In the golden autumn of October, Chang'an City is still as calm as in previous years, but a lot of new steles have been added to the cemetery outside the city, although the elders of the family ancestral hall left in the inner palace by Cao Anmin are unharmed, but their henchmen were slaughtered by the children of the young Zhuang faction in the family, and when they were released home by Cao Anmin, they have become lonely, and the original relatives and confidants have all become loess ~:,

From the original big man who called for wind and rain to an ordinary family, for those old people, their hearts are not lost, but it also makes them experience things that they have never experienced in ordinary times, those juniors who have taken away their authority, still respect them, but they are no longer submissive, and they are not impatient, far from being as they imagined that they could not be entrusted with heavy responsibilities.

When people are old, they will always think that young people are unreliable, but they ignore their own heart of power, in fact, the younger generations in their prime can do better than them, but the old people will always look at the younger generations with a critical eye.

Outside Chang'an City, Li Ang, who moved out of the Western General's Mansion, enjoyed a leisurely life, except for going to the palace every three days to give lectures to the prince, he spent almost all of his time on the newly adopted orphans in his Zhuangzi.

Every year, countless people from all over the world and Great Qin come here to pursue the Chang'an in their hearts, but the dream of Chang'an in the hearts of most of them was shattered in the end. There is no such thing as a fairyland in this world, and if you want to survive, you have to work hard. And if you want to become a master, it is not only hard work, but also opportunities. But it's a pity that in the city of Chang'an, those ancient families that have been handed down have long been firmly in power, and outsiders want to be recognized by them. It's almost impossible to blend into them.

Day after day, year after year, those people from afar in Chang'an City have become the lowest level of existence in the city, they do the dirtiest and most tiring work, but they still can't live in the city, so every year many orphans who have lost their parents are adopted by the gangs in Chang'an, living in the dark. In the past, Li Ang had destroyed the orphanage opened by the Chang'an gang, at that time. In the anger of the people of Chang'an, those gangs relented for a long time. But once something has been done and it is profitable, it is very difficult to let go completely.

The gangs are back to their old business again, only they are more stealthy and less noticeable, but for Leon. Every move of these gangs can't be hidden from him, in addition to the fact that he is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he is now the behind-the-scenes boss of the Red Flower Society, the largest gang in Chang'an, and any troubles in Chang'an City can't hide from him.

For Leon, who was once an orphan, he understood what orphans needed most, not pity or sympathy, but real care. Therefore, for the newly adopted orphans in Zhuangzi, Li Ang will spend a lot of time on them every day.

In the past, due to lack of financial resources, Li Ang was limited in the number of orphans he could adopt. But now the wealth from the West Market Wharf is enough for him to adopt more orphans, except for orphans. He also selected children with better qualifications in the poor families of Xicheng and secretly trained Cao Anmin for his future use, and because of this, Cao Anmin allocated another 1 million gold baht earned by the wharf in Xishi to him every year.

"Greetings to the Lord." In a slightly childish voice, Li Ang left, and he didn't care about Li Yanzong and Li Cunzhi's insistence on this kind of title. Now that he has adopted orphans on a large scale, he has attracted the attention of the gangs, but for him, their hostility is really nothing, he even dares to offend the entire family of Chang'an, how can he take these gangs in his eyes.

Walking into the study, Li Ang saw Li Mowen, a friend who was not a friend who had known him for a long time, he was just a small soldier at that time, but in just a few years, he became his top last time, and people couldn't help but sigh at the vagaries of the world.

"General, the remnants of Cao Mingde's party have been found, and they are hiding in Xicheng." Li Mowen didn't care too much about the current identity change, he knew a long time ago that Li Ang would never stop at an officer, but the short time of Li Ang's promotion surprised him very much, but he has a little advantage as a person, that is, he can see clearly, recognize himself, he knows that he is indeed inferior to Li Ang, so he is willing to work under Li Ang, not to mention that he is not without a future, three years later, Li Ang left Chang'an, and the position of the commander of Jinyi Wei naturally belonged to him, and he did things for Li Ang, It's not a grievance.

"Hiding in the West Side." Li Ang was a little surprised, Cao Mingde's remnants were definitely not simple, those who escaped did not leave Chang'an, but lurked in the shadows, and remained silent, which shows that they must have a plan.

"Continue to investigate, and if necessary, you can use the 'broken army', and you can't let go of any of them." Li Ang just groaned slightly, and then gave Li Mowen an order, Jinyiwei is not without his own combat troops, but in terms of quality, they are definitely not comparable to the 'broken army' in his hands, now since he is the commander of Jinyiwei, it is not too much to use his own troops.

