"Do father and mother know? Have you contacted the Ministry of Works?" Li Hong asked with a frown.
"No, I didn't. I still need your help with this matter." Li Xian's face is definitely half as thick as Li Hong's back then.
"I don't care. You go to the Ministry of Works yourself. You know how badly I offended Yan Liben some time ago. If I go to him now, he will definitely refuse me. Then I can tell my father and mother, and then you can stop renovating your palace." Li Hong refused.
"I can't find a way. Yan Liben doesn't give me any face. He is just a prince, not a crown prince." Li Xian said frustratedly.
"You are really sick. Have you lived here for two years? Can't you wait a little longer? Besides, look at my East Palace. I haven't renovated it. Isn't it the same as it was when my father was here?"
Li Xian curled his lips and said, "I only know that your East Palace has not been renovated, but your royal manor in Taiyi City is extremely luxurious!"
Giving up the comparison with Li Hong, he thought for a moment and continued to flatter: "How about this, I'll tell you a good news. I won't let you take care of the renovation of the palace. You just need to give the supplies to Yunzhong in my name."
"I have to hear whether your information is valuable, and then make a decision." Li Hong glanced at him.
Now, let alone Chang'an, even the entire Tang Dynasty, including the surrounding Western Regions countries, can know any news they want to know at the first time.
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I already knew about what happened in the clouds yesterday, but for the sake of safety, I pretended not to know. I just pretended to know it through formal channels.
"You definitely don't know about this. Let me tell you, Helan Minzhi is having a banquet at the restaurant today. How about we go over and mess things up?" Li Xian's eyes were filled with excitement.
Li Hong looked at Li Xian's excitement, felt relieved, and asked, "How did you know?"
"Yi Yang said that she is the backer of the restaurant, isn't she? Helan Minzhi sent someone to book it yesterday. The entire second floor has been reserved by Helan Minzhi. There must be something fun going on."
"It's true that there are fun things to do, but there's also the possibility that my father and mother will beat me up." Li Hong nodded thoughtfully.
It was not surprising that Li Xian knew all this from that idiot Yi Yang, and he also knew that Helan Minzhi had a banquet at the restaurant today.
King Gaesomun of Goryeo has died, and his three sons are now fighting openly and secretly. The eldest son, Quan Nansheng, has inherited the throne, and while he was touring other places, he left the royal city to his two younger brothers to govern.
So as soon as he left the royal city, someone slandered him to his two younger brothers, saying that he intended to kill his two younger brothers, Quan Nanjian and Quan Nanchan.
Koreans are really good at naming. They call it a boy, a boy bastard, and a boy birth. Does that mean that if they give birth to another child, it should be called a caesarean birth?
After receiving the news, Quan Nansheng sent his confidant back to the royal city to find out the reactions of his two younger brothers. However, he was caught by his younger brothers and ordered to return to the royal city immediately.
Quan Nansheng didn't dare to go back to die at this time, so he had to stay in other cities temporarily and sent his son Quan Xiancheng to Chang'an for help.
At this time, Li Hong had not received any news from the three provinces that Quan Xiancheng wanted to see him, but he learned from Bai Chun that Helan Minzhi would host a banquet for Quan Xiancheng there tonight.
Li Xian looked at Li Hong who was lost in the ethereal state, pushed his arm and urged him, "How about it? Are you going or not?"
"We can go and see who Helan Minzhi is inviting to the banquet." Li Hong thought for a while and said, it would be a good time to go and see what Helan Minzhi is up to.
"Then I'll take it that you agree to my question." Li Xian stood up and said to Li Hong who was lost in thought again.
"Okay, I understand. You can go now. See you at the restaurant in the evening. Call the third and fourth brothers along. We haven't gotten together for a long time." Li Hong said as he looked at Li Xian who was about to reach the door.
"Okay, I understand."
Watching the sedan slowly leave, Li Hong woke up from his contemplation and said to Mangzhong: "Tell Jinghui to prepare a copy for him."
"Yes, Your Highness." Mangzhong said respectfully.
Although they were all dissatisfied with King Pei's request at this time, it was obvious that they hoped to gain the reputation of a wise king, and he didn't have to do anything, just talk, so His Highness was indeed tired.
But they didn't dare to say what was in their hearts. Over the years, they had already memorized it firmly in their hearts, knowing what to say and what not to say, and they had to strike the right balance and timing.
Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is usually very kind to them, he can be very strict when it comes to major issues and court principles.
After several days of heavy rain, it was finally driven away by the sun that emerged from the clouds in the afternoon.
Li Hong stood at the highest point of the Sky Garden of Daming Palace, holding a monocular telescope, watching the flow of people slowly moving from the east side of Chang'an City. After being diverted through the East Market, they entered various temples with their families.
He put down the telescope in his hand and handed it to Xiaoxue. Seeing Xiaoxue also picked up the telescope and looked into the distance, he said lightly: "You know what, Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang are amazing. In more than three years, he actually made this telescope."
