Tang's dining table

Li Zhi stuffed a cantaloupe into the giant bear's mouth. While listening to the crunching sound of the giant bear eating the melon, he said to Wu Mei, "Yunchu said he thought someone would raid the Ziwei Palace."

Wu Mei sighed and said, "What he is thinking is exactly what I am worried about."

Li Zhi sat up and said, "Do you also think there will be assassins entering this Ziwei Palace?"

Wu Mei did not explain, but invited Li Zhi to the back hall of Shangyang Palace.

A palace lady lowered her head and walked slowly to lead the way. Li Zhi looked at the palace lady's white hair and said, "How can there be such an old palace lady?"

Wu Mei looked at Li Zhi with a half-smile but said, "This person is your Majesty's old friend."

Li Zhi ordered the palace lady to stop, lifted the palace lady's chin with his hand and looked at it for a long time, then said half-guessingly: "Princess Lelang Princess Jin Yanjun?"

At this time, Jin Yanzhen, who had gray hair and wrinkles on his face, first looked at the queen in horror, and then said timidly: "It's my slave."

Li Zhi looked at this thirty-year-old face and couldn't help but ask: "How did she become like this?"

Wu Mei smiled and said: "Maybe it's because beauty ages easily."

Li Zhi was just a little surprised by Jin Yanjun's change. She didn't care about the living conditions of a woman who had lost her country.

"Where are the potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins that Yun Chu wanted back then? Did she confess?"

Hearing what Li Zhi said, Jin Yanxuan's thin body trembled.

Wu Mei said: "She probably really doesn't know, otherwise, she would have said it long ago."

Li Zhi said doubtfully: "Didn't Yunchu say that after finding peppers, he should find those things?"

Wu Mei sneered and said: "God knows how Yun Chu knew, but Jin Yanxi really didn't know.

After so many years of searching, I did not find the potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, or pumpkins that Yunchu mentioned, but I found some other things. "

Li Zhi said puzzledly: "The Silla King has disappeared in the sea. What can you find out?"

Wu Mei said: "Falling in the sea? Does your Majesty really believe it?"

Li Zhi frowned and said: "There is no news about the survivors of Silla Kingdom in Liaodong."

Wu Mei said: "Your Majesty is unaware of something. I have been investigating for many years, and just the day before yesterday, I discovered something very strange."

Li Zhi said: "What's something strange?"

Wu Mei said: "Luoyang Human Sales Market bought a total of more than 64,000 Silla maids in three years!"

Li Zhi said nonchalantly: "The Silla maids are easy to use, and selling more is nothing. In short, they will give birth to many descendants of the Tang Dynasty."

Wu Mei said: "Your Majesty, why don't you ask where the men from Silla are?"

Li Zhi laughed and said: "They are just slaves and maids, what else can they do? As long as they live in the Tang Dynasty, even if they have resentment, as long as they are in the Tang Dynasty, they can only live in my Datang house and wear my clothes." , If you speak the language of the Tang Dynasty, will you still not be an obedient citizen of the Tang Dynasty after a few generations?

Even if Jin Famin lets all Silla survivors sneak into the Tang Dynasty, it doesn't matter. "

After hearing what Li Zhi said, Wu Mei couldn't help but look at Li Zhi carefully. She also felt that something was wrong with today's emperor. The way he spoke and acted was very much like Emperor Taizong, not Li Zhi himself.

Thinking of this, Wu Mei raised her hand to touch Li Zhi's face. When she was about to pinch her nose, Li Zhi knocked her hand off and asked unexpectedly: "What's wrong with you again?"

Wu Mei smiled and said, "I just feel that Your Majesty today is not like the person I slept with last night."

Li Zhi sighed for some reason and said, "Let's go and see what you said is inappropriate."

Jin Yanzhen took the order and moved forward, followed by the emperor, Wu Mei and the boss and a group of people.

Shangyang Palace is located to the west of Ziwei Imperial City, adjacent to Luoshui River. It has the most waterscapes and bridges. Some are like a rainbow lying on the waves, some are steep and elegant, and what's even more rare is that there are many cork pines in the shallow water. at...

After passing through the water pine forest and seeing off the geese swimming in the water, the exquisiteness in front of us turned into something sinister.

"White Tiger Land, a place of great danger, what are you doing bringing me here?"

Li Zhi took one look at the surrounding terrain and knew that this was either a place for a prison or a place for the transformation of the harem.

Wu Mei laughed and said, "Your Majesty, please see how much harm is hidden in your Ziwei Palace."

Li Zhi's expression changed when he heard this, and he said to the eunuch Wu who was following him: "Don't look at it, just kill him in one piece."

After giving the order, he stopped moving forward and turned around to leave. He didn't want to step into a dangerous place like Baihu Land.

Wu Mei said with some disappointment: "Your Majesty, don't you want to read it?"

Li Zhi, who had already walked away, waved his hand and said: "Take care of yourself..."

Li Hong was miserable in the East Palace in Luoyang.

Not to mention the lack of walls, looking around, the open land with water is very suitable for horse racing and a battlefield. However, Li Zhi and Wu Mei explained to Li Hong that it is very suitable for cultivating new crops.

Because Wei Xuanji, the previous Sinong Qing, fenced off the pond here before building the East Palace, there were many big fish in the East Palace pond.

Yunchu took off his armor and sat under a willow tree, holding up a fishing rod and fishing leisurely.

