Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 373 The Development of Dou's Children
Dou Wei's funeral was very grand, with loud gongs and drums, and huge crowds of people, as if afraid that others would not know that Tang Zhu Shi Dou Xiangguo had just belched.

Even King Qin's funeral seemed not as grand as Dou Wei's.

Dou Gui stood at the gate of the mansion, wearing a white filial piety, watching the people coming and going, his mind wandering to nowhere.

When the King of Qin conquered Jieli, he went north with the army, and Li Shimin appointed him as the grain and grass transfer ambassador of Hedong Road, responsible for supervising the transportation of grain.Therefore, he was not on the front line at the beginning. Later, King Qin's army went deep into the cloud, was cut off by the Turks, and died in a different place, but Dou Gui escaped with his life.

Although he came back alive, King Qin died, which made him sad for a long time.

Dou Wei is Dou Gui's uncle. This time Dou Wei died of illness, so Dou Gui had to leave the house to take care of Dou Wei's funeral.

"Brother, the King of Chu is here." Younger brother Dou Cong reminded him.After speaking, he coughed violently for a while.

Dou Gui hurriedly comforted him, and blamed him: "Your old injury is not healed, why don't you pay attention to rest!"

Dou Cong is also a brave general, and made a lot of contributions in the establishment of Datang.Zeng and his elder brother Dou Gui followed King Qin and wiped out many rebel forces.

Now, he has to be named the Great General of Youjinwuwei, the Duke of Qiao.

"It's okay, uncle treats you and my brother like a parent and son. No matter what, I will send him off for the last time."

Dou Gui sighed softly, "Okay, brother, I know."

At this moment, Li Zhiyun walked over surrounded by the crowd.

Upon hearing the news, the head of the Dou family, Chen Guogong Dou Kang immediately led the children of the Dou family to greet him.After Dou Wei's death, Dou Kang took over as the Patriarch.

Although Dou Kang is showing his favor to the prince, he will not deliberately snub the king of Chu, he is not so stupid to offend the king of Chu now.

Li Zhiyun said a few words of comfort to the children of the Dou family, and then went to the mourning hall in person, offering three sticks of incense to Dou Wei.

Immediately, accompanied by Dou Kang's eldest son, Dou Yan, he stood quietly aside.

This time when Dou Wei passed away, the children of the Dou family came to express their condolences, and Li Zhiyun also took this opportunity to look at the children of the Dou family.

At present, Dou Kang's sons can see Dou Kang's house, and Dou Yan has become a general of the Weifu because of the court's favor.Dou Jing is the long history of farming in Bingzhou, and is highly praised by Li Yuan.As for Dou's birthday, it is the captain's son-in-law and the son of the country offering wine.In addition, Dou Kang's younger brother, Dou Jing, is the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Because Dou Dan once assisted King Qi in guarding Bingzhou, Li Yuan did not send him out, but stayed in Chang'an, letting him eat and wait to die.

As for Dou Wei's family, Dou Gui and Dou Cong are the best, and Dou Xi is not bad.As for Dou Wei's son, Dou Yun, Li Yuan deliberately suppressed him because Dou Wei did not dare to let Dou Yun go to Turkic at the beginning, and he has not been given an official position so far.

All in all, Dou's current overall development is pretty good.

After staying in Dou Mansion for a while, Li Zhiyun received the news that Cen Wenwen had arrived twenty miles west of Jingzhao.

So, he found Dou Kang to say goodbye.

Seeing Li Zhiyun leave, Dou Gui suddenly said: "The king of Chu is now the general of Shen Ce, which reminds me of the king of Qin."

Dou Cong said: "Well, it is indeed very similar. My brother has rarely gone out recently. I don't know. Now the king of Chu is quite smooth in the court. He supervises the government on behalf of the saints, enters the political affairs hall to discuss affairs, and holds the power of soldiers and horses at the same time."

Seeing Li Zhiyun's back disappear, Dou Gui said "hehe" twice, but said nothing.He wasn't mocking the King of Chu, but he couldn't help thinking of the former King Qin in his heart.Comparing the two, he naturally thinks King Qin is better.

The western suburbs of Jingzhao.

Cen Wenwen rode on a horse, held the festival, and led dozens of people from afar.

under the gazebo.

One stood with his hands behind his back, and the other bowed slightly to wait on the side.

In addition, more than a dozen guards are on guard all around.

"His Royal Highness is troubled to greet you personally, I am really sorry." Wen Daya said.

