14. The prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty is prosperous

"Fengtian carried the emperor and said: Yang Zhao, the general of the second-rank auxiliary state, has made meritorious contributions to the extermination of the twelve serial dock traitors, and has been awarded the title of the general of the first-grade hussar."

Baili Yu agreed to the expected promotion, even if he was still not happy because of Cai Wei's matter, but he had to entertain the officials who came to congratulate him, but fortunately, Baili Yu's reputation for being paralyzed and cold has spread, even if he is not very enthusiastic when he is socializing, but it has not caused any bad rumors, such as Baili Yu is promoted to an official, he doesn't care about people and can't be a person.

However, after returning to Beijing to restore his life, for Baili Yu, what is more important is the way to deal with the group of water thieves in the Twelve Serial Docks, which is also something he has been bothering about, and in the end he decided to let the emperor call the shots, not to exceed the rules, and not to leave the mess to himself.

Sure enough, after listening to Baili Yu's truthful report, Tang Xuanzong was also entangled: "These 30,000 water thieves are all ordinary people of the Tang Dynasty, but all of them are murderous, but if you really kill these 30,000 people, is it too much?" But if they are released, how will they account for the people who have been harmed by the Twelve Docks? What does Zhong Aiqing have to say? ā€

As Prime Minister Li Fuguo took a step forward: "As the so-called law does not blame the public, and knowing mistakes can improve Mo Dayan, these 30,000 people are all my Tang people, although they are thieves, they are also brave and good fighters, it is better to incorporate the army, so that they cannot harm others." ā€

As soon as the mention of yƬ came out, it was naturally echoed, but the crown prince Li Heng took a step forward and retorted: "Li Cheng is merciful to those water thieves, why don't you be merciful to those ordinary people who were killed by water thieves?" Now there is no war in my Tang Dynasty, how many people have sharpened their heads and want to join the army, but you have just given up the positions that ordinary people have fought for to those who have lost their conscience, if the people know, I don't know if they will be cold to the court. ā€

The words of the crown prince Li Heng can be regarded as mean and even heartfelt, which made Li Fuguo angry enough, but he was not easy to get angry directly, so he asked: "Then according to the prince's opinion, how should these 30,000 water thieves be handled?" ā€

The crown prince Li Heng said coldly: "Naturally, kill them all!" ā€

Li Fuguo frowned, and retorted righteously: "The prince is too cruel!" ā€

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Tang Xuanzong rubbed his temples: "Okay, General Yang, the twelve serial docks were exterminated by you, in your opinion, how should these 30,000 water thieves be disposed of?" ā€

After Baili Yu was named, his heart was like a dog, and he said that he finally pushed things out, but he pushed me back. After thinking about it for many days, Bai Liyu also came up with a good solution, and said: "According to the minister, what Prime Minister Li and the prince said is very reasonable, but they are unreasonable...... It is indeed cruel to make 30,000 sins, but it is not a good strategy to eat and drink well. It is better to simply scatter them and release the frontier to do hard labor, so as not to recruit strong laborers every year...... This is the case with the so-called labor reform and starting from a new person. ā€

Tang Xuanzong was overjoyed and praised: "Good, good! General Yang is not only brave and good at fighting, but also has great wisdom, and he is worthy of being my confidant and favorite minister! According to what General Yang said, do you have any opinions? ā€

"I have no opinion." The ministers said in unison, this matter, in the end, they still used Baili Yu's method.

If Baili Yu had put forward his opinion like this at the beginning, it would inevitably be suspected of exceeding the rules. In this way, after the quarrel between the prince and Li Fuguo, he was named by the emperor and proposed to build yƬ, but it seems that he is wise and not a person who likes to show his edge, and he can be regarded as a good move.

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coincided with his birthday, and with the acquiescence of Yang Guifei and Tang Xuanzong, Baili Yu finally decided to invite the officials to celebrate his birthday. After all, he is ambitious, how can he be that kind of cold and tactful courtier, and it is better to be a compulsory course for other ministers.

After all, Baili Yu is a big celebrity in front of the emperor, and the officials at this birthday banquet have come a lot, so they don't have to wait for Bai Li Yu to take the initiative to make friends, they take the initiative to make friends with Bai Li Yu, so it can be seen that Bai Li Yu's career is destined to be open, otherwise this group of officials with a very keen sense of smell will not come to make friends with Bai Li Yu.

