Chapter 1 Return to Taiyuan
With the withdrawal of Li Yuan's army from Hedong, Yang Yuanqing's army completely occupied the entire territory of Hedong, and a few days later, an army of more than 10,000 people escorted a team of 1,000 people to Taiyuan City.
This is an extremely important team, including the wives and daughters of the generals such as Yang Yu and Yang Yuanqing, as well as important figures such as Su Wei, Pei Ju, Li Gang, Cui Junsu, Wei Zheng and other important figures also came together in an extremely wide carriage, Yang Yu pulled the curtain, looked at the majestic city wall, and said to Pei Ju behind him: "I once came to Taiyuan City with the emperor's grandfather when I was a child, and I can't remember what year it was. ”
"It should be four years of great cause."
Su Wei, who was also sitting in the back row, said with a smile: "I remember very clearly, that year, the Shengshang went out to patrol Wuyuan County, and almost killed Gao Gong in Yulin County, and I and Chief Yang tried to protect our high cheeks, but I was demoted, and General Manager Yang was transferred to repair Fenyang Palace, and later when Shengshang came back, he passed through Taiyuan City, and His Royal Highness also drove with him that year. ”
Pei Ju frowned and said: "How do I remember that it was the fifth year of the Great Cause, didn't we go to visit the old capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty that time?" ”
"Pei Gong's memory, hey! It's four years of great cause. Su Wei sighed.
"That's right, I remember five years."
The two were arguing on the side, but Yang Yu asked, "I don't know what is Gao Xiangguo's situation now?" ”
Pei Ju and Su Wei were silent, and after a while, Su Wei sighed and said: "Gao Xiang is to transfer Lingnan to Panyu Taishou, he is too old to stand the climate over there, I estimate that he will not support it for long." ”
Pei Ju shook his head, "Gao Xiang is no longer in Lingnan, he broke his leg in Lingnan in June last year, and the Holy Lord allowed him to resign, he seems to have gone to Bashu, and his son is over there."
At this time, the team stopped, and a guard rushed over to report: "Your Highness, Chief Yang has come out of the city to greet you." ”
I only heard a burst of drum music, and countless banners appeared from the side of the gate, and the banners came quickly to this side, and the banners were a group of cavalry, surrounded by dozens of generals, which was Yang Wuqing personally led Du Ruhui, Yang Sien, Li Jing, Wang Xu and other civil and military ministers dozens of people out of the city to welcome the arrival of Yang Yu, the acting king.
Approaching, Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted and knelt down on one knee to Yang Yu, and dozens of generals behind him also knelt down, Yang Yuanqing said loudly: "Yang Wuqing, the governor of Fengzhou and the Duke of Chu, welcomes His Royal Highness the Acting King to Taiyuan. ”
Yang Yu hurriedly got out of the carriage and helped Yang Yuanqing up, "The chief manager should not make any more big salutes in the future, this is my request." ”
"Obey orders!"
Yang Yuanqing stood up and saluted Pei Ju and Su Wei, who were sitting behind the carriage, "The two pavilion elders have worked hard all the way. ”
Pei Ju said with a smile: "We came by boat and got off the boat in Lishi County and changed to a carriage to travel all the way to the mountains and rivers, it was very comfortable, not hard at all, the general manager of the southern and northern wars, and the east of the river was hard." ”
Su Wei raised his eyebrows, "I think Yuanqing should be called a different name, the governor refers to the governor of Fengzhou, now Fengzhou only has one county under our rule, and it is a bit inappropriate to call the governor again, it should be called Hedong Province and Guanbei Marching Army without marshal, or called the governor of the state." ”
Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Let's talk about the hard work of everyone in a few days, go back to the city first and rest for two days, Your Highness, please go to Jinyang Palace." ”
Yang Yu glanced at Pei Ju, a little embarrassed: "I'll also enter Taiyuan City!" ”
Pei Ju gave Yang Yuanqing a look, and said with a meaningful smile: "Yuanqing, let His Highness also enter Taiyuan City to rest!" ”
Yang Yuanqing groaned and said, "Okay! Your Highness will stay in my house for the time being. ”
He leaned over and waved his hand, "Your Highness's brigade has entered the city!" ”
In the sound of drums, the team marched into Taiyuan City, and Yang Yuanqing slowed down his horse and waited for the carriage that his family was riding.
