1204 Chang'an Xin
"Hey, the Turks in the west are about to move, and Goryeo in the north is knocking frequently, and now even the Japanese people in the east dare to wreak havoc, how can I rest in peace......"
Sure enough, after Li Shimin heard the words of his eldest grandson, he just sighed, but he did not put down the music and rested according to his words.
The eldest grandson's hands on Li Shimin's forehead were still gently rubbing near his temples without hurrying, but she didn't continue with Li Shimin's words.
The eldest grandson is an extremely smart woman, and the famous "Women's Rules" is even more from her!
In this book, which was regarded as a treasure book by later generations of concubines and queens, the phrase "the harem shall not interfere in politics" was even more set by her and she never dared to cross it lightly, so when she heard her husband mention state affairs, she immediately kept silent.
Without hearing the eldest grandson's answer, Li Shimin seemed to have become accustomed to her avoidance, so he just smiled, then leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes slightly, and prepared to enjoy this rare leisure.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
Just as the dormitory had just returned to quiet, a messy footstep suddenly came from outside, instantly breaking the silence.
The footsteps came from far to near, and when they reached the door of the dormitory, they stopped abruptly!
Immediately, a somewhat sharp voice came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent news from Yangzhou!" ”
"Your Majesty, the concubine will retire first......"
In the dormitory, when the eldest grandson heard the word urgency, his hand trembled slightly, and he bowed down and was about to retreat behind the curtain.
"Hehe, Guanyin, don't be so careful, there is Xiao Han in Yangzhou, and there is nothing big about it." Li Shimin's eyes were still slightly closed, but a pair of big hands accurately stretched out behind his back, grabbed the slender jade hand that was about to retract from the eldest grandson, and then put it in the palm of his hand and gently pinched it.
Although he was already an old husband and wife, his hand was suddenly caught, and the eldest grandson was still blushing, and he wanted to withdraw his hand, but when he heard Xiao Han's name, he stopped again for some reason.
"That's it, let's hear what kind of emergency there can be!" Li Shimin held the hand of the eldest grandson, pulled her to his side, and said with a smile before he commanded outside the door: "Come in!" ”
As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, the door of the dormitory opened silently.
A cold north wind blew into the hall from the outside, which lifted Li Shimin's spirits, and even his slightly closed eyes opened.
"Your Majesty, this is a quick letter from Xiao Houjun, the slave does not dare to delay, as soon as he receives the letter, he will send it quickly."
The chamberlain Xiao Hai bowed all the way into the main hall, and before Li Shimin could reach him, he had already knelt on the ground, and only the secret letter in his hand was held high above his head.
During the Sui and Tang dynasties, there was no kneeling and worshipping!
But this does not apply to slaves! Not to mention the most noble royal family in the world, even if it is in the home of a rich man in the countryside, a slave is no different from a big livestock, even if he is beaten to death by the master's family and thrown into a mass grave, the government will at most turn a blind eye and do not manage it.
So, in this case, don't think about talking nonsense about equality for all.
"This is from Xiao Hou's army?" After listening to Xiaohai's report, Li Shimin glanced at him with some surprise, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"From Xiao Hou" and "from Xiao Hou's army", don't look at the two sentences that are just two words missing, but their meanings are already completely different!
The former was written by Xiao Han himself and sent to him to know.
The latter was written by a secret agent hidden in Xiao Han's army, and was secretly reported to him through various channels.
There are the emperor's spies in Xiao Han's new fire guard, and the eldest grandson knows this, and Xiao Han also knows it!
In fact, not only in Xiao Han's army, but also in all the generals of the Tang Dynasty, there are few, or even dozens of cronies installed by the emperor, around them!
On weekdays, these people look no different from others, and they never interfere with any orders and decisions of the generals!
The only duty the emperor gave them was to inform him in secret letters when something big happened, so that he could learn the most true news at that time thousands of miles away, so that he would not be blinded and make mediocre acts.
So, as long as it is a letter from them, something big must have happened in it!
"Yes, the minion has already identified the secret seal and is sure that the matter is from the ...... sent by Xiao Houjun"
When Xiao Hai heard Li Shimin's question, his head suddenly drooped lower, but his sharp voice was still clear!
As a person who specializes in receiving secret letters, he knows the importance of these secret letters better than anyone else, so when he checks, there will be no sloppiness at all!
"Bring it on!" Li Shimin looked at Xiao Hai's cautious appearance, suddenly let go of the eldest grandson's hand, sat up straight on the chair, and a vague imperial majesty also emanated from him.
"Whoa!" Xiao Hai didn't dare to procrastinate when he heard this, so he hurriedly presented the secret letter rolled into a small volume, and then retreated back to his original position and knelt down, waiting for the emperor's next orders.
Little by little, the secret letter was opened.
The eldest grandson standing beside Li Shimin, although he tried his best not to look at the secret letter, but in the end, curiosity still overcame reason, and a pair of beautiful eyes quietly aimed towards Li Shimin's hand.
Of course, this is also because it is about Xiao Han, if it were a different person, she would never look at even a word!
The secret letter in Li Shimin's hand is not big, but there are a lot of words, and the dense fly-headed small letters are written on it, and there are no punctuation marks, which makes people's heads big when they look at it.
However, this secret letter has an advantage: it is written normally, so it does not have to be deciphered and reassembled like those classified documents, which saves a lot of effort.
"Xiao Hou won a big victory in Yangzhou City, and destroyed more than 10,000 enemies in one battle!"
The secret letter was smoothed out, but the first sentence at the beginning made the eldest grandson and Li Shimin stunned?
The two of them were not frightened by this number, but wondered why this obvious letter of merit was not written in a dignified manner on the chapter and passed down through the three provinces and six departments, but had to be passed on in the form of a secret letter?
Could it be that the spy was too idle with Xiao Han and wanted to send a secret letter to let the emperor remember that there was such a person as him?
This thought only existed in Li Shimin's mind for a moment, and then he threw it to the back of his mind: "Impossible, these people are all selected by me, and it is absolutely impossible to make such a low-level mistake!" ”
Thinking of this, Li Shimin smiled self-deprecatingly and continued to look down.
There is nothing strange in the following letter, which only describes the process of this battle, and focuses on the power of those new weapons.
Although Li Shimin is interested in these, no matter how he looks at it, he has not reached the point of using secret agents to transmit messages!
Until the last sentence of the letter, the secret agent wrote in scribbled handwriting: Xiao Hou was later held hostage by a mysterious old man, and after a long time, the old man and his accomplices died, and Xiao Hou was seriously injured!!
"Bang!"