The afternoon sun is shining brightly, and when it shines on people, they can't help but feel a little lazy.
The gentle breeze passes by slowly, making people's comfortable nerves feel a little more comfortable. Reaching out your hand to touch the lazy air, a sense of leisure slowly sits in your heart.
The most fascinating building in the Daming Palace has been completed for a long time and was named the Sky Garden by Li Hong.
The rocking ladder designed by Li Hong has undergone several years of innovation in the royal manor of Taiyi City. It is now more mature and is used in the attic of the sky garden.
Li Zhi and Wu Mei slowly climbed to the highest point, overlooking the entire prosperous city of Chang'an at their feet.
There are crowds of people and shops everywhere. Merchants coming and going are carrying goods, walking through the streets and alleys, looking for their destinations.
Because the former Taiji Palace is separated in front of the Daming Palace, it is difficult to hear the noisy and bustling sounds of the crowded streets of Chang'an City.
But looking at that lively scene, it seems as if the sound of "prosperity" has already sounded in my ears.
Li Zhi was in a bad mood because of the Tubo issue and was dissatisfied with everything.
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The Taiji Palace, which was originally very solid, began to crumble after Li Hong left. When it was windy and rainy, many walls were suddenly washed down by the drizzle.
This makes people wonder whether the Taiji Palace was secretly destroyed by that little bastard?
After all, this Taiji Palace is no longer used by the royal family. It would be a shame if it were left here with no one using it and abandoned.
So every time Li Hong passed by, his eyes turned green.
When Wu Mei and Li Zhi found out that the little bastard wanted to raze the Taiji Palace and his East Palace to the ground and rebuild anew after the royal family moved into the Daming Palace, the couple naturally called someone to their side and beat him up severely to warn him not to have any ideas about the Taiji Palace.
However, as the heavens wished, within two months after Li Hong left, various accidents began to occur in Taiji Palace.
In desperation, Li Zhi ordered the Ministry of Works to begin redesigning the Taiji Palace.
Although he knew that Li Hong was the one behind the incident, he was no longer in Chang'an and he could not be found to settle the score.
Sure enough, within three days after Li Zhi issued the order, the Ministry of Works efficiently produced the design drawings.
Looking at the familiar handwriting and various flat figures on the drawing, Wu Mei's forehead was covered with black lines, and the veins on her jade hands were exposed because she clenched her fists.
So, the fat boy Li Dan became the victim. That day, he was severely beaten by Wu Mei because he snatched the candy from Princess Taiping.
After the beating, Wu Mei suddenly felt refreshed and looked at everything in a much better light.
"What is this little bastard building? It looks like his Taiyi City." Li Zhi frowned. If he didn't ask this question eight hundred times a year, it would seem like something was missing in the past year.
Wu Mei knew that this was Li Zhi's disguised way of remembering the mistakes made by Li Hong, and he was waiting for him to come back to settle both the old and new accounts.
But having said that, Wu Mei still admired the large building in front of her.
The roads were all paved with bluestone slabs, and the flowers and plants in the gardens next to the Daming Palace were trimmed by craftsmen to form a large Tang character.
Surrounded by flowers, Wu Mei accidentally saw a big smiling face that looked very much like Li Hong on the green lawn.
When asked, Lian Tie stammered and said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was afraid that you would miss him, so he ordered the craftsmen to trim his smiling face here so that you would be able to see him as soon as you go up to the castle in the sky.
Needless to say, the result was that Wu Mei ordered all of Li Hong's smiling faces to be cut off, because looking at that smiling face made her palms itchy.
Then the little fat man Li Dan on the side ran faster than a rabbit. As soon as Wu Mei finished speaking, the "rabbit" disappeared.
Looking at the buildings below that were all made of stone, Li Zhi and Wu Mei were initially very dissatisfied, but in the end, when they learned about the various uses of these buildings, they reluctantly agreed.
What's more, they didn't have to pay a penny for all this. Li Hong paid for it himself from Taiyi City. As for the Ministry of Revenue, it has now become Li Hong's wallet. I'm afraid that except for Jing Hui, the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Li Zhi didn't know how much money his Tang Dynasty Ministry of Revenue had.
The two stood on the castle in the air, admiring the world below their feet. Before an incense stick of time had passed, the Ministry of War brought a letter with a red feather from Yangwu's hand and brought it to Li Zhi.
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has an urgent request." Yang Wu said respectfully.
Li Zhi took it and opened it. His brows immediately frowned, and he clenched his hands tightly, staring into the distance without saying a word.
Wu Mei glanced at Li Zhi's expression, and the tension in her heart that had just risen when she heard the urgent report involuntarily calmed down.
Originally she thought that the little bastard Li Hong was up to something again, but seeing that although Li Zhi's expression was serious, he did not seem anxious, it was obvious that he was worried about other things.
Li Zhi glanced at Wu Mei, and after seeing her looking at him, he turned his gaze back to the Chang'an City below him.
