It has been a few months since the last gathering of the Eighteen Grasslands.

That time was also because of the King of Chu.

Gathering again, many khans couldn't help but think of the days when they were dominated by the king of Chu.

Tremble!

After all, what they welcomed back was not a proton, but a god-killing god...

It's true.

If it were possible, none of them would want to hear from the King of Chu.

I want to send this killing god back to Datang.

But he, however, has taken root in the grassland...

The wind was chilling.

Inside the tent.

In the middle of winter, many khans were frozen to the point that their ears turned purple.

After all, the grassland is not comparable to the Tang Dynasty, and winter is the most terrifying existence, more terrible than anything else.

They have also forgotten how long the Eighteen Khans of the steppe have not been gathered in winter, how many years? More than ten years?

I don't remember exactly, but I know that in winter the khans took root in their own tribes, and they would discuss other things in the spring.

And this winter, because of the king of Chu, they had to gather.

No one dared to ignore the god of killing.

After all, he even resides in the Wolf Juxu Mountain....

Come and go as you please!

"Say, Jieli Khan, what the hell is he doing with King Chu."

"You can't send troops to my Turkic steppe this winter, right?"

Murowei Khan asked.

The Khan had a gloomy face, and any Khan knew that the situation was serious.

And with the temperament of the king of Chu, the war was taken by surprise, maybe what Murowei Khan said just now was true.

"It's up to Yoshinari to talk about this matter."

Jieli Khan looked at Princess Yicheng.

Princess Yicheng walked out, and it could be seen that her face was as black as coal, and she said: "That's the case, there is a letter from Liang Shidu of Liang State, saying that the King of Chu has captured Yanyun City, and there are already a lot of followers and troops gathered around him. ”

Rumble!

As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked.

"What! Yanyun City lost? ”

"This, how is this possible, the King of Chu only has cavalry, how to break through Yanyun City!"

"This, the King of Chu is so terrifying?"

“…….”

Many khans looked at each other.

Even if they were killed, they couldn't imagine that the King of Chu would be able to capture Yanyun City, which was full of soldiers and food, in this winter.

This man ....

What else can stop him!

Next, Princess Yicheng told them how the king of Chu conquered it, and proclaimed himself emperor in Yanyun City and established the country as Yan.

After hearing this, the many khans fell silent.

For a long, long time.

Only then did the Tuli Khan speak: "Princess Yicheng, what do you think we should do?" ”

Princess Yoshinari was silent.

Oh, yes!

What to do, she didn't know.

Princess Yicheng has been extremely arrogant all her life and has never bowed her head to anyone.

But now looking at the various intelligence that Liang Guo has integrated recently.

couldn't help but feel that she really admired King Chu in her heart.

This man, he is too similar to Li Shimin....

Even more terrifying than Li Shimin to some extent!

Seeing that Princess Yicheng, who has always been wise, has no idea, everyone's hearts are even darker.

"King Chu, if he doesn't deal with it, if he continues to develop, it will definitely be a big trouble for us."

Jieli Khan frowned.

"Then why don't we send troops now and attack Yanyun City directly?"

Murowei Khan made a suggestion.

"Nope! Winter attack, do you think we don't live long enough? ”

Princess Yicheng directly vetoed it.

Compared to the King of Chu, winter is their biggest enemy at the moment.

"Can't fight! You can't even fight in the spring! ”

"Now the king of Chu has the tall walls of Yanyun City, plus winter, he can use winter to get rid of the people who oppose him in Yanyun City, and Yanyun City in spring will be a hall of words for the king of Chu!"

"When the time comes, we will not face the king of Chu, but an entire country!"

"Our Turkic troops are not good at siege warfare, listen to the intelligence of the Liang State, the King of Chu has formed a new infantry, and they are all elite, once my Turks start a war with the Yan State, they are not sure whether they can capture the Yan State in a short time."

"And once we don't capture it in a short time, we will be dragged into the quagmire of war, don't forget, our neighbors around us can be restless, and the Goguryeo, Tubo and Tang Dynasty who are eyeing the grassland next to us, what should we do?"

Princess Yicheng paused and continued: "This situation can't be rushed, and you must not mess with yourself. ”

"Let's watch and see what happens."

"When spring comes, we will strengthen the defense of the border with the Liang State, and if the king of Chu makes a move against my Turks, he will stop his soldiers outside the grassland!"

"His Yan Country, there is only one Yanyun City, there are not many soldiers and people below, the total number of troops is 30,000, and he took the initiative to attack the grassland, we are vigilant, unlike the previous wolf Juxu Mountain was unguarded, there must be no way to take us!"

