Chapter 188: Blood Is Thicker Than Water

"Don't cry... Don't cry...! ”

Li Zhan heard Li Lizhen's mournful crying, and his heart also felt a slight pain, after all, it was his own sister, and the power of bloodline was really wonderful, even if he hadn't seen it for a day, Li Zhan's heart felt very painful.

patted Li Lizhi's back slightly, and Li Zhan comforted him softly.

And immediately after, Li Zhan heard the reason for Li Lizhen's crying.

"Big brother... Do you know... The queen mother blames herself almost every night because of your affairs, if the queen mother is not still with us, and the father is with her, I think our queen mother may have gone crazy because she thinks about you.

I still remember when I was a child, when I slept with my mother, my mother would wake up at night when she slept until night, and the reason for waking up was that I missed you.

Once the queen mother dreamed that you were killed in a dream, and when she woke up, the queen mother wailed and cried, constantly blaming herself, and even beating herself.

Fortunately, my father came that night, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Eldest brother... You obviously know your identity, why don't you want to go back, are you because you hate your mother, you don't want your mother to live in a nightmare for the rest of your life, please big brother, you just go back with us, okay, the queen mother needs you, we need you! After speaking, Li Lizhi hugged Li Zhan tightly and cried loudly.

Li Chengqian's eyes on the side were also red, he looked at Li Zhan and said, "Big brother... Sister Changle is right, we need you, the queen mother needs you even more, go back with us, I know what you are embarrassed about, eldest brother, I still say the same thing, as long as the eldest brother is willing to go back, I...! ”

Before Li Chengqian's words were finished, Li Zhan snorted lightly: "Shut up...!" ”

Li Chengqian hurriedly stopped talking, and at this time, Li Zhan gently stroked his sister's hair and said, "Changle, it's not that the eldest brother doesn't want to go back, but the eldest brother can't go back for the time being."

The first time I heard about the queen mother, I didn't expect the queen mother to be so painful because of me, in fact, I have heard people say that my loss is not the fault of the queen mother, so I didn't hate the queen mother.

I don't go back because Datang, you may not understand what I told you, but your eldest brother and I have to do this, Datang can't let me go back, and the queen mother will rely on you to enlighten me a lot.

One day, Datang is quiet, and that's when I go back. ”

"Big brother..."

After Li Zhan finished speaking, Li Liqian cried even more fiercely, and Li Chengqian also knelt down, and then hugged Li Zhan and cried.

Someone here will definitely ask, Datang is not quiet now, Zhenguan is prosperous... Guotai Min'an is the best era, but in fact, it is really not, before Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty began to fight.

Who was the first to hit?

Everyone should know that in August of the ninth year of Wude, due to the Xuanwumen change in the Tang Dynasty, the political situation was unstable, and the Eastern Turks waited for an opportunity to invade and attacked Jingyang, which was only 40 miles away from the capital Chang'an, and the Beijing division was shaken.

At this time, the number of troops in Chang'an was only tens of thousands, and Li Shimin, who had just ascended the throne, set up a suspicious plan, and personally led Gao Shilian, Fang Xuanling and other 6 horsemen to talk to Jieli Khan across the Weishui River, and angrily reprimanded Jieli and Tuli two Khans for breaking the contract.

You said that Jieli Khan has fought here, and he will leave because of Li Shimin's suspicious tactics?

The answer is definitely impossible, why did he leave, it was because Li Shimin deceived the other party with his property in the treasury, and later sent the Tang army to block the Turkic return road and rob the property back.

This approach is very unauthentic, at this time, Li Shimin and the Turks are mortal enemies, they are both mortal enemies, then there is a war behind it, nothing else, who knows that after the Turks are defeated, there will be Xue Yantuo behind... Xue Yantuo was originally one of the Tiele tribes, which was formed by the merger of Xue and Yantuo. Initially, in the Tula River valley of Mobei, he was engaged in nomadic herding and belonged to the Turks.

After the fall of the Eastern Turks, Xue Yantuo's True Pearl Khan Yinan took over the homeland of the Eastern Turks. Xue Yantuo was superficially subservient to the Tang Dynasty, but secretly expanded his power. In 639, Li Shimin attempted to restore the Eastern Turks, and established the Libi Khan Ashnasimo to counter the rise of Xue Yantuo, who fought several wars with them in order to avoid gaining a foothold in the newly restored Eastern Turks.

This is going to fight again, beating Xue Yantuo and Tuyuhun... Wiped out Tuyuhun and Tubo... In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Songtsen Gampo sent envoys to Chang'an to communicate with the Tang Dynasty. After that, Tang Taizong sent an envoy to Tubo for a return visit. In 636, Songtsen Gampo sent an envoy to Chang'an to propose marriage, but Li Shimin did not allow it. In 638 A.D., Songtsen Gampo personally led a large army to defeat Tuyuhun under the pretext of Tuyuhun as a hindrance, and marched to Songzhou, where the Tang Dynasty was a minority of ethnic minorities. Han Wei led light cavalry to reconnoiter the Tubo army, but was defeated.

Tubo is a later story, but the tide of history is forward, and it will definitely be encountered, in addition to Tubo, there are also the countries of the Western Regions, Gaochang, Qiuzi, Yanqi, Khotan, and Shule.

Finally, there is Goguryeo... These are all wars that took place during the reign of Li Shimin during the Zhenguan period, and you say that the current Tang Dynasty is stable or unstable.

After years of using troops, Datang's finances are almost all in deficit, basically because Datang's internal affairs are very good, and there are no internal waves, so it will always be stable, which is why Li Zhan does not dare to let Datang have internal waves.

is worried that if there is an internal problem, Datang will become turbulent, and this external use of troops just can't be distracted.

This is the reason why Li Zhan can't go back, and it's also the reason why Li Shimin is unwilling to let Li Zhan go back, Datang can't stand the turmoil, and if Li Zhan wants to go back, he must have an excellent opportunity.

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After crying, Li Zhan still told Li Lizhen not to tell Empress Changsun about his identity for the time being, but Li Zhan also had a lot of complicated emotions towards Empress Changsun at this time.

Especially when I heard Li Lizhi say that the eldest grandson wanted to die because of her self-blame.

Mother and son are connected, no matter what Li Zhan's identity is, but his body has always been born by Empress Changsun, and the feeling of blood connection makes Li Zhan feel empathy when he hears Empress Changsun because of his own responsibility.

"Changle...!"

"Big brother...!"

Li Lizhi obediently leaned on Li Zhan's arms, enjoying Li Zhan's brother's chest, and Li Chengqian's eyes were red while standing on the side, he was also sad.

"Remember the words of the eldest brother... You have to hide it from the queen mother, you know? ”

"Yes...!" Li Lizhi leaned on Li Zhan's chest like this.

In the past, Li Zhan didn't believe in the power of bloodline, and Li Zhan had also heard some news about "blood power" before. For example, some mothers, in order to protect their children, can lift a truck with their bare hands; Some mothers catch children falling from the stairs at a speed of 10 meters per second, and this speed is close to that of world sprint champion Usain Bolt; There are also mothers, for the sake of their daughters, who are not afraid of fierce tigers, although the ending is unfortunate, but this courage comes from "blood".

But Li Zhan listened to it as news, today, Li Zhan really felt the power of blood, obviously Li Zhan and Li Lizhen had never met once.

But Li Zhan didn't know why, he had a feeling of cordiality when he saw Li Liqian, this feeling arose naturally, without a little estrangement, as if they had been together for many years.

This should be what we often say about blood is thicker than water.

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