He sighed deeply and said heavily, "It's just as Li Hong expected." While speaking, Li Zhi couldn't help but shook his head repeatedly.
"Your Majesty, what are you talking about?" Wu Mei did not look at the urgent report, but just glanced at it lightly and asked.
"Back then, Hong'er and Dai Zhide had a huge dispute over sending troops to Liaodong, which caused chaos in the court. In the end, Hong'er dismissed Dai Zhide from his position as Minister of Rites, as well as several other people, thus ending the matter. But now, everything is just as Hong'er expected a few years ago. Goryeo and Silla have joined forces and started to attack our Tang Dynasty." There was a flash of anger in Li Zhi's eyes.
Thinking back now, what happened back then was truly thrilling.
If Li Hong had not refused to send troops with a tough attitude, how much manpower and money would the Tang Dynasty have needed to invest in Goryeo in the past few years?
If Tang had sent troops to help back then, then today Goryeo and Silla would have joined forces to attack Tang. This would be an extremely ironic situation in which Tang would have nurtured a tiger to harm itself and reaped the consequences.
Dai Zhide strongly advocated sending troops back then, and I wonder what he would feel now?
"The court has appointed Qibi Heli as the chief military commander of Dongzhou Road, and Gao Kan as the deputy chief military commander. Li Jinxing has been appointed as the chief military commander of Yanshan Road, and Yang Fang as the deputy chief military commander, to jointly send troops to Goryeo and Silla. What do you think about this? If this were to go according to your idea back then, could you afford the losses that our Tang Dynasty would have incurred in the past few years?" Li Hong stroked Bai Qi's huge black wolf head with one hand and looked at Dai Zhide in front of him with a relaxed expression.
Dai Zhide said nothing. He did not believe that there would be war in Liaodong area which had been peaceful for several years.
Li Hong chuckled, handed the memorial in his hand to Dai Zhide, and said, "Although you have been away from the court for nearly four years, I think you can still tell the authenticity of the memorials in the court. Take it and have a look."
Handing the memorial to Dai Zhide, Li Hong slowly stood up and paced, saying, "Time can sometimes prove whether a person's decision is right or wrong. For some things, we can fully understand their context after careful calculation and deliberation. Just like when I summoned you to Tubo, I don't know if you hate me in your heart, or think that I am deliberately making things difficult for you because of what happened in the past."
"I dare not." Dai Zhide closed his eyes in pain. The memorial in his hand seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, forcing him to let go and give up the memorial he had just read.
Ashnu looked at the memorial falling to the ground, and hurriedly and carefully picked it up under Bai Qi's gaze, then stood aside, waiting for Li Hong to take it back.
"We often remind ourselves not to judge others by one's own standards, but you, Dai Zhide, have not understood one thing, that is, this saying is only suitable for people like you. It is not a gentleman's behavior to use the tolerance of our Great Tang to open up to the ignorant people of Goryeo and Silla. They are still uncivilized and stubborn people. In our Great Tang, their maids enjoy a high status in Silla. It is an honor for anyone's daughter to serve high officials and nobles in the Great Tang. And you want to open up to people who worship maids. Isn't it ridiculous?" Li Hong patted Dai Zhide on the shoulder and motioned for him to sit aside.
As for Ashinu, up to now, he had no interest in even taking a look at him.
As long as we hand him over to the lawless and interrogate him thoroughly, I think we will be able to dig out a lot of information.
"I wonder why Your Highness summoned us to Tubo? Is it because I disrespected Your Highness in the past that I am exiled thousands of miles away?" Dai Zhide was dismissed from office for four years, but he still has the spirit of a scholar.
"One should judge a gentleman by one's own standards. By the way, Dai Zhide, you and I have been arguing in the court for several years. Based on your perspective on people, do you think I, Li Hong, am a narrow-minded person? Or do you think I, Li Hong, am narrow-minded and vindictive, and that I have to wait until now to deal with you?" Li Hong watched Banmei put a cup of tea for Dai Zhide. He really had the urge to pour the hot tea over Dai Zhide's head to see if his head was really filled with paste.
"Your Highness, please forgive my rudeness. Although I don't know why Your Highness summoned us to Tubo, I have never really hated you in the court. Because of the difference in political views, I have made many enemies in the court, but I don't understand why you still use me after dismissing me from my official position." Dai Zhide has rejuvenated and started to be pretentious at this time.
"Dai Zhide, you are so boring. Are you a child? How come you are so old and still so pretentious? What's wrong with dismissing you from your post? With your virtue, look at it yourself. If you had not been dismissed, if the Tang Dynasty had used its troops in Liaodong according to your proposal, what would we have got now? Isn't it the same ungrateful wolf as this Tubo... What are you looking at? I'm not talking about you!"
When Li Hong finished speaking, he saw Bai Qi rolling his eyes at him again, so he yelled at Bai Qi.
The last sentence didn't stop Bai Qi from yelling, but it scared Dai Zhide. However, Bai Qi rolled his eyes at him in return.
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