Ancient Handan, just as Gusu changed its name to Suzhou, this city has a new name called Zhaozhou.

A thousand years ago, it was the capital of the Zhao Kingdom.

A thousand years later, it is still the capital of Zhao.

A thousand years ago, the Zhao State was annihilated in the historical dust of the Qin State Iron Horse.

A thousand years later, the Zhao State was shattered under the iron horse of the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty, and it was shattered.

Dou Jiande's wife and others fled back to Zhaozhou, and immediately went to find Luo Xuanzhao, the right servant.

Luo Xuanzhao sat on a bamboo chair, holding tea in his hand, looking at the sky outside the window, he was in his thirties, and the heroic Luo Xuanye and others were different, he was very calm and steady.

After seeing Luo Xuanzhao, Princess Zhao and the others were teary-eyed, only choked up, "Luo Xiang, the king is in the Tiger Prison ......"

Luo Xuanzhao naturally knew what was going on, he waved his hand and said: "Princess, please sit down, don't be anxious, the world is man-made, but you can't escape fate, the king was defeated and captured, the matter has come to this, and it is useless to be sad." ”

Princess Zhao sobbed and said: "Luo Xiang, where will Hebei go in the future, along the way, there have been quite a few states and counties returning to Tang, what should we do?" ”

Luo Xuanzhao didn't speak, he set his eyes on Guanzhong, and after a long time, he narrowed his eyes slightly, "What is Hebei's attitude, it depends on Tang Ting's attitude towards King Zhao, and now is the time to see if King Zhao's reputation is useful." ”

Princess Zhao is also a heroine among women in some aspects, she heard Luo Xuanzhao's voice, and asked in surprise: "Luo Xiang, aren't you in the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Luo Xuanzhao shook his head, his gaze fell on the file in his hand, and said lightly: "I'm here, waiting for Tang Ting to appease Hebei, or, hear the news of King Zhao's death." ”

His words were very calm, but he had an awe-inspiring aura like a knife when he counted nine cold days, and the cold river was pressing.

……

After the reward for Li Shimin ended, Tang Ting rewarded the generals of the Eastern Expedition on a large scale, and Luo Xuanye completely walked to the peak of his life.

plus the crown prince and Taibao, this official position is the same as Li Shimin's Taiwei and Situ, which is a virtual official position, but it is very glorious.

plus Kaifu Yi and the three divisions and the hussar general, the two top loose officials.

He also changed General Zuo Xiaowei to General Zuo Yulin Wei, and the difference between the left and the previous word is a grade.

Coupled with the three products under the Zhongshu Sect, this official position gives him the power to participate in the central political affairs in the political affairs hall, even if Luo Xuan does not sit at night and has no ability to sit on duty, but it is very useful for the extension of his power.

Especially after the end of the Central Plains War, Li Xiuning, who was responsible for guarding Taiyuan, returned to Chang'an, added the "Zhenguo" number, and served as the servant, still the prime minister at the level of three high-ranking officials.

Among the generals of the Eastern Crusade, Luo Xuanling was the fastest and the slowest to promote.

He was awarded the title of the founding county of the second grade, from the second grade of the pillar country, and the general of the auxiliary country was dismissed.

On the battlefield, he mainly followed Li Shimin and protected Li Shimin's safety, and did not take charge alone, and a lot of credit was attributed to Li Shimin, so he was able to pull his official position to this level, which was already very promoted.

But he didn't have a real position in the imperial court, Li Shimin didn't report to him, and he didn't want it himself, he only served in the Tiance Mansion and the Qin Palace, and his duties were very simple, commanding the eight hundred guards of the Qin Palace.

This treatment made everyone under Li Shimin's command extremely envious, and they all knew that Li Shimin was a real confidant of Luo Xuanling, so he could put his net worth and life in Luo Xuanling's hands.

Luo Xuanchen, the fourth elder of the Luo family, still followed Li Xuanba, the king of Qi, after the Eastern Expedition, Li Xuanba also added a lot of achievements, and the biggest gain was to be named the governor of the capital.

