Chapter Thirty-Eight: Heroes of the Western Expedition
The Son of Heaven shouted, and Li Jing walked out from the forefront with a wat board in his hand, with a solemn face.
He looked up, the Son of Heaven stared at him coldly, the corners of the national teacher's mouth with a slight smile, and the sky was clear after the rain in his eyes, as if he was looking at an outstanding work.
He immediately lowered his head and took two steps forward, then stood still, his thoughts rolling.
How many years?
Li Jing doesn't remember how long he has been, and he has never responded so boldly and majestically, "The minister is here"!
He closed his door.
He writes at home.
He declined to socialize.
There are 30,000 sets of Datang standard armor, 100,000 sets of Datang standard bows and crossbows, weapons, and 300,000 arrows for you.
The Golden Book.
He has hardly seen a few times that a national teacher would use such resolute words to deny a person.
The appointment in the palace has come down, and for many people, it is a bolt from the blue, and in the eyes of most people, the difference between this and exile is that exile is escorted on the road, while the palace goes on its own initiative.
Further west, in particular, the Eastern European Plain is a warm climate of black soil.
Li Chengqian, who was still worried about the development, was overjoyed when he heard that Li Jing would serve as his Qin king's protector, and he immediately turned around and bowed to Li Jing.
He is the invincible god of war in the world, but he can only cower in the mansion, watching the others stir up the storm bitterly.
Luo Junzhuo saluted the two, Princess Jinyang and Princess Hengshan saw Luo Junzhuo coming, and hurriedly ran over, although Princess Jinyang was small, although she didn't understand what a fiancΓ© was, but the people around her were saying that Luo Junzhuo was the one who wanted to spend her life with her in the future, so she was very close to Luo Junzhuo.
Speaking of Empress Changsun, Li Shimin also wanted to shed tears, touched his head again, and kept saying: "Good boy, I will let people make a spiritual position immediately." β
This scene of father's kindness and filial piety made the ministers in the palace feel very complicated, in the past, there were often conflicts between father and son, but now the days when the crown prince was deposed really made people feel the love of father and son, so I really don't know what to say.
Heavenly family affection, it's really difficult.
If among the princesses, who is the most favored by Li Shimin, it must be Princess Jinyang, she is the only princess who was personally raised by Li Shimin, and Princess Li Mingda of Jinyang is good at calligraphy, especially Feibai, who imitates Li Shimin, almost to the point of being fake, which makes Li Shimin, who likes calligraphy, like it to the extreme.
"His Royal Highness King Qin, brother."
He was very ill.
Jin Yang whimpered, tears couldn't stop at all, "Father said that the queen mother went to a very far and very far place, until now Jin Yang has not seen the queen mother, and the prince's brother and cousin are also leaving Jinyang." β
When she was young, she was easily tired, and Princess Jinyang fell asleep in Luo Junzhuo's arms like this, and the tears on her face had not been erased.
But I knew that when the national teacher said to let Cheng Qian out of the town, I knew that even if there was a sea of swords and fires in front of you, you would definitely follow Cheng Qian out of Chang'an, and I couldn't stop you.
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He looked at the Son of Heaven, his father, his eyes were full of expectation, Father, announce it quickly, I can't wait.
A total of 20,000 Han households will be transferred from Hebei, Bingzhou, and Guanzhong, and 20,000 households will be transferred to you from the Turkic, Tiele, Khitan and other departments of Youzhou and Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate.
Returning to the Taiji Palace, Li Shimin withdrew his gaze that fell on Li Tai, as if he didn't see the expectant eyes.
"Juncheng."
Even if he inevitably becomes a nomad in the future, he is a nomad who knows the scriptures of the sages and knows his origins, but he is assimilated as he has been in the past.
He was finally able to stand tall in this Taiji Hall with his head held high, facing everyone's eyes and facing the king who controlled his life and death.
This is not only his debt to Li Chengqian, but also Luo Su's request to use various means to emigrate to the frontier and change the proportion of the population.
