Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 398

On the turquoise grassland, iron cavalry are rushing, and chariots and horses are like dragons.

The six-sided banners are lined up on the left and right, with a building car in the middle.

The six banners and the five square flags were built in the middle camp and accompanied the army when they came out, which is a symbol of military power.

After the six flags, there are one after another flags and flags, hunting and dancing in the wind.

Among the flags and flags, several boxcars followed closely behind, and the advocators in the army beat drums from time to time to convey orders.

The sound of the drums spread far and wide in the vast grassland, and listening to it from afar gave off a shocking feeling.

Fifty cavalry composed of protons from foreign vassals, descendants of wealthy merchants, and heirs of generals, angry horses in fresh clothes, exquisite tassels, spears and leopard tails, lead the way.

Shao Shude held the hand of Princess Zhe Fangai, and sat firmly in the carriage.

Kang, a Sogdian girl, and Geshu, a Turkic girl, served at the side.

"Ma'am, when you married me at the beginning of the year, did you think of today?" Shao Shude suffered from the high-quality man syndrome again, and became a little complacent.

"Then what you would think is to marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog." Zhe Fangai said with a straight face.

Shao Shude laughed, squeezed his wife's hand tightly, fingers intertwined, and stopped talking.

Sure enough, after being silent for a while, Zhe Fangai couldn't bear it any longer, and said: "Your husband has great ambitions, why do you want to do this? Mrs. Pei is a virtuous concubine, and you forced her back. What do people in the world think? Your husband is wise and powerful in other aspects. He has conquered many times, defeated powerful enemies repeatedly, cared about farming, loved the people, vigorously conducted business, had a rich treasury, and was generous. , but why go out to grab it? The women at home can’t feed enough—”

"Ma'am, I know I'm wrong." Shao Shude squeezed his wife's hand and said with a smile: "At my current stage, I need a good wife to remind me from time to time. Well, my wife really has the appearance of a mother!"

Zhe Fangai tried hard to keep a straight face.

"Chengjie and Siwu are two children, at such a young age, they already have a steady demeanor, and this is all due to loving their wives."

These two children, Xu Zhefangai, were usually educated too strictly, reading and writing, and various etiquettes were overwhelmed at such a young age.

On the contrary, it was my father who was away all the year round, and the children were very happy because they could "play" with them.

Take out the little hornbow and shoot around.

Grandpa took the horse for a ride.

The children of Yeli, Wuzang, Feng, Zhao, Weicai, and Zhe also came to play together.

The oldest Yeli Kecheng is 11 years old, and it is said that he is already studying military affairs.The child's current ambition is to fight for his uncle and marry a princess when he grows up. Shao Shude laughed a lot when he heard this.

Zhe Silun also sent his second son, Zhe Congcun, to live in the county palace all year round and study with Chengjie and Siwu.

He now has three sons, Congxue, Congcun, and Congyuan who was just born this year.

Of course he also has a daughter, and before that he intended to let Chengjie marry his cousin and cousin from the Zhe family, but he gave up after hearing that Zhu's daughter had already been decided by default.

Zhu Shuzong represented another faction, different from their in-laws, he didn't want to offend.

Shuofang army, the water is deep.

The old man in Fengzhou and Tielin in Hedong is one faction. After Lingxia's local family has declined, he merged with outsiders. It is one faction.Among the three major factions, they can be subdivided, and some boundaries are not so blurred. It seems that each faction has its own origins, but it is not that simple anyway.

"Husband, from now on Chengjie—Chengjie and Siwu should find some enlightened teachers from now on." Seeing Shao Shude mentioning the child, Zhefang's stern face immediately changed into another expression.

Now the children are all taught by Feng Xuan, she is the most educated among all the wives and concubines, but this is actually not good, it is not conducive to cultivating the heroic spirit of the son.

It is definitely different for men and women to teach.

"When Zai Durang was able to be 'friend' with me, I asked him to recommend one or two."

Zhe Fangai thought about it for a while, and felt that the person the prime minister would like should have some ability, and teaching children should be enough.

"I still need to learn martial arts..."

"Hasn't Mrs. Xian already found it? The Zhe family is from the frontier town, and those who are skilled in bows and horses don't know how many people are there, so let's use the Zhe family's martial artist. The only thing is that they need to be able to teach their children. In the future, this foundation will be handed over to Cheng Jie." If the martial arts in your hands are sparse, how can you convince them?"