Luo Xuanchen fought relatively little on the battlefield, and his rank was relatively low, only for the two levels of protection under the Pillar Kingdom, which was equivalent to a rank from the third grade.

However, he did not take the road of a military attaché, and it was temporarily enough to get the title of a founding marquis, and he was promoted to the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

According to the usual practice, he may be released from other states to serve as assassins, and finally return to Beijing to serve as a squire, a scholar, and finally pay homage to the prime minister.

He doesn't have much military merit, he doesn't rise very fast, but every step is very steady, and he himself is not in a hurry, Luo's is a whole, but each has its own destiny, he and Luo Xuanling came to Datang at the same time, but now they are very different, and that's why.

The most outstanding second and third brothers of Luo's generation, one is sitting in Hebei, and the other is still outside the world, so far, it is Luo Xuanye and Luo Xuanling who are walking fast and steady.

Especially Luo Xuanye, Luo Xuanchen vaguely felt that he might be about to create family history.

Just like King Luo Wen back then, he was not the most outstanding son, but in the final achievement of the Luo family, he was second only to King Su and better than the genius Luo Wen Gong.

Who can say for sure what happens to fate?

……

Li Yuan wants to kill Dou Jiande!

This is the most shocking news at the end of the fourth year of Wude, Wang Shichong has been killed, or Li Yuan exiled him and demoted him to a concubine, but died on the way to exile.

The crime of his exile was not to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, but to destroy Luoyang and make Luoyang a human purgatory, this reason is really speechless, and Wang Shichong's reputation is too bad, even if he is killed directly, no one will speak for him.

But Dou Jiande!

Li Yuan wanted to kill him, because Dou Jiande's reputation in Hebei was too good, and he was very popular in Hebei, and the Tang Dynasty was very smooth in appeasing Hebei under the banner of Dou Jiande, but the more smoothly it was, the greater Li Yuan's fear of Dou Jiande.

Dou Jiande, who was born with mud legs, why does he have such a high appeal, this is "demonic bewitchment", "If you don't kill, there will be chaos", this is Li Yuan's idea.

In the Taiji Palace, it is still a slightly dim and damp hall, Li Yuan sits on the top expressionlessly, leaning on the seat quite casually, Zhang Jieyu and others are serving him beside him, fat powder and fragrant.

The Li royal family is more lustful in this regard, and has a strong ability to cultivate heirs, especially sons.

Li Shimin and the eldest grandson have such a good relationship, and they don't delay him to be fortunate to other women, the prince has five sons, not to mention Li Yuan, he is still born one by one at such an age, and letting the men of the Li family marry only one, it is really more uncomfortable than killing them.

On both sides of the main hall, Li Yuanji was full of schadenfreude, Li Xuanba was anxious, Li Jiancheng was expressionless, no one knew what he was thinking, only Li Shimin knelt in the hall, just now, he said that he could not kill Dou Jiande.

After a long time, Li Yuan snorted coldly and said: "Erlang, you are prosperous in martial arts, but you don't understand these twists and turns, people like Dou Jiande must not stay, they must be killed, in order to prevent Hebei from suffering forever!"

Those people in Hebei, now in this world, no one understands better than me, we must suppress them fiercely, so that they can be obedient, just like they treat Hu people, otherwise those people will be in chaos.

Dou Jiande will give them this excuse. ”

Li Shimin raised his head when he heard this, and secretly said in his heart that he was really said by Duke Wen that his father had a strong prejudice against Hebei.

He said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, Dou Jiande has only risen for ten years, but he can have the hearts of the people in Hebei, isn't this because the people of Hebei have received more favors from him than the Sui Dynasty?"

Didn't Your Majesty win over the hearts of the people when he granted amnesty to the world and reduced taxes in certain states and counties?

Dou Jiande did this in Hebei, so he got the hearts of the people of Hebei, if I Datang treated Hebei as cruelly as the violent Sui, even if there was no Dou Jiande, there would be Wang Jiande, Li Jiande, Dou Jiande's old department is still mostly suspicious, unwilling to submit to my Datang, Luo Xuanzhao, the second person in Hebei, is still staying in Zhaozhou and did not come to Chang'an.

