Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 145

In May of the second year of Wude, Datang ushered in a wave of small peaks in its foreign wars.

First, in April, Qin Wang Li Shimin beat Xiliang Li Gui to the ground, and completely wiped out the separatist forces behind the Tang Dynasty.Later, in early May, Li Zhiyun, king of Chu, wiped out Zhu Can in Nanyang.The news of the two great victories spread to Chang'an, which excited the hearts of the people of Chang'an.

Li Shimin won earlier, so he returned to Chang'an first.

Qin Wangfu.

Not long after returning from the battlefield, Li Shimin learned that Princess Qin had given birth to his eldest son. This news made him more happy than the reward his father gave him.

Li Shimingui is the King of Qin, already a top-ranking prince, so naturally there is no way to seal him, so Li Yuan granted him the title of Shang Shuling of Longxi Daoxingtai, General Zuo Wuhou, Governor of Liangzhou, and governor of eight states. He actually sealed [-] households.

A series of rewards, not many of real significance, can only be regarded as icing on the cake.For example, the governor of the eight states, this is only on paper, it does not mean that he can really control the eight states.However, it is true that he can get the salary of the Governor of Eight States.

In addition, Datou belongs to [-] households that have been sealed off.

This reward is equivalent to entrusting [-] families to Li Shimin, and his descendants can inherit them from generation to generation and keep collecting taxes from these [-] families.Of course, the premise is that his future descendants will not make mistakes.Otherwise, the emperor can just find a reason to take it back.

Another kind of reward is Shiyi reward, which is a false reward, and the head tax money of the number of rewarded households is given at one time.

This time Li Shimin's eldest grandson Wuji, Dou Gui, Hou Junji and others all had about [-] households who were granted food rewards.

This false seal is equivalent to a bonus.

Holding the eldest son in his arms, Li Shimin sucked his mouth from time to time, amused his son.Although he has been back for a while, he still can't stop being happy every time he sees his son.

It has been more than a month since Changsun gave birth to a child, but she has an old problem of qi disease, so she has been lying in bed after giving birth.

Gently dragging his son with both hands, Li Shimin hummed a song, and walked up and down in Changsun's bedroom from time to time, shaking the child.

The cub was greedy for food, and soon became hungry and cried loudly. Li Shimin could only let the wet nurse take him down to nurse him.

He walked to the side of the couch and sat down, and gently covered Changsun with a quilt.

"The imperial doctor said that you need to rest. You can temporarily let go of the affairs in the mansion and leave them to Yin and Wang."

"Okay." Changsun followed suit and asked, "Erlang, have you thought about the child's name?"

During this time, Li Shimin has been considering the name of his eldest son.It is the first son and the first son, so Li Shimin struggled for a long time when it came to naming.

Hearing this, Li Shimin smiled wryly, "I've been thinking about it for several days, but I didn't expect my father to have already thought about it for me. When I entered the palace yesterday, my father said that he had already given his grandson a good name, and he called it Chengqian."

"Chengqian?" Changsun frowned slightly, "Erlang, this is inappropriate."

In fact, at first Li Shimin also felt that it was inappropriate, but later, he agreed by accident.

"This is the meaning of the father, it is better to obey. I heard that Chengzong is also named by the father."

Changsun nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

At this time, the slaves came to report.

"Your Highness, Wangfei. Changsun Wuji, Fang Qiao, and Yu Zhining have arrived at the side hall."

"Okay, the king will go right away."

"Yes."

After the slaves retreated, Li Shimin talked to Changsun for a while, then told her to rest well, and then went to the side hall to meet Changsun Wuji and others.

In the side hall, Changsun Wuji and the three were drinking tea, when Li Shimin walked in, they all got up to salute, and then everyone sat down.

Li Shimin picked up the teacup and asked, "How did you go about investigating the matter that you were asked to investigate?"

