Datang Nongwang

Chapter 751 Homecoming

Of course the Supreme Emperor is awesome.

It is said that half a month ago, Li Shimin sent people to Xisha Island to ask Li Yuan to return to Chang'an to make decisions about his son and grandson.

Unexpectedly, after hearing about this incident, Li Yuan was in a very bad mood.

After going out to sea for a few days, I returned to Xisha Island in a better mood.

As soon as Li Yuan returned to Xisha Island, he happened to meet someone sent by his family.

The people sent by the family told Li Yuan what happened in Chang'an recently.

This is not.

When Li Yuan heard that someone in the court wanted to attack Li Chongyuan's shipyard, he directly summoned the servant who had been waiting for him and told him to go back to Chang'an.

And, let him take a sentence back, if that Nizi wants the boat from Xisha Island, then he will come to Xisha Island in person and step on his father's body before taking it away.

That's how Li Yuan put it down.

But when it came to Wang Li, it changed into a different style.

After all, Wang Li didn't dare to convey the original words to Li Shimin, so he could only be tactful.

It doesn't matter if it's tactful or not.

The important thing is that in the entire hall, everyone has heard Wang Li's words.

Some are happy to watch the excitement, some gloat, and some are unwilling.

Of course, there must be some very happy.

Nothing is more happy than Li Chongji and his brothers.

Those who are not reconciled must be Fang Xuanling and others.

As for watching the excitement, or those who gloat.

These people neither agreed with the Eastern Expedition nor prevented it.

Although these people are court officials, the prince they once attached to has been imprisoned by Li Shimin.

Even Li Tai, the King of Wei whom they had always supported, was put under house arrest by Li Shimin.

Above the court, it is not like before, most of the people's hearts are still stable.

Li Shimin has been in power for more than ten years, and the princes have been fighting back and forth, and even more so, most of the court officials in the court have been drawn to his side.

So, naturally, these court officials are divided into several groups.

Now, Prince Li Chengqian was abolished, Wei Wang Li Tai who participated in the seizure of the heirloom was imprisoned, and Qi Wang Li You was also imprisoned.

The king of Wu, Li Ke, was also sent away from Beijing. This was Li Zhi, who was the least likely to become the prince because of the cheapness.

It seems normal for the prince to win over court officials, but Li Shimin is still displeased with these court officials.

Li Shimin was still upset about the people who were attracted by Wei Wang Li Tai.

As for the people in the court who were wooed by the Yin sister and brother, Li Shimin was even more upset.

Don't worry, these court officials didn't commit any crimes. Even if Li Shimin wanted to take a stab at these people, there was nothing he could do.

and so.

This has also become the current situation.

At this moment, Li Shimin felt that he had been slapped in the face in public, and he was in an extremely bad mood. He turned away, which was a step down for himself.

After retreating from the court, Li Chongji's brothers withdrew from the palace early and stood outside the palace gate.

Li Xiaogong came out of the palace, seeing that the three brothers hadn't left, he walked over and said: "The matter is over, what are you still doing here? Do you have something to do?"

"Uncle, we have nothing to do, we just want to see what will happen to Mr. Fang." Li Chongxuan said quickly.

Li Chongxu nodded indifferently.

It was Li Chongji who stopped talking, "This is not home, don't talk nonsense."

If an outsider listens to Mr. Fang, it will lead to an escalation of the conflict between the two families.

Besides, it's not good to settle down, and it's still disrespectful to the ministers of the court. It's unjustifiable, so Li Chongji stopped drinking.

Li Xiaogong looked at Li Chongji and saw his brother smiled and said: "Okay, let's go quickly. Fang Xuanling was called by the Holy One to discuss matters, you wait here, I'm afraid it will be noon."

After Li Chongji and the three heard this, they didn't care.

"Uncle, we just want to see what Fang Xuanling's lost face looks like. At worst, we'll wait for him here until noon." Li Chongxuan didn't care how long the wait was.

However, Li Chongji waved his hand, "Forget it, I still have a lot of business to deal with. Third brother, if you are willing to wait, then you can wait here. When you see it, go home and let me know tonight. "

"Third brother, I also have official duties to deal with." Li Chongxu also said.

The three brothers have their own affairs, but Li Chongxuan is not busy with errands today, so he has a lot of free time.

Afterwards, Li Chongji and Li Chongxu left, leaving Li Chongxuan to continue guarding at the palace gate.

After a while, Wei Zheng came out of the palace lonely.

Wei Zheng at this time was still as usual, and it was completely different from Wei Zheng's illness in the historical records.

According to the normal historical process, Wei Zheng started to get sick a few years ago, and after being unable to get treatment for a serious illness, he went there at the beginning of this year.

But now.