"Wait, and when the time comes, we can instigate the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo and Yanguo to fight bloodily."

The voice fell.

Many khans agreed.

The idea didn't seem like the best, but they all agreed.

Perhaps subconsciously, none of them want to be an enemy of the King of Chu, and they are willing to use the method of covering their ears and stealing the bell to deceive themselves....

"Hehe, compared to us, in fact....General Tiance, who is far away in the Tang Dynasty, should be more anxious, and even the King of Chu hates General Tiance even more, after all, General Tiance threw him over and sent him to death."

"The King of Chu and Admiral Tiance can be said to be a blood feud, a hatred that cannot be resolved!"

"Hehe, you say, if Li Shimin knew that his son had established another country outside, what would he do?"

"Think about it, let's tell Li Shimin the news, what will Li Shimin do? Who will be in a hurry? ”

Princess Yicheng said with a smile.

"So what are you waiting for?"

"I'll send someone to write a letter to Li Shimin now."

Jieli Khan hurriedly said.

"No!"

"It's useless."

Princess Yicheng exhaled softly: "We have already mentioned Li Shimin before, but I guess they won't believe what they said last time." ”

"And when they realize that the King of Chu has really established the country, when the time comes, Admiral Li Shimin of Tiance will have a headache than us."

When Jieli Khan, Tuli Khan and others heard this, they all slapped their hands fiercely.

"Yes!"

"Li Shimin should be more anxious!"

The two suddenly realized.

"The King of Chu quietly established the Yan Kingdom, which is clearly to part ways with the Tang Dynasty."

"Good! Just do what you say! Let's wait and see what happens! ”

"Wait for the right time to tell Li Shimin. Let him have a headache, fight to the death with Yan Guo, and when the time comes.... We might even be fishermen! ”

Jieli Khan agreed to this plan.

They who can't help the king of Chu can only think and do so.

….….….….….….

Meanwhile.

Yanyun City, Yanyun Palace.

There are people in Yanyun City who disappear every day and every night, but no one dares to oppose it openly, even if there is opposition from the original people of Yanyun City, it will be cleared out that day.

The situation has gradually stabilized.

According to the current progress, it is not surprising that many unstable elements can be eliminated in the spring, and this Yan country will also be officially under control.

In addition, Li Shizhen and others also put into work, worked in their own fields, and played a leading role in the facilities of Fushui Town.

In addition, the army's White Tiger Battalion increased the number of qualified people from Fushui Town, and with the addition of the original White Tiger Battalion guards, it expanded to 2,132 people.

There are more than 5,000 white-robed troops, more than 4,000 self-defense troops, and 5,000 Wei Wushu.

The elite force reached nearly 16,000 people, while the reserve force still had more than 3,000 people in training.

In terms of the people of the Yan Kingdom, the number of people rescued through Yanyun City, plus the people of the original Fushui Town, it can be determined that the total number of people who joined the empire with him Li Kuan is more than 40,000.

Coupled with the army, the overall military and civilian population of Yanguo reached more than 60,000 people!

It's already a lot of power!

Of course.

It's just that the number of people is weaker, and in terms of the army, it can kill another important city in the Liang State and unify Wancheng in seconds.

Liang Guotong Wancheng dares to attack Yanyun City? Li Kuan still wished that they would come to death!

In terms of foreign enemies, in addition to the Liang State, there are also Turks.

Li Kuan could be sure that the Turks would not come this winter, and he knew Jieli Khan too well, so it was impossible for him to send troops in winter.

And when spring comes, he Yan Kingdom will expand its army again, and at that time, with the strong city defense of Yanyun City, the Turks are not good at attacking the city, so they are not afraid of the Turks!

Siege is not an easy task.

Most of the cities were broken, either there was no food in the city, or there were spies in the city, or they surrendered, which was basically the case, and it was rarely forcibly breached.

To put it mildly, there are too many cases in history of more than 1,000 people, more than 1,000 people, defending tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops.

In particular, Zhuge Ke of Wu led hundreds of thousands of troops of Wu to deal with Hefei, which had only less than 3,000 troops, and fought for several months without defeating, and almost wiped out the national fortunes of Wu.

There are also Sun Quan and so on, there are too many cases, all of which tell the story of the era of cold weapons, and it is more difficult to forcibly break through the city than to ascend to the sky.

This is also the reason why Li Kuan did not take action against those Liangguo counties, because he was not sure whether he could capture them.

