In front of Princess Pingyang's mansion, there are several people standing, among which the first two are the first two, with holy marks on their eyebrows, shining brightly, all of them are tall and heroic, and they are quite similar to Luo Xuanye, but they are not as "fierce" and "powerful" as Luo Xuanye.

Luo Xuanye's generation, there are seven brothers, and their names are "Sunshine and Stars Night Lingyun", and this time it is Luo Xuanye's fourth brother Luo Xuanchen and sixth brother Luo Xuanling.

Luo Xuanchen's stature is slightly lower than Luo Xuanling and Luo Xuanye, and his temperament is a little warmer, with a little bookish atmosphere, while Luo Xuanling's hands are full of calluses, and he looks like a martial artist.

Luo Xuanye and his brothers in the family had not seen each other for too many years, he hurriedly ran out, and Luo Xuanling was surprised: "Fifth brother! ”

Luo Xuanye hugged Luo Xuanling fiercely in front of the mansion, hammered two punches on his arm, and said happily: "Good boy, I haven't seen you for many years, you are so strong!" ”

"Fourth brother!"

The three of them did not stand outside the mansion to catch up, and Luo Xuanye welcomed the two into the mansion.

When Luo Xuanling stepped over the threshold, he looked at the plaque of Princess Pingyang's Mansion, and asked with a smile as he walked: "Fifth brother, have you always lived in the Princess's Mansion after marriage?" ”

Luo Xuanye pointed to the palace city in the west and said with a smile: "Occasionally, I will return to the Gongfu."

Your sister-in-law is favored by the emperor, and the princess's mansion is the closest to the palace, and the court is quite close.

My Guogong Mansion is in another Fang City, so our husband and wife live here, and the Princess Mansion is a regulation of the first product, and it is convenient to use all kinds of utensils.

The fourth brother and Ah Ling lived here first, and then they didn't want to live here, so they lived in the Zhou Guogong Mansion first, and Xiuning and I bought two properties for you in the east city of Chang'an Beicheng.

Most of the people living here are nobles and royal families, and many of the surrounding markets are vacant, and they will be reserved for those Li clan kings and princesses in the future. ”

Luo Xuanchen looked around and said: "Duke Zhou Guogong, good title, Tang Huang has a heart, fourth brother, your status in the Tang Dynasty is not ordinary." ”

Luo Xuanye raised his eyebrows and said, "Naturally, otherwise I wouldn't have written a letter to your brothers."

Brothers, in order to occupy a heavier position in the Datang situation, it is not enough to rely on me alone, and my future of Luo's may be in Datang.

When the emperor ascends to the throne of heaven, the title of Duke of Zhou will bring many benefits to the family, isn't this our purpose? ”

That's the truth.

Today's Luo's goal is very clear, that is, to occupy a more important position within a limited range, without dominating the throne and being judged by the Heavenly Dao as the actual king.

The Luo family cannot be stronger than the royal family, and the head of the Luo family cannot be above the Son of Heaven for a long time and inheritance.

Under this rule, Rockwell should be as strong as possible, and this is the current Rockwell!

Several people quickly walked into the hall, and after Luo Xuanye beckoned the two to sit down, Luo Xuanling asked, "Fifth brother, is that King of Qin really as good as you say?" ”

Luo Xuanye nodded and said, "Among the emperor's heirs, he is the most special one.

When he was in Taiyuan, the people of the time called him 'Taiyuan Gongzi', and when the gap between the gate valve and the Hanshi was very large, he did not treat people with the view of the door, and the corporal was very unusual.

As for the rest of the virtues, the demeanor of the person, you will know when you get along with him in the future, I can only describe it as sincere.

It seems that the fourth brother and the sixth brother are going to join King Qin's command? ”

When Luo Xuanye introduced Luo Xuanchen and Luo Xuanling, he must have introduced them to Li Yuan, but since the two said so, they would definitely be biased towards King Qin in the future.

Luo Xuanchen chuckled and said: "When I came, my brother knew about Li Tang, and the Tang Emperor really didn't have the talent of the founding son of heaven if the ancestor evaluated.

