The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"There won't be such a big scene in the future." Li Fu said with a smile.

If it was just to receive the emperor, and Li Erfeng and her husband with their children, the house wouldn't need much of a scene, mainly because Li Erfeng brought too many people.

Since everyone came to the farm, how could we not provide food?

Even the Qianniu Guards in the palace were provided with food, which was enough for thousands of people.

If it was just a mess in the kitchen, wouldn't it be a mess?

At least, this matter was over, and the Jingyang Palace didn't lose face.

Although the left and right Qianniu Guards in the palace were supposed to guard the palace and protect the emperor, in fact, the middle-level generals and Qianniu Beishen of the left and right Qianniu Guards were all from extraordinary backgrounds.

Even if they were not from high-ranking families, they were from official families, or they had fought on the battlefield and had merits.

In short, being able to protect the emperor in the palace means that one will often show up in front of the emperor. This job is not something that ordinary people can do.

If these people come to the farm and are not entertained, they may complain about how stingy the Jingyang Palace is when they return to Chang'an City.

The housewarming banquet, not even a meal.

"In two days, will you entertain some of your colleagues in the court who have a good relationship with you?" Li Shao asked.

Li Fu nodded.

"Didn't my second brother say before he left that he would arrange some rest time for them, and let them come to the farm to have a meal or something?" Li Fu said, "My second brother has thought of it, so he said so."

"Then we will just wait at the farm. This is not a big problem. The problem is that Jiang Que is now in Linying, and we don't know when he and Yan will have this meal. From what you said, it means that we should wait until Jiang returns to Chang'an and comes to our farm before arranging this meal."

"That's what Old Yan meant." Li Fu responded, "So, there is no rush for their meal. Besides, the progress in Linying County is quite fast. It will be completed this year, and Jiang Que and others can come back."

"So, with so many people there, they have been busy for two years, which is longer than the academy in our farm."

The second phase of the academy expansion took more than a thousand people and only took one year.

The service area in Linying County has been in operation for almost two years.

Li Shao was even a little curious about what it would look like.

It is said to be similar to the trading area in Zhuangzi, but much larger in scale.

However, the trading area in Zhuangzi is not small in area.

"The land is not small, and the selected places need to be cleaned up immediately, which is also a job." Li Fu explained: "After the Ying River burst its dike, too many places were destroyed. It is not that we can start construction immediately after selecting a place, and that place can be used. The preliminary preparation work took a long time. There are not many things to do in winter. In spring, we have to prioritize the work in the fields, otherwise what will we eat for the whole year?"

"The land around Linying has been cleaned up since the disaster ended. Until now, the surrounding area has not been completely cleaned up. The original old city has long been abandoned."

"To put it bluntly, it was still a flood that took away too many lives. With fewer people left, the work is slower, and everything can only be done slowly."

"Today, these people in Linying County are all those who ran away in the past and returned to their hometowns, so there is a new Linying County today."

"No matter what you do, people are the most important."

Li Shao has lived in Chang'an City since he was a child. He has never seen the outside world and has been fed with fine clothes and delicious food in his house.

Even if she heard about disasters in other places, she had no idea what it would be like if a county was destroyed by floods. She couldn't imagine it.

The only disaster she saw with her own eyes was the locust plague around Chang'an.

Because the locusts flew to the Duke of Ying's house.

Li Shao saw it in the back garden.

As for the severe drought in Guanzhong, she didn't go out, didn't go to the farm, and didn't see the fields, so she only heard about these disasters.

She heard from others how serious they were.

There would not be too much discussion of these topics in the inner house. At most, it was because of the disaster, the farm at home was poor, and the housekeeper came back to report the situation.

Chang'an City, Liangyi Hall.

Li Shimin summoned Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda and others.

"I heard that the Japanese envoys wrote to us recently and said that they want to learn from us." Li Shimin glanced at everyone and asked, "What do you think about this?"

"The ambitions of the Rongdi people are different from those of the Chinese people. The Japanese envoys want to learn from us.As for the culture of the Tang Dynasty, it depends on what they want to learn. "Kong Yingda responded with a bow.

Wei Zheng frowned.

"The barbarians are not of our race, and their hearts must be different. They will invade and rob when they are strong, and be submissive when they are weak, and ignore gratitude and righteousness. This is their nature. There is a precedent between Japan and the former Sui Dynasty. "Wei Zheng lowered his eyes and said, "When the former Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo, Japan took the opportunity to send troops to attack Baekje and sent envoys to the Sui Dynasty. Although their strength was not as good as that of the Central Plains, they always put themselves on an equal footing with the Sui Dynasty. On the one hand, they wanted to stabilize the Sui Dynasty and did not want the war between the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo to end. On the other hand, they used their troops as soon as possible to capture the cities of Silla and Baekje and use them for their own use. Using the cities of Silla and Baekje as a base, they further plotted the entire peninsula.

In this way, they can prevent their country from being isolated and helpless. "

"They are so smart, what else do they want to learn from the Tang Dynasty? "

"After all, they can't be here for the Buddhism of the Tang Dynasty, right?"

"What do monks say? They don't look like monks, but they are insidious and cunning, which comes out from their bones."

Wei Zheng sat there with a calm expression, but his words were sharp.

Li Shimin nodded slightly.

Don't say it, don't say it.

When Wei Zheng spoke today, the listeners felt warm in their hearts.

Although this person always uses his tolerance to lose face in front of others, he is really reliable at critical moments.

"What Doctor Wei said is true." Kong Yingda also agreed.

"Then tell me, how should we deal with the request of the Japanese envoys?" Li Shimin asked.

"Why not select two people from them and grant them admission to the Hongwenguan." Kong Yingda thought: "After all, just selecting two people is already a grace from your majesty. "

"Moreover, the Hongwenguan teaches the Four Books and Five Classics, Confucian classics, which are compulsory courses for scholars. For the Japanese, learning what Tang scholars should learn is what they are asking for in their petitions, right?"