And now there is the tall city wall of Yanyun City, and there are countless grains in the city, even if you finish eating, you are not afraid, and when there are potatoes to be cultivated in the spring, there will be no food problem at all.

Spies and surrender, spies are still a little possible, you have to guard against it, surrender is never possible!

Therefore, it is only necessary to pay more attention to the investigation of spies, and the Yan Kingdom does not need to be afraid of the Turks at all!

"Your Highness, the clothes of the Son of Heaven are all done over there in Floating Water Town, haha! Come and wear it through! ”

In the Yanyun Palace, the voice of the White Tiger General came from afar.

The clothes of the Son of Heaven, Yanyun City actually have them, and there are several sets.

But they are not Han costumes, they are more like clothes that are biased towards the Turkic side, plus who usurped the throne and used the clothes of the Son of Heaven of the previous emperor, so the clothes of the Son of Heaven of the Yan Kingdom, Li Kuan arranged for Fushui Town to do it.

Made, it belongs to the clothes of the Son of Heaven of the Han people!

After General White Tiger came in, Chen Qingzhi couldn't help frowning: "General White Tiger, you should be honored as Your Majesty." ”

General Baihu suddenly realized: "Oh, yes, yes, yes! Your Majesty! Haha, Your Majesty!! ”

He belonged to His Highness who had been called for a few years, and he was called Shunkou, so he didn't react for a while.

Li Kuan smiled and said, "White Tiger, it's okay, you can take your clothes over first." ”

"Good!"

General Baihu took the box to Li Kuan, and then opened it.

When the box was opened, it contained all kinds of clothes and tiaras.

According to the new decree promulgated by Li Yuan in the seventh year of Wude, that is, the millennium, that is, the famous Wude Decree in later generations.

This includes the laws of clothing.

The law stipulates that the Son of Heaven shall be served fourteen, the queen shall be three, the crown prince shall be six, and the crown princess shall be three.

Although the content can basically inherit the old system of the Sui Dynasty, it has also been innovated.

There are fourteen kinds of clothing for the Son of Heaven, namely the crown, the crown, the crown of heaven, the crown of Wu, the costume, the black cloth, the white gauze hat, the flat scarf, and the white curtain.

General White Tiger neatly took out all the clothes, crowns, etc. in the box, so that Li Kuan could see more clearly and carefully.

"Your Highness, why don't you put it on and take a look?"

Chen Qingzhi excitedly rushed to the sidelines.

When General Baihu heard this, he also said excitedly: "Your Highness must be very majestic when you wear the clothes of the prince. ”

Xin Qiji's face was always worried, and at this moment, he also smiled lightly: "Your Majesty, try it and see if it fits." ”

Under the care of the three generals under his command, plus Li Kuan himself also wanted to try, the clothes that only the prince could wear in this era.

He said aloud: "Come here, change clothes for me." ”

Soon, several maids around came over and personally changed into a red and yellow dress for Li Kuan.

From the Tang Dynasty onwards, it was stipulated that yellow was the exclusive color of the royal family, and only members of the royal family could wear it.

If Li Kuan was allowed to wear this kind of clothes by himself, it would not take half an hour, and he couldn't figure out how to wear them.

Even if there are maids to help dress it, it is very complicated.

It took a few minutes before I was finally finished.

The Buddha depends on gold, and people rely on clothes.

After putting on the prince's clothes, Li Kuan's whole temperament suddenly underwent earth-shaking changes.

He wore a crown of heaven on his head and a bright yellow prince's costume. There are 12 chapters on it, such as: sun, moon, dragon and so on.

The dragon has five claws, and it is majestic!

There is a ribbon on the waist, the side of the ribbon is six feet four inches long, two inches and four inches wide, and the color is like a ribbon.

There is a gold belt hook on it, and there are double yoga jade pendants hanging on it.

"Your Majesty is really good."

After wearing it, Chen Qingzhi praised it.

Li Kuan's current painting is selling very well.

Anyone who has seen it knows that he is an unspeakably noble son.

"Like, too much." General Baihu looked at Li Kuan, his eyes flickered, and he said in a daze: "It's too much like Admiral Tiance." ”

Chen Qingzhi was slightly stunned, and then he knelt down and said loudly: "We will serve our lives, return to Chang'an with Your Majesty, and destroy the enemy Li Shimin, the general of Tiance, in order to comfort the souls of many dead people and soldiers in the sky!" ”

General Baihu also realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly knelt down to echo the same.

"Admiral Tiance ......."

