Chapter 191: Empress Eldest Sun's Exhortation
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In the Yanxi Palace, Li Shimin has read the good news sent by Li Su several times, and the laughter has not stopped, Tuguhun has been a disaster for the Tang Dynasty for many years, and it has always been a problem in his heart, but now it has been solved by Li Su, how unhappy is he.
"In the past, I thought that Ke'er's personality was most similar to me, but now it seems that this Su'er is more similar to me, and he actually dared to go deep into the Tuyuhun land with Niu Jinda to capture Murong Fuyun, which is very my demeanor back then!" Li Shimin walked back and forth excitedly, with a different kind of light flashing in his eyes.
Empress Changsun was lying on the bed at this time, her face was a little pale, her illness had not shown signs of improvement, she used to be able to get out of bed and walk, but now she can only lie on the bed, there is a trace of sadness between her eyebrows, she faintly feels that her illness is not getting better, she saw Li Shimin so happy and laughed lightly, but her body was too weak and coughed a few times one after another.
Li Shimin heard the sound and walked to the bed and sat down, with care in his eyes, Empress Changsun accompanied him through the most difficult years, and he has always remembered this feeling deeply, so although she has many other women, Empress Changsun has always been the most important in his heart, and now her condition is getting worse and worse, Li Shimin is also very anxious.
"The concubines want to congratulate the emperor, the concubine can be of great use, and the southwest frontier can be stable." Li Shimin's gaze made Empress Changsun's heart warm, Li Shimin's good news Li Shimin had already read to her, which made her also very surprised, 10,000 defenders defeated 80,000 Tuyuhun army, such a feat that few people can do.
Li Shimin put away the good news, "In this way, I can also feel at ease, and I can transfer the army from the southwest back and station it in the north." ”
"Bring the army back? Does the emperor plan to hand over the remaining seven states of Shu to Li Su? "The remaining seven states in the mouth of Empress Changsun are Bazhou, Longzhou, and Tongzhou. Hezhou, Yuzhou, Luzhou, Rongzhou, these seven states are on the edge of Shu and adjacent to the Lingnan Mountains, and have been defending against the Western Plains from the Lingnan Mountains, and these seven states plus the original ten states are the complete Bashu region, which used to be only Shu land, and now it is equivalent to the entire Sichuan Basin, and Hezhou is now Chongqing City.
Li Shimin nodded. "In the past, I was worried that he would not be able to take on the responsibility of this frontier, but now it seems that I am thinking too much, and these seven states are remote and sparsely populated, and the taxes are meager and can't even support the local defenders, and the imperial court has to give money and grain every year, which is really not cost-effective, it is better to hand it over to Su'er, and this can be regarded as giving him a complete Bashu."
Empress Eldest Sun nodded slightly, her brows furrowed slightly. "Are you willing to do just that? These seven states are all loss-making transactions, unlike the other ten states, where half of them are relatively rich. ”
"If you don't want to, you have to be willing, he is the only vassal king among the princes of the Tang Dynasty, how can he not take on more responsibilities. I changed his two-word king back to one-word king as compensation for him. Li Shimin has already played a good little ninety-nine, and the status of the two-character king is lower than that of the one-word king, which is also one of the conditions for Li Shimin's compromise and concession. Although Li Su is in power, his status is one level lower than that of several princes.
Li Su was also depressed for a while when he got the title of King of Chengdu, but it didn't matter if he figured it out, he had real power. I don't care about these anymore, but I still feel a little awkward in my heart, and he is invisibly a level lower than Li Tai, the princes, and he is uncomfortable.
Empress Changsun nodded in agreement, "Your Majesty is right, taking advantage of Su'er's great merit this time, he should also change it back for him, otherwise he will have to salute the prince younger than him when he comes back to the province, which will be embarrassing." ”
Empress Changsun also agreed with his idea, Li Shimin settled down like this, and chatted with Empress Changsun for a while, Li Shimin praised Li Su many times between words, and Empress Changsun was also happy to echo at first, but by chance an idea suddenly appeared in her mind, she knew that her time may be short, and she had to remind Li Shimin of some things, he interrupted Li Shimin's words and said: "Your Majesty, Su'er is now in power, and she is favored by the emperor, but the concubine has something to say." ”
Li Shimin looked at Empress Changsun strangely and said, "But it doesn't hurt to say it." ”
"Your Majesty, don't do anything to abolish the growth and the young because you love the child, which will not only make the prince fight for the crown and kill each other, but also make the country kill each other." Empress Eldest Sun expressed the uneasiness in her heart.
Li Shimin admitted that he had thought about this question for a moment, looking at Empress Changsun's sincere eyes, Li Shimin fell into thought, he understood that Empress Changsun did not say this for Li Chengqian, but because she understood the complex interests behind these princes, and what really made his heart ache was that the prince killed each other, he never wanted to see the former qiē repeat in his son.
"I promise you, if Cheng Qian hadn't made a big mistake, I wouldn't abolish him, as for Su'er, don't worry, in my opinion, Su'er's ambition is not on the throne, or rather, his heart is higher than the throne! That's why I believe in him like that. Li Shimin said with a smile.