As early as many years ago, the national teacher had foreseen his end, and pushed himself step by step, serving as the crown prince and young guard, until today.
Princess Jinyang doesn't just cry, she is very smart and sensible, she knows Luo Junzhuo very well, because Luo Junzhuo will never refuse her, and always meets her all kinds of strange requirements, if Luo Junzhuo can't do it, it means that this thing really can't be done.
Luo's wife, where can she only be in the wind and snow, but not in the wind and rain?
What does the national teacher say?
"Cousin, cousin, please quickly persuade the prince's brother and Juncheng's cousin, let them not leave Chang'an, okay."
And it is not a place that can only graze in Mobei, it is actually not a grassland, but a "plain with grass".
Li Tai, the king of Wei, is very talented, but he is ruthless, and everything that threatens his status will be eradicated, especially he has a grudge against Li Ke, the king of Yan, and the crown prince Chengqian.
Li Shimin walked up to him and said with emotion: "You child, I know you very well, very similar to your father, love and righteousness, I am really reluctant to let you leave Chang'an, and my Changle, she is such a delicate woman, the child is only two years old, and when she arrives in that wild place in the future, how can I rest assured?"
Chang'an is a warm place, and the concubine only needs to enter the palace on time and contact the nobles, but now that she is outward, the concubine also dares to say a word, and the women are not allowed to shave their eyebrows.
Me too. β
Li Jing was not only the courtiers of the King of Qin, but also similar to the secretaries of the vassal states of the Bang and Zhou periods, responsible for communicating with the Son of Heaven and the princes.
Li Shimin naturally felt the gaze of his son, and sighed deeply in his heart, if this is the case, his thoughts couldn't help but drift back to that day in the Lingtian Pavilion, he decided to let Li Chengqian go out to become a vassal, and talked to the national teacher Luo Su about the future crown prince.
This is Luosu's strategy of "moving the people from the south to the south, and the Han people to the north", that is, to move the people from the north to the Tang Dynasty to the southwest, and the Han people from the Central Plains to the border.
He will never forget that the national teacher said with a warm smile: "You can make anyone the crown prince, even if it is the crown princess, but Li Tai, the king of Wei, can't!" β
Naturally, no one knows about this now, after all, the tribes living there have no talent for farming, so they can only let those lands go to waste.
Datang really doesn't have a prince anymore!
Li Chengqian glanced at his younger brother King Wei with some resentment, and secretly indignant in his heart, "It's really cheap for him." β
Zhou Jun Wangfu, here has always been a courtyard Xuanhe, but today is a little bleak, at this time, no one will come to the house, Luo Juncheng pushed open the door of the mansion, and the people in the mansion he saw were all in a hurry.
Li Shimin came back to his senses, he looked at his national teacher with a smile, and said that sentence again bitterly: "National teacher, did you make a mistake in your prediction?" β
20,000 Han households and 20,000 Fan people, a total of 40,000 households, more than 200,000 people, if it were not for the fact that they could not be fed on the road, Li Shimin wanted to directly stuff Li Chengqian's population of 100,000 households.
Li Shimin pulled out of his sentimentality, and called Luo Juncheng's name in a somewhat complicated tone.
Li Lizhi suddenly became high-spirited, her expression reminded Luo Juncheng of her mother, the princess of Pingyang Town, and the demeanor of the two of them was exactly the same.
Cheng Qian is a little older than you, is your cousin, but your child is more mature and stable, in the future, you two brothers, to help each other, I promised Qingyang that I would take good care of his heirs, but now I let you go away to a foreign land, I feel ashamed. β
He remembered that he said, "When Chengqian goes out to become a vassal, he will make the blue bird the crown prince." β
Li Tai was full of red face, in his more than 20 years of life, he had never been so happy as today, and he would soon get his long-cherished wish and become the prince he had been looking forward to.
