Great Tang princess

Chapter 285
Inside the Hall of Renshou, Li Zhi was holding the health ball, with an expectant expression on his face: "Chen'er, can I try your parachute?"

"No!"

Before Li Yuechen could speak, Wu Zetian next to him took the lead to stop him: "Your Majesty is not in good health, how can you try that? What if you didn't open it when you jumped off..."

Li Yuechen who was sitting opposite also nodded repeatedly. Although after a period of experimentation, it has been confirmed that this thing is relatively safe, but it is better not to play with the high blood pressure of the old man.

"Grandpa, skydiving and hot-air ballooning are completely different things, and they require a lot of physical fitness, so I'd better not try it..." Li Yuechen also advised from the side.

After all, not everyone can play this thing. During the training a few days ago, there was a soldier who didn't grasp the posture when he landed, and twisted his ankle directly as a result.

Thanks to just a sprain, it will be fine after a while of recuperation.

In case of a broken bone, a soldier is useless. The medical conditions of this era cannot restore the damage to the extent of a broken bone.

However, Li Xian next to him was eager to try: "Yuechen, what do you think of my brother's physical fitness?"

Li Yuechen didn't say anything about the old brother's boast, but just raised his hand and stretched out a finger, and poked him slightly on his chubby belly twice: "Should I still have to say this? Brother, don't you think I'm not happy?" number?"

"Don't poke, itchy!" Li Xian quickly backed away.

Li Yuechen didn't bother to talk to him, turned his head and said to Li Lun: "Fourth brother can try it, do you want to train for a while?"

"I won't." Li Lun shook his head frantically, "Jumping from the sky...it's too dangerous."

All right, Li Yuechen didn't say much, it seems that the fourth brother belongs to that kind of rather stubborn personality, which is pretty good, at least stable.

After chatting with her family, Li Yuechen was planning to go back, but Li Zhi stopped her suddenly: "Is Chen'er familiar with the minister's family?"

"No……"

Regarding this question, Li Yuechen was also a little embarrassed when she answered it. Speaking of it, she seemed to have nothing to do with girls from noble families. When she left the palace, her social circle was basically full of elders.

"Why did Grandpa ask such a question?"

"Sanlang is now the crown prince, but the candidate for the crown princess is still undecided. This is not to ask if you have a suitable candidate..." Li Zhi said, taking a sip of his tea.

"Also ha..."

Li Yuechen nodded. Speaking of which, the third brother is already 25 years old, and he is already a proper old leftover man in this era.

Although there are already several concubines, the position of main wife has always been vacant.

In fact, a few years ago, Wu Zetian originally wanted to marry the daughter of Princess Changle to him, but because at that time the royal family just ordered that blood relatives within three generations were not allowed to marry, and Princess Changle was the father's aunt, so this matter Son also give up.

And the third brother usually has a concubine to serve him, and it seems that he is not so urgent for women, so this matter was delayed for a while.

Hearing that they started discussing their marriage, Li Xian added a cup of tea to his parents: "It's okay, this matter is not urgent..."

"Nonsense!" Wu Zetian turned her head and gave him a white look, "You are the crown prince, how can you not be in a hurry about the princess concubine?"

"Eh..." Li Xian didn't seem to really care about this, so he bowed obediently and said, "Then let parents make the decision."

Li Yuechen next to him turned his head and asked, "Speaking of which, brother, doesn't he have a sweetheart?"

Li Xian shook his head: "Brother, I still feel that playing is more fun, whether it's watching Po Han Hu Opera or on weekdays..."

He was about to start talking about the theory that women don't have fun in games, but after seeing his mother's staring eyes, he immediately coughed and said, "In short, it doesn't matter if you are a brother, it's all up to your parents... "

Well... Not to mention, Li Yuechen has already discovered that if his third brother was born in a foreign country, he must be the kind who can stay at home for a year without going out.

He definitely belongs to the indoor school that is completely opposite to Li Yuechen's outdoor school, the kind that as long as he has the Internet, he can stay at home until his death.

Wu Zetian thought for a while: "Since that's the case, why not choose a concubine for the prince, and then let the courtiers recommend each other, and those who have daughters of the right age at home can also send them to the palace to have a look..."

Hearing his mother's suggestion, Li Yuechen couldn't help being a little curious.

Good guy, choose a concubine!After more than a thousand years, this is definitely not a good word, but it is a very normal thing in this era.

