Great Tang princess

"Auntie, there is news."

Li Chongrun walked into Li Yuechen's room and sat down on the sofa opposite her, "Li Jinzhong wrote back to me, willing to release Zhao Wenhuang, but wants to negotiate."

"The negotiation is good, there is no need for dead people." Li Yuechen nodded slightly, "And then? What are you going to do?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

While answering, he also plucked his ears: "It is a fact that he rebelled, so how can he have the right to negotiate with me? The correct way should be to let people surrender immediately..."

Li Yuechen nodded slightly after hearing this: "Then do it according to your ideas."

"Aunt really doesn't plan to give me some advice?" Li Chongrun asked with a smile.

"I've said it before, this time is an assessment for you, and everything depends on you."

"Ok."

After nodding helplessly, Li Chongrun changed the subject and chatted about other things.

He is also very curious about the affairs in the palace, and there are many details that he doesn't know much about.

What he wanted to know, Li Yuechen basically answered him.

It is very likely that Li Chongrun will be the future emperor, so he needs to know these things.

The reason why it is very likely is because of the changes in the imperial family's internal system.

If Li Chongfu or Li Chongjun are more capable than this eldest brother in the future, then the heir to the throne will have to be succeeded by others.

But for now, Li Chongfu still doesn't think about it. This kid may be really talented in intelligence, but he is really not the material to be an emperor.

To put it simply, people are smart enough, but because of their smartness, they are also somewhat arrogant and stubborn.

The emperor must be a profession that can accept advice with an open mind, and at the same time have his own opinions, he is not very suitable.

As for Li Chongjun... From the current point of view, he belongs to the kind of impulsive character.

With a good body, maybe he can be cultivated as a generation of soldier kings like Li Longji.

But the position of emperor... At least right now it seems that it really doesn't suit him.

After talking about the things in the palace, Li Chongrun frowned slightly: "But in this way, the emperor's grandmother's reputation in the history books may not be very good in the future."

"She doesn't care about that, and neither should you."

Li Yuechen replied, "Remember, we and the royal family must not do anything that endangers the country and the country for the sake of fame."

"But the people are easily deceived, if..."

"So this is the importance of education and ideological and political work!" Li Yuechen picked up his teacup, "The world now knows that our Great Zhou army is powerful in combat, and the most important secret of this is the system of the royal family coming to the front line in person!"

"You have to understand that even after a thousand years, for most armies, if the casualty rate exceeds 30.00%, they will be defeated. However, this system can make the army have a strong will to fight and stand to the last man! "

Li Chongrun replied: "However, the land equalization system in the early days of the Tang Dynasty can also guarantee combat effectiveness? After all, the soldiers can also benefit from the division of land..."

However, Li Yuechen shook his head slightly: "Interests are indeed the driving force that can drive people forward, but pure interests are not as good as beliefs!"

"Let me ask you, today's soldiers, what are they fighting for?"

"Naturally fighting for my royal family!"

"Yes, for the royal family. The royal family leads the country, so you have to go to the front line in person. Charge at the front and retreat at the end. At the same time, you must actively carry out various ideological and political education work. The royal family must become the guardian of the country!"

"Remember, the core of the army is that the emperor commands the weapons! Then members of the royal family must go deep into every corner of the army, so as to completely gather morale!"

Listening to Li Yuechen's teachings, Li Chongrun memorized them one by one in his mind.

Although there are many places that he still can't fully understand, he feels that what he listened to today should benefit him endlessly in the rest of his life.

At the same time, I thought about it carefully. Before fighting against Tubo, I, the prince, rushed to the front, and I could clearly feel the high morale.

And when I think about many details at that time, it seems that it really has something to do with myself rushing to the forefront.

"Okay, don't think about it for now, go do your own thing."

Li Yuechen raised his hand and patted his shoulder lightly: "I believe you can handle this matter well."

"Yes!" Li Chongrun agreed, turned and left.

Seeing his leaving back, Li Yuechen couldn't help but smiled, and said to himself: "I don't know what achievements the juniors will achieve in the future..."

……

After leaving Li Yuechen's room, Li Chongrun directly ordered everyone to assemble and set off for Dongyi Governor's Mansion.