Since ancient times, I have never heard that the founding monarch does not fight, according to the plan of the Tang Emperor, the future founding heroes of the Tang Dynasty and the founding military generals will be under the command of King Qin.

In this case, conflict is doomed, I don't want to stand on the opposite side with you for this reason because of this reason in the future.

Our three brothers will either be brilliant together, or leave Datang together. ”

Luo Xuanchen thought too far, which made Luo Xuanye a little uneasy, and said in a low voice: "King Qin didn't want to compete with the crown prince for the throne, and the relationship between their brothers is good. ”

Luo Xuanchen only said lightly: "The Li family is not the Luo family, there is no Suwang Ancestor on the top, and there is no holy mark on the bottom, what is the use of feelings?" ”

Luo's judgment of Datang is different from that of others in the world.

After every Luo's son got to know Li Tang a little, he could see that there was bound to be a division inside.

This division stems from Luo Su's "death penalty" to Li Yuan.

Luo Su thought that Li Yuan's ability was not good enough to become the Son of Heaven.

All the Luo clans analyzed Li Tang's situation according to Li Yuan's inability, and then they came to the only conclusion.

Li Yuan wants to rely on his excellent son to seize the world.

Who is the one who pacifies the world?

Luo Xuanye was silent, Luo Xuanling was a little uneasy, and Luo Xuanchen drank tea calmly.

The maid in tender green clothes trotted in, looked at Luo Xuanchen and Luo Xuanling with a little curiosity out of the corner of her eyes, and said to Luo Xuanye: "Donkey, the princess is back." ”

While speaking, Li Xiuning, who was heroic and dressed in court clothes, had already walked into the hall.

Luo Xuanye didn't think much about it, and introduced a few people to each other, and Li Xiuning was happy about the appearance of the two Luo clans: "Fourth brother and sixth brother, I will enter the palace tomorrow to recommend you to my father, my father will be happy, there are four and six brothers here, and my husband will no longer be weak from now on." ”

Hearing Li Xiuning say this, especially the last sentence, Luo Xuanchen showed a slight smile.

Whether it is for the emperor or the minister, the clan power is very crucial, and the reason why those gate lords are strong is that the powerful clans help each other.

Luo Xuanye's current position and power are completely dependent on the Li royal family, if from the bottom up of power, he has no people of his own, the appearance of Luo Xuanchen and Luo Xuanling can effectively improve this situation of being alone.

Li Xiuning can think of this, which shows that she has Luo Xuanye in her heart.

Li Xiuning asked people to go down to clean up the guest room for the two, and it was the grandmother in the house who hugged the little county lord who was crying.

Of course, the princess's daughter is not the county lord, but Li Xiuning's daughter is the county lord.

Before Li Xiuning could react, Luo Xuanchen and Luo Xuanling had already teleported to the little girl's side, and Luo Xuanchen had already taken the little county lord and held him in his arms.

The induction between the stigmatas made the little county lord stop crying in an instant.

She opened a pair of big black and white eyes and looked at Luo Xuanchen and Luo Xuanling.

"The first Luo's daughter of our Luo family, Ah Ye, what is her name?"

Luo Xuanye smiled: "Yuan Ling, Peacock Ling's Ling." ”

Luo Xuanling's calloused fingertips gently touched Luo Yuanling's fair and translucent face, and then his little hand held his fingers, Luo Xuanling was such a strong man, a doting smile appeared on his face, and gently shook Luo Yuanling's small hand.

Luo Xuanchen lifted Luo Yuanling high and laughed loudly: "Born in Luo's family, Ah Ling is blessed." ”

Luo Yuanling giggled, clapping her little hands.

……

Following.

Li Xiuning entered the palace and told Li Yuan about the arrival of Luo Xuanchen and Luo Xuanling, which made Li Yuan very complacent, and said to Pei Lin and other palace people: "Back then, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was only the only one to assist him, but now I have three people, doesn't this mean that I am better than Liu Bang?" ”

Luo's arrival was both exciting and worrying, and the ministers complimented Li Yuan one after another, making him even more happy, and then Li Yuan thought for a while and said: "Luo's is a high-ranking family, and he is a close relative of the horse, my Datang should be reused, what position should be arranged for them?" ”

Li Xiuning said according to the words discussed last night: "Father, Luo's son voted for me in the Tang Dynasty, naturally not to enjoy wealth and nobility, but to make meritorious contributions.

