Li Hong nodded in agreement. Heng Yanfan is the kind of person who is soft on the outside but strong on the inside, very opinionated, and is not afraid of offending his boss, and will argue with reason, so what he just said has revealed all the points he wants to make clear. come out.
The southwest issue is the top priority in Li Hong's heart, even more important to him than Anxi Tocharo.
If you want to completely solve the Liuzhao area and then continue southward, there must be a smooth enough path for the army to pass.
But everyone knows that the terrain in the southwest is complex, with narrow roads and deep cliffs. If grain and grass and important supplies want to travel there unimpeded and provide the army with perfect logistical support, roads are the first priority.
In this way, we can truly achieve a land and water attack, and truly take over foreign countries such as Chenla Kingdom as our own.
"You are appointed as the right minister of the Ministry of Industry. In the shortest time, you can use the safest way to isolate Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi. I will support you, but I can't guarantee that I can fully support you. I also have difficulties. You understand, right." Li Hong scratched his head, then shook his head and said.
"I understand that I will try my best to take charge of the Ministry of Industry. Even if I can't do it, I will consider the priorities and ensure that I will not ruin His Highness's affairs." Heng Yanfan was neither happy nor worried, and he did not feel the joy after being promoted at all. He seemed to feel that this It's all as a matter of course.
Li Hong understood his expression very well. After all, transferring him to the Ministry of Industry had already stated that he was to be promoted, so he must have been excited.
Three days later, Li Hong finally appointed Wu Sansi as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Wu Chengsi and Heng Yanfan as the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Industry.
As for the people who were happiest about this matter, besides Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, Wu Mei was the happiest. He immediately issued an order and ordered Wang Lou to summon Li Hong to the palace and invite him to have dinner with the Crown Princess in the evening.
As for the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he is now more and more like a "retired veteran cadre". When things happen in the court, if he meets someone he likes and has the same mind-set, he will laugh and praise them.
If Li Hong's decision went against what he wanted, he would scold Li Hong, the unfilial son, and the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty in his own Zichen Palace.
From then on, we just do whatever we have to do, and we still don’t interfere in the big and small affairs in the court. Of course, from time to time, accompanied by the personal eunuch Huaji, we will go to Menxiasheng, Zhongshusheng or Liubu, holding hands behind our backs. change.
As for the Shangshu Province, Li Zhi never took a step forward. Such actions even made some courtiers think that in a few days, His Majesty would continue to govern the court, but Li Zhi remained indifferent and remained indifferent. He wandered around the palace idle and never mentioned the matter of going to court to govern.
Wu Mei ordered the palace maid to prepare a sumptuous dinner. This was the first time she came to have a meal for Li Hong and was so attentive.
Even Li Lingyue, who always loved to eat secretly, was ordered by her to stay close to her, not giving her a chance to intercept Shang Shi Bureau and take advantage of it.
Li Zhi looked at some dispensable memorials with dissatisfaction, and looked at the queen busy with her business. His heart was full of disdain and loss, because he had not been entertained by the queen in such a grand way for a long time.
But what virtue can that little brat have? How could he allow my queen to hold a grand banquet for him with such great fanfare? Even his newly arranged royal songs and dances were put to use, played and danced during the banquet.
"Father, did the emperor lose a lot of money to the queen again?" Li Lingyue is ten years old, and there is still some baby fat on her face, but because of this, Wu Mei and Li Zhi are both special Love her.
"No." Li Zhi closed the memorial about the renovation and renovation of Luoyang Palace with satisfaction. Looking at the porcelain doll-like Li Lingyue, he felt relieved and said.
Regarding the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Industry allocating a large sum of money to the general supervisor to repair Luoyang Palace, he was still very happy. Although he did not like Wu Sansi's appointment as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, it had nothing to do with him.
This is only the prince's business. As long as he loses his own money, he will be threatened by his mother for the rest.
"Then why is the queen so happy today? Look, oh... didn't you say that the wine can only be taken out when I get married? Why is it all prepared for the emperor today." Li Lingyue looked at the queen in surprise and looked at her carefully. Holding the wine in the palace maid's hand, she whispered.
"Your mother... I have something to discuss with your imperial brother, so the dinner will be richer. Your seventh emperor brother will come over soon." Li Zhi stroked Li Lingyue's hair dotingly.
Nowadays, the hairpin on Li Lingyue's head is lost from time to time. Whether she goes to Hongwen Hall or the Imperial College, the hairpin, bracelet, and necklace that she puts on her head in the morning will definitely be missing one or two items when she comes back.
When asked, they always say they lost it.
If I continue to ask where I lost it, people will still ask, if I know where I lost it, I will naturally find it back, then can it still be lost
So these days, neither Li Zhi nor Wu Mei asked why they lost it again.
Because the granddaughter of Shangguan Yi's family, Zhongshu Ling of the Zhongshu Province, has recently been rewarded with various jewelry by Princess Taiping of the Tang Dynasty for various reasons.
