Chapter 5: The Two Dragons (5)

After Qin Qiong left, Xu Qing also began to tidy up the shape, put on a big swallow suit, and took Xun Xue'er straight to the East Palace. Xun Xue'er was also wearing the big swallow suit of Jinshang Junjun, with a cluster of flowers, like a fairy descending to earth. The carriage ran slowly, followed by twenty halberd guards in front and behind, and followed by the cows and grazing king mountain left and right, and they rode tall horses. In addition, gongs are sounded to open the way, flowers are blessed, and wine is used to remove evil. This kind of specification is only available to Xu Qing, the marquis.

Wei Xian also followed.

When they arrived at Taiji Palace, everyone dismounted, and Xu Qingyi inquired, today is still the day of the dynasty. The prince just participated in the ceremonial ceremony at the beginning, and then he was returned to the East Palace to rest, of course, slightly mentioned the prince's merits in the Xue Yantuo region in the north, and praised it verbally. With the supreme crown prince, other rewards are already dispensable, and verbal praise can show the strictness of Li Yuan's godson, or show that the prince is strict with himself and has the image of a holy monarch.

When the prince returned to the East Palace, Xu Qing and Xun Xue'er had already arrived. With the reception of Lee Seung-do, everything went smoothly. Soon, the crown prince and the crown princess both met Xu Qing, so the crown princess went to Xun Xue'er to play, and Xu Qing and the prince discussed in the study.

"Hey, Sister Xue'er, sister asked you something...... the crown princess leaned in front of Xun Xue'er and said softly: "Hmm, the soap that is often found in the palace of Concubine Wan, but your family Xu Qing made it?" ”

Xun Xue'er said with a smile: "Don't hide it from the princess, soap is indeed a product of our family, but the yield is not high." By the way, didn't the concubine Niangniang say that she took it for herself, why is it still common in the palace. ”

"That, it was given to me by Concubine Wan, only me and Princess Qin, Princess Qi have a little bit, followed by Li Chengdao and Li Chengqian."

"I see," Xun Xue'er reminded: "Princess, this soap is produced very little, and it is not good for me to do favors when I take it out, so I trust the princess not to talk about it." ”

The crown princess nodded hurriedly and said, "This is natural, how can I not understand?" Giggle...... Come on, sister, Cher, do you want to have some wine? ”

Xue'er nodded and said, "I only drink sweet wine, and I want to be clear." ”

The crown princess smiled when she heard this: "Wen'er has quit breastfeeding, right?" ”

Xue'er said with a smile: "Yes, Wen'er has quit for almost half a month, and now she can eat a bowl of rice every day, and she still likes to eat vegetable leaves." Before I quit breastfeeding, my family just didn't let me drink in the library, and I actually missed it very much. ”

While speaking, a glass of purple wine was served, and the crown princess said with a smile: "This is newly made by your winery based on the wine of the Western Regions." Giggles, I'm afraid you haven't tasted it yet. ”

Xun Xue'er looked at the wine in front of her in surprise, smelled it and found that the wine was not strong, and there was a very strong fruity aroma, so she took a sip and said: "Yes, this wine is very fragrant, but I don't know when this wine was developed, I am busy with children, and I really don't know this wine." ”

The crown princess said very proudly: "This wine, in fact, I asked the superintendent to make it, and finally brought back Pu Tao from the Western Regions, turned out to be a dried Pu Tao, I let the water soak the Pu Tao, and then put the wine medicine." ”

"Pu Tao Gan? This is rare, when I was in Cangzhou, my family's caravan brought back a lot from the Western Regions, but now there is no more. ”

The crown princess and Xun Xue'er were drinking, and Li Jiancheng also held Xu Qing's hand tightly, recounting the past feelings.

"Prince, you, don't ...... like this" Xu Qing broke free of Li Jiancheng's hand, and then said, "I don't know what the prince called me for?" ”

"Hahaha, Xu Qing, I can't help but be happy when I see you alone, you are really a lonely lucky general." Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "I called you this time, I just want to talk about the war against Xue Yantuo, the establishment of states and counties over there is basically safe, but the people's hearts are unpredictable, I am afraid that as long as the Huns arrive, those states and counties of Xue Yantuo will be opposed." ”

Xu Qingxin said, don't you just want me to come up with an idea when talking about Xue Yantuo like this. I know other things, because there is a general interpretation of history and more than a thousand years of advanced knowledge, but if I really want to deal with these current things, I Xu Qing is not like a farmer in the countryside. Xu Qing hurriedly shook his head and said, "Alas, this matter is difficult to do."