At the mention of this name, Li Kuan's eyes, who were originally elated, narrowed slightly: "Kill so many of my people, sooner or later, I will replace his Tang Dynasty!" ”

Seeing Li Kuan's anger, the White Tiger was annoyed, he really didn't mention that pot, why did he mention Admiral Tiance!

Li Kuan seemed to have insight into General Baihu's thoughts, and the next moment he smiled and said: "White Tiger, you don't need to be secretive about Admiral Tiance, you know that the enemy is strong, so you can be vigilant and can't slack off!" ”

As he spoke, Li Kuangong looked at the three generals in front of him, and suddenly opened his hand, only to feel a burst of high spirits.

"Admiral Tiance and I are mortal enemies!"

"And I don't think that with the same strength, I can win against Admiral Tiance!"

"So, he has tens of thousands of troops, and I use hundreds of thousands! He has hundreds of thousands, and I will use millions!! ”

"Therefore, Yanguo still has a long way to go, and I hope that the three generals will help each other!"

The three generals knelt on the ground in unison: "Your Majesty, it's an honor!" ”

Li Kuan smiled: "Okay, it's not a public occasion, you three don't have to be so grand, get up." ”

"Let's get ready, we're going to move on to the next step."

"In Yanyun City, it is still Ziyun and General Xin who are in charge of removing those scourges, and Baihu, you go to the vicinity of the Youzhou checkpoint to see the Han people there, if you survive the winter, you can't survive, let them come to us."

"This can actually be said to be a rebellion, so, White Tiger, you are the patron saint of Youzhou, they worship you very much, even I can't reach it, it's most appropriate for you to go."

On the border of the Tang Dynasty, there are Han people not only in the Youzhou checkpoint, but also Han people outside the Youzhou checkpoint, which are also the care places for the Turks to fight the autumn wind in the south.

At the same time, it is also an important place to attract people in Yanguo today.

The Han people were captured, and although there were many Turks and Liang, they could not be large enough to support the population of a country.

If you want to increase the number of people in the Yan Kingdom, you have to suck blood from the Tang Dynasty.

And General Baihu has a prominent reputation in Youzhou, so it is most suitable for him to go.

The three generals took the order, and then they all retired.

Li Kuan looked at their departing backs thoughtfully.

In fact, in addition to these three generals, there is another general under the account, and that is Yang Duwei.

However, he didn't have much experience in commanding an army, so he had to let him practice more, Li Kuan asked him to train the Self-Defense Army, and he hadn't seen it for a long time.

He thought that he would go to Yang Duwei later, and see what changes this "young" Yanguo general could make, if the situation in this Yanyun City was sharpening his knives and making him train for a month.

However, before going, he still went to Huaqin Palace.

Huaqin Palace was originally built by Yang Zhengdao for his new concubine, and the original name was not called Huaqin Palace.

After the coup d'état in Yanyun City, when Yang Zhengdao stepped down, this palace had just been built, and Li Kuan saw that it was quite new when no one had settled in it, so he gave it to his wife Du Ruyan and appointed Huaqin Palace.

When you come to Huaqin Palace, you can smell a fragrance when you enter the palace.

Li Kuan couldn't help but stop and suck, and then smiled.

Yan'er still likes flowers and plants so much.

Shaking his head, without much thought, he walked inside.

"Ah, Your Majesty! You're here! ”

When Du Ruyan saw Li Kuan coming, she hurriedly got up.

Li Kuan stepped forward and hurriedly pressed her to sit down, not letting her move more, and said with a smile: "Yan'er, you are pregnant now, so you will be exempted from saluting." ”

Pregnancy.

Yes, Du Ruyan is pregnant, just in the last few days.

I don't know what Li Tai of Chang'an City and those sons who chased Du Ruyan will think after learning that the goddess in their hearts is already pregnant with other flesh and blood.

Now.

When Du Ruyan heard this, he couldn't help but laugh: "Your Majesty, look at your nervousness, our child, the eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, and it's even just a small point, where do you need to be treated so ceremoniously." ”

"I still want it." Li Kuan laughed, and then squatted down to listen to Du Ruyan's stomach, obviously he couldn't hear anything, but he seemed to hear the child calling his father.

The eyes become soft.

"This is my flesh and bones, flesh and bones whose blood is thicker than water."

"I will be his [her] biggest umbrella, and I will not treat my own children cold-blooded and failed like Admiral Tiance."

Under the education of Li Shimin, Li Chengqian rebelled, claiming that he was a Turk, Li Tai was demoted, and Li Zhi was pushed to the throne but was pinched by a woman, creating a prosperous dynasty for women and a shocking nightmare for men.

