Chapter 385: New Year's Chores

was inadvertently involved in the incident of Ashina's association and rebellion, Zhang Yunwen was also quite unhappy, and then, in the main hall, Li Tai attacked himself again, so when Zhang Yunwen followed Li Shimin's hall, he was still a little unhappy in his heart.

When I came to Chengtian Gate, I saw several palace guards cleaning the scene. They dragged the corpses together, and as they dragged them, the blood-red traces of the Dao snaking across the snow-white snow were particularly eye-catching.

Seeing these corpses, Li Chengqian and Li Tai couldn't help but show an unnatural look on their faces.

Li Shimin's arrival made these soldiers who were cleaning up the scene can't help but put down their work and salute Li Shimin in unison. Li Shimin waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to, walked to the pile of corpses, his eyes moved slowly, and finally landed on the corpse of the Ashina Association.

Sighing slightly, Li Shimin turned his head and laughed softly: "Good knife technique, one knife cuts the throat, one blow kills, I don't know who killed this fang?" ”

Zhang Yunwen took a step forward, hugged his fists and said: "It is Wei Chen's personal soldiers, Yang Shi, who is now the deputy lieutenant of Zhaowu, and Song Pu, who is now the lieutenant of Zhaowu, attacked him together, and killed this fang within two moves!" ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin slowly walked towards the gate of Chengtian, and everyone hurriedly followed, "I don't know where these two people are now?" Such a warrior, I would like to see it! ”

After Zhang Yunwen entered the palace, Yang Shi and Song Pu were warmly invited to a room behind the city gate by the soldiers guarding the city gate, and they were drinking with several guards. Hearing that Li Shimin had come to Chengtianmen, these people hurriedly ran out, mixed in the crowd, and protected Li Shimin and the others from a distance of nearly a zhang.

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Zhang Yunwen looked around, and suddenly saw the two people in the crowd, and hurriedly beckoned the two to come out to greet him.

As soon as Li Shimin saw the two, he couldn't help but admire. As soon as the two of them stood there, a fierce aura emanated, which made Li Shimin, who had been in the military camp all year round, his eyes light up: "Sure enough, it's a warrior!" Song Waterfall Yang Shi, the two of you come forward to listen and appreciate! ”

The two hurriedly stepped forward and half-knelt in front of Li Shimin.

"The two of you have been instrumental in guarding the King of Jin and quelling the rebellion, and Yang Shi has been promoted to Zhaowu Lieutenant and Yang Shi to guerrilla general. 100 taels of gold each! ”

The two of them were immediately overjoyed and thanked them: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!" ”

"Well, where do you two live?" Li Shimin asked again.

"I'm waiting for the training instructor in the reconnaissance battalion recruit training camp now!"

Li Shimin nodded: "This is also the best use of people!" Alright, you two stand down! ”

After the two retreated, Li Shimin turned around and walked towards the palace. Back at the Chengtian Gate, Zhang Yunwen hugged his fists to Li Shimin and said: "Since Your Majesty has nothing to do with Weichen, Weichen will leave first!" ”

Li Shimin said: "Slow, Yunwen, I have two words for you!" Uh, Prince. King Wei and King Jin, go back to the palace first! ”

The three of them glanced at Zhang Yunwen at the same time, each with a different meaning in their eyes. Li Tai and Li Chengqian were surprised, but Li Zhi's eyes were worried.

After the three of them left, Li Shimin said softly: "Yunwen, have you offended King Wei somewhere, King Wei has a deep prejudice against you!" ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled bitterly: "Weichen doesn't know where he offended King Wei, I think it's a civil and military discord!" His Royal Highness the King of Wei loves literature, while Weichen is a military general, who is only proficient in military affairs! Therefore, the king of Wei may have a prejudice against Weichen! ”

Li Shimin sighed lightly: "Okay, Yunwen, I will share the matter of King Wei with him." Also, does Yunwen remember what I told you back then? ”

Zhang Yunwen nodded: "Well, the lake seems to be calm, but in fact, the undercurrent below is turbulent, so it's better to stand on the shore!" ”

"Since you remember, you have to do it in normal times!" Li Shimin said with deep meaning.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen will be upright and impartial!"

"Hehe, that's fine!"

After saying a few more words to Zhang Yunwen, Li Shimin walked back to the palace with Shi Shiran.

Zhang Yunwen stood behind and waved at Li Shimin's figure: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" ”

Ashina's rebellion caused a lot of vibration in the court. Those tribal leaders who joined the Tang Dynasty wrote letters one after another, expressing their condemnation of the Ashina Association and their loyalty to the Tang Dynasty. After Li Shimin received these recitals, he also sent people to give generous gifts to these leaders and express his condolences.

As for Naga Luohu and the other Turkic Han people, they were quickly arrested when the city gates were blocked on all sides and the Jinwuwei were all dispatched. Finally, when discussing the punishment of these people, Li Shimin remembered that this He Luohu was the only son of Tuli, and did not behead the public, but exiled him to Lingnan. As for the rest of the Turkic Hans, there was no one left, and all of them were headed.

With the arrival of the New Year, the princes who stayed outside gradually returned to Chang'an. Chang'an City is still full of chickens and dogs, and Jin Wuwei is so busy that he is anxious.

However, among these arriving princes, there was no figure of Li Ke, the king of Wu.

Zhang Yunwen was curious, this Li Ke has to run back to Chang'an at the end of every year, and he won't leave if he doesn't stay in Chang'an for three months. Now I haven't come to Chang'an, but it's a little curious. asked Li Zhiyi, and then I knew that Li Ke had committed a crime.