Li Yuechen also planned to take a look at the past. Although he didn't plan to participate in this matter, he should at least watch from the sidelines.

The efficiency of the army was very high, and it only took half an hour from the order to the completion of the assembly.

It sounds slow, but you know, this is a collection of the whole army, including combat troops, medical troops, engineering troops, and various heavy weapons such as artillery.

This efficiency can be said to be quite terrifying, and it was not something that soldiers of this era could do at all.

After the assembly, Li Chongrun immediately announced the departure of the army.

A team of more than 2 people pulled out a long black line on the grassland, as if to completely divide the ground.

Li Yuechen on the horseback turned his head to look, feeling somewhat proud in his heart.

This is the army created under his wise leadership, and it is inevitable to be proud of them.

The speed of the army is not slow. Although there are no cars, the most important thing in this place is horses.

Each soldier has five horses that can be ridden alternately. In this era, it is already an army with quite luxurious equipment.

Li Chongrun came to Li Yuechen's side: "Auntie, why don't you sit in the carriage and go from here. Judging from the current speed, it will take about ten days at least."

If it is one or two people, one or two days is actually enough, but after all, it is a large force of 2 people, and the marching speed will definitely be much slower.

"It's okay, it's not that I haven't been to the front line, I just want to recall the past." Li Yuechen waved his hand indifferently.

Firstly, she really doesn't care much about this, and secondly, the grassland is actually not completely flat, it is basically full of bumps.

In this kind of place, even if it is a carriage with shock absorbers, it still feels like your buttocks are bouncing when you sit on it.

For those who can ride a horse, even on this kind of road, they won't bump their butt.

……

At the same time as the army marched out there, the scene in the Eastern Capital was quite different in the past few days.

During the recent period, the emperor did not go to court, saying that he was unwell.

Since she was ill, many people wanted to visit her, but the emperor never saw her.

Not to mention them, even the prince would find it difficult to meet.

In the cabinet meeting hall, the ministers all got up and walked out after finishing their day's work.

"Shangguan Sheren, please stay."

Zhang Jianzhi suddenly called out and stopped Shangguan Wan'er: "I don't know something here, can you leave me an answer?"

"Naturally!" Shangguan Wan'er agreed, stopped and stayed in the conference hall.

After the other ministers had gone out, he couldn't help asking: "The sage has been feeling unwell recently, dare to ask Shangguan Sheren, what is the cause?"

Unexpectedly, Shangguan Wan'er shook her head: "I'm not too clear about the specific matters. Recently, His Majesty has been served by Zhang Wulang, and it's hard for me to face the saint..."

"It's hard for Shangguan Sheren to face the saint?" Zhang Jianzhi felt a little inconceivable.

One must know that she is a member of Fenggeshe, even if she can't see the emperor, it can only show that this is a big problem!

Everyone in the court knew that Shangguan Wan'er was deeply trusted by the emperor, but now she couldn't even see the emperor, which only showed that the problem was serious.

At the same time, the affair between her and Princess Taiping was not considered a secret in the court, basically everyone knew about it.

Now Princess Taiping is not in Dongdu, so the emperor's action is also to guard against her?
Zhang Jianzhi, who has always been smart, feels that there is a cloud of fog in front of him now, and he has no way to analyze what is going on.

Shangguan Wan'er didn't say much, just bowed slightly and said: "If the chief assistant has no other problems, then the next official will go back first."

Zhang Jianzhi wanted to ask for more details, but in the end he held back and didn't ask.

Again, it's hard to say which side she is on now, although there is a high probability that she is on Princess Taiping's side.

As a member of Fenggeshe, the most loyal person may not be the emperor, but Princess Taiping.

As for Princess Taiping's attitude, no one actually knows.

Although these years have always shown that he has no interest in the throne, but that is after all, and no one knows if he has it in his heart.

After all, that is the throne!It's hard to believe that with Princess Taiping's abilities, she wouldn't be tempted by that position.

Especially judging from her current reputation, it is almost effortless to get on the dragon chair.

To say the only problem, I am afraid it is their group of veterans.

For them, although the princess's surname is Li, she is a woman after all. With the lessons learned from the current emperor, they no longer want to see a second woman ascend the throne.

After all, no one knows whether she will have another wave of cleaning after sitting on the dragon chair.