Admiral Tiance's education, how a failure.

Some people also say that Li Zhi's reign laid down the largest territory of the Tang Dynasty and was the peak period of the Tang Dynasty.

But!

Soldiers and generals, but they are all Li Shimin's old bottoms, what does it have to do with him Li Zhi?

If you change an emperor, as long as you don't command blindly, you can have such results.

After all, Li Shimin can rely on this group of generals and ministers to become the Khan of Heaven in just a few years, what is impossible for this group of team to help Li Zhi lay down such a large territory?

Therefore, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty actually has nothing to do with Li Zhi.

On the other hand, Li Zhi also united with Wu Zetian to kill the eldest grandson Wuji, who was loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

That's his own uncle, and it's the eldest grandson Wuji who praised him to the throne, so he killed him...

After killing it, I didn't feel a trace of guilt, and I even felt that I did it too right.

With such morality and character, doesn't it tell the failure of Admiral Tiance's education?

The biological sons born to these eldest grandsons, Li Shimin was also treated as the most precious son, but one ended up in exile and depression after rebellion, one was directly exiled and did not know whether he lived or died, and the other was very happy to kill his own uncle, and made his own woman the first female emperor in history, so that the Li Tang royal family suffered a bloody massacre.

Li Shimin's education is too much of a failure....

He Li Kuan, but he didn't want to be that kind of father.

"Your Majesty, you have a heart, I believe that the child is born, and I will be proud of you."

Du Ruyan looked at her man with gentle eyes, and she also believed that her man, her Royal Highness, would be a good father.

And she is not a good mother, she, is not sure.

Du Ruyan is always like this, always like this.......

has an almost obsessive confidence in the King of Chu, confident that His Highness can do anything, and there is nothing in this world that His Highness can't do.

And themselves, then, are not sure ....

She will work hard, work hard, to be a good mother, and not let her Highness down....

….….….….….….

A month later.

Datang.

Northern.

Yunzhou City.

This is the most important town of Datang in northern Xinjiang, and it is also the most prosperous town of Datang in northern Xinjiang.

However, even in the most prosperous city, there are many more displaced people in this city than in other places in the Tang Dynasty.

Especially in winter.

According to the usual experience, every day the garrison will clear out many displaced people who have frozen to death.

No way.

That's the horror of winter in the border city.

And even here people often freeze to death, and the Turks further north, there are only a lot more dead, so winter is the most terrible nightmare for the Turks, more terrible than anything else.

Let's talk about Yunzhou City.

This year's Yunzhou City seems to be a little different.

The number of displaced people who have frozen to death is at least 70% less than last year.

The commander of the border army, Chai Shao, the lord of Yunzhou City, looked at the statistics in his hand, and thought that he had read it wrong.

Before the winter, he thought that this year's number would only increase, and it would increase a lot.

Without him, because of the Turkic southward movement this year, a large number of displaced people have been produced.

Now, they all poured into Yunzhou City.

In fact, it is true, more than two months after the arrival of winter, the number of displaced people who froze to death is much higher than in previous years, more than three times more!

And then.

Just recently, the number of displaced people in the hand has decreased, and the number of displaced people who come to Yunzhou City has decreased.

At first, I thought that this was just an isolated case, and it was normal for the number of displaced people to decrease for only one day or a few days, after all, the flow of displaced people was fluctuating, not flat.

However, after so many days, it has been half a month, and it has been like this, and fewer and fewer homeless people have come to Yunzhou City, so they have to pay attention to it.

It's weird.

Where have the displaced people gone?

Chai Shao frowned slightly.

He called the adjutant general.

"These figures, in the past half a month, fewer displaced people have come to Yunzhou City than in previous years, is it true or false?"

"I want to present these to Your Majesty, don't play around."

Chai Shao said in a deep voice.

The adjutant general bowed down and said, "Returning to the Governor of Chai, this is all true, how dare the last general lie to you on such an important matter." ”

"The people died less this year, mainly because of the honeycomb coal that came from Yanyun City in Liang Kingdom."

Said the adjutant general.

"Honeycomb coal?"

Chai Shao was at a loss.

This name, he has not heard.

During this time, the main thing was that he was about to go crazy.

Since the Turks retreated, Youzhou was full of devastation, ten rooms and nine empty, and there were too many things that he needed to do himself.

Therefore, he has been busy reorganizing military affairs, pacifying the people, and restoring the fields and towns destroyed by the Turks.

The rest of the miscellaneous things are completely unintentional.

