After returning to Chang'an, Li Shimin fell ill, he did not eat or drink, became more and more emaciated, and the ministers were very anxious, and they also knelt down in front of the sickbed day and night to beg Li Shimin to take food and medicine, and cheer up for the sake of the Tang Dynasty.

The entire Tang Dynasty was plunged into a cloud of gloom.

In the royal gardens of the Angel King's Palace, the white houses, the green lawns, the clear water, the flowers that exude the fragrance of flowers, the evergreen trees in all seasons, the fresh air, the birds and the fragrance of flowers, a charming scenery.

Xia Xue was pacing in the garden with a frown, she had been pacing here for most of the day. Because I received an urgent letter from the eldest grandson Wuji's brother in the morning: "Sister Xue, please save Li Shimin, please save Datang, please save the people of Datang." The person who sent the urgent mail described to Xia Xue the current crisis in the Tang Dynasty, and now the emperor Li Shimin has not eaten or worked, it has been three days, and then under the strong plea of the eldest grandson Wuji, he barely drank a little gruel every day, and he was already very haggard and weak, and if he continued like this, his life would be in danger. Due to the emperor's resignation, many major matters in the entire Tang Dynasty were undecided and fell into chaos. The Turks in the north, Goguryeo in the northeast, Tuyuhun in the northwest, and Tubo in the west were all staring at the Tang Dynasty, preparing to take advantage of the chaos to invade. Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, insisted on resigning as emperor, marrying into the Southern Angel Kingdom, and being with Xia Xue. His throne was given to the more virtuous, his younger brother, Li Yuanming, the eighteenth son of Tang Gaozu.

But the ministers know that Li Yuanming, the king of Shu, is too far away from Li Shimin in terms of prestige and talent, and he is simply unable to suppress many rebels who surrendered.

Therefore, the eldest grandson Wuji anxiously asked Xia Xue to save Li Shimin, save Datang, and save the people of Datang no matter what.

Xia Xue has been pacing in the garden for I don't know how many laps, and she likes to come to the royal garden to pacing quietly when she thinks about problems, but today's urgent letter is too tricky for her. "What should I do? If I sit idly by, then the northern part of Huaxia will fall into a war and chaos again, all the efforts made by Li Shimin for it will be wiped out, and the people will fall into misery again, and I will not become a sinner for the ages! ”

What's more, Li Shimin is the best man in ancient mankind, the most heroic hero in the world, and he likes him very much, Li Shimin can give up the country and throne that many people dream of for himself, and what man can do this true love? When such a shocking love is placed in front of you, should you have the courage to accept it or find an excuse to escape? ……

Xia Xue also heard a small episode, the ancients married very much to the birth of the eight characters, the five elements of the Xiang Nayin, etc., pay attention to the traditional culture of Liuhe, Sanhe, Xiangchong, Sanxing, Sanxing, and other harms, of course, what is the Xiang, Bazi, Wuxing, etc., these are just a kind of Hua Xia traditional superstitious culture, just like the Western constellation culture, is an ancient traditional superstitious custom, in order to emphasize auspiciousness.

Of course, Xia Xue from the future era does not believe in these ignorant and scientific things at all.

And the birthdays of the future era are all used in the solar calendar, and the ancient Xia is still not very accurate lunar calendar, Xia Xue can not say her real birthday in the future era, so she has to according to her age, according to the ancient lunar calendar to make up a birthday eight characters, according to the Tang Taishi Ling Shang Daoling and other proficient in the eight characters and five planets elephant divination of some old ministers Xia Xue's birthday and Li Shimin's one, turned out to be the most inferior marriage match, Taishi Shang Daoling and other old ministers were shocked, So to the Emperor Li Yuan and Emperor Li Shimin feedback this bad information, you must know that the ancients were very superstitious, and attached great importance to the marriage of the eight characters, although the Emperor Li Yuan hesitated, but Li Shimin's attitude was very resolute and decisive: "No matter how bad the eight characters and five elements are, I will also love and marry the eldest grandson girl!" - I am not the eldest grandson girl in this life, I will not marry anyone! Taishi Ling Shang Daoling and other old ministers and Emperor Taishang Li Yuan saw that Emperor Li Shimin was so decisive, so they had no choice but to give up.

Xia Xue was very moved when she heard this little episode, she knew that Li Shimin really loved her.

The warm scenes with Li Shimin in the past kept playing back in Xia Xue's mind like a movie.

"I should cherish this rare love, and I should be brave enough to accept it!" At dusk, Xia Xue finally gritted her teeth and made a final decision, she told the messenger: "Please tell the Tang Emperor Li Shimin and my brother eldest grandson Wuji, just say that my eldest grandson Xue is willing to marry to the Tang Dynasty and be Li Shimin's Empress of the Tang Dynasty." The Angel Kingdom will also be incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty. When the messenger heard the shouts, he was so overjoyed that he almost fainted.

