letter in early, they will be the first batch of people to send the letter through the post office! No matter when the "first" thing is more exciting, let alone the Spring Festival, it is also very good to send blessings to relatives and friends in other places.
For the next few days, there were not many people queuing in front of the post office, which made people wonder if the people in the whole Tengzhou came to post letters. The postmen did not have a holiday for the New Year. They went to work diligently to collect letters every day when they arrived, sorting and sorting letters and sending them out with great dedication.
There are men and women in the post office, all of whom have undergone uniform training and wear uniform clothes. They look very professional. Even a man who is illiterate and full of recklessness can't help but restrain his voice when he walks in. He honestly listens to the instructions and finds a letter writer People help write letters.
After being busy for most of the first month, everyone has already adapted to this kind of work intensity. Looking at the courtyard that has been deserted after the first month, I still feel empty in my heart.
Li Yuanying personally went to the post office to inspect several times, and was caught and complained by some dudes from Tengzhou, asking why the gold silk stamps were not sold in Tengzhou but only to people in the capital? It caused them to be shown off by their friends in Chang'an, which was especially embarrassing! You are King Teng, how can you turn your elbows and sell good things to others? Are you looking down on us!
After hearing this, Li Yuanying felt that there was no shortage of rich people in this world, but people who would create opportunities for them to spend money. Even if his imperial brother sends someone over to support him, there is still not enough talent! Li Yuanying immediately expressed his opinion to the dandies with great enthusiasm: "Don't worry, Tengzhou will definitely have many good things that cannot be bought outside, and Tengzhou's stamps change new designs every year, and there are gold silk stamps every year."
Regardless of whether post offices in other places have been built or not, the post offices along Fengtai Straight Road have been operating smoothly, and articles on Henan Road can always be spread to all parts of the country at the fastest speed.
At this time, there was a shocking news from Chang'an: Gao Shilian died of illness.
Gao Shilian is the uncle of Changsun Wuji and Changsun Empress. His Majesty Li Er and Li Chengqian are very close to him. Although he is over seventy years old this year, he is not young, his sudden death still makes His Majesty Li Er very sad. Changsun Wuji tried his best to stop him, he almost wanted to personally deliver Gao Shilian's coffin to the burial.
Although His Majesty Li Er didn't go himself, he let Prince Li Chengqian go.
Li Chengqian was also sad, even if His Majesty Li Er didn't order him, he still wanted to go to the funeral, and when he got the order, he followed the Gao family to help the spirit out of the city. This trip lasted for several days, because Gao Shilian left his last words before he died saying that he would not have a generous burial, so the funeral procession was quite simple in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Li Chengqian didn't complain at all, and followed along honestly.
There was no problem on the way there, but something happened on the way back: last year Jiangxia King Li Daozong was ordered to go to Xue Yantuo, beheading five thousand people, taking tens of thousands of prisoners, and killing people directly. Although Xue Yantuo perished, people never died. A group of Xue Yantuo's remnant party heard that the prince was driving by, and deliberately set up an ambush to assassinate him on the way, so that "Tian Khan" would also experience the pain of losing his son.
This time Li Chengqian went out of the palace to attend the funeral in light clothes, and he did not bring many people with him, yet they really rushed to the front. However, Li Chengqian didn't like to ride in a carriage. He could ride a horse by himself. Although the person was not injured, the horse was frightened, and he was thrown off the horse by the frightened horse. The horse behind was also frightened, and in a panic, stomped hard on the calf of his right leg.
Although Li Chengqian was good at hunting with horses, he was not a person who had suffered a lot. He suddenly suffered such a heavy step and passed out on the spot. All the guards accompanying him were terrified. While protecting the unconscious Li Chengqian from the frightened horse, they immediately killed those Xue Yantuo's remnants without caring about keeping alive.
His Majesty Li Er was furious when he heard the news of Li Chengqian's accident, and ordered someone to investigate the matter thoroughly on the spot. Regardless of other government affairs, he went to the East Palace to see Li Chengqian.
After Li Chengqian was sent back to the East Palace, he had already woken up, and the imperial physicians were nervously consulting his injured leg.
Li Xiang grabbed Li Chengqian's hand nervously and asked, "Yeah, does it hurt? Yeh, cry when it hurts. No one will laugh at you. We are with you."
Li Chengqian was still in shock at first, but after being comforted by Li Xiang, his troubled heart calmed down. He said: "It hurt a lot at the time, but it doesn't hurt now." Of course, this was words of comfort to his son. In fact, he is very conscious now and feels more pain in his leg. But how can a man cry out in pain in front of his son!
Li Xiang ran to change the hot towel to wipe Li Chengqian's sweat, and took care of his injured Yeye himself. He Yaoyao once told him that when family members are sick, it is best to accompany them personally. Even if the people below can take good care of them, it is still better than having someone really close by their side. Li Xiang finished his work humming, and continued to take Li Chengqian's hand and asked actively: "Yeah, are you hungry? If you are hungry, I will ask someone to bring porridge!"
When His Majesty Li Er came over, what he saw was this scene of father's kindness and son's filial piety. He suppressed the anger on his face, so that Li Chengqian and Li Xiang didn't have to be polite, and sat down on the edge to look at the wound on Li Chengqian's leg, and called the imperial physician to ask how the injury was. Just after Gao Shilian left, another accident happened to Li Chengqian, which really made him feel very distressed.
The imperial doctor hemmed and hawed about the results of the consultation: the leg can be connected well, and it does not affect walking, but there may be some minor problems in walking. To put it simply, it's just a little lame, not a particularly serious one, and you can't tell if you walk slowly.
After hearing what the imperial physician said, Li Chengqian's expression didn't change much. He looked at His Majesty Li Er, wanting to see what His Majesty Li Er was thinking, but he only saw His Majesty Li Er's ugly face.
Even if you can't see it, it's a defect. Since ancient times, there has never been a lame prince, let alone a lame emperor.
His Majesty Li Er did not expect that Li Yuanying was attacked last year, and this year it was the crown prince's turn to pick others to go to the funeral. These people are really hateful!
His Majesty Li Er asked Li Chengqian to lie down to recover from his injuries, and made a promise on the spot: "I have asked people to investigate this matter thoroughly. If anyone is found out who is involved in it, I will definitely kill their entire family!" His Majesty Li Er told the Crown Princess and Li Xiang to take care of Li Chengqian and left. He wanted to personally follow up who was so bold.
The person who was sent to thoroughly investigate the matter has not yet returned, and Jiangxia King Li Daozong has entered the palace to plead guilty.
Li Daozong is the nephew of the Supreme Emperor, the cousin of His Majesty Li Er, who is a few years younger than His Majesty Li Er. He made great contributions to destroying Xue Yantuo last year, but he asked to be transferred to a idle position on the grounds of physical discomfort.
Recently, Li Daozong felt inexplicably uneasy, feeling that something was about to happen. Not long ago, he encountered an assassination, and it was the remaining party of Xue Yantuo who came to him for revenge. To Xue Yantuo, he was an enemy who ruined his family and destroyed the country. It was normal for the other party to come to him, and he was not injured, so he felt that it was better to have one thing more than one thing. After all, he and His Majesty Li Er are not particularly close brothers, and they can't go to His Majesty Li Er if they encounter some trivial matters.
Unexpectedly, these people failed to ambush him, but they had the audacity to attack the prince, and they really caused trouble to the prince!
Although he didn't know how the prince's injury was, but the fact that the prince was injured was a certainty, Li Daozong didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately went to the palace to see His Majesty Li Er, Chen Ming, who was pursuing Xue Yantuo's remnant party.
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