If you directly arrange the court officials, the quality is insufficient, and I am afraid that you will not be able to make the best use of your talents.

It would be more appropriate to include them in the shogunate, and then go out on expeditions with their followers in the future, and then make meritorious contributions and then be promoted. ”

Li Yuan nodded involuntarily when he listened, Luo Xuanye is his son-in-law, the Yuan Cong hero of Jinyang's army, and he has also made meritorious contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and now he is the general of Zuo Xiaowei of Zhengsanpin, and he is knighted as the Duke of Zhou, which he deserves.

These two Luo's sons naturally can't do this, they still have to start from a low-level dispatch, after all, this is not the era of Shiqing Shilu, especially the rank of official, it can't be easily awarded.

Li Yuan groaned slightly, and then said: "You said in Pingyang just now that both of them are good at martial arts, and I am intending to conquer Xiliang Li Rail, so that the King of Qin and the King of Qi will go on the expedition, and Luo Xuanling is young and transferred to the Qin Palace, serving as the deputy pawn army.

Since Luo Xuanchen was the elder brother of the concubine, he was transferred to the Qi Palace, serving as the warden of the Qi Palace. ”

The Prince's Mansion is on the fifth grade, and the deputy is on the fifth grade, two levels worse, Li Yuan arranged the official position according to the age and seniority of the two, but in fact it is almost the same.

Because Luo Xuanling entered the thriving Qin Palace, and Luo Xuanchen entered the Qi Palace, purely in terms of the future, Luo Xuanling must be better.

It can only be said that fortunately it is the palace of the king of Qi, Li Shimin and Li Xuanba have a good relationship, and Li Xuanba, the king of Qi, is basically only Li Shimin, and the horse is the first to look forward.

If it is transferred to the Chu Palace, it can only conflict with Li Yuanji.

Li Xiuning thought about it a little, and there was no difference from what he expected, so he responded directly.

Officials at this level do not need to be taught by the emperor face-to-face, and then go directly to the three provinces to go through the process, and let the officials of Shangshu Province approve it, with Li Xiuning, who is an internal history order, staring at it, no one will get stuck in this thing.

When the process reached the three provinces, there was news that Luo's son had come to Chang'an, and it had spread everywhere.

"It's really worthy of Luo's, the world's highest-ranking family, and he is a high-ranking official on the top five products as soon as he comes out.

Alas. ”

The two official positions of Luo Xuanchen and Luo Xuanling sound not high on the surface, but in fact they are much higher.

You must know that the two of them are almost white!

Now the level of officials in the world is from the first grade to the ninth grade, from the positive, from the different, and there is also the difference between the top and the bottom.

is one product, from one product, all the way to from three products.

The four products start, the four products are up, the four products are down, from the four products, from the four products, all the way to the nine products.

There are 30 official ranks, and the captain in charge of the government soldiers is only from the seventh grade.

In addition to the thirtieth level, there is also a rank, called Liuwaiguan, Liuwai is the ninth rank outside the Liuwai, that is, there are a total of thirty-nine official ranks, Luo Xuanchen and Luo Xuanling directly stood in the middle and upper ranks.

Luo Xuanchen's five grades, officials of the same level, are Luoyang Order, Jinyang Order, Chang'an Order, a white body has risen straight to this point, how can it not be envied.

It can only be said that Li Yuan really values the background of the gate valve, and Luo's prestige upgraded to the level of the Heavenly Pillar of the National Dynasty is indeed hard, and it can affect the opinions of people in the world, Li Xiuning and Luo Xuanye's face, as well as Luo Su's face, is indeed big.

After Luo Xuanchen and Luo Xuanling accepted the assignment, Luo Xuanling followed Luo Xuanling to the Qin Palace's mansion to meet Li Shimin.