I haven't promoted you all these years, because I want to wait for the successor to succeed in the future, you naturally don't lack these, you are a smart child, you must understand this, but I didn't expect that the world is impermanent, and I can't wait for that day. β
It is conceivable that the King of Qin, who went out to be a vassal domain, is only one level worse than the prince's East Palace in terms of palace regulations, which is far beyond the ordinary prince's mansion, and it has the taste of the original Tiance General's Mansion.
Li Chengqian turned his head away, almost crying, Luo Juncheng only felt a knife in his heart, so he could only force a smile and say, "How come? Jinyang is so cute, no one will not want a princess. β
Princess Jinyang said with red eyes and a milky voice: "The palace people outside say that the prince's brother and cousin, as well as his sister, will leave Chang'an in the future, go to a very far and far place, and never come back in the future, is this true?" β
If it weren't for Li Chengqian, his current situation would be even worse, and he would definitely not have a chance to return to the battlefield.
Luo Su didn't speak, he was the top Wang Zuozhicai, but Luo Su didn't even make a mistake.
At the court meeting, Li Shimin said in detail like an ordinary person, Luo Juncheng was already prostrate on the ground, and said emotionally: "Uncle's kindness, nephew is unforgettable." β
Looking at Princess Jinyang who looked anxious, Luo Junzhuo's eyes darkened, when the death of the eldest grandson queen, although Princess Jinyang was not very sensible, she vaguely knew something, which caused her to be particularly insecure.
From the small royal family to the social family, it is a good thing not to let him take the throne.
"Who bullied our three princesses? Tell my cousin that my cousin will teach him a lesson. β
There was a huge conflict between you and your father and brother, and I am sure you would not want your son to continue to do so.
He was terrified all the day, and he was terrified all the time.
He didn't even have time to think about the princess.
"Husband, it's good that the concubine is a woman, but where are the women of the Li family who are weak and can't take care of themselves?
If he becomes the Son of Heaven in the future, will he destroy the pattern of kings' external seals?
"Wei Guogong, you and I are the monarch and minister, the king of Qin is in the foreign domain to open the country and the people, he is young, I am not at ease, you are the god of the Tang Dynasty, invincible, I changed the title of you to be the prince of Qin, the same prince Shaobao, you protect the king of Qin, I can rest assured."
If you can really stand on your feet, I will send you Hanmin over again, just like the old things of Yan Kingdom. β
Princess Jinyang often asks Luo Junzhuo if she will leave her, and now there are Li Chengqian, Luo Juncheng, and Princess Li Lizhi of Changle, these three people who are extremely important to Princess Jinyang are all leaving Chang'an, how can Princess Jinyang stand it?
Not to mention that this trip is not only outside the Saiwai, but also said to be a wild place that no one has visited at all, which is simply terrifying.
We grew up together, and you underestimated the concubine too much.
"Cheng Qian, go and meet your Third Division Taibao."
didn't say anything, Princess Jinyang had already shed tears silently, on her fair and pink little face, tears slipped down, shining in the light, like a glass glance, people couldn't help but be heartbroken, "Brother Prince and cousin don't want Jinyang?" Jinyang won't be naughty in the future, don't go, okay? β
Of course, these people or no one knows about them at all.
On that day, the sun in the Lingtian Pavilion was just right, and the hall was warm and bright, and the national teacher said to himself in a warm voice: "I have known the Son of Heaven for many years, and you have made great achievements, so that the people of the world can live and work in peace and contentment, and people like you should have a good ending."
Luo Juncheng couldn't help but kowtow, "Your Majesty, rest assured, His Royal Highness the King of Qin and his ministers will live up to the style of the Tang Dynasty, Princess Changle, and the ministers will definitely protect her." β
Luo Juncheng looked at the pink-carved child next to him, and a trace of tenderness flashed on his face, "Haven't you noticed it in the past two years?"
Our children have never been sick or sick.
Li Lizhen's obvious worry suddenly relaxed.
Now you have to go five thousand miles away to explore, and they are all unknown wild and misty lands, and I don't know if you will be able to come back in this life.
