When Li Xin received the news of Liu Heimin's defeat, it was already ten days later, the army was preparing to pack up and return to Guanzhong, this time he eliminated Xiao Miao, expanded thousands of miles, occupied Jianghuai, Huguang and other places, so that Li Xin had enough military grain planting land, and the grain started from Huguang, passed through Nanyang, and entered Guanzhong, the official road was much easier than Bashu, and the grain of Bashu could also pass through Huguang and be sent to Guanzhong, although the toss on the road was more troublesome, but it was enough to make Guanzhong have no food crisis.

"Dou Jiande, this is going to fail." Li Xin threw aside the letter in his hand and said, "Jingren, do you say that if Li Shimin occupies Hebei, he will start a war with us and fight for Luoyang?" ”

"Prime Minister, no matter whether Li Shimin is preparing to attack Henan and Luoyang, or whether he is going to attack Shandong by another route, Li Shimin has actually failed." Cen Wenwen said: "Li Shimin has the help of the Turks, his soldiers are sharp and unstoppable, but it is inevitable that he will have a reputation for colluding with foreign races, and the people of the world will not support a person who colludes with other races." If he attacks Shandong, it is fine, but if he attacks Luoyang, Henan, he will definitely fail. ”

"If they don't attack, then we attack." Li Xin nodded and said, "The main task in the coming year is to recover Henan and exterminate Wang Shichong. En, the decree was passed on, and Qin Qiong was crowned as the Marquis of Guilin. ”

Cen Wenwen hurriedly responded, he saw it clearly, and sighed in his heart, Li Xin has given up the personal expedition to Jiangnan, whether it is Li Zitong in Jiangnan, or Shen Faxing, he has not been taken to Li Xin's heart, these have been handed over to Qin Qiong and Du Fuwei to complete, otherwise Qin Qiong's title will not be promoted from the township marquis to the county marquis, Qin Qiong followed Li Jing and Li Xin, and made many military exploits, and today he finally took a step faster than Wei Chi Gong and others and entered the circle of the county marquis.

Of course, this is not only Li Xin's affirmation of Qin Qiong's night attack on Longzhou, but also because of the needs of the next strategy. Du Fuwei wants to lead the army to attack Li Zitong, and Qin Qiong also needs to start from the south, and the two armies are like two huge pincers, clamping Jiangnan to the death, so Li Xin will canonize Qin Qiong at this time.

"Pass the decree, ten days later, we will go back to Chang'an, it's time to go back to Chang'an for the New Year." Li Xin looked outside and took a deep breath. I don't know what happened when I went back to Chang'an this time, next year to solve Wang Shichong, I'm afraid it will be another big war, I don't know when this kind of war will end, the most important thing is that the longer the war, the more serious the vitality of the Central Plains will be injured.

"Recently, my subordinates received news that because Li Shimin led the Turks to the south, the people panicked, and a large number of Hebei people migrated to Henan. There are even people who have moved to Guanzhong. Prime Minister, this is a good omen! Cen Wenwen said with a smile: "This common people are the foundation of the country, and they can't be abandoned at any time, Dou Jiande is helpless." But Wang Shichong is different, there is no war in his territory, but the people still ran away, which shows that Wang Shichong is not popular in Henan. The subordinates thought that they would definitely win the conquest of Wang Shichong in the coming year. ”

"Good. Lend you auspicious words. Li Xin said with a smile, and the mood in his heart was much better.

Guanzhong, thousands of miles away, is paying attention to Li Xin's news all the time, when he got the news of Xiao Mian's surrender, Guanzhong was in an uproar, and the whole Guanzhong fell into joy, especially those businessmen, began to transport goods to Jiangnan, there are Li Xin's rules set there, and the interests of businessmen in Jiangnan will be guaranteed, these people naturally know how to use the rules set by Li Xin to make money, these guys know that Li Xin won the battle, the territory is getting bigger and bigger, and they will get more and more things.

Of course, the people in the court are in pain and happy, Li Xin's territory is getting bigger and bigger, but there are very few officials in his lineage, and the supplements of these local officials are all pressed on the Wude Palace, so that Pei Shiju has not slept well for several days.

"Grandfather, I heard that you haven't slept well for a few days, my granddaughter has prepared some soothing soup, and my grandfather can drink some before going to bed." Pei Fu led a few palace maids into Pei's mansion, but saw Pei Shiju leaning on the recliner, with a thin quilt on his body, lying under the plum tree, and felt pity in his heart.

"Come, sit, talk to grandfather." Pei Shiju pointed to the brocade stool on the side and said.

"Yes." Pei Fu's heart warmed, his grandfather was so old, and he still served the court, on the one hand, it was because he was old and strong, but more importantly, it was for the Pei family, but now there are very few people in the Pei family, if Pei Shiju leaves the court at this time, it will be difficult for the Pei family to return to the court in the future.

"Pei Mai told me that he wants to go to Jingzhou, hehe, with his ability, he still wants to govern Jingzhou?" Pei Shiju suddenly shook his head disdainfully, the Pei family's talents are not nothing, but now they are Wenxi, partly they followed Pei Lin into Li Zhao, and partly they looked down on Li Xin and studied at home. The one who could barely take out his hand was Pei Mai, but Pei Mai wanted to take this opportunity to enter Jingzhou, which made Pei Shiju feel a blockage in his heart.

