Chapter 83: Tang Furong Garden
Li Yuanjia actually has no interest in simply taking his wife out for an outing.
It's not that he doesn't like to go out and play. In fact, for a person who can't go out a few times a year, Li Yuanjia will feel very happy even if he just goes out for a walk in the wild. But the traffic these days is really
It's too bad. If you run too far, you'll be exhausted. If you run too close, there won't be any good scenery, which makes you in a dilemma.
And this time, Li Yuanjia's goal was not just the two of them.
In fact, he hopes to hold a party like the one held by the princess not long ago, and the scale will be many times larger! And at this party, Li Yuanjia will bring out the good things he has accumulated for a long time and dazzle them.
The eyes of those old-fashioned aristocrats of this era!
If the place is far away, how many people would be willing to go there?
Not to mention anything else, if it were really placed dozens of miles outside Chang'an City, it would take more than half a day just to come back. How many people would make this trip because of him, the idle king of the Tang Dynasty?
Li Yuanjia is very self-aware, and after thinking about it, ten people would probably be overwhelmed!
so……
“The scenery needs to be good, the place needs to be big, and the transportation needs to be convenient?”
After listening to Li Yuanjia's request in bed at night, Fang Fengzhu smiled almost reflexively: "Your Majesty, aren't you talking about Furong Garden?"
Hearing this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and Li Yuanjia quickly asked: "Furong Garden? You mean the one in the southeast corner of the city?"
"Yes, that's the Hibiscus Garden!"
Nodding, Fang Fengzhu chuckled and said: "The residence is thirty miles away and the circumference is thirty miles. Is this place big enough? Moreover, Furong Garden is right by the Qujiang Pool. Even if the king wants to go boating on the lake, there will be no problem.
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"Well, not bad."
After thinking for a while, Li Yuanjia smiled and nodded.
Of course he had heard of the famous Tang Furong Garden, and he had learned about this place specifically when he traveled to Xi'an in his previous life, so he barely knew it. Of course, more importantly, he had been there in this life.
After visiting several times, Li Yuanjia was deeply impressed by the scenery there.
To put it simply, Qujiang Pool and Furong Garden together constitute the only "public" garden in Chang'an City.
These days are not the era when parks were everywhere, and the quantity and quality represented the economic and cultural level of a city. To put it bluntly, the Tang Dynasty was a privatized society. Except for the "Land of Land", which all belonged to the emperor, all beautiful things
Almost every place has an owner!
It is simply impossible to find a public area with beautiful scenery in Chang'an City.
So as soon as Fang Fengzhu reminded him, Li Yuanjia naturally understood immediately.
The Qujiang Pool and Furong Garden also represent a culture to a certain extent - starting from the Sui Dynasty, emperors and ministers drank and composed poems by the Qujiang Pool, and the literati of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties also mentioned the story of drinking wine in the Qujiang River.
It continued. On this basis, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the building scale of Furong Garden was expanded, and later the Yellow Canal was built to expand the lake surface of Qujiang...
Although it has not yet reached its peak period, Qujiang Pool and Furong Garden have begun to lay a solid foundation for subsequent cultural prosperity.
It is of course perfect to hold a "party" in the Furong Garden on the banks of Qujiang Pool!
only……
These days, Qujiang Pool and Furong Garden are not really open public gardens, but belong to the emperor. It is not difficult for Li Yuanjia to go in and play by himself, and no one dares to stop him, but if he wants to call a big man
If you are going with someone else, you may have to inform the emperor in advance.
So after pondering for a moment, Li Yuanjia smiled bitterly and said: "It's a pity that His Majesty is in Jiucheng Palace now, and if I wrote a letter specifically, it was just to use Qujiang Pool and Furong Garden..."
"Your Majesty, don't you know yet?"
This time, before he could finish his words, Fang Fengzhu blinked and said in surprise: "Last year, His Majesty already gave the Furong Garden to King Wei. Don't you know about this?"
"What? Furong Garden was given to King Wei?"
After hearing what Fang Fengzhu said, Li Yuanjia's eyes widened instantly, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Holy shit, are you kidding me?
That was the Tang Dynasty Furong Garden, a huge garden, the only beautiful place in Chang'an City besides the imperial palace, given to his son?
"Yes, it was a sensation at the time."
Seeing Li Yuanjia's unbelievable look, Fang Fengzhu's eyelids twitched wildly twice, and he was quite speechless for a moment. He knew that his king didn't care much about political affairs, so naturally he didn't care about what happened in the court.
I understand very well, but you didn’t even know that this matter was so lively at the time?
Fang Fengzhu sighed secretly, and Li Yuanjia couldn't help but sigh in his heart after a brief shock.
What this Li Shimin did was so helpless.
It’s okay for you to dote on your son. After all, that boy Li Tai is really smart. Li Yuanjia can tell from the fact that he can read six volumes of "Mathematics" so quickly just by reading. He is like a genius.
With his brains and his hardworking nature, even Li Yuanjia, who knew his dark history, couldn't help but like the boy a little. As his father, Li Shimin loved him so much and it was natural for him to do so.
But to be pampered to this extent is really too much.
Li Yuanjia remembered that in Luoyang City, Li Shimin ordered the "merging of houses", that is, merging the two houses, and built a super mansion for Li Tai, which was more than ten times the size of the Han Palace. There was even a mansion because of Li Tai
The famous Wei Wang Pond and Wei Wang Causeway all show the emperor's favor; now not only is the Wei Wang in Luoyang City so powerful, he has also given that boy a Furong Garden in Chang'an City?
With such pampering, what do you want the prince to think?
In addition to things like the Literature Museum and "Kuo Di Zhi", it is natural for the prince to be suspicious of King Wei; and after receiving so much treatment that exceeds the standards, it is reasonable for Li Tai to have thoughts about the throne.
Something happened.
"So, the root is still in the second child!"
When he thought of the future prince's rebellion and Wei Wang Li Tai's suspected plot to succeed him, Li Yuanjia shook his head and couldn't help but let out a long sigh!
"Well……"
Li Yuanjia's sigh made Fang Fengzhu's heart tighten. He bit his lips and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, why are you sighing suddenly? Although Furong Garden was given to King Wei by His Majesty, the relationship between King Wei and you is good, Your Majesty.
As long as he fixes a book, he will definitely not refuse."
"Ok, I know."
Nodding, Li Yuanjia did not deny this.
He didn't have much contact with Li Tai, but because of the six volumes of "Mathematics", as well as carriages, glass and other objects, they seemed much closer than before.
Chapter completed!