Great Tang princess

There are not so many people now, and Wu Zetian is no longer the expressionless face just now, revealing the majesty of the emperor all over his face, and there is a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

After looking at her daughter's skin for a few times, she held a teacup and asked, "Speaking of which, what do you plan to do with the territory you just conquered?"

In this day and age, a large country is not necessarily a good thing. After all, the population is not enough, and it is facing a situation that cannot be managed.

If there was a fight on the grassland before, let them fight, anyway, it has nothing to do with me.

But it’s no longer possible. If there is another conflict between the tribes on the grassland, the imperial court must take care of it.

Once this reputation grows, countless people will feel that the court is easy to bully, and they will definitely make trouble again.

To sum up, these days, a large country is actually a burden.

"Don't worry, Auntie, let them be self-governing at the moment, but in the next few years, we will continue to send more craftsmen and farmers there. After the village is established, it will be completely digested." See her speech His expression seemed to be full of confidence.

"Didn't you plan to find the magnet?"

"Yes, but this matter is extremely troublesome. Magnets are not enough, and a lot of copper is needed." Li Yuechen raised his hands and shrugged.

To make a wire that can connect Chang'an and Dongdu, not a little copper is needed, and the length of hundreds of kilometers is not an ordinary trouble to make.

Besides, it is still troublesome to get the generator out immediately after getting the magnet.

Li Yuechen knew nothing about batteries, and the only thing he could think of now was to use the Luoshui that passed through the palace to make a hydroelectric generator.

But how much power the hydroelectric generator can have is completely unknown, and whether it is enough to support the communication between the two places is also unknown.

But you can't just stop doing it because you don't know it. Some things really need to be actively tried.

Thinking of this, the originally confident expression became a little unsteady.

Sensing the change in her expression, Wu Zetian asked curiously: "I was very sure just now, but now I'm not sure?"

"The ones in the front are sure, but the ones in the back... are not big." Li Yuechen picked up the teacup, "The main reason is that this thing needs a lot of copper..."

It was originally a perfunctory answer, but Wu Zetian who heard this said, "Tong...Wu Sansi also raised similar things a while ago..."

Speaking of this, it seemed that she couldn't remember clearly, so she turned her head and looked at Shangguan Wan'er who was at the side.

As the secretary, Shangguan Wan'er immediately gave an answer on her behalf: "Your Highness doesn't know something. A few days ago, the news of the expansion of the territory came, and the King of Liang suggested that it is better to build a copper pillar with the same height as the Ming Hall." , used to record His Majesty's merits and virtues, for all nations to worship..."

"Huh?" Li Yuechen raised his eyebrows all of a sudden, not understanding the significance of this operation.

If a copper pillar as high as Mingtang is made solid, how many tons of copper will it cost?
Well, it's good to make it hollow, it won't consume too much material, and if it's not pleasing to the eye, you can let him hold the copper pillar and add fire to the inside of the pillar.

The only disadvantage is that the copper is too soft, and the hollow is basically deformed when the wind blows.

Shangguan Wan'er continued to explain: "The King of Liang said that it is like the magic needle of Dinghai in Journey to the West. This object can not only record your majesty's merits, but also be used to control the fate of the Zhou Dynasty..."

Li Yuechen felt that the more he said, the more outrageous he was, he waved his hand and shouted to stop: "Before I make this Poseidon needle, let me ask, where does the material come from to build such a huge copper pillar? Can he get such a large amount of copper?"

"The king of Liang said that it would be enough to ask for some from other tributary countries and some from the people of the whole country." Shangguan Wan'er said as she refilled her tea.

To put it bluntly, it is robbery?

Resisting the complaints in his heart, Li Yuechen couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "I can think of such a way, mentally retarded, right?"

"How can Your Highness say that about King Liang?" Shangguan Wan'er reminded.

After all, no matter what, he was also the emperor's nephew. It seemed inappropriate to speak ill of his nephew in front of his aunt, even if it was his own daughter.

But Li Yuechen didn't care about her reminder, and said directly to her: "In the future, you should less communicate with such bad-minded people, they are easy to be infected!"

"Isn't Madam agreeing to this kind of practice?" She turned her head and asked.

