Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 83
In the third year of Wude, the sage Li Yuan ordered Li Shimin, the king of Qin, to lead an army to attack Wang Shichong, set up the Daxingtai of Shaanxi Province, and unified it with Shangshu Province. Li Shimin also served as the Shangshuling of Daxingtai of Shaanxi Province.

Although he knows that his second son has a very high military talent, he is only in his early twenties after all, and unlike before, this is a battle with more than 30 soldiers on both sides... After the battle at Hulao Pass, Li Yuan must have regretted himself cheap mouth.

Because before Li Shimin led the army to go south, Li Yuan said so... the south of the Yellow River is the Eastern Shaanxi Road.

Who would have thought that it took Li Shimin less than a year to calmly defeat Zheng Xia's coalition forces and capture Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong alive.

That's why Li Yuan hastily recalled Li Shimin back to Chang'an, and let Li Xiaogong command the army to conquer Jiangnan, Jiannan, and Lingnan.

The second child can't be beaten anymore, otherwise the throne below my ass will not be stable... This should be the truth hidden deep in Li Yuan's heart.

Since then, Li Yuan made up his mind to leave his second son alone... Unfortunately, Liu Heita was too aggressive. From this point of view, Li Shimin didn't pursue Liu Heita... it was intentional.

But after the great victory in Luoshui at the beginning of the year, the sage immediately summoned Li Shimin to return to Beijing, and when Liu Heita came back, he was only willing to use Qi Wang Li Yuanji.

The reason is very simple. After Li Shimin conquered Hebei at the beginning of the year, he deliberately left many generals under his command in the states of Hebei Province as the governors. Except for Shuangshiluo, the governor of Dingzhou in the north, the rest are close to the south.

In other words, they are basically on the banks of the Yellow River... a large area, closely attached to the Eastern Shaanxi Road.

Shandong Road used Weizhou, Xiangzhou, and Weizhou as a springboard, and the line of King Qin gradually expanded its sphere of influence to Hebei Road.

This is the reason why Qi Wang Li Yuanji hesitated to move forward. The officials of Daxingtai, Shandong Road naturally knew about this.

In Luoyang City.

Overworked due to complicated affairs, Qu Tutong had gray temples and frowned tightly. Although he was an important general in the Sui Dynasty, he was highly valued after he descended to the Tang Dynasty. He was Li Shimin's deputy in several battles. After the Luoyang War, he was ordered to stay in Luoyang. Later, he took charge of Shaanxi Road in the name of You Pushe.

"I'm back." Seeing Yu Zhining enter, Qu Tutong greeted with a smile, "King Qi is still not moving?"

"That's natural." Han Liang on the side said in a mocking tone: "Hebei Road has not yet fallen, so why did King Qi send troops?"

This is obviously referring to the prefectures of Hebei Road that have not yet been occupied... are all from the lineage of King Qin.

Yu Zhining seems gentle and elegant, but in fact he is very sarcastic, "If all Hebei Road falls, the King of Qi will guard it."

Qu Tutong couldn't help laughing, this is very likely to happen, if the entire territory of Hebei falls, the king of Qi will never dare to send troops, and he can't return to the pass in despair, so he can only guard the pass... guard the tiger locked up.

The tea boy served the tea, and the three of them sat at the table, casually chatting about these days and events.

According to the system of Shaanxi Province, there is one Shangshu Ling, who is concurrently held by Li Shimin, and one servant, namely Qu Tutong.

At the beginning of the year, Yin Kaishan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, died of illness, which caused Donggong to suddenly launch an attack on Eastern Shaanxi Province, forcing Zheng Shouyi into Eastern Shaanxi Province as Minister of Officials, and tried to be promoted to Minister Zuo Cheng.

For this reason, Li Shimin first sent Yu Zhining, one of the eighteen scholars of Tiance Mansion, to Shandong Road.

Not long ago, the Turks stopped their troops to make peace, and Li Shimin immediately sent Han Liang, his confidant and aide, to Shandong Road as the Minister of the Household Department and the Youcheng of the Minister.

Qu Tutong, Han Liang, and Yu Zhining are all Li Shimin's absolute supporters, and they are also Li Shimin's most important pawns in the local area. All three of them were born in the Qin Palace, and they have good personal relationships.

"Speaking of which, when I went to Wuling this time, I met a person." Yu Zhining suddenly remembered what happened the day before yesterday, and said with a smile: "This person is proficient in arithmetic, and he has defeated the children of the Zheng family. Interlocking, quite a means."

