Pei Wanying nodded silently, and her mood suddenly became worried. Once the fourteen-year-old Li Ye was officially established as the prince and the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty by your majesty, it would naturally be impossible for him to stay in the East Palace for the next few days. Spent it.
Obviously, it is easy to become a prince, but if you want to become the prince of the Tang Dynasty, it is essential to go out for experience, and it is very likely that you will be away for who knows how many years.
"What? Can't bear to leave?" Bai Chun asked Pei Wanying, who was looking down at the expression on her face.
"So what if he doesn't want to give up. If His Majesty really makes him the prince, this is what he should bear. But... just when I talk about this, I feel as if a piece of flesh is missing from my body, as if it has been poached by others. I can't see or touch him, and I don't know if he can do it... Let's not talk about it anymore, I'm worried." Pei Wanying shook her head irritably, swinging her simple and elegant golden steps on her bun.
"Yes, His Majesty went to Anxi when he was fourteen years old. He left for more than four years and nearly five years. When he came back, he was beaten by his mother. I feel that the mother beat him because he was heartless. Four or five He hasn't come back to Chang'an in the past year, and there are very few letters. Even his father issued twelve or thirteen imperial edicts and didn't call him back. In the end, he just disappeared and went to Tibet. "Bai Chun was also helpless. She shook her head. As for women, apart from the fact that their husband is their child, they have nothing else to ask for.
"It was really difficult to be a mother back then. The eldest son had been out in the wild for four or five years. He deserved to be beaten when he came back. If Li Ye dares not to come back for four or five years, let's see how I deal with him." Pei Wanying gritted her teeth, but thought that if Li Ye dared not come back for four or five years, I didn't see him, and I couldn't help but feel the pain of not letting go. When I saw Li Ye again, would I be able to beat Li Ye
"The Queen Mother is not something we can compare to. I estimate that Ye'er can only last three years at most. If it is longer, it may not be possible. There is no war in the Tang Dynasty now, but it is obviously necessary to broaden one's horizons." Bai Chun's eyes were blank, Staring at the hot smoke, he said subconsciously.
On the opposite side, the empress Mu Yitianxia had fallen into the imaginary situation of separation between mother and child. She was unable to extricate herself, and her eyes turned red involuntarily.
In the side hall on the other side, Li Hong sat on the back of a chair and looked at Prince Ojin who followed the eunuch in with a smile on his face. Compared to previous years, although Prince Ojin was not taller, he looked somewhat stronger than before. , I have matured a lot, and I have a more stable temperament.
"We haven't seen each other for several years, but now your temperament has changed drastically." Li Hong looked at Prince Dajin who was saluting him, but he didn't know that Princess Da Lai had slipped into his imperial study and was currently chatting with Bai Chun and Bai Chun. Pei Wanying was laughing and playing, talking about how she just met Xiao Li Mei, and her Hu Niu, each with a peony picked in the greenhouse on their head, wandering around in the palace.
After the salute, Prince Ojin did not have a pleasant look on his face, or a smile as gentle as the spring breeze. He sat down next to Li Hong with a look of displeasure, then pushed the memorial forward and said, "About the King of East China Sea, We, the Japanese nation, are against it.”
"You Japanese are against it? When did the Japanese turn to oppose our state affairs in the Tang Dynasty? It's really strange." Li Hong straightened up from the back of his chair, took the memorial pushed by Prince Dajin, and scanned it casually After one glance, he looked at his Japanese brother-in-law and said.
"You'd better take a closer look. These are the only things that the Japanese country can pay tribute to. If you want anything else, I'm afraid you will have to dig up three feet of the land of the Japanese country." The memorial was a gift list, and it was from Dajin. The prince's father personally drew it up, and it was filled with a dazzling array of the best possible jewelry, gold, silver and other rare treasures from their Japanese country.
"It's useless to look at it. What rare treasures can you have in Japan? I accepted this gift list, but... the matter of King Donghai cannot be changed. Once the state affairs of the Tang Dynasty are determined, there is no possibility of changing them. "Li Hong accepted the gift list as a matter of course, and what he said next made Prince Dajin so angry that he almost vomited blood.
The gift note I gave was just to hope that he would take back his life. Now that he has accepted the gift note, but it has not changed his life, then won't all the rare treasures he worked so hard to bring from the Japanese country be wasted
"Do you really want to risk everything and make Li Nan the King of East China Sea? Don't forget, he grew up in the Japanese country. You are not afraid that one day he will create your Tang Dynasty for the benefit of the Japanese country. "Reverse?" Prince Dajin patted the table and stood up, looking at Li Hong and asked.
The eunuch behind him was like a ghost. The moment Prince Dajin stood up, he had already floated in front of Li Hong.
Li Hong waved his hand for him to retreat, and then said slowly and leisurely: "Afraid or not, I can't say, but I believe that Li Nan will eventually stand on his father's side, not on your uncle's side. Your imperial sister Did I tell you something again?"
