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Chapter 861 Sweet Dates
Changan.

The Mid-Autumn Festival in Prince Qin's Mansion was very lively. Not only Li Yong and Li Zhaocheng brought their families to the mansion, but Han Chengxu's family also brought Yuan Yan to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Although Li Xia is usually busy and has a somewhat alienated personality, he actually enjoys this kind of time with his family from the bottom of his heart.

But when the family feast is over, the relatives leave.When his wives and concubines clamored to admire the moon, he still had a few official documents to read.

I had no choice but to set up a table under the moon, light a candle, and continue reading at night.

Such a hard-working appearance made Zhang Wenjing tease a few words.

"It's a beautiful day, but it's a pity that His Royal Highness Qin Wang has to bury his first copy."

"I'm sorry, come and help me look at this, there are still a lot of characters I don't know."

"Hmph, I won't help you."

Having said that, Zhang Wenjing sat down next to Li Xia with a smile on her face, glanced at Gao Mingyue and the others who were busy with housework, and whispered in his ear, "Where did you go this afternoon?" ?”

The aroma lingered in the nose, but the words clearly carried some interrogation meaning.

Li Xia was very calm and said, "I met a friend."

"Why don't you please come home?"

"The identity is inconvenient."

"Oh?" Zhang Wenjing blinked.

"The identity is secret, it's hard to tell."

Li Xia didn't explain much, and while no one else was paying attention, he kissed Zhang Wenjing, and the topic passed like that.

Zhang Wenjing then helped to read the official documents.

She actually felt that there were too few concubines in Prince Qin's mansion. After all, she grew up in a high-ranking family, and all the families she came into contact with were full of wives and concubines. She also planned to let Li Xia take more concubines.

But on the other hand, knowing that he went to see the outer room, she couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive.

In short, asking a few questions like this, barely counted as beating him.

The majesty as a side princess has been stabilized.

Li Xia turned his head and said, "The writing of these two notebooks is too obscure, and it involves Chang'an water conservancy. I plan to make a request for tomorrow's meeting. In the future, there should be a chart for this kind of document. What do you think?"

"I don't think it's appropriate." Zhang Wenjing said in a low voice: "It can be seen that this gentleman is proficient in water conservancy, but he is obviously not very familiar with northern geography."

"Well, he just came here not long ago. How did you see that?"

"Flood control in the north and the south are different."

Zhang Wenjing really understands construction and water conservancy matters, so she circled a few places with a pen, and said: "Look here... the construction period of the dam is not accurate, because the flood seasons are different between the north and the south. The so-called ups and downs, July next year If this embankment is not completed before, it will be full of fields..."

After discussing for a while, Li Xia couldn't help exaggerating Zhang Wenjing a few words, which made her a little proud.

"Brilliant, isn't it? When my father rebuilt Baozhou City, it was built very well. Mr. Yishan even wrote an article "The Construction of Shuntian Mansion", and he praised him with two thousand words. In fact, my father was not only a good fighter, but also a fine man. Yu Yingjian, oh, the fifth uncle too. If only they could help you."

In fact, it is usually fine, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and watching the reunion of Qiaoer's family, Zhang Wenjing inevitably feels homesick.

Knowing this, Li Xia reached out and took her into his arms.

Zhang Wenjing pressed against Li Xia's face, couldn't help smiling, raised her hand, stroked Li Xia's chin with her beautiful fingers, and said, "When you want to expand Chang'an City, maybe you can let my father build it for you." Bar?"

"It's too late, but we have to wait a few years to have money and food to build the city." Li Xia said, "Chang'an may not be all in the future."

"Then I hope that father can preside over the construction of a magnificent metropolis for you in the future..."

Li Xia hugged Zhang Wenjing and patted her hand gently.

But he knew that her wish would be hard to come true.

With Zhang Rou's age and the current situation, no matter how I look at it, I can't wait for that day.

~~
Mid-Autumn Festival full moon.

Zhang Rou and Zhang Honglue sat and drank wine after a family banquet in Baozhou's Zhang family, and they just talked about the situation in Beijing and China.

From last night to now, the father and son have been talking more about the business expansion to the southwest, but they don't care much about the north.

Presumably, mentioning it is nothing more than Kublai Khan's various means to take over the power of the Marquis, and Zhang Rou doesn't like to hear it.

"Dadu?"

"Yes, Your Majesty agrees to change Yanjing to Dadu. After all, Yanjing is a more suitable place to rule the Central Plains."

"Give a sweet date with a big stick, and the princes will be very happy."

"Without Li Xia, His Majesty's centralization of power in the center would have been smoother. Perhaps this sweet date would not have been given so quickly."

Zhang Rou sighed, and murmured: "I've been thinking about restoring the Han system all my life, but at that time I never thought about restoring the Han system. The first thing is to seize the power of the Marquis."

Zhang Honglue said: "Speaking of my heart, my child... Even so, Dayuan still treats his subjects more leniently than in previous dynasties. According to His Majesty's practice, even if the military and civilians are divided, allowing a large number of bureaucratic families to exist is still impossible for other kings to promise."

"I understand for my father. Of course, Your Majesty is still generous. Taking over the power of the Marquis is more beneficial to many of the Marquis's children than before. Only some... people who are not trusted will be very dangerous."

"Father, don't worry."

Zhang Rou waved her hand, not bothering to talk about it anymore, and asked something he was interested in.

