Li Po stretched his waist, the sky was already bright, and the sunlight crawled into the dormitory along the window lattice, and by the way, he also brought some vitality.

It is now the end of autumn, the weather is as cold as a day, and the trees in the palace are shivering in the autumn wind, shaking off the dead branches and leaves on the ground.

In the morning, it was a little cold in the dormitory, but it was not yet to the point of lighting a fire to keep warm.

It is said that the autumn wind and autumn rain are sad, and without the autumn rain, only the autumn wind is very weak, Li Po is in a good mood, he is in the prime of life, and he is energetic.

Even though I drank a lot of alcohol last night and heard the news of my heart, after the other night, neither my body nor mind was affected much.

Of course, there's a reason for that...... The soft and toned body next to him was sleeping Zhengxiang, but he was shocked at this time, but he only turned over and continued to sleep.

An orchid-like aroma lingers in the dormitory, and even after a night of immersion in it, you can still smell it.

Li Po took a deep breath, sighed comfortably, and with great willpower, he lifted the quilt and got out of bed, so the palace people appeared like ghosts from the corner and began to help the emperor put on his robe, and at the same time wash up.

This is the life that the emperor should live, Li Po finally felt the benefits of being an emperor, which was different from the feeling of holding the imperial power outside.

If the outside world is ruled by the emperor and the gate lord nobles, then the harem is the emperor's lair, and everyone is revolving around the emperor.

As for who the emperor slept with, not only the women in the harem cared, but also people in the outer courts were concerned, and the emperor's family affairs were the affairs of the world.

And Li Po and Ah Shi Tianxiang slept together, which means that they are related to the Turkic royal court, and the children they gave birth to even belong to the list of heirs of the Turkic royal court, which is still very high.

If one day, Datang's hands are strong enough to penetrate deep into the Turkic royal court, then he and Ah Shi Tianxiang's bloodline can completely become the masters of the Turkic royal court.

In that case, will the Tang Dynasty and the Turks become good neighbors for generations? Or even a family?

Of course, Li Po didn't think about this, but if he sent someone to the Turkic court to ask for relatives now, would it become a sign of weakness?

If there were still some people in the Turkic royal court who felt that the gains in fighting with him outweighed the losses, when the Western Khan Ashina Qiuluo was about to move, he sent someone to the royal court to ask for a marriage to Ash Tianxiang, would many people think that he was begging for mercy from the Turks?

There is little need to think that once someone thinks so, they will definitely have to make an inch, even if Ashina Qiura is just bluffing now, it may not be long before he really wants to make a trip to the south.

Therefore, it is better to see what this Western Khan intends to do first, and then talk to the Turkic court, and he has been entangled with the Turks for many years, and has sent people north to the Turkic court several times.

Not only did he fight with the Turks and come back with the nickname of the whip of the gods, but he also made great efforts in the process of the Turkic Khan king Ashina Yanghuan ascending to the throne of the Khan.

In addition, he also sent people out of Yulin to kill Guo Zihe, who descended to the Tang Dynasty, together with the Turks, and also sent Yu Wenxin to participate in the Grassland Alliance, that is, the time when Ashina Yang Huan ascended the throne of Khan.

It can be said that there is not a single person in the entire group of heroes at the end of the Sui Dynasty who can deal with the Turks like him, so no one can understand the Turkic situation better than him.

Some news in the Turkic Khan's tent will always continue to reach his ears, for example, this time Ashina Qiuluo gathered people and horses, and the momentum was not small, but there was no movement in the Turkic royal court.

He was able to guess that this might be the autonomous act of Ashina Khala, and that the Turkic kings of the East and West had great autonomy and often threatened the power of the Turkic khans.

So it can be guessed that this is another political move made by Ashina Yang Huan to the Turkic ministers?

No matter where Ashina Qiuluo leads his troops, whether he wins or loses, he will once again weaken the strength of Western Khan?

After dating for so many years, Li Po never underestimated the political skills of the former Sui Yicheng princess, who was a living legend who became a Turkic khan as a woman.

In contrast, all men in the world can hide their faces and leave.

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In mid-August, the skies in Chang'an became overcast, the biting north wind gradually raged, and the first snow of winter was approaching.

Zhang Shigui, Wei Chikai and others have returned to the army and are preparing to spend the winter in Jingzhao.

After Xue Wanche received the military order, he also led the army from Hongnong to Tongguan, garrisoned in Wannian County, from Jindi to Chang'an, and the grain and grass were constantly transported for the army to spend the winter.

The army gradually gathered in the northern part of Jingzhao, not only to meet the wind and snow here, but also to wait for the news of the exploration from the north to come back.

The 15,000 cavalry led by Wei Chigong and Li Nian did not return to Jingzhao, but entered Honghua County according to the strategy of the military department, and stationed in Heshui, the county town of Honghua County, waiting for the appearance of fighters.

A big war may be staged at the beginning of winter, and for the nascent Datang, this is also a battle that cannot be defeated.

