Tiantang

Chapter 309
Chapter 316

"Your Highness, Zhang Liangdi is asking to see you."

A eunuch respectfully entered Li Heng's study and played in a low voice.

Li Heng raised his head slowly, put down the memorial in his hand, stretched his waist wearily, and let out a long breath.

He aspires to be a promising and enlightened monarch throughout the past and present, so he strives to do everything personally when acting as an agent of government affairs, and spends a lot of time every day dealing with government affairs.This is a labor that consumes a lot of physical strength and energy. If you don't have a certain degree of perseverance, you won't be able to persist.

But Li Heng had to insist.

Li Heng knew in his heart that Xiangquan was strong because of the emperor's laziness.In the final analysis, the reason why Li Linfu covered the sky with one hand was because his father, Li Longji, was too lazy, indulged in feasting and feasting, and left everything to Li Linfu, which led Li Linfu to monopolize the power.

There is power in doing something, this sentence is the truth.

Li Heng decided to learn from Li Longji's profound lesson, but how long he can persist is actually still unknown.

"Let her in." Li Heng said softly.

For Zhang Liangdi, he still thinks highly of it.After all, Zhang Liangdi is the couple who have shared hardships with him.He has never accepted a concubine, Zhang Liangdi is equivalent to his regular wife.

And in his unpopular and oppressive gray prince career in the past, Zhang Liangdi never left him, and she was loyal to him.

But now, although the situation has changed, he has also begun to indulge in female sex, and no longer focuses on Zhang Liangdi alone, but after all, he still misses some old love.He has already decided that after ascending the throne, he will make Zhang Liangdi the empress.

Although some of Zhang Liangdi's actions made him not very satisfied, but he really didn't have a suitable candidate to be in charge of the harem.

Zhang Liangdi hurried in, bowed her knees, and said softly, "Your Highness, the concubine is being polite."

"Come on, sit down." Li Heng smiled and called Zhang Liangdi to sit down.

"How is your stay at your mother's house these few days? It's just in time for you to come back, and Bengong just happened to have a few words to talk to you." Li Heng raised his hand, "Let's have dinner together in a while."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Seeing Li Heng's gentle attitude and gentle voice, Zhang Liangdi's heart warmed, and her demeanor became incomparably soft and gentle.All the unhappiness in my heart caused by Li Heng doting on other women in the past seemed to be blown away with the wind.

"You and I are a couple in need. I am a husband and wife for a hundred days, and I know it well. So, you don't have to worry. If I become the emperor, I will make you a queen. Please trust me in this regard." At the beginning Before the formal talk, Li Heng took the initiative to dispel Zhang Liangdi's various worries and anxieties these days.

Having received Li Heng's formal promise face to face, Zhang Liangdi was ecstatic in her heart, and her eyes turned red immediately, and she said softly, "His Royal Highness loves you, and this concubine is very grateful."

"Actually, you shouldn't be too suspicious. Even though I have three thousand queens in the palace, you are the only wife. Your status in the palace will not change. In my heart, there will be no change. Therefore, these Days you..." Li Heng sighed softly, "Forget it, I won't mention the past. Today, I have a heart-to-heart talk with you. You can calm down and watch over the palace with peace of mind. It should be you. Yes, no one can take it away."

Zhang Liangdi lowered her head in shame.

"What I really want to talk to you about is about Zhang Xuan and about your Zhang family."

"I know that because I dismissed Zhang Jiyong from office, you feel wronged." Li Heng raised his eyebrows, "But you have to ask yourself what you have done."

"Your younger brother Zhang Qing, what kind of guy is it? I don't need to say. He should never have provoked Zhang Xuan, and he was rude to Zhang Xuan's concubine. Zhang Xuan is now an extremely human minister. His My palace has to give me face. And Zhang Jiyong has made it difficult for me again and again, so I can only choose to temporarily dismiss him from office, otherwise, there will be trouble."

Zhang Liangdi sighed quietly, "Your Highness, I understand. However, Your Highness favors Zhang Xuan too much. This person is so powerful that he is three points more powerful than Li Linfu back then. If this continues, it will become a serious disaster. Anlu Mountain is already Lessons learned from the past, if one fails, Zhang Xuan will be the second An Lushan."

"It doesn't matter if the concubine's natal family suffers some grievances, but His Highness's Jiangshan Sheji cannot tolerate any mistakes."

Zhang Liangdi got up and bowed her lap, "My concubine, please think twice, Your Highness!"

Li Heng was silent, and said after a long time, "Zhang Xuan's power is indeed too great, and now he has overwhelmed Yang Guozhong, so that I have to think twice before doing anything."

"However, do you know that Zhang Xuan is different from An Lushan and Li Linfu, and Yang Guozhong cannot be compared with Zhang Xuan."

There was a strange brilliance in Li Heng's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "An Lushan is very ambitious, and he has long had the intention of rebelling. But Zhang Xuan will not rebel, at least, as long as I don't do the kind of killing of heroes. He will never rebel against the killing of a donkey. This is the biggest difference between the two."

"Li Linfu is domineering, but his ability is mediocre, he only cares about self-interest, and he is very greedy; although Zhang Xuan is also domineering, he is both civil and military, which is rare in a century. Moreover, he is monopolistic but does not exercise power. He is open-minded and has a heart for the country and the people. The common people regard money as dung."