"Yanjing is dilapidated, and the water source is insufficient. I'm afraid it is not suitable for the capital?"

"Yes, when I left Kaiping, I heard that His Majesty has ordered Secretary Cong to start planning, and will recall the Guo brothers back to the north to be in charge of water conservancy planning."

"I think of the time when Baozhou City was built." Zhang Rou closed her eyes, patted her knees slowly, and said, "It was true when I said 'swear not to kill indiscriminately' back then. The new town is more interesting..."

~~
"After the name of the country is changed, His Majesty will serve as my father in charge of the Ministry of Industry, and will be in charge of the urban construction of the capital."

In the other courtyard of the Hao family in Taiyuan, Zhang Hongfan was sitting and talking with Mao Jujie, and said: "The sixth brother will also be appointed as the chief of the palace building to assist father."

"Why?" Mao Jujie asked subconsciously, and then changed his voice and asked, "What does this mean?"

Zhang Hongfan said: "Father is good at construction and likes to do it, and you, fifth uncle, are the same. Isn't it?"

Mao Jujie stroked his long beard, and said lightly: "I don't like to do this, it's just that I have to worry about it back then."

"Then please ask my fifth uncle to go back to Baozhou and tell my father and sixth brother not to contact Li Xia any more. You can go to Dadu to preside over the city building, okay?"

"What is Kuro talking about?"

"Your Majesty let the past go." Zhang Hongfan closed his eyes and said slowly, "This is also the last time."

Mao Jujie smiled and said, "I don't understand what Jiulang said."

"I know what Uncle Wu came to Taiyuan for. Let's put it this way, Wang Luo is in Taiyuan, and I will take him down soon."

Mao Jujie's face was a little stiff, but he was still hiding his expression.

Zhang Hongfan continued: "It is true that Hao Tianyi was released by Li Xia. But the reason why I came here was to restrain him. I only received less than a hundred coins. It is enough, because the Hao family is no longer controlled by Hao Tianyi." gone."

"Hehe, I don't care about the Hao family."

"Anyway, my father wanted to contact Li Xia through Shanxi, but I have stopped him." Zhang Hongfan murmured to himself, "You may scold me... You taught me to protect the interests of the Zhang family in every way since I was a child, but At this point in the state affairs, the Great Yuan Dynasty was established at the beginning, and the world will be unified and the prosperous age will be restored. The interests of one family and one surname must not be in conflict with the interests of the country."

Mao Jujie no longer denied it.Now that Zhang Hongfan already knew everything, there was no point in pretending to be deaf and dumb.

"Jiulang never thought that if His Majesty summoned his brother-in-law to Dadu, he might harm his brother-in-law?"

"No." Zhang Hongfan said: "First of all, fifth uncle, you have to understand that the person who wanted to harm my father was Li Xia. He abducted the elder sister and has been trying to drive a wedge between father and His Majesty. However, His Majesty has been lenient enough, Fifth Uncle, think about it carefully, how many kings in the past could tolerate important ministers marrying their daughters to the enemy? Not to mention that Zhang Wulang also surrendered to the enemy."

Mao Jujie didn't know how to answer.

Zhang Hongfan said again: "Your Majesty will not harm father, because I am still here."

"Will His Majesty trust you once Hancheng is defeated?"

"I have gained His Majesty's trust, so my father was able to work in the Ministry of Industry." Zhang Hongfan said: "This is a good result for Da Yuan and the Zhang family. Fifth Uncle rests for a night, and he will go back tomorrow."

Having said that, Mao Jujie was helpless.

He didn't expect to come back to Taiyuan this time without success so easily, but he could only nod his head and sighed: "I'll go back tomorrow."

"Thank you Fifth Uncle, I wish Father well."

Zhang Hongfan let out a sigh of relief and walked out of the guest house.

He stood at the gate of the courtyard for a while, looking more and more calm and confident.

After Li Fen's rebellion, Kublai Khan seized the power of the Marquis in a big way, and only the three families were least affected.

Zhending historian, Gaocheng Dong family, and his Shuntian Zhang family.

Shi Tianze and Dong Wenbing have always been the most trusted by Kublai Khan, so it is normal to have this result.

However, the Zhang family has a close relationship with Li Xia and is the most suspected.He can also be treated by Yourong, one is strength, the other is prestige, and the third is the trust he has received from Zhang Hongfan.

Nowadays, the Golden Tiger Talisman is becoming more and more precious, for example, Hao Tianyi's one will be taken back.

Only the young Zhang Hongfan, who still wears the golden tiger amulet, Ren Shuntian Road Guanmin Chief, and Marshal of the Han Army.

The Great Yuan established the country, and the king's kindness was profound...

Thinking about this in his mind, he stood for a long time, only to see Hao Tian approaching without any haste.

"Why is Brother Zhongchou waiting here?"

"Think about something." Zhang Hongfan asked, "What's the matter?"

"Brother was relented, and at the meeting he took the initiative to ask the military and civilians to divide the rule, and promised to help us take down Wang Xiao."

"Where is the military strength in Taiyuan?"

"Third brother has completely controlled it."

Zhang Hongfan had the thought again by chance, could Li Xia not be able to send out spies who are plain-looking and eloquent?Not to send someone as conspicuous as Wang Xiao over here...

But the situation has stabilized, obviously there will be no major changes, so he nodded.

"Let your elder brother meet Wang Xiao..."

(End of this chapter)