"Boom~" There were thunder outside the Ganlu Hall, and Li Hong almost stepped into the hall with the thunder. Li Zhi's condition has been relieved recently. At this time, with the help of Wu Meiniang, the couple can be regarded as being the husband and wife. Among the emperors and queens of all generations, their relationship can almost rank in the top ten.

"Greetings to Father, Queen Mother!" Li Hong came to Li Zhi and said politely. Although he and Wu Meiniang had already broken apart, the surface etiquette should not be abolished.

"Honger, why are you here in such a heavy rain? Is there anything important?" Li Zhi also raised his head and asked with a smile. When he received the news that Li Hong entered the palace just now, he was also very surprised.

As for Wu Meiniang next to her, she also looked up at the eldest son of Li Hong. Although she was smiling on her face, there was no warmth in her eyes.

"I have reported to my father, the reason why my son entered the palace today is that there are two great good news to report to my father!" Li Hong stepped forward and bowed again.

"Oh? This is interesting. Honger, haven't you been staying in Furong Garden for recuperation recently? Why did you suddenly have great news?" Before Li Zhi could speak, Wu Meiniang next to her asked first.

"I ask my mother's Queen Hongfu. Didn't my mother say she wanted to go to Fengxian Temple in Luoyang to pray for my father and my body? Maybe it was because my mother's sincerity that moved God. Before she could leave, my son's condition has improved greatly. I haven't gotten sick again in recent days. My son also feels that I am much better!" Li Hong replied with a smile.

Before, Wu Meiniang used the excuse of praying for blessings to take Li Hong to Luoyang, but now Li Hong's counterattack is coming.

"What?" Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang screamed almost at the same time, but their mood was completely different. Among them, Li Zhi asked excitedly: "Honger, your illness is really cured?"

"Don't worry, my father, my son's health is no longer injurious. I even rode a horse this morning, and even my appetite increased a lot!" Li Hong replied loudly. This was not just the credit of nitroglycerin, but the most important thing was that he changed many living habits and increased the appropriate amount of exercise. Even he himself felt that his body was much stronger.

Wu Meiniang looked at Li Hong with suspicion at this time, wondering whether what he said was true or false? After all, she has been paying attention to Li Hong's physical condition recently, but the people below did not notice that Li Hong's condition improved.

"That's great, God bless me, the Tang Dynasty!" Li Zhi stood up excitedly, then came to Li Hong in front of him in a few steps, and looked at his eldest son carefully. Only then did he realize that Li Hong's complexion was indeed much better than before, and his eyes were even brighter, and he no longer looked sick and depressed.

"Honger, your illness is cured, I... I finally feel relieved!" Li Zhi reached out and patted his son on the shoulder, and said with great emotion again.

His illness has gradually worsened over the years, which has made him feel willing to delegate power. However, the prince Li Hong is also weak and sickly, which makes him dare not let go. At most, he asked Wu Meiniang to handle government affairs for him. Now that Li Hong's condition has improved, he also feels like he has put down a big stone in his heart.

"My son is unfilial, so my father is worried!" Li Hong said quite moved at this time.

"Now, Hong'er's health has improved. Your Majesty has not been in good health over the years. It just so happened that Hong'er could share some government affairs for Your Majesty!" Wu Meiniang suddenly smiled and interrupted.

Although Wu Meiniang's words sounded like nothing wrong, they actually took retreat to advance, to test whether Li Hong's health had really improved?

Li Hong naturally heard Wu Meiniang’s implicit meaning, and saw him smile calmly and said, “In the past few years, my son’s minister was in poor health, so I could only share my mother’s worries for my father. It’s really my son’s minister’s unfilial piety!”

Although Li Hong did not say anything clearly, he actually understood the meaning. When his health was good, he naturally had to hand over the government affairs to him, the legitimate prince, to deal with it. As for Wu Meiniang, he would have to stand aside in the future.

Even though Wu Meiniang had already been indifferent to her emotions, she couldn't help but smile when she heard Li Hong's words and almost lost her composure. In fact, she couldn't understand why Li Hong, who was always gentle and gentle, suddenly became sharp?

"Hong'er, didn't you just say that there were two happy events? What was the other happy event?" Li Zhi suddenly interrupted the conversation between the two.

"Compared with Erchen's body, the second item is more important!" Li Hong ignored Wu Meiniang anymore, and said as he took out two books from his sleeve and handed them to Li Zhi, and then said excitedly again, "Please read Father!"

"The Analects of Confucius?" Li Zhi was stunned when he took the book. These are just the two most common Analects of Confucius, and there seems to be nothing special.

"If my father takes a closer look, this is not the ordinary Analects of Confucius!" Li Hong said with a mysterious smile.

Li Zhi was even more curious when he heard this. He opened the two Analects and read them carefully. There was nothing at the beginning, but as time went by, he gradually discovered something different.