When Li Shimin saw Luo Xuanling, he looked left and right, pulled him to sit in the middle of the seat, and couldn't help laughing, "Okay, this king now has Qingyang, and another fierce general, I am a Tang soldier, who can stop it?" ”

The palace of King Qin was very lively, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others were there, Li Shimin simply held a banquet for Luo Xuanling's arrival, and Luo Xuanling showed a few hands during the banquet, making everyone cheer for him.

Luo Xuanchen went to the palace of King Qi to meet Li Xuanba, Li Xuanba said to him very well: "This king will never forget, when this king was lying on the hospital bed, as if he had seen the road to Huangquan, and finally it was Gong Wen who saved the king, he pulled the king out of the road of Huangquan, this is the fate of this king and Luo's family, in the future, we will be together for the Tang Dynasty, as long as there is merit, this king will report to his father." ”

Feeling Li Xuanba's kindness, Luo Xuanchen knew that his future was probably here.

Li Xuanba.

……

The war between Li Liang and the Western Turks broke out extremely quickly.

The Western Turks mobilized more than 150,000 cavalry and drove a large number of cattle and sheep to attack the four counties of Liangzhou and Hexi.

Li Liang is stupid.

I don't know what kind of madness the Western Turks are doing.

When the Western Turk's inscription arrived in Hexi, he knew what was happening, and he could only secretly scold himself on the one hand, and write a letter to the holy khan of the Western Turks, Ashnase, saying that he absolutely did not scold him for being a Hu person.

"The king is the nobles of Zhuxia, and I am also the nobles of Zhuxia, standing under the blue sky of King Su, we should join hands to pacify Zhuhu and not harm ourselves."

But Ashinase didn't believe it at all, and said in front of everyone, "These Central Plains people are very bad."

They don't believe in the king.

It is said that in the Central Plains, even if you insult King Su, there is no punishment by the law, it is just, it is simply ......"

He couldn't find a dirty enough word in his mind to describe it.

"Son of a bitch!"

A courtier below answered, although he felt that the degree was too light, but Ashinase still said: "That's right!

This Li Rail must be taught a hard lesson, and what qualifications does he have to be the emperor?

On an equal footing with Ben Khan? ”

At the same time, Li Tang is also targeting Li Rail, and it is from two aspects.

On the one hand, Liangzhou Anshi said that he could pacify Hexi and dedicate it to the Tang Dynasty, which was disintegrated from within.

On the one hand, Li Yuan is transferring Guanzhong Zhichong Mansion, ready to let Li Shimin take command at any time.

Under this kind of internal and external troubles, Li Liang, who was not very popular in Hexi, soon couldn't support it.

It was like a natural choice, and Li Tang got another vast piece of land without much effort.

Although it is not a grain production area, it is indeed a land that can raise horses, and most importantly, it has obtained the whole Liangzhou.

Li Tang's western border advanced from 300 miles outside Chang'an to 1,500 miles outside Chang'an!

Li Tang can finally go east without too many worries, and he doesn't have to worry about the army moving, Chang'an is empty, and he is directly attacked by the Xiliang Kingdom in the rear.

The premise is to solve the raging Western Turks!

was already preparing to conquer the army of Xiliang Kingdom, and now it has a place to use.

Li Yuan took Li Shimin as the marshal of the march, and appointed the chief of the ten major marches, leading 30,000 troops from the Guanzhong Guards to go out of Hexi.

Facing Li Rail, who suddenly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Ashinase was a little confused, he didn't use his strength, why did Liangguo fall by himself?

When he heard the news of the Tang State's troops, Ashinasei was a little hesitant to continue the war with the Tang State, he hurriedly sent troops, was not well prepared, and it was impossible to enter the pass, and he had not captured any fortified city in Hexi yet, so he could not move forward at all.

"Khan, our army is coming in a hurry, there is no need to fight to the death with the Central Plains, some time ago the high priest once said that in the west of the temple, where the original Kangju is, there are heretics who do not believe in King Su, and they should be exterminated, we should return to the court of God and raise the royal flag in the sacred place of King Su."

When he hesitated, some people began to persuade him to withdraw his troops, for many people in the Western Regions, they didn't particularly want to enter the Central Plains.

