After Li Chunfeng left, Li Hong took Bai Chun and Pei Wanying and continued to wander around Zhongnan Mountain for more than ten days before starting to return to Chang'an City.
In Taiyi City, a large number of Central Army troops began to drive a large number of carriages towards the Qinling Mountains.
From Chang'an to Shu and then to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, this was the march route that Li Hong had planned from the beginning. Therefore, before the Central Army led by him had even set off, large quantities of supplies had already begun to march towards the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau after the Lantern Festival. Delivery to Sichuan and Sichuan.
Lawless was the one who escorted this batch of supplies, and the reason why these two people were chosen was that everyone knew that the Tang Dynasty's weapons of war were among them.
During this period, there were still four passages through the Qinling Mountains: Chencang Road, Baoxie Road, Tangluo Road, and Ziwu Road.
After passing Guanzhong, Chencang Road, Baoxie Road, and Tangluo Road converged into Jinniu Road and Micang Road at the foot of Micang Mountain. Ziwu Road still called itself the same road, and after passing Guanzhong, it was called Yangba Road.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei Yan once wanted to lead 5,000 elite troops to take the Ziwu Road and attack the then Chang'an City. However, due to the difficult and rugged road, he failed in the end.
"Building the plank road openly and destroying the old warehouse secretly", but what Li Hong regrets is that this is not a real thing that actually happened in history, but was adapted from a play in the Yuan Dynasty.
The plank road is difficult and dangerous. Whether it is marching or traveling or transporting business, often if there is a bad road, one would rather take a detour than take the short plank road.
Now during the Tang Dynasty, Li Hong had long ago transferred the fiefdoms of Li Sujie and Li Shangjin to the land of Bashu in order to build the Tangluo Road, which was most commonly used in the Tang Dynasty, more firmly and reliably.
Even if Li Hong never repaired the Tangluo Road, the Tangluo Road was still the most prosperous pipeline in the Tang Dynasty. When officials went to and were reinstated, business travelers came in and out, and tourists left Shu, they would all choose the road paved with stones and slates.
Along the Tangluo Road, go southwest through Jiameng Pass (the place where Ma Chao and Zhang Fei dueled in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms) and Jiange (Jianmen Pass), and then you can go directly to today's Chengdu Prefecture.
Before Li Hong set off from Chang'an and arrived at Chengdu through these places, Di Renjie had already arrived in Chengdu for nearly a month.
The Yuewang Tower is located in Mianzhou, not far from Chengdu. The person who built this tower was Li Zhen, the Yue King who was the governor of Mianzhou at that time. He was stationed in the southwest to prevent the Tibetan invaders from the east from invading the Tang Dynasty.
At that time, Li Zhen had to say that she was very grateful for Li Zhi's important use and pleasure. Otherwise, she would not have allowed Li Zhen to sit here and spend huge sums of money to build these five buildings when relations with Tubo were at their most tense. The Yuewang Tower is more than ten meters high.
And when Li Hong went to Anxi and conquered Tubo, the status of Yue King Li Zhen declined accordingly. Coupled with his dissatisfaction with the court and his collusion with Li Jingye, he eventually ended up with his body separated.
Nowadays, the Yuewang Tower has naturally become a place where literati all over the world compete to visit. During this period, Mianzhou was even more attractive than Chengdu.
At the same time, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, had been running the southwest for many years. After he was executed in Yangzhou, Li Hong never laid a finger on this place. Therefore, Di Renjie resigned and went to Shu, which began to arouse people's concern. Lots of speculation.
Li Zhi sat on a chair on the ridge of the field, with a large parasol blocking him from the sun. From time to time, the small branch in his hand pointed at the ministers who were working in the field.
"Be careful, don't step on the seedlings I just planted." Her leisurely and contented look made Wu Mei roll her eyes.
Pei Wanying and Yan Lingbin also put aside the trivial matters in the East Palace, and followed their father-in-law and mother-in-law honestly and uneasily, taking care of less than half an acre of land in front of them.
On both sides of half an acre of land are the ceremonial guards of the emperor and the queen. On both sides are some other elderly people over seventy years old in Chang'an City, eight on each side, who are also farming with the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The significance of farming with the people is obvious. It’s about making the most of it.
"This ceremonial guard really takes up a lot of space. Let's get rid of it early. Otherwise, the fertile fields under our feet will be stepped on and we will have to plow the land again." Wu Mei said while taking the tea that Pei Wanying handed over attentively. Sat down on the chair.
Not far away from them, a large oxen that occasionally mooed a few times, covered in red flowers, was munching on the fine fodder provided by the Taipus Temple officials.
This morning, the dozens of big oxen did not do much work. It was as if they had been brought by Taichang Temple to set up a ceremonial formation, just to show the people of the world the scene of the emperor plowing the land.
"What did Li Hong say to Prince Dajin of Japan when he was leaving? Did he mention when Princess Da Lai would come back?" Wu Mei symbolically wiped the non-existent sweat on her face with a brocade handkerchief. , then he began to look at the two daughters-in-law standing uneasily, and began to ask about serious matters.
