In this era, many times a short parting becomes a farewell.

Inaction is on the wrong path, and the children are stained with scarves.

Young and strong have to accept the sorrow of parting, let alone part with an old man like the old gentleman.

Although in history, the old gentleman died in the fifth year of Zhenguan. However, in history, he didn't become his teacher at the beginning of Zhenguan's year!

Winter turns to spring, the ice and snow of the grasslands melt, and the spring breeze blows back to the northern land. Jieli and Tuli, who had been nesting all winter, undoubtedly fought again. Although the intention of the military department was to let them fight for another year, the army had already begun to gather in the north, and the border began to block the trade routes.

At this time, the war was not a morning and evening war, since it was planned to attack the steppe in winter, then in the spring, it was necessary to prepare for the assembly.

The order to prepare for war from the military department was sent to the military camp led by the prince himself.

The three-year covenant is just around the corner, and although it will be postponed because of the war, this time the mobilization of troops against the Eastern Turks is the last chance for the head of the army to go to the battlefield.

Continuous high-intensity training and perfect nutritional supplementation make the soldiers of the pro-rate dragon and fierce. Although the mobile team of the Sky Monkey looked thin, they could see their strong muscles when they took off their uniforms.

After getting the official document from the Ministry of War, Yu Tai's mouth never closed. He is a general, and he has never been a marshal all the way, so when the emperor ascended the throne, although he was also a confidant, he didn't have enough merits, and he didn't even get the title of Mao'er. became the crown prince Shaobao, mainly because the emperor wanted to calm his heart. Because even if he has no merits in the future, he can rely on the merits of this Conglong to make future generations better.

Now that there is no need, although the prince himself is going to go to the battlefield, the Ministry of War does not stipulate who this team belongs to. The crown prince does not need military exploits, so the results of this war led by the prince are destined to cheapen him.

"All the armor is ready to be checked every day, this is the rule, the horizontal knife is not fast, all hurry up and sharpen, although we have not yet determined when to pull out, but the preparation before the war can not be left behind. It is said that raising soldiers for a thousand days is used for a while. Look at His Royal Highness the Prince, you have all been raised as pigs, and you can still cut it movingly! ”

Suddenly, there was a frantic roar of the soldiers in the field: "Yes! ”

There is a reason why these soldiers are so energetic. Other armies and government soldiers all need to prepare their own clothes for warmth, only the soldiers led by their prince do not need to prepare themselves, when the official document of the military department came down, each person was immediately issued two sackcloth. Wear two clothes at a time to keep out the cold, when did the big-headed soldiers enjoy this treatment?

Their respective families have now been moved to the vicinity of the farm, and those who like to farm will farm, and those who like to breed will breed, not to mention that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has really prepared a green brick tile house for their family. Every time I go home to visit relatives, the most told by my family is to fight bravely and not to embarrass His Royal Highness the Prince.

Now that they finally have the opportunity to repay the prince, when they sharpen their knives, they can't wait to appear on the grassland immediately and cut off the thief's head.

It is strange that although the various armies have begun to assemble and prepare, the choice of the commander has not been announced. Everyone thought it would be Chai Shao, but the appointment of the big supervisor never came down.

Preparation is preparation, but the emperor is reluctant to make the decision to send troops.

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, although the civil war between Jieli and Turki has caused serious internal friction among the Eastern Turks, but the steppe people are on the grassland, and it is still difficult for the Tang soldiers who are good at foot warfare to deal with.

The emperor's hesitation made the generals of the military anxious, and the twists and turns of the battle could be piled up three feet high every day.

"Look, this is my general of the Tang Dynasty, no one thinks that the grassland is cold, no one is afraid of the national war, even the most timid, the words of asking for war at this time are so firm."

Seeing the emperor boasting there, Li Chengqian couldn't help but pout. Not to mention the shame of Weishui before, that is, in this battle to destroy the country, the credit is not shared by one or two countries. Zhenguan has just begun, and the generals who are extremely greedy for battle achievements are willing to let go of this opportunity!

