After Yang Simiao returned to the dynasty in triumph, he was allowed to return to the palace to settle in the Inner Servant Province, and at the same time he was named General Mingwei, which was a military officer who was different from a professional official and had no specific position. From this point of view, after all, he is a tainted person who cannot be reused, so such a reward can be regarded as being treated kindly.

One scene that impressed Xue Chongxun was the appearance of Yang Siqiao bowing in the Zichen Palace, this eunuch was black and thin, his hair was gray, and he knelt tremblingly on His Royal Highness's buttocks, full of awe of the high throne. His appearance gave Xue Chongxun a pitiful illusion, but the ministers around him all had a natural expression, in fact, it should be an honor to be able to worship the Son of Heaven in Daming Palace and be received by Princess Taiping.

Within two days, Xue Chongxun held a banquet in the Jin Palace, entertaining Yang Siqiao, and promised to give him a wind and dust. After that, he often feasted and drank contact, taking the opportunity to win over. Xue Chongxun thought that he was a rare military talent, so he naturally kissed him very sincerely...... In Xue Chongxun's long-term plan, he wanted to establish more merits in military and internal affairs in order to consolidate his position and prestige and reach the height of becoming the emperor, which required a large number of useful talents, so he was unwilling to miss Yang Siqiao; And Yang Siqiao also happened to need to find a new backer in the court (the old backstage Li Longji has been wiped out), and he was not reused by Princess Taiping, so he naturally actively moved closer to King Jin. One is willing to fight and suffer, and the relationship between the two naturally hits it off by leaps and bounds.

At this time, Liu An finally proposed the "Two Taxation Law", which is a new tax method, which is different from the current "Rent Adjustment Law". The gist of the new tax law is to use the amount of land and property as a tax receipt, and because it touches the interests of high-ranking households, it has been opposed by many scholars and doctors as soon as it is proposed. Naturally, they will not say the real reason, but only quote the scriptures and books to describe all kinds of harms, and "competing with the people for profit" is the most popular saying.

Because there were too many people who opposed it, and it was during the preparation period of "autumn defense", news came from Longyou, Jiannan, and the Western Regions that the Tubo people appeared frequently, and Princess Taiping thought that it was not appropriate to increase domestic movement at this time, and Xue Chongxun also agreed with her mother's intentions, and the tax law reform was temporarily shelved.

The two tax laws were something Xue Chongxun had long set to do, but he made concessions at this time because he wanted to fight for another thing: the military power of the Tubo War.

Princess Taiping was reluctant to let him go to the border to take risks, so she said, "You don't even have an heir", and the court is not without talents, so you don't have to take risks. Cheng Qianli, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Du Xian of Anxi, and Zhang Xiaosong of Beiting Jiedu are all a group of Dingbian talents who have grown up and can fight well, and even Zhang Shuo is also a person who can put pen to paper and set national policies and martial arts can go to Ma Pingbing, and there is no need for her baby son to go abroad

Xue Chongxun was unwilling, and he couldn't find a way to persuade his mother, so he was a little depressed.

One day, he returned home from Daming Palace after dark, and when he was about to take a bath and sleep, Li Yaner was rubbing in the room and did not leave. Xue Chongxun didn't have any thoughts in that regard, so he said: "I remember that a few days ago you said that the menstrual affair was coming, so soon?" ”

Li Yan'er said aggrievedly: "Isn't this still here? ”

Xue Chongxun suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he hurriedly asked her about the time of last month, and it had been almost forty days since she pinched her fingers...... He looked Li Yan'er up and down, and saw that she was alive and there were no signs of endocrine disorders, so he glared and said, "Yan'er shouldn't be pregnant, right?" ”

"Pregnant with what?" Li Yan'er's eyes widened.

Xue Chongxun said with a smile: "The eldest child is pregnant with the younger child. ”

Li Yan'er was busy touching her belly, and Xue Chongxun said: "Even if you have it, it's only been more than a month, what can you touch?" Hurry up and call Yuwen Ji over to check your pulse. ”

He immediately called Pei Niang to call Yuwen Ji, and then rubbed his hands and walked back and forth on the floor a few times, looking very expectant. In his mind, he is not yet thirty years old, and he is not particularly anxious about the affairs of his offspring, but if Li Yan'er is pregnant...... Isn't it easier to convince his mother that he has no offspring?

I saw that Xue Chongxun's eyes were glowing, and the fire of ambition seemed to be burning. He's fed up with worrying about an unknown future, and when the military power is full of wings one day, justice is within reach.

After a while, Yuwen Ji and Pei Niang came into the house together, she glanced at Xue Chongxun and didn't even have etiquette, so she sat down in front of a desk, put a cloth pillow on the desk and said, "Princess, please sit down, I'll check your pulse." ”

Li Yan'er sat across from her, reached out and lifted her long sleeves, and put her wrist exposed on the cloth pillow. Yuwen Ji's fingertips gently rested on her pulse, and then quieted down. Xue Chongxun stared at them with round eyes, stood next to him and looked at them with bated breath, waiting expectantly.

After a long time, Yuwen Ji let go of her wrist and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the princess, I'm really happy!" ”

"There's nothing wrong with that, right?" Xue Chongxun asked with patience and joy.

Yuwen Ji glanced at him and said, "I don't believe I can call other Lang Zhong to diagnose the pulse." ”

"Yes, of course I do." Xue Chongxun said happily, "Male NV? ”

Yuwen Ji said: "Just touch the pulse, how am I a man?" ”

"Aren't you a miracle doctor?"

