Great Tang Southern Emperor

"This..." Xiao Fuzi said in his heart that this is not nonsense, if there is something, we will hide it from you?

Li Zhen was furious in an instant: "Pass in my order. From now on, the price of fruit juice will be clearly marked, one tael for a cup. If you don't have money, you don't even want to smell it. And Linglong, without my order, she is not allowed to cook for others."

"Yes, servants obey." Li Zhen's order is easy to handle, after thinking for a while, Xiao Fuzi said again: "Your Highness, is it the same with the empress and the emperor?"

"Of course, the rules don't matter. But" Li Zhen leaned closer to Xiao Fuzi's ear, "But the money can be collected, and naturally it can be returned. Do you understand?"

Xiao Fuzi smiled and said, "Your servant understands."

"Just understand." Li Zhen crushed the ice cubes and put them into the juice, subconsciously moving her mouth towards the straw, only halfway through did she suddenly remember that there was no straw.

If there is no straw, then make it yourself: "Little Fuzi, do you know where there is straw?"

"I know, Shangshi Bureau has them." Shangshi Bureau specializes in cooking, and straw is a good fire starter, so naturally it has a large reserve.

"It's good if you have it. Go to Shangshi Bureau and help me find some unbroken and intact straws. A dozen or so straws are enough."

"Yes." Xiao Fuzi replied.

"Oh, I really miss the convenient life of later generations. In other words, in ancient times, you can have a supreme status, but later generations can have a convenient life. Do I want status, or do I want a convenient life?" Li Zhen thought After a while, he smiled wryly: "Sure enough, I want a high status. Although the life of future generations is convenient, but I am alone, and a small official who can't be smaller can kill me. In ancient times, even if I was reincarnated as a Beggar, it’s okay to be a rich man with my knowledge. What’s more, I am the son of Tang Taizong who is supreme in the eyes of others. In the future, I will at least be a prince. It is not impossible to do well and even be a prince—— But do I really want to be a prince?" Li Zhen fell into confusion.

"Your Highness, Your Highness?" The sleeping Li Zhen was awakened by Xiao Fuzi.

"Well, what's the matter?" Li Zhen woke up from the haze.

"Your Highness, if you are sleepy, go back to your room and rest first, you can't sleep here, you will catch a cold."

"No need." Li Zhen yawned: "Did you find anything?"

"Your Highness, these are straws." Xiao Fuzi presented a dozen straws, which had been washed clean.

"It's clean, not bad." Satisfied with Xiao Fuzi's wink, Li Zhen handed over a glass of fruit juice: "This is for you."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Xiao Fuzi was overjoyed. Although they usually make juice by themselves, can the ones they make be the same as the ones rewarded by the master?

"Don't drink it yet, I'll teach you a new way to drink." Li Zhen stopped Xiao Fuzi who was about to drink it all at once, and taught him how to use the straw.Following Li Zhen's method, Xiao Fuzi took the straw in his mouth, took a sip carefully, and a heart-piercing coolness flowed into his mouth along the straw. This novel experience surprised Xiao Fuzi: "Your Highness, it's really good!" Amazing."

"It's done." Li Zhen also picked up the straw and put it into the cup, and then quickly took a sip. The familiar feeling came over immediately, and Li Zhen couldn't help but burst into tears. This feeling finally arrived! ! !

"Your Highness, why are you crying?"

"Who is crying?" Li Zhen wiped her eyes: "I just got sand in my eyes."

"Yes, yes, slaves deserve to die." Xiao Fuzi slapped himself in the face.

"Okay, you go down, let Xiao Anzi and Xiao Mozi squeeze some more juice, I will send it to the concubine later." Li Zhen waved him to go down, saying that he has been tossing him for a long time, and he should be allowed to rest rest.

"Yes."

"Oh, Zhen'er, you are so smart." Concubine Yan couldn't help holding Li Zhen in her arms and ravaged her for a while: "Concubine Mu always felt that it was indecent to drink juice from a cup, and it was too slow to drink with a spoon. This tube is much more convenient."

Li Zhen managed to get out of Concubine Yan's arms, hugging someone on a hot day, you don't think it's too hot, I still don't: "Mother Concubine likes it as long as it is."

