When Li Congjing returned to Luoyang, it was already the beginning of April, the pedestrians outside the upper east gate were weaving, the Luoshui clear waves were swaying, looking up at the tall city wall, the city tower seemed to rise into the clouds, the white clouds were glimpsing, Li Congjing suddenly felt that this city gave him a trace of kindness.

Farewell spring is still early, warm and cold at first, there are few people in the upper reaches of the official road outside the city, the willows on the side of the road are steep, the return of spring is late, the ancient road has a warm and hot atmosphere, there are many fresh clothes and angry horses for those who go out of the city, and there are groups of people in three or five, radiant.

It is not a peaceful and prosperous era at the moment, even Luoyang, who was quite knowledgeable in the past year, and the empire is now full of vitality, even with this city.

The fertile fields outside the city are endless, the fields are endless, the cattle are buried in the ploughing cows, the farmers are bent over, Li Congjing stops and looks into the distance, a little lady in Tsing Yi is carrying a small bamboo basket, is walking towards her husband, and the food sent must have a fragrance overflowing.

Li Congjing sighed with emotion: The mountains and rivers have been eternal, the people have been ancestors for generations, the quiet have not moved, and the moving ones have been passed down from generation to generation, so the rivers and mountains can always retain their appearance.

Outside the city gate, the two prime ministers, Ren Yuan and Feng Dao, with a group of officials dressed in purple and scarlet, and the grand imperial honor guard greeted the prime minister, and saw the king of Qin in a dragon robe, the two prime ministers glanced at each other, Feng Dao cleared his throat, "The king of Qin returns to the dynasty, and the etiquette welcomes each other!" ”

Li Congjing's trip to Jingnan and the defeat of the Wu army were outstanding, and the imperial court had already made a proclamation public, and now he returned to be greeted with ceremonial ceremonies.

The people outside the city had already noticed the ceremonial guards and officials waiting outside the city gate, and at this time they saw thousands of soldiers flying flags fluttering and marching from the official road, and they didn't know that the main lord had arrived. Before Li Congjing walked in front of Feng Dao and An Chongzhu, many onlookers had gathered on both sides of the official road, and the people were talking and praising each other, looking at the eyes of the young King of Qin, all of them were full of admiration.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin has set Jingnan, solidified the territory of the Tang Dynasty, defeated the Wu army, raised the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, made outstanding achievements, and the whole country admired, His Majesty has been waiting in the palace, please invite His Royal Highness the King of Qin to enter the city!" Feng Dao's voice was loud, and this was not so much for Li Congjing, but for the people of Luoyang.

Li Congjing dismounted and greeted the two prime ministers, saying "hard work", and the two prime ministers hurriedly returned the salute.

Lin Xiong was ordered to take the gentlemen back to the barracks, and Li Congjing was guarded by the eight hundred palace guards and brought a hundred carriages carrying the wealth into the city. At this time, Luoyang, although there are not thousands of empty alleys, the streets are almost crowded with people. In front of the imperial guard of honor to open the way, after the elite armor to accompany him, the high-headed horse went straight to it, facing the people blocking the road, chanting like a tide, Li Congjing's face was silent, and his heart was quite surging.

The big husband should be like this.

The guard of honor at the palace gate was even greater than that at the city gate, and more people gathered when they heard the news, and they admired the demeanor of the king of Qin and praised the emperor's sage.

The newly born Tiancheng Dynasty needs a merit that makes the world look at it to stabilize the political situation, clean up the hearts of the people, and establish prestige, so that the people of the empire are full of expectations for the current dynasty and let the people of the world know the majesty of the Tang Empire, which is related to the new policy of the empire and the long-term peace and stability of the empire. And the result of Li Congjing's trip to Jingnan undoubtedly met the current needs of the empire.

Li Siyuan's big arrangement to welcome Li Congjing's return to the dynasty is to show this merit in front of the world, and warn those unruly feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty, those who do not follow the order and intend to stand on their own, Jingnan is a lesson from the past! It also warns those princes in the world that if they dare to covet the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the empire will definitely fight back!

At present, Datang gradually has this confidence, and gradually has such strength.

That night, Li Siyuan changed his simple style and set up a big banquet in the palace to celebrate Li Congjing and others.

When he returned to the Qin Palace, when his son had passed, Li Siyuan wanted to leave Li Congjing to talk more, but was denied by the considerate son of his hard work, Cao's family, who did not say a word, and she asked Li Congjing to go back to the house first to get together with Ren Wanru and Li Chongzheng, and then come to the palace tomorrow to say hello.

Although he did not talk much about political affairs with Li Siyuan, Li Congjing also knew at the banquet that the implementation of the new policy was generally smooth, and spring ploughing was also guaranteed.

There is an anecdote in the middle, a state assassin because of dissatisfaction with the imperial court sent officials, in the process of implementing the new policy of the command, angry and killing, after the desperate, had to gather troops to rebel, after the news reached Luoyang, An Zhong asked for orders to quell the chaos, the method used is not to lead the troops to fight, but Wang Pu persuaded to surrender to the Changlin guard general is quite similar, with tongue, courage and blood to let the chaos subside.

After this incident, An Chongzhu, who returned to the court with "forbearance and humiliation", was regarded as "a shame before the snow", Li Siyuan praised it greatly, and then worshiped him as a Pingzhang matter under the Tongzhong Shumen, in fact, let An Chongzhu return to the position of prime minister.

Of course, this incident also reminded the current dynasty that officials who were sent to implement the new policy should be strictly screened and trained before being dispatched.