But even so.

He still knows that in recent months, there has been a coup d'état in the Liang State, and it was a certain Yang clan relative who banned the original Yang Zhengdao, ascended the throne and became the emperor, and also established the country as Yan, and also married the former Sui Empress Xiao.

Hearing these things at that time, Chai Shao also sighed that the Yang clan really knew how to play, the former Sui emperor Yang Guang robbed his father and concubine, and the new Yang clan also robbed Empress Yang Guang.

Really will play!

Of course, Chai Shao also knew that the Li Tang royal family was not so pure, and after Li Shimin took the throne, he also robbed his younger brother Li Yuanji's concubine Concubine Yang.

On the Turkic side, Princess Yicheng was also robbed and robbed, and married four khans one after another, and these four are all a family, and they are father and son, grandson and other relationships.

Princess Yoshisei is like a family heirloom, passed on to the next generation of khans one after another.

It can only be....The emperors of the world are like raccoon dogs, they all like to rob their own brothers and fathers' wives, and they are all chaotic.

Chai Shao usually listens to these as stories, and a certain Yang clan member marries Queen Xiao, which can be regarded as adding another after-dinner tea talk.

Now.

Regarding honeycomb coal, the deputy general hurriedly explained it to Chai Shao.

Chai Shao's eyes lit up suddenly.

"Honeycomb coal is so cheap?"

"It's still so good?"

"Let's take a look."

"If it is true, you must tell Your Majesty as soon as possible."

Chai Shao was pleasantly surprised.

Wintering is not only a very painful thing for the Turks, but also for the northern part of the Tang Dynasty.

If this kind of good thing can be spread, there is no doubt that it can greatly reduce the pressure on the people to survive the winter.

The deputy general hurriedly took Chai Shao out of the city lord's mansion.

They walked around the city, and almost every household used this honeycomb coal.

Chai Shao also went to several places where the displaced people gathered.

For example, the land temple, such as some dilapidated ancestral halls.

This is the favorite place for homeless people to gather.

How much can shelter from the wind and rain.

However, it is not possible to protect against the cold at all.

But that's no longer the case.

Honeycomb coal was lit in every place where the displaced people gathered.

Much warmer than outside.

Surviving the winter is no longer difficult.

Chai Shao was really surprised and delighted, and immediately asked the scout to send a fold, and, with a few samples, went straight to Chang'an.

Datang needs too many places for honeycomb coal.

And it's not just Yunzhou City.

The city lord's mansion, Chai Shao also raised honeycomb coal.

He sat aside.

Feel the hot heat on your face.

"Damn!"

"It's really amazing to be able to come up with the idea of honeycomb coal."

"I didn't expect that there would be such a talent in Yanyun City."

Chai Shao couldn't help but sigh.

This year, because of honeycomb coal, many people will be killed.

Chai Shao couldn't help but face the direction of Yanyun City and bowed.

It is really a blessing for the people of the world to enjoy honeycomb coal!!

"So, my Youzhou homeless people are all in their hometown, and they use this honeycomb coal for the winter?"

Chai Shao asked.

The lieutenant hesitated for a moment before replying, "Yes and no." ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Chai Shao frowned.

The adjutant general sighed, and then said: "The new emperor of Yanyun City is extremely mysterious, we only know that he is a member of the Yang clan, and nothing else is known. ”

"A very low-key emperor, but what he does is extremely high-profile!"

"He sent an army to bring honeycomb coal to the people on the border of Youzhou, and also encouraged them to join the Yan country, among which ......."

The lieutenant wanted to continue, but only listened to "Bang! With a bang, Chai Shao slapped the table and said angrily: "Emperor Yanguo, how dare he take away my Tang people!" Who gave him the guts! ”

The adjutant general sighed and said, "So, what Chai Dadu did was very high-profile." ”

"And at his instigation, most of the people joined the Yan country, and some people stayed in their hometowns to resist the cold winter with the honeycomb coal they sent."

Chai Shao's eyes widened: "Really....really rebelled?" I'm a Tang people? ”

The deputy general nodded and said: "Yes, there are too many homeless people who died on the border of my Datang, and those homeless people have no trust in Datang, and Yanguo can give them hope for life, so most of them joined." ”

This is the lieutenant's own speculation.

He did not know the specifics, judging from the available intelligence.

Fear....

He couldn't have imagined that the most important condition for recruiting those homeless people was that General Baihu would recruit them, and it would be the guardian spirit of Youzhou who would come to recruit them to join the Yan Kingdom, not let them betray the Tang Dynasty they loved because of just a few honeycomb coals.