After hearing this, Zhe Fangai narrowed her eyes again, clasped Shao Shude's five fingers tightly with her left hand, and said in a low voice: "The Pei family is different from the women in the family—"

"What's the difference? Not all of them..." Shao Shude teased.

Kang Shi and Ge Shushi lowered their heads beside them, as if they had fallen asleep.

More than ten days later, Dazhu arrived at Dijinze.

There is a city built here, called "Tiejin City", which is not small in regulation, similar to ordinary county towns.

The armies that arrived first had already set up their camps, and there were still troops marching here one after another.

Tiejin City has prepared a lot of wood, all of which have been used for camping before, but it is not enough, and it has to be felled temporarily.

Before leaving, it seemed that Wei Caibu had to replant some trees, otherwise the forest would disappear if he came a few more times.

Shao Shude took Chengjie and Siwu with both hands, and entered the city under the guard of his own soldiers.

This martial arts lecture is the first time for the two sons to appear on such a big occasion.

Cheng Jiexu is seven years old, and Si Wu is also eight years old. There are some things that they should gradually get in touch with.Born in such a family, it is naturally impossible to be like ordinary people - if the son is not taught well, everything will be over, and everything will be a wedding dress for others.

The second daughter Shao Mu also followed.He is the eldest of Shao Shude's biological children, he is already nine years old this year, and his mother granted him the family name.

By the way, Marshal Shao also has many heirs, now he has four sons and seven daughters.

The eldest daughter, Guoer, is married.

The second daughter Mu, nine years old, was born to Xiaofeng.

The eldest son, Siwu, is eight years old and his mother is Zhao.

The eldest son, Chengjie, is seven years old, and his mother is Zheshi.

The third daughter, Li, is six years old, and her mother is Ye Lishi.

Si Nuyu, five years old, was born to Xiaofeng.

Wunv Ze, four years old, mother Wei Cai.

The third son, Mianren, is four years old, and his mother is Dafeng.

The fourth son, Guancheng, is three years old, and his mother is Zhuge.

Six girls Si, three years old, mother Zheshi.

The seventh daughter is blessed, one year old, and her mother has no Tibetan family.

This time I brought my second daughter and two sons with me, all the wives and concubines except Xiaofeng, they live in Tiejin City, they don’t participate in field hunting and martial arts lectures, they are here for an outing - the fourth daughter Shaoyu is very ill , Xiao Feng was not in the mood to go out and stayed at home to take care of her.

The wives and concubines came here, to be precise, they were not all for fun. In fact, all the generals, civil servants, and rich families also brought their families and children, which can be regarded as a large social gathering.

Men play men's games, and women have their own political activities.To gather the hearts of the people in the town, the social circle of the wives is also very important and cannot be neglected.

"Greetings, Marshal." Wei Shande, the newly appointed inspector of Dijinze, bowed and saluted.

Wei Shande is Wei Cai Shande, Wei Cai Laimi's father.

Wei Cai Sudu, the head of the Wei Cai Department, passed away last year.

At that time, Shao Shude was in Guanzhong, and specially sent Lu Siye, the head of the shogunate, back to Lingxia to express his condolences and deal with the most important issue of power transfer.

For the two tribes of Hengshan and the six tribes of inspectors, Shao Dashuai promised that they would be hereditary from generation to generation and would never be replaced.

In a way, this is a risk of rebellion.When the country was in its prime, it was promised that the governors of the Songmo Dudu Mansion would be hereditary. As a result, the subordinates were too capable and had a high prestige, surpassing the leader, but they had no chance to become the real leader, so they could only rebel in the end.

Of course, there are pros and cons to everything in the world.The downside is that the subordinates have no room for improvement in the tribe. They either endure it or go out to join the army. The internal pressure is not easy to vent.

The good thing is that these families are bound together with Shao Shude. The succession of grassland tribes has always been very chaotic, and power is the most important thing.These eight families are tantamount to using the power of the Shuofang Army to suppress internal opponents. If they don't stand with the Shao family, what else can they do?

Unless I am wise and mighty, I can straighten out the interior, and there are no opponents.

Wei Cai Shande, Wei Cai's father who came to the United States, became the new inspector without any suspense.

