Chapter 408: The Great Army Triumphs
Seeing Wang Qingyun walking proudly with his hands behind his back, Wang Jiu'er couldn't help biting his silver teeth slightly and shouted.
"Wang Qingyun, you really didn't tell me?"
Wang Qingyun looked back and asked in surprise.
"Tell you what?"
Wang Jiu'er gritted her silver teeth slightly, looked at Wang Qingyun with a dangerous gaze, and asked.
"What do you say? What do you mean by Li Yong's next moves? He's going to the palace tomorrow? Or go to training? ”
Wang Qingyun said with a smile.
"He's going to train or enter the palace, is there anything worth noting?"
Feeling Wang Jiu'er's dangerous gaze, what else could Wang Qingyun do? Just such a sister can't be beaten, and she can't be scolded, but she will be cleaned up if she goes to her father and mother to complain, what can she do? Wang Qingyun coughed dryly.
"Li Yong is leaving Chang'an!"
Wang Jiu'er looked shocked and lost her voice.
"What? Leaving Chang'an? Li Yong wants to leave Chang'an? Wang Qingyun, you won't lie to me, right? ”
Wang Qingyun said with a smile.
"Do you think I'm going to lie to you? That's the news I've worked so hard to get! ”
After the shock, Wang Jiu'er quickly regained her composure, and she couldn't help but think of what Wang Qingyun said before, Li Yong was insidious and cunning, so Li Yong's departure must be related to going to sea, could it be that Li Yong also wants to go to sea? It's impossible, with Li Yong's current identity, it is impossible to go to sea, even if Li Yong wants to go to sea himself, Princess Changle will not agree, the emperor will not agree, Empress Changsun will not agree, Cheng Yanjin will not agree, Wei Chigong will not agree, and Li Ji will not agree...... Even Wei Zheng would not agree, so it was impossible for Li Yong to go to sea, so it was impossible for Li Yong to go north, and Wang Jiu'er's big eyes suddenly lit up.
"Li Yong wants to go south?"
The smile on Wang Qingyun's face suddenly froze.
"You, how do you know?"
Wang Jiu'er raised her eyebrows slightly and smiled.
"Is that hard to guess? Is Li Yong really going south? ”
Originally, I wanted to sell it, but I didn't expect Wang Jiu'er to guess it! Wang Qingyun nodded.
"Yes, Li Yong is going south, this is the news that the guards got from Lijiazhuang."
"Where is Li Yong going south? His fiefdom? ”
Wang Jiu'er's tone couldn't help but bring a hint of excitement, and Wang Qingyun shook his head with some regret.
"I don't know this yet!"
Wang Jiu'er couldn't help but glance at Wang Qingyun when she heard this, the south is big! I only know what is the use of Li Yong going south? His fiefdom is also in the south!
"You don't know where Li Yong went south, what's the use? Do you know what the difference is between Li Yong and going south? ”
Wang Jiu'er asked rhetorically, and Wang Qingyun argued.
"Why didn't it work? At least knowing that Li Yong has a conspiracy, he must have a conspiracy to go south, a conspiracy against our family, he is unwilling to be robbed of Spice Island by us. ”
Wang Jiu'er never understood, isn't it normal for Li Yong to be unwilling to be robbed of Spice Island? Why is Wang Qingyun so angry? Wang Jiu'er pondered.
"I'm not sure why he went south, but I can guess a few."
Wang Qingyun was stunned when he heard this, Wang Jiu'er could actually guess? What a twist and turn! This is a pleasant surprise!
"Sister, why do you think Li Yong is going south?"
Wang Qingyun asked flatteringly, and Wang Jiu'er smiled.
"I remember that the DPRK and China once discussed that they would transform the maritime yamen into a city to collect taxes, and this time Li Yong went south, I think it must have something to do with this, he is the governor of the maritime yamen."
Since Li Yong initiated the sea trade, a military department such as the maritime yamen was established at that time, and now the situation is different, the maritime yamen naturally wants to be transformed into a city department to collect taxes, which is proposed by Li Yong, Li Yong was originally the governor of the maritime yamen, and the emperor has not removed him from this position, so it is natural for Li Yong to go south to deal with this matter, Wang Qingyun nodded.
"You're right, it's probably related to this, Li Yong is really insidious and cunning! He even wants to collect taxes, and the tax rate he set will not be low, which is simply a robbery! ”
Wang Jiu'er shook her head slightly when she heard this, it is natural to rebuild the city to collect taxes! This should not be questioned, if the tax is too high, then it should be questioned, after speaking, Wang Qingyun suddenly laughed.
"I don't know where Li Yong plans to set up the city? The coast stretches for thousands of miles, and Li Yong can't set up a city division in these thousands of miles of sea area, right? So, how can it be so easy for him to collect taxes? Does he think that everyone will obediently pay their taxes? That's stupid, isn't it? ”
Wang Jiu'er just looked at Wang Qingyun quietly and smirked, because she felt that Wang Qingyun thought Li Yong was stupid, really stupid!