"Pei Mai is also from the imperial examination, although he meets the requirements, but he has too little experience." Pei Fu thought about it, but still gritted his teeth and said.

"He saw that Ma Zhou was a scholar of the Wude Palace, and he was jealous." Pei Shiju shook his head, he glanced at Pei Fu, sighed, and said: "Don't worry about the affairs outside the palace, the prime minister is about to ascend the throne, at this time, you should not meddle in the affairs outside the palace." ”

"The prime minister is about to ascend the throne? Why didn't any news come out, and the princess didn't say anything? Pei Fu originally had something in his heart, but at this time he was surprised by what Pei Shiju said.

"Not now, I'm afraid the prime minister will ascend the throne after solving Wang Shichong, and at that time, Li Shimin may have swept Hebei and Shandong." Pei Shiju shook his head and said: "At that time, there were only two families left in the world, and Li Yuan had been on the throne for several years. Therefore, the prime minister must have ascended the throne at that time. What, what's on your mind? ”

"What can the granddaughter do, if there is something, it is only another person in the palace." Pei Fu's face was not good-looking, he swept left and right, and said in a low voice: "The prime minister accepted Xiao Yuexian, the daughter of Xiao Miao, as a concubine in Jingzhou, and some people in the palace are not happy. ”

"It's really confused, the prime minister is rich all over the world, and the world is his, what can he do if he accepts a Xiao Yuexian?" Pei Shiju snorted coldly and said, "Who does she think she is?" The prime minister's wife? That's also the eldest grandson Niangniang, not her Li family, her Li family has not yet reached the point of covering the world with one hand. ”

"She has also been under a lot of pressure in the palace over the years." Pei Fu thought about it and said in a low voice.

"What kind of pressure, isn't it just thinking about her son!" Pei Shiju's eyes flickered, snorted coldly, and said: "If nothing else, Wang Shizi will be the future prince, although Li Chengji is not much different in age, but if he wants to win the crown prince, it is very difficult." ”

"This time there is another Concubine Xiao, I heard that Concubine Xiao is a fox charmer, and her body has a strange fragrance, and she is even liked by the prime minister." Pei Fu also said with some worry.

"When you reach the position of prime minister, no matter how good your posture is, you can only be favored for a while, not to mention, now the prime minister needs the Xiao family to win the situation in Jingzhou." Pei Shiju shook his head and enlightened: "The prime minister will sit in the world in the future, and there are many women around him, should everyone be careful?" Li's approach is unacceptable, sooner or later there will be a big problem, look, Concubine Yao, she and the prime minister are childhood sweethearts, according to reason, she should be the princess, but isn't it a good life now? ”

"Granddaughter understands." Pei Fu nodded.

?“ The prime minister is about to return the class teacher, and you have to pay attention to it. Pei Shiju glanced at Pei Fu and said with a slight dissatisfaction: "If a woman has no son, she will be discriminated against in ordinary people, as a woman of the emperor, if you have no son, how can you make the emperor pay attention to you?" In the future, when you are old, you will be treated differently with a son than without a son. ”

"Yes." Pei Fu's face was flushed with shame, she heard Pei Shiju's meaning clearly, but this matter was not her turn to control, now in the harem, Yao Muxue, Pei Fu, and Li Xiuning gave birth to daughters, but among these three people, one is Li Xin's childhood sweetheart, and the other is Li Zhao's princess, all of whom have something to do with Li Xin, but herself, because she is Pei Shiju's granddaughter, her innate advantage in this regard is not as good as the previous two.

"Hey, forget it, the prime minister has his own arrangements, the woman in the palace doesn't care about her, you just need to follow the princess." Pei Shiju sighed, the situation in the palace also knows, Li Zhiwan relies on her identity, although she can't be said to be domineering in the palace, but she is a little bit domineering, of course, she doesn't dare to do this in front of the eldest grandson, but she is not polite in front of other concubines.

For the sake of this, Pei Shiju also knows something, Li Xuanba burned the grassland for 3,000 miles, exterminated countless Turkic tribes, obtained countless war horses, and the population brought back by Li Jing was sent to Bashu to repair roads, it can be said that Li Xuanba's military exploits this time, coupled with Li Xin's trust in him, I am afraid that he will go further, and he will become the second county duke, and his status in the army is second only to Li Jing.

"There are many rights and wrongs in the palace, hey, if it weren't for the Pei family, the old man really didn't want to give you to the prime minister as a concubine." Pei Shiju looked at his daughter, saw her gentle and virtuous appearance, and sighed in his heart, like this, it was still a little bad to gain a foothold in the palace.

"Prime Minister, Prime Minister is very good to his granddaughter." Pei Fu lowered his head, his face flushed with shame, and whispered.

Pei Shiju was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and finally smiled and said: "Since the prime minister is very good to you, then grandfather is also relieved, remember, don't provoke that woman in the palace, the prime minister is a reasonable person, and he won't like this kind of woman." Relying on something, he began to make a fuss in the palace, the prime minister was fighting outside, and when he hoped that the back house would be united and peaceful, this woman would not end well. ”

"Yes." Pei Fu nodded. (To be continued......)