Wei Zheng is still alive and well.

but.

Although Wei Zheng lived well, it was because of the rebellion case of the crown prince Li Chengqian, and he was neglected by Li Shimin because it was not good for him to discipline the crown prince.

Although the official position has not changed.

However, Li Shimin seldom asked him about matters big or small in the court.

Even for this Eastern Expedition, Li Shimin never sent anyone to invite him into the palace when discussing matters.

last year.

In order to strengthen Prince Li Chengqian's morality and academic performance, Li Shimin granted Wei Zheng the title of Prince Taishi.

As for his original post of knowing the door and saving troubles, he still presides over the affairs of the door.

Wei Zheng was originally a servant, Jia Tejin, and he also gave this aristocratic subordinate to save trouble, with great power and high position.

After all, whether it is a servant or a subordinate who saves trouble, they all belong to the prime minister.

Shang Shu Sheng, Men Xia Sheng, Zhong Shu Sheng.

The highest officials of the three provinces are all prime ministers.

Shangshuxing's left and right servants are prime ministers, and Zhongshuxing uses Zhongshu Ling and Zhongshu Shilang as prime ministers. As for the subordinate province, there are two servants, and these two are prime ministers.

Therefore, there are six prime ministers in the three provinces, and they can also be divided into main and auxiliary.

Among the prime ministers, Shangshu Province is the most important, followed by Zhongshu Province, followed by Menxia Province.

Although Wei Zheng is the prime minister, among all the prime ministers, he can be regarded as the lightest one.

However, since he was conferred by Li Shimin as the prince and grand teacher last year, Wei Zheng's position as prime minister has been improved a bit.

but.

Wei Zheng also did not expect that Prince Li Chengqian would rebel.

This also caused him to be deprived of the position of prince and grand teacher, and even more involved him.

Fortunately, after Li Shimin sent people to thoroughly investigate the case of Li Chengqian's treason, although Wei Zheng was cleared of his charges, Li Shimin did not want to see him anymore.

Otherwise, why didn't Li Shimin call him the prime minister when discussing matters.

The lonely Wei Zheng came to the gate of the palace and saw Li Chongxuan standing outside the gate of the palace, thinking that Li Chongxuan was on duty because of business, so he didn't care.

Instead, it was Li Chongxuan who went up to meet him, "Duke Zheng, why didn't you go when the Holy Majesty was discussing state affairs?"

Li Chongxuan didn't have any vision, and this mention mentioned Wei Zheng's sad point.

Wei Zheng looked at Li Chongxuan and asked, "When will your fourth brother return to Chang'an?"

"I don't know. However, we have already sent people to Xisha Island and the mouth of the Yellow River in Dizhou to wait. However, according to my estimation, my fourth brother may not be able to come back this year." Li Chongxuan did not mean anything bad to Wei Zheng On the contrary, I have a good impression of him.

As for Wei Zheng helping Li Chongyuan out of the siege several times, he was grateful to Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng didn't understand, "It doesn't take several years to go to the kingdoms of wandering ghosts, even though it's thousands of miles away?"

"This... Zheng Guogong doesn't know. Although my fourth brother is sent to various countries by order, those countries are thousands of miles away from my Tang Dynasty. Moreover, no one knows what is going on there. Time, that is inevitable." Li Chongxuan didn't know how to respond to Wei Zheng.

Honestly, he won't tell.

Li Chongyuan was sent as an envoy to other countries by order, not for personal matters.

If it is said that Li Chongyuan went to the other side of the ocean for a private matter, then if word of this gets out, it will be fine.

Leaving aside what will happen to the court officials in the court, Li Shimin may be about to get angry.

Of course, Li Chongxuan really believed that Wei Zheng was not the kind of person who would break his mouth.

But just in case, Li Chongxuan didn't tell the truth.

Wei Zheng nodded, "That's right, those countries have never had any contact with my Tang Dynasty. This is the first time for Li Chongyuan to go to those countries, so he will definitely take time off. Remember to notify me when your fourth brother comes back. .”

After Wei Zheng left a word, he left directly.

Li Chongxuan responded to Wei Zheng's back: "Okay, Zheng Guogong. If my fourth brother has any news, I will definitely send someone to the mansion to let me know."

Paracel Island.

Li Yuan regained his previous state.

Eat and drink.

Every day, I either go for a walk on the beach with Wan'er, or go to the shipyard.

of course.

If Li Yuan was on the rise, he would follow Wan'er to pick up some so-called beautiful shells, and stick a beautiful handicraft just like Wan'er.

The euphemistic name is, when you return to Chang'an, give it to Sizi.

As for when to return to Chang'an, Li Yuan never thought about it.