Empress Changsun was at ease, but she was attracted by Li Shimin's later words, "Higher than the throne?" Is there anything higher in this world than the throne? ”
"Su'er once wrote a business treatise to me, in which he mentioned colonization, and I wrote to him several times to ask about the meaning of colonization, he said that there are many vast overseas big 6s outside the Tang Dynasty, and the area of these big 6s is more than ten times larger than the land of the Tang Dynasty, and there are many magical animals and plants on those big 6s, as well as different people, he said that his goal is to conquer the stars and the sea, since he has such ambitions, how can he peep into the throne, or this throne is not in his eyes at all." Li Shimin said.
Empress Eldest Sun sighed lowly, "Maybe I'm sitting in the well and watching the sky." ”……
The victory in Songzhou not only shocked Li Shimin, but also caused an uproar among the nobles of Chang'an, and even caused a lot of earthquakes in the officialdom of Chang'an, and the officials placed on Cui Shao's Mansion and Wu Wang's Mansion showed a skyrocketing posture, but Cui Shao and Li Ke understood that these officials were not to slap them, but to slap Li Su, if Li Su had only shown them Yizhou's powerful business before, now Li Su showed them Yizhou's powerful military power, A businessman who is so rich that he has no armed protection dares to bully anyone, but a businessman who is armed to the teeth is no one wants to provoke.
Many people gradually understood a reality, Li Su has sat firmly in the southwest, and no one can shake his position, and in this case, the benefits of cooperation are far greater than those obtained by hostility, and it will indeed be an unwise decision to provoke Li Su again.
"Yo, isn't this Dr. Lu? What is the wind that blows you here? On this day, Cui Shao had just sent away some officials who came to visit, and the family led Lu in, and when he saw Lu Jin, Cui Shao was angry.
"Cui Shizhong, how can we say that we are also in-laws? Isn't my cousin there? Lu Jin cheekily played the family card.
Cui Shao ignored it, "Don't dare to be it, this in-law also pays attention to intimacy, doesn't it?" ”
"Hey, Cui Shizhong, don't squeeze me, I see profit and forgetfulness, it's not a thing, you don't remember the villain, the prime minister can hold the boat in his belly and spare me." Lu Jin said with a bitter face, with Li Su's sanctions on those families who gave him bad in Yizhou, the business of these families is not as good as day by day, while some other small families are thriving, and all kinds of goods shipped from Yizhou are endless, and these goods are still very tight, and the victory in Songzhou also made Lu Jin realize that Li Su's rise has been unstoppable, and he can only give in.
Fifteen days have passed in a flash, and the discussion about the Songzhou victory in Chang'an has not only not faded down, but has become more and more enthusiastic in Chang'an, and Li Shimin is even more strange that he has not talked about any reward for Li Su in these fifteen days, which makes the ministers even more confused.
And in the early morning of the fifteenth day, this discussion reached its peak, five thousand high-quality war horses poured into Chang'an from the south gate of Chang'an, Mingde Gate, followed by 10,000 fat white sheep, these livestock were escorted by cavalry wearing silver armor, for a cavalry also carried a banner with three words written on the king of Chengdu, the people of Chang'an immediately understood that this was the spoils of war given by the king of Chengdu to the emperor, and for a time the name of Chengdu Wang Renxiao was widely spread.
Li Shimin and hundreds of officials watched this grand scene in Mingdemen, 5,000 war horses and 10,000 white sheep stretched for several miles, and the people poured into the streets to watch, and the whole Chang'an was as lively as a festival.
In order to escort this batch of livestock, Li Su used 1,000 cavalry, and after handing over the livestock, these cavalry lined up neatly and waited for orders.
Niu Jinda got off the horse with his teeth gritted, originally Li Su planned to let Xue Rengui be in charge of this matter, but Niu Jinda wanted to go back to Chang'an Province, regardless of the injury on his buttocks, he had to take over this drudgery, so Li Su let him go back.
"Songzhou Mianzhou Duwei Niu Jinda see His Majesty!"
Li Shimin had already gone down the city gate with hundreds of officials, and Niu Jinda walked forward quickly.
"Excuse me!" Niu Jinda is also one of the first to follow Li Shimin, and his relationship with Li Shimin is also very good, but the state has national laws, and the family has family rules, Niu Jinda made a mistake and was still reprimanded to Shudi, and after carefully looking at Niu Jinda, Li Shimin smiled: "Shubao, Jinda is a lot fatter than before, it seems that this Shu land is very supportive?" ”
In the report of the great victory in Songzhou, Li Su specially exaggerated Qin Huaiyu's bravery, which made Qin Shubao, who read the report, very relieved, and he had to hold his sick body to the court today.
Uncle Qin laughed loudly: "What His Majesty said is that Jinda is indeed fat. ”
Niu Jinda was a little embarrassed, and said: "It's all good food in the army, and I have to thank His Royal Highness Six." ”
When the three of them were joking, Hou Junji, Cheng Yanjin and other generals set their eyes on the silver armor on Niu Jinda's body, they were all veterans of the war, and they understood the power of this armor at a glance. (To be continued!)
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