"If he is greedy for good things and has a rebellious heart, he will definitely take the opportunity of two wars with Tubo to extort money, food and supplies from the court, and then expand his army to cultivate his own personal power. In fact, this is what An Lushan did. An thief This is how the 20 Fan Yang cavalry came."

Li Heng gritted his teeth, "Father is so confused, he indulged An Lushan time and time again to use the money and food from the court to expand the army, and the feudal land is getting bigger and bigger, resulting in a lot of trouble!"

Zhang Liangdi interjected silently, "Your Highness, isn't Zhang Xuan also requesting the imperial court to emigrate to Qinghai to expand its army?"

"No way. The hometown of Tuyuhun occupied by Zhang Xuan has a radius of thousands of miles, which is larger than the entire Fanyang Fan Town. Such a vast territory cannot be defended by the soldiers of Longshuo alone. If we want to operate for a long time, we must immigrate , Expand the army, and heavily guard."

"Besides, what Zhang Xuan asked for was only 5 troops. Zhang Xuan used 15 troops to rule Longshuo and Qinghai Dudufu, which is equivalent to four Hexi Fanzhen and three Fanyang Fanzhen. He also has to face Tubo. Huge pressure on the border, not too many troops but too few."

"If Zhang Xuan was out of selfishness, he would never have asked the imperial court to set up a state capital and county in the old place of Tuyuhun, and send officials to manage the territory. There is no doubt that this is the best opportunity for him to form a state of his own. Before that, this The palace was deeply worried. But Zhang Xuan did not do this, he completely handed over this large territory to the court. To be honest, this made the palace breathe a sigh of relief."

Li Heng said with emotion.

Zhang Liangdi hesitated for a moment, "Your Highness, this place is still under Zhang Xuan's control...this..."

"You don't understand. If Zhang Xuan, in the name of consolidating the frontier defense, completely turns Tuyuhun's hometown into a military and horse governor's mansion, not only can he openly ask the court for money and food to support the army, but he can also firmly control it under his own control." But the establishment of prefectures, counties and counties is different... When the imperial court decrees come, Zhang Xuan wants to cover the sky with one hand, which is difficult."

"My palace heard that Zhang Xuan's salary and family property were all taken out for the army... and Zhang Xuan is in Lingzhou, the big Yongning Palace and the Longshuo Governor's Mansion, there is only one personal maid."

Li Heng said with a little emotion, "There is no one in the feudal towns of the world, civil and military in the Manchu Dynasty, who can be like Zhang Xuan."

"Zhang Xuan cares about the world, worries about the country and the people, and mostly has a public heart. This is the key factor why I still use him even though I suspect that he has too much military power."

"Zhang Xuan has made great contributions to the imperial court, which can never be obliterated. Even if it is my palace, it is difficult to avoid it. Therefore, for him, my palace must reward him heavily and use it."

"Secondly, my palace and Zhang Xuan have gone through hardships together. It can be said that this palace is inseparable from Zhang Xuan's assistant planning. In the past, the father and emperor pushed out this palace everywhere. Since Zhang Xuan entered the East Palace, the situation has improved... Afterwards, whether it was the quelling of King Rong's rebellion or the destruction of King Sining's forced palace, Zhang Xuan made great contributions. Anyway, Zhang Xuan has always been loyal and devoted to the palace. If this is the case, how can the palace Do the kind of thing that kills the donkey?"

"I once told Zhang Xuan that as long as he lives up to me, I will definitely live up to him!"

Zhang Liangdi sighed faintly, Li Heng's words made her speechless.

"This palace is preparing to ascend the throne and proclaim the emperor on the Shangyuan Festival. Whether Zhang Xuan can take the lead and lead the whole world to support and persuade him is very important." Li Heng's voice gradually became serious, "At this time, Zhang Jiyong and his group are not Knowing the current affairs, provoking troubles again and again, do you really treat me as a fool?"

"Zhang Xuan's prestige is unmatched by anyone in the court. If there is no Zhang Xuan, even if people like Zhang Jiyong are in power, what can they do?"

"Thus, people like Zhang Jiyong are loyal to me, but they lack in talent and heart. I can trust them and reuse them, but I know very well that the person who can really help me to stabilize the country is Zhang. Xuan!"

"If I let people like Zhang Jiyong go to Longshuo, not to mention opening up territories, it would be great if they can resist the invasion of Tubo army horses." Li Heng waved his hands angrily.

Zhang Liangdi's beautiful face turned red, she stood up and saluted silently, "I'm convicted, I just found out today that His Highness has good intentions, I really feel ashamed!"

"It's good that you understand. At that time, none of the government and the public, even the princes and daughters, looked down on me. They all thought that I was a fatuous and incompetent person. But I wanted to let them see that what my father can't do, I can't do it." It can also be done! The Great Tang Sheji Jiangshan will definitely go to a new glory in the hands of this palace! I want to build an incomparably rich and powerful Datang Empire, and this palace will also become the heavenly khan of all barbarians. The achievements are not inferior to Emperor Taizong's martial arts!"

Li Heng's voice became impassioned, and he suddenly stood up and stared ahead with solemn eyes.

(End of this chapter)