"Daddy!"
Several children saw him from afar, scrambling to wade through the car window to him, Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed, stepped forward and pinched the little faces of a few children with a smile, looking at the children with excitement and blushing, he smiled and asked, "Are you happy along the way?" ”
"Daddy, I'm happiest on the boat!" The eldest son, Yang Ning, took the lead.
Yang Yuanqing simply pulled him out of the car window and sat in front of his horse, Yang Ning was very excited, pulling the reins, "Drive!" Drive! Shouting, the soldiers next to him all laughed Yang Yuanqing asked his eldest daughter Yang Bing again, "Bing'er, where is your eldest mother?" ”
Pei Minqiu's complaining voice came from the carriage, "This group of little guys blocked the window, of course you can't see me." ”
Yang Yuanqing apologized, in fact, he wanted to see Yang Zhi, the second son born to him, and it had been almost two months, and he had not seen the child yet.
Pei Minqiu knew what he was thinking, so he smiled: "Their mother and son are in a carriage behind." ”
Yang Yuanqing turned to the next carriage again, the curtain opened, revealing a pretty face, she smiled at her husband, pointed to the car, and said in a low voice: "Still sleeping!" ”
Yang Ning muttered in a low voice, "My brother likes to sleep all day long. ”
Yang Yuanqing knocked on his head, "Wasn't it the same when you were a child?" ”
Yang Ning stuck out his tongue and didn't dare to say anything, Yang Yuanqing probed into the car window again, only to see that in the six big cradles, a white and fat boy slept soundly, looking like a tiger, quite like himself, Yang Yuanqing was so happy that his mouth couldn't close, his eldest son's eyebrows and eyes were like his mother, his face was like himself, the second son Yang Jing looked like his mother Ah Lian, very delicate, and the third child completely inherited his own bloodline, it is conceivable that he will look very similar to himself when he grows up.
Out of the dust was overjoyed, she took advantage of her husband's head to stick into the window, kissed him lightly on the cheek, and whispered in his ear: "He reminds me of you when I was two years old." ”
"Don't spoil him."
Yang Yuanqing and Izuchen looked at each other and smiled, he retracted his head, urged the horse to run forward, Izuchen looked at his back and went away, and sighed with nostalgia, sometimes she also missed the life when she was a heroine in the past, but women always have to go home, only home and children are her destination, then she looked back and found that the past life was becoming more and more blurred from her.
"Daddy, I don't want to practice martial arts!"
The eldest son, Yang Ning, finally found an opportunity and cautiously made this request to his father.
"Why?"
Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile, in fact, he also knew that the eldest son's physique was not suitable for martial arts, and he didn't want to force the eldest son, but he wanted to know the reason.
"Are you afraid of hardship?"
"Nope! No! Yang Ning hurriedly shook his head, "It's not that the child is afraid of hardship, but I prefer to read, and practicing martial arts gives me no time to study." ”
"Is that really the case?" Yang Yuanqing asked, staring at his little face.
"That's true, and my grandfather and Mr. Li both said that I have a talent for reading, so I should not practice martial arts, but concentrate on studying."
"Mr. Li?"
Yang Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, "Which Mr. Li?" ”
"It's Mr. Li, who taught the king to read, did you forget to marry your father? You invited him from Chang'an Yang Yuanqing showed a wry smile on his face, he knew who it was, Li Gang actually taught his son to read, which made Yang Yuanqing unexpected.