After blowing his generals for a while, Li Shimin put all the twists and turns under the case. Whether or not to send troops depends on the news from the front line and the spies of the Hundred Cavalry Division. This time, Datang wants to deal with the Eastern Turks, and if he doesn't fight, he will be killed. Only in this way can the tiger roar of the Tang Dynasty be emitted on this land, so that the surrounding evil wolves can put away the salivation at the corners of their mouths.

"Since you have come to the palace today to ask for peace, I will test you, if you are the emperor, who will be appointed to fight?"

Li Chengqian didn't expect that the emperor's father would ask himself such a question, who will be appointed to fight?

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Chengqian said tentatively: "Erchen thinks that Li Jing, the Duke of Wei, is very suitable. ”

Li Shimin smiled: "What's the explanation? ”

"Erchen once followed Wei Gong to learn the art of war, and naturally knew that Wei Gong was knowledgeable and used soldiers like a god. If the Tang Dynasty really decides to use troops against the Eastern Turks this time, it is bound to be killed with one blow. The shame of Weishui needs Jieli's head to calm down, and the surrounding enemies also need Jieli's head to deter. Therefore, the selected person must be able to take on this heavy responsibility. Erchen looked at the generals of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Jing was probably the only one who had this ability. ”

Li Shimin nodded, agreeing with his statement.

Although Li Jing's military achievements are too great, and there is a standing problem, he is the only one who can take on this important task at this time.

"If it's okay, let's go to the harem to see your mother. Although it is not appropriate for you to enter the harem as a prince, I haven't taught you a lesson, why are you always trembling. This time, you have decided on the grassland, although your mother agreed, but she was still worried, these days, the palace has been turned over. Zhang Yun has not escaped her assignment, this time to the grassland, your palace guards will be more than fifty, the palace forbidden army will be more than two thousand, plus your two thousand princes. Hehe, even if you go to the battlefield, there will be no problems. ”

Li Chengqian arched his hand and didn't answer, so he walked directly to the harem.

As for the behavior of entering the harem without a little rule, other dynasties can do it, the Tang Dynasty, especially during the Zhenguan period, forget it. Those who study history know the nicknames of "Tang Turtle" and "Song Snot". Song Snot has nothing to say, and he has always called his younger brother's dynasty, and he feels annoyed to say a few more words. And the sentence of the Tang turtle is talking about the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty, many people's hats are green, and even Li Shimin, the emperor of the generation, and the concubines were put into the bed by their sons.

With the experience of his younger brother, Li Chengqian's front car did not dare to speed.

As for going to war?

Looking at his calloused hands, Li Chengqian still shook his head.

A fool only went to the battlefield, at the age of ten, his strength was less than half of the peak of his life. Even if you don't mention your age and don't go to the battlefield, in such a good medical environment in later generations, diseases such as tetanus still took many lives, not to mention the Tang Dynasty. You don't need a fatal blow, sometimes you can scratch a little oily skin, and it's enough. Not to mention that the Turks like to throw sick and dead cattle and sheep in the water source for a lose-lose idea. The closer you get to the grassland, the more dangerous it becomes.

How good is Shuofang! As long as they greet Li Jing and them in Shuofang. Anyway, when the prince went to the battlefield, these old guys didn't dare to move themselves forward. Otherwise, once there is a mistake, let alone Jieli, the wolf god will be killed and carried back to Chang'an, which will also be a failure for Datang.

Thinking so, he unconsciously walked to the Liangyi Palace.

Unlike in the past, the eunuchs and palace maids around the Liangyi Hall all looked cowering.

Looking up at the bright sky, Li Chengqian muttered: "Today's weather is really not good." ”

As soon as the words fell, a palace maid on duty in front of the door came over and saluted Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, do you want the slave maid to go in and pass the queen's mother?" ”

Li Chengqian shook his head, turned around and walked away from the palace for more than a dozen steps before asking her, "What's the matter?" When I came here alone, I found that you were all very happy, why are you all crying and sad today? "Recommended Reading: /.. /

The palace maid sighed: "Naturally, it's because of Your Highness, since I knew that you were going to go to the grassland, the mother was in a very bad mood. On weekdays, the queen mother is extraordinarily tolerant, and big mistakes will be dealt with lightly, but in the past few days, small mistakes will also be punished heavily. Just the day before yesterday, the slave maid just made a louder voice and woke up the prince, and was beaten by the mother and almost cried. ”

Li Chengqian stretched out his hand and patted her with palpitations, don't look at the five big boards, it doesn't sound much, but the punishment in the palace is different from all punishments. The big board is already very heavy. If the number exceeds fifty, it is easy to kill people.