At the beginning of the lunar month, this guy actually gambled with the son of the nursing mother on the night of worshiping his ancestors, and was choked by the official of Zongzheng Temple who came from Chang'an to supervise Li Ke's worship of his ancestors. So the official of Zongzheng Temple angrily wrote a letter and sued Li Ke.

In order to appease the anger of Zongzheng Temple, and Li Ke is indeed a lesson, Li Shimin ordered Li Ke to be removed from the post of governor of Anzhou, and ordered him not to enter Chang'an this year.

Therefore, Li Ke's figure has not appeared in Chang'an until now.

Hearing the news, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but smile slightly, this Li Ke's courage is really big enough!

On the New Year's Day, Zhang Yunwen took his wife and children, and the family visited each other for the New Year. It's a pity that Su Dingfang, who is far away in the Western Regions, is not in Chang'an, and Zhang Yunwen just wants to go to pay New Year's greetings, but he can't do it. I had to ask someone to send a generous gift to Su Dingfang, who was blowing wind and snow in Gaochang.

On the way home, when I passed by the East Palace, I saw two carriages full of goods parked outside the Changlin Gate, and the guards of the East Palace were busy moving things from the carriages. As soon as he saw this posture, Zhang Yunwen knew that this was a gift from Li Yuanchang, the king of Han, to Li Chengqian.

Among the princes, only Li Yuanchang was the most favored by Li Chengqian, and the relationship between the two was the closest. However, most of the things that Li Yuanchang gave to Li Chengqian were profane things for appreciation, which could be used to make Li Chengqian happy, but they were not practical at all.

It is precisely because of Li Yuanchang's behavior that Li Chengqian is even more indulged in fun. It can be said that Li Chengqian went from being smart and studious at the beginning, to indulging in fun and leisurely traveling, and Li Yuanchang had to bear a great responsibility.

In the New Year, when Li Shimin gave a banquet, Zhang Yunwen saw the lord of Gaochang Guo Ji Zhisheng. Li Shimin did not kill him, but only imprisoned him and Gaochang's ministers in Chang'an, and as for the restoration of the country, he did not mention it at all.

On the contrary, those civil servants, such as Wei Zheng, Gao Shilian, Xiao Yu and others, put forward a proposal for Xu Gaochang to restore the country, but this suggestion was not agreed to by Li Shimin. Li Shimin instead expressed his views in private. He said that Gaochang is a key place, according to the place of victory, the mountains and rivers, and the importance of its strategic location cannot be abandoned by the Tang Dynasty.

Such statements made Koji Zhisheng and other Gaochang people very disappointed. There was no hope of recovering the country, so he began to indulge in the prosperity of Chang'anfei.

Then, Li Shimin proposed to divide Gaochang into three prefectures: Xizhou, Tingzhou, and Yizhou, and set up the Anxi Protectorate in Jiaohe, and sent troops to garrison here.

After hearing this, the Italian-Chinese military generals led by Li Jing fully supported it, while the civil officials led by Wei Zheng strongly opposed it.

Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty first ascended the throne, Wentai and his wife first came to the court, and then they were a little arrogant, and destroyed our mission, so the king added it." If the sin stops Wentai, it is advisable to appease its people, save its society, and restore its son, then Weide will be in the wilderness, and all four will be satisfied. Now if the land is considered to be a state and county, then it is often necessary for more than 1,000 people to guard, a few years of change, there are even three or four deceased, for clothing, illegal relatives, ten years later, Longyou wasted. Your Majesty will never be able to Gaochang to support China, and the so-called scattered is useless. I didn't see it! ”

Li Shimin did not listen to Wei Zheng's words this time, and worshiped Qiao Shiwang, the former governor of Liangzhou, as the protector of Anxi and the assassin of Xizhou, and led 2,000 soldiers to garrison Jiaohe, and governed 3,000 of Su Dingfang's subordinates. Su Dingfang was worshiped as the Sima of the Anxi Protectorate.

As a result, the Anxi Protectorate, the political and military institution of the Tang Dynasty to manage the Western Regions, was born. Its birth was set up by Li Shimin in order to prevent the Western Turks from going south to capture Gaochang, and now it has 5,000 troops. It's not that Li Shimin doesn't want to leave more soldiers and horses in Gaochang, it's really that Gaochang is barren, and crops can only be grown on both sides of the Jiaohe River and several other rivers, and what is produced every season is not much left except for the people of Sanzhou. Therefore, the grain and grass in the army had to be transported over to the right place.

Because of Li Shimin's decision, Ko Zhisheng has been in frustration, and even when he gave the banquet, he was in a trance and had no intention of singing and dancing.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the lively atmosphere in Chang'an City gradually dissipated, the court meeting began again, and the various yamen of the Nanya gradually increased.

Zhang Yunwen held Zhang Ji in one hand and Zhang Yan in the other, and when he walked to the door of the house, he stopped, put Zhang Ji down, let go of Zhang Yan, leaned over, and said to Zhang Yan: "Yan'er, you have to take your brother well at home!" ”

Zhang Yan blinked a pair of big black eyes, nodded his head vigorously, and the three buns on his head shook with the swing of his head, looking very cute.

Zhang Yunwen laughed, turned over on his horse, and rode slowly towards the imperial city.

Almost every day, Zhang Yunwen would hold such a farewell ceremony at the gate of the house, say goodbye to his two children, and then go to various departments to work.

With the end of the holiday, Zhang Yunwen has to get to work again.