"My subordinates know." Li Mowen nodded and walked out of the study, Cao Mingde's remnants had already let him not sleep well for more than two months, and he would never let those people escape without Li Ang's orders.

Seeing Li Mowen leave the study, Trist came to Li Ang and reported the situation in Zhuangzi, "Lord, there are now 1,347 orphans adopted by the family, including 786 over the age of 14 and 561 under the age of 14. ”

"Those over the age of fourteen are mainly Legalists and Mohists, and all subjects under the age of fourteen must be studied." After listening to Trist's report, Li Ang nodded, since he and Cao Anmin agreed to build a vassal state for Great Qin in Haixi in the future, and defend the hegemony of Great Qin. He unknowingly had an irrepressible ambition in his heart, because of him

Build a nation. This kind of thing is irresistible for men

"Lord, it is difficult to buy good war horses at present, and in terms of price." Trist looked at Leon, the most troublesome thing at the moment was to buy war horses for those orphans to practice riding and archery. After all, a real war horse is very different from an ordinary horse.

"I'll figure it out." Li Ang frowned, now that Daqin is expanding its armaments, there is a huge demand for war horses, if it is only a few hundred, he can still go to the horse market to buy them, but the number of orphans he will adopt in the next three years is definitely more than this, and he can only go to Cao Anmin in the war immediately, and in the royal pasture of the clan, the number of excellent war horses cultivated is not small. Maybe you can get some out.

"In addition, the current houses in Zhuangzi are no longer sufficient. Here's what I'm going to buy in the near future. As he spoke, Trist handed the sorted out purchase list to Li Ang, originally Li Ang asked him to go to Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang to report the accounts and get money, but Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang had a lot of headaches about these lists, and finally they all came to Li Ang.

Look through the accounts and lists. Leon looked at Trist with red eyes and let it go, now Trist is alone in charge of internal and external expenses, and he has to find a few more helpers for him. "You can do this, don't be afraid to spend money." Leon handed the accounts and lists back to Trist, stood up, and walked out of the study with him.

Almost all of the people on Leon's hands now are biased towards the military, even before Trist was a businessman, his old business was also a mercenary for war, and others were like Li Yanzong. Helian Bobo, Dugu Xiao, these people are also people who are used to fighting. Let them fight without frowning, but let them manage the affairs of the bureaucracy, it is a little difficult.

Just when Li Ang had a headache, he suddenly thought of Huang Yuan, this 'arrow god' who was dug up by him from the logistics department of the military department, can manage the accounts in the logistics department, and he can let him go to the top for a while. Li Ang's frowning brow spread, and then he went straight to Huang Yuan.

"This lord, although I used to manage the accounts in the logistics department of the Ministry of War, I didn't do those accounts." After listening to Li Ang's intention, Huang Yuan hurriedly explained that he was good at arithmetic, but that was in the bow and arrow, as for his previous work in the Logistics Department of the Ministry of War, it was all because he had a good subordinate who did all the accounts for him.

"So, is there anyone in the logistics department that we can use?" Li Ang was a little disappointed, but he still didn't give up, and asked Huang Yuan, wanting to poach people from the military department, and after thinking about it, he added, "It's better to be carefree." ”

"The person under his subordinates before can definitely use it, but the others are a little weird, when they settle accounts and work, they always keep the wine pot in their mouths, even if they get drunk with a tincture of cheese, the accounts will not be different." Thinking of the man who was under his command before, Huang Yuan couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic.

"Then look for him, right? When the time comes, I will find a way to transfer the official documents. Li Ang knew that Huang Yuan would not praise someone casually, and what he said was usually very conservative.

"I'm afraid he's not necessarily still in the Logistics Division?" Huang Yuan said with some hesitation, "When I was here before, other people didn't dare to make a fuss about his daily drinking in the official office. He is more withdrawn than me, there are almost no people in the official office, and he is usually a little sloppy, and his temperament is strange, and he is not very likable. ”

"But I think I should find him." Huang Yuan's last sentence finally did not disappoint Li Angtai.

"I'll leave it to you." Li Ang nodded, and walked out of Zhuangzi, today he was going to the palace as usual to teach the prince, thinking of the prince, he couldn't help laughing, that child is really very well-behaved, very lovely.

After getting on the horse, Li Ang looked at Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang who got into the carriage behind him, and now when they go to the palace, the two of them will also go with him, but they are going to accompany the queen, sometimes Li Ang is really very strange about some of the styles of the Cao royal family, until Cao Anmin, there are a total of eight generations of emperors in Daqin, except for the third generation of Emperor Wu, who is a good woman, the other emperors are very dedicated people, except for the queen, the number of other concubines will never exceed three, and even if there is, it is under the pressure of ministers and families that they are forced to accept.