The nascent regime is always full of vigor and vitality, but it is also fragile...... In other words, the family background is too thin to withstand too many setbacks.

Once the Turkic Khanate marched south, winning every battle was something that the Tang Dynasty had to do, and once defeated, let the Turks enter the hinterland of Kansai, the consequences would be unimaginable.

It's just that compared with other battles experienced this year, this battle will not be easily mentioned until the results are out, and all the news will be covered up by other things, so as not to cause panic among the people of Chang'an and even the Kansai Prefectures.

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At such a moment when the outside was loose and the inside was tight, a long line slowly entered Chang'an City before the weather turned bad.

In the team, Zhang Gongjin looked up at the gate of Chang'an City, which did not have the grandeur of Luoyang, the eastern capital...... Zhang Gongjin said secretly.

This is a middle-aged man about thirty years old, with a strong body and strong energy, like many men in those years, with a short beard and an officialdom atmosphere.

Zhang Gongjin is a native of Weizhou, and his family has been an official for generations, but he has never had any high-ranking officials.

He served as the magistrate of Yingchuan County under Wang Shichong, and more than a year ago, Wang Shichong died under Tongguan, and people in various counties in Henan began to find their own way out.

Many people followed Duan Da to descend Dou Jiande, and the rest actually couldn't hold on, Henan, which had no food and everyone didn't grow food, finally gradually lost its vitality, and the Henan people who were lucky enough to be alive fled one after another.

The aristocrats and bureaucrats of Henan left earlier.

For example, Cui Shu, the Taishou of Yingchuan County, was one of those who actively sought a way to survive, and together with Zheng Da, the Taishou of Xiangcheng County, he led his subordinates and cronies to join the King of Han.

These are all the children of wealthy families among the Han people, but under the rule of Wang Shichong, it is also extremely difficult.

They originally wanted to take refuge in Li Yuan, and the king of Han did not have much attraction to them, but unfortunately the king of Han sent troops to block the road to Tongguan, and the two descendants of Cui Zheng reluctantly surrendered to the king of Han.

Zheng Da was more bold, and felt that the subordinates of the Han King who received them did not respect them, so he wanted to run to Tongguan at night.

All of them were arrested that night and almost lost their heads.

And Zhang Gongjin followed Cui Shu at that time and descended to the King of Han together.

In fact, it is not to blame that Zheng Da was dissatisfied, it was too much worse than they expected before, and the King of Han who was by the river did not see them at all, so he ordered someone to send them back to Jinyang for resettlement.

This is a year when the children of a famous family will be warmly received wherever they go, and they also feel that they have the talent to repay others, so they are snubbed, Cui Shu and Zheng Da are both unsettled, and they feel that the King of Han has no eyes.

Zhang Gongjin is nothing, after all, he is just a subordinate of others, and he doesn't feel so empathetic, besides, from Henan to Jindi, it has changed the world.

Wang Shichong doesn't necessarily treat them very well, so why complain about the meanness of others?

In fact, in Jindi, they still enjoyed some treatment from famous families, such as Zhao Huan, the Taishou of Jiangjun, and Pei Shiqing, the lord of the Pei family, who received them in person.

And when they arrived in Jinyang, the Jinyang Wang family was also very enthusiastic about them, after all, they all belonged to the four major Han families in the world, and it was not difficult to communicate with each other.

So soon Cui Shu and Zheng Da had new positions, although they were quite dissatisfied with the Han King, it did not prevent them from becoming officials under the Han King.

Zhang Gongjin also easily found a vacancy, naturally he couldn't compare with those two, because he was from Henan, so he served in the Ministry of War.

The official position is definitely not comparable with before, and the duty is also very much to Zhang Gongjin crying and laughing, transporting grain to Luoyang, and then replacing some people from Luoyang to come back, this kind of deed is similar to human teeth.

After working for more than a year, Zhang Gongjin thought to himself that if he continued like this, he would sink into the subordinates, and there would be no big deal, but he thought that no matter his talent or anything else, he was no worse than others, how could he get by like this?

It happened that last winter, someone in Zhongshu asked for the writer in Luoyang City by name, so Zhang Gongjin went to the old master and asked for some goods.

took all the family funds to escort the grain to Luoyang again, bribed two people, and easily got Wang Shichong's book back to Jinyang.

In fact, the eyes of the people in Luoyang City began to turn red when they were hungry, and the situation was swaying from side to side on the edge of getting out of control, maybe last winter was the last bit of calm time.

Zhang Gongjin doesn't care about these, Henan has already become a hell on earth under the scourge of the two demon kings Li Mi and Wang Shichong, and the counties are gradually populated, and Luoyang City is not bad.

The one who came back was called Xue Deyin, a Jin man, Zhang Gongjin treated each other well along the way, Xue Deyin saw that this person was good in both manners and words, and it was Zhang Gongjin who rescued him from Luoyang City, so he had a good relationship with him.

Soon after, Zhang Gongjin's efforts paid off......