Li Hong ran away!
His Royal Highness, who has been in charge of government for many years, came to the palace where he worked with the people and did not reach a handover ceremony with his father Long on the matter of running the government. He led the Futu camp to Yizhou regardless of it. Oh , now it’s time to call Chengdu Mansion.
After Li Hong wasted a court meeting and Li Zhi was too lazy to go back, officials such as Zhongshu, Menxia, Shangshu and Zuopushe chose to come to the palace to work with the people today, and invited His Majesty to return to the palace to manage the affairs. .
So today, it was particularly lively in front of the Palace of Farming with the People, and Li Zhi was also pretending to show the ministers how much he, the emperor, cared about people's livelihood, and how to manage politics? Why don't you wait any longer
"After returning to my mother, I... I don't know what His Highness talked to him." Pei Wanying grabbed the brocade handkerchief in her hand, and the knuckles of both hands turned white from excessive exertion.
Just now, Yan Lingbin and Yan Lingbin were reprimanded by their father: An Xiaohe and Chen Qinghan are pregnant, so it's okay to ignore the prince. You two are really stupid. As the prince's concubine and Cheng Hui, you let the prince ignore you. In the government affairs, what kind of style would it be like to lead troops to the land of Bashu? Isn’t the country of the Tang Dynasty less important than conquering the southwest!
What about Bai Chunren? Did she go to the southwest with Li Hong, or was she afraid that I would reprimand her and hide herself? Very outrageous!
The two women could only listen with their heads lowered as they were being scolded, and couldn't help but curse in their hearts: You, the emperor, can't even control His Highness the Crown Prince, let alone your sons, ministers and others.
What's more, when did His Highness the Crown Prince ever listen to us? When he got angry, he didn't even listen to your words. If he didn't put down the problem, he would run away without a trace.
Bai Chun hid in Taiyi City immediately after Li Hong left. Therefore, at this time, both Pei Wanying and Yan Lingbin missed Bai Chun very much. If she were here, perhaps their father would scold her. Be lighter.
"Forget it, since he didn't say it clearly, I guess... does Bai Chun know something?" Wu Mei suddenly thought of Bai Chun. She knew that Bai Chun did not go with Li Hong, so she started to ask if Bai Chun knew something. About Princess Dai Lai.
"This... I don't know." Yan Lingbin lowered his head even lower.
Pei Wanying and I are so stupid, we don't know anything about everything.
Only then did the two women realize that it seemed that His Highness the Crown Prince rarely discussed political affairs or matters about other women in front of them.
No matter who you are with, they usually talk about things related to each other. As for other people's things, they are rarely mentioned in front of you, unless... yes, unless it is Bai Chun, she knows a lot more.
But now that guy was afraid of being punished by his father and mother, so he had the good sense to hide in Taiyi City early and could not come out.
Wu Mei was also amused by the nervous and uneasy expressions of the two women and laughed helplessly. She shook her head speechlessly and suddenly asked: "The sun and the moon are shining in the sky, what do you think it will be when I type a word?"
Your Majesty is the sky, and the sun and moon hanging in the sky are not the reflections of yourself and Your Majesty? Wu Mei has had this idea for a long time.
Although she said she liked the word Mei since she was a child, when she was competing for the position of queen, Queen Wang once called herself Wu Meiniang in order to belittle and ridicule herself.
So from then on, Wu Mei had the idea of changing her name, but she just couldn't find a suitable word to replace it. Until a few days ago during the Lantern Festival, the game of guessing lantern riddles was circulated in the streets. , a lantern riddle with the sun and moon shining in the sky, which stumped all the literati in Chang'an City, Wu Mei became very interested in this lantern riddle.
Wu Mei only mentioned the name change to Li Zhi and Li Hong back in the day. At that time, His Majesty seemed indifferent. He could just change it to whatever he liked. It was just a name, as long as it was worthy of the empress and mother's dignity in the world.
Wu Mei still can't describe Li Hong's expression when he heard his thoughts. It doesn't seem right to say that he seemed to have eaten a fly. It doesn't seem right to say that he was surprised.
To her, in Li Hong's elusive expression at that moment, she seemed to detect the slightest feeling, as if Li Hong had long known that he would want to change his name. In that clear expression, he felt It seemed like there was a hint of a prophetic feeling.
This feeling made her feel guilty. She was very confident that she had never told anyone that she wanted to change her name, not even when she was alone.
She just mentioned it to the two of them that day, and their reactions gave her a clue.
If she had just told Li Hong, Wu Mei would not have doubted Li Hong's reaction and expression, but after comparing it with her father Long, Li Hong's reaction seemed much more colorful.
"The sun and the moon are shining in the sky!" Pei Wanying and Yan Lingbin wrinkled their white jade foreheads, but no matter how hard they racked their brains, they couldn't figure out what this word that had never appeared before would be pronounced.
Wu Mei sighed again: "Didn't Li Hong mention it? Who wrote the lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival? There is no answer to this riddle?"
(End of chapter)