Will Ming

Chapter 670 Few Can Dodge It

The reason why Chang'an City looks too solemn is because there are too few trees in the city, and every street and every building is made of blue bricks and gray tiles, exuding a somewhat depressing feeling.A city that is too grand will give people a sense of insignificance. No matter where you look at it, you will feel tall, so you will not feel that you have any tall places.

And there is no doubt that the young man who came out from the gate of Xi Neiyuan and walked slowly to the northeast is tall and tall in the eyes of everyone in this big city today, even taller than Chang'an City, and taller than Taiji Palace. The tallest hall is even taller.

According to the will of the new emperor Li Chengde, Li Xian was promoted to the same position as the emperor, and he could wear bright yellow clothes embroidered with dragons.But Li Xian was still dressed in black regular clothes, as if he had no intention of competing with the emperor for anything.But everyone knows that the status has little to do with the color of clothes in this period. The person wearing the yellow dragon robe is actually far, far behind in status compared to the person wearing black clothes. .

A tall existence in the eyes of everyone naturally needs everyone to look up.

Li Xian, who was at the front of the crowd, was a mountain that was difficult for everyone to reach.

Perhaps it was because when the previous emperor was in power, he also noticed that Chang'an City was too monotonous, and the murderous spirit was too strong, and in the past few years, too many people died in Chang'an City, so that the whole city was shrouded in terror. In the suffocating bloody atmosphere.Therefore, in the newly built Yong'an Palace, there are green trees and forests, and the flowers are red and the willows are green.

The construction of Yong'an Palace began in the second year of Wood, and it has been one and a half years but it has not yet been completed.Looking at it this way, there seems to be nothing surprising, but you must know that the one who built Yong'an Palace was Yu Wenkai, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry of the Great Sui Dynasty. You must also know that he was also a few decades ago, and it only took more than a year to build the entire Chang'an City.

It can be seen that the construction of Yong'an Palace took a lot of energy from Yu Wenkai.

Li Xian lived in Chang'an City for more than two months, and traveled all over the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, but he never went to the Yong'an Palace, which is under construction. This is the first time he has entered this unfinished palace after arriving in Chang'an Huge buildings.

After the rebellion of King Qin Li Shimin, the construction of Yong'an Palace stopped for a period of time, but it resumed construction after the empress dowager's funeral. Yu Wenkai, who survived the rebellion of King Qin, was a cautious and conscientious supervisor. Zao, I haven't been home for a long time.But after King Yan entered the city a while ago, the construction of Yong'an Palace stopped again.

After Li Xian left the early court, he mentioned that he planned to visit Yong'an Palace, so the whole court began to get busy with it. It was a simple trip, but it was made extremely grand by those trembling courtiers. Li Xian was so annoyed when he was in the imperial chariot cavalry, and he didn't bother to scold the officials of the Ministry of Rites. Several court officials walked towards the Yong'an Palace on foot.

The people who followed Li Xian were divided into two groups with clear distinctions.

Behind him on the right are all the heroes of Yan Yunjun.Although the official titles of the people will not be announced to the world until after the ceremony, but the titles of the former officials of the Yanyun Army have actually been determined long ago, but the foreign enemies have not been completely suppressed, so naturally they cannot be officially announced.

The closest ones walking behind Li Xian were British Duke Xu Shiji, followed by Protector Qin Qiong, Chen Guogong Xiong Kuohai, Lu Guogong Cheng Zhijie, Baoguo Gong Pei Xingyan, Zhao Guogong Luo Shixin, County Duke Wang Qinian, and County Hou Xingbu Shangshu Dugu Xue et al.On the other side, Li Yuanchao's old ministers followed behind Li Xian, Nayan Pei Ji, Zhongshu Ling Liu Zhenghui, Shangshu left servant She Xiao, Shangshu right servant She Yu Shinan, Minister of Rites Gao Shilian, Minister of Military Affairs Zhang Gongjin and others.

These dozens of people are all important figures in Chang'an City.

Walking at the back were Fang Xuanling, the servant of the Ministry of Rites who was in a disturbed mood, Wei Zheng, the newly transferred servant of the Ministry of Households, and Tang Jian, who had recently returned to Chang'an City by himself and was appointed as the servant of the Ministry of Industry by Li Xian, and others.The identities of these people are a bit special, so naturally they can't be as calm and calm as the generals of the Yanyun Army in front of them.

Li Yuanchao's old officials were actually uneasy, so they automatically walked a little slower, almost half a step behind Yan Yun's generals. Li Xian obviously discovered this detail, but he didn't seem to express anything.

When they reached the gate of Yong'an Palace, Yu Wenkai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, was already waiting outside.

Because of what happened a while ago, the construction of Yong'an Palace stopped again. When Li Xianguo asked about it today, he specifically ordered that the palace still needs to be built, and now is not the time to stop.

"Chen Yuwenkai, greet Your Highness!"

Yu Wenkai, whose hair was all white and looked old, made a big salute, lifted his robe and knelt down.