"I remember, Dad wants you to go south to check the accounts, right?"
Wang Jiu'er asked thoughtfully, and Wang Qingyun nodded a little inexplicably.
"That's right, dad is really doing this too much, why don't you send a few capable stewards south to check the accounts?"
Wang Jiu'er snorted.
"How can you send a steward to check the accounts every year? In the long run, people will lose their sense of awe and deceive, don't you understand? Forget it, I'll go south for you to check the accounts, I happened to be a little depressed after staying in Chang'an for a long time, and I want to go to Jiangnan to see the scenery and relax. ”
Wang Jiu'er finished speaking lightly, and then walked forward, Wang Qingyun was stunned, Wang Jiu'er actually took the initiative to go south to check the accounts? If Wang Jiu'er said this before today, he would definitely ask for it, but now that Wang Jiu'er said that he would go south to check the accounts, he couldn't help but think, Wang Jiu'er, are you really going south to check the accounts? You're going south for Li Yong, right? He didn't dare to ask this sentence, but Jiangnan is so big, are you so sure that you will meet Li Yong? No, although Jiangnan is very big, their Taiyuan Wang family's business is also very large, Wang Jiu'er can check the accounts wherever he wants! Wait a while, at this stage, what is the most important thing for the major families? To go to sea, of course! Therefore, since Li Yong is going south, of course he should also go south, and he must always be ready to deal with Li Yong's intrigues.
"Sister, I don't need you to go south to check the accounts for me, I decided to go south to check the accounts myself, you still stay in Chang'an! It's a long journey to the south, if you're tired, my father and mother won't be able to spare me! ”
Wang Qingyun hurriedly followed and shouted, Wang Jiu'er rolled her eyes very unladylikely, you don't go south sooner or later, but you want to go south to check the accounts at this time? Wang Jiu'er looked back and smiled.
"Then you go south to check the accounts!"
So happy to agree? Wang Qingyun, who was originally planning to persuade hard, was suddenly stunned, how could Wang Jiu'er change his tone so easily?
"Do you really want to stay in Chang'an?"
Wang Qingyun asked, Wang Jiu'er smiled like a flower.
"Stay in Chang'an? No, why should I stay in Chang'an? ”
Wang Qingyun wondered.
"Didn't you go south to check the accounts? If you don't stay in Chang'an, where are you going? Are you going home? Didn't you just come back from home? ”
"I'm going south, huh? Since you're going south to check your accounts, I'll just go south to play! ”
Wang Jiu'er said as a matter of course. What? Heading south? How is this reassuring? What if someone kidnaps you? Wang Qingyun caught up and said urgently.
"That's not good, how can there be a brother to check the accounts, but my sister is playing in the mountains and rivers? Besides, although this is a peaceful year, there are many bad guys, especially liars. ”
Wang Jiu'er couldn't help but roll her eyes, and bad people, are so many guards at home vegetarians? Also liars, what liars dare to deceive their Taiyuan royal family? Li Yong sent people to Haizhou to receive the sea ships ready to go to sea, did not cause an uproar in Chang'an City, but in the family caused a lot of movement, some people are anxious and some people are happy, when Li Yong's people along the Changsheng Road all the way to the east, another mighty convoy also rushed all the way to Chang'an, Hou Junji finally led the army to triumph, Chang'an was a sensation, the Ministry of Rites set up a triumphant ceremony in the suburbs, although Li Er and a group of important ministers in the court value the white stacked flower seeds the most, but this is after all a war to destroy the country, It is a great victory that can be remembered in the annals of history, the emperor took the ministers of the court, and went out of the city in a mighty way, and the city of Chang'an was empty of thousands of people, Li Yong, as the initiator of this expedition, of course, went out with the car to greet him, and Li Yong also broke away from the squad and followed closely behind Li Er, standing taller than Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others, this is a rare glory, and the courtiers behind him have no opinions, even Wei Zheng, who has always been serious and old-fashioned, has no opinions. Although Hou Junji led the army to destroy Gaochang Kingdom and collected the white stacked flower seeds and made great contributions, everyone felt that the greatest credit should belong to Li Yong, especially Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chigong and other generals even felt that it was difficult to fight Gaochang Kingdom? Isn't that the same as going out to move your muscles? What else is difficult besides the long distance? So in their opinion, Hou Junji is not called merit, it is called hard work, if it is not a little far away from Gaochangguo, it is not even hard work, it is completely a vacation, lengthy etiquette, Li Yong has been standing behind Li Er with a smile on his face, deeply feeling that being the emperor is really tired, and he sympathizes with Li Er! Hou Junji took a group of generals to dismount and walked towards the emperor and civil and military officials, Hou Junji was in front, Xue Wanche followed, and then Su Dingfang, although Su Dingfang led two thousand musketeers, and he was only a Zhonglang general, but he stood in front of a group of generals, on the one hand, because of the special status of the Shenji battalion, on the other hand, it was not because of Li Yong's status in the court, and the reason why Hou Junji arranged it this way was also because the emperor himself was very concerned about the performance of the Shenji battalion when he went out. The emperor was most concerned about two things, one was the seeds of the white stacked flowers, and the other was the performance of the musket on the battlefield, as for the destruction and occupation of Gaochang Kingdom, as for the property of Gaochang Kingdom, the emperor never mentioned it at all.