What are these Hebei people thinking, just to see how my Datang treats Dou Jiande, we killed Dou Jiande, not he alone, but killed the way of benevolence and righteousness represented by Dou Jiande, Hebei people will think that my Datang is still like a violent Sui, unwilling to let Hebei people live a good life. ”

Li Yuan was furious when he heard this, and directly threw out the metal cup in his hand, "Are these Hebei people threatening me?" What a group of rebels who disobey discipline!

Is it difficult for these people to still want the policy of Guanzhong? ”

Li Shimin was stunned, he didn't understand how his father could say such a thing, even if he hated Hebei as Guan Longxun at the beginning, it was his vital interest after all, but now that Li Yuan is about to become the Son of Heaven, how can he still say such a thing?

Li Shimin said in a deep voice again: "Your Majesty, you are about to get the mandate of heaven, all the people in the world, under the summer, are your people, Guanzhong people are like this, Shandong people are like this, Hebei people are also among them, you are the son of heaven in the world, not the son of heaven in Guanzhong, only Guanzhong, you can only be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty at most!" ”

Li Shimin's words are already very polite, only Guanzhong can only be called the crown of an emperor, and the people of all over the world can raise the crown of the Son of Heaven together.

Li Shimin respects his father very much, but as long as he is a person, he will be influenced, especially the influence of authority on people is very huge, and Luo Su's evaluation of Li Yuan has invisibly affected Li Shimin.

When Li Shimin looks at Li Yuan now, he can't help but feel that he doesn't have the ability to be the master of the world, so he thinks so in various cases, such as now.

And what about Li Yuan?

People are confused when they are old, especially when they are constantly blowing the wind on the pillow, he now thinks that Li Shimin is because the credit is too great, and the tail is too high, and he doesn't even take himself as the emperor in his eyes.

Now that the world is gradually calming down, Li Shimin's importance to Datang has decreased, and Li Yuan is no longer willing to endure Li Shimin's arrogance, so his attitude is so bad.

Li Yuan suddenly turned his head and asked Li Jiancheng, "Prince, do you think what King Qin said is right?" ”

Li Shimin closed his eyes, according to his understanding of his eldest brother, he would definitely agree with his father's approach, I don't know if Duke Wen can come in time, and when Duke Wen takes Dou Jiande away, as the answerer, he will definitely be disappointed.

But Li Jiancheng's words surprised everyone, he cleared his throat and said: "Your Majesty, what King Qin said, there is some truth, Hebei should be appeased, you are the lord of the world, so everyone in the world is your son."

Guanzhong is like me, Hebei is like the King of Qin, you have never favored one over the other, so you should treat Guanzhong and Hebei equally. ”

Li Yuan, who heard these words, suddenly smiled, pointed at Li Jiancheng and said: "Prince, you said well, it is better than what King Qin said, I will leave Dou Jiande alive and send someone to appease Hebei, I heard that Wei Zheng under your command is the old man of Dou Jiande in Hebei, you explain it, let him go." ”

The hard-won victory over the King of Qin made Li Jiancheng extremely happy, and he hurriedly thanked him, Li Shimin and the others all looked at Li Jiancheng in surprise, I don't know how he changed his sex today, and he spoke so to the point.

These words were naturally taught to Li Jiancheng by Wei Zheng, and as early as when Dou Jiande was arrested, there had already been a conversation in the East Palace about how to deal with Dou Jiande.

At that time, Wei Zheng said that Dou Jiande could not be killed, and Li Jiancheng thought that Wei Zheng was taking care of the old master, but then Wei Zheng's words shocked him.

"Prince, Dou Jiande's people's hearts in Hebei, once they are not handled well, Hebei that has just been pacified may be in chaos, of course, it is only possible.

But there is another person in Hebei, called Luo Xuanzhao, with him in Hebei, Dou Jiande was killed today, he will definitely take revenge, and Hebei will definitely set off a tide of rebellion.

Dou Jiande's old department and the Hebei Shi clan were already dissatisfied with Guanzhong, and after the collapse of the Zhao State, their wealth and nobility would be dispersed, and they would definitely follow the chaos.