Li Chengqian and Luo Juncheng were silently packing up their things in the East Palace, in fact, they didn't need them to clean up these things, they just missed them a little.
I have given you 200,000 stone of grain and grass, 100,000 war horses, 100,000 pack horses, and 300,000 cattle and sheep for your march and the establishment of the country in the future.
After leaving Chang'an, in the new Qin State, how far can we go in the future, we have to go down with the husband and wife.
The sound of footsteps came from outside, and several people looked up to see that it was Luo Juncheng's younger brother Luo Junzhuo, he was ten years old this year, and his stature was already quite high.
A small number of Han Chinese will be assimilated in the past, but a large number of Han people will change each other in the past.
The Luo clan of this generation of King Zhou is blessed by King Su, and their talents are very good, and Luo Juncheng has nothing to worry about Luo Junzhuo.
Then there was red and bright blood, and Cheng Qian died in the chaos of arrows.
In the country under the sun, only the now prosperous Datang can come up with so many things.
He saw that the fire had burned out the palace, and he saw Cheng Qian lying in the palace, holding a sword in his hand, and his face was full of anger and roaring, "Li Tai, I will definitely kill you in the next life." β
The descendants of King Zhoujun are all blessed by King Su, which is what the ancestor himself said, so we don't have to worry. β
Li Chengqian knelt deeply on the ground and sobbed, "The son can't serve by his father's side in the future, and he can't pay tribute to his mother, because the son is unfilial, and the son hopes to take away his mother's divine position and sacrifice every day." β
Now there is a problem in front of Luo Juncheng that his child is only two years old.
A few slightly immature voices suddenly came from outside the door, and then a few little heads poked out behind the door, all combing the popular buns in the palace, which were Li Chengqian's younger sisters, the nine-year-old Princess Chengyang, Princess Li Mingda of Jinyang, she was seven years old, and Princess Hengshan, who was only five years old, were all young, but almost all Zhong Lingyuxiu and Xiumin were cute.
What about Ke'er?
He was heroic and decisive, and would lead the cavalry of Mobei to the south, and was finally killed by Li Ji, or any general, on the desert.
Moreover, there is Wang Taibao, there is Wang Taishi and Wang Taifu, as well as Wang Shaobao, Wang Shaoshi, Wang Shaofu, and many high-level real power official positions will appear.
First of all, the climate is not as bad as Mobei, there will be no white and black disasters at every turn, and the pastures are extremely fertile, the temperature is not so low, similar to the Hetao, and grazing there is much better than in Mobei.
Luo Juncheng held her hand and said apologetically: "Madam, there may be no more pampered life in the future, and I don't know what dangers I will encounter in the future." β
Golden Seal.
With the farming talent of the people of the Central Plains, two shovels of soil are planed there, which is higher than the Hebei and Guanzhong Plains in the Central Plains, and it can be said that the difficulty of clearing the land is very low.
Li Jing held the wat board in his hand, and said with a solemn face: "Obey Your Majesty's orders, Your Majesty will not take the ministers as elders, give the ministers heavy responsibilities, and the ministers will do their best to assist the King of Qin, bow to the best, and take the horse leather shroud as their own responsibility to repay Your Majesty's kindness." β
Li Shimin's expression gradually hardened, everything became a foregone conclusion, and there was nothing to say.
This time, almost a quarter of the horses of Datang were taken out.
Luo Junzhuo stretched out his hand and took Princess Jinyang's weak and boneless body into his arms, and then said softly: "The prince and brother are just going to other places for a while, and when I have time in the future, I will take the princess to find them, okay?" β
At the beginning of this year, when Jinyang Li Zhi began to deal with political affairs, Princess Jinyang pulled the clothes of Jin King Li Zhi and did not let him go, the brother and sister cried into tears, and finally Luo Junzhuo took away the tired Jinyang princess.