Unfortunately, he didn't know.

He, with the greatest malice, speculated on these outcasts.

"Damn! This matter was also quickly reported to the imperial court, so that His Majesty knew that the Liang State was not stable, and it was not to disturb my Tang Dynasty with war, but to rebel, this matter is important, and it must be passed on to Your Majesty so that Your Majesty can make a judgment as soon as possible! ”

The adjutant general immediately stood up straight and arched his hand: "Yes!!" ”

He quickly stepped back.

Not long after, Guo Song, who originally lived in Fushui Town, but was sent back by General Baihu a month ago, walked here.

"Guo Song."

"Chai Dadudu, do you have something to look for me?"

Chai Shao sighed: "Yes, a lot of things have happened recently. ”

Chai Shao told the story of the Liang State incident and the honeycomb coal incident one by one.

When he heard these things, Guo Song's eyes brightened.

He couldn't help but look in the direction of Floating Water Town, his gaze soft.

Your Highness, you are the emperor....

Can you bring the rescued Han people, one, a place to live....

You, for sure, after all, there's nothing in the world that you can't do, yes! Han people, even if they are in the Liang country and the Turkic steppe, they have a place to live, and it is your Yan country....

Guo Song only felt that he had something to do with Rong.

Chai Shao saw it in his eyes, his eyes flickered, and then asked with a smile: "Guo Song, you escaped back from that land, what happened there." ”

"Did you escape back because it had something to do with the Yan Emperor who took office?"

When Guo Song heard this, he quickly came back to his senses and shook his head busily: "No, no, no, Governor Chai, it doesn't matter!" ”

"I and the Han people who came back were all rescued by General Baihu!"

Governor Chai snorted coldly: "It's still like this, when General Ben doesn't believe it, how did he come back!" ”

Guo Song gritted his teeth and said, "It's General White Tiger, save us back!" ”

Chai Shao continued to ask, and Guo Song continued to say that General Baihu rescued him.

He escaped several times, retreated once, and this time, he will not retreat again.......

So the answer has not changed.

The same is true for today....

Chai Shao has been asking questions for several days, not only Guo Song, but also other Han people who have returned from Liang State, but they always insist that it was General Baihu who rescued them.

Chai Shao knew that this was not the case, but if they didn't say it, what could they do?

sighed.

Chai Shao looked in the direction of Yanguo, what happened over there, so that his cronies Guo Song didn't tell the truth to himself....

Somehow, Chai Shao felt a sense of crisis and unease.

A few days passed.

There is news that the name of Liang Guoguo was changed to Yanguo, and the new emperor of Yanguo married Empress Xiao, which gradually spread to Youzhou.

People in Youzhou talked about tea after dinner, and couldn't help but smile and say that the emperor of Yanguo over there really knew how to play, and it was a fun enough fun.

And those Han people who were sent back from Liang State and General Baihu couldn't help but look in the direction of Fushui Town when they heard the news.

In his eyes, everything is full of glory.

Your Highness, you are the emperor.....

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Datang.

Chang'an City.

Tai Chi Palace.

It's been a year

The country name was officially corrected to Zhenguan.

After experiencing the excitement of the New Year, Datang gradually quieted down again.

Regardless, the excitement is always short-lived.

After the excitement, it's time to start thinking about facing the real world.

At this time, it was also the coldest time in Chang'an.

However, the people also see hope, the year is about to pass, which means that spring is coming.

Spring ploughing followed.

As long as there is a crop in the field, there is hope for everything.

In this way, the biting cold wind seems to be able to endure it.

The people are looking forward to spring ploughing, and Li Shimin is also looking forward to the beginning of spring.

He began to issue and revise various decrees, and when the implementation and promotion of these decrees could be seen, it would be almost spring.

Today.

The eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Wei Zheng are all in Taiji Palace, discussing political affairs with Li Shimin.

Entering the Zhenguan Dynasty, they were also busy all of a sudden.

Each of them has obtained the title they want and deserve, and one by one they have become the real national pillars of the Tang Dynasty.

After the discussion, the eldest grandson Wuji stayed behind and said, "Your Highness, Wei Zheng has the intention of rebellion. ”

Li Shimin's eyes widened instantly: "Auxiliary, you can't talk nonsense, Wei Zheng....Yes!" He is an old minister of the East Palace, and he is also a descendant of Prince Yin, but what he has done these months, you and I have seen it. ”

"With his temperament, if he rebelled, how could he wait until today!"

