The two people nestled in the carriage, chatting a few words from time to time, and then spent most of the time as if they were each thinking about their own thoughts.
Shangguan Wan'er is naturally focusing more on the child in her belly now, while Li Hong is thinking about how to deal with the aftermath of Pei Qing's incident after he returns.
Li Xian's negotiations with Dashi and Japan have been completed in the past three months. Salah and others also passed through Xianyang when they returned to their respective countries and met him in the Liangshan courtyard. .
Now there was nothing for him to worry about. After Li Ye dealt with Pei Qing's incident, he came to Liangshan to see his mother and himself, then he dressed up and headed west, taking three thousand elites of the Central Army to Anxi.
If he wants to inherit the throne, if he wants to dominate the world, Anxi and Donghai are places where Li Ye must leave great achievements, or leave traces and prestige. Even if King Jiling and King Donghai are his brothers in the future, he will It is necessary to maintain influence in both the west and the east.
Therefore, when Li Ye came to Liangshan this time, in addition to explaining his handling of Pei Qing's case, he also revealed his own plans for Anxi. Naturally, the topic of father and son cannot be avoided, and one person who cannot avoid it is Li Ye. Xian.
After all, Li Xian has been in Anxi and Jiling for many years. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he will cultivate some forces. Therefore, the attitude of these forces towards Li Ye is also crucial for Li Ye's westward trip. Of course, all this also depends on Li Ye. Xian, will he sincerely help his nephew
Shangguan Wan'er, lying in Li Hong's arms, caressed her flat belly from time to time, and stretched out her hand to touch the beard on Li Hong's chin from time to time. She opened a pair of bright and moving eyes, and she didn't know what she was thinking in her heart.
He seemed to be talking to himself and asking Li Hong: "By the way, you said that when you pick up your mother, you drive a car to pick her up. What does that car look like? Is it fun? Is it big? Is it fast? Is it faster? Does the carriage need to be fast? Is it stable?"
Shangguan Wan'er asked this question, and she couldn't help but get up from Li Hong's arms, straightening her messy hair and the messy clothes that Li Hong had just messed with.
The flawless spring-white hair on her chest shimmered with gleaming light, flashing with seductive charm. After sorting it out lazily for a long time, she realized that someone's hand had wrapped around her slender waist again at some unknown moment.
After rolling his eyes at Li Hong, he gently patted away the hand that was about to get into the clothes again: "No, we are almost entering the city."
"That car..." Li Hong came back to his senses, sighed softly, thought for a while and said, "It depends on whether Li Dan's understanding is enough. Since the train can run, there should be no problem with the car, but... Let’s see if he can do it. If he doesn’t do it luxuriously, I’ll let him bleed one million taels this time, and I’ll let him bleed two million taels next time.”
"Do you think we can drive it ourselves?" Shangguan Wan'er racked her brains and couldn't imagine what the car Li Hong mentioned looked like.
"Yes, anyone can do it as long as it is safe and knows the necessary skills." Li Hong looked at Shangguan Wan'er with doting eyes, caressing the delicate cheek, and his long eyelashes flickered.
"Then give me one, and Li Lingyue..."
"Let's wait until it's done. Judging from the current progress, I'm afraid it won't work within three to five years." Li Hong allowed Shangguan Wan'er to take the initiative to take his cheek, rub his hand, and enjoy the slightest trace of thickness. Dryness brings comfort and security to the cheeks.
"It takes so long, I thought it would be fine soon." He said with a somewhat frustrated pout, his girlish look clearly evident.
"It's fast, three to five years have passed in the blink of an eye." Li Hong gently patted Shangguan Wan'er's cheek, and then said to the ministers waiting outside the city: "Go back to the palace directly, there is nothing important. , let’s talk about it tomorrow, I’ve been traveling all day and I’m tired.”
Hua Meng hurriedly responded, then walked two steps quickly, came to the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and delivered the order with a smile.
The carriage did not stop too long at the gate of Chang'an City. The complicated and lengthy etiquette had long been changed beyond recognition by Li Hong, and the remaining etiquette only remained some symbolic, more practical and practical etiquette.
"After not returning to Chang'an for a while, I always feel that Chang'an will become a little stranger, as if the city of Chang'an has undergone great changes." Shangguan Wan'er said while looking out of the car window.
It is hard to imagine that when I was young, when my father and grandfather took me out for outings and outings, this place was still green fields, or there were some inns.
But now, the so-called desolation here has long ceased. Even the original city wall of Chang'an City has now become a landscape-like building. On the inner city wall like a long dragon, there are some tourists or other people every day. People, climb the city wall and overlook the entire Chang'an City.
"It's good if there are changes. It shows that the city has not lost its vitality and there is still room for progress. If it reaches a bottleneck and cannot find new breakthroughs, that will be the most dangerous." In front of Xuanzheng Hall, Li Hong walked up the steps and said to Shangguan Wan'er beside him and the ministers behind him.
Hua Meng's words were of no help in the end. The ministers who should leave would leave, but some ministers who were not afraid of him as the emperor would still stay. After all, His Majesty would not be in Chang'an for three months, so some things still had to be reported immediately.
Shangguan Wan'er continued walking toward the harem along the Xuanzheng Hall, while Li Hong handled government affairs directly in the Xuanzheng Hall. He didn't even have time to go to the Zichen Hall behind him, which is called the inner court.
"The same goes for you. Chang'an is not far from Xianyang. I was sent eight hundred memorials a day to Liangshan. I was not allowed to be clean when I came back. I took a breather and rested for a while. Then someone impatiently wanted to report it. I also I really don’t believe it. If I die, won’t you all live? Or will the government affairs of the court not be handled?” Li Hong sat in the main hall and complained, while the ministers below were busy taking out their own notebooks. ”, flipping through what he had written down to report.
In short, at the moment in the Xuanzheng Palace, the emperor and his ministers are busy with their own affairs, the emperor is complaining about what he should complain about, and the ministers are doing their duties as ministers, and no one is affecting anyone. After all, these people are now senior officials in the court. Damn it, I have long been accustomed to His Majesty’s complaints.
Zhongshu, Menxia, etc. were the first to report. After the clichés, the only new thing is the perfection and implementation of the slavery reform law, which even included several additional laws and so on.
Next are the three provinces and six departments. Except for the household department, which takes up more time because of the slavery issue, the time spent in the other departments is almost average.
Finally, there are Di Renjie and others. These people are officials who were personally involved in Pei Qing's case. Although the Pei Qing case, which was the trigger for the reform of slavery, has been settled, the subsequent resistance from Zhongxiazhou will have to be resolved. How to crack it is the most important thing.
(End of chapter)