Yuwen Ji: "......"

Li Yan'er asked pitifully, "It hurts to have a baby, right?" ”

"That's ten months from now, you want to go so far, you have to take care of it now." Xue Chongxun thought for a while and said, "Send the Dong family and Yao Wan over to take care of you, they are older and more sensible and careful than those little girls, I just have Pei Niang alone here, anyway, I usually only stay at home at night." Pei Niang, you hurry up and listen to Yuhu to report the good news to my mother-in-law. ”

Pei Niang responded: "Yes." Then he ran briskly.

Xue Chongxun was busy arranging things while being excited, "It's late now, and my mother will only call someone to report tomorrow." It was the first time he had encountered such a thing, and he remembered that someone said that a child would move in his stomach, so he squatted down in front of Li Yan'er and put his ear together to listen. Yuwen Ji saw his anxious appearance and smiled: "It's still early, I don't need to worry about opening a pair of soup for the princess tomorrow." ”

Li Yan'er asked, "Lang Jun, is there a voice?" ”

Xue Chongxun shook his head and said to his stomach: "You reincarnated well, you are a prince when you come out of your mother's belly." ”

After a while, Sun and Cheng Ting came, and there were some maids, and Xue Chongxun's living room suddenly became lively, surrounding Li Yan'er and treating her as a baby until midnight, making her yawn all day.

The next morning, the Jin Palace, sent someone into the palace to report the good news, Princess Taiping was naturally very happy when she learned that she was going to hold her grandson, and she was full of praise for Li Yan'er, and immediately sent someone to send a lot of precious materials and supplements to the Jin Palace. After she summoned Xue Chongxun in Chengxiang Palace, she wanted to take Li Yan'er to the palace to raise her, but Xue Chongxun felt that the people in Daming Palace were complicated and refused, so Princess Taiping gave up.

At this time, Xue Chongxun took the opportunity to mention the matter of Tubo: "Dog Rong (Tubo) is the henchman of the Tang Dynasty, we just use the army to defend is not a way, please let my mother allow her son to lead troops to reinforce Helong, take advantage of the autumn high time to attack it, weaken the main force of the dog Rong and wait for the opportunity to forge ahead, so as to achieve the ambition of the mother to serve all over the world." ”

Princess Taiping, who was sitting on the top seat, said reluctantly: "Soon after, there may be something wrong with Jiannan, Helong, the Western Regions, and even Beiting and Youzhou, and if you want to personally lead the troops, you can only take care of one place, it is better to let the border generals fortify, why bother with them for merit as a prince?" ”

Xue Chongxun hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "Other places are all small fights, at most, let Siyi rob a little something, only Helong and the Western Regions are the biggest threat." And the Western Regions have Du Xian in charge, and there is Zhang Jiedu from the North Court to help, and the dog Rong can't afford to spend money for the time being. Only the land of Helong is beautiful in water and grass, it is both a natural horse farm and a granary, and the dog Rong and the Tang Dynasty have fought for dozens of times here, when this autumn war is a good season, the main force of the dog Rong will definitely break through the stone mountain to the east to expand here. Datang can't sit back and wait for defense, and should mobilize a large army to maneuver around it and wait for an opportunity to forge ahead...... Mother can be completely assured of the person who has the power of the army, who else is there except for the son? ”

Princess Taiping smiled when she heard this, as Xue Chongxun said, it is really necessary to concentrate jīng Rui to put the military power into the hands of one person, and that kind of power can be used to power Chang'an in addition to Pingbian. If someone who has obtained military power comes to a "Qingjun side", that kind of thing is really not fun. Her smile was because she felt the mutual trust between Xue Chongxun and herself, which made people happier than anything else.

But after she suppressed her smile, she shook her head slightly: "The northwest border trouble is not a matter of one or two years, and the speed is not reached. What's more, when the autumn is high, it is the time when the barbarian horsemen are proud, don't you choose this time to deal with it to avoid your weaknesses? ”

Xue Chongxun said: "It is when the dog Rong sends troops in the autumn that our army can fight a decisive battle with it nearby, otherwise they will escape into the plateau, even if I have millions of troops, it will be difficult to find the trace of its main force, and only by constantly consuming the strength of Tubo is the way to ensure the peace of the frontier." ”

Princess Taiping frowned for a long time, because Xue Chongxun had been talking about this as soon as she came these days, and she had blocked it many times to no avail, so she asked, "Are you determined to lead troops in the northwest?" ”

Xue Chongxun said seriously: "My mother is in power, and only by assisting you to achieve unprecedented cultural and martial arts, the world will not scold us for misleading the country." Your name will also go down in history for generations to admire! The dog Rong occupies the western half of the wall, and has always restrained hundreds of thousands of troops of my Tang Dynasty, consuming nearly half of the national strength. ”

The words made Princess Taiping's domineering spirit come up again, and the mother and son were ambitious and domineering. Princess Taiping's body also sat up straighter, her eyes looking straight ahead, as if thinking about something far-reaching.

After being silent for a long time, Princess Taiping suddenly said thoughtlessly: "Zhizi Mo Ruomu, I know what you are thinking in your heart. ”

Xue Chongxun was stunned for a moment, and then Taiping said again: "But as long as it is what you want, I will not stop you...... If you don't believe me, who else can I trust? ”A