However, what was more unexpected than Baili Yu was that Li Linfu actually came to congratulate him, and he didn't send someone to send some congratulatory gifts, but came to visit directly. Li Linfu is the prime minister of the dynasty, and his status is noble, and he can personally celebrate Bailiyu, which shows that he recommended Bailiyu to lead the troops to the expedition. On the surface, in the eyes of others, Li Linfu is Baili Yu's Bole, or rather, this Baili Yu is the nobleman who recommended Baili Yu in order to please Yang Guifei. But only Bai Liyu himself knew that Li Linfu recommended him for his life at all.

In any case, Li Linfu's visit, in a sense, confirmed that it was the non-fact that he was lifting Bailiyu, and Bailiyu was angry but there was nothing he could do.

Li Linfu walked in with a smile all the way: "Congratulations to General Yang on his promotion to the top of the chaos." ā€

Baili Yu returned the salute: "Thank you Prime Minister for lifting up, otherwise it would not be the turn of Ben General to quell the chaos." ā€

Li Linfu seemed to have heard Baili Yu's words at all, and laughed more and more: "Haha! This is the general's own ability, and they all say that the White Emperor City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if you change someone, you may have to lose a lot of soldiers, and it is still unknown whether it can succeed. ā€

In this way, with Li Linfu's deliberate and Bailiyu's helpless cooperation, it created an illusion that Bailiyu really had some special deal with Li Linfu, or even a gang.

This banquet was also a joy for the guests and hosts, and what made Baili Yu somewhat disappointed was that the crown prince Li Heng did not appear.

Sure enough, he still didn't forgive himself.

Baili Yu thought that the crown prince Li Heng would do something after knowing Li Linfu's overtures, but the prince Li Heng didn't do anything as if he didn't know, and he wouldn't say a word to Bai Liyu after the next dynasty. And other officials naturally also saw the attitude of the prince Li Heng, the prince himself can be regarded as exquisite, but he didn't have a good face for Baili Yu, and then recalled the news that the prince Li Heng and Baili Yu slept together with a hangover, and everyone couldn't help but wonder if the prince failed to win over Bai Liyu at the beginning......

Of course, only Bai Liyu himself understands what is going on in this matter, and compares his heart to his heart, if he and Li Heng change identities, they will definitely not forgive themselves...... didn't chop himself directly, and it can be regarded as the prince is very calm and not a reckless person.

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The Tang Dynasty is prosperous, and there are not often wars.

Military generals are only precious when they need to go on an expedition, and they are usually idlers who eat imperial food.

Bai Liyu deeply realized what it means to eat and wait for death.

Yang Guifei was afraid that her brother would be forgotten, so she told Tang Xuanzong that her brother had a flexible mind and many ideas, so it was better to give him an idle position in the Ministry of Rites and let him do some entertainment to relieve his mood.

Tang Xuanzong shuddered at first when he thought of Bai Liyu's expressionless face, but in the face of Yang Guifei's expectant face, he couldn't say anything to refuse, and it was just a fun-seeking position, if Guifei liked it, he would follow it...... Anyway, it's important for the concubine to be happy.

I have to say that Baili Yu really has a good sister, otherwise it would be easy to be a general who goes into battle to kill the enemy by relying on his paralyzed face, and it seems to be really difficult to get the favor and rank of knight.

When Tang Xuanzong gave Baili Yu an order, Bai Li Yu was drinking in the restaurant.

Of course, he didn't mean to drink because he was a drunkard...... Looking at the two men at the same table who had a bit of fairy wind and bones, Baili Yu raised his glass and said, "Brother Li, the poetry that Brother Du said is a classic, and it will definitely be passed on to future generations...... But ......."

"But?" Li Bai looked at Baili Yu, he was the kind of person who looked down on the emperor's relatives very much, but after all, Baili Yu was a man with military merits, and the original bloodless sword broke through the White Emperor City was even more exaggerated by those storytellers, so even if Baili Yu occupied the name of the emperor's relatives, Li Bai and Du Fu's attitude towards Baili Yu was still good.

Bai Liyu faced Li Bai and Du Fu, who were tortured from elementary school to his high school with poems, and said with a cold face but in a somewhat sad and angry voice: "People will definitely be very distressed in the future, there are too many poems to memorize and understand the meaning!" ā€

Recalling the sad days when he couldn't memorize the poems, was punished by the teacher for standing on the handboard and even kicked with his feet, Baili Yu seriously thought about whether he wanted to kill the poets of the Tang Dynasty and make some contributions to the future students.

Bai Liyu always has a paralyzed face, which makes people think that he is the kind of person who has a very strict personality, but suddenly he said a joke, which was to make Du Fu and Li Bai laugh: "Hahaha! General Yang is worthy of the Son of Heaven, good idea, good idea! ā€