Li Zhiyun said: "Chang Shi speaks seriously, and it is a due act to come here to welcome Cen Shijun and others. Chang Shi doesn't have to worry about it."

Compared to staying in the Dou mansion and listening to the suona howling, it is better to come out to blow the cold wind and do something meaningful.

Wen Yanbo, the Prime Minister of the Zhenguan Dynasty, he has also admired for a long time.Now that Wen Daya was put by Li Yuan's side, he had no reason not to have some contact with Wen Yanbo.

Not long after, Cen Wenwen, Wen Wuyin, and Wen Yanbo walked into the gazebo.

When the Wen brothers met, they exchanged pleasantries and told each other how much they missed each other, so it goes without saying.

Li Zhiyun looked at Cen Wenwen with a vague question in his eyes.The latter felt Li Zhiyun's gaze, nodded slightly, and gave a reply.

Seeing this, Li Zhiyun knew that the matter of the Xue family's five tigers should be about the same.

At this time, Wen Daya introduced to Wen Yanbo: "Da Lin, this is my Chao Shence Admiral, His Highness the King of Chu."

"I've seen Your Highness." Wen Yanbo cupped his hands slightly, sizing up Li Zhiyun.

At first glance, he was quite satisfied.Gein Li Zhiyun is tall and thin, with a firm and handsome face, and looks very good.

Although you can't judge people by their appearance, if you give others a bad first impression, you can only change the first impression of others unless you are outstanding.Otherwise, you will be left behind in the hearts of others.

Apart from other things, it is a fact that Li Yuanji was thrown away by his mother because of his ugliness.

Even if the imperial court selects a scholar, appearance is also a factor to consider. Those who are too ugly, or have a wicked face with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, have a high probability of being directly passed by the Shangguan.

There is a standard for beauty in any era.

"Duke Wen doesn't need to be too polite." Li Zhiyun hurriedly helped him up, and said with a smile: "Duke Wen is sitting in Youzhou, blocking the way for the imperial court and clearing the way for the Guoping Fan. I should thank Duke Wen."

"Your Highness speaks seriously. The person who guards Youzhou is Director Luo. He is no more than a mere official. His Highness cannot be praised."

Li Zhiyun chuckled and said, "The sage knows right and wrong, and with Duke Wen's achievements, the sage will not treat Duke Wen badly."

When we met for the first time, Li Zhiyun was not easy to talk to Wen Yanbo much, so he exchanged a few words as a routine, and then they returned to Chang'an together.

Shence Mansion.

Cen Wenwen told Li Zhiyun everything about his mission to Youzhou and meeting Xue Wanshu from beginning to end.

"Your Highness, of these two letters, one was entrusted by Xue Wanshu to His Highness. The other was sent to General Xue Wanshu by his entrusted minister."

Li Zhiyun said: "Li Zhen, go and ask General Xue Wanshu to come over."

"As ordered."

After Li Zhen went down, Li Zhiyun took his letter, opened it and glanced at it. The content inside was to the effect that Xue Wanshu was expressing his loyalty to him.

"Okay, with the Xue brothers in Youzhou, if there is any change in Luo Yi in the future, it will be destroyed with a snap of a finger."

Cen Wenwen said: "Your Highness, the situation in Youzhou is not good now. I once visited the market, and wherever I went, it was barren, with hungry people everywhere, and countless hungry people died. Even some good fields, the local people were unable to cultivate them due to the war."

Li Zhiyun folded the letter and sighed: "If Jieli hadn't gone south this year, Hebei would have been wiped out, and the people of Youzhou would have lived a better life."

Immediately, Cen Wenwen reported the situation in Youzhou for another half an hour.

At this time, Xue Wanshu followed Li Zhen to seek an audience.

After Li Zhiyun ordered someone to come in, he asked Cen Wenwen to hand over Xue Wanshu's letter to Xue Wanshu.

"Thank you, Mr. Cen." Xue Wanshu thanked him.

Cen Wenwen returned the gift with a smile, "I want to thank General Xue. Without the help of General Xue and his brothers, I would not be able to explain to Your Highness."

Li Zhiyun said: "If Wuwei has nothing to do today, I will stay with Jingren and have dinner with me. It just so happens that I also want to know more about Youzhou."

Jingren is the word of Cen Wenwen, and Wuwei is the word of Xue Wanshu.

The two of them dared not refuse, and quickly thanked for agreeing.

(End of this chapter)