To be honest, when he decided to return to the Tang Dynasty, Shang Guangsi began to regret it a little, especially when he saw the situation in Fuqiang, Qinzhou and other places.

However, after entering Fengxiang, I found that it was different, there was an endless stream of business travelers, and the farmers on both sides of the official road were busy, a scene of national peace and security.

Of course, it is still too early to say that the real national peace and security of the people are real, but with the restoration of Guannei Road, several feudal towns in Jingyuan and Fengxiang have been canceled, and without the war in the feudal towns, the people naturally do not have to be afraid.

Even if Tubo invaded the territory before, it did not affect the people of Fengxiang Mansion. On the contrary, due to the passing of the Western Expeditionary Army, the economy of Fengxiang Mansion has been greatly developed, and the business has prospered a lot.

Seeing this, Shang Guangsi felt a little relieved.

The closer he is to Chang'an, the more he can feel the extraordinaryness of Datang, looking at it from afar, the majestic city in the distance makes him unforgettable for the rest of his life.

Before he arrived in Chang'an, the team that came to greet the triumphant army was already waiting in Chang'an ten miles away, and Li Ye, as the emperor, personally greeted him.

Not all the armies have returned to Chang'an, Li Ye has decided to set up the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, plus the new Longyou is new, and the army needs to sit in the town, so the main forces of the Right Tiance Army and the Right Shenwu Army did not return to Chang'an, and the army that returned to Chang'an was the Army of the Right Shence Army and the Songzhou Governor's Mansion.

Shang Guangsi was shocked by the grand welcome ceremony, and he was even more surprised when he saw that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was actually a young man in his early twenties.

"It's been a long time."

Shang Guangsi thought that the welcome ceremony would have him, but he didn't mention himself from beginning to end, which made him a little disappointed, and at this moment, he heard a familiar voice.

When he saw a man wearing a green Tang official uniform and a jade ornament on his waist, he appeared in front of him. The person who came was Li Wangjie, it stands to reason that he should be equipped with silver jewelry, but he is also an earl, he can wear jade jewelry, although it looks weird, no one blames this shortcoming.

"The next Dan festival envoy?"

Seeing the person in front of him, Shang Guangsi was very surprised.

After the first war in Songzhou, he had no news of Wangjie the next day, he thought he was dead or escaped, but he didn't expect to take refuge in the Tang people.

"Shang Tingshi, I'm surprised. After the official belonged to the imperial court in Songzhou, he returned to the imperial court, and was favored by His Majesty. By the way, the official has changed his name to Li Wangjie. Li Wangjie said quite smugly.

"I really didn't expect it." Shang Guangsi was stunned, not knowing what to say.

"Haha, let's go, today is the day of His Majesty's triumphant army, it has nothing to do with you, your business is tomorrow.

Have a good rest today, and in the evening the official will tell you some precautions, and tomorrow you will bring the household registration and map of Taozhou to your majesty in front of the ministers in the court, and your majesty will definitely not treat you badly at that time.

It's just that I didn't expect that we met in the same army at the beginning, and now we are still officials in the same dynasty! ”

Saying that, Li Wangjie put his arm around Shang Guangsi's shoulders and strode over, which made Sima Langzhong on the side a little anxious, what is this, let you entertain these people well, why do you just hug them and leave.

And Shang Guangsi was also like a marionette, held by Li Wangjie.

When the two of them drove to the Jinguang Gate of Chang'an City, they were really located under this majestic city, and they could feel that this city was unusual.

Compared to this, his Taozhou City is simply a small village, and there is no comparison at all.

Although there are traces of dilapidation in some places on the walls of Chang'an City, it is only because the imperial treasury has no money and has not been repaired, but there is no such situation at the city gate.

The Chengxiang area outside Chang'an City is actually very prosperous, but when you enter Chang'an City, you find that the two are not the same thing at all.

Seeing the prosperity in Chang'an City, he was like a countryman entering the city, and he felt fresh and curious when he saw everything, while Li Wangjie on the side was very satisfied, what he wanted was this effect, he didn't believe that he saw the prosperity of Chang'an City, and he wanted to go back to the broken place in Taozhou.

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For today's welcoming ceremony, Princess Changning originally wanted to go in person, but it was not suitable, so she didn't go, just waited in the princess's mansion, and then sent someone to inquire about the situation.

Due to the cumbersome ceremony and some things that needed to be reported, it was already afternoon when Liu Kui returned to the princess's mansion, but when he saw Liu Kui and his party coming from afar, the people waiting outside the princess's mansion shouted loudly.

"Your Highness, the colt is back."

Princess Changning in the mansion was already restless today, and when she heard this, she couldn't hold back the excitement in her heart, and immediately got up and walked out with a group of maids.

When he arrived outside the mansion, he saw that the horse Liu Kui had sped up, and when he came to the mansion, he turned over and dismounted, handed over the reins to the servants who met him, and did not give them to the soldiers around him.

Seeing the soldiers who had been fighting outside for more than half a year like himself, Liu Kui said with a smile, "Give you two days off and go back to reunite with your family, the princess's mansion is very safe, you don't have to be here." ”

Although Li Ye has a very strict control over the private armed forces of the ministers below, it is impossible to completely ban them. Just like the Princess's Mansion, in addition to the personal soldiers of the Right God Army, there are also their own guards, but these guards cannot be equipped with armor, nor can they be equipped with strong crossbows, they can only be equipped with ordinary swords, and there is a limit in number.