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Your Majesty, you also said that he is an old minister of the East Palace, and the East Palace was treated like this by us at the beginning, as a confidant of Prince Yin, how can he calm the anger in his heart?" ”

"Nine times out of ten, there is a chance that he will defect, even if he doesn't, there is the influence of the Xuanwu Gate Mutiny, maybe one day he will rebel, he is powerful, and whoever he takes refuge in is a great threat to us, it is better to kill him directly!"

"Now, the imperial court has been firmly grasped by the old city of my Qin Palace, Youzhou is also constantly cleaning up the remnants of the hidden prince, Wei Zheng has been killed, no one will say anything!"

When Li Shimin heard this, he rubbed his head with a headache.

I don't know where Wei Zheng provoked the auxiliary machine, so that the auxiliary machine wanted to kill him so much, and he also deducted a mutiny hat out of thin air.

Of course.

There may also be benefits.

Wei Zheng occupies a large number of officials, if he dies, then he, Li Shimin, can only let the Guanlong nobles take office, in other words, the strength of the Guanlong clan such as the eldest grandson Wuji will increase by one point.

The wind and rain in this court can be described as bloody and bloody.

Li Shimin felt that he could not continue to indulge, so he said angrily: "Auxiliary, when Wei Zheng surrendered, you suggested that I kill him. ”

"Did he defect as a result? No! ”

"As a result, you still have this idea, in this way, you go to me and bring Wei Zheng to Taiji Palace!"

Although the eldest grandson Wuji didn't know what Li Shimin wanted to do, he still went to Wei Zheng as instructed to bring him to Taiji Palace.

After he left.

Li Shimin was not idle, and asked people to prepare a big box, which was placed in the center of the Taiji Palace, which was extremely conspicuous.

And when Wei Zheng arrived, he left Wei Zheng and the eldest grandson Wuji alone, and let everyone else retreat.

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to resign!"

Wei Zheng gave up his hand and said bluntly.

Li Shimin asked, "Why?" ”

Wei Zheng glared at Changsun Wuji angrily: "It's not that someone doesn't like the minister's eyes, it's a big deal, the minister directly tells the old man to return to his hometown, so as not to walk around and dirty someone's eyes." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji, who was connotated, did not reply, nor did he look at Wei Zheng, but wandered out of the world, looking like he had nothing to do with himself.

Li Shimin sighed and said: "Wei Zheng, you have grievances and want to leave, I can understand, so I specially prepared a box for you, which is full of entanglements." ”

"It's not easy to read our monarchs and ministers, you can bring all this money."

Wei Zheng glanced at it and said, "Okay, thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Wei Zheng bowed to Li Shimin, then came to the big box and lifted it with his hands.

However, he gritted his teeth and tried hard, but he didn't mention it.

Li Shimin's eyes flickered, and he asked with a smile: "Wei Zheng, more or less?" ”

Wei Zheng said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the minister can't mention it, or the minister won't leave, right?" ”

Li Shimin smiled: "Okay, then don't go!" I'll protect you later! ”

This big box is actually not heavy, even a teenager can lift it, how can Wei Zheng not lift it?

He deliberately couldn't mention it, and then took this opportunity to ask Li Shimin to test Li Shimin's attitude and whether he wanted to go by himself.

As a result, Li Shimin also expressed his attitude, he wanted him to stay, and he would protect him!

Between the monarch and the minister, the attitude of both sides was tested by the big box.

The eldest grandson Wuji was still in the dark, and when Wei Zheng and Li Shimin talked and laughed and went to eat, he went to try to lift the big box.

As a result, it was brought up all at once.

Suddenly.

Scales fall from one's eyes.

"It turns out that Your Majesty still wants to protect Wei Zheng, and moreover, it is still a death guarantee...."

The eldest grandson Wuji's eyes narrowed slightly.

Immediately, he sighed.

"That's it, I don't care about it."

After all, he played with Li Shimin to a big time, and his feelings were deep, since Li Shimin still believed in Wei Zheng, he also had nothing to say.

The other side.

After having dinner with Wei, Li Shimin was about to return to Taiji Palace to deal with government affairs, but at this time, there was a letter from a scout.

"Report!!"

"Your Majesty, Fang Shangshu has made a big discovery in Chuhe Village, and he has found a secret passage! Found the hidden things of Chuhe Village and the King of Chu inside, the first one seems to be called Quyuan Plow, Fang Shangshu asked His Majesty to check it out! ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin's eyes widened, and his face was full of disbelief: "What? There is a hole in Chuhe Village! ”

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