All the way back to Chang'an, Li Chengqian and Yan Lide came directly to the square outside Zhuque Gate.

As early as more than two months ago, after His Majesty Li Er handed over the construction of the monument to Li Chengqian, he decided to build a large square in addition to the construction of the monument.

To build a large square, there must be enough places... several markets near Zhuquemen are all within the ranks of the demolition!

For this reason, he racked his brains before he came up with a way to get the owners of these houses and shops in the market to agree to sell their territory to the court!

The way he thought of was to threaten and induce... The coercion was to directly ask His Majesty Li Er for an imperial edict, which was funded by the state treasury to acquire the territory of the four markets; and the inducement was to promise that the people who sold their own territory would erect a merit monument on the square after the square was built, and the names of those who sold their houses would be recorded on it!

The owners of these markets and territories were also rich or noble. Many of them were nobles of the court. They valued face and reputation much more than money. Many people knew that they would build a permanent merit monument, and even didn't even ask for a penny at all, so they asked Li Chengqian to demolish his house!

Now, after more than two months of construction, except for the monument located in the center of the square, other supporting facilities around have been almost completed... The main reason is that the weather was too cold before, otherwise these supporting facilities had been completed long ago!

The entire square is square, occupying the original Shanhe, Xingdao, Tonghua and Kaihua in front of Zhuque Gate, with an area of ​​more than 1,000 acres!

With Zhuque Street as the north and south central axis, the square is divided into two parts: east and west. The East Square is built with the Tang Dynasty Merit Memorial Hall and the Tang Dynasty Military Memorial Hall; the West Square is built with the Tang Dynasty Royal Library and the Tang Dynasty Royal Museum... These supporting facilities are Li Chengqian's ideas, and others will not come up with these things!

At the junction of Zhuque Street and another east-west street, it is also the most central location of the entire square, which is the reserved place to build a monument. At this time, only a pedestal was built with marble, and the Sumeru pedestal and the body of the monument were not yet built.

However, people from the outside world can't see anything here at all, because at the beginning of construction, Li Chengqian made a wall with cement and bricks to surround the entire square!

Except for the relevant construction personnel, no one could enter without his permission... Of course, except His Majesty Li Er, but he didn't need to run out to see it. He could see the entire square just by standing on the wall of the imperial city!

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"Your Highness, do you mean that the monument to the four sides of the Sumeru throne should be carved with important war scenes since the founding of the Tang Dynasty?"

"No, we must not only engrave the war scenes after the founding of the country, but also the important war scenes in the process of establishing the country! Because the Tang Dynasty has today's national peace and stability, it is precisely because of these wars that the heroic soldiers exchanged their blood. Whether we, our descendants, should remember these wars!"

Yan Lide nodded with a solemn expression and said, "What Your Highness is saying is very true, then... what war scenes should you carve into?"

"I can't decide this. I have to ask my father. He has the most say, and... it doesn't count if we decide this!"

"Haha, what Your Highness said is! What content should be carved on the main monument?"

"I have basically made plans for the content. I have to discuss it with my father and send it to you after confirmation."

Saying goodbye to Yan Lide, Li Chengqian directly entered the imperial city from the Zhuque Gate and came all the way to the Liangyi Hall of Tai Chi Palace.

His Majesty Li Er was discussing the affairs of the government with all the ministers. When everyone was surprised when he saw Li Chengqian coming.

"My son is paying homage to my father!"

"Why are you willing to go back to the city?" His Majesty Li Er asked with some sarcasm.

Li Chengqian curled his lips and said, "Where is the father? I'm busy outside the city and I'm not free at all, so I can't bear to leave it? Moreover, I'm the father's job to be assigned by me when I come back."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"You have to take a look at the design drawings of the monument." Li Chengqian handed the design drawings in his hand to His Majesty Li Er and continued, "The monument design consists of a pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal and a stele body. I won't talk about the pedestal. On the four stone walls of this Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Sumeru pedestal, a Su

As soon as Li Chengqian finished speaking, he suddenly felt several eyes gathering and talking to him. He could guess who was looking at him without even looking at him. It was nothing more than generals such as Li Jing, Cheng Zhijie, and of course, including His Majesty Li Er!

"What do you mean is to carve the wars experienced by the Tang Dynasty on this monument?"

"To be precise, it is on the Sumeru mount of the monument, and it may not necessarily be a war, but it can also be some important events, such as Xuan...uh, no, for example, the father persuaded the emperor to raise an army to rebel against the Sui Dynasty and save the people!" After saying that, Li Chengqian secretly wiped his sweat and almost told the Xuanwu Gate incident!

His Majesty Li Er also glared at him, then frowned slightly and said, "My Tang Dynasty established the country with martial arts. Since the 13th year of Daye, Taiyuan has experienced countless wars. If you say the most important and meaningful ones... what do you think?"

His Majesty Li Er did not make a decision directly, but asked the ministers.

Changsun Wuji took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, if you say that the Tang Dynasty has experienced many wars, the most important and most meaningful ones, I think it is the battle of Hulao! The battle of Hulao Your Majesty fought against Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, and defeated the two powerful enemies, and laid the foundation for the belonging of the world in one fell swoop and allowed our Tang Dynasty to unify all the places in Hebei!"

His Majesty Li Er nodded with a smile and said, "Well, it's not bad. The battle in Huzhu is indeed very important and meaningful! Is there any?"

Cen Wenben said, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the most important and meaningful wars that my Tang Dynasty has experienced many times is the battle between Your Majesty's commander's army to break through Chang'an and settle the Dingding Guanzhong. If it weren't for this, my Tang Dynasty wouldn't have been able to sweep the world later!"

"Haha, right, the battle to break through Chang'an has indeed laid a good foundation for subsequent development, which is very important and meaningful." His Majesty Li Er still smiled and nodded.

Du Ruhui looked at Li Xiaogong, who was lowering his head beside him and said, "Your Majesty, destroy Xiao Xian, the battle of Fu Gongyou made our Tang Dynasty pacify the land of Henan, and to take half of the world's country into his pocket, which can also be regarded as the most important and meaningful battle!"

"Ke made it clear and reasonable!"

Xiao Yu also came out and smiled and said, "Your Majesty, if you say this is the most important and most meaningful war, the battle to destroy the Turks is not smaller than other wars, right?"

His Majesty Li Er laughed and said, "Hahaha, of course, the importance and significance of the war to destroy the Turks are indeed no less than any previous war!" Then he turned his eyes to Fang Xuanling, who had been silent, "Xuanling, what do you think?"
Chapter completed!