This is the original study room, at least from the outside, but bypassing the screen as decoration, there is a larger house inside. Compared with the study room with exquisite and elegant decoration in the outside, this room inside looks much empty. Among the newly opened inner "study room", the most conspicuous and most occupied is the map. The one hanging on the wall, the one placed on the large table table, and even the flower jar next to the table table table is inserted in the map.

These maps include both full and partial maps, and the most of these maps are the locations of the three major military governors. It really took Tang Li a lot of effort to get copies of these maps from the Ministry of War.

The most conspicuous thing in the entire empty study was the huge sand table placed in the middle of the house. Tang Li could still remember the retired chiefs of the Ministry of War "Judging Office" that day, which showed shock on the face when the official heard his idea of ​​the sand table.

The responsibilities of the Ministry of War are to control the map of the world, the number of city gods, towns and garrisons, and beacons. Therefore, if you want to be familiar with the terrain, you will naturally take this department as the most. Among this department, these old people who have been together for life know the most about the terrain. These people have been in the imperial city for a lifetime, but have never been able to make a comeback in their entire lives. When they were in office, the quest to measure the territory of the Tang Dynasty with their feet undoubtedly fell on them. This combined with those maps is enough to make these old people who have been unsuccessful in their entire lives outline a geographical map of the Tang Dynasty with not too much error with the sand table.

The prices in Chang'an are high, and it is not easy to live in. These elderly people are humble when they are in office, and they have no extra money after they are old and resigned. They can imagine their hardships by relying on their poor salary. Therefore, these elderly people from the Ministry of War are extremely grateful for the opportunity to obtain "part-time jobs", especially when they are employed by people like Tang Li who have both status and are generous enough to take action.

At this time, the sand tray covering half a room was not completely formed. The two rivers from the north of Chang'an had been constructed, but the south of Chang'an was still blank. Tang Li knew that the precision of making sand trays was the focus. And all the things in the world that required precision would take a lot of time without exception, let alone the elderly who were not able to make these sand trays? So, he did not urge.

At this time, Tang Li, wearing a white linen shirt, stood in front of the semi-formed sand table and looked unconsciously at the mountains and rivers in the northern part of the Tang Dynasty. Although "white" was not a noble color during the Tang Dynasty. Even beggars on the street could wear this color, this did not prevent Tang Li from being paranoid about white. As long as he was in the mansion, almost all his regular clothes were white. Moreover, 90% of them were made of linen spun by the farmer.

He raised his hand and took a sip of "fish wine". The sweet and sour wine with ice beads slowly descended down his throat. In the hot June of Chang'an, this was really the best enjoyment. The Tang Dynasty had been peaceful for nearly a hundred years, and the result of the prosperity of the people was the prevalence of pleasure. This trend directly promoted the prosperity of the winemaking industry, which was a country of poetry and a dynasty of wine. From emperors, generals, and vendors to peddlers and pawns, they all liked wine and loved wine. Because the degree of pressed wine in this era was too low, and most of them were fruit wine, even women and women were no exception. Among all kinds of wine brews, including the 'Li wine' he made himself, it was not until this summer that Tang Li finally found his favorite - 'Grape'.

"Every year, the bones are buried outside the desert, and the pomegranates are seen entering the Han family." There is no doubt that the migration and influx of grapes are the best proof of the military merits and martial merits of the Central Plains dynasty. During the Zhenguan Dynasty, Emperor Taizong, the founding lord, personally transplanted grapes in the inner garden. After personal verification, he decided to make eight kinds of grape wines, which made grape wine popular all over the world. In the 30th and 20th year, it became one of the eight famous wines in the Tang Dynasty, and was ranked alongside Fuping Shiwanchun and Jiannan Shaochun.

Tang people have good wine, which determines that they can find the best way to enjoy this wine. Tang people's extremely high artistic cultivation is also well reflected when drinking this wine.