Although the time passed, the palace of the king of Qin was still brightly lit, and almost no one of the servants and maids slept, waiting for their return of the king of Qin. When Li Congjing stopped his horse in front of the door, he saw Ren Wanru waiting at the door with a child, and under the red lantern, the shadows of the two were stretched very long.

When the child saw Li Congjing, let go of Ren Wanru and stumbled over, he almost fell down after running out of two steps, Li Congjing stepped up a few steps in shock, and picked him up before the child fell, the child was frightened but didn't care at all, still with a heartless smile on his face, and opened his mouth to say "Father".

This made Li Congjing stunned.

Ren Wanru was even more stunned, covering her mouth in surprise.

This is the first time that Li Chongzheng, who is less than a year old, has opened his mouth to call people - the word "heavy" is a seniority, just like the word "from" in Li Congjing's name. Originally, the Li family of the Tang Dynasty didn't seem to care about highlighting the seniority in the name, but the surname Li in the Jin Dynasty had this habit.

Holding Li Chongzheng and Ren Wanru into the palace, Li Congjing heard that a distant guest came to the palace two days ago, and now he lives in the mansion, and asked about the other party's name and identity, but Ren Wanru shook his head and said that he didn't know, which made Li Congjing feel strange, how could such a person live in the palace?

"Ding Hei said that the man was an old friend of His Highness." Ren Wanru explained that now Ding Hei is in charge of the palace guards, unlike the palace guards led by Meng Songbai, Ding Hei and the guards he led never leave the palace.

Li Congjing soon met the uninvited guest.

In the dead of night, this person did not sleep peacefully in the house, but ran to the roof to stand and blow the wind, with a crescent moon on his head, a green shirt, his clothes fluttering, and the green silk was like a sea, he was indeed very elegant, but in Li Congjing's eyes, he also seemed a little nervous.

Although he didn't see the other party's face, just looking at this demeanor, Li Congjing also knew the identity of the other party, and among his old friends, there was only one person who could have this kind of state of not eating the world.

Sensing Li Congjing's whereabouts, the other party no longer stared at the distant night, turned around, revealing a face that made all the women in the world jealous, he jumped down from the roof and hugged his fist at Li Congjing: "His Royal Highness King Qin, don't come unharmed." ”

"After a few years, the style of the sword is even worse, looking at it from a distance, I almost think that you don't want to stand in the world anymore, you want to feather and ascend to the immortal." Li Congjing laughed twice, and there was no lack of sarcasm. ran to his own house to put on a high demeanor, Li Congjing certainly has an opinion.

I don't know if it's because he has been in the mountains and forests for too long, this person either has a temperament that doesn't eat the fireworks of the world, or his words and deeds don't know much about the world. After that, he didn't ask Li Congjing if he agreed, and with a palm in his hand, a simple long sword slipped into his palm out of nowhere.

At this time, Ding Hei rushed over, looking at the other party's demeanor, Li Congjing knew that this guy and Jianzi should have fought before, but the result seemed to be no different from when he was in Lu Long, Ding Hei saw that Li Congjing looked dissatisfied, and laughed embarrassedly, turned around and said to Jianzi with a black face: "Jianzi's move, is it a little unsophisticated?" ”

Jianzi was slightly stunned, and looked at Ding Hei puzzled: "But is it because he didn't bow well?" After that, he put away his sword and bowed to Li Congjing, "Your Highness is not strange, in the next day, there is no other intention, since the battle with His Royal Highness Lu Long, the victory is not divided, these years, in the next has been puzzled, the entry sword and the birth sword, who is superior and who is inferior, so it is not far away." ”

After that, he accepted the number of gifts, and said with a sword: "As for the fatigue of the journey, it must be nothing to His Highness, please give His Highness advice!" ”

Li Congjing ignored him and looked at Ding Hei, "Jianzi came alone?" ”

Ding Hei sneered: "There are several people with him, but they are the same sword. ”

Before the words fell, Tao Xiaoxiao suddenly appeared, and said to Li Congjing with a cold and beautiful face: "I just got the tip, and the sword companion is not his fellow disciple, but the staff of the Guiyi Army's envoy." ”

"Shazhou Guiyi Army?" This surprised Li Congjing a lot.

After the Anshi Rebellion, Helong to the Yixi Prefectures (that is, the Hexi Corridor and the eastern part of the Western Regions), trapped in Tubo, during the Dazhong Xiantong period, Shazhou hero Zhang Yichao, raised troops to expel the Tubo defenders, and made it return to the Tang territory, Tang awarded Zhang Yichao as the Guiyi Army Festival Envoy, governing Shazhou, leading because of the return of Sha, Gua, Yi, Xi, Gan, Su, Shan, He, Lan, Min, Lang and other eleven states, Xiantong two years, Zhang Yichao newly recovered Liangzhou.

After the death of Zhang Yichao, the Guiyi Army was appointed to the post and was hereditary by his descendants, but this situation could not be consolidated for a long time, and after Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty in the land of Helong was beyond the reach of the whip, and the place fell apart. During the Tianyou period, the Zhang family was extinct, and Cao Yijin inherited the Guiyi Army, but at this time, the territory he could control was limited to the two states of Sha and Gua.

There is no doubt that the Central Plains Dynasty has no rule over these places, that is, in fact, these places no longer belong to the Tang Dynasty, and by the time of the Zhao and Song dynasties, their land was not included in the national territory.

Since Cao Yijin sent someone to see Li Siyuan, he followed a figure in the rivers and lakes to hide his identity and came to the Qin Palace, no wonder Li Congjing was surprised.