Li Yuan and Li Shimin, father and son, swore an uprising in Taiyuan, captured Chang'an and established the Tang Dynasty.

Taiyuan, as the land of Longxing of the Tang Dynasty and the second hometown of the Li royal family, was established as the northern capital of the Tang Dynasty, and was on an equal footing with Chang'an, Kyoto, and Luoyang, the eastern capital, and was collectively known as the "Three Capitals of the Heavenly Kings".

The scale of Taiyuan City is unprecedentedly large, the east city and the west city are located on both sides of the Fen River, and there is also a middle city in the middle. With a population of more than 500,000, the city is the largest production base of iron, weapons, jade, bronze and wine in Datang, one of the three major commercial centers in the country, and one of the three major minting centers in the country.

Among the four seasons of Taiyuan City, the saddest thing is winter. There is no dreamy new willow in spring, no heavy greenery in summer, no colorful world in autumn, everything is reduced to loneliness, to nakedness, to ruthlessness.

However, the cold of Taiyuan is far from being extremely cold, it can be compared to "winter mountains are like sleeping", a sleeping person or a city does not need any makeup.

Those long-term residents have long been accustomed to it, if you catch up with the windless sunshine saturated day, squint your eyes to bask in the sun, look up can lead to the east and west mountains, the whole city is washed away, everything is simple, this is probably the essence of Taiyuan winter.

At this moment, Lu Xiaoxian was in a rather spacious mansion in Taiyuan City.

The living room is very spacious, the charcoal fire in the house is booming, the eye-catching fruits and vegetables, the diffuse tea atmosphere, and the idle money, all of which are suddenly and happy.

An old man was carrying a bowl of steaming soup, he was afraid that the soup would spill out and walk very slowly, so he slowly came over and put the soup on the table in front of Lu Xiaoxian.

"Master Lu, this is the mutton soup cooked by the old man himself, you drink a bowl to warm up your body first, and when you are ready to drink and drink, let's talk while drinking!"

The speaker's surname is Li Ming Daoheng, his beard is white, he is about sixty or seventy years old, and his body looks quite strong.

Li Daoheng is a distant branch of the Li Tang royal family, three years ago after he stepped down as the governor of Yingzhou, he returned to his hometown Taiyuan with his family to retire.

Lu Xiaoxian left Taozhou, stopped and stopped along the way, and stayed for three or five days when he encountered a pleasant place. I didn't want to stay, so I set off again.

From Taozhou to Taiyuan, Lu Xiaoxian walked for nearly two months.

After arriving in Taiyuan City, Lu Xiaoxian's stay has been for more than ten days.

He and Lee Do-hyung met by chance, and although the two were far apart in age, they talked happily at first sight, and soon became a year-old friend.

Lu Xiaoxian didn't care about the heat, so he scooped a spoon and put it in his mouth.

The milky mutton soup is warm but not hot, fragrant and strong, and has a long aftertaste.

Lu Xiaoxian smacked his lips while tasting it: "It's so delicious, Uncle Li, your mutton soup is really a must, it's a craft that you have practiced in Yingzhou over the years, right?" ”

Lee Do-hyung doesn't have much of a fight, and when someone can talk to him when he's older, he feels very happy.

Although he is the king of the county, Lu Xiaoxian never calls him a knighthood, only calls him Uncle Li. If it were changed, I am afraid that others would think that this is a big disrespect, but Li Daoheng agrees with this, and he thinks that Lu Xiaoxian's name is not between the two.

Because of this, Li Daoheng would always invite Lu Xiaoxian to the house for three days, drink some wine, and chat about the sky, so comfortable.

Listening to Lu Xiaoxian say that his soup was boiled well, Li Daoheng was in his heart

Very useful, he said proudly: "It's not! The Khitan people take mutton as the staple food, and they are very particular about making mutton soup, although I learned it from them, but I innovated and added a few more seasonings, so the mutton soup I boiled is more delicious than the Khitans! ”

Lu Xiaoxian sighed and said, "If you can drink the mutton soup you boiled every day, this is a great blessing in life!" ”

"What's so hard about that?" Li Daoheng laughed and said, "If it were someone else, I wouldn't boil it for him, but Lu Gongzi, as long as you want to drink, I can boil it for you every day!" ”

Li Daoheng's words are not polite, and he will not pay attention to people who look unpleasant. But he looked at Lu Xiaoxian pleasing to the eye, and many of these things were not a thing.

Li Daoheng's words moved Lu Xiaoxian a little, and he sighed: "It's a pity that I'm leaving Taiyuan tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't be able to drink the mutton soup you boiled!" ”

"Leaving so soon?" The look of disappointment on Li Daoheng's face swept by, and he immediately nodded and said, "You are still young and have your own things to do, of course you can't stay here with my old man all the time, I can understand!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian was about to explain to Li Daoheng, but saw Li Daoheng waving his hand at Lu Xiaoxian: "Don't be in a hurry first, the wine and food will be served later, let's talk slowly!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian nodded, looking at the back of Li Daoheng who turned to leave, he fell into deep thought.

It stands to reason that going from Taozhou to Yingzhou does not pass through Taiyuan City, but Lu Xiaoxian heard that Li Daoheng, the previous governor of Yingzhou, lived in Taiyuan after leaving office, so he deliberately turned a corner and made a special trip to Taiyuan.

Of course, Lu Xiaoxian and Li Daoheng did not meet by chance, and it was not difficult for Lu Xiaoxian to create an opportunity to meet by chance.

In the past few days of contact with Li Daoheng, Lu Xiaoxian can feel that this old man is kind to him from the bottom of his heart.

Li Daoheng used to be a powerful feudal official, but now he is an ordinary old man, and it is probably the happiest thing for him to have someone willing to talk to him.