At that point, what will happen?

Hebei soldiers are strong and strong, the people are fierce, and there are many generous and sad people since ancient times, and although Dou Jiande failed, Hebei's strength must not have decreased, and he can pull out an army of 100,000 casually.

It was not a great chaos that ordinary people could quell.

The founding military generals of the Tang Dynasty, the most capable of fighting and leading the troops, are all under the command of King Qin.

It is no secret that in the end, it will definitely be like the rebellion of Song Jingang and Liu Wuzhou, so that the king of Qin will go out to lead the army.

Wouldn't this increase the prestige of King Qin?

Doesn't this make King Qin's credit more than prosperous?

Doesn't this make King Qin's power more and more powerful?

King Qin, if he has always held the military power, how can you still sit in the East Palace, prince?

Weaken the power of the Qin Wangfu little by little, so that the Qin King will lose all his real power unconsciously, this is what you should do.

Therefore, King Qin must not be allowed to lead the troops again! ”

I have to say that as soon as Wei Zheng's words came out, Li Jiancheng was immediately convinced, he took Wei Zheng's hand and said with emotion: "Only when you get a lone thing to know what it means to be like a fish in water." ”

Because of this conversation, Li Jiancheng's words today really made him face in front of Li Yuan.

Li Shimin was still thinking about this when he walked out of the palace, but no matter what happened to the crown prince, at least Datang was saved from a war that was bound to come.

The next day, Li Yuan issued an order to seal Dou Jiande as the Duke of Cheng'en, and the food of 3,000 households was left in Chang'an.

Li Yuan's careful eye has been relatively famous in the world over the years, so if he wants to kill Dou Jiande, he will kill him directly.

Dou Jiande's heart that had been hanging was finally relaxed, and he said to Li Shimin, who came to visit him: "You said that I should take a look at the demeanor of the future Son of Heaven, but I still only saw you." ”

The implication is that your father has no son, he will not be my opponent, this is Dou Jiande's evaluation of his opponent, Li Shimin didn't say anything, just raised a glass of tea, and then left here.

There was an unsettling aura in the air, but he didn't know where it was coming from.

……

After defeating Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, Datang began to attack the last strong enemy, that is, Xiao Milling of Jingchu, and the war against Xiao Milling naturally did not require Li Shimin to go out, after all, his credit was big enough.

In addition to Xiao Miao, in fact, Li Tang also has a heart disease, that is, Du Fuwei of Jianghuai.

At the beginning, Li Yuan named him a prince, Du Fuwei accepted it very happily, and then he learned that Luo Jingcheng was the king of the county, and the most important thing was not the title, but that Luo Jingcheng's rewards in all aspects were inferior to his own.

Du Fuwei is not a fool, he was stunned at the time, Li Yuan, this old boy, he is uneasy and kind.

This is to roast him in the fire, and want to do it to him in the future, Du Fuwei thought about it and felt that this title and official position could not be wanted, so he wrote to request that the title be lowered, but Li Yuan disagreed.

This Li Yuan's disagreement made Du Fuwei even more uncomfortable, he wrote again, not only asking for a downgrade, but also asking to enter Chang'an, he really didn't want to be hostile to Li Tang, he just wanted to enjoy the glory and wealth.

Seeing Du Fuwei so insisting, Li Yuan finally agreed, but the problem actually still exists, Jianghuai is self-contained, Li Tang's officials were not sent there, and the people who stayed there were still the original people, which was a rather unstable factor for the Li Tang court.

Luo Jingcheng and Luo Xuanjing waited until Du Fuwei entered Chang'an, and then talked about this matter, and the two actually disagreed with Du Fuwei's entry into Chang'an.

It also depends on who he is right to express sincerity, Du Fuwei's background is too low, it is useless for him to express sincerity to Li Yuan, Li Yuan can't look down on Du Fuwei, he will never look down on him, unless it is a wealthy family like Luo Jingcheng, then Li Yuan will directly reuse it.