When Prince Dajin heard what Li Hong said, he shook his head speechlessly. Of course his son was facing him. Now even the emperor's sister and daughter began to turn their elbows outwards towards the Tang Dynasty. As before taking him back, Navy Commander Tang put the interests of Japan first in everything.
"The Japanese country is very small and barren. It doesn't have what you want. It is surrounded by the sea. Why do you insist on staring at the territory of my Japanese country? Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, however, you treat them like your own sons and are reluctant to beat or scold them. , but why are you so cruel to our country? Once we recognize the status of Li Nan's royal family, then I, the prince of Japan, who is my uncle, will not be able to become the emperor of Japan one day, right?" Prince Ojin was very angry. The Tang Dynasty had a vast territory, and there were many foreign countries around it that he didn't like, but why did he insist on fighting with the Japanese country to the end
"Ah? I just have nothing to do. I just don't like your Japanese country." Li Hong raised his head and said with a smile.
"You... the silver mines, ports, etc. of the Japanese country are all controlled by your Tang Dynasty. Even the fishermen who go fishing have to collect a certain protection fee. Do you still think that the people of the Japanese country are not living hard enough?" Prince Dajin, who put his face in front of Li Hong, was furious but helpless.
"It is precisely because you, the people of the Japanese country, have a hard life that we, the Tang Dynasty, are more obliged to help you, right? The culture of the Japanese country comes from our country, the Tang Dynasty. Even since the Han Dynasty, we have stolen and learned our culture, so why do we Can't we all get rich together? Look at the people of Tang Dynasty, who are prosperous and healthy..."
"That's only a small part. Other places are still very poor. The Tang Dynasty has such a large territory. Do you think it can be as wealthy and healthy as Chang'an, Luoyang and so on? Hehe, if you, the emperor, are really If you are arrogant, one day you will be carried away by the current prosperity, which is not a good thing for the Tang Dynasty." Prince Dajin was willing to fight, and he was not afraid to speak out his treacherous words.
After all, when I met my imperial sister yesterday, although the imperial sister did not agree to help me persuade Li Hong, she promised myself that after I enter the palace today, if the bandit Li Hong suddenly attacks me, the imperial sister will run out. To excuse him, at least he couldn't let himself be beaten by the bandit in Chang'an again.
"You're so awesome now. You dare to brag about my beard and stare at me." Li Hong's fists clenched and the joints crackled.
So Prince Ojin, who had just finished his mouthful, immediately took a few steps back as if he had seen a ghost. He looked at Li Hong, who was still sitting on the chair and did not move, and then stopped.
The rest of the work is naturally done by the Ministry of Rites. Now, any functions of the Five Supervisors of the Nine Temples that overlap with those of the Six Ministries of the Shangshu Province have been put under the control of each ministry by Li Hongyi. The Five Supervisors of the Nine Temples, except for Dali Temple, are basically completely It is to serve the royal family and clan.
After understanding their respective functions, some of the obstacles and difficulties in government affairs brought about by Datang's rapid development were easily solved.
In addition to the six departments, Menxia and Zhongshu are more like two central clerical and regulatory agencies. Coupled with the existence of the Yushitai, the government office of the court has undergone great changes.
After careful reform, the Shangshu Province has formed a scale to command six or even seven or nine ministries, and its prototype has also begun to become more and more like a functional department like the State Council in later generations.
Prince Dajin was left to have dinner with him, but Prince Dajin obviously did not want to eat in the palace. With the risk that he might be replaced by his nephew at any time, what he has to do now is to discuss matters with the Ministry of Rites of the Tang Dynasty. After the establishment of the King of Donghai, the responsibilities and responsibilities of the Japanese country were divided, and they strived to obtain the maximum benefits in this process.
This allowed him to clearly launch a series of preparations and plans after returning to the Japanese Kingdom, hoping that before Li Nan truly became the King of East China Sea, he could integrate the chaotic situation of the Japanese Kingdom, and then try to compete with the barbaric culture of the Tang Dynasty. Invasion.
What makes Prince Ojin feel ironic is that the coexistence of barbarism and culture is extremely ridiculous. What happened to the Tang Dynasty towards the Japanese country? Civilized barbarism is still barbaric culture. The moment Prince Ojin walked out of the palace, Suddenly, I felt that Datang seemed cuter than I imagined.
But it was obviously impossible for him to willingly and sincerely surrender the rights of the Japanese country to others.
He had his own ambitions in his heart, and after he succeeded to the throne of Japan, he had already repeated the extraordinary deeds in his mind many times. In a short period of time, he turned Japan into a country that could not rival the Tang Dynasty, but faced foreign invaders. , countries that can resist, even after they have secured the throne, covet the land of Baekje and Silla, allowing them to survive in the cracks, so that they can take over the land even if the Tang Dynasty disdains it. Owned by Japan, it became an overseas territory of the Japanese state.
He knew that these would be difficult to achieve, but before the Tang Dynasty truly showed its hand, and before he ascended the throne, everything was still unpredictable, wasn't it
(End of chapter)