Wu Zetian didn't show any special expression, just replied indifferently: "Wei Niang hasn't commented yet, I'm thinking about waiting for you to come back and see if you need..."

"Needs are needs, but we can't do this!" Li Yuechen couldn't help scratching his scalp, "He's an imperial official, a majestic king of Liang, and he can come up with such bastard methods as robbing the people, he's just out of his mind!"

Wu Zetian didn't want to refute that Wu Sansi was mentally ill, and even agreed with it in his heart.

"But, besides this, there is no other way for me to help you... In fact, you don't have to care so much. Anyway, I am the one sitting on the dragon chair now, and I will bear this infamy..."

"It's not a matter of infamy! It's just that the imperial court shouldn't do this!" Li Yuechen interrupted his mother, "I know that A Niang is for me, but you don't have to risk your own reputation. If A Niang is left in the history books in the future All of them are infamy, so how can the child not feel guilty?"

In fact, she could roughly guess what her mother was thinking, and she obviously had a tendency to agree.

Anyway, she is the emperor, and she agrees to this kind of evil policy, and she is the one who gets scolded. It will not affect her daughter's reputation, let alone her possibility of sitting on the Dragon Throne in the future.

But Li Yuechen didn't want to do this. If she wanted her mother to leave a good name as a great emperor in history, she would definitely not allow her to do such a thing.

The reason she wants to do this is that she is her own mother, and as a daughter, she also hopes that her life will be prosperous, and she does not want her to be infamous for thousands of years after her death.

Seeing her daughter's determined face, Wu Zetian shook her head lightly, then picked up the tea cup and took a sip: "Since that's the case, then you can settle this matter yourself."

"In my opinion, cousin should be educated!" Li Yuechen said, "If you can come up with such a method, you have a problem with your thinking!"

"You can do it yourself, you are the real emperor."

Li Yuechen smiled: "What I mean is, Auntie just ask him to come over and drink some tea, just tap him."

Speaking of it, she actually had no enmity with Wu Sansi, nor did she have any intention of messing with him.It's just that some things are a little uncomfortable.

So let my mother invite him to drink tea and give him a warning.

Anyway, he is not young anymore, and as the reforms are gradually strengthened in the future, he will naturally retire at that time.

Of course, the premise is that he doesn't mess with so many moths.

Wu Zetian nodded: "Okay, it just so happens that he will definitely enter the palace to congratulate during the Chinese New Year, and I will warn you when the time comes."

Then he asked her to sit down and talk about the things on the grassland. After half a year, it is impossible to fight all the time, and there must be other things.

Li Yuechen didn't hide anything, and told all the things during this period, especially the fact that he personally led a coup in the Mohe tribe on the grassland.

After finishing the whole process in a few words, Wu Zetian couldn't help laughing: "Your scheming skills are indeed quite ordinary."

In the eyes of an expert like her, Li Yuechen's methods are too naive, that is because Tang Kuo and Chalu have no idea of ​​their own, but if there is a smart adviser or military adviser around him, this kind of plan is not good. likely to succeed.

"My child naturally thought of this." Li Yuechen had an inscrutable smile, "In that land where literacy is rare, how can there be a counselor? He speaks Chinese with a strong accent, so how can he understand it?" A counselor in Chinese?"

Li Yuechen's words are not unreasonable. Don't look at the fact that there are many people who can speak two languages ​​in the borderlands these days and can be translators, but most of them know business terms and tricks. Ordinary people really don't understand.

This kind of knowledge can only be possessed by the upper class, and perhaps a small number of geniuses can understand it by themselves, but for most ordinary people, the knowledge of tactics is a cognition that is difficult to break in their entire lives.

"Forget it, if it's you, even if you can't plan, I'm not worried..." Wu Zetian grinned, and shook his head with some emotion.

As the saying goes, in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks will be useless.

As for Li Yuechen, she dare not say that she has absolute strength, after all, she is also restrained in many things.

But it can be said that she has relatively good strength, at least most of the plots are meaningless to her.

If she is really upset, she will overturn the table and chop people. The only thing she is more scrupulous about is that she is not a fairy after all, and cannot live forever.

If she still has a thousand years to live, why would she care so much?It is directly suppressed by force, and if you refuse to accept it, you will be hacked to death!

But for now... let's be an ordinary human being.