However, the emperor's example made Daqin's atmosphere good, whether it was a minister or a child of a family, there were few wives and concubines, after all, he couldn't stand other people's discussions, and people's words were terrifying.

After more than half an hour, Li Ang entered the imperial city, and now the Yu Linwei and the chamberlain in the imperial city are quite familiar with him, and everyone knows that this general who does not look old is a red man in front of the emperor. The future is limitless.

Passing through the palace gate, Li Ang, Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang entered Mingxiu Palace. This is the queen's sleeping palace, but now Cao Anmin has no other concubines, which is equivalent to Cao Anmin's invasion of the palace. I don't know how many families are red.

"Master." Seeing Li Ang coming in, the prince, who was held in Cao Anmin's arms, got off the ground, shouted crisply, and ran to Li Ang, but he fell down, but without waiting for the people next to him to help, the three-year-old prince got up by himself and continued to run towards Li Ang, asking Li Ang to hug him.

Every time I see my son like this, I like to be held by Leon. Cao Anmin couldn't help but feel a little surprised, but he was more happy in his heart. He is an emperor and a human being, and it is a great joy in life to have such a good friend.

said that he was here to teach the prince, but in fact, Li Ang was just playing with the prince with Cao Anmin, watching the two big and one small three men having fun. Feng Siniang, Lin Fengshuang and the queen who were watching from the side couldn't help but be happy, and at this time, they felt that their respective husbands had really put down the burden on their shoulders and could feel more relaxed.

The queen is a very gentle woman, her father is the dead brother of Da Sima, and she can be said to be from a famous family, but she doesn't have a temper at all, and Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang are together, it is hard to believe that this quiet woman is the queen of Daqin.

Hearing that the queen was pregnant again, Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang were a little envious. Especially seeing that Leon has so much fun with the prince every time, they want to have their own children even more.

"Then you have to pay more attention to your body, the weather is cold, and you can't wear less clothes." Feng Siniang still doesn't change her boss's true colors, when she meets someone she likes, she has never hidden her intentions, and Lin Fengshuang is similar.

Listening to Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang's words of concern, the queen showed a smile on her face, she likes Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang, just because of their truth, unlike other people who sometimes enter the palace, when they speak, they always look forward and backward, and abide by etiquette, she likes this freedom very much now.

Women are together, the last thing to discuss is always family, or things related to family, and men are different, men always talk about all kinds of topics, some people say that men and men will discuss women together, in fact, this is a wrong idea, in fact, most men will talk about national affairs more often together, regardless of whether they are qualified enough to take care of those things.

The prince, who was tired of playing, rode on Cao Anmin's neck and listened quietly to those words that he didn't understand. Seeing the future emperor riding on the head of the current emperor, Li Ang always had an indescribable feeling, but he liked this feeling very much, and he thought that if he had a son in the future, he would be like Cao Anmin.

"The chief will return to Chang'an in three days, and now the situation in the river is quite stable." Speaking of the head of the land who was about to return, Cao Anmin thought of the dead Cao Mingde, and couldn't help but sigh, "Although he is rebellious, he finally remembers that he is a child of the clan and has not disturbed the situation in Hezhongdi." ”

"In fact, removing the desire for power, Chen thinks that Cao Mingde is also a figure, but he uses his talents to rebel." Speaking of Cao Mingde, Li Ang couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"Now the six kings of the river are guarded by dragoons, although there are rebellions in various places, but in general there is no big problem, but after the dragoons are transferred from the border, the area of Tocharian is occupied by the Persians." Cao Anmin said that the Persians showed a chill in his eyes, he looked like a peaceful person, but the blood on his body inherited the desire for war in the blood of his ancestors.

"As the rear of our army's westward expedition in the future, there can be no problems." Li Ang looked at the chill in Cao Anmin's eyes, knowing that he didn't have a good impression of the Persians who took advantage of the fire to rob, I was afraid that he had already moved the idea of going to war in his heart, and couldn't help but persuade, "The Persians are still two states in the upper and lower states, and now they are going down to Persia and entering Tocharo, and their power is soaring, maybe they will do something to Upper Persia, if we send troops at this time, it will only be cheaper to go to Persia, it is better to let them fight by themselves, let's stabilize the river first, and get rid of those rebellions." ”

"You're right, the six countries in the river are indeed very important." Cao Anmin knew that Li Ang was persuading him not to be angry for a while, and thinking of the military report sent back by the chief commander first, he couldn't help frowning, "Although the six kings are all in our hands now, those people in the six royal families who escaped have pulled up the rebels to say that their combat strength is poor. But harassment from time to time is also a troublesome thing. ”