But this problem is not difficult to solve.

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Jianzhi knew very well that the young officials who were gradually promoted in the following years actually didn't care whether the emperor was a man or a woman.

Except for those from noble families who also pay attention to old ideas.

Many other young officials even welcomed the princess to the throne in their hearts.

After all, they are still young and still have various ideals in their hearts, and feel that they can display their talents under the emperor.

However, the court is the same as the rivers and lakes, the main thing is not to fight and kill, but to understand the world.

Therefore, in the eyes of veteran nobles, it is always bad for a woman to be an emperor.

In other words, in recent years, the provincial system has been changed, and it has been divided into acres, which has greatly squeezed the living space of the old nobles.

If another woman becomes the emperor, and she is also a woman with outstanding abilities, they, the nobles, will have a hard time.

But in any case, the primary goal now is to find out what the emperor is sick and to what extent, this is the most important thing!
……

More than ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and Li Yuechen finally arrived at the Dongyi Protectorate with the large army.

Going further in from here is Yingzhou.

When the engineers were in charge of camping, Li Yuechen ran to the highest hill next to him and observed the nearby scenery with a telescope.

At the same time, they looked down at the map, and the two sides compared each other.

After thinking about it carefully, I feel that it is better to completely control the matter after this time.

In this way, the northern border becomes a straight line, and then it can be connected with the military region on the northeast border that Liu Huang is in charge of, forming a new border.

It's just that in this way, the piece on the map of the future will not be curved, but will be drawn into a straight line after coming down from the Daxing'an Mountains, connecting to the Western Region.

And this straight line is just about [-] miles below Ulan Bator.

It's not impossible to do this, and then make some adjustments according to the terrain to make a new national border.

In this way, the situation in the entire North and Northeast has been completely settled, and there will be no further management of things outside the border.

As long as they pay tribute regularly and don't make trouble, the rest is up to them to toss slowly.

At least in this way, domestic stability can be guaranteed.

Of course, this is only the best situation. Whether this can be achieved is really hard to say.

……

After setting up camp, Li Yuechen entered his room, and just after making a cup of tea, Li Chongrun came in.

"Auntie, I have sent someone to inform Li Jinzhong that we will meet tomorrow. I have an idea about Zhao Wenhuang..."

As he spoke, he spoke out with some doubts.

Li Yuechen nodded after hearing this: "Just do what you think is right."

"Yes!" Li Chongrun agreed.

At noon the next day, Hou Chao, Li Chongrun's subordinate, led 3000 people to line up to Dongyi Dufu.

After coming over, the army of the Khitan people on the opposite side has also assembled, and a large area is covered in darkness.

Although there are few people, but because of the uniform clothes, Da Zhou's side looks more imposing.

Because it was a meeting and negotiation, the two sides did not say anything harsh, and just greeted normally.

Then Li Jinzhong waved his hand, and several Khitan people dragged Zhao Wenhuang to the front of the formation.

After Hou Chao saw Zhao Wenhui, a little surprised expression appeared on his face.

At first, he thought that even if he didn't die, he would have to be severely tortured. However, looking at it now, although Zhao Wenhui was a bit bruised and swollen, he didn't seem to have suffered any inhuman torture, probably just being beaten up a few times.

Seeing someone coming to pick him up, Zhao Wenhui couldn't help showing a smile, and looked back at Li Jinzhong who was on the horse.

"Heh... In the end, the governor is going to be released? Wait for this matter..."

Before he finished speaking, he was pulled over by soldiers in camouflage uniforms.

Zhao Wenhui was waiting to untie himself, but he heard Hou Chao say solemnly: "Zhao Wenhuang, as the governor of the Dongyi Capital Protectorate, corrupted the law and neglected his duties! He even made such a beast as robbing the women of the people." Thing! As a soldier of the Great Zhou Dynasty, according to the military law, he should be beheaded! Come and execute immediately!"

"what?"

Before Zhao Wenhui could react, two soldiers in camouflage uniforms beside him had already pinned him to the ground.

Another soldier was ready, and he drew out an extremely thick machete and walked over here.

This scene made Zhao Wenhui, who was pressed to the ground, completely dumbfounded, while Li Jinzhong and others on the opposite side opened their eyes even wider.