Luo Xuanjing rubbed his head and said: "Du Fuwei might as well stay in Jiangzuo, and when Li Yuan dies, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, will definitely be able to tolerate him, and now when he enters Chang'an, it is simply to send food to Li Yuan, see if he can delay until the day Li Yuan dies." ”

The painful point of Luo Xuan's lens is that Du Fuwei was persuaded by the couple after all, which is a bit similar to the recommendation system, if something really goes wrong, he can't run, and it is not good for Luo's reputation.

Luo Jingcheng comforted: "If he is smarter, listens to us, and takes refuge in King Qin as soon as possible, it should be fine, and the fourth brother will also take care of him in our face, so as not to go to the worst step."

Today's top priority is to pacify Xiao Milling, the Jiangnan Shi clan is now a little anxious, when the Sui Dynasty was established, the Jiangnan Shi clan was left behind, I didn't expect that when the emperor was rebuilt, Guan Long won, and the Jiangnan Shi clan will be suppressed again.

Xiao Mo will be defeated, but he still has to fight quickly, so that Jiangnan can be saved from war, and he can also make another contribution to my Luo's. ”

Luo Xuanjing nodded, recalling Xiao Mo in his memory, "If it is someone else, it is more difficult, Xiao Mo is a person who treats courtiers harshly, but he is very kind to the people, and the people of the Xiao family all believe in Buddhism, and it is okay to use the people to persuade him."

However, we can't take all the credit, the Tang Emperor sent people, it must be a fight, let's just wait and see what happens.

This year, the tax in Suzhou is almost time to be paid, and if this tax is paid, Suzhou will become the focus of the imperial court, and there may be King Zong Yao to lead the town here. ”

Luo Jingcheng knew what Luo Xuanjing meant, this year's tax in Suzhou will probably be the top of the 100 states in the world, and the tax in Suzhou may reach 70% of the entire Jiangnan Province, and the world will be Su Yiyi 2 in the future.

It is impossible for the imperial court not to pay attention to such a tax-bearing place, and it is impossible to let the Luo family control this place alone, and there will be a battle in the future.

……

I have to say that the Li family is really blessed, and it is appropriate for the rise of the Li family, there are a lot of talents in the clan, the frustrated Yang King who has been following Li Shimin, and Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, and Li Daozong is also a very powerful general in the clan.

The most powerful in the Li Tang clan is Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, who is a well-deserved first general outside Li Shimin, this attack on Xiao Milling was led by Li Xiaogong, Li Jing came to the Tang Dynasty for so many years, and was finally slipped out by Li Yuanti.

Even if he used Li Jing, Li Yuan didn't give him a good face, and almost found an excuse to kill Li Jing again, and finally reluctantly let Li Jing serve as the head of the march and cooperate with Li Xiaogong to conquer the south.

No one knows what Li Jing thinks in his heart.

It can only be said that he has been very unrespected in Datang over the years, and Li Shimin admires him, but he is not close to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin has put out this thought, and just maintains the relationship normally.

Another reason is that Li Shimin can see that Luo Xuanye doesn't like Li Jing.

Li Shimin once wanted to recruit Li Jing into the Qin Palace, so he chatted with Luo Xuanye about this person.

Li Shimin thinks that he has a life-saving grace for Li Jing, and it is only twice, so he should be able to subdue him.

Then Li Shimin saw Luo Xuanye for the first time in his life and said bad things about others.

Li Shimin remembered deeply, and Luo Xuanye said very seriously that day: "King Qin, if you think that you saved Li Jing, he will be on your side, then you are wrong."

The ancestor said Li Jing before, this person is very talented, not inferior to the famous generals of the ancients.

But he can only use his talents, not as a confidant.

There is only one thing on his mind, and that is to be ambitious, so he will not get involved in these things between you and the prince.

He wants to keep the harvest in drought and flood.

If you become the Son of Heaven in the future, you can use him to fight.

But if you want to recruit him into the Qin Palace, then you must not. ”

Who is Luo Xuanye?

Li Shimin couldn't understand it anymore, he said so, and Luo Wengong said so, so it seems that he really can't recruit Li Jing.

The reason why Luo Xuanye told Li Shimin about Luo Su's evaluation was because he really didn't like Li Jing, because Li Jing was a person, in order to avoid the fight between the prince and the king of Qin, he even alienated Luo Xuanye.