"Hou Junji, the head of the Chenjiao River Road March, was ordered to go to Gaochang Kingdom, lead the army to triumphantly, and return to the sage, this expedition, across thousands of miles, the soldiers fought bravely to ...... first"
"Okay, the soldiers fought bravely, defeated the enemy and returned to the court, and raised the prestige of my Tang Dynasty, I am very pleased! You are the most heroic soldiers of our Datang, today Chang'an is empty, just to welcome you, and all the officials and people of Datang are proud of you......"
Li Er's words were impassioned, Li Yong's gaze swept over Su Dingfang, and then swept over the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion in the distance, feeling cordial in his heart, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel nervous, although he knew that the musket had passed the test of the battlefield and shined on the battlefield, he was relieved, but he couldn't help but worry about the casualties of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, going to the battlefield means that there are casualties, although the generals must be ruthless, but these soldiers are all trained by him! What's more, this is a very important part of his plan, and there must be no problems, although the Intelligence Bureau has been reporting the situation of the war in the Western Regions, but Li Yong is still not at ease, after all, who can predict what is thousands of miles away, so he arranged for Xi Jun of the Xishan Battalion to buy the Western Regions Detachment to secretly protect it. The lengthy triumphal ceremony was finally over, and Li Er couldn't wait to ask.
"Hou Junji, where are the seeds of the white stacked flowers?"
The army has triumphed, and he already knows the battle situation of the expedition, in fact, the casualties of the soldiers are very few, because the momentum is like a bamboo, and even the siege of the city has not been wasted, so the casualties are very small, even so small that they are unexpected by the monarchs and ministers of the court, Hou Junji naturally understands the importance that the emperor attaches to the white stacked flower seeds, and hurriedly said.
"Saint, the seeds of the white stacked flowers are here!"
As he spoke, Hou Junji pointed to a series of carriages not far away.
"Let's go, let's see!"
Li Er said excitedly, not only Li Er was excited to look forward to it, but the courtiers in the court were also looking forward to it, when they didn't know that there was a good thing to keep warm with cotton, they didn't think there was anything, after all, it was natural to be frozen since ancient times, and fur fur was very scarce, so it was precious, and it was destined that not everyone could use fur to keep warm, so almost everyone was accustomed to freezing in winter, but now Li Yong suddenly told them that they don't have to be frozen at all, there is a kind of thing in this world, which is very cheap and easy to obtain. And it's very warm, who can't go crazy? At this time, the two most uncomfortable things, one is starvation and the other is freezing, and this can't help but be a good or uncomfortable thing, but it will die, so Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda, Yu Shinan and other ministers in the court are particularly looking forward to the white stacked flowers, so they feel particularly surprised when they hear that Hou Junji led the army to triumph, in their hearts, obtaining the seeds of the white stacked flowers is 10,000 times more important than expanding the territory, and obtaining the seeds of the white stacked flowers is to save the people of the world from freezing! And it is a merit that has benefited hundreds of people, so they can't wait to see the white stacked flower seeds. Coming to the carriage, Hou Junji hurriedly stepped forward and opened the box wrapped in red silk, and then opened the tied cloth bag, revealing the dense white stacked flower seeds inside.
"It's a white stacked flower seed, yes! Gao Changguo really has white stacked flower seeds! ”
Li Er stretched out his hand and inserted it into the box and picked up a handful of white stacked flower seeds, his heart was excited, Wei Zheng sighed.
"It turns out that there are white stacked flowers that can keep warm in Gaochang Kingdom! It's a pity that we people in the Central Plains have never known about it, otherwise they would have been frozen all these years! ”
Kong Yingda exclaimed.
"This is thanks to Li Yong, if he hadn't seen Bai Diehua and discovered the secret that Bai Diehua can keep warm, the world would still be in the dark!"
Yu Shinan, who was transferred back from Jiangnan, also praised.
"Yes, there is also Zhenguan rice, which can be harvested twice a year, just in Linyi Country, but unfortunately no one pays attention to it! Otherwise, how much rice will be produced in Jiangnan! ”
Kong Yingda praised.
"Li Yong has indeed made great contributions to the society and the people, and it is a great contribution to the benefit of thousands of generations!"