Wiping away her tears, the palace maid squatted down and bowed, thanked the prince for his comfort, and then turned around and entered the palace.

Within a few seconds, the eldest grandson walked out with the palace maid.

Holding Li Chengqian's hand, the eldest grandson said as he walked inside: "What are you doing with such a restrained number of rites, I am your queen mother, next time I don't need to pass the ceremony, just come in directly." Yes, I don't know why you want to find Niu Jinda to practice what kind of fist and foot kung fu by yourself, look at this hand, which looks like the prince's, this palace feels rough when you hold it. ”

Listening to the eldest grandson's babbling words, Li Chengqian only felt a warm current surging through his heart.

Where is this nagging, it is clearly the care of the mother.

After entering the hall, I found that there were about thirty young eunuchs kneeling on the ground, and the leader was Zhang Yun, who I didn't see today.

Carrying Li Chengqian to stand in front of these people, the eldest grandson's soft but undoubted voice sounded: "Look, this is the prince." This palace can guarantee that as long as the prince comes back, you will all be rewarded. Even if you die on the grassland, this palace will let the people close to you have no worries for the rest of their lives. But if the prince has any damage, hum! ”

is worthy of a generation of queens, and with a light snort, the eunuchs, including Zhang Yun, put their heads on the ground.

Pulling the eldest grandson to sit on the chair with his backhand, Li Chengqian smiled and said: "What are you doing with these unlucky words, don't worry about the queen mother, the child will not rush to the battlefield stupidly, at most it is to help the army manage logistics." When it comes to sparing life, children are not inferior to anyone. ”

Hearing this, the eldest grandson breathed a sigh of relief, clapped his hands, and immediately two palace maids brought their clothes.

Looking at the fluffy clothes and trousers, Li Chengqian was shocked.

Good guys, it turned out to be cotton!

There is no cotton in Datang, and all that is sold in the market is rare things shipped from Gaochang.

picked up the cotton clothes and measured them on Li Chengqian's body, and the eldest grandson smiled: "Fortunately, it is not bad for my mother, I heard your father say that the cold of the grassland can easily freeze to death, and with this cotton clothes, the palace can also rest assured." On the side of the Armory, the decree has been delivered, and they will be able to make your Hundred Refined Steel Armor soon. With this body, the palace can rest assured. ”

gave the cotton clothes to the palace maid to hold, Li Chengqian picked up the hem of the clothes and knelt down.

The queen's will is not issued casually, let alone directly sent to the ordnance superintendent, with such behavior, the official dares to impeach the queen for interfering in politics. The article of "harem politics", since the Empress Dowager Xuan of Great Qin and Empress Lu Xuan, is basically a taboo in the imperial court, and those mad dog-like officials will not let go of this opportunity to show their sense of existence.

took such a big risk just because she was worried about her children.

Seeing Li Chengqian kneeling, the eldest grandson's tears suddenly fell, squatted down and hugged Li Chengqian, and began to talk about the emperor's fault.

Of course, it's just lip service.

The reason why the emperor was able to dispel her worries and agree to Li Chengqian's trip to the grassland was in one sentence.

"After returning from this battle, there is no dissent from the crown prince in the DPRK!"

When I came out of the Liangyi Palace, it was already evening.

The guards behind him, each with a lot of things. In fact, except for cotton clothes and cotton pants, other things are of little use, such as the toilet with thick linen, but the eldest grandson stubbornly asked him to bring it.

After returning to the East Palace and making sure that the old gentleman had fallen asleep, Li Chengqian returned to the study and began to write the list.

