"Bear" was beaten severely by Wu Mei amidst the cheers of his cheating brother Li Lingyue, and was punished to stand outside the palace to think about it for less than ten breaths. Someone rushed out from outside with a cold wind. Come in.
Wu Mei's pretty face turned cold. Just when she was about to reprimand Li Hong, she heard someone say with air conditioning: "Wow, it's a lot colder this year than in previous years. I'm afraid the people in the Guanzhong area are not prepared enough."
After saying this, Li Hong casually grabbed a palace maid from the Wu Mei Palace, put his cold hands on her cheeks that could be broken by blows, and iced her, and then said with a smile: "Go to the Ministry of Household Affairs and there are more Ministry of Industry, tell them to stop all government affairs and immediately go to Chang'an to check the people's reserves for the winter. In this damn weather, there is going to be a heavy snow, so let them prepare."
The palace maid was a little afraid of Li Hong. Li Hong held her cheek with his hands and froze her face. She immediately shivered from the cold. When she heard the words of His Royal Highness, she looked at the queen who was not far away in embarrassment.
"Go ahead, go ahead." Wu Mei waved her hand helplessly. If she could still care about the people at this moment, she couldn't stop this feeling of kindness no matter what.
Li Zhi smiled and nodded happily, and then continued to tease Li Lingyue in his arms.
"Yang Wu, you go to the Ministry of War and tell the Secretary of the Ministry of War to prepare cotton clothes for the winter, just in case the Ministry of Household Affairs does not have enough supplies for the winter. If the Ministry of Household Affairs has a request, it must be delivered to the Ministry of Household Affairs as soon as possible. Lian Tie, you go to Lan Princess Ling, Princess Chengyang, and Princess Xincheng ordered them to make winter cotton clothes immediately. The more the better." Li Hong simply finished the government affairs he just remembered and handed the Shangshu Order token in his hand to Yang. Wu and the Ministry of War are no different from other ministries. They will not act without their own tokens.
Then Wu Mei was stunned and suddenly walked to her dormitory and said: "Mother, please lend me a quilt for my use, otherwise I may not be able to survive this winter."
"You are staying well in the palace. Why are you so cold?" Before Wu Mei could finish her words, Gou Xiong had already walked into her dormitory quickly.
Wu Mei was furious and looked at Li Zhi, only to see that Li Zhi and Li Lingyue were having fun and didn't listen to their conversation at all.
Turning her head, she saw someone walking out holding a new cup for her. Li Hong, whose hands were occupied, stretched out his legs and kicked the two eunuchs at the door: "Quickly find a longer rope and come over. You, follow I'm coming out."
After saying that, he ignored Wu Mei, who had black lines on his forehead behind him, and walked out again despite the cold wind. Wu Mei was left wondering, and Li Zhi and Li Lingyue, who had just recovered, looked at Wu Mei curiously. Asked: "This... holding a quilt and standing outside to think about the past?"
Wu Mei didn't say anything, just walked to the window at the entrance of the palace, looked out through the window, and saw a suit of fur fluttering in the cold wind, followed by a eunuch, who was tightening the quilt with him. surrounded the tree trunk.
At this time, another eunuch also ran over with a bundle of ropes. The three of them joined forces and tied the new cups to the tree trunk with ropes in the cold wind.
"Is this tree that important to him?" Wu Mei looked at Li Hong's serious look in the cold wind, with a hint of jealousy in her tone.
This tree was planted by Li Hong holding His Majesty's hand in front of the Tai Chi Palace when he had just learned to walk. After the completion of the Daming Palace, he transplanted this tree here privately. Although people moved it alive and the tree died, the tree is now growing well. Whenever she is free, Wu Mei will occasionally look at this tree. I stood in a daze at the big tree, and even recalled the scene when that little figure and His Majesty planted the tree.
Time passed in the blink of an eye, and the little brat who was just knee-high has now grown up and become the only prince of the Tang Empire, the Shangshu Ling of the Shangshu Province, the Grand Protector of the Anxi Protectorate, and the Governor of the Jingzhao Prefecture.
"I will find a small tree for you another day. As a memorial to you and Li Lingyue, how about planting it next to this tree?" Li Zhi also came over at some point and looked out the window at Li Hong, whose face was reddened by the cold wind. , said lightly.
The current territory of the Tang Dynasty is larger than that of the Li Zhi period in history. At least according to historical records, Tubo and other places have never been part of the Tang Dynasty. Now because of Li Hong's achievements, Tubo has existed in name only and is basically a part of the Tang Dynasty. The territory of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Zhi felt the glory of opening up new territories and the unparalleled achievements of safeguarding the majesty of the Tang Dynasty. In recent days, he had been thinking about continuing to give himself and the queen titles. As an emperor, he wanted to add titles to himself. It can be said to be extremely difficult to set off the prosperous country and wise warriors under one's own rule.
But in this period, nothing could stop this strange couple in history. According to history books, Wu Mei could create characters and name herself Wu Zhao.
Naturally, Li Zhi would not be left behind. He was already planning to designate the Queen as the Queen of Heaven and himself as the Emperor when the envoys from all over the world came to pay their respects and congratulate her at the great court meeting after the New Year.