Li Jiancheng was really stunned, looked at Xu Qingdao, and said, "You can't think of a way to do this?" ”

Xu Qing shook his head and said: "As the prince said, people's hearts are unpredictable, and I will appease the remnants of Xue Yantuo at most, but whether they will return or not, that is their heart, we can win the battle, but this people's heart." However, the crown prince did one thing well, and that was to separate Xue Yantuo's nobles from the commoners and free the slaves. The nobles and commoners were separated, and there was no way for the Xue Yantuo people to form a unified opinion, so that the losses of Xue Yantuo's rebellion could be reduced. Those slaves, fearing that they would become slaves again, would definitely organize people to help the Tang Dynasty defend against the Turks. ”

The prince nodded and said, "This is reasonable, but you can't do nothing, right?" Lone wondered, can it be moved to the south, the south has fewer horses, and it is not good for them to raise horses there? ”

"The prince can't, Cao Cao fought with Sun Quan during the Three Kingdoms, and wanted to move the people of Huainan to Huaibei, but this order was not issued, and it reached the ears of the people, so the people of Huainan moved to Sun Quan's territory instead." Xu Qing said again: "If the prince wants to do something, instead of preventing the rebellion of the Xue Yantuo people, otherwise the Turks will not dare to accept Xue Yantuo's rebellion." Therefore, the prince continued to give heavy rewards to the people of Xue Yantuo. ”

"That's a good plan!" Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "You still say that you can't think of a way, isn't this the way?" ”

Xu Qing didn't feel good in his heart, where was this method so easy to think, it was just a flash of inspiration just now. However, I don't know if this strategy will work or not, Xu Qing has a feeling in his heart, that is, this strategy may be a meat bun beating a dog, and those heavy rewards will have to go and there will be no return.

Then, some of Li Jiancheng's henchmen and generals came to pay a visit, but Xu Qing had never heard much of their names. It seems that Li Shimin has put meticulous effort into getting rid of Li Jiancheng's forces. Xie Shufang and Feng Li and Xu Qing knew each other, so they sat with them.

When the wine was half-drunk, he was watching the singer dance, and a person ran outside in a panic, and whispered to the prince's side: "Your Royal Highness, at the court meeting just now, the emperor arbitrarily removed King Qin's Tiance general, and only Shang Shuling was left." ”

Li Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, waved his hand and let him out, and others such as Xu Qing also looked at Li Jiancheng. Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "My second brother, it's really true, he dares to stay in Lingzhou and not return to the court." Now he has been removed from the post of Tiance General by his father, which is a pity. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present showed a little indescribable smile. However, Xu Qing's face sank, and Li Jiancheng saw it and asked, "Xu Qing, what do you think about this?" ”

Xu Qing pondered, and the revocation of King Qin's Tiance General was actually something that Li Yuan and the crown prince had always wanted to do. Because a Qin king with great military power is absolutely not conducive to the transfer of supreme power. But now that the post of general has been removed, King Qin is really powerless?

Impossible, if the position of a great general could take away the prestige of King Qin in the army, then the Xuanwumen Incident would not have happened.

Li Shimin has been operating in the Shence Army for so long, and from top to bottom in the army, there is no such thing as Li Shimin's power, that is to say, even if Li Shimin is demoted to a commoner and raises his arms, the Tiance Army is still his Li Shimin's. Therefore, the removal of the post of general is at most a slap in the face to Li Shimin.

However, Li Shimin is a figure of the first emperor of the ages, how can he be willing to endure this humiliating slap? Xu Qing was thinking that if Li Shimin did a trapped beast fight and refreshed himself overnight to rebel, who would be able to resist it?

So, Xu Qing said to Li Jiancheng: "His Royal Highness the Prince, King Qin and you are brothers, if you don't teach your son, your father's fault, your brother will be punished, shouldn't you do something as an elder brother?" ”

Li Jiancheng was stunned, and the other generals also stared at Xu Qing with frowns. Xu Qing shook his head in his heart, this Li Jiancheng didn't understand what he meant, so he continued: "The Tiance Army is one of the arms of the imperial court, the King of Qin has led the Tiance Army for many years, and it is also an indispensable central core of the Tiance Army. ”

If Li Jiancheng still doesn't understand this, then this prince will still be given to King Qin. Li Jiancheng listened, lowered his head and thought deeply, and suddenly, he stood up and said: "Alas, Gu and his second brother were born from the same mother, and they should be one." The second brother was punished, how could he bear it alone, he came, he drove, and he wanted to intercede for the second brother! ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this matter of King Qin is an order issued by His Majesty, and His Highness is going to intercede, isn't it against the Holy Order?"

Many of the generals present didn't understand what kind of brotherhood you still cared about when fighting for the throne. Isn't it better that the king of Qin was removed from the general?

Li Jiancheng waved his hand and said: "As Xu Qing said, the Tiance Army is inseparable from the second brother, and the imperial court is inseparable from the Tiance Army. Lone is not just pleading for his brother, but also leaving a good army for the court. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, King Qin'......"

"Needless to say, you've made up your mind."

In fact, in addition to what Xu Qing said, Li Jiancheng also realized other things. Li Yuan's decree seems to be waiting for Li Jiancheng to disobey, because as soon as Li Jiancheng intercedes, Li Yuan can "be lenient" to King Qin. What is the result of leniency? It is very likely that the position of Tiance General will be retained, but the Tiance Mansion will be split and the strength of the Tiance Army will be reduced in terms of troops. This is still a strategy to kill two birds with one stone, which not only let the masses who do not know the truth know the prince's filial piety, but also solves the big problem of henchmen.

The prince is going to intercede, and this banquet is naturally over, and everyone is rotten in their stomachs for what they said at the banquet. Now that he arrived in the palace, Xu Qing also went to the Xuanwu Gate to take a look, and instructed Zhuge Yan and Wei Xian to pay attention to the dynamics in the army. The King of Qin is back, the crown prince is back, and some restless factors may erupt at this time.

In addition, Xu Qing also instructed the people of Dark River that it is best to find out fifty people who have hooked up with King Qin during this time period, and then report them secretly to get rid of them.

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