Although these hundred and ten guards are a little thin for the huge princess mansion, no one will eat too much and come to the princess mansion of Changning to make trouble.

There are His Majesty's sisters and one of His Majesty's most trusted generals of the forbidden army, and I believe that no one will be so stupid.

After driving away those pro-soldiers, Liu Kui saw Princess Changning with her eyes as soon as he turned around, and both of them were obviously stunned.

Liu Kui's face is obviously darker, and his skin has deteriorated, but the whole person is more resolute and less immature. Liu Kui, who is usually very serious in the army, saw the person in front of him, and his seriousness had already turned into tenderness.

"See the Temple..."

Before Liu Kui finished speaking, Princess Changning's hand pressed his lips, touched the rough face, and muttered, "Donkey, you are thin and dark!" ”

Liu Kui, who was a little touched, held Princess Changning's hands and said with a smile, "Your Highness doesn't have to be like this, I'm going to war, it's nothing." ”

Just when no one was scattering dog food next to the two, a team of people and horses came from the direction of the palace, and the maid next to them saw it and hurriedly interrupted the two people who were scattering dog food, "Your Highness, donkey, Gonggong Zhang beside Your Majesty has arrived." ”

The person who came was naturally Zhang Cheng, as Zhang Wei's righteous son, Zhang Cheng can be said to be deeply valued by His Majesty, although he was just an ordinary chamberlain, but there was a precedent of eunuch dictatorship for more than 100 years before, and no one dared to snub Zhang Cheng.

Liu Kui and his wife separated, and Zhang Cheng also came to the two of them, as soon as they arrived in front of the two, Zhang Chengcheng said with a smile, "Congratulations to Your Highness!" Congratulations! ”

Looking at the convoy behind Zhang Cheng, Princess Changning couldn't help asking, "Grandpa Zhang, is this a reward from His Majesty?" ”

Zhang Cheng nodded, did not deny it, and then read out the holy decree, "The horse went out this time and made great contributions, in addition to the title, these treasures were given." ”

Li Ye's handwriting is not small, there are 5,000 pieces of money and 2,000 horses of silk, of course, this is all trivial. In addition, a newly opened ranch in Fengxian County was also rewarded to Liu Kui, and 1,500 acres of fields near the ranch were also rewarded to Liu Kui.

This ranch was originally a newly opened lower grazing by the imperial court, and there were about 1,000 horses, of which there were only a few hundred war horses, most of which were horses.

In the Tang Dynasty, the marquis's land was 1,400 acres, and this pasture was worth more than these 1,500 acres of land.

In the Tang Dynasty, the land around Chang'an was rewarded to these meritorious people, and now the land is barren, and the population is sparse, no one cultivates, and there is no shortage of fields.

On the contrary, this ranch is valuable, at this time an ordinary horse is worth 30 to 40 yuan, a slightly better one, can be used as a war horse, there must be more than 50 yuan, if it is a rare horse, more than 100 yuan.

It can be said that the horses in this ranch are worth tens of thousands of yuan, and as long as the Princess Mansion of Changning is well managed, you can also get a lot of income a year.

The reason why Li Ye is so generous, in addition to being ashamed, is also because Datang is not so desperate for war horses at this time.

With the pacification of Longyou, Hezhou and Taozhou are very suitable for raising war horses, although the conditions are not as good as Songzhou, but they are more suitable than the Guanzhong area. The imperial court had decided to open larger pastures in the two newly incorporated states to provide the imperial court with war horses. Moreover, the passage with Hexi is opened, and the imperial court can also obtain war horses from the Guiyi army, so in a few years, the war horses of the imperial court will not be so nervous.

The imperial court did not attach so much importance to the small pastures in Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and deliberately dealt with those meritorious families or merchants, which could also reduce the pressure on the imperial court.

Seeing that Li Ye asked people to send so many rewards, Liu Kui was a little surprised, but Princess Changning told the cause and effect again. After listening to this, Liu Kui didn't say anything, and His Majesty also did a good job, giving him a knighthood and rewarding him with so much money.

Perhaps it was Liu Kui's return that made Princess Changning very happy, anyway, His Majesty had just sent a lot of money, so she instructed the steward beside her, "Give the people in the palace a month's worth of money each." ”

That night, Liu Kui and other meritorious people had a good night's sleep, and then got up very early the next day, because the next day was the main event.

Yesterday was just a triumphant return for them, and today is a reward for meritorious deeds.

And for the reward, many generals are looking forward to it.

Because they have heard some rumors, the imperial court is going to re-establish the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate in Longyou, which is good news for these generals, which means that there will be many vacancies.

You must know that except for a few states under the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, the other states are temporarily states with integrated military and political affairs, which means that the assassin holds the military and political power of a state.

This does not seem to be in line with Li Ye's policy of separating the military from the government, but because the Longyou region has recently been recovered, it cannot be managed by the model of Guannei Province and Shannan West Road.

The previous Longyou belonged to the Longyou Dao, not the Anxi Protectorate. The reason why Li Ye set up the Anxi Protectorate in Longyou was to use it as a transition, and when the law and order in the jurisdiction was stable, it would be changed to an ordinary state.

Moreover, the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate is not static, according to Li Ye's plan, that is, the Anxi Protectorate will eventually be established in the Western Regions. It's just that due to the fact that reality does not allow it, we can only advance to the west step by step!

I believe that one day, the Anxi Protectorate will be able to restore the strength of the Tang Dynasty at that time, and shock Central Asia and West Asia!

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