Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 468 Winning Son Chengjing Unifies the World

Within a few days of the good news of the pacification of Youzhou, Prince Li Zhiyun had another son, his fifth son, born to Yang Mudan.

Li Zhiyun named him Li Chengjing.

Having another son should have been a happy thing, but Li Zhiyun was inexplicably worried. He actually wanted to have another daughter to spoil him.

Knowing what was on his mind, the Crown Princess laughed and teased Pei Suer when chatting in private, saying that if she gave birth to a daughter, the Crown Prince would pamper her like a treasure mother.

Regarding this, Pei Su'er asked Li Zhiyun, "His Royal Highness really wants a concubine to have a daughter?"

Seeing her pretty face with mixed worries and joys, Li Zhiyun put his arms around her, stroked her belly gently with one hand, and said, "Regardless of men and women, we are all lonely children, we all like them."

Pei Su'er said: "I want to give birth to a son for Your Highness."

"Why?" Li Zhiyun asked nonsense everyday.

As the crown prince who will surely ascend the throne in the future, Li Zhiyun's women naturally tried their best to get pregnant, and when they got pregnant, they naturally wanted to give birth to him a son.

After all, patriarchy has not changed after a thousand years.

But having said that, analyzing from another angle, it is not impossible to understand why human beings prefer boys over girls.

Since entering the patriarchal society, men are the labor force and the umbrella, while women are difficult to compare with men due to physiological reasons.

Especially, in this era of low productivity, an adult man is a strong labor force.

When the common people are struggling for a bite to eat, men can be imagined to be precious.

For the royal family, having a boy means too many things.

Pei Su'er shyly said: "The concubine feels sorry for His Highness's fatigue, and wants to give birth to a young man, so that he can share his worries in the future."

Li Zhiyun smiled and didn't say much.

At this moment, Li Zhen went to the corridor, knelt down on one knee, and reported the matter through the sliding door.

"His Royal Highness, Su Wei passed away at noon today."

Su Wei is dead?

Li Zhiyun didn't have much impression of this person, he only remembered that he was the grandfather of his younger brother.

"Has Su Xu gone back?"

"gone back."

Li Zhiyun thought for a while and said, "Su Wei is a former Sui veteran. You represent Gu and send him off. In addition, in the name of Gu, give him a set of palace lanterns and ceremonies to be buried with him. Su Wei, if there is any difficulty, , you can help out a little or two as appropriate."

"Subordinates obey."

Li Zhen got up and left in a hurry.

Su Wei's death did not cause much disturbance in Chang'an.This person basically belongs to the transparency of transparency, and has no sense of existence.

In April, Cen Wenwen returned to Chang'an from Xuzhou.

Tai Chi Temple.

On the upper floor, thick reddish-brown pillars support the dome, and the curtains flutter.

"See His Royal Highness."

Li Zhiyun looked away from the majestic palaces and landed on Cen Wenwen.

"You have worked hard all the way, no courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Li Zhiyun rested his hands on the wooden railing, feeling very comfortable with the wind blowing.

"I called you back, does Li Junxian complain?"

"That's not true. Manager Li just said that he might not have time to spare in the future."

"Hahaha." Li Zhiyun scolded with a smile, "One big official still wants to be lazy, and when he is called back next time, he must be warned."

Cen Wenwen said with a smile: "Your Highness, you don't have to worry about Xuzhou's affairs. Before I come back, I have already handled the follow-up matters properly."

After a few pleasantries, Li Zhiyun asked: "Jing Ren, you were an official in Xiaoliang, what do you think of the South?"

Cen Wenwen thought for a moment and replied, "It's complicated."

"How to say?"

"The aristocratic families are intertwined, and the local tyrants are very numerous. Because of the complicated terrain, there are even cases where fellow villagers have different pronunciations."

"Well." Li Zhiyun said: "Not long after the initial decision in the south, Gu plans to send people to Jingzhou Road for inspection. Gu thinks that you are the most suitable."

"I am willing to serve Your Highness." Cen Wenwen continued to ask: "I wonder if Your Highness has a charter to instruct this minister."

