On the second day, Li Yuan prepared to reward the soldiers for their meritorious deeds.

After reading a list of rewards drawn up by Li Yuan, the awarding official said to Li Yuanjin: "Tang Gong, there are many people in the army who were born as slaves, and I think their rewards should be lowered by three levels. ”

Li Yuan heard his contempt, and couldn't help but glance at him twice, the Jinyang family, no wonder he despised those soldiers who were born as slaves.

It's just that Li Yuan has great ambitions and pursues a combination of grace and power.

Li Yuan looked at the awarding officials, and said with a straight face: "Between the flying stones and arrows, among the swords, guns, swords, and crossbows, there is no distinction between the noble and the low, why should we divide the noble and the humble when rewarding meritorious deeds?"

"Since everyone is equal on the battlefield, then the same should be true when you go down the battlefield, and you will be rewarded for any merit."

When the awarding officer heard this, he was ashamed and stepped aside.

This attack on Huoyi City was because of the help of siege equipment and Cheng Zhijie and other fierce generals as the vanguard, Li Yuan's side only lost a few hundred people, but captured 20,000 Sui troops.

The 20,000 captives were all incorporated into the army, and Li Yuan's army quickly increased to 50,000.

After capturing Huoyi City, Li Yuan did not rush south, but like in Xihe County, he wantonly gave the young talents of Huoyi City official titles.

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin still maintained order on the scene with guards, while Wang Yu helped Li Yuan think of his official name.

This time, Li Yuan called an entourage to grind Mo and asked Wang Yu to sit beside him, only reminding the official name.

Wang Yu's face was solemn, and she was happy when she watched the "young talents" holding the fluttering appointment letters and smiling from ear to ear.

At the end of the official sealing, Pei Lin couldn't help but admonish Li Yuan: "Tang Gong, you have sealed more than 1,000 officials in Xihe County, and when you arrived in Huoyi City, you have sealed another 800 people, is this too flooding of officials?"

"I'm afraid it's going to be flooded!"

Looking at Tang Gong's momentum, he clearly intends to concoct it every time he goes to a place. If it goes on like this, is it worth it?

Li Yuan smiled: "You have also seen how happy the people are after being crowned officials, how much they support me, and how kind they are to the soldiers."

"If you can use your official position to win people's hearts, why use swords and guns to persecute people's hearts?

"The court is too stingy, so it lost the hearts of the people and ended up in rebellion, why should we follow suit?"

Pei Lin thought about it and felt that what Li Yuan said made sense, so he no longer objected.

Since then, every time Li Yuan captures a city, he will wantonly seal officials and clean up people's hearts, and subordinate officials will no longer raise objections.

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On the second day of the first month of August, Li Yuan's army left Huoyi City and went south to Guanzhong, all the way like a bamboo, and the righteous troops near and far heard the news and surrendered one after another.

On the fifth day of the first month, Linfen County was conquered, and on the eighth day of the first month, Jiang County was occupied.

After entering the county guard's mansion, Li Yuan said to Li Shimin: "Today is Xiao Yu'er's birthday, you go to find two maids to serve Xiao Yu'er to bathe and fast." ”

Li Shimin ordered someone to summon the Yahuan of the county guard's mansion, remembering that Wang Yu once told him that the Yahuan around him was as beautiful as a fairy, so he picked two Yahuan with a gorgeous face but a calm temperament, and told them to serve Wang Yu well.

This is Wang Yu's second birthday in ancient times, the first birthday was very hasty, and the second birthday she thoroughly experienced the filial piety of the ancients.

It turns out that the ancients were not born, because many women were in great pain during childbirth, and often had two deaths, so women's childbirth was both expected and frightening.

The ancients would bathe and fast on the day of their birthday, thanking their parents for their kindness and filial piety.

"Let's set the table."

Watching Yahuan lay out the meals one by one, and then Li Shimin sat down behind the table with a calm expression, Wang Yu was a little surprised: "Don't you have to be busy with military affairs?" ”

Li Shimin pushed a plate of cigarette shoots in front of Wang Yu, "Aya asked me to accompany you more today." ”

Wang Yu let out an "oh" and ate with a faint interest.

The dishes are all vegetarian dishes, and there is no meat at all, which is a kind of torture for Wang Yu, who loves meat and is growing his body.

However, thinking of today, Wang Yu is not interested in meat food.

Li Shimin ate silently, his eyes glanced at Wang Yu from time to time, and saw that she looked like a relative, and she ate less than usual.

After the meal, Li Shimin asked her, "Do you want to rest early?" ”

Wang Yu shook his head: "I'll copy the scriptures for a while and then go to sleep." ”

"Then I'll accompany you." Li Shimin picked a random book from the bookcase and read it.

Half an hour later.

Li Shimin looked at the night outside, got up and walked to Wang Yu: "It's not early, you should rest." ”

When he got closer, he found that Wang Yu had copied not Buddhist scriptures, but Taoist scriptures.

"Hug Puzi?"

Li Shimin picked up the book, stared at the cover, and his face was a little ugly: "You said that you are young, what books are not good to read, and you actually read this kind of alchemy book?" ”

Wang Yu put down the brush, sorted out the copied scriptures, and said in a light tone: "What's wrong with alchemy?" ”

This casual tone makes people angry when they hear it.

Li Shimin raised the book and wanted to knock her, but when the book was about to touch her head, the movement stopped again.

Thinking about today's day, Li Shimin suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "Alchemy is the cultivation technique of those Taoist priests to pursue immortality, but eating these things cannot achieve the goal of immortality.

"These cultivation techniques and alchemy methods are just nonsense, you are still young and don't understand the sinister ones.

"I thought you were curious last time, and it would be over after reading it once, but I didn't expect you to take it with you, and read it so many times, and now you still have to copy it?"

Li Shimin was very worried that Wang Yu was addicted to this: "You tell me honestly, are you studying the art of alchemy?" ”

Wang Yu smiled: "Ha, I'm not interested in alchemy, you think too much." ”

I wonder where he saw that she was studying alchemy? However, when the emperor is generally in his old age, he will be particularly interested in alchemy.

Thinking of this, Wang Yu put down the paper in his hand, stared at Li Shimin's eyes and said, "Are you interested in alchemy?" ”

Li Shimin was asked inexplicably: "How can I be interested in this kind of thing?" I don't believe this thing can make you immortal. ”

That's good.

"Then when you are old, you suddenly become interested in these, what should you do?" Wang Yu's eyes did not leave.

Li Shimin's expression froze, and then he laughed: "How is it possible? Even if I'm old, I'm not going to be so deaf. ”

After a pause, he swore again: "I, Li Shimin, will never be interested in alchemy. ”

Hopefully, you won't have a day of slapping your face. Wang Yu slandered and continued to clean up the book case.

How can you talk about him and talk about him?

Li Shimin came back to his senses, grabbed Wang Yu and asked, "Since you are not interested in alchemy, why do you read this book again and again?" ”

Wang Yu looked at the words she copied and was silent for a long time before sighing: "Actually..... My grandfather was very interested in alchemy, and he collected a lot of cultivation methods for immortality.

"He said that if he could live longer, he would be able to protect his daughter and granddaughter a little longer."

Li Shimin's heart was shocked, except for his parents and master, Wang Yu had never mentioned other family members to them. Even if it was her parents and Master, she wouldn't take the initiative to talk about it unless they mentioned it.

The first time she heard her mention her grandfather, she was not happy, on the contrary, she looked sad.

“...... Later, my grandfather didn't succeed, and a month after my mother gave birth to me, he left....."

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