Xiaoxue still looked into the distance with the telescope, saying, "You haven't seen him at the Zongsheng Palace Tower Observation Platform, right? That one is very big, probably as big as an ordinary person's house. Every day, you can see Li Chunfeng and a few Taoist children struggling to move there."
"Of course. His microscope is used to observe celestial bodies, so it needs to be big enough. But I heard that he is not interested in the moon recently?" Li Hong wanted to laugh when he thought of this.
Ever since Li Chunfeng made the extra-large telescope, the weight of the entire telescope including the lens and the copper bracket and other parts has reached an astonishing ten thousand pounds.
He never believed what Li Hong said that the moon was only cold and desolate. After making that huge object, he chose a full moon day and observed it for a whole night.
The next day, the Taoist boy saw Li Chunfeng, who was red-eyed, heartbroken and dejected, at the Louguan Terrace. Since then, Li Chunfeng completely lost his romantic feelings towards the moon and began to observe the stars that Li Hong mentioned.
After Li Hong saw that all the people in the Sanfang area had been relocated, he looked at the Taiji Palace under his feet and the Sanfang area in the distance.
This torrential rain that lasted for several days was simply for Li Hong. After the Daming Palace replaced all the functions of the Taiji Palace, Li Hong began to set his sights on the Taiji Palace and the three blocks on the east side of Chang'an.
He didn't want to do anything else. He really wanted to follow the example of later generations and raze the entire Taiji Palace to the ground and then build a multi-functional area here.
In his plan, the Daming Palace would become the symbol of the royal family in the future, and the symbol of power would be assumed by the renovated Taiji Palace under his feet.
The three provinces, six ministries, nine temples, five prisons, Jingzhao Prefecture and other functional departments will all have an office space here, and squares, large meeting halls, theaters, etc. will all be built here.
Including his Eastern Palace, everything will be included in the plan. According to the plan, the Eastern Palace will be reduced in size. Except for the Taiji Palace which will retain the normal royal garden, no other things will be built in the Eastern Palace except for various small functional departments.
As for Hongwenguan, Guozijian and Chongwenguan, he would move them to the four districts on the west side of Chang'an.
And Taiyi City's Chamber of Commerce, money house headquarters, etc. will be moved according to his plan to the Sanfang area on the east side where the people have just been relocated.
In order to thoroughly plan the East and West Cities, Li Hong even needs to build a large shopping mall there. After the shopping mall is built, the East and West Cities will be re-planned to form a standardized industry.
Xia Zhi and Xiao Xue stood on both sides of Li Hong, watching him pointing out the future of the country with great enthusiasm, what this place would be like in the future, what that place would be like in the future, and where the envoys' residences of envoys from various countries would be built.
Xia Zhi and Xiao Xue were stunned after hearing what they heard. From what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, from now on, the area of Chang'an City behind the main gate of Taiji Palace would be deserted and would be turned into various administrative agencies of the government.
Xia Zhi looked at Li Hong, his blood boiling and his saliva flying, as if everything would be in his mouth and would be realized tomorrow, and asked softly: "Master, will His Majesty... His Majesty agree to what you said?"
"Hate it, I'm just fantasizing. Besides, even if you don't agree now, you will definitely agree in the future." Li Hong rolled his eyes at Xia Zhi. She was too bad at talking. He had finally immersed himself in his own fantasy world, but was interrupted by her.
Xiaoxue looked at Li Hong in awe, swallowed her saliva, shrank her neck and said to her master: "Master, I think His Majesty will never agree to your plan."
"Why? When they come back, I will continue to do my work. I don't believe they will disagree." Li Hong snorted, looking at the Taiji Palace and the large land of his East Palace under his feet, the true face of a real estate developer in his previous life was exposed.
"Because you think about it, you can see that every palace in the Daming Palace has two big bronze poles erected on both sides. Because of this, the Queen has beaten you a lot. If you raze the Taiji Palace to the ground, I think... I think..."
"What do you think?" someone asked with a dark face.
"If His Majesty and the Queen join forces to beat you up, I'm afraid that would be the lightest punishment." Xia Zhi took over Xiaoxue's words.
Li Hong looked at the two of them speechlessly, too lazy to pay attention to them. Although they were telling the truth, he really didn't want to hear it.
"Let's go, let's go down. Let's go back and change clothes and get ready to see what Helan Minzhi is up to tonight. Have Jingzhe and Liebao left?" Li Hong, who was walking down from the sky garden, suddenly stopped and asked.
"We left as soon as the rain stopped." Xia Zhi said meekly.
"Well, Tibet has been making too many small moves recently, and my father has gone to the Eastern Capital to play again. If something happens there, it will be the responsibility of the Crown Prince who is the Regent. It is better to find out clearly." Li Hong shook his head. Judging from the intelligence during this period, he always felt that Tibet seemed to be going to war again, but in history, he did not remember that Tibet and the Tang Dynasty went to war at this time.
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