"However, I still have a few conditions, first, after the integration of the Angel Kingdom into Datang, it will be used as a special economic zone, and will not be subject to the existing laws of Datang within 50 years, but will continue to implement the original basic national policy of the Angel Kingdom of heavy science and technology, heavy marine strategy, heavy industry and commerce, heavy agriculture, and heavy education, and cancel all cruel criminal laws, protection of private property, equality before the law, equality between men and women, women can go out to work, and the military service system combining the main army and the auxiliary army.

Second, in the future, Datang should refer to the advanced places of the Angel Kingdom to carry out reforms, and cannot always be conservative, stubborn and conservative, and do not think about change.

Third, the marriage custom of my marriage to the Tang Dynasty should be implemented in our hometown: monogamy, that is, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty can only have one wife in the future, and he cannot engage in the three palaces and six courtyards in the past.

These three conditions are indispensable! The Tang envoy nodded again and again, and hurried back to Chang'an to report.

In the Chang'an Palace of the Tang Dynasty, the ministers were fiercely discussing the three conditions of the Queen of the Angel Kingdom, although many of them conservatives disagreed, but there was no way, because these three conditions were tens of thousands of times better than Li Shimin's passive strike or resignation from the throne, and finally everyone agreed and agreed with these three opinions. And showed the reply and conditions of the queen of the angel country to Emperor Li Shimin to see, so that he could make a final decision.

The haggard and weak Li Shimin weakly picked up the reply letter from the Queen of the Angel Kingdom presented by the eldest grandson Wuji, only glanced at it, suddenly his eyes lit up, he sat up, and while reading the reply carefully, he shouted loudly and happily: "I want to eat, quickly serve me rice." Also, hurry up and get me pen and ink. ”

After the lower official presented the pen and ink, Li Shimin immediately waved his pen and wrote, only to see eight vigorous characters appear on the yellow silk: "Thank you Xue'er, all agree!" The inscription reads: Li Shimin. Then stamp the big seal of the Tang Dynasty jade seal, and let the messenger hurry up and hand it over to the queen of the angel country.

Li Shimin suddenly seemed to have a new life, excited and happy, he hummed the tune of "Iron Blood Pill Heart", hurriedly finished his meal, drank some fish soup, and then went straight to the palace, quickly approved the major performances that had been backlogged for many days, and then announced to the world: "The Tang Emperor is going to marry the queen, and the queen is the queen of the angel country!" ”

Suddenly, the Tang Dynasty was boiling, and the whole country was carnivaling, and they were in full swing to prepare to welcome this super beautiful and super capable queen of the angel country.

"I heard that the angel kingdom in the south is very wealthy, the common people have a house to live in, food to eat, clothes to wear, and the children go to school for free, and the people in the city do not use oil lamps and candles for lighting, but are not afraid of the wind, rain and brighter 'electric lights'; many women's mirrors for dressing are not blurred copper mirrors, but more crystal clear glass mirrors; large farms do not use oxen to plough the land, but "iron oxen" with greater strength; Many of the great ships were made of steel, and they could run fast on the seas without sails; Now the Angel Kingdom is going to marry the Queen of the Angel Kingdom to the Tang Dynasty, and in the future, the people of the Tang Dynasty will follow and enjoy the blessings, and we will have enough food to eat and cotton clothes to wear in the future. The people of Datang were elated, eagerly looking forward to the Queen of the Angel Kingdom marrying Datang as soon as possible.

Just when Li Shimin was overjoyed and preparing to marry the queen of the Angel Kingdom, Changsun Xue, suddenly an urgent report came from the border pass. The Turkic Jieli Khan led 200,000 Turkic cavalry and horses, all the way south, like a bamboo, burning, killing and looting, and went straight to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the situation was urgent.

For a while, there was an uproar in the Tang Dynasty, and the atmosphere fell from the festive peak of welcoming relatives to the panic of the country.

The Turks have always been Li Shimin's confidants, the biggest threat to Datang's national security, and a sword of Damocles hanging over Datang's head, which makes Li Shimin often feel cold in his back and in the back of his heart.

The Turkic ancestors originated from Ding Ling and Tiele. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Tiele originally lived in the upper reaches of the Yenisei River, and later moved south to Beishan (Bogdo Mountain, Xinjiang) in Gaochang. The Turks are a part of Tiele, with wolves as totems. In the middle of the 5th century, it was conquered by Rouran and migrated to the southern foot of the Golden Mountain (Altai Mountains). Because Jinshan resembles a war helmet, it is commonly known as the Turks, and because of its tribe. Yishan wrought iron is called "forging slave" by Rouran. In the 6th century, the Turkic tribes were nomadic in the Jinshan (Altai Mountains) and initially annexed to Rouran. During the Western Wei Dynasty, the first territory defeated Tiele, broke Rouran, established a political power, reached the Great Khing'an Mountains in the east, reached the West Sea (Aral Sea) in the west, crossed Lake Baikal in the north, and connected the Amu Central Plains in the south, establishing a powerful Turkic Khanate.