"Who asked Mr. Li to teach you to read? Grandpa? ”
"Hmm!" Yang Ning's little head nodded heavily.
Yang Yuanqing looked at Pei Ju again, only to see Pei Ju squinting and smiling at himself, there was an indescribable mystery in his smile, which made Yang Yuanqing feel extremely strange in his heart, and he didn't know what Pei Ju had to talk to him.
Yang Yuanqing's mansion is located in the middle of Taiyuan City, it is also the palace of the original Han King Yang Liang, covering an area of one hundred and twenty acres, it can be called a male fort, surrounded by rivers, the bank is planted with weeping willows, you must take a small bridge to enter the mansion, the courtyard wall is about two lengths high, solid and wide, four people can be paralleled above, and there are soldiers patrolling back and forth on the courtyard wall.
The inner house covers an area of 80 acres, and the inner wall is two feet and three feet high, which is the real residence of the mansion, and the outer house is the barracks for the guards.
The scenery in the house is beautiful, there are hundreds of pavilions and pavilions, planted with all kinds of precious flowers and trees, and the exquisite buildings are hidden in the rich green, and a small river is introduced into the house, forming a small lake with an area of about ten acres in the backyard.
The mansion has been cleaned up, just waiting for the owner to move in, Yang Yuanqing's house, whether it is the capital Luoyang or Jiuyuan County, has always been only ten acres in size, but today it has become one hundred and twenty acres, even if you don't consider the outer house, there are also eighty acres, which makes it difficult for everyone to adapt all of a sudden.
Only the children were overjoyed and rushed into the house with cheers, they had long dreamed of such a large mansion that would allow them to run carefree.
Pei Minqiu frowned slightly, and said to Yang Yuanqing: "Husband, what are we going to do with such a big mansion?" ”
Yang Yuanqing held his wife and said with a smile: "I went to Wenxi County, and the old house in your Peijia Village covers an area of one hundred and fifty acres, which is much larger than here." ”
"That's different, there are hundreds of people in seven rooms over there, but our family doesn't even have twenty people."
"Plus there are two or three hundred maids and servants, and besides, if I become king in the future, I can't let the palace be only ten acres in size!"
"Husband, what did you say?" Pei Minqiu looked at her husband in surprise, she couldn't react, although her husband's surname was Yang, he was not a royal family, how could he be crowned king? She couldn't figure it out for a moment.
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said: "Li Yuan can be crowned the king of Tang, my power is not comparable to him, why can't I be crowned king?" ”
"He's ......"
Pei Minqiu sighed, "Husband, he rebelled and established himself as a king, and you are Sui Chen, how can you compare with him?" ”
Yang Yuanqing smiled secretly in his heart, if he told her one day that she was going to become the queen, I don't know what her expression would be? He was looking forward to that moment.
"Alright! Even if it is the Chu State Mansion, my grandfather's Chu State Mansion in Chang'an covers an area of one hundred and fifty acres, and a dignified Chu State Duke can no longer live in a ten-acre mansion! ”
Pei Minqiu didn't speak for a long time, and finally she sighed faintly: "Husband, I'm afraid that you will start to become extravagant when you take Hedong, I hope you are still as diligent and frugal and simple as in Fengzhou, so that the soldiers can be proud of you, instead of living in a mansion to make you look high." ”
Yang Yuanqing was very moved by his wife's advice, and he nodded, "Don't worry!" I won't forget my true colors, moving to this mansion, I'm just thinking about safety, now I have a lot of enemies, they can't do anything to me, maybe they will attack my family, I can't be careless. ”
Pei Minqiu wanted to talk about table tennis again, Yang Yuanqing patted her hand and smiled: "I'm going to find my grandfather, he seems to have something important to look for me, let's talk about it in the evening!" ”
Pei Minqiu pursed his lips and smiled, turned around and left, Yang Yuanqing ordered the soldiers who carried the items a few more words, and then hurried to the East Courtyard.