In the winter of the New Tang Dynasty, in the winter of 134 and the first year of the Taoist calendar, a border report was sent to the desk of the Son of Heaven.

"Minister, Su Zhan, please Your Majesty, the left tent on the grassland has changed, there is a report from my inner visit to Malay, the old Khan slave was killed by his five sons Bayan Teterr, and seized the throne, the little slave Bayan is powerful, for the entire grassland, in just a few months has become a trend of unification of the plain, the right horde has surrendered to the little slave Bayan, only the old slave of the Golden Horde is lingering, according to the minister's view, the old slave of the Golden Horde is already in the bag of the little slave Bayan, the yellow flower of the past, vulnerable to a blow, until the little slave Bayan dominates the grassland, I am afraid that the greedy and stubborn eyes of the little slave Bayan will look directly at the Central Plains."

"Besides, now that winter is about to begin, the weather is abnormal, only October is already snowing like winter, the ministers and grassland departments are even more sad than my border town, the little slave Bayan will definitely come to invade my border wall, I hope Your Majesty knows about it, and prepare early."

Li Sheng, the Son of Heaven, frowned silently after reading the song, the grassland has always been a big trouble for the Central Plains countries, the northern side wall of the Tang Kingdom just faces its front, and then the Ming Dynasty, which has now changed the name of the country, and then the Song State.

Countless small countries are under the protection of the military power of the three major powers, either dependent, or vassal, among which the Tang State is the most powerful, the territory is huge, ancient and modern, the power of four generations of emperors, reached the extreme.

In terms of the wealth of the imperial court, Zhao and Song Dynasty should be the most, their emperor may be weak, but he is a good hand at making money, and business is also very developed.

In terms of the overall strength of the military and government, no one in the world can compare with the Tang State, the people are self-sufficient, and there are not many mediocre people in the court, and the civil ministers have the able ministers Wei Xian, Gongsun Zhi, Fang Shuji, Du Changlun, etc., the famous generals in the world, there are Wu Guo Gong Di Hanchen, British Gong Li Guang, Lu Guo Gong Cheng Zhiba, Wu Xian Hou Su Zhan, Wu Ying Hou Wang Xuan, etc.

The hardest empire of bones, or the Ming Dynasty is the most, they faced the powerful military peaks of the grassland, all hit the capital, and retreated, in this case, everyone persuaded the emperor to retreat to the southern capital, but the emperor raised his sword and rose up, angrily rushed to the crown, saying: The emperor guards the country, the monarch and the ministers die in the society, how can I have a reason to escape, all the soldiers and soldiers will kill the enemy together with me, and they will die, I will accompany you, the blood will not be drained, and I will not stop the war.

Emperor Taizu of the Zhu family was like this, leading the last 30,000 fanatical Janissaries in the capital, sticking to the last line of defense, and finally waited for the army of King Qin, turning defeat into victory, and the grassland iron cavalry was defeated.

Until the establishment of the Tang Kingdom, Yu Ming Kingdom, and Qiu did not commit any crimes, if it weren't for the fact that future generations would not be angry, I can't say who the first power in the world would be?

Far from it.

Li Sheng is a wise and martial emperor, he knows that this report is not only on his desk, but the palaces of all countries will receive such a note, a month ago, the big moves of various countries have not escaped his eyes.

"Everyone is not worried, is it that I have been too polite to you all these years, or do you think that the national strength can compete with me, hum." The disdain in Li Sheng's words was so confident.

Although the big eunuch was silent on the side, but the disdain on his face was the same as His Majesty, this self-confidence is the pride of every person from the bones, and he will not understand, as the pride of the first power at that time, just like those who were born like ghosts, the lustful people of the Western Regions can only walk to the very edge, dare to go to the middle, ordinary people dare to scold and even beat you, people from other countries enter the Tang Kingdom, that is not cautious, for fear of causing trouble, even if it is a common person in this country, It's not something that people from other countries can provoke.

Once, there was such a country that did not know whether to live or die, provoked, not only provoked, but also killed, that was really a hornet's nest, those literati in the DPRK and China were so ruthless, what to say, the country is small and not humble, rude and insulting big neighbors, greedy and clumsy, but they died, and the common people did not understand what to say.

I only know that in the end, the dynasty sent a new upstart general Wang Xuanlone, who took command to go to the Western Regions, with three thousand iron horsemen, and destroyed the country, and thought it was a great deal, it turned out to be a kind of goods, Wang Xuanshan was depressed, and the expedition was only a small country of less than 10,000 people, and he was angry and directly ordered the destruction of the country, and caught a king back, and was laughed at for a long time by a minister of civil and military affairs.

This is the pride of the Tang people, and no country is in their eyes, because they are confident that they are invincible in the world.

Li Sheng had read the recent recital, and there was nothing new, so he casually approved a few important recitals, rubbed his somewhat drowsy braincase, and said: What time is it?

When the chief eunuch heard this, he bowed down and said: "Youshi."

When Li Sheng heard this, he said: There is something going on in the Heavenly Master Dao Palace today.

He actually wanted to ask Liu Shang what he was doing in his daily life, who he was dealing with, and what the ministers of civil and military affairs were going.

The great eunuch bowed down and replied: The Heavenly Master Dao Palace is fine.

Li Sheng nodded, it's okay.

Then he asked: What has the prince been doing lately?