There is a lot of preparation to go to the grassland. The only thing that the Datang military could provide to the army was a thin linen coat and grain and grass. It's hard to imagine how to live on the grassland with these two things. Salt and spices should be brought enough, dried vegetables should also be prepared immediately, alcohol, as early as the time of Lao Tzu, there are records of anti-inflammatory and the like, but it has not been promoted until now. Although it is difficult to reach more than 90 degrees of liquor, it is estimated that it can be effective when used as alcohol.

There are also dried fruits, so you have to bring some with you....

When I really made up my mind and started preparing, I realized that there were so many things to bring.

When I went north, I took these things with me, and I didn't know how slow it would be, so I immediately organized a caravan to start transporting it to Shuofang while the weather had not become severe cold now. Although after the Liang division was destroyed, there were still some fools making trouble on the border, but with the army, how could the safety of the caravan be guaranteed.

When I stopped writing, I found that it was already dark and deep, and I remembered that I would have to exercise tomorrow, so I could only put down my pen and go back to bed.

Let the army going north escort the caravan by the way, which is a taboo that cannot be tolerated in the military discipline of the Tang Dynasty. However, when they learned what the prince's caravan was transporting, everyone in the military kept their mouths shut, and as soon as the official wanted to impeach, he was shut up by threats in the open and covert.

Last year, there was a locust plague, and although we were able to send troops this time, we were able to exercise strict moderation in all aspects. Now that there is the prince, the big gold lord, going north together, it can be said that it is a blessing for the soldiers.

Only Li Chengqian dared to do such a thing blatantly, because he was the crown prince, even if he helped the soldiers improve, he would not be too taboo. If you change a general to do this kind of thing, even if you don't have any other meaning, it is estimated that you will suffer a big loss.

Well, it can only be from above.

On the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, Li Chengqian had to stop his arrangements for the grassland and rush to the academy on the banks of the Weishui River.

Because, the busy season of farming has passed, and the college is finally about to open.

The enrollment was distributed to the surrounding areas of Chang'an early in the morning. No one does not understand the importance of reading, but the old farmers are suffering from restraint and the lack of literate gentlemen around, so they can only teach their children to dig in the land with tears in their eyes.

Now it's okay, don't talk about shackles, children who go to the academy to study, don't need to spend a penny, I heard that the prince has also set up a special fund, as long as the children study well, not only do they not have to pay money, but they can also make money to subsidize the family.

The academy must be a good academy, and the prince must be a good prince.

It's just that whether their own children can be selected is really worrying.

On the first day of school, Li Chengqian didn't even exercise, so he rushed to Weishui in a carriage. However, when it was still two or three miles away from the academy, the carriage could not go any further. Because, it's blocked!

Lifting the curtain and seeing the scene of dragging his family and the crowd, Li Chengqian wanted to cry without tears.

It's over, if he knew that those old gentlemen couldn't do this kind of thing, he shouldn't have been busy with the affairs of the grassland, and first helped the college formulate the enrollment brochure.

So many people rushed over to send their children to school, and I guess those old gentlemen didn't expect it.

Li Gang really wanted to cry at this time, he just spread the news of the enrollment, but he didn't expect so many people to report on the day of school. Reading, for ordinary families, the temptation is too great!

Yang Du was also embarrassed, at this time, in front of him, it was obviously a short adult, but he ignored his thick beard and insisted that he was a child, so that he didn't know how to debunk it at all.

The scene can be controlled for a while.

Looking at the endless crowd, Chen Sidao suddenly began to miss the prince. If the prince is here, he will probably be able to cope with such a scene. There is a precedent for a printing press, and Chen Sidao is full of confidence in Li Chengqian.

"Here, look over there, the prince is here!" Da Ru Fang pointed excitedly to the center of the crowd.

Several old people looked at each other, only to see that in the center of the guard with the knife out of the sheath, Li Chengqian simply squeezed through the crowd and walked over.

Looking at the walls on both sides, Li Chengqian didn't know what to say.

When the population around Chang'an was counted, why didn't you see so many children? Now as soon as I heard that I could enroll in school for free, Quan Teniang came over.

There are a few people who are even more powerful, what are you doing with the dolls who are still breastfeeding? The current position of the college is a primary school, not a nursery school.

No, the nursery doesn't accept babies either!