Can this Luo Xuanye endure him?

didn't cut him on the spot, and his temper has been much better over the years.

Luo Xuanye said this very important.

The process of Li Shimin's seizure of the crown is bound to be an extremely thrilling tug-of-war, and the whole Qin Wangfu must be united, and there must be no traitors.

And Li Jing, not in this regard, is not a person who can be trusted, so Luo Xuanye will not let him enter the Qin Palace.

As for whether Li Jing will lose his reuse because of this incident in the future, what does it matter to him Luo Xuanye, he is not Li Jing's father.

A man's path is chosen by himself.

Li Jing is mixed up like this, and he chose it himself.

When Luo's heritage becomes deep again, Luo's heaven will blow out again, it doesn't matter whether there is Li Jing or not, and Luo Xuanye doesn't think that with Li Shimin's open-mindedness and open-mindedness, he will not alienate Li Jing because Li Jing doesn't help him.

It's nothing more than to drag Li Jing's road to fame back, and it's not a big problem.

And just as Li Yuan said, "It is better to make meritorious service than to make a mistake", Li Jing has talent, and it is easy to make meritorious contributions in the future.

Li Jing, who was in the south, probably never knew that Luo Xuanye had arranged for him for many years to come, making his career promotion a little more difficult.

Li Tang's southern offensive has begun, the land and water army is advancing, Liang is naturally difficult to resist the attack from all directions, Liang has been surrounded, only one Xiangyang in the south is in the hands of Liang State, and the rest of Bashu and Jianghuai are in the hands of Li Tang.

This war is like the Sui Dynasty pacifying the Chen Dynasty at the beginning, anyone can come, the difference is only in the super victory, the big victory or the medium victory.

……

The south invaded Xiao Milling, Wei Zheng learned about the relationship between the prince and Li Shimin, his expression was slightly relaxed, the prince at least listened to him, and it was not a big problem to kill King Qin.

Knowing that Dou Jiande didn't have to die, Wei Zheng went to Hebei to appease Dou Jiande's old ministry with confidence, otherwise he really didn't dare to go, every time he saw Luo Xuanzhao, he was afraid, he was sure that as long as he appeared in Hebei and Dou Jiande died in Chang'an, then he Wei Zheng would definitely die!

Wei Zheng is unwilling, his goal in life is also very pure, that is, to display his ambitions, and then be prosperous and rich, and it is best to marry a woman who is a big man.

As for things like death, don't say it, how can people be prosperous and rich when they die, it's just a matter of changing the boss, and it has to be life and death.

This concept is the fundamental reason why he and Luo Xuanzhao are not compatible.

Wei Zheng's speed was very fast, and as soon as he entered Hebei, he went straight to Zhaozhou to see Luo Xuanzhao.

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Wang Shichong, a person from the Central Plains, was around Emperor Yang at the beginning, flattering and prospering, and at the end, slaughtered the Sui family and according to the pseudo-throne, suspicious and mean, his subordinates centrifugal, and then took the land of Henan in the Central Plains, but could not be stable for a year, belonged to many banks, internal and external separation, Wang Shi entered and suppressed, according to the holy city of Luoyang, did not know the time, caused the people to be displaced, the holy city was broken, and its sin was deep, so it was let go.

The world is full of cruelty and righteousness, and there are many resentments, and they die on the sidelines, isn't it determined by heaven?

Dou Jiande, a person from Hebei, was a Sui military official at the beginning, hid in Hebei and died of robbery, so he raised the banner of righteousness, possessed Hebei, and forged fake Zhao, which was quite popular.

At the time, it was said that "there was Yuan Gong at the end of the Han Dynasty, and there was King Dou at the end of the Sui Dynasty." Hebei Erzhao State, benevolence and righteousness are prosperous. ”

Wang Shichong was mean and cunning to death, Dou Jiande was benevolent and righteous, and Tang Shizhi was long, so the two of them were considerable. ——"Book of the Tang Dynasty: The Biography of the Heroes of the Late Sui Dynasty"

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