The three of them looked at each other, and Yu Zhining said, "Let me tell you, I want to be clearer about this matter. Some time ago, my brother asked someone to send news from Shangzhou."

Yu Zhining's elder brother is Yu Yongning.

"Okay, tell me." Li Shimin drank his tea.

Yu Zhining said: "In the past, the war in Nanyang was always in a state of confrontation, but later King Changping couldn't hold back and demanded to attack Zhu Can on his own initiative. My brother and Zheng Yuanxuan couldn't dissuade them, so they had to let him go. Somehow, the court found out about this. , the prince suggested that the sage send soldiers and horses to assist King Changping. Therefore, Li Yuan, the king of Lujiang, was recommended by the prince and Liu Wenjing as the commander-in-chief, and led the Yunyang army to support him. However, King Changping miscalculated Zhu Can and wanted to attack Nanyang first and cut off the latter. On the way, Zhu Can was forced to retreat, and then pursued by Li Yuan. The two sides encircled and attacked in order to wipe out Zhu Can's troops in one fell swoop. However, things changed. Instead of returning to Nanyang, Zhu Can took the lead in defeating Li Yuan, and surrounded Nanyang again. This led to the defeat of the Tang army in Nanyang."

"Huh heh heh heh." Li Shimin pursed his lips and laughed.

Changsun Wuji also couldn't hold back, with contempt and disdain hidden in his smiling eyes, he commented, "Dong Shi imitates."

Fang Qiao said: "Zhu Can is not Xue Ju, he is a bandit, he doesn't care about the life and death of the people, and he has no foundation. Whether Nanyang is lost or not is not important to him."

Yu Zhining said: "Brother also advised King Changping in the same way, but he didn't seem to take it to heart."

Li Shimin put down the teacup, put his arms around Yanghe, and said: "This uncle, my king, has always been proud and conceited. Even this king can't persuade him. How can others dissuade him. This time, he almost got in trouble with Yongning." gone."

Changsun Wuji said: "I guess, the reason why the imperial court knew the news that King Changping wanted to attack Zhu Can should be leaked by Zheng Yuanxuan. He belongs to the Crown Prince. In the beginning, the Crown Prince led troops in order to get him out of Taichang Temple. It took a lot of effort. He knew very well that once he was defeated in the front line, he would not be able to explain to the prince, so he secretly notified the prince. I think the prince wanted the sage to stop King Changping from launching troops against Zhu Can at first. .”

"But in the end the army was mobilized, and Zhiyun's troops were also mobilized." Li Shimin said.

Fang Qiao said: "King Changping was kissed by a sage, so he has great trust, and it cannot be shaken by a few words from the prince. If the auxiliary machine is right, then the prince supported the imperial court to send troops to support Shangzhou after dissuasion failed. "

"Zheng Yuanxuan is a member of the East Palace after all, so the prince will naturally not sit back and watch him fall into danger. Of course, this is not important. The important thing is that this time the prince almost saved the day and even took away King Chu's Yunyang army."

Speaking of this, Fang Qiao's tone gradually became dignified, "By taking advantage of the matter of support, while the king of Chu is not in Chang'an, replace him with Li Yuan, and plot to capture the Yunyang army. It is a deep plan. If Li Yuan is not defeated, but If King Changping was defeated, the crown prince could justifiably submit a letter to the sage, asking Li Yuan to lead the Yunyang army to guard Wuguan. Conversely, if King Changping wins, the crown prince could also take the opportunity to show merit for Li Yuan and ask the sage to hand over the Yunyang army to Li Yuan. Commander Yuan."

After the voice fell, everyone fell silent.This kind of thing is not impossible.

Yu Zhining guessed: "Who will advise the prince? Wang Gui? Or Wei Ting?"

Changsun Wuji snorted coldly: "Are these even important? Looking at it now, their plan has failed, and the battle in Nanyang is a mess. Without the support of the King of Chu, I'm afraid it would have been completely corrupted."

(End of this chapter)