Yeyue finally left Chang'an City with Saleh, and after they left, Taiyi City was visited by agile thieves for several days, but fortunately, nothing important was ever lost.
Xiaoxue and Xia Zhi, who had been staying in Taiyi City, told Bai Chun overnight that thieves had been in Taiyi City in the past few days.
Li Hong felt the same as her, knowing that this was probably Saleh's last unwilling struggle when he left.
But as for the meeting between Saleh and Princess Dalai, it was still unavoidable. As for what the two talked about, Li Hong didn't know, but it must have something to do with the infestation of thieves in Taiyi City.
Zhang Jianzhi and Belus also set out for Anxi shortly after Saleh and others left Chang'an. This made the atmosphere in the court a little tense. Everyone knew that Zhang Jianzhi was carrying His Royal Highness on his back during this trip. Great expectations.
Pei Xingjian and his wife also left Chang'an City on the same day as Chen Jingzhi, and then took the water route south from Luoyang to serve in Nanhai.
Princess Dalai still stayed in Chang'an City with other Japanese envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty, and went to the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall to study every day. However, the Chongwen Hall in the East Palace that they had always longed for still ignored them and did not give them even a day's work. opportunity to enter.
"Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", as well as the "Spring and Autumn", "Zuo Zhuan", "Gongyang Zhuan", etc. in the Five Classics, even the princess of Dalai can pick them up at her fingertips, but she still has not discovered that these are not the same as those of Da Lai. The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is related to a penny.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the Qujiang Pond is even more crowded. The entire city of Chang'an is like a pot of boiling water, packed with people.
Whether it is the East Market or the West Market, the original place is no longer enough to meet the demand. A large number of foreigners have poured in, and a large number of foreigners have settled in Chang'an, making Chang'an like a pot shaking and about to overflow the edge. Like boiling water.
A lot of the walls between the squares were knocked down, and the construction sites began to work in full swing. The brick kilns built outside the city were firing all kinds of green bricks and tiles day and night.
Officials at all levels of the Ministry of Industry walked back and forth, and there were even some businessmen or officials from the Jingzhao Mansion. In short, every building that was going to be built in Chang'an City in the future made officials at all levels of the Ministry of Industry fearful. No one knew , when the buildings under construction in Chang'an City were revealed in full, there were many more violations.
Wu Sansi no longer felt that it was a pleasure to sit in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry. He began to talk to Wu Chengsi, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was tacitly aware of it, and put all the responsibilities on the anxious Heng Yanfan. Push it away.
Li Hong, who started walking around the walls of Chang'an City every day, always wanted to tear down the walls of Chang'an City that had been there for many years and expand them.
Such a move not only frightened Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi, but also Heng Yanfan.
Even Li Zhi and Wu Mei in the Ministry of War, Yushitai and the Imperial Palace were worried. They endured the sultry heat of Chang'an City and postponed their original trip to Luoyang, fearing that Li Hong would one day With a sudden impulse and an order, the walls of Chang'an City collapsed.
Someone is taking Heng Yanfan at the moment, taking advantage of the sultry weather in the past few days, to run out of Chang'an and circle around the city wall. As for the fields outside Chang'an City, Li Hong also learned more about it. .
The magistrates of Ji County near Chang'an City were also summoned outside the city by Li Hong on a hot day. In a green crop field, Li Hong asked who most of the owners of the fields were.
Looking at the flat and open green land, Li Hong couldn't wait to get up in the morning. This place has become a patchwork of rows of houses and a trading market.
At this time, the Royal Bank was naturally taken by Li Hong. If he wanted to build cities and houses, he would naturally need money. At this time, the Royal Bank was absolutely indispensable. Whether it was borrowing money from Jingzhao Mansion or direct investment from the Royal Bank, Hongwei The blueprint had long been presented to them from Li Hong's mouth.
"What is Li Hong going to do these days? He changed the court meeting to once every seven days. Doesn't this give him more time to covet the city wall?" Li Zhi asked worriedly as he walked into Penglai Hall wearing a thin shirt.
Wu Mei straightened up, looked back at Li Zhi who was a little worried, and then pointed to the sand table next to her: "You can see for yourself, this has been prepared and sent to you. When it was said to be sent to your Zichen Palace, it was picked up by you. They were kicked out, so they had to be sent to me.”
"What's the point of this? Isn't it just an excuse to demolish the city wall? I will never agree! The Tang Dynasty was built on this city wall. If you demolish the city wall, you will demolish the century-old foundation of the Tang Dynasty! I will never allow it. Did Li Hong forget the Weishui alliance that the late emperor was forced to sign with the Turks? Jingyang was only forty miles away, so why did he not dare to attack Chang'an rashly? City wall?" Li Zhi glanced at the sand table and was about to leave, but was stopped by Wu Mei, who had quick eyes and quick hands.
(End of chapter)