“…… On April 22, General Wei Chi led 50,000 elites to join forces with 30,000 soldiers from Xiazhou, and set out for the mountains and forests outside Shuofang on the same day. Shen Fa and Zhong Chang, the two Taichang Temple Ministers, went to Shuofang City to persuade Liang Shidu to surrender, but to no avail, Liang Shidu declared in public that he would not surrender;

Seeing this, General Wei Chi ordered Liu Min, the governor of Xiazhou, to send Neiying into the city, and sent General Xue to lead the cavalry that night to trample all the crops outside the city.

In the next few days, General Xue kept leading the cavalry to trample on the crops outside the city, and after all the crops were trampled, on April 25, General Wei Chi led a large army to surround Shuofang City, besieging but not attacking! At this time, because of the lack of food, people in Shuofang City were already panicked, mobs were rising, the army mutinied, and chaos was everywhere! In order to get out of the predicament as soon as possible, the Liang division specially sent several teams of cavalry to break out of the encirclement and go to the Turks for help!

On April 27, the Turkic general Ashina Sheerbi led 20,000 Turkic wolf horsemen to aid Liang Shidu, but did not know that General Chai had already set up a pocket array in the suburbs, and was caught off guard, the first encounter with the Turkic army suffered heavy losses, and then the tengu eclipse sun came, General Chai took advantage of the dark sky to attack and kill Ashina Sheeryu with a rain of arrows, after dawn, the Turkic army lost its armor and fled.

In this battle, General Chai killed more than 10,000 Turkic wolf horsemen at the cost of less than 100 casualties, and Shuofang City, Liang Shi was killed by his cousin Liang Luoren, and then Liang Luoren led Shuofang City to be an official and general, and the city was surrendered, and Shuofang City was able to take it bloodlessly! ”

In the Ganlu Palace, the messenger soldiers from the front line bowed down to report to Li Er the specific process of the battle of Shuofang City, Li Er heard this, and couldn't help but be happy, and said: "Haha! Good! Good! Well fought! You go down to rest first, and after the army returns to the court, I will reward you for your meritorious deeds! ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! The end will be retired! ”

The sergeant clenched his fists and hurriedly withdrew.

Li Er was in a good mood and was about to move to the harem to share the good news with Empress Changsun, when a little eunuch walked in outside the palace and said, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Yong'an asks to see you!" ”

Li Er was stunned, paused, sat back again, and said, "Let him come in!" ”

"Whoa!"

After a while, Li Zexuan came in from outside the hall and saluted Li Er: "Your Majesty!" Congratulations to Your Majesty on the victory on the front line and the recovery of Shuofang, and now my Datang is finally unified in the Central Plains~! ”

When the messenger soldier was reporting the results of the battle to Li Er, Li Zexuan was waiting outside the hall for summons, his ears were sharp, and those words naturally fell into his ears word for word.

Li Er said happily when he heard this: "Hehe! Get up! Your kid's news is quite well-informed, now the imperial court has not only recovered Shuofang City, but the Turks have also sent troops because of the Liang division, so that the Tang Dynasty will send troops to the Turks, and it can be regarded as a famous division! The strategy you formulated at the beginning has now been realized, no matter what you say, it can be regarded as a great achievement, what reward you want, tell me directly! ”

It can be seen that Li Er is in a very good mood now, mainly because this war is really beautiful, not only recovering Shuofang, which has been divided for more than ten years, but also seducing Jieli Khan to send troops, it is not too perfect! And all this is thanks to the strategy of "salute first and then soldier" proposed by Li Zexuan at the beginning!

Li Zexuan hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister didn't go to the battlefield in person, let alone kill a single enemy, but just moved his mouth, how can he take credit?" Those soldiers who shed their blood on the battlefield, they deserve to be rewarded! ”

This is not modest, but a feeling, even without his advice, Li Er's powerful "think tank" would have come up with the best strategy, because in the official history, Liang Shidu did not cause much trouble to Li Er at all!