"Concubine Mother likes it so much." Concubine Yan couldn't help but took another sip of the juice: "It really is very convenient."

"My child also thinks it's very convenient." Li Zhen also took a sip skillfully, and the tube is really convenient.

Chapter 16 Zhenyuan Daxian and Printing

No.16 Chapter Zhenyuan Daxian and Printing

After bidding farewell to Concubine Yan, Guan Yang returned to his residence, lying on the couch with his eyes blank, his mind wandering.

Now think about what you really want. I didn't have much interest in the position of emperor, and even if you fight for yourself, you may not be able to win the three brothers Li Chengqian, but the problem now is that you can't fight.If history still follows the original track, it is very likely that Li Zhi will be on the throne.

But Li Zhi's character is cowardly. Although he can be considered to have made a difference during his reign, he is far behind Li Shimin.Fortunately, they have a good wife, regardless of Wu Zetian's merits and demerits, just talking about her talents, she is not weaker than men at all.But it was precisely because of Li Zhi's weak nature and Wu Zetian's strong nature that by the late Gaozong period, the power of the court had basically fallen into Wu Zetian's hands.As soon as Li Zhi died, Wu Zetian's painting style immediately changed wildly. In order to ascend to the throne, it can be said that she did everything possible. Not only did she kill her own son, but almost none of the Li clan survived, which is extremely pitiful.More importantly, Li Zhen did not dare to forget that in history, she committed suicide by taking poison because she was defeated when she raised troops against Wu Zetian.

Some people think that if this is the case, then it is enough not to rebel in this life?

For this kind of thinking, Li Zhen can only say hehe, sometimes rebellion is not necessarily what you want.Besides, Wu Zetian was already cleaning up the Li clan, and as long as they were of similar blood to Li Shimin, almost all of them would not be let go.

As Li Shimin's parent and son, how could Li Zhen be easily let go by Wu Zetian?

You must know that Li Chengqian was abolished for rebellion, Li Tai was demoted to early death, Li Ke and Li Yin were framed to death by Changsun Wuji, Li You rebelled and was demoted to common people, Li Yun was falsely accused of committing suicide, Li Zhi had passed away, and Li Fu died in the Before Li Zhi, Li Ming rebelled and committed suicide, and Li Kuan, Li Xiao, and Li Jian died young, Li Zhen and Li Shen were the only two remaining of Li Shimin's fourteen sons.

Except for Li Zhi's sons, the two of them can be said to be the most qualified candidates to inherit the throne.This is undoubtedly a thorn in the flesh for Wu Zetian, who aspires to the throne, and he can't wait to get rid of it quickly. Even if Li Zhen and Li Shen don't take the initiative to rebel, Wu Zetian will definitely find a reason to kill the two of them.

Sure enough, after Li Zhen failed to rebel and committed suicide, Wu Zetian directly killed Li Shen on the grounds that Li Shen participated in the rebellion (in fact, Li Shen did not participate at all, Li Zhen did invite him, but because Li Shen was cowardly, so Refused.).It can be seen that even if there is no rebellion, Wu Zetian will definitely find another reason to force the two to commit suicide.

So although Li Zhen doesn't want to be emperor, because he knows that the position of emperor is not easy to sit, and the three brothers Li Chengqian need the help of the ten thousand-year-old fox grandson Wuji. I am just a kid, and the only political experience I have learned is from TV. Basically, I can't play with the grandson and old fox behind me.

But still the same sentence, this is a major matter related to his own life, even if he can't beat it, he can only bite the bullet, otherwise unless he goes into exile overseas and never returns to the Central Plains, he will always have to face it.

"Damn it, fight it out." Lying on the bed, Li Zhen gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, striking each other with her hands, and said fiercely: "I don't believe it, I have thousands of years of experience in the future, and I can't play with you old foxes?"

In addition, the matter of fiefdom must be settled first. As the saying goes, "Shen Sheng dies inside, Chong Er lives outside." If you want to fight for the throne, you can't just toss in Chang'an City. Developing in the fief, the problem now is that although the prince of the Tang Dynasty will be granted many official positions, most of these official positions are taken from a distance, and they only receive the salary and don't care about the matter, but this is not the case for me who wants to develop the fief. Good news, it seems that something good has to be exchanged from Li Shimin for the autonomy of the fief.

