After the banquet, Li Jiancheng left Xu Shiji and Yang Wengan behind, while Xie Yingdeng, Zhang Jiling, Zhang Qiancai and his son said goodbye. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Ahh Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince, today on the hunting ground, the performance of the two little Highnesses is really outstanding! Congratulations in advance. Li Jiancheng didn't have the heart to greet Xu Shiji and Yang Wengan for the time being, just a few polite words, and went straight to the point.

"World achievements! You did a good job in this battle to pacify Jianghuai, and your father has issued an order to commend your merits and crown you as the head of Shannan Dongdao Xingtai University and the deposed envoy. Stay in the land of Qilu to pacify Qilu, you have to do a good job in Dou Jiande's Qilu territory! In addition, in the Qilu area, we must pay more attention to the movements of Chang'an. ”

"Yes! Thank you, Your Highness, for promoting! Beichen must do a good job! Xu Shiji knew in his heart that in Dou Jiande's Qilu territory, he had to do a good job and in the Qilu area, and he must pay more attention to the meaning of Chang'an's movements - Li Jiancheng told himself that the Qilu area would also be operated like Youzhou Luo Yi, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui, which completely became Li Jiancheng's strong support.

"Yes! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is reassured. Xu Shiji's confession reassured Li Jiancheng. However, Li Jiancheng noticed the unnaturalness on Yang Wengan's face.

"What's the matter, Wen Gan, King Gu heard that you are doing a good job in the Gyeongju area!" Yang Wengan sighed.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, there is something I don't know if I should say or not?!"

"Huh!?" Li Jiancheng sensed a hint of unusual taste in Yang Wengan's tone.

"Wen Gan, why are you talking so much?" Yang Wengan suddenly knelt in front of Li Jiancheng:

"Your Highness, what the minister wants to say is related to Li Yuanba, the king of Zhao, and General Hou Junji......" Li Jiancheng heard that it was related to Li Yuanba, the king of Zhao, and General Hou Junji, and his face immediately changed. Li Jiancheng grabbed Yang Wengan's collar and shouted:

"What do you say? What the hell is going on, you hurry up and explain it to the palace......" In Yang Wengan's narration, Li Jiancheng slowly knew the ins and outs of the whole thing. It turned out that Li Yuanba, the king of Zhao, was in the area of Longxi, in the name of guarding against the Turks, and trained his troops on a large scale, but Li Yuan only gave Li Yuanba less than 80,000 soldiers, Li Yuanba in order not to arouse the suspicion of Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng in Chang'an, in the name of guarding against the Turks, on the one hand, he wantonly set up a customs defense regiment in Longxi, and the customs defense regiment training did not belong to the imperial court soldiers and horses, so Li Yuanba formed a customs defense regiment of more than 100,000 people to train the militia, all of which were controlled by Li Yuanba's personal guards in the name of teaching and learning, on the other hand, Li Yuanba received most of the soldiers and horses of the prefectures and counties to which Longxi belonged, and they were personally controlled, and even Yang Wengan, the governor of Gyeongju, only had thousands of old and weak soldiers under his hands. And in the Longxi area and the western Turks made a commercial trade in the Western Regions, from which bribes and benefits were collected, and also found a gold mine in the Longxi area, secretly mined, and used the mined gold sand to buy the Central Plains iron ore and the Western Regions of the good horses, monopolize the northwest salt, tea and wine trade and so on. Moreover, Hou Junji had a close relationship with Li Yuanba, and when arranging the defense of Longxi and rectifying the military affairs of Longxi, Hou Junji helped Li Yuanba with all his might, and in the name of disobeying military orders, he killed several veterans of Longxi and helped Li Yuanba win over lieutenant generals and colonels, which is very likely to plot against him.

"Good! What does this Li Yuanba want to do? After Li Jiancheng listened to Yang Wengan's words, Li Jiancheng patted the table in front of him in various ways. Li Jiancheng suddenly thought that the Qilin Secret Guard hadn't sent a secret report from the Longxi area for a long time. Don't...... Li Jiancheng didn't dare to think about it.

"Wen Gan, why did you only talk about it to this palace now?!"

"Your Highness, Weichen once sent a number of messengers to Chang'an to deliver letters, but every time, King Zhao would send their corpses and report that they had encountered the killing of Turkic cavalry on the border with the Turks, and were discovered by the patrol under His Royal Highness King Zhao. Therefore, Beichen is only taking this opportunity to tell His Highness now! After Li Jiancheng listened to Yang Wengan's words, he laughed slowly-Okay, you Li Yuanba, originally the palace was just guarding against Li Shimin, but I didn't expect you Li Yuanba to also move his mind. Li Jiancheng said to Yang Wengan and Xu Shiji quietly:

"Wen Gan, Shiji, the matter is already known to the palace, so you should go back and rest first! Later, more on that later! After Yang Wengan and Xu Shiji left, Li Jiancheng found Xu Jingzong and Di Zhixun again.

"Jing Zongqing, Di Qing! The palace has just received a secret report from Yang Wengan, the governor of Gyeongju, saying that Li Yuanba, the king of Zhao in Longxi, is also plotting against him. After Xu Jingzong and Di Zhixun heard Li Jiancheng's words, they both lowered their heads in shame. I don't dare to explain more. Li Jiancheng sighed.

"Jing Zongqing, Di Qing, this palace does not mean to blame you, in fact, this palace also underestimated Li Yuanba, at the beginning, this palace has always thought that Hou Junji will be loyal to this palace, all along, Hou Junji's secret letter to this palace is in the Longxi area, Li Yuanba is guarding himself, but this palace did not expect that before this imperial power, no one can stand this temptation, it seems that this is all the fault of this palace!" Li Jiancheng's remark made Xu Jingzong and Di Zhixun even more ashamed.