Li Hong also learned to fish, but unfortunately his butt seemed to have spikes and could not stabilize for a moment.

On the other hand, the old man Xu Jingzong sitting on the other side of him was holding the fishing rod. The almost eighty-year-old man still had a very steady hand.

He had just been dismissed from the position of prime minister by the emperor, and now he only had the status of a prince and tutor, and could only work as an errand for Li Hong.

"Two masters, do you really think there will be assassins raiding Ziwei Palace?" Li Hong finally couldn't sit still, dropped his fishing rod and asked the two masters for advice.

Yun Chu said: "Don't you find that people's behavior is very orderly?

Since it is organized, it will not end in an anticlimactic manner. "

Li Hong looked at Xu Jingzong again and said, "What do you think, Mr. Xu?"

Xu Jingzong opened his cloudy eyes, looked at the Crown Prince Li Hong and said, "I'm not worried about the safety of Your Majesty and the Queen, but the Prince's place is very smooth and it's very suitable for launching a surprise attack."

Li Hong asked anxiously: "In that case, why are we still fishing here?"

Xu Jingzong glanced at Yun Chu and sneered: "Who told His Highness that we were fishing? The three of us are now bait, waiting for the fish to eat."

Li Hong took a breath and said: "Who dares to do this? Those wealthy families? They are looking for death."

Xu Jingzong said indifferently: "I originally suspected that it was your martial arts master Yunchu, but now it seems that it doesn't look like him, so it must be another group of people. However, the wealthy family that His Highness mentioned do not have the courage to rebel.

Creating trouble secretly in Luozhou is their greatest ability. As for rebellion, they don't dare. "

Li Hong then pulled Yun Chu's sleeve and said, "Master, please make it clear who will attack us so that I can be prepared."

Yunchu looked at Li Hong and said: "When Di Renjie was investigating the mass stampede case and our assassination case, he suddenly felt that there were a lot of Koreans, Baekjes, and Silla people in Luoyang City.

Di Renjie also felt that those assassins who died in the battle were from the east. "

Before Li Hong could react, Xu Jingzong, who was sleeping with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Yun Chu and said with radiant light: "Silla people?"

Yun Chu looked at Xu Jingzong coldly and said, "I heard that Mr. Xu has two hundred Silla maids in his family."

Xu Jingzong waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Don't slander me. The Silla maids in my family are just playthings, and I have nothing to do with the wealthy family."

Yunchu chuckled and said, "I want to know now why there are Silla people, Korean people, and Baekje people among the soldiers of Luozhou Prefecture.

Mr. Xu, you have nothing to do with this matter. "

The fishing rod in Xu Jingzong's hand began to tremble slightly, causing the fishing line to tremble as well, creating circles of ripples on the calm water.

Yun Chu was right. As the various benefits of the soldiers gradually disappeared, and the emperor began to exempt local taxes without restraint, except for passing through Guanzhong, there were not many people in other places who were willing to be soldiers.

The problem of insufficient government troops gradually became apparent, so Xu Jingzong and other big officials in the court began to pay attention to the people of Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla.

Yunchu snorted coldly and continued fishing with the fishing rod.

Xu Jingzong opened his mouth several times and then said slowly: "There are no Goguryeo, Baekje, or Silla people in the world, there are only Tang people, Yunchu. This is the national policy of the Tang Dynasty.

It makes no sense for you to criticize me for this matter.

As early as the Taizong period, there were more than 20% of foreigners in our army of the Tang Dynasty, including Ashina Sheer, Ashina Simo, Zhihusi Li, Ashina Chengqing, Ashina Mishe, and Huse. Luo, which one of Qibi Heli and Hun Shizhi is not in a high position?

Li Jing also said: There is no distinction between humans and Fans in nature. However, the land is far away in the desert, so they must make a living by hunting, so they are often accustomed to fighting. If I care for them with kindness and trust, and provide them with food and clothing, they will all be Han people.

When I was in power, I advised Your Majesty that there is nothing wrong with accepting the rich people from all over Liaodong to be allowed to serve as soldiers in the government. "

With a flick of Yunchu's wrist, he threw a big fish out of the water. This fish was so big that it didn't stop even after it landed on the beach, and kept tumbling.

Yunchu caught the fish with one hand and flicked the fish's head with his other hand. The fish immediately stopped moving.

Handing the fish to Li Hong's attendant, he said, "Let's braise it. We'll drink it later."

He grabbed the teapot and took a sip of water, and then said to Xu Jingzong: "This is why I have been begging your Majesty to return to Chang'an.

When Zuo Qiuming wrote "Zuo Zhuan", he said that those who are not of my race must have different hearts. This sentence is not appropriate in the Tang Dynasty. However, when you accept these people into the ranks of the soldiers, Didn’t you choose carefully?

Look at the people I just gave examples. Among these people, there are far more traitors than loyal ministers. Don’t you consider the reasons when formulating policies? "

Li Hong kept circling around anxiously. From the words of the two masters, he could tell that the turmoil in Luoyang this time was far from calming down.

The problem was not with Luozhou soldiers, but with the Tang Dynasty. It was a fundamental mistake, not a matter of one person or one place.

"So, my father and mother are heavily guarded here, and they don't dare to try, so they think the prince, Prince Gu, is easy to bully?

Master, can I personally go into battle to kill the enemy this time? "

Xu Jingzong took Li Hong's hand and said: "I and the prince are guarding the high building. Let's watch Yunhou kill the general and seize the flag!"

See you tomorrow