Yingzhou is located in the Central Plains into the Northeast region, is the Central Plains Dynasty into the Northeast gateway, but also the Hu and Han mixed living area, the ethnic composition is more complex.

After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty system was followed and the Yingzhou Governor's Office was established.

In the seventh year of Wude, the governor's office was changed to the governor's office, and Yingzhou was the upper governor's office, which was in charge of Yingying and Liao Erzhou, and the Khitan, Xiren and the northeast region were pacified.

During the Zhenguan period, the Khitan and Xi people were attached one after another, and the Tang Dynasty set up the Prefecture of the Prefecture and accepted the guardianship of the Governor of Yingzhou.

During the Zhenguan period, the Tang Dynasty set up the Dongyi Metropolitan Protector, which was concurrently served by the Governor of Yingzhou.

The selection of the governor of Yingzhou was very important to the Tang Dynasty, either because of his integrity, or as a trusted general of the royal family, or as a prestige chieftain of the Tibetan tribe, because it was directly related to the security of the northeastern border of the Tang Dynasty.

The first governor of Yingzhou in the Tang Dynasty was named Zhang Jian, who was the nephew of Gaozu Li Yuan.

Cheng Mingzhen, the second governor of Yingzhou, was known as a victorious general by the people during his lifetime, and he was almost undefeated. Cheng Mingzhen not only led the troops to fight well, but also was an excellent civil official above the court.

The third governor of Yingzhou was Li Jinxing, who was awarded the title of general of the town army and the general of the right guard by Tang Gaozong, and was named the Duke of Yanguo.

Gao Kan, the fourth governor of Yingzhou, was born in the Bohai Gao clan. In Yonghui, he was the pacification envoy of Beiting, the general manager of Longyou Province, captured the Turkic Chebi Khan, and promoted to the capital of Andong and the governor of Liaodong Province

Fu Gaoli, became the general of the left prison guard, and was named the prince of Pingyuan County.

Zhou Daowu, the fifth governor of Yingzhou, was the son of Zhou Shaofan, the general of Zuotunwei in the Tang Dynasty, and Li Mengjiang, the tenth daughter of Shang Taizong, the princess of Linchuan, inherited her father's title of Duke of China. On the fifth day of October in the first year of Tiaolu, the Turkic Ashina was familiar with the anti-Tang Dynasty, instigating Xi and Khitan to invade Yingzhou, and Zhou Daowu sent Cao Tang Xiujing to lead troops to defeat them.

The scheming Li Daoheng, as the sixth governor of Yingzhou, knew that the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty was not as good as a year by year, and it was no longer possible to subdue the Yi people in the jurisdiction by force, so he tried his best to use gentle means to subdue the Khitans, Xi people, and Ya people, and always maintained a harmonious atmosphere with the leaders of the three tribes, so that Yingzhou was safe and sound.

According to the practice of Datang, the border commanders should be rotated regularly. However, Emperor Gaozong did not ask about political affairs in his later years, and since Wu Zetian became the emperor, he had no time to take care of border affairs. Later, Wu Zetian was proclaimed emperor, but he was busy eradicating political enemies and did not take care of Yingzhou.

Because of this, Li Daoheng has been in the position of governor of Yingzhou for more than 20 years, which is unique in the imperial court.

Li Daoheng knows Yingzhou well, so Lu Xiaoxian will go to great lengths to get close to him, wanting to find out more details about Yingzhou from him.

Of course, Lu Xiaoxian didn't want to be too explicit, he didn't want Li Daoheng to think that he was close to him for a purpose. In his dealings with Li Daoheng these days, he only learned some fragmentary information about Yingzhou by knocking on the side.

Calculating the time, Zhang Meng should also set off from Luoyang to Yingzhou, Lu Xiaoxian wants to meet Zhang Meng as soon as possible, so naturally he can't stay in Taiyuan all the time.

When he came to the Li Mansion this time, Lu Xiaoxian wanted to say goodbye to Li Daoheng. At this moment, he saw that Li Daoheng was quite sad, and he was a little unbearable in his heart.

After the wine and food were served, the two sat down face to face.

Li Daoheng raised his glass and said to Lu Xiaoxian: "You have to go, Lu Gongzi, come, the old man respects you with a drink, I wish you a smooth journey!" ”

"Thank you, Uncle Li!" Lu Xiaoxian raised his glass and drank with Li Daoheng.

Li Daoheng raised another glass and said with emotion: "Although I have only been with Gongzi for about ten days, it is the happiest period of time for the old man in the past few years, and this cup of old man wants to thank Lu Gongzi!" ”

"Uncle Li is polite!" Li Daoheng valued himself so much, which made Lu Xiaoxian feel ashamed.

"If you don't dislike the old man, then let's drink this cup together as a pair of old friends!" Li Daoheng drank the wine and said meaningfully to Lu Xiaoxian, "The old man doesn't know how much time there is in this world, if Lu Gongzi has the opportunity in the future, don't forget to come and see the old man, and I will also invite you to drink mutton soup then!" ”

"Uncle Li, you will definitely live a long life!" Lu Xiaoxian drank all the wine and solemnly promised, "I will come to see you when I am free!" ”

Li Daoheng raised the third cup again: "This cup, let's drink it first, and the old man will tell you the beginning." You can rest assured, the old man will never let you down! If you can trust the old man, then please drink this cup to the fullest! ”

After that, Li Daoheng took the lead in drinking the wine.

Unlike the two of them getting together in the past, this time Li Daoheng was unusual, and drank three glasses in a row without eating a mouthful of food, which made Lu Xiaoxian feel quite unusual. But Lu Xiaoxian didn't ask the reason at all, and drank the wine without hesitation, expressing his full trust in Li Daoheng.

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