Here, he can stay away from Chang'an, and he doesn't have to hear about Chang'an all the time, so he can live in peace.

But just over a month ago, after the servant from Chang'an told him about the situation in Chang'an, it really made him depressed for several days.

After going out to the sea, after recovering his mood, he heard that someone in the court wanted to play Xisha Island, which made Li Yuan feel unhappy again.

Unhappy, he sent the servant back to Chang'an directly, and let go of his harsh words.

And this moment.

Wan'er is hiding in her room, holding a hard pen, writing a letter home.

In the family letter, everything about Xisha Island was fully revealed, as well as Li Yuan's anger that day.

Of course, among the family letters, there were some who asked when their fourth brother would come back.

Such a letter from home.

Wan'er will write a letter every two or three months and send it back to Chang'an.

This is what the old lady confessed, and it was also what Li Chongyuan confessed.

Back then, Li Chongyuan brought Li Yuan to Xisha Island, and brought Wan'er to Xisha Island, but his purpose was not that simple.

With Li Yuan sitting on Xisha Island, Li Chongyuan can leave for the opposite side of the ocean with peace of mind.

As for Wan'er, she became like a little spy, and from time to time secretly sent news about Xisha Island and Li Yuan to her family.

Li Yuan already knew about Wan'er's actions.

It's just that he won't point out these things.

Li Yuan was waiting for Li Chongyuan to return to Xisha Island, and he wanted to wait for Li Chongyuan to return.

After Li Chongyuan came back, tell him what happened on the other side of the ocean and the general situation.

However, he waited for another half a year.

As the wind and snow fell, Li Yuan stood in front of the house, looked at the snowflakes floating in the sky, and muttered to himself: "I don't know where your fourth brother is, and whether he has found the high-yield crops he said."

"Uncle, don't worry about the fourth brother. He will be fine and come back safely. The weather is too cold. You have been standing here for half an hour. You should go back to the house to warm up." Wan'er stayed with Li Yuan all the time, but she was already too cold to bear.

Li Yuan and Wan'er on Xisha Island are worried about Li Chongyuan.

At this moment, Li Chongyuan had already finished his treasure hunt.

This treasure hunt took more than half a year.

In the past half a year or so, it can be said that everyone did not know how much gold they got.

Fortunately, there was no fight between the people because of the gold hunt, which made Li Chongyuan not have to worry about it.

After searching for gold for more than half a year, everyone can get at least ten catties of gold on average.

Of course, this has to get rid of all the officers and soldiers of the Xiang family.

Half a year ago, after Li Chongyuan led all the soldiers of the Xiang family to explore another hundred and eighty miles north, they saw an open-pit gold mine again.

It was precisely because of the open-pit gold mine that the officers and soldiers of the Xiang family got a lot of gold.

The quantity, according to Li Chongyuan's estimation, can be divided into [-] catties per person at least.

For the sake of treasure hunting, everyone is satisfied and happy.

And as Li Chongyuan calculated the time, Li Chongyuan didn't want to continue any longer. As early as a few days ago, he had sent people to the gold-seeking place to pass the word that everyone returned to the team and was going to join the people in Qingfengzhai. Back to Datang.

Although the gold hunters are a little bit reluctant, they also know that if this continues, the food problem will continue.

Since this time.

Whether Li Chongyuan came from the Tang Dynasty or not, the food he got from other countries has already been exhausted.

In order to maintain the food problem, Li Chongyuan asked people to hunt a lot of animals to solve the food problem.

Li Chongyuan was not willing to eat the grain he bought from the Mayans. Those grains needed to be used as seeds.

Even if there is only one, Li Chongyuan is reluctant.

When everyone returned to the camp, Li Chongyuan did not order to set off, but ordered everyone to hunt and gather and prepare food for the return trip.

ten days later.

After all kinds of meat had been prepared, Li Chongyuan gave the order to set off, heading towards the way they came from, preparing to join Chen Juan and the others.

Where are Chen Juan and the others? Before they parted, Chen Juan left a general direction for Li Chongyuan.

And that general direction was exactly where Li Chongyuan and the others landed for the first time, which was also the harbor that Li Chongyuan originally named, Tangli Bay.

a few days later.

Li Chongyuan and the others arrived at Tangli Bay and met Chen Juan and their fleet.

And Chen Juan and the others had already been waiting there.

After questioning, although Li Chongyuan did not get an answer, he found out from Mo Fei's eyes and Chen Juan and Chen Huan's expressions that they must have gained a lot from this treasure hunt.

"Auntie, the things here are basically completed, and it's time to return to Datang, do you think?" Li Chongyuan asked Chen Juan.

Chen Juan nodded, "Go back, I've been out for more than two years, and I think it's been three years since I returned to Datang."

(End of this chapter)