Ang Lee had poured a lot of effort into the Tang dynasty school in Anshi County. However, Ang Lee's efforts were not in vain. The local students here studied very hard. Some of the students with better qualifications could even barely talk to Ang Lee, which made Ang Lee very happy. Moreover, the younger the students were, the faster they learned. The older the students, the slower their progress in learning the Tang dynasty's language.
When Ang Lee came to inspect, he gave a lot of rewards to the students who were better at learning to encourage them to learn cultural knowledge faster and better so that they could better serve the Tang Empire in the future and spread the advanced civilization of the Tang Empire to Anshi County.
Anshi County was an important node of the Maritime Silk Road. It could also be regarded as the middle point of the Silk Road. Although this middle point was not the real center of the Silk Road, it was not far from it.
It was a very correct choice to set up the Tang dynasty's most important overseas school here. As long as the school here developed well, it could then be expanded to promote the development of Malacca, Anzhu County, and other places. The people in these areas could learn the language of the Tang dynasty. In the future, everyone in the world could speak the language of the Tang dynasty. In this way, the world's language would be unified. That would be the best thing.
After leaving Anshi County, the next stop was the Malacca Sea. Because there were many islands in this area, pirates had always been rampant. However, since Ang Lee led the Tang Dynasty fleet to the south, most of the pirates in this area had been dealt with. The remaining pirates were a small number of stragglers and their strength was very weak. It was difficult for them to pose a big threat to the merchant ships passing by.
Moreover, the armed ships of the Tang dynasty had been active in the Malacca Sea, which had a huge deterrent effect on the remaining pirates, so they did not dare to go out easily. They even chose to quit the pirate business because they could not continue to operate, and turned to do legitimate business. This way, they would not be on tenterhooks as a whole.
After all, no one in the world was willing to live a life of fear. Such a life was too difficult. If they could gain great benefits, perhaps they would be willing to do so. However, if they could not gain any benefits or only gain a small amount of benefits, then no one would be willing to do so.
Only when pirates could get a huge profit would they be willing to do it, even if it meant risking their lives. However, with the intervention of the Tang dynasty's navy, the pirates in Malacca had lost the easy way to get profits. They had a very hard life. Except for a few die-hard pirates, most of the pirates left the business one after another to do legitimate business. For example, being a bodyguard was the most suitable job. Many pirates were converted from fishermen... to continue fishing was a good way... In short, most pirates could leave the pirate business, unless they had done too many evil deeds.............
"Assistant Minister Li, now we are not far from Malacca Island. After resting in Malacca Island, we can return to Guangzhou Port of the Tang dynasty in one go. We are going home."
His subordinates stood on the deck, their faces full of excitement. Obviously, they had been away from their homeland of the Tang dynasty for a long time. They were about to return home and see their loved ones. This kind of excitement could only be experienced by those who had been away from home for a long time.
Ang Lee's mood was the same. He was very excited and happy. Although Ang Lee had a very happy and fulfilling life along the way, this kind of feeling was different from the feeling of home. Home made people feel very secure and comfortable.
"Yes! We can go home soon. In the blink of an eye, one or two years have passed. It's much longer than we expected. "
Ang Lee looked at the vast sea in front of him and sighed.
People would always miss home when they were away from home, and the closer they were to home, the stronger their longing for home would be, especially when they were close to home.
"I advise you to drink a cup of wine. There are no old friends in the west of Yangguan. We went south together, and the road we traveled was much farther than the west of Yangguan. Now, we are finally coming back. We can finally go home."
One of Ang Lee's subordinates stood behind him and sighed as he looked at the seabirds occasionally flying in the sky.
"Where can we anchor when the sun shines on the horizon? The sight of the horizon breaks one's heart. We have traveled all the way and opened up the Maritime Silk Road for the Tang dynasty. We can finally go home. We don't have to drift on the sea anymore."
Another subordinate sighed.
Ang Lee smiled faintly. There were many poets in the Tang dynasty. Any scholar could write a few poems, and the quality of the poems was very good. They were easy to read.
Of course, the poems that these subordinates said were not written by themselves. They were just lamenting. They borrowed the poems of famous people.
In short, the closer they were to the Tang dynasty, the stronger the homesickness of the people.
In the dead of night, many people would go to the deck and look at the stars in the sky. They would miss their hometown and their relatives. Perhaps if they missed their hometown more, they would feel better and lessen the guilt in their hearts.
The Malacca region was the first overseas province that Li An had established in the south. Naturally, it had been in operation for the longest time, and its construction was also the best. There was no doubt about that. Many important nodes had been built very well, and the defensive facilities were extremely sturdy. Without artillery weapons, it was impossible to break through.
Artillery was a technology unique to the Tang dynasty. Therefore, these strong fortresses were nothing in front of the elite troops of the Tang dynasty. But in the eyes of other countries and forces, they were very powerful.
In the whole Malacca region, the Tang dynasty already had many strategic points. But Ang Lee was in a hurry to go back, so he could not inspect them one by one. He could only choose a place to rest for a few days and then leave here. He went to Guangzhou in the Tang dynasty in one go. As for places like Zhancheng, as long as there were no accidents, Ang Lee would not stop at them.
When he returned from Europe, Ang Lee had already informed the imperial court. The advanced communication technology of the Tang dynasty had already sent the news back to the imperial court, so that the emperor and ministers of the imperial court would know that Ang Lee was about to return.
On behalf of the Tang Empire, Ang Lee successfully opened up the Maritime Silk Road. This credit surpassed that of any minister of the imperial court. No one's credit could be compared with Ang Lee's.
It was impossible to say that no one was jealous of Ang Lee. But jealousy was jealousy. Ang Lee's credit was there, and no one could take it away. They could only admire Ang Lee sincerely.