Li Xian walked up to him and helped him up, patted the dust off his clothes with his own hands, and said in a gentle voice: "Gu said ten days ago that kneeling is not a good ritual, so even the grand ceremony of the court will be exempted." It's..."

Yu Wenkai trembled slightly and said: "Your Highness also said that elders over 60 years old should not kneel and worship, even the emperor will lose his life if he is bowed by the elders, so you order that the elders do not kneel when they see the king. "

"That's right... I remember correctly, you are already 68 years old."

Li Xian said with a smile.

Yu Wenkai's wrinkled face was covered with wrinkles, and his teeth had almost fallen out.His extremely exhausting work made him look older than his peers, but now this old face is full of excitement: "But this great gift must be done anyway, just for His Highness's order." The construction of Yong'an Palace has started again. Yong'an Palace... can't stop."

"Non-stop!"

Li Xian waved his hand and said, "Yong'an Palace will be built, and it will be built according to your plan..."

He paused and said: "The name Yong'an Palace is not good either. I heard that Li Shimin once thought of a name called Daming Palace, right? This name is very good...it is very good to understand the world."

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Yu Wenkai walked half a step ahead tremblingly, introducing the layout of Daming Palace while walking.Li Xian listened carefully, nodding from time to time.At this time, the Daming Palace has begun to take shape, and it looks extremely magnificent and magnificent.Without losing the grandeur, without losing the beauty, even if more than half of the palace is built, it will make people feel relaxed and happy.

"Your Highness is wise, the word "Da Ming" really fits this palace very well. Your Highness does not deny this word because of traitors' thoughts. No one can match your broad-mindedness..."

Li Xian interrupted Yu Wenkai with a wave of his hand, smiled and said, "Don't flatter Gu."

He pointed to Wang Qinian and said: "This person is the best flatterer in the world, and I listen to it a lot in my daily life... It's enough to have this one who sings praises. You are all people who do practical things. It's different. He said some things that Gu loves to listen to to relieve boredom, Gu likes it, and Gu likes it. You are serious and careful in doing things, and Gu is happier."

Wang Qinian blushed slightly when he heard these words, but he was not ashamed.He held his head up and chest out, and walked with great vigor. He was actually proud of Li Xian's saying that he was the number one flatterer in the world. Speaking of which, he is the only one who has this special status in the court now.

Li Xian walked slowly, and said as he walked: "Furthermore, if you use the three words Daming Palace, you won't use it just because Li Shimin thought of it, and you won't think of a more appropriate one. Yes. This is not just for the sake of pretending to be magnanimous, but what is suitable is suitable, since it is suitable, why bother to change it?"

"Furthermore, Gu Rang's considerations are different from yours. Gu Rang restarts the construction of the Daming Palace and sympathizes with your hard work. This is just one of them. The other meaning is the most important."

Pointing to the majestic palace not far away, he said: "This palace was built by the emperor's order to show the majesty and strength of the Tang Empire. The lonely man took power for the first time. If the palace is ordered to be shut down, people will How do you say it? They won’t say that Gu wants to save money to eliminate foreign enemies, and they won’t say that Gu wants to save money to support the people’s livelihood... They will say that Gu wants to deny everything about the Supreme Emperor, and they will say that Gu is greedy for money. It will be said that there is no ability to build this palace."

Yu Wenkai was taken aback, but didn't know how to respond.

Li Xian slowed down his pace, and deliberately waited for the people behind him: "Gu will not pretend to be humble and obedient, there is no need for that, and now there is no one who can make Gu humble and obedient, no one can. Gu is now When you are in power, you will not underestimate yourself, and naturally you will not say anything hypocritical. Power is in the hands of the solitary, and there is no need to deny and cover up this point, let alone pretend to be uneasy."

He said in a clear voice: "Standing alone at this height, I will not be proud and complacent, nor will I be overly humble, because both excessive pride and excessive humility are fake. There is no such thing as pretending." It is necessary to do it."

Xu Shiji's eyes changed after hearing these words, and he consciously glanced at the group of veterans of Li Yuanchao.He has been killing for ten years, so there is naturally an awe-inspiring killing intent in his eyes.This look matched Li Xian's words perfectly, and those who saw Xu Shiji's eyes were shocked and understood the meaning in Xu Shiji's eyes.

No one would suspect that Xu Shiji would dare to lead his troops to slaughter the entire city of Chang'an with a word from Li Xian. Not to mention that these people are in high positions, even if their family Li Xian wanted to be pacified, no one would stop him up.In the eyes of many people, Xu Shiji is another black knife in Li Xian's hand.

"How long will it take for Daming Palace to be built?"

Li Xian changed the subject and asked Yu Wenkai in a flat tone.

Yu Wenkai thought for a while and said: "If there are no accidents, the project can be completed before winter. What is still lacking is the huge stones and flowers brought from the south of the Yangtze River. These things consume manpower and material resources, and they cannot be shipped in a short time There are more than [-] procurement envoys sent by the Supreme Emperor to the south of the Yangtze River, but many things that are needed have not been found."

Hearing these words, Li Xian stopped and turned around.