"Wei Cai, let's make an inspection, they are all from our own family." Shao Shude said gently.

"Wei Shijun is the king's in-law, why should he be so out of touch, get up quickly." Zhe Fangai sat beside Shao Shude, and said.

Although it was a pity that the one sitting next to King Lingwu was not his own daughter, but Wei Shande did not dare to neglect.

If the king of Lingwu County proclaims himself emperor, Zheshi will be the queen.

He knew that in the territory of the Han people, the queen's status was very high.

On formal occasions, the emperor and the empress received congratulations from the officials together and were called the two saints.

The emperor is "pro-farming", the queen is "pro-mulberry", and the queen has a posthumous title, a title, a mausoleum attached to the ancestral temple, and can also be involved in politics. This is a tradition that has existed in previous dynasties.

Empress Taizong's eldest grandson once said, "A concubine is a woman, how dare she hear about political affairs." This statement was praised by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but it also reflected from the side that the queen has a tradition of intervening in government affairs.

The legacy of the Northern Dynasties, "women hold the door".From the Wei Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, and then to the Guo Dynasty, there were a total of more than [-] people in the harem. In other words, the Guo Dynasty has not conferred a queen for more than a hundred years. , directly sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to canonize it, and the status gap is indeed not small.

"Marshal, everything is ready." Wei Shande said cautiously: "The materials needed for the banquet, the field hunting place, and the venue for the martial arts are all ready. Song Deputy Governor will preside over it personally, so there will be no mistakes."

"I heard that Tuoba Sijian's uncle and nephew are willing to surrender. An envoy has come here to offer some gifts. Can you arrange a place to stay?" Shao Shude asked again.

The recruiting of Tuoba Sijian and Renfu was done by Tuoba Sijing, and it took a lot of effort to find them in Shaqi.

The group of Tuoba clan who escaped had a very unsatisfactory life!

First, they went north to the grasslands, attached themselves to the Uighurs and Tatars, gained a certain status by their own bravery, and even died.

But then he was jealous of the Tatar chieftain, and had to take the tribe out of Shaqi, and mingled with the tribe of Hexi Dangxiang's in-laws.

The current Tuoba tribe is not strong, and it has four or five thousand riders, and there are only two uncles and nephews left, which is very desolate.

Seeing that Shuofang's army was getting stronger and stronger, and there was no possibility of a comeback, the choice of surrender was put on the table.The two uncles and nephews knew that if they did not surrender, the Shuofang army would probably send people to conquer them.As long as they are found where the tribe is, Shao Shude, who has a large number of cavalry, can easily tear them apart.

Of course, Shao Shude did not accept their surrender in vain, but asked them to "take the blame and make meritorious service" and cooperate with the Shuofang Army to wipe out the remnants of Li Renmei, the Uighurs in Ganzhou.

After all, Lord Wumu is a genuine Khan, and he still has some influence. If he is not captured, it will always be a hidden danger.

Sijian, uncle and nephew agreed to "stab" Li Renmei in the back, waiting for Shao Shude to send an army.

Zhou Yiyan, the tribal envoy of the capital of Ganzhou, will also recruit soldiers from various tribes to send troops together.

Li Renmei's wife and daughter were all taken into the house by him, and they were already in a state of immortality, and his enthusiasm was even higher than that of Shao Shude.

After surrendering Tuoba's uncle and nephew and exterminating Li Renmei, the Shaqihexi party departments will also use them to suppress and subdue them slowly, becoming the "fuel" for Shao Shude to conquer the world.

"Back to Commander-in-Chief, it has been arranged, and no outsiders know about it." Wei Shande replied.

"That's great." Shao Shude nodded, and said, "Go down and get busy."

After Wei Shande left, Shao Shude saw that there were only maids and soldiers left in the hall, so he held Zhefang Ai in his arms, and said: "After a few days to observe the troops, let Chengjie go up to the high platform with me."

"Okay!" A charming smile bloomed on Zhe Fangai's face, and she said softly: "The husband is the master."

This is to determine the name and determine the heir.

Of course, with Marshal Shao's prestige, he can completely replace the heir, and the group of Zhe family who are generals in the army will not dare to assassinate.But why bother?Unless the ability is insufficient and it is really impossible to support the stage, the position of the eldest son is already as stable as Mount Tai.

(End of this chapter)