"Forget it, forget it, it's still early anyway." Although she had already made up her mind, Li Zhen knew that these things should not be rushed. She was only three years old, and Li Shimin still had 20 years to live. Time to make arrangements: "The most urgent thing now is to solve the problem of the identity of the grandfather. By the way, which god is powerful and low-key to teach?"

"Woo, I didn't expect it." Li Zhen thought over and over on the bed, but his knowledge of Taoism was not deep, and all the gods he could think of were well-known. Very useful.

"Ma Dan, it's really not good, can I make it up for you?" Li Zhen, who couldn't think of it, was ready to make up one: "But if I make it up, then I have to arrange a birth history for this fairy." , In addition, the exercises, cheats, treasures, supernatural powers, etc. have to be compiled, so there is no need to make up, isn't there a ready-made one?"

Li Zhen's face suddenly turned happy, because he suddenly thought of a great power in the later generations. This great power did not appear in the original Taoist history, but appeared in "Journey to the West". This great god is Zhen Yuanzi.

It is said that in "Journey to the West", Zhen Yuanzi is a ruthless character. He is known as the ancestor of the earth immortal, and his magic power is boundless. Even Guanyin Bodhisattva admits that he is three points inferior to him.Moreover, Zhen Yuanzi's treasures are not so many, not only the ginseng fruit trees with the top ten spiritual roots in the world, but also the fetal membranes of the earth and the earth. It was the universe in the sleeves, but the four masters and apprentices took all of them together with their horses-this completely met the standard of being strong and low-key.

"That's him." Li Zhen shouted loudly, choosing Zhen Yuanzi as his target.

On the second day, Li Zhen told Li Shimin about Zhen Yuanzi. After listening to it, Li Shimin said with endless admiration: "I am really a man of gods. If I can always be with Zhen Yuan in this life, Even being a little boy is enough, Zhen'er, you said that the ginseng fruit tree can live for 7000 years, but is it true?"

"Oops." Li Zhen suddenly remembered that Li Shimin was the same as almost all the emperors. He had almost no resistance in the face of longevity, and he blamed himself for talking too much. In order to enhance his persuasiveness, he deliberately described Zhen Yuanzi's treasure in detail. , the ginseng fruit tree is the most important thing, but now they dig a hole and jump by themselves.

"Father, I don't know whether the ginseng fruit tree has that effect, but I know that your plan to suppress the family is about to be completed." Li Zhen had no other choice but to change the subject: "Grandpa said, In order to thank Tang Huang for his kindness, you can take these books, and you will also get a gift of printing and papermaking from Tang Huang."

"Printing? We have this. Is there anything unusual about the old god's printing?" After all, Li Shimin is the emperor, so he just turned around. Now that he heard Li Zhen's words, he instantly came to his senses. Motoko's gift is very curious.

Printing has been around for a long time, but block printing was the first to appear. After all, the principle of seals is not difficult to understand.

It's just that Li Zhen was puzzled. Since everyone knows the engraving, don't they know how to separate the characters?As for engraving, it has been used for hundreds of years.In other words, movable type printing harmed the interests of some people and was wiped out, such as the family

The reason why aristocratic families can become aristocratic families is because they monopolize knowledge, and monopolizing knowledge is tantamount to monopolizing officialdom.This also led to the fact that in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, it was not the emperor Li Shimin who had the most say, but the aristocratic family group headed by the seven clans and five surnames. This is why Li Shimin tried every means to support the Guanlong Group.

Because there are too few scholars from poor families, even now there are not so many books to train Li Shimin, but the aristocratic family is different. Their family has no more than 1000 people at most. With their collection of books, they can carry out elite education, and they can also Using the daughters he cultivated to win over promising scholars from poor families, a huge interest group was formed over time—this was far beyond what Li Shimin could match.

If movable type printing appears, the cost and efficiency of printing will be greatly reduced, and the price of books will also be greatly reduced. The poor will have more opportunities to study, and the chances of talents will be greatly increased. Among other things, Even if there is only one talented person out of a hundred humble scholars, the aristocratic family can't afford it.Therefore, it is entirely possible that the family has killed the development of printing, and the possibility is definitely not low.

Chapter 17 The Printing Press