Li Zhiyun paced around for a while, and said: "When you go to Jingzhou, everything is stable. However, you should also give them a little warning. In terms of scale, you can decide by yourself."

"I understand."

The next day, Li Zhiyun ordered that Ren Cenwen be the pacification ambassador of Jingzhou Road to inspect the people's livelihood in the states of Jingzhou Road.

Youzhou.

Faced with Duan Zhixuan and Deng Hao's pincer attacks, Gao Kaidao had no power to resist, and was quickly defeated and fled to Lulongsai.

Lulong.

"General, Deng Hao, the governor of Yingzhou, has set up an ambush in Dushan. If Gao opens the way and walks on Lulong Road, he will die!" Xue Wanshu said.

"Don't be careless, we have to be on guard against Gao Kaidao fleeing alone. When I came, I promised His Highness that Luo Yi and Gao Kaidao would all be wiped out. If I run away, I won't be able to explain to His Highness the Crown Prince after I go back." Duan Zhixuan looked All the generals in the account.

"As ordered!"

Duan Zhixuan ordered, "Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche listen!"

"The end is here."

"I'll give you two five thousand horses to chase after Gao Kaidao. If you want to see people when you live, if you want to see corpses when you die!"

"As ordered!"

Xue Wanjun ordered all the soldiers and horses, and Xue Wanche led the cavalry to pursue along the Luan River.

On the road, the rumble of cavalry shook the ground.

Xue Wanche said with emotion: "Brother really has a good eye. If there is no suggestion from the elder brother, we brothers might be buried with Luo Yi this time."

"It's good for you to know, you don't need to say it." Xue Wanjun said: "The world is in chaos, and it will eventually return to great order. Luo Yi doesn't know what to say, and there is more than one death. This time, our brothers, it is a blessing to be able to join the prince's command."

"Yes, this time we must catch Gao Kaidao alive!"

"drive!"

"drive!"

The noise of horseshoes woke up the Gao Kaidao army scouts who were hiding in the dark, and they quickly sent a message to inform Gao Kaidao.

Zhang Jinshu, as Gao Kaidao's confidant general, was naturally the first to know that Tang Qi was chasing and killing them, and, according to the news from the scouts, Tang Qi was already very close!

Looking at the brothers beside him, Zhang Jinshu sat down on the ground.

"Brothers, we lost, and the king also lost. Now we have two choices, one is to protect the king, and the whole army is wiped out. The other is to surrender to the Tang army. You choose."

The school lieutenant generals looked at each other, but didn't make a decision for a while.

One of them asked, "General, what are you going to do?"

"Me?" Zhang Jinshu smiled, "I want to live."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and immediately clasped their hands together.

"We are willing to listen to the command of the general!"

"Okay." Zhang Jinshu helped them up and said, "Since all the brothers think highly of me, Zhang Jinshu, then I also assure you that we will live together and die together!"

"Yes!"

A while later, Zhang Jinshu led the generals to the Gaokaidao camp.

Seeing the posture of his confidant general, Gao Kaidao realized something was wrong.

"What do you want to do?"

Zhang Jinshu cupped his fists and saluted, and said: "My lord, we lost, and we are thinking about the lives of our brothers."

"You want to surrender?" Gao Kaidao interrupted him.

Zhang Jinshu didn't hide it, and nodded directly.

"Yes."

Hearing this, Gao Kaidao did not get angry, but sighed: "I am the one to lose today. I can understand that you want to survive. I have one last request, and I hope you can agree to it."

"Please tell me." Zhang Jinshu said.

"kill me."

After half an hour.

Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche surrounded Gao Kaidao's remaining soldiers.

Zhang Jinshu presented Gao Kaidao's head, knelt down and surrendered.

Xue Wanjun looked at Gao Kaidao's head, and said: "Wait, follow me to see General Duan, and he will personally deal with you."

After saying that, Tang Qi stepped forward, controlled the remaining soldiers and horses in Gao Kaidao, and escorted them back to Lulong.

So far, Gao Kaidao was destroyed, and Datang ruled the world.

(End of this chapter)