"Alright." Li Zhi nodded, "Then let the officials of Chang'an and Dongdu pay attention. If there are daughters in the family, they can also be sent to the palace..."

It is impossible for the crown prince to choose a concubine too small, but Li Yuechen reckons that the possibility of a daughter of a great noble family is not very high.

For nobles in this era, the first choice for marriage is the forbidden marriage family, followed by the royal family.

Of course, if Li Yuechen is the one who wants to marry, it is estimated that many nobles will step through the threshold of the palace, but it is impossible for her to marry.

But from other aspects, Li Zhi and his wife may not be willing to let the daughter of a great nobleman marry the prince.

Li Zhi, in particular, has severe PTSD and is very sensitive about the monopoly of foreign relatives, so there is a high probability that he will choose a family that is not that powerful to marry him.

Li Yuechen was also a little concerned about this matter, and decided to take a look with his parents at that time.

As the saying goes, a man always forgets his mother when he has a wife. Now the elder brother listens to his own words, but it will be hard to say when he has a wife in the future.

If the wind blows beside the pillow, it may cause a lot of misunderstandings.So it's best to tell my brother when the time comes, and choose one who can also get along with me.

……

Seven or eight days later, in the cafeteria of the military camp, after eating, Xiao He helped to clear away the plates and put two cups of tea in front of Li Yuechen and Wang Xiaojie.

"What orders does Your Highness have?" Wang Xiaojie asked.

Li Yuechen pulled out a black hand ax from his back and put it in front of him: "The soldiers said that it is not convenient to hang the horizontal knife. I want you to see if this thing can replace the horizontal knife and become their standard weapon." ?”

Looking at the ax on the table, Wang Xiaojie took it in his hand and began to observe.

The first feeling is that it is light, much lighter than the kind of ax that is usually used to chop trees and firewood, basically the same weight as a dagger.

The thickness of the ax itself is similar to that of a dagger, and the handle is wrapped with a rope, which has a certain anti-slip effect.

There are hollow structures in many places, the entire body of the ax is lacquered black, only the edge is polished so brightly that it can almost show the silhouette of a person.

This ax was made by Li Yuechen by asking the people from the Weapons Supervision to try it out. It's just a sample so far, I'll show it to Wang Xiaojie.

One side is an ax blade, and the other side is a spike, which can be used as a nail or as a climbing pick...

If it can be used as a weapon, the horizontal knife can be replaced.

After observing for a while, Wang Xiaojie said, "Your Highness, let me think about this matter and try it when I go back. If it works, I can consider it."

"Okay!" Li Yuechen nodded and agreed.

The busiest part of this period is the Academy of Engineering. They are making the iron arrows proposed by Li Yuechen. Now that the hot air balloons have been made, they plan to do a high-altitude throwing experiment after the first batch is made.

It is actually quite troublesome to do this, because the wind direction at high altitudes is different, especially after the height of more than 100 meters, the throwing point and the landing point are often very different.

Therefore, the soldiers responsible for throwing must learn to identify and calculate the wind direction, just like a sniper, so that the weapon thrown from high altitude can accurately fall on the enemy's head, forming effective lethality, and killing the enemy's vital force as much as possible.

At the same time, they also need to control the semaphore so that they can communicate with the soldiers on the ground and form an air-ground coordinated combat system...

Thinking about it carefully, there are still a lot of things to do, it's really troublesome!
Li Yuechen couldn't help but patted his forehead.

……

At the end of July, Li Yuechen went back to the palace to eat with his parents, and heard something.

There was a rebellion in Changzhou. The mastermind was named Liu Longzi. There was a gold-cast faucet, and water could be poured on the faucet to make the dragon spit water, which was said to cure all diseases.

Gathered a lot of people's hearts, and then planned to form soldiers to rebel.

But now that everyone has food to eat, they are afraid when they say they want to rebel, and someone went to the government to report it that night.

After the Changzhou county magistrate heard about it, he led people to rush in to capture the mastermind alive that night, and then escorted him to the capital to await trial.

After hearing about this, Li Yuechen raised his eyebrows to express his inability to complain.

Rebellions are always made in times of calamity, so how can anyone rebel when the weather is good?Now most of the common people can eat enough to eat, and at the end of the year, if the conditions are good, they can even pull a few feet of cloth to make new clothes. Who will hold their heads against you to rebel?