When drinking wine, you must use a "luminescent cup". No one forcibly stipulated it, but it quickly became a conventional rule and was followed by the world. In the hot summer, bright red grapes emitted an attractive light in the translucent glass cup. The tray next to the glass cup contains crystal clear ice fish sculptured from ice in winter. The ice fish fell into the bright red wine. After a moment, a slight mist could be seen at the mouth of the glass cup, and small ice beads were hung on the edge of the wine. Such a grape wine is simply the most beautiful work of art, but it is not said to be drunk, just looking at it is enough to make people intoxicated.

Tang Li didn't find the wine that suits him the most until this summer. There was only one word for the reason, that is poverty. There were two sources of grape brews in the Tang Dynasty. One was produced in Hedongdao, which was called Hedong grape brew, and the other was introduced from Persia, which was called Persian grape brew. However, no matter which one was, the price was extremely expensive, and Persian grape brew was self-evident. As one of the eight famous wines in the Tang Dynasty, Hedong grape brew was naturally expensive, so it was naturally not something that Tang Li could enjoy before.

Holding up the cool glass cup, Tang Li took another sip, some strange thoughts in his mind inexplicably. In the era when he traveled thousands of years later, when people worshipped foreign wines made of grapes and the so-called "wine culture", they did not know that their ancestors had already raised the taste of grapes to the height of art in the Tang Dynasty, which was originally called "ancient". Thinking about it carefully, this is really a wonderful irony.

Shaking his head, Tang Li sighed secretly that he had emerged from his senses again, put down the glass cup in his hand, and he continued to look down at the mountains and rivers of the two rivers.

To be honest, until now, Tang Li didn't know why he spent so much effort to collect maps and build this sand table. The idea of ​​wanting a map originated from his hope that he could have a overall grasp of the territory of the dynasty he was in. After all, after traveling here, his life experience was limited, and the places he really stayed in were only Jinzhou, Xiangzhou, and now Chang'an. Because he had not experienced the indispensable "travels" of other scholars in the same era before the imperial examination, in addition to these three places, for him, a time traveler, the Tang Dynasty in his mind actually retained more of the yellow memories in later history books. After five or six years, even when he was promoted to the fifth rank, he didn't even know the starting boundary around the Tang Dynasty. This cannot be said to be a wonderful irony.

While realizing this, he had the idea of ​​searching for maps. It was through these maps that the Tang Dynasty in his mind was finally fixed and recognized, and also made his previous understanding of the culture and customs of this dynasty come to practical use. In this sense, it was these real maps and sand tables marked with strange place names that made him, a time traveler, further psychologically integrated into the times and into the Tang Dynasty.

But what he had not expected was that after more than a month of operation, a vague idea made such a big room. He can now say that the maps of the Tang Dynasty, especially the two rivers, were not less collected than those stored in the Ministry of War Department. This sand table is the only one in the world. Of course, such results have a direct relationship with his identity and Xue Longxiang's takeover as the Minister of War Department. In addition, the smart brain of "Baozhu", because the idea of ​​hiring the Ministry of War Department was from her, and she could find value from people or things that others are commonplace or regarded as useless. This itself is a manifestation of intelligence, not to mention that the value of these people is really not small.

The sound of "gurgling" is the sound of pouring wine, while the sound of "dingdong" is the sound of ice fish falling into the glass cup. Tang Li, who looked down at the sand table, knew that this was Baozhu pouring a cup of fish wine for him again.

"Where has my father-in-law's car gone?" Tang Li did not look up, but still looked at the sand panel and asked.

Hearing this, Baozhu put down the wine bottle in his hand, and without thinking, he took the small bamboo branch with red satin on the edge of the sand table and inserted it into the Jinzhou area of ​​Hedong Road.

With his hands on the sand table, he pointed at the terrain of Hedongdao empty. Tang Li smiled and said, "Well, my father-in-law is quite fast. According to their current itinerary, they will be able to arrive at Jinyang, Beidu in another six or seven days." After pausing for a while, he asked again: "Where is Wang Jin's current itinerary?"