"These...the two books seem to be not copied, and the text inside is exactly the same?" Li Zhi looked at Li Hong in surprise and asked.

"Father, the emperor is wise. These two Analects of Confucius are indeed not copied, but are printed using a technology called movable type printing. This method can quickly and large quantities of books, which greatly reduces the price of books. In the future, everyone in the Tang Dynasty will be able to read books!" Li Hong stepped forward excitedly again and said.

"This is serious!" Li Zhi also exclaimed when he heard this. After being an emperor for so many years, he thought there would be nothing shocking in this world, but the printed book still broke its cognition.

"It's true that I've been staying in Furong Garden for a while, and it's just that I'm urging the craftsmen to improve the printing of movable type!" Li Hong said this and waved to the outside of the hall. An eunuch immediately walked in with a box.

"This is..." Li Zhi seemed to have guessed something when he saw the box in the eunuch's hand.

Li Hong took the box and put it in front of Li Zhi and opened it gently. He saw that there were exquisite copper movable characters inside, and they were arranged into the first page of the Analects of Confucius.

"Father, please see, this is copper movable type. Each character is written in reverse. When printing, you only need to arrange them together according to the content of the book, then fix them and apply ink. Finally, it is like a rubbing of stone tablets. Print on movable type with paper, and a page will be completed. If you print this way, you can print countless books in one day, which is much faster and more convenient than copying..."

Every time Li Hong said something, Li Zhi's face became more and more excited, but Wu Meiniang's face was getting worse and worse. The eldest princess Chengyang presented Linyi rice before, and now Li Hong presented movable type printing, which made her a little doubt that she was not in trouble for the past year. Why can anyone who was regarded as an opponent encounter such a political achievement that was rare in a century?

"Okay, okay! I am worthy of being the prince I chose!" After hearing this, Li Zhi said three good words in a row, and his excitement was beyond words. Finally, he suddenly ordered loudly, "Come here, summon all officials to the palace to discuss matters. I will summon the method of printing movable type to the world so that everyone knows the prince's achievements!"

As soon as Li Zhi said something, Wu Meiniang's face next to her became even more ugly, but she couldn't stop such a thing even if she wanted to stop it.

Li Hong said intimately, "Shame" because movable type printing was Zhang Zong's idea, and because of the agreement between him and Zhang Zong, he could not push Zhang Zong to the front of the stage, so he was also worthy of this credit.

Before, because Li Hong was sick and could not even take on the responsibility of a prince, some people in the court had already objected to Li Hong, and more ministers began to wait and see. After all, before things were clear, many people were unwilling to bet on Li Hong.

However, this time Li Hong's condition improved, coupled with the political achievements brought by movable type printing, will greatly consolidate Li Hong's position as prince, and the situation in the court will also undergo a huge change. Among them, the one that has been affected the most is probably Wu Meiniang, and even the Beimen Bachelor whom she worked hard to train may still exist in the future.

Whether it is Li Hong's condition or movable type printing, these are all related to Zhang Zong. It can be said that Zhang Zong completely changed the situation in the court alone. Unfortunately, only he and Li Hong knew about this matter, Xue Shao knew at most half of it, and others did not know about Zhang Zong's existence at all.

At the same time, Zhang Zong, who had changed the court with his own strength, was digging a drainage ditch in the yard with an umbrella and a shovel. Because the rain was too heavy, the flowers planted in the flowerbed were almost flooded, and he had to find a way to drain the water. Unfortunately, he was very inconvenient to work with an umbrella and the other hand, which made his whole body wet, his shoes were covered with yellow mud, and he slipped and almost fell several times.

Compared to Zhang Zong who was in a mess, his cousin Zhang Jing also helped dig a trench at this time, while his cousin-in-law held an umbrella to block the rain for Zhang Jing. Seeing the husband and wife follow him, Zhang Zong, a single dog, was also hurt ten thousand points.

However, it was this heavy rain that Zhang Zong discovered that there was a drainage pipe under the wall of Furong Garden. Almost all the rainwater from his home flowed away through this drainage pipe. He dug a drainage ditch to lure the accumulated water from other parts of the yard.

The drainage ditch was dug up soon, and Zhang Zong and the other two ran back to the room immediately. The cousin's wife quickly fetched hot water, asked the two of them to wash it briefly, and brought clean clothes for them to change into them. She also washed the dirty clothes.

"Cousin, you are so lucky. If your cousin has a sister, you must introduce it to me!" Zhang Zong said to Zhang Jing with envy while drinking the hot tea brought by his cousin.

"Then don't think about it. Your sister-in-law is the youngest daughter in the family. Her sisters have already gotten married." Zhang Jing also smiled proudly. He also felt that the luckiest thing he was meeting his wife.
Chapter completed!