After thinking for a while, the chief eunuch said: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is virtuous, and there are admiring ministers in the court.

This is interesting, the first one also said that he was virtuous, and then he said that the ministers in the court praised the prince, what did he want to express? In fact, it is already very clear that the crown prince befriended the ministers of the DPRK and China, pay attention to two words, the DPRK and the middle.

Li Sheng understood, didn't speak, calmly without any waves, and asked again: What have Xiao Jiu's mother and son been doing recently?

Xiao Jiu is Li Heng, the ninth prince of the Ninth Emperor, and his mother Zhou Shufei.

The big eunuch said: The Heavenly Master likes the Nine Emperors very much, and the Nine Emperors are lively, and often sneak out of the palace, the palace maids and eunuchs were scolded and warned by the concubines for three days, and they couldn't control it, and later found that the Nine Emperors got out of the dog hole in the inner palace, which stopped the Nine Emperors from liking hide and seek, and the Heavenly Master laughed and said after knowing it, the little guy didn't come to see me for several days, and it turned out that he was locked up.

Li Sheng's face was originally calm, but a trace of expression surged again, with a slight inexplicable smile, and said: You go, tell Concubine Shu that Xiao Jiu is innocent and lively, it is childish nature, don't be too harsh, by the way, bring Xiao Jiu to me here, and accompany me to eat.

The great eunuch's heart was shocked, did the Nine Emperor Princes finally enter His Majesty's eyes? Good news, he nodded quietly and said: The old slave has the order.

As soon as Li Sheng waited for him to leave, he began to ponder again, his face was flat, but his heart was not calm, he didn't know whether Heavenly Master Liu Shang deliberately contacted Xiao Jiu'er, or unintentionally, and that old thing, deliberately said Xiao Jiu in front of him, just to remind him of Xiao Jiu.

Li Sheng can see all this, everything the big eunuch does, what he says, how can he not understand, as long as he sits in this position, he will involuntarily start to learn to read people's hearts, otherwise you will be swallowed by people's hearts.

"The old thing is really getting more and more unpleasant, if it weren't for the fact that you are still loyal, I would not have kept you a long time ago." Li Sheng muttered to himself lightly.

"Come out." Li Sheng just screamed lightly.

I don't know where it came from, a person wearing a black robe, who couldn't see his head and face, and didn't know whether it was a man or a woman, appeared in the empty hall and silently bowed down in front of Emperor Li Sheng.

"Your Majesty." It's a man, listening to the voice, the grade should not be big, very young.

Li Sheng looked at him and said: How about the prince, Concubine Zhou Shu's mother and son, and the Heavenly Master Dao Palace, all send people to me in, I want to know the details.

The man who was covered in a black robe replied: The prince has recently rewarded the Huaqing Palace because of Your Majesty, and has a lot of contacts with his uncle Gongsun Zhi, as well as a number of imperial histories and the Privy Council, and is ready to play impeachment, headed by Gongsun Zhi, to seek justice for the queen's mother.

The black robe paused for a while, and waited for His Majesty to digest it before continuing: Concubine Shuniang abides by her duties and has never overstepped the bounds, and the beating of the eunuch and palace maid is also because the Nine Emperor Princes are playful, as for the Nine Emperor Princes and the Heavenly Master met purely by chance, the Heavenly Master has never taken the initiative to make friends with any ministers, and always does not pretend to anyone, except for the Nine Emperor Princes.

When Li Sheng heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and the black-robed man quickly disappeared into the hall.

In such a comparison, it seems that the old slave did not lie, and he is still loyal, Xiao Jiu's matter, maybe he is just too careful, as for the prince, hum, this idiot, don't you understand the emperor's mental skills, it is so easy to fall into the calculation of Gongsun Zhi's old goods, it is extremely useless.

After a long while, Xiao Jiu's childish voice came from far away outside the hall: Father-in-law, why does my father want to see me, is my father going to beat me again, won't I go?

The emperor summoned you and said that it is okay not to go, but a child who is only four years old, what can you tell him, the big eunuch is worthy of appeasement: Nine Emperor Princes, Your Majesty misses you, how can he beat you, spank you. He wanted to laugh, but he didn't.

The Nine Emperors' sons are long and jade-carved, pink and tender, and their little faces are red because they are afraid of their father, who has hardly met each other, and their faces are flushed with panic.

Li Sheng shook his head for this son in the hall, what scheming can such a young child have, even if his mother is a famous family, it is impossible, so he is really relieved at this time, the meeting between the Nine Emperor Prince Li Heng and the Heavenly Master more than a month ago is just a coincidence.

When Xiao Jiu walked on his little short legs and was led in by the big eunuch, Li Sheng took a good look at this child who had not met much, well, it was really my species, and it was the same as the one I born.

"Father, you want to see me, do you really want to spank me?" The crisp voice suddenly sounded, interrupting Li Sheng's reverie.

The big eunuch was startled, and bowed his head to Xiao Jiudao: The Nine Emperor Princes must not talk nonsense.

Xiao Jiu looked up at his little face curiously, and said with doubts: Why can't you say it? The big eunuch is embarrassed and angry at the moment, this Nine Emperors is really a little trouble, the old slave said this for your good, how can you dismantle the old slave's platform.

Li Sheng had already laughed out loud at this moment, and beckoned to Xiao Jiu: Jiu'er come here, my father won't spank you.

He said to the great eunuch again: "Pass the food."