"Mr. Wang left Hengzhou and was rushing towards Shuozhou. "While the pearl was inserted with red cloth bamboo branches, he explained: "Mr. Wang was a light car, so his speed was much faster."

"Yes, their itinerary is faster than I thought. But I'm afraid Lao Zhai will suffer such a way of traveling with Wang Jin." Speaking of this, Tang Li couldn't help laughing out loud.

The father-in-law he mentioned did not refer to Li Linfu, but Zheng Lianqing's father, Zheng Ziwen, the contemporary head of the Zheng family in Xingyang. The former governor of Jinzhou was rushing to Jinyang to take over as the Hedong Road Observer. Wang Jin had also been transferred from the position of Sima in the small prefecture of Shandong Dongdao to the Shayuan Supervisor. In terms of rank, he was still from the fifth rank, but the management object had changed drastically. Sima, who used to handle local affairs, now manages dozens of Shayuan Supervisors in the Tang Dynasty, or in other words, hundreds of thousands of war horses cultivated and bred in these dozens of Shayuan Supervisors.

The role of cavalry in the cold weapon era is not to be said, especially when all wars are mostly concentrated in the northern part of a flat horse, the role of cavalry is not too much. The Tang Dynasty founded the country with its military merits. Since the founding of the Emperor Gaozu, the Shayuanjian was set up in Hexi and other places with abundant water and grass. Later, because the powerful Turks continued to threaten the northern border, the Turks with all cavalry could only be to use cavalry against cavalry. Therefore, the scale of Shayuanjian expanded rapidly, and this expansion was to the Kaiyuan Dynasty of Xuanzong.

At that time, it reached its peak. During its glorious period, the Tang Dynasty had only 550,000 regular troops, while the number of war horses raised in Shayuan Prison was as many as 700,000. This means that no matter how good the soldiers were, they could meet the actual conditions, so that every soldier would become a cavalry, and even the Chefs' logistics soldiers were no exception. During the Tianbao period, although the scale of Shayuan Prison shrank, it was still preserved at a scale of more than 400,000 horses. Now Wang Jin is managing the more than 400,000 war horses on behalf of the court.

Indeed, Zheng Ziwen's Hedong Road Observer and Wang Jin's Shayuan Supervisor were the result of Tang Li's recommendation.

When people are used, they only hate them. This is how Tang Li felt when he quit the prime minister's mansion that day. The time he entered the capital was too short and his foundation was too shallow. When Li Linfu felt that his illness gave his son-in-law the opportunity to station his own power, Tang Li realized that he had no one to be able to do it. His trustworthy subordinates now are either guards or market figures, and they don't even have the lowest official rank. Taking such a person to the chief assistant of the Political Affairs Hall is a big joke. And when he reaches a certain level in the officialdom, only Zheng Ziwen and Wang Jin can believe in it.

Needless to say, Zheng Ziwen has been closely tied up since the moment Zheng Lianqing married Tang Li. Wang Jin's friendship with him is not counted, and he has a relative relationship because of Zheng Lianqing. Of course, what interested Tang Li the most was Wang Jin's ability.

Although he was as young as his brother Wang Wei, he was obviously more suitable for the officialdom. In contrast to his brother's failure to achieve success in his life, Wang Jin was well-versed in the career path, especially after middle age. In the original history, Wang Jin began to prosper after the Anshi Rebellion. After the Sui Dynasty, he was able to stand firm in the past officialdom struggles in the two dynasties and eventually became prime minister. Such a person is really useful to Tang Li in this special period.

Since there are few people who can recommend, the only thing Tang Li can do is to seek excellence. The arrangements of the Hedong Road Observer and Shayuan Supervisor originated from this. Hedong is connected to Hebei Road, the Guannei Road in the west, the Henan Road in the east, and the Jingji Road in the south. It can be said that Hedong is the heart of the entire northern part of the Tang Dynasty. Taking this place can not only echo the four directions, but also monitor the Lu'an Lushan from behind.