"Wuling?" Han Liang hesitated, "Qi Palace? East Palace?"

"It's not the Palace of the King of Qi, nor the Palace of the East." Yu Zhining stroked his long beard, "I've already inquired. This person's ancestral home is Chengji County, Longxi County. He has not yet reached the age of weak crown. He called Chang'an Ling Li Qianyou as his uncle and joined the army with him. Just sorting out the accounts."

"Li Qianyou... the head of the Qi Palace." Han Liang was very familiar with the relationship between the children of the family, "The brother of the Danyang house of the Li family in Longxi?"

"By the way, Li Qianyou's elder brother Li Keshi has been with His Highness for many years."

"Li Yaoshi is still pacifying Jiangnan."

"Your Highness sent us to stay in Luoyang for nothing more than to accept heroes from all over the world to help His Highness." Qu Tutong suddenly said, "Such a person should be recruited."

Yu Zhining chuckled, he naturally understood the level.

Now the sky is falling apart on the Hebei side, and the situation on the Shandong Road is calm... But it is still a letter to the capital, and the two sides have already become black-eyed.

Qu Tutong's dissatisfaction with Qi Wang has reached the peak. He is a veteran of the two dynasties and has made outstanding achievements. Qu Tutong led the army, but Li Yuanji made his own claim, resulting in the death of general Lu Jun.

This time it was even more extreme, Liu Heita's army suppressed the border, Qu Tutong wrote twice, but Li Yuanji didn't even reply.

Under such circumstances, Qu Tutong naturally disliked King Qi. After thinking about it, he was a little worried, "What is the name of this person, and he is really talented?"

It was because Li Yuanji would not feel the pain, so Yu Zhining rolled his eyes, "You are indeed talented, Li Shan."

"Li Shan?" Han Liang blurted out, "Li Shan of Dongshan Temple?"

"What Dongshan Temple?"

"Oh, by the way, the letter from the guest teacher a few days ago stated that Li Shan did join the army with the Chang'an order to take care of the accounts." Han Liang said, "Although this person's ancestral home is Chengji in Longxi, he is not from the Li family in Longxi, but he is related to him." The Danyang room has frequent exchanges."

"This person defeated Du Keming last year, and was praised by His Highness several times. The auxiliary machine said that this person is like an awl that has not been in the bag."

"He is thoughtful, cunning, and both civil and military. Yuchi Jingde's family master can't walk in front of him three times."

Qu Tutong and Yu Zhining looked at each other and were speechless for a while, in terms of their status in the Qin Palace, and in terms of their closeness to the Qin King, they could not be compared with Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui.

Han Liang was transferred from the chief minister of Tiance Mansion to the right minister of Shandong Dao Shangshu Youcheng only a month ago. He is also Li Shimin's confidant, and the rumors of Li Shan have been heard for a long time.

"In less than a year, he became famous..." Yu Zhining clicked his tongue twice, "It's really a toss!"

In this era, there are many children from aristocratic families who have become famous early, but they either study hard and practice hard, or they are famous for their filial piety and righteous deeds. As long as the big shots say praises... this is considered to be famous at a young age.

This is also the main method for the aristocratic family to become famous. For example, Yang Su, the Duke of Yue, praised two people, one Li Mi and the other Li Jing.
But like Li Shan... there are very few people who do not rely on mutual flattery, but actually earn their reputation by doing things.

That's why Yu Zhining came up with the phrase "It's really a toss."

"His Highness approves, why didn't he enter Prince Qin's mansion, instead..."

Qu Tutong had been in office for a long time, and said slowly: "Where did this person come from?"

After a pause, Qu Tutong added: "Your Highness must know, let's ignore this person..."

"By the way, there was a letter from the auxiliary machine yesterday, which mentioned that the war in Hebei was unfavorable, and His Highness was worried. He even mentioned Li Shan."

Qu Tutong stroked the bushy beard around his mouth, thinking that he would find a chance to see him.

At this time, hurried footsteps sounded outside, and a guard shouted outside the door, "Letter from Xingzhou."

Yu Zhining got up abruptly, grabbed the letter, checked the wax and opened it, and saw ten lines at a glance, "Huaiyang King and Shi Wanbao jointly signed, Xingzhou and Yizhou are in short supply of food and grass."

Han Liang jumped up against the case, "What the hell is King Qi doing?!"

　I really couldn’t code when I got home. I didn’t sleep at noon and I coded a few thousand. It turned out that I forgot to save it on the computer at home... Tomorrow may be missing a day, and I will return on the [-]th. I will make up everything for this month from the [-]th.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)