When Li Yuan and Li Shimin's father and son raised troops, the Turkic army dui took the opportunity to attack Jinyang and plundered it on a large scale. The Turkic attack made Li Yuan and Li Shimin's father and son realize that the Turks were not only a terrible force, but also a worry about their struggle for the world, and if they did not have good relations with the Turks, their newly formed forces would be wiped out. In order to eliminate the Turkic threat, Li Yuan consulted with his confidant Liu Wenjing, and Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, personally wrote a humble letter to the Turkic State Shibi Khan, and promised to "pay tribute" to the letter, and brought a generous gift, and sent Liu Wenjing to the Turks for negotiations.

When Liu Wenjing arrived in Turkic, Shibi Khan asked: "Tang Gong started an incident, what do you want to do now?" Liu Wenjing replied: "The emperor abolished the tomb and passed on the throne, causing trouble." The relatives of the Tang Principality couldn't bear to sit and watch the success or failure, so the Tang Dynasty. The army wants to depose those who do not stand up. He is willing to enter the Beijing division with the Khan's soldiers and horses, the land of the people into the Tang Dynasty, and the wealth and gold treasure into the Turks. When Shibi Khan heard the great joy, he immediately sent the general Kang Sheli to lead 2,000 cavalry, followed Liu Wenjing to Jinyang, and presented 1,000 horses to express friendship.

Liu Wenjing sent an envoy to the Turks this time, adhering to Li Yuan's intentions, grasping the weakness of the Turkic Shibi Khan's greed for money and profit, and promising to belong to him after capturing the capital of Chang'an, and it was in the hands of the Shibi Khan.

As Li Yuan's power grew, so did the appetite of the Turks. Shibi Khan often looked for various excuses to ask Li Yuan to pay tribute. and Tang Gaozu Li Yuan ascended the throne, and the rewards before and after were invincible. At the beginning of the Khan, he relied on his merits and became arrogant; Every time an envoy is sent to Chang'an, there are quite a lot of rampage. Tang Gaozu Li Yuan is undecided in the Central Plains, and every one is preferential.

Because the strength of the Tang Dynasty was inferior to that of the Turks, they had to satisfy the greed of the other party, and they did not dare to disobey the various unreasonable demands of the Turks.

After the death of Shibi Khan, in order to express his condolences, Li Yuan mourned for it, abolished the dynasty for three days, and sent hundreds of officials to his messenger to mourn.

Li Yuan, Li Shimin, father and son realized that because the Tang Dynasty was still inferior to the Turks in terms of strength, they could only stabilize the Turks, endure their anger, and have a good relationship with the new Turkic Khan Chuluo.

After the Tang Dynasty unified the country, the Turks saw that it was impossible to extort money from the separatists as before, so they took advantage of the fact that the Tang Dynasty was not very strong to invade the interior and plunder the population and wealth for many years.

The Turkic Jieli Khan once personally led an army of 150,000 to invade Bingzhou, and captured more than 5,000 men and women; He also led more than 100,000 cavalry to raid Shuozhou and attack Jinyang.

This time when Li Shimin just ascended the throne, the Turkic Jieli Khan led 200,000 troops to the Tang capital Chang'an City, when Li Shimin received the battle situation, the Turkic Jieli Khan's army had arrived in the north of Weishui Bridge, only 40 miles away from Chang'an City, and the Beijing division was shaken.

Li Shimin was furious, and discussed countermeasures with his ministers, and the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other strategists proposed to set up suspicious troops in Chang'an to deter the Turkic army.

Li Shimin then acted according to the plan, and personally led his subordinates and soldiers to talk to the Turkic Jieli Khan across the Weishui.

Jieli Khan came to the edge of Weishui and saw Tang. The army was majestic, the flag was fluttering, and it seemed that there were at least 150,000 troops. In fact, there are only more than 80,000 horses in Chang'an City, and 80% of them are infantry. The 150,000 army was just a suspicious soldier arranged by Li Shimin, so that many people in Chang'an fought against Tang. The military flag, mixed behind the real Tang Dynasty army, pretended to be Tang. Number of troops.

Turkic Jieli Khan, see Don. There were a large number of soldiers, and they knew that Li Shimin was good at leading troops to fight, so he secretly negotiated peace with Li Shimin on the Weishui Bridge.

Li Shimin was forced by the situation, so he had to listen to the opinions of the ministers, temporarily forbear, promised Turkic gold and silk property, and said that all the property he looted along the way belonged to him.

Li Shimin said to the Turkic Jieli Khan that if the Turkic Jieli Khan continued to attack Chang'an City, then he had no choice but to lead the Tang Dynasty. The army fought with it to the end, and the fish died and the net was broken.

The Turkic Jieli Khan thought about it again and again, and felt that instead of fighting with Li Shimin and killing 10,000 enemies and losing 8,000 themselves, it was better to get a large amount of gold and silver property for nothing without spending a single soldier, so in the end, after taking a large amount of gold and silver property given by the Tang Dynasty, he led the troops back with satisfaction.

Li Shimin looked at the Turkic army that had left with great strength, he was furious, and he felt a deep shame in his heart, but the strength of the Tang State was not as good as that of the Turks, so he could only endure it temporarily.