"Cheng Qian, when Ke'er went to Mobei to guard the border, Mobei had already surrendered to my Tang Dynasty, and it was two or three thousand miles away from my Tang Dynasty, which was not far away, and I gave him 12,000 households, called the Twelve Divisions of King Yan.
He is the chief of Zuo Qinglongwei, the first person in the Tang military, and the first rank of the Duke of Weiguo, but not many people will care about him.
Luo Junzhuo patted Princess Jinyang gently, "That's good." β
King's suit.
Li Shimin's words caused a little commotion in the palace, in the past Tang Dynasty and some previous periods, in addition to the first rank of the Qin King, the highest-level official in the prince's mansion is from the fourth rank of the long history and from the fourth rank of Sima, this official position is not high, and now the prince Taibao is listed as a high-ranking official from the second grade.
Luo Juncheng looked at Luo Junzhuo and said softly: "Junzhuo, I will not be in Chang'an as a brother in the future, the mansion of King Zhou will be left to you, the name of King Zhou Jun's mansion, don't fall into him, my father's posthumous name will depend on you to maintain it in the future." β
Luo Juncheng stood up from his seat, walked solemnly to the hall, meticulous, and bowed, "The minister is here." β
Her tears fell on Luo Junzhuo's neck, "Jin Yang knows, in the future, my cousin must take Jin Yang to find the prince's brother, sister and cousin Juncheng?" β
Luo Juncheng sighed when he heard this: "Madam, in fact, I am not worried about our child, our child is blessed by King Su, before he is fifteen years old, he will not die young, even if he is sick, he will turn the corner in the end."
But how many people in Chang'an City would rather be a powerless waste in Chang'an City than be a leader outside the Saiwai, which is very revealing.
Today, with the crown prince changing the title of King of Qin to go out to become a vassal, Li Jing is likely to leave with him, otherwise His Majesty will not rest assured with the crown prince alone.
Li Chengqian and Li Tai have a bad relationship, but they are very good with other younger brothers and sisters, especially the younger sisters of the three in-laws, the youngest of which is Princess Jinyang and Princess Hengshan, and he can be their father at his age.
The youngest Princess Hengshan stretched out her hands and touched Luo Juncheng's face, and said in a milky voice: "Mama said, when you don't look good, you just want to cry, cousin, you want to cry, why do you laugh?" β
When the Son of Heaven said that it was the national teacher who made the prince a vassal, Li Jing knew his fate.
After several people left the East Palace, Li Chengqian and Luo Juncheng looked at each other a few times, put down the things in their hands, and fell into silence, and after a long time, Luo Juncheng said: "Chengqian, go and see your cousin-in-law, see if there is anyone in her family who wants to leave, and your children."
Instead, I am worried about the prince's child, whose child is older than ours, but five years old, which is indeed too young. β
Looking at the scene in front of him, Luo Juncheng only felt that it was really like when he and Changle were young, he was a little happy from the bottom of his heart in his sourness, it was really good.
In fact, the place Li Chengqian picked should be the best piece of land, although that land is also considered a grassland, but it is completely different from Mobei.
I can't have such an idea. β
"You were born in the first year of Wude, you are my nephew, and you married my Changle, you are my son-in-law, you were crowned in the eleventh year of Zhenguan, your parents died early, and you inherited the title of King of Zhou, in the end, I am alone, I am one of your closest elders, so I specially went to the house to give you words.
He asked the sentence, full of doubts, "National teacher, why?" β
This child's words can make people break the defense the most, and now Luo Juncheng and Li Chengqian really feel it, the two of them have been cleaning up in the East Palace for a long time just now, but they are just a little nostalgic, and now they want to cry when they are said by these three children.
This fairy tale was originally a little funny, but when Li Chengqian heard the word queen mother, he shed tears, Princess Chengyang was slightly older, knowing that the queen mother had passed away, she wiped her tears for Li Chengqian, "Jinyang, don't talk nonsense, the prince's brother and cousin are different from the queen mother." β
The national teacher is always in control, his words are gentle, and the hall is warm, but Li Shimin only feels that he is in a glacier, and there is no sun in front of him, but a cold wind.