Not to mention the role of Shayuan Prison. In the Lianghe River and Hexi places, mastering the war horses is equivalent to controlling the legs and feet of the soldiers of each town. This is also the reason why An Lushan repeatedly asked Li Linfu for Shayuan Prison. At this time, the reason why Wang Jin rushed to the Lianghe River day and night was to check the real numbers of the horses stored in each Shayuan Prison and control their abnormal outflow.

"Wang Jin's trip is of great importance, and he is alone and has a lonely force. He sent a letter to Hei Tian and asked him to secretly support him. The most important thing is to protect Wang Jin's safety. "It is still a peaceful era. Tang Li does not think that the Shayuan Supervisory Officers dare to attack Wang Jin in those places with problems, but it is always impossible to be wrong to take precautions.

"The young master, the last time Si Niang came over, she said that she could use the help of other buildings in the two rivers to build an intelligence network. However, this matter also involved the teaching staff in the palace, which was also hindered Zhao Yangming, so the young master needed to mention the general. "It has been more than a month since Baozhu was transferred from the inner courtyard to the study room. It was this month that she had simply received the information sent from outside and then summarized the information. Her carefulness and talent in this regard won Tang Li's trust step by step, so when he joked that Baozhu had become more and more personal after his sister left, just like the jade bead at the time, becoming more and more clever.

This idea made Tang Li feel excited. The musicians of the Jiaofangsi went to the local area under the name of "field recruitment". In addition to collecting local folk songs and dances, their responsibilities also had the responsibility to record local customs. It is not out of line to make them pay attention to local things and record and report them. In addition, the Bianqing Buildings distributed in Hedong are now one of the best restaurants in the local area. Such places are natural information exchange and distribution centers. Although they may not be able to collect confidential information, the basic information is

There should be no problem in collecting and replenishing the newspaper. The information network on the open line just complements the hidden line that Hei Tian is working on to form. As for Zhao Yangming, Tang Li believes that he will not refuse his request. After standing next to the sand table for a while, Tang Li nodded and said, "Well, I have the four good ideas for the fourth sister-in-law and Zhao Yangming, but she must come out to organize the matter. After all, not everyone can do these things like screening and summarizing information."

"Now Si Niang should shoot herself in the foot." Baozhu's words made Tang Li laugh out loud. What the fourth sister-in-law is most afraid of now is that Tang Li asks her for the semi-finished products that are not trained. However, since it was proposed by her herself this time, it would not be so easy to say no to refuse.

Tang Li, who was smiling, accidentally glanced across the Yinshan Mountains on the sand tray, and immediately said with a solemn expression: "Is there any news over Guo Ziyi?"

"There is no news yet, it seems that he is still hesitating."

"What's hesitating about? I didn't let him rebel, this was a promotion! With my kindness, he was treated as a donkey." Now, whenever he thinks of Guo Ziyi, Tang Li couldn't help but be angry. On that day, he only recommended three people to Li Linfu, and besides Zheng and Wang were Guo Ziyi.

The famous general went to Yinshan to take office with great enthusiasm that day, but his Anbei Protectorate has not been built until now. The reason is that the "Mulashan" section of the Yinshan Mountains designated fortress in the imperial court, both the environment and the climate are too harsh. Not to mention building a city, it is a great challenge to allow the 12,000 subordinates to survive smoothly in this bitter and cold place where farming cannot be built.

However, if he did not choose this place, he would instead build a city elsewhere, but it would have no strategic significance. The newly established Anbei Protectorate would have no value for existence. Therefore, Guo Ziyi is now in a very embarrassing position, and he cannot even move forward, and he cannot retreat. It was precisely when Tang Li knew this situation and recommended this person to Li Linfu as the General of Hedong Protectorate.

Hedong's strategic position is too always necessary. Zheng Ziwen's observation as a civil servant makes it okay to handle political affairs. If he is allowed to command the army, it would be a disaster. The transfer of Guo Ziyi, a famous general who is loyal to the court, to command the army by Hedong Road, is the most proud arrangement for Tang Li's recommendation. With this civil and military commander behind Pinglu, even if An Lushan wants to rebel, Hedong Road will not fall in less than ten days as in history, thus opening the gates of the two capitals under the iron hoofs of Anhuer's cavalry.