Li Er was stunned for a moment, and then looked Li Zexuan up and down as if he had just met Li Zexuan, and then said with a smile: "Hehe! It seems that you have been staying with Li Gang and Yan Silu in Yanhuang Academy for a long time, and your kid's temperament has also been tempered more and more calm! Not bad! Not bad! Then what are you looking for when you came here today? ”

Li Zexuan replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, the person sent by the minister to Bashu replied, saying that the local Qiang people have agreed to the minister to mine the mine, thinking that although the agricultural industry in the land of Bashu is very developed, due to the local traffic blockage, it is inconvenient to communicate with the outside world, which is not conducive to the development of local commerce, so this time the minister not only plans to send people to mine the veins, but also wants to build roads for the land of Bashu, bring the famous shops on the Chang'an side to the Bashu side, and open a money village there by the way, and promote Tang Yuan to replace copper coins!" I hope that Your Majesty will approve it! ”

Hearing this, Li Er nodded, and said, "Hmm! I'm glad you have this idea! The land of Bashu is very important to my Datang, if it can open up Bashu and the Central Plains, it is equivalent to Datang being able to have a very stable rear guarantee, in the past, Bashu alone could support Liu Bang's hundreds of thousands of Han troops, which is enough to see how much this land is supportive! Therefore, to build roads, open shops, and open money villages, I have all approved, you submit a plan to me in the next two days, and the imperial court will allocate a batch of money as appropriate to help build roads in the land of Bashu! ”

Li Zexuan happily arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

It is said that this kind of people's livelihood event of building bridges and paving roads for the local government is best done by the imperial court, not that Li Zexuan is reluctant to pay, but that this kind of thing is done by him, and it will be unjustifiable, and if it is not good, it will end up with a crime of buying the hearts of the people, which will arouse the suspicion of the emperor, and now Li Er is willing to let the court allocate money, which is naturally the best!

Li Er thought about it for a while, and suddenly smiled: "This Yanhuang Qianzhuang is the most correct decision I have made in the past two years!" A few days ago, I heard Ke'er say that in the past six months since the establishment of Qianzhuang, it has not only solved the money shortage, but also made the business and trade activities in various parts of Datang more prosperous! Ke'er this month in Yanhuang Qian Zhuang to the people to launch the deposit interest business, every day to absorb the folk gentry, businessmen, the common people of the copper money countless, and he will these deposits, paid to lend to the private businessmen, it is said that the monthly profits, add up to tens of thousands, and this is just the beginning, really surprised me! ”

When Li Zexuan heard this, there was no surprise, he arched his hand and smiled: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu is talented and intelligent, and he is often able to draw inferences from one another, and now he has experienced in Yanhuang Qianzhuang, and he can achieve such results, or because His Majesty teaches well on weekdays!" ”

"Haha! You kid! ”

Li Er was amused when he heard this, pointed at Li Zexuan with his finger, and said with a smile: "I am busy with state affairs on weekdays, how can I have time to teach Ke'er, you say this, aren't you praising yourself?" In fact, I don't need to say it, I also know these ideas that Ke'er thinks, there must be your hints behind them, in short, Ke'er can learn this kind of learning in the academy, I am very relieved! ”

Li Zexuan smiled and didn't answer.

"Oh! That's right! ”

Li Er suddenly said: "Some time ago, Li Chunfeng came to me and wanted to take on the position of Mr. Yanhuang Academy, you kid told me Haosheng, what kind of ecstasy soup did you pour into him, so that he will never forget Yanhuang Academy?" ”

Although Empress Changsun had already untied Li Er's heart knot that day, Li Er was still a little puzzled, because it stands to reason that the only attraction of Yanhuang Academy to Li Chunfeng is the astronomical telescope, and Li Chunfeng already has the right to use this thing, but why does that guy have to go to Yanhuang Academy to be a gentleman?

Li Zexuan remembered the scene of "flickering" Li Chunfeng that day, and couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart, he coughed lightly, straightened his face, and said:

"Your Majesty, Daochang Li is a scholar of heaven and man, and he is extremely talented in physics, he is about to understand the mystery of the universe and stars, and it is very likely that he will become the greatest physicist in the entire Tang Dynasty and even the entire world! Yanhuang Academy is a place where his dreams can be realized, and he must have decided to come to Yanhuang Academy to be a gentleman after careful consideration! Your Majesty's permission is enough to see Your Majesty's broad-mindedness, which can be called the great monarch of the world! ”

"The mystery of the stars in the universe? The greatest physicist? ”

Li Er couldn't help muttering, and then said angrily: "You kid don't pat my ass, I warn you, in the future, the idea of fighting less officials in the DPRK and China, not only is there a lot of things in your academy, but the government affairs of the imperial court are also heavy, if these talents I have carefully promoted have been deceived by you to the academy, then the three provinces and six departments, who will handle government affairs?" Isn't the court also chaotic? ”

Li Zexuan was speechless, he muttered depressedly: "What is a lie!" I obviously call it a capable "fool"! ”

"What?"

Li Zexuan's voice was too small, and Li Er didn't hear it too clearly, but he knew that Li Zexuan definitely didn't say anything good, so his voice raised an octave!