The commander-in-chief sent back the local military report. Li Ang also saw it, and thinking of the practices of the rebels of the Six Kingdoms, he couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, the rebels in the river can't be taken lightly, they are now attacking and killing the Han people living in the river." It is to provoke our army and let the army retaliate against the people of the six countries in the river, so as to achieve their goal of coercing the people of the six countries to become our enemy, although this is despicable, but once our army begins to retaliate, then the battlefield in the river will become quite tricky. ”

"I don't know, and the chief has already ordered it to be suppressed." Cao Anmin's face also had a hint of melancholy, since the fall of Confucianism, which was in power in the past, Confucianism was divided again, and the past faction still adhered to the Confucian morality of benevolence, righteousness and forgiveness. The new Huanghan faction has played the banner of 'respecting the king'. To kill all the 'non-Han people' can be described as quite extreme.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Han faction must be attacked, their theories are too extreme." Leon did not like the Han faction, although he had personally exterminated Hu in the desert and even designed for the Tiele and Uighurs to slaughter the Turks. But everything was done out of the interests of the country, and the Huanghan faction was simply slaughtering for the sake of slaughter, which was quite stupid.

"I understand." Cao Anmin nodded, the people of the Emperor Han faction are indeed too dangerous, if their doctrine is popular, I am afraid that Daqin will be in chaos first, and now there are foreigners who have joined the Han nationality in the past hundred and fifty years in all parts of Daqin, except for their appearance is different from the Han people, they are all the same as the Han people. The same can only speak Chinese and write Chinese characters. Like the Han people, they abide by the customs passed down from generation to generation.

"But the way you look is a bit of a surprise to me." Looking at Li Ang, Cao Anmin suddenly said, he remembered that Li Ang was doing things in the desert, compared with the Huanghan faction, Li Ang in front of him had really done the thing of exterminating the clan.

"Hezhong is different from the desert, the desert used to nominally belong to the Great Qin, but all along, it has been in the wilderness, the population of the Han people there is too low, if the Great Qin wants to really control it, it will have to lower the population there, disrupt their original order, and make them afraid of the Great Qin, so that our education can be useful." Thinking of those Hu who fed on human flesh, Li Ang said in a deep voice, "And Hezhong is different, the six vassal states have always been subservient to Great Qin, and the people of the six countries all speak Chinese, using Chinese characters, and are culturally no different from Great Qin, as long as those nobles of the six countries who are unwilling to give up their rights are cut off, the six countries in the river will be pacified." ”

"Now those nobles of the Six Kingdoms are pulling up the rebels to provoke conflicts between us and the people of the Six Kingdoms, and tie the people of the Six Kingdoms to their chariots to deal with Great Qin, so we must not fall for them." Li Ang looked at Cao Anmin and said quietly.

"I know what you said, but once the casualties continue, I'm afraid Wanzhou will definitely retaliate." Cao Anmin was a little worried, the people of Great Qin were martial arts, and the temper of the 'Han people' in Wanzhou was even stronger, and it was difficult to suppress them all the time.

"So we must pacify the six countries in the river as soon as possible." Li Ang said on the side, and he said his countermeasures, "Now the people of the Six Kingdoms do not support their nobles, and the rebels raised by those nobles do not dare to fight with the dragoons in the field, but they have become troops like rogues, and they are extremely scattered, so

It is very difficult for a large army to gather and annihilate them, and to send troops on a large scale against them, come. ”

"With the intention of the ministers, it is better to send the elite scouts of various armies to form a small force to secretly find out the location of those rebels, with the purpose of assassinating those nobles, as long as those nobles die, the remaining rebels are not to be feared." "We can even recruit those rebels, as long as they kill those nobles and royal people, we can give them official positions." ”

"If you take a two-pronged approach, it is not difficult for the minister to pacify the river." Li Ang looked at Cao Anmin, he knew that the first thing he said, using scouts as the main force to assassinate the nobles and royal family members of the six countries in the rebels around the Six Kingdoms would not make Cao Anmin feel anything, but the second one is a little troublesome, since the founding of the country, Daqin has not taken the initiative to surrender, and it has always been the case that whoever disobeys will be beaten, if such a bill is put forward in the court, I am afraid that those generals will be the first to jump up, for them, recruiting the rebels is tantamount to losing the face of Daqin.

"In this way, let the generals of the Dragoons recruit the rebels in their private capacity, give those rebel servants the status of the army, and wait until the river is pacified, and then slowly clean them up." Cao Anmin groaned slightly, and then made a decision, it can be said that his approach is not at all above board. There was even some intention of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, but Li Ang didn't think so. At least in his eyes, Cao Anmin, who did this, could be regarded as a good emperor.