Shangshu Ling listened in confusion to the hidden meaning of Li Zhi and Wu Mei's words. Although the two did not say it clearly, the meaning was already obvious, just like the "liar" who was a white wolf in later generations: 'I am now I have a 500 million project on hand, but I only need 100 yuan of start-up capital. '
So Shangshu Ling nodded clearly. His role at this moment was the one hundred yuan start-up capital, so he patted his chest and expressed his position in front of his strange parents: "Don't worry, I will be here at the meeting." In front of hundreds of officials and envoys from all countries, I will help you put it forward when the time comes. '
Now that the matter between the old couple is settled, it's time to solve the problem of the new Shangshu Ling. There are so many different problems that Li Zhi almost suffered from vertigo.
From the reform of the clothing system of civil and military officials, to the over-recruitment system of the imperial army system, the reform of the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall, to the development and construction of water conservancy projects, transportation hubs, etc., Li Zhi was dizzy after hearing this, and he had not been in court for a long time. The emperor has a feeling of going to court.
Wu Mei listened attentively, and from time to time gave Li Hong some 'personal' suggestions, emphasizing over and over again: "Personal opinions, personal opinions, for reference only."
Officials of the third grade and below are all dressed in cyan, which means they are honest and upright. The jade belt is naturally a lower gold belt than the gold and jade belts of grade three or above, followed by silver, copper, iron, etc. The clothing of military attaches below the third rank includes officials of the third rank. All the clothes are pure black, which means cold and ruthless. The belt is the same as for civil servants.
Officials of the third rank and above still wear the current purple court uniforms and gold jade belts, but Li Hong has improved the personal fish charms for all officials, and hold official tokens made by the person who will be the prisoner. Inlaid with gold and jade, the name is engraved on the front and the official position and rank are on the back. The token is surrounded by auspicious clouds and hidden flowers of the Tang Dynasty.
Among all reforms, the top priority was the sorting out of royal rights. Wu Mei listened in great detail. When she heard that Li Hong wanted to separate the responsibilities between the six ministries and the nine temples, especially When the government office in charge of royal affairs was separated from the overlapping functions of other government offices, the mother and son had a fierce dispute. The final result was: the queen won because the emperor was behind her.
At the end, when Li Hong proposed that the six parts should be gradually evolved into nine parts, as soon as he finished speaking, the emperor and the empress beat him out of Penglai Hall together.
So someone has no choice but to think in the cold wind about finding opportunities to reform in the future. Moreover, these reforms are just talk now. Who knows how many years it will take for the real reforms to be completed.
Someone was walking in the cold wind and was as frozen as a leaf, while the emperor and queen in the Penglai Palace were still thinking about Li Hong's transformation of six departments into nine. Although it seemed that the number of official offices had increased, it seemed that the functions were indeed clearer.
And the most important thing is that through the Queen's hard work, there are no fewer official offices in charge of royal affairs. On the contrary, the official offices in charge of royal affairs have been virtually perfected, and the arrangements have become clearer.
Someone in the Taiji Palace didn't even enter, and went straight to his East Palace. It was so cold at this time, so he didn't want to wander around anymore. He just stayed in the East Palace, waiting for the "popsicle" The reports of Jinghui, the Minister of Hubu, and Fang Xianzhong, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, were better.
Entering the East Palace and on the way to Li Zhengdian, Li Hong saw two emaciated figures standing motionless in the cold wind, letting the cold wind like a knife blow on their bodies and faces, with their hair fluttering in the wind. , as if about to soar into the sky.
Li Hong sighed silently. He had not seen Yiyang and Gao An since he reprimanded them a few days ago. Now they are probably here to apologize, right
Why bother? As royal princesses, they have no awareness of this at all. No wonder Wu Mei was delayed in the history books until they were several years old before they were allowed to marry.
Li Hong, who walked behind the two women, silently looked at the two of them, who were shivering in the cold wind but standing firmly at the door, and walked towards the Li Zheng Hall with one arm on each shoulder.
The two women turned back indifferently. It wasn't until they saw clearly that it was Li Hong that a sad smile appeared on their faces, and tears rolled in their eyes involuntarily.
"If you have anything to do, go in and tell me. You won't be afraid of getting sick if you stand outside. Will someone take care of you then?" Li Hong said as he put his arms around the shoulders of the two of them and wanted to move forward, but the two women stood outside for too long. His long, slender legs were unable to move at the moment.
Li Hong had no choice but to put the hands on his shoulders on the waists of the two of them, and walked towards the Li Zheng Hall holding the two of them one by one.
Whether it was Xiaoxue, Xia Zhi, Hua Meng, Mang Zhong, Banmei, or Xunlan, everyone was so cold that they had runny noses and tears. The two current princesses of the Tang Dynasty stood at the door and refused to go in. They tried to persuade them for a long time, but there was no response. , naturally they did not dare to enter the palace to keep warm alone, so they had to stand at the door and accompany the two princesses to suffer the cold, letting the cold wind destroy them.
(End of chapter)