“...... Uh, nothing, nothing! The minister said that the minister would not dare in the future, if His Majesty had nothing to order, the minister would retire first~! ”

Li Zexuan hurriedly changed his tone and covered it up.

Li Erhu glanced at Li Zexuan suspiciously, and then said, "It's okay, you go back!" ”

Li Zexuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Minister, retire!" ”

With that, he turned around and wanted to leave the hall!

Who knows, at this moment, Li Er's voice came from behind him, "Hey? Wait! ”

Li Zexuan was speechless, and said in his heart, Lao Li, are you teasing the master? I'm in a hurry, I'm ......

"What else does Your Majesty command?"

There's no way, people are under the eaves, and they have to bow their heads! Li Zexuan turned around, walked in front of Li Er again, and said with a smile.

Li Er said with a serious face: "There is one thing, I want to entrust you to do it, and if you do it, I will be rewarded!" ”

Li Zexuan arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, please speak, if the minister does his best, he will go all out!" ”

In fact, this guy was a little disapproving, because he knew in his heart that his current title and official position were basically in an embarrassing situation where he could not be promoted, and there was no way, who let himself become the unique Marquis of Wanhu in Datang at a young age? If you go up further, where will you put the faces of some of the founding heroes?

Li Er nodded with satisfaction, and then said:

"Yesterday, the envoy of the Wa Kingdom, that is, the current prince of the Wa Kingdom, the big brother of the mountain back, came to me, wanted to make a bet with me, he said that the current Datang Football Federation held the relegation league has ended, he himself is very interested in Datang football, so he set up a team, want to compete with the best team in my Datang, if he wins, he hopes that I can allow the Wa Kingdom to send students to study in Yanhuang Academy in the future, if they lose, he is willing to take out 40,000 catties of brass, to Datang!"

Li Zexuan's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked, "Then can Your Majesty agree to the request of the prince of the Wa Kingdom?" ”

At this time, he was secretly scolding in his heart: Sure enough, the imperialist heart of death is not dead, this bullshit prince of the Japanese Kingdom has always coveted the advanced engineering knowledge of Yanhuang Academy, and he couldn't bribe with a beautiful woman last time, so he came to find an opportunity from Li Er again, which is hateful!

Li Er glanced at Li Zexuan strangely, and said: "The Tang Dynasty is the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and the Japanese Kingdom is a small country, how can I not be justified in the competition they proposed, wouldn't that have fallen into the prestige of my Tang Dynasty?" Besides, this football originated from my Datang, I still don't believe it, my Datang team, will it still not be able to play the team of the Japanese country? Since the eldest brother of the mountain back is willing to give me 40,000 catties of brass, how can I not accept it? ”

“.........”

When Li Zexuan heard this, he almost died of anger, and said in his heart, Old Li, you are too pitiful, right? Master, even if I face the princess of the Wa Kingdom, I will not sit still, in order to protect the knowledge of Yanhuang Academy from being mastered by foreigners? But you're good, you actually took such a cheating gamble, what should you do with me?

"Your Majesty, forgive your offense, you really shouldn't take this gamble! Even if we are sure to win the competition, but we are not afraid of 10,000, just in case, in case they really win, Your Majesty, do you really want to allow them to send students to Yanhuang Academy? ”

Li Zexuan's face was angry, and he arched his hand at Li Er, and between his words, there were a lot of disrespectful words, which were all angered by Lao Li!

When Li Er heard this, he was not annoyed, he said with a smile: "What you said, I also clearly understand it in my heart, but as the monarch of the Tang Dynasty, should I refuse in the face of the challenge request made by the small country of Fanbang?" If it spreads, the prestige of the Tang Dynasty in the people will definitely plummet, wouldn't it be regarded as falling for the tricks of the Japanese people?

So, instead of avoiding it, it's better to fight head-on and win! Of course, for the sake of insurance, I order you to select a group of top-notch players from the top teams of my Datang, and after training, come to participate in this game! You are the pioneer of Datang football, you are most familiar with the rules of football, it is up to you to select and train players, I don't believe that the team of the Japanese country can win! ”

Gotcha! You really think of me!

Li Zexuan smiled bitterly in his heart, and inexplicably felt a pressure, this courage is related to the honor and disgrace of the Tang Dynasty, and it is related to whether the knowledge of Yanhuang Academy will be leaked, so he can't bear it, after thinking for a while, Li Zexuan arched his hand and said: "That is the case, then this errand minister will take it!" I just don't know, when is Your Majesty scheduled to compete with the Wa Kingdom? ”

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