In the Zhao Wang Pavilion in Chang'an, Li Yuanba, the king of Zhao, was listening to the words of a man in black:

"You mean, you saw Yang Wengan talking about this king in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on the wall of the Imperial Palace!"

"Yes, Your Highness, the villain once got the true inheritance of a person in the Western Regions, and he knew how to lip read, so all the words that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Yang Wengan said, the villain knew. Yang Wengan said to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that on the one hand, the prince wantonly set up a customs defense regiment training in the Longxi area, and the customs defense regiment training did not belong to the imperial court soldiers and horses, so the prince formed a customs defense regiment of more than 100,000 people to train the militia, all of which were controlled by the prince's personal guards in the name of teaching and learning, on the other hand, most of the soldiers and horses of the state and county to which the prince belonged to Longxi were received by the prince himself, and the prince himself controlled them, and even Yang Wengan, the governor of Gyeongju, only had thousands of old and weak soldiers under his hands. And the prince made a commercial trade in the Western Regions with the Western Turks in the Longxi area, collected bribes and benefits from it, and also discovered a gold mine in the Longxi area, secretly mined it, and used the mined gold sand to buy the Central Plains iron ore and the good horses in the Western Regions, monopolized the salt tea and wine trade in the Northwest and so on. Moreover, General Hou Junji has a close relationship with the prince, when arranging the defense of Longxi and rectifying the military affairs of Longxi, Hou Junji helped the prince vigorously, and in the name of disobeying the military order, he killed several Longxi veterans and helped the prince win over the lieutenant generals and colonels, and it is very likely that he will plot misdeeds and so on. Li Yuanba smiled:

"Good! You've done a great job, go down and claim your reward! "The man in black took the order. Li Yuanba smiled and said:

"Humph! All right! Yang Wengan, you did a very good job, as the saying goes, there is a way in heaven that you don't go, and there is no door to hell for you to throw yourself, at the beginning, this king left you alive, but I was afraid that after killing you, it would arouse the vigilance of my eldest brother, and now you are going to jump into the trap, then don't blame this king for being ruthless. Hum! Hum! Hum! ”

In Chang'an Renshou Palace, Li Yuan also smiled at Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, and Chen Shuda, who were waiting for him, and said:

"Hahaha! Pei Aiqing, Xiao Aiqing, Chen Aiqing! The three of you saw it on the hunting ground today, too! My two grandchildren, who are trained and inherited, are really martial arts! The two of them cooperated with each other to rescue Cheng Qian'er, okay! That's great! Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, and Chen Shuda laughed while listening:

"Ahh His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's two little highnesses are worthy of the bloodline of the Heavenly Family, and they are as wise and martial as His Majesty! ”

"Yes! I have a successor to Datang! ”

"If it weren't for Your Majesty's destiny, where would your descendants be so brave." Under the compliments of Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, and Chen Shuda, Li Yuan suddenly said to himself:

"Originally, I was afraid that the wild boar would hurt Li Chengqian, Li Chengxun and Li Chengdao, and let people knock out all the wild boar's teeth, but now it seems that this Tang Dynasty should be handed over to the next generation." Li Yuan's self-talk, Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, and Chen Shuda all lowered their heads and did not speak. However, outside the main hall, a figure heard Li Yuan's words to himself, and immediately disappeared without a trace.

In the Qin Palace, Chang'an, Li Shimin received a secret report from the palace:

"What are you talking about, my father now has the heart of Zen!"

"Yes, Your Highness! Minions don't dare to talk nonsense! Li Shimin nodded:

"Hmmm! Very good, you go back to Renshou Palace first! If there is anything, you must inform this king in time! ”

In the first early dynasty of the eighth year of Wude, Li Jiancheng went out of the class and said:

"The prince Li Jiancheng has something to do."

"Speak!"

"Father, now the Central Plains has been unified, but the side affairs have not been settled. The minister asked for an order to strengthen the military strength of the border guards, and the ministers will present the recital now. After Li Jiancheng finished speaking, he took out a letter of recital, and the father-in-law of the remnant moon beside Li Yuan hurriedly brought the recital in front of Li Yuan - it was written in the recital that now that the Central Plains are unified, the next step is to march to the grassland, and subjugate the Eastern Turks and Western Turks, as well as the countries of the Western Regions, to Li Tang's banner. The first step is to strengthen the defense of the Longxi area and implement horse administration in the Longxi Guanzhong area to domesticate good horses. After Li Yuan saw it, he was overjoyed in his heart, and he had the idea of passing on Li Jiancheng, so he immediately played it and ordered Li Jiancheng to handle the matter with full authority. After Li Jiancheng received the holy decree, he took Gyeongju as an important town in the northwest, but in the name of insufficient troops, he sent Zhuhuan and Qiao Gongshan to Gyeongju to send armor and weapons to Yang Wengan, and ordered Yang Wengan to strengthen the military defense in the Gyeongju area. After going down to the court, he immediately came to Li Shimin to discuss countermeasures.

"Ahh Second brother, I haven't seen you for a long time, these things are for the second brother and my nephew. I have been guarding Longxi all these years, and I haven't come back to visit my second brother, and I hope that the second brother won't be surprised! As he spoke, he handed over the big bag and small box in his hand to the attendants beside Li Shimin. Li Shimin saw Li Yuanba's diligence, and knew Li Yuanba's intentions in his heart:

"Huh! Li Yuanba! You shouldn't have nothing to do this time to go to the Three Treasures Palace, right!? ”