While speaking, it was time for dinner, Li Ang did not refuse Cao Anmin's invitation, stayed, and had a family banquet with Cao Anmin's family in Mingxiu Palace. Cao Anmin, like his father Emperor Wen, is a person who doesn't like to waste, so dinner is just the same as ordinary people, but it is precisely because of this that Li Ang, Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang do not feel too restrained.

Seeing that during the meal, Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang both liked to eat the hot and sour fish soup very much, and the queen couldn't help but hide her mouth and laughed, which made Cao Anmin beside her puzzled, but when the queen whispered a few words in his ear, he also laughed, but he smiled at Li Ang. It made Leon uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty." Seeing Cao Anmin's gaze suddenly move to Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang, who were drinking hot and sour fish soup, Li Ang suddenly came to his senses. Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang are already drinking the third bowl of hot and sour fish soup, could it be... Li Ang calmed down, looked at Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang beside him, and asked in a low voice, "If this soup is delicious, why don't you find the imperial chef for a recipe." Let's go home and do it ourselves. ”

"It's not delicious, it's just that I don't know why Sister Hefeng always wants to eat sour things these days." Drinking the soup in the bowl, Lin Fengshuang replied, and then she and Fengshuang looked at Li Ang, who was suddenly laughing stupidly, both with puzzled faces, and then they found that Emperor Cao Anmin and the empress were also smiling at them.

"What are you laughing at, do we have words on our faces?" Feng Siniang had the most straightforward temperament, frowned, and then stared at Li Ang and asked.

"Two sisters, I'm afraid you're pregnant." The queen looked anxious when she saw Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang. He smiled and said, "This woman." As soon as I was pregnant, I liked to eat sour things. ”

Listening to the queen's words, Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang were both stunned, then rejoiced, and hurriedly asked, "Is it true?" ”

"Is it true, I asked the imperial doctor to come over, and I will know." Cao Anmin laughed and asked the attendant beside him to summon the female imperial doctor on duty in the Imperial Physician Pavilion to come over.

Looking at Li Ang, Cao Anmin couldn't help laughing, to be honest, he didn't think that Li Ang would have such a gaffe, it seems that the joy of being a father is the same for all men in the world.

"Yes, definitely, definitely." Seeing that Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang were afraid that they had just changed their tastes recently and liked to eat sour things, rather than being pregnant, Li Ang hurriedly said on the side, which made the queen laugh too, she remembered Cao Anmin's appearance when she was pregnant for the first time, and the two of them were really a little similar.

Soon, the summoned female imperial physician arrived in a hurry, she thought that something had happened to the pregnant queen, and she followed the inner servant along the way to run fast, fortunately, the atmosphere of Daqin is open, and most of the women will practice martial arts to defend themselves, otherwise, this female imperial physician has not been sent so quickly.

After knowing that it was for General Li's two wives to take the pulse of happiness, the female imperial physician breathed a sigh of relief, and after sitting down, she took the pulse for Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang, so that Li Ang was restless on the side, and she couldn't wait to know the result immediately.

Looking at Li Angdi's husband there, the queen couldn't help laughing, she still remembered that when she was just pregnant, her husband was even more anxious than this General Li, and he was reprimanded by Emperor Wen a lot, and now it was his turn to reprimand others.

Li Ang stood there, Cao Anmin didn't listen to what he said at all, just stared at the female doctor who was taking his wife's pulse, waiting for the result. Finally, the female physician let go of Lin Fengshuang's wrist and stood up, and immediately everyone looked at her.

Seeing that the female imperial doctor didn't speak, Li Angxin raised his throat, he knew that Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang had always wanted their children, if not, I am afraid that the two of them would be very sad.

"Congratulations to General Li, the two ladies have a happy pulse, and they are also the elephant of the dragon and phoenix." The female physician finally opened her mouth and asked Li Ang to put down the heart she was carrying.

"Are the two ladies the happy veins of the dragon and phoenix?" Listening to the female imperial doctor's answer, Cao Anmin asked on the side.

"Back to Your Majesty, General Li's two wives are both happy veins of the dragon and phoenix fetus, and it is the first time that the minister has seen them." The lady replied that this was the reason why she had been taking her pulse for so long.

"Li Qing's family, you can be regarded as a veritable 'double happiness'." Cao Anmin and the empress looked at Li Ang and laughed.

Looking at Cao Anmin and the queen who were laughing, Li Ang, who walked to Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang, also laughed, this is indeed a veritable 'double happiness'.