"Aye, in order to hold this Tang Dynasty Royal Science and Technology Award, His Highness the Crown Prince stopped his court meeting today. Isn't this a bit of putting the cart before the horse?"

On the way to the Tang Dynasty Royal Testing Ground, Xiao Kai was very puzzled and talking to his Aye.

Today is June 16th, the 22nd year of Zhenguan, and the wind is bright and sunny.

Early in the morning, various carriages in Chang'an City headed towards the Tang Dynasty Royal Testing Ground.

Even if you start from Mingdemen, it will take more than an hour to get to this test site.

Today's event will officially start at 9 a.m.

So many people set out in advance.

"This big banner of science was first raised by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at Guanshishan Academy.

Over the years, it has indeed brought great changes to the Tang Dynasty.

Whether it is the four-wheeled carriage we are now riding, or the steam locomotive that speeds between Chang'an City and Luoyang every day.

Or the clothes we wear are all related to science.

All the people in the court now recognize that the development of science is of great significance to the Tang Dynasty, and few people dare to say that this is a strange and lustful skill."

As a veteran of the three dynasties, Xiao Kai completely saw the changes in many things.

Just like science, he didn't support it at the beginning.

But facts are better than words, and the benefits of the development of science and technology are obvious to all.

Even if you want to refute, you have to find some reasons to get on the table.

"We all know that His Highness the Crown Prince attaches great importance to science.

But it is a bit unreasonable to pay attention to the fact that you don’t even open a court meeting?”

Obviously, as a second generation, Xiao Kai’s knowledge is far inferior to Xiao Yu’s.

"What is the purpose of the dynasty meeting? It is just to govern the Tang Dynasty better and develop the Tang Dynasty better.

This purpose does not conflict with the development of science.

Besides, the Tang Dynasty Royal Science and Technology Award is only awarded once a year.

Even if there is no today’s award ceremony, do you think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will attend court?"

Xiao Yu obviously knows Li Kuan well.

Although his personality is very straightforward, he has also experienced many ups and downs in Li Shimin's hands.

But he still has the ability and his vision is very accurate.

"That's right, the number of times the Crown Prince attends court is completely incomparable to His Majesty.

Even the emperors of all dynasties have fewer times than he has attended court.

But what is surprising is that the operation of the court did not seem to have been affected.

Even the development of the Tang Dynasty in the past few months seems to be more smooth than in previous years, and the entire workshop city is now in full swing.

Even the shops in the east and west markets seem to have improved a lot.

As for those who came to Chang'an City from various vassal states and counties, there are more.

It is said that for this reason, housing prices in Chang'an City have risen a lot, whether in the inner city or the workshop city."

As one of the heirs who are highly valued by Xiao Yu, Xiao Kai has been responsible for a lot of business affairs in the Xiao family in recent years.

He obviously saw the changes in Chang'an City in all walks of life.

Obviously, the Tang Dynasty is now moving in a good direction.

It is difficult to find even a beggar on the entire street.

The most important thing is that the current food prices are falling steadily, and grain output is getting more and more year by year. Most people no longer have to worry about starving to death.

Of course, for most people, they just won’t starve to death, and they are still far from real wealth.

"This ceremony of the Tang Dynasty Royal Science and Technology Awards can be said to be the most important event that took place in Chang'an City after His Majesty's southern tour.

Although the award ceremony in previous years was quite grand, the situation this year is obviously different.

His Royal Highness not only sent invitation letters to many envoys of foreign countries in Chang'an City, but also sent invitation letters to many foreign races and merchants from their own countries.

This is something that has never happened before.

Even the venue of the award ceremony was transferred from Guanshishan Academy to the Tang Dynasty Royal Testing Field for the first time."

Xiao Yu naturally saw the changes that others could see.

Obviously, today's award ceremony will definitely not be exactly the same as in previous years.

Otherwise, Li Kuan would not have had to do this.

But Xiao Yu couldn't say what was different for a while.

"I have never been to the Tang Dynasty Royal Testing Ground, and even the name was officially released this year.

Aye, do you know what this place is for?"

Xiao Kai's question almost represents the questions of everyone in Chang'an City.

Suddenly, a royal test site of the Tang Dynasty appeared, and everyone had no idea what it was doing.

"The Prince of the Crown Prince personally arranged for the old people from the Chu Palace to be responsible for this matter, although the guards on the periphery were police officers from the General Police Department.

But few people in the court knew what they were doing.

But I heard that there were often roars from it, and I don’t know if it was a sulphur bomb or a test site for some other weapon.”

As an important official in the court, many things about the Tang Dynasty were secreted by Xiao Yu.

However, the Tang Dynasty Royal Proving Ground is obviously an exception.

"So, today His Highness the Crown Prince arranged the award ceremony of the Tang Dynasty Royal Science and Technology Award in this test site.

Maybe it's related to this roar.

It is very likely that they will give everyone some different things on this occasion to see.”

Xiao Yu's guess is basically the same.

But the answer to everything is obviously not until the end.

...

"Minister Xu, His Highness the Crown Prince transferred the award ceremony of the Tang Dynasty Royal Science and Technology Award from Guanshishan Academy to this place called the Tang Dynasty Royal Testing Field.

Is this dissatisfied with my job?"

Liu Jie came to the test site with Xu Jingzong today.

As the person in charge of Guanshishan Academy, Liu Jie must be feeling nervous when he changed his activities this year.

He also didn't understand whether Li Kuan had any objections to him or what other ideas were.

This made him feel very uneasy.

"If His Royal Highness had any objections to you, he would have replaced you long ago.

According to my understanding, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should show you something different in the test site.”

Although Xu Jingzong was only the Minister of Education of the Tang Dynasty, as an important member of the Prince's Party, he also knew a lot of information.

Especially in recent years, he has been getting closer to Ma Zhou, and he has a bit of an offensive and defensive alliance between them.

In this way, Xu Jingzong naturally knew more.

After all, the General Police Department in Ma Zhou's hands is second only to the Baiqisi and the Intelligence Investigation Bureau.

“If this is the case, it would be easier to understand.

I heard that this is about testing some weapons under the Guizhou Supervisor.

Or conduct experiments on the workshops under His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Many years ago, there were hot air balloons and sulphur bombs, and there were explosives packs and other things behind them.

It’s not surprising that some new products have come out over the years.”

After hearing Xu Jingzong's words, Liu Jie's mood immediately calmed down.

As long as you don't cause trouble, everything will be easy.

Although due to the change of the venue, for the students of Guanshishan Academy, there were a lot fewer people who had the opportunity to attend this award ceremony.

But this impact is actually acceptable.

Anyway, the speech of His Highness the Crown Prince at the award ceremony will be published.

"It's true! I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince intends to establish a State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and a Datang Group to uniformly manage various workshops under the court and various workshops under the Prince's office.

I don’t know if this incident will have anything to do with this incident.”

Liu Jie was Xu Jingzong's confidant, so Xu Jingzong was willing to communicate with him in many things.
To be continued...