"I heard that Ang Lee is coming back. I wonder when he will arrive in Chang 'an?"
In the back hall of the Daming Palace, Yurou looked at Yuhuan and said.
"That boy, I really know how to talk. He is only a few years younger than you. Haha!"
Yang Yuhuan was in a very good mood at this time. Any interesting words could make her laugh.
"We sisters are of the same generation as His Majesty. That boy is His Majesty's grandson, so he is our grandson. What's wrong with calling him a boy?"
Yang Yurou said with a smile.
Yang Yuhuan smiled even more happily. She nodded and said, "Elder Sister is right. Isn't he our grandson? Since our grandson is coming back, shouldn't we prepare some gifts?"
"Why should we prepare gifts? He should be the one to prepare some gifts for us. "
Yang Yurou said domineeringly.
Since the Imperial Concubine was favored, she, as the elder sister, became more and more presumptuous and bold. Not only did she ignore the ministers of the imperial court, she even dared to argue with the emperor sometimes. Of course, it was just a small argument. It would not make the emperor unhappy. Instead, it would make the emperor feel that it was very interesting.
Yang Yuhuan thought for a while and said, "I don't know if this grandson will remember us after he goes out. Will he bring us gifts? The overseas is so big. There should be many strange things."
Since Ang Lee drew the map of the world, the best and largest map was in the Daming Palace. Moreover, it was in Li Longji's bedroom. Yang Yuhuan went to serve him every day. Naturally, she could see the map. Therefore, she knew about the vastness of the outside world and was naturally curious about the outside world.
Unfortunately, she was the emperor's woman. Her status was noble and important. She had to stay with the emperor every day. She could not leave the palace at will, let alone wander around the overseas. Unless the emperor needed to go overseas, he might bring her along.
However, the emperor was so important to an empire that he could not leave the capital for too long. Otherwise, it would be too late once there was a palace coup.
Since ancient times, there were many palace coups and they happened very frequently. The emperor of a country often lost his life because of palace coups. Therefore, the emperor would not leave the capital for a long time easily.
It was only because of Li An's invention of the railway that traveling became particularly convenient. Therefore, every now and then, the Emperor would travel to places far away from the Imperial Palace for sightseeing and inspection. For example, when he had nothing to do, he could go to Luoyang City for sightseeing or go to the south. However, if he wanted to go overseas, it would be too difficult. After all, overseas was too far away. Moreover, the problem of safety was not easy to solve. Therefore, he could only wander around the Tang Empire.
However, if Li Longji really wanted to go overseas for sightseeing, it was quite simple. He could let his son succeed the throne and hand over the Tang dynasty to his son. Then, when he retired and had nothing to do, he could take his wife overseas for a vacation.
Of course, this idea was a bit naive. Regardless of whether Li Longji was willing to retire or not, even if he was really willing to give up the throne and hand over the empire to his son, could he really enjoy the rest of his life? Could his favorite concubine be his own? Would it be snatched away by his son? If his beloved imperial concubine liked some especially expensive items, and he didn't have that much money in his hands, would he still need to ask his son for it? How sullen would that be? If his son refused with the reason that the treasury was empty, then wouldn't he lose the ability to curry favor with his imperial concubine?
There were too many unknowns and too many uncertainties. Therefore, for his own power and absolute safety, Li Longji did not dare to hand over power to his son while he was alive, lest his son opposed him. In that case, he would really be finished.
Ever since the founding of the Great Tang, it had experienced one coup after another, and each coup had caused rivers of blood to flow. No successor to the throne had ever been able to ascend to the throne without shedding blood. Even if they had ascended to the throne, they would have to face one coup after another.
Li Longji used a coup to elect his father to the throne. After that, because of his own merits and his brother's courtesy, he sat on the throne. Then, in order to consolidate his throne, he forced many of his relatives to die, including his own son.
In other words, Li Longji was guilty of too many crimes. He had done countless bad things. Once he lost power, it would be difficult to protect his own safety and wealth.
He forced his aunt, Princess Taiping, to die, killed many of his sons unjustly, and snatched his son's wife as his concubine. These were the stains in Li Longji's life. With these stains, his son might not be sincere to him. As long as he lost power, he would be nothing.
The real history also proved this point. After the An Lushan Rebellion, the Crown Prince was elected as the new Emperor, and the Emperor became the Retired Emperor and lost his former power. Later, as the rebels were completely eliminated, the Retired Emperor left Central Sichuan and returned to Chang 'an.
But the Retired Emperor, who had lost his power, was no longer as elegant as before. Not only was his residence restricted to a small place, but the Emperor also restricted his personal freedom to prevent him from regaining power. The most terrible thing was that the Emperor expelled the old eunuch who had followed him for many years, leaving the Retired Emperor with no one to talk to. Gradually, he lost the will to live and soon died of depression.
Yang Yurou listened to her sister's words, thought for a moment, and said, "This good grandson has been gone for more than a year. It's impossible for him to come back with nothing. He must have brought a lot of good things. As long as I know, it's not up to him to give them."
Unknowingly, Sanniang's domineering personality was revealed again. Although it was very domineering, it was not repulsive at all. On the contrary, it was very pleasant to listen to.
"Elder sister, please don't be rash. We sisters are indebted to the Emperor. It's better to be restrained. If we are too ostentatious, I'm afraid it will attract trouble."
Yang Yuhuan warned.
Yang Yuhuan was very clear about the recent publicity of the Yang family. Although this showed that the Emperor valued her, she always felt that it was not a good thing to be so ostentatious.
"Younger sister, you are so kind. Everything you do is for others. Isn't it just some small gifts? It's not a big deal. If younger sister feels that it's inappropriate, elder sister will not have this idea."
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