This incident can be regarded as a wake-up call for Li Yuechen. It seems that the issue of universal education must be paid close attention to. Even if it can't be spread out all at once, at least the capital should be slowly opened up first.

Otherwise, there will always be ordinary people who are too easy to be fooled. Although the masses are easy to be fooled, at least Li Yuechen hopes that they will be a little educated and not be so easily fooled.

This matter is actually irrelevant, what really caught Li Yuechen's attention was another matter.

The Tubo envoy came over and stated that he wanted to marry the princess. Of course, he didn't name the princess, but said that he wanted to marry a princess back.

When Li Yuechen arrived at Renshou Hall, the Tubo envoy had already left, and only the couple and a group of ministers were left to discuss this matter.

The prime minister, the servant and the six ministers were basically there. When Li Yuechen came in, the discussion was going on.

Seeing Li Yuechen in a red robe coming in, the ministers all shut up and turned their heads to look over.

Although he didn't name which princess to marry, but the current princess who is born in the first place thinks so, although everyone knows that the emperor can't agree to marry this princess, but he must listen to her opinion.

Not to mention that the princess seldom goes to court, but no one dares to underestimate her power in court.

Seeing his daughter coming in, Li Zhi stopped the spinning ball in his hand, and asked with a smile: "Chen'er, you must have heard about it, what do you think?"

"Not to marry!" Li Yuechen replied firmly.

"Of course I won't let you marry, I mean..."

"No one will marry!" Li Yuechen interrupted his father, and said with a serious face, "Any princess of the Tang Dynasty! Don't marry!"

Wei Xuantong, servant of the household department, raised his head and said: "Your Highness, if this is the case, there may be another war..."

In fact, he didn't have any other intentions, but just reminded him and showed his face by the way.

However, Li Yuechen did not understand what he meant, turned his head abruptly, stared at him and said word by word: "Did I not make it clear? What I mean is that from today onwards, Datang will never get married!"

This firm tone made everyone present stunned for a moment, understanding what she meant.

But then I underestimated in my heart, how dare I say that in front of the emperor, usually I have to be favored more to do this?

Cui Zhiwen, Zhongshu's servant, stroked the beard on his chin: "Your Highness is a woman, with a weak mind, and it's normal not to want a woman from the clan to marry outside, but..."

"I may not understand the twists and turns in your hearts. I only know that the stability and peace of the Tang Dynasty cannot be bought by sending a woman there!" Li Yuechen stared at him and replied, "During the Taizong Dynasty , Princess Wencheng married into Tubo, and then? Is it stable? How long has it been stable?"

Hao Chujun, who was the order of Zhongshu, suddenly said: "Your Highness is surprised by this statement. Although my Tang Dynasty is not afraid of him, if there is a war, the border will inevitably..."

"If this incident causes people on the frontier to die, that is our own problem! That is because Datang is not strong enough!" Li Yuechen interrupted directly, with his hands behind his back, and he raised his head and chest, "But now Datang is strong enough, The border, we will protect it ourselves!"

After she finished speaking, she turned her head and knelt down to Li Zhi: "Grandpa, tell the Tubo envoy that Datang will never make peace! If he refuses to accept, I will take someone to fight him personally! Back then, no arrow hit Lun Qinling." The dog's head is also a pity, just make up for it!"

Seeing her daughter speak so righteously today, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian looked at each other.

Usually, this daughter doesn't care about government affairs, but once her family is involved, she is always the first to stand up.

The other ministers raised their heads and looked at the emperor one after another. Although the princess said it firmly, the final result was still up to the emperor to decide.

As the master, Liu Rengui took the lead in saluting and expressing his position: "Emperor, if necessary, veterans, you can still fight now!"

Li Zhi waved his hand slightly, and after two seconds of silence, he slowly said: "This matter... just follow what the princess said!"

As soon as the words fell, Li Yuechen immediately raised his head, gave his father a thumbs up, smiled and blinked his right eye.

Seeing her actions, Li Zhi couldn't help but smile, his daughter is so cute no matter how she looks.

With his father's promise, Li Yuechen stood up slowly.

Seeing her back slowly getting up, the ministers all opened their eyes wide, because at this moment, there seemed to be a special aura emerging from her body, a kind of aura that can only be seen on the emperor, the aura of an emperor!
She turned around slowly, and said to a group of ministers in a firm tone: "From now on, Datang, never get married!"

(End of this chapter)