Not to mention Tang Li's plan, just as the official position, the Hedong Road Protector General and the Bianzhen Army Deputy Jieshou were both in the fourth rank and the upper level. Taking this step means that Guo Ziyi has officially entered the sequence of senior generals of the Tang Dynasty, and his position in the wealthy Hedong Road is incomparable to the bitter and cold land of Yinshan. Unexpectedly, this good opportunity that others can't ask for can't even get a happy voice when they arrive at Guo Ziyi. It's been a month since the news was announced, but this person didn't even spit. How could Tang Li not be upset in such a situation?

"The situation in the court is complicated now, especially since the prime minister has adjusted his officials on a large scale recently, General Guo has been cautious in his work. I don't think his mind is willing to be so easily attracted by the young master. After all, our relationship with the East Palace has long been known to the world. Although the East Palace has long been in a diminished state, as long as the "Crown Prince" sign does not fall, no one has to think carefully. "It has been more than a month since he took over the intelligence affairs, and these open things are not bad.

I am a general who respects him, and never wanted to win him over? He was the general of the Hedong Road, and he was also for His Majesty and guarding Hedong for the court. Could it be that he could not do it for me?" At this time, Tang Li was a little unreasonable when he was angry with Guo Ziyi.

Seeing this, he smiled slightly with the bead in his wine cup, "Young Master is saying something angry. As long as he accepts your recommendation, no matter whether he does it for you or not, others' opinions will be fixed. Can he be careless when he wants to determine his "identity"? This time the identity is certain, and the future honor, disgrace, misfortune, and blessings will be determined by 70%. It will be difficult to change again! Otherwise, let's urge to ask again?"

"It's only been a few days, you girl know a lot!" Tang Li couldn't help but admit that Baozhu's words made sense. After pondering for a while, he shook his head and said, "It's better for me to personally study a book. I don't believe that you can't find the temple gate even if you hold a pig's head!" At the end, Tang Li couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Just as Tang Li was thinking about how to speak the letter to Guo Ziyi, a servant from the door hurriedly ran in and said, "Young Master, Lord Yang is here to visit."

As one of the beneficiaries of the large-scale personnel adjustment of the Political Affairs Hall, Yang Yuzhao was promoted to the next level like a rocket, from the original sixth-rank official Wailang to the fifth-rank official branch office, and his official uniform was changed from the original blue to the current crimson.

"Old Yang, the imperial city has been very lively these days. If you don't stare there, you still have the heart to run to me?" Tang Li was too lazy to even arch his hand when he saw him. He smiled and pointed at Zhang Hudeng casually.

"What kind of golden and silver nest are you? What treasures are hidden? I can't help but shame!" He replied with a smile, and Yang Yuzhao, who sat down, changed his face and said, "It's not that I want to come, I must not come because of the instructions of the imperial concubine."

Hearing this, Tang Li took back the words he had originally planned to make fun of. "Oh?"

"The Empress said: 'The Tang Qing family is so busy that they don't even have time to invite me to rest?'" Because it was the oral edict of the Imperial Concubine, Yang Yuzhao's expression on his face was very respectful and he did not dare to say any jokes afterwards. After passing this sentence, without waiting for Tang Li to answer, he continued: "The personnel changes have been very fierce recently. Zhang Qiu Jianqiong, the governor of Jiannan, is also the oldest, and he is also willing to take this opportunity to return to Beijing. He did not want to enter the Political Affairs Hall, but just wanted to take charge of the account for His Majesty. Don't love. The Empress meant that you want to give Ling's father-in-law a blow, and fulfill his wish."

As soon as Yang Yuzhao finished speaking, Tang Li thought for a while and took a breath as if he had a toothache and said, "He wants to go to the Ministry of Revenue!"


Chapter completed!