They were accustomed to life on the grasslands, and the Western Regions had everything, and they wanted to go west and north to occupy more grasslands, rather than go to the Central Plains to fight, and in their impression, the Central Plains were dangerous.

Ashinase pondered, thinking about it, except for going to the burial place of King Su, it seems that there is no need to enter the Central Plains, and now the Western Regions are not unified.

Then go back!

He made up his mind, so he did not hesitate, holding a scimitar decorated with gems in his hand, and stood up in the big tent, "Tell the Tang army, let them kill Li Rail, send Li Rail's head to my sweat tent, and this Khan will retire!" ”

When Li Shimin began to prepare for war, he learned of Ashinasai's request, and everyone was stunned all of a sudden.

The brains of this Western Turkic Khan?

Li Shimin immediately reacted and ordered loudly: "Send someone to chase Li Liang back, you don't have to send him back to Chang'an!" ”

After taking over Liangzhou, Li Shimin escorted Li Rail back to Chang'an, and finally waited for Li Rail's only ending was to be beheaded.

After Ashinasei got Li Liang's head, he immediately stepped on it on the soles of his feet, laughed quite rampantly, and then said: "Find someone to make a night pot for Ben Khan's head, and Ben Khan will use this in the future to let all those who have insulted Ben Khan know that this is the end of offending Ben Khan." ”

After venting his anger with Li Rail's head, Ashinasei really withdrew the army painfully according to the previous agreement, Li Shimin was just trying, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

This war should be regarded as a victory, but it came inexplicably, and Datang got a piece of land for nothing?

Whether you want to believe it or not, whether it is God's favor or not, but this is the truth, just like when Shu Land was attached, many people feel at this moment that maybe God really favors Datang.

For Datang, the most difficult steps were all smooth and completed within two years.

Li Shimin rearranged the defense of Liangzhou to prevent a future comeback of the Western Turks, and neither he, nor anyone else, had the slightest idea of opposing the Western Turks.

If the various regions of the world are set at a level, then the Western Regions, which is located on the border, is undoubtedly unimportant among the various plates that unify the world.

Only after the unification of the world can the value of obtaining the Western Regions be obtained, and even if you get it now, if you want to transfer troops from the Western Regions, it will be too difficult, and it will almost be of little help to unify the world.

Now the entire Tang Dynasty, from top to bottom, has only one idea, that is, to quickly go east, just like countless dynasties that have gone east to unify the world, and quickly get the world.

……

After Li Shimin returned to Chang'an, he soon got a not-so-good news that Taiyuan, which Li Yuanji was guarding, had a fight with Liu Wuzhou.

Liu Wuzhou, who had been entrenched in Jinyang, finally made up his mind to capture Jinyang, which was a rather terrible thing, which showed that Liu Wuzhou and the Turks had reached an agreement.

He was no longer too worried that the Turks would copy his back path, and it was even possible that the Turks would send troops to help Liu Wuzhou.

This is very reasonable, because the Turks should have reacted that Datang did not want to cooperate with them.

"There was a civil strife in the Turks, and they couldn't take care of themselves, so Liu Wuzhou took advantage of the situation to go south."

Fortunately, the situation did not reach the worst situation, only Liu Wuzhou, and there were no Turks, which was a blessing in misfortune.

Although the army led by Li Shimin did not fight, it experienced a long march back and forth from Chang'an all the way to the Hexi Corridor, and it was necessary to rest.

And although Liu Wuzhou is menacing, Taiyuan is his hometown after all, Li Tang has a deep ruling foundation there, and he also has a heavy army, and it is not so easy for Liu Wuzhou to capture it.

As Li Yuan said, "Liu Wuzhou dared to invade the territory of my Tang Dynasty for 2,000 miles, he was just looking for death."

When my Datang recovers a little, as long as Taiyuan is defended, Liu Wuzhou, defeat will be his only ending. ”

Yes.

As long as Taiyuan is defended and Liu Wuzhou can't get a big granary, he won't be able to become a climate.

But can Taiyuan hold on?

Most people think they can hold it!

Jinyang is a strong city, and it can be said that in the entire state governance of the world, there are not many cities that can be stronger than Jinyang.

Unless it is attacked with water, it is very difficult to capture Jinyang.

