In front of the two stunning beauties, Yang Gao was stunned for a while, staring at the two women in a daze and forgetting to speak.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Xiao on the side couldn't help pursing her lips and smiled: "Such a beauty, does the emperor like it?" ”

Yang Gao came back to his senses at this time, looked the second daughter up and down again, nodded and praised: "It's really a national beauty!" ”

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Xiao stroked her palms and smiled: "Since the emperor likes it, the mourning family will be the master of the marriage for the emperor, I don't know if Mrs. Xue and the two young ladies have any objections?" ”

To be able to marry the royal family, Liu Yinhuan, Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu naturally have no doubts, and immediately bowed and said: "If the queen mother can give marriage, the courtiers (people's daughters) are overjoyed!" ”

In this way, under the single-handed operation of the Empress Dowager Xiao, on the auspicious day of the zodiac on the ninth day of the lunar month, Yang Gao married Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu, two beauties in the city, and named Xue Baochai as Chongrong and Lin Daiyu as Chongyi.

After that, Yang Gao married Xiao Yuexian and Dou Xianniang into the palace on the two auspicious days of the eighteenth and twenty-fourth of the lunar month.

However, because of the relationship between the two of their fathers, these two weddings were not as grand as Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu's, but they were a little lively in the palace, and even the ministers did not have a banquet.

Of course, this is also what Empress Dowager Xiao meant, because once the wedding is held, the identity of the bride will definitely be picked up by the good deeds, which is not what Empress Dowager Xiao wants to see.

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Time flies. In the blink of an eye, the New Year has passed, and it is the beginning of spring.

Guanzhong, Chang'an, the imperial study.

Li Yuan, dressed in a yellow dragon robe, sat at the back of the desk, lightly glanced at several important ministers who were respectfully saluting in front of him, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, at present, Xue Ju and Li Liang have been defeated one after another, and Longxi and Hexi have successively attached to the Tang Dynasty. Except for Xue Ju's remnants and Liang divisions, who fled north to Yan'an County to rely on the Turks, I had no constraints after the Tang Dynasty, and I decided to wait until the beginning of spring next year, send troops to the Central Plains, and fight with Yang Gao'er. ”

Qu Tutong, the secretary of the military department, was once the most trusted general of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, although he had defected to Li Tang, he still retained a loyalty to the Great Sui in his heart.

After hearing Li Yuan's words, he frowned slightly, hesitated again and again, and finally said: "Your Majesty, I, the Tang Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty, once signed a contract, agreeing not to attack each other for three years, and now we will tear up the agreement in less than a year." Wechen is worried that the people of the world will accuse me of treachery, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice. ”

Li Yuan's face couldn't help but sink when he heard this, and he was about to speak, but unexpectedly, a person in the crowd had already flashed and retorted sharply: "Qu Tushangshu's words are wrong. As the saying goes, soldiers don't get tired of cheating, and the confrontation between the two armies is either you die or I die. Lord Shangshu thought that if Yang Gao ended the Central Plains Campaign ahead of schedule, he would not enter Guanzhong and would also be Bashu? ”

Everyone regarded it as this, this person who refuted Qu Tutong was Chai Rong, the younger brother of Chai Shao, although he had not been in the office for a long time, but Shentong had made many miraculous achievements in the battle against Xue Ju and Li Rail, and even Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was full of praise for him.

"What General Chai said is extremely true!" Pei Lian, who had slapped dozens of big mouths in Jiangdu by Yang Gao, immediately echoed his words, looked at Qu Tutong and said in a weird manner: "Such a once-in-a-lifetime fighter can even be seen by me, a layman who doesn't know much about the art of war, how can General Qu Tu turn a blind eye to the battlefield warriors?" Could it be because the general still has the old master in his heart? ”

"You-"

Qu Tutong was furious when he heard this, and scolded: "You traitor, you dare to slander the old man in front of Your Majesty!" ”

Pei Lin snorted coldly: "I just said this casually, why is General Qu Tu so excited?" Don't you have a ghost in your heart? ”

"Silence!"

Li Yuan snorted heavily: "You two are important ministers of the court, my humerus, do you want to fight in the nest before the enemy is destroyed?" ”

"Wechen is guilty!"

Qu Tutong and Pei Lin hurriedly bowed down and pleaded guilty and returned to their respective queues.

Li Yuan's anger did not subside, and he continued to say loudly: "The matter of sending troops to the Central Plains has also been decided, and there is no need to admonish again. What will be discussed at this meeting is the question of how to send troops. King Qin, as the general of Tiance and the first commander of the Tang Dynasty, what do you think about this? ”

In fact, Li Shimin had long expected that Li Yuan would send troops to the Central Plains, so he had been planning this matter with his staff since Longxi returned to the army, and he had already made a detailed plan.

When Li Yuan pointed to Li Shimin, Li Shimin immediately stepped out and said loudly: "Father, the sons and daughters think that Yang Gao'er is also determined to win the Central Plains, so this time the troops must be attacked in multiple ways, attack its vital points, and assign the Central Plains and even more territories to our Tang Dynasty." ”

Xiangguo Dugu Zhen opened his mouth and asked: "Why is there a multi-way attack, can you please tell His Royal Highness King Qin in detail." ”

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "This march is divided into five routes, the first route is lonely, Qu Tutong and Chai Rong are the left and right deputy generals, and 100,000 elite soldiers are sent out of Tongguan to Luoyang. The Hongnong Yang clan has secretly allegiance to my Datang, so it won't take long for Gu to reach Luoyang City. ”

Dugu Zhen nodded, "What about the other four ways?" ”

"The second route was led by Li Yuanji, the king of Qi in Hanoi, and together with Li Shiji of Liyang, they rushed to Luoyang to help Gu take Luoyang."

"The third road is led by Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, and sends troops from Bashu to threaten Yiling County. The fourth route was led by the horse Chai Shao to attack Xicheng, and the fifth route was led by Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, to contain Yang Yanzhao's troops in Nanyang. The role of these three roads is the same, that is, to coerce Jingxiang and force Yang Gao to withdraw his troops from the Central Plains. ”

Everyone in the room listened to Li Shimin's five-way march plan, and they all smiled happily and praised Li Shimin: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin has strategized and won a decisive victory thousands of miles away." This time to march into the Central Plains, my Datang will be able to win a big victory. ”

Seeing that all the important ministers agreed, Li Yuan immediately announced aloud: "Since all the ministers have no opinions, then follow the plan of His Royal Highness the King of Qin to march in five ways, and this time we must give Yang Gao a little color." ”

After the court meeting was dispersed, Li Yuan swept away the frustration after the defeat of Jing Xiang in the past year, and returned to the harem with a happy face.

As soon as he returned to the harem, he saw that his two favorite concubines, Concubine Yin De and Zhang Jieyu, had already greeted him, hugged Li Yuan's arm from left to right, and said delicately: "Why is Your Majesty so happy today?" Can you say it and make the concubine happy? ”

Li Yuan was originally an extremely lascivious person, and when he didn't raise the army, he struggled to suppress that lustful heart in order to pretend to be generous and benevolent and win the hearts of the people. Now that he has ascended the throne and claimed the emperor's nature, Li Yuan has married more than 20 concubines in just two or three years, among which Concubine Yin De and Zhang Jieyu are the most favored.

Seeing the two concubines who were holding their arms and coquettish, Li Yuan smiled, proudly hugged the second concubine in his arms, and said with a smile: "I am happy today because soon the land of the Central Plains will become the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the five-way march plan of the people of the world ......"