……

The mother and daughter chatted until dusk. Seeing that the sun was about to set, Wu Zetian looked up and said, "If you come back today, you can stay in the palace for dinner."

"Even if Auntie doesn't say anything, the boy still plans to stay and eat."

"How many times have I told you? You are a majestic princess of a country, you must be careful when you speak!" Wu Zetian frowned and slapped her on the shoulder at the same time.

Li Yuechen didn't care much: "Don't worry, Auntie, she will definitely be careful outside!"

Regarding her attitude, Wu Zetian didn't bother to bother, so he gave her a blank look, and didn't say much on this topic.

Although it's not Chinese New Year today, but after all her daughter is back, Wu Zetian is also happier, so she asks the imperial chef to order some more dishes, and pours some wine for a few drinks.

The mother was happy, and Li Yuechen, the daughter, temporarily put aside her principles and had a few drinks with her mother.

In fact, based on her physique, she hardly feels anything after a few glasses of wine, but she can still drink as little as possible.

"Speaking of which, it's time for Geng Hongfeng to be promoted. Let's go to the barracks to hold a conferring ceremony sometime after the next year." Li Yuechen reminded.

"People in your army are promoted, you just do it." Wu Zetian didn't have much interest in this. Although she was said to be the emperor, she was not very interested in fighting and killing and the army.

Li Yuechen shook his head: "It's not my army, it's the imperial court's army! Besides, when the army was established, it was agreed that the emperor would personally confer the title on being promoted to a general! So A Niang, let's go!"

At the end, he even grabbed her arm and massaged and kneaded her again.

Everything in the army pays attention to the sense of ceremony, so in Li Yuechen's view, the matter of the emperor conferring titles is still very important!

Of course, in the end Wu Zetian got a little annoyed by her, and reluctantly agreed.

Then he said: "Speaking of which, your identity as the Generalissimo of the Army and Horses of the World should almost be made public."

"Since that's the case, it's better to hold Lianbai's awarding ceremony together this time." Li Yuechen nodded and agreed.

Since it is going to be made public, it is normal for him to become a marshal with four stars on his shoulders.

In fact, in the reformed army, marshal is a military rank that only appears during wartime, and it is impossible to exist in peacetime.

But this time, no matter how you say it, it is an achievement to expand the territory. If there is nothing, it is indeed a bit unreasonable, so I decided to be named a marshal in the future.

……

After dinner and chatting for a while, Li Yuechen and Shangguan Wan'er got up and left together.

In fact, she originally planned to stay and spend the night with her mother, but she was very disgusted and rejected.

Walking on the way out of the palace, Li Yuechen looked up at the starry sky at night, and exhaled a mouthful of white mist that was visible to the naked eye: "Wan'er, tell me, why does Aniang see me not as close as when I was a child?"

I was an orphan in my previous life and had no experience with my parents, so I don't understand why my mother doesn't like to cling to me like before when I grow up?
"Your Majesty did it on purpose?" Shangguan Wan'er replied.

"How?"

Shangguan Wan'er said softly: "Your Highness has always been filial, and has been deeply loved by His Majesty since childhood. But after all, she is old, and if you want to come..."

Speaking of this, she suddenly paused, and then continued: "I think it's because I don't want to make His Highness too sad after a hundred years..."

Hearing her answer, Li Yuechen paused, stopped in place, and turned his head to look at her.

"Your Highness, forgive me, Wan'er just..."

Before she finished speaking, she waved her hand, then turned her head to look in the direction of Jixian Temple.

At this time, the Jixian Temple is still brightly lit, and I don't know if my mother is ready to go to bed.

Li Yuechen suddenly felt his nose a little sore, raised his hand and rubbed it twice, then turned around and waved his hand: "Let's go."

The two of them got into Shangguan Wan'er's carriage together, and drove steadily towards the Princess Mansion.

Sitting on the soft sofa in the carriage, perhaps feeling that Li Yuechen was in a low mood, Shangguan Wan'er leaned slightly to this side, squeezing together with her.

Li Yuechen, who seemed to be in a daze, turned his head: "Is it cold?"

She shook her head slightly, but turned to look at her with firm eyes: "Wan'er will always be with His Highness!"

After speaking, he put his head together.