The ministers all looked at Li Jing, and these people were very clear about Li Jing's embarrassing position.
Because in Datang, he was a superfluous person, and now, he has once again become a useful person to Datang.
As for whether the power given is too great, some people will naturally be worried, but Li Chengqian, the king of Qin, is going out to open up, and whether he can succeed is the most critical, and he must delegate power enough.
Some Han armed groups have become so strong that they need Li Ke to give them official positions, and it can be said that they are developing extremely fast.
Son of Heaven, what do you say? β
This is not a large-scale migration, but a subtle process, from the Yanwang Shoubei to the present, Mobei has migrated about 200,000 people, forming a large number of Han nomadic armed groups.
Li Lizhen, the princess of Changle, has been married to him for a few years and gave birth to his first child, Luo's heirs are difficult, he feels it, and he doesn't know how his mother gave birth to three children.
Every word of the Son of Heaven made the heads of the Household Department, the Military Department, the Ministry of Industry, the Imperial Court, and the Privy Council tremble, it was really too handful, much more generous than when King Yan came out of the plug.
Luo Juncheng smiled and beckoned, and the three little princesses trotted in, but they all had expressions of tears on their faces.
But.
Luo Juncheng and Li Chengqian glanced at each other, and said softly: "My cousin and the crown prince have some important things to do and want to leave Chang'an. β
Among them, the least valuable is grain and grass, and the most valuable is the horse.
Luo Junzhuo nodded solemnly, worried that he would make a noise to Princess Jinyang, so he only said softly: "Brother, don't worry!" β
Li Jing hurriedly held Li Chengqian's bowing body, and he was a little grateful to Li Chengqian.
His gaze fell on the brilliance in that hall, is that the future of the Tang Dynasty?
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Rushing is a very hard job, and many adults can't carry it, let alone babies.
"Are the prince's brother and Cousin Cheng leaving Chang'an?"
In recent years, the prisons in the prefectures and counties of the Central Plains have been relatively empty, because they have basically been relocated to the frontier.
There are 5,000 craftsmen, monks, Taoist priests, healers, and scholars of all kinds.
If he recalls the crown prince Chengqian and the king of Yan, Li Ke, what should the two kings do?
Whether it was a rebellion on the spot and the death of the second generation of the kings, or the death of the crown prince Chengqian and Yan King Li Ke after they returned.
Only Li Jing, the god of the Tang Dynasty, can ensure Li Chengqian's safety.
When the artifacts representing the crown prince were taken down and the artifacts representing the prince were added to Li Chengqian, everyone woke up from the huge shock of the separation.
Many people in the palace were quietly aiming at King Wei, and the current situation really made them a little unexpected, the crown prince would really fall to King Wei.
She was stunningly beautiful, her supple black hair was draped down, and her skin was as fair as jade, "That's good." β
This is the first time Li Lizhen has heard of it, and she said with some surprise: "King Su blessed? Can it really keep our kids okay? β
He believes that the national teacher is not for personal reasons, because the national teacher admires his son Li Tai very much, just like he admires Li Ke, the king of Yan.
If the deposition of the crown prince is compared to a huge wave that opens high, then the division of the kings is like a tsunami that destroys the world, and anyone can say that the deposition of the prince has no waves and is so calm.
"The husband and brother went to the wilderness to build a country, and the concubine will definitely follow, but our children are still too young."
"Wow."
He was waiting for the appointment of the Son of Heaven.
She tilted her head and was full of spirit, Luo Juncheng only felt that she was too beautiful!
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"The supreme king shines in the sky, the snow light flashing from the Mo knife pierces the night of the sunken curtain, the galloping war horse and the iron armor of the Tang Dynasty roar, and the desolate cold night is reflected in the snow and blood, this is heaven, this is hell." - "The Legend of the Heroes of the Western Expedition"
(End of chapter)