Where is it so simple to attack by water, unless it is absolutely crushed, and the army has completely surrounded the city, in that case, the attacker can smoothly dig the river.

In this case, a man returned to Chang'an City with an amazing news!

……

This person's name is - Li Yuanji.

His identity is the fourth son of the Tang Emperor, the King of Chu.

His position is to stay in Jinyang, Taiyuan, and his task is to guard Jinyang, Li Tang's Longxing land, the base camp, and the hub of the entire Hedong.

Why did he return to Chang'an?

Because Jinyang lost.

The Jinyang he was guarding was lost.

So he fled straight back, taking his wife and concubine and children with him, as well as those precious treasures, even on the way back, he was still enjoying it.

How did Jinyang lose it?

He felt that he couldn't win, and in the face of the menacing army of Liu Wuzhou, especially Song Jingang under his command, he was too fierce, so he deceived the defenders of Jinyang, said that he went out of the city to investigate, and then fled directly.

Jinyang surrendered without a fight!

At the same time as Jinyang was lost, starting from Jinyang, Song Jingang attacked the city all the way, and the speed was faster than when Li Tang took Hedong.

It is really worthy of the fine tradition of closing the Longmen valve.

Hongnong Yang can't take Hongnong, and Jinyang Li Tang can't hold Hedong.

The Chang'an court fell into a stagnation, what happened to Li Yuanji, the king of Chu?

Li Yuan's whole mind was buzzing, and he wanted to reprimand Li Yuanji fiercely, but in the end he restrained himself.

For such a tragic failure, we must find a responsible person!

Of course, this person can't be Li Yuanji, it's his son, if Li Yuanji is punished, let's not say that Li Yuan can't bear it, after all, he protects his calves so much, and it may hurt his prestige.

Then you can only let the courtiers under Li Yuanji's command carry the pot, but ordinary people can't carry this pot.

The most important official positions in the royal palace were Changshi and Sima.

When Li Yuan was the king of Tang, Pei Lin was his long history, and Liu Wenjing was his Sima.

Later, Li Yuan became the emperor, and these two people directly became prime ministers, which can be imagined the importance of these two positions.

The only ones who can take the blame for Li Yuanji can only be these two people, but these two people can't be punished casually, it depends on their identity, Li Yuan's typical approach.

The people of the royal family cannot move.

He wanted to let people take the blame, but Li Yuanji's subordinates were unwilling to take the blame.

This pot is memorized, not to mention that it will soar in the future, and there may be no future.

This made Li Yuan very uncomfortable.

In the end, I could only say to the ministers stupidly: "Although I know that Sima Wang, the king of Chu, is wrong, but the decision is not made by one person, I think that the top priority now is to consider how to recapture Hedong first." ”

Li Yuanji treated this matter as if it didn't happen and treated it coldly, many people were a little angry, and when Xue Ju was last time, Li Yuan didn't deal with it like this.

Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan, who were guilty of meritorious service, were reprimanded, and the rest who had no merit were dealt with.

Such a double-standard approach made Li Yuan lose a lot of people's hearts, but Li Yuan didn't care, the advantage of the status of the monarch and the minister was that even if the courtiers were dissatisfied with the emperor, as long as it was not fundamental, there would be no backlash.

This is the natural privilege of the king, and the merits and demerits of the courtiers are double-standard.

Just when the Li Tang court was still thinking about how to deal with Li Yuanji, the army under the command of Liu Wuzhou, under the leadership of Song Jingang, was about to capture Hedong County, and Li Tang was facing each other across the Yellow River.

Chang'an was completely shaken!

This is the most dangerous time since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, even more dangerous than Xue Ju at the beginning!

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God gave the Tang Dynasty a great favor, but also gave it a great test, in the process of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, there are many in the eyes of later generations, will greatly delay the process of unification of the event, Liu Wuzhou's capture of Taiyuan is such a major event, according to the experience of the past hundreds of years, the Tang Dynasty and Liu Wuzhou, should be in the state of a tug-of-war for several years, but the result is not so, the author will be in this chapter, explain in detail the extraordinary significance of this war for the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Tang Empire"

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