The rise of the prince

Chapter 660 Going home+strange
On this day, the whole country celebrated with joy, and the streets and alleys of Kaiyuan City were crowded with people. After the prisoner offering ceremony, the emperor was so happy that his face flushed with joy, and many soldiers of the new army retreated into the city.

This is a great grace. Due to historical reasons, Jingguo has always been wary of warriors. Therefore, it needs the approval of the Privy Council to dispatch more than 50 troops, and the permission of the emperor to send more than [-] troops. It is a precaution, let alone allowing the Forbidden Army to enter the capital.

Now, happily, the soldiers of the new army are allowed to enter the city. It can be said that it is the first time in decades.

When the new army entered the city, the officers and soldiers were naturally happy. They had just made such a big splash today, and they were just happy. They didn't expect such a big surprise to allow them to enter the city to celebrate with the common people.

Li Xingzhou ordered them to go back to the camp first, put away their weapons and then come back. The camp of the Imperial Army is not far away from the city, everyone was overjoyed.

De Gong and other important officials also came forward to greet each other, and then entered the city one by one. Li Xingzhou saw Shiyu behind the crowd, Gillian and other people in the palace, but it was difficult to go to greet them.

And at this time, he was afraid that he would not be able to get out if he was surrounded by the people in the past, so he had to take a look at them from a distance, and then talk to the ministers.

Naturally, many ministers were full of compliments, not a few were flattering, and even more were changing faces. Back then, the officials from the six ministries headed by Meng Zhiye, who had always stood by the prince, were singing praises and surrounded He flattered the horse, and Meng Zhiye himself even wrote a gorgeous article, and he cupped his hands and said: "The merits of the prince today are better than those of Wei Huo in the past, and sharing the worries of the society is really a blessing for the family and the country. The old minister has a statement." I respectfully ask the prince to listen quietly."

Meng Zhiye just stood in front of him, surrounded by officials from the six ministries nervously looking at him, and a few dozen steps away, the emperor was happily holding Prince Kang's hand and talking.

At this time, Degong, He Zhao and others were talking with the officials of Yushitai, with the help of Xiao Hongqi, and the royal family of Liao Kingdom, and received members of the royal family of Liao Kingdom.

The timing Meng Zhiye chose was very subtle.

Seeing his solemn old face, Li Xingzhou felt a chill in his heart, but smiled on his face: "Of course, my lord Xie Meng is too late."

Meng Zhiye was obviously very experienced, he picked the right time, and his skills were in place. Originally, he planned to clean up the crown prince after returning to Beijing, together with Meng Zhiye, Cheng Jin and others.

It turned out that Meng Zhiye, a master of Neo-Confucianism, seemed to be a nerd and old-fashioned, but he turned out to be so sophisticated and sharp in politics, and he sold the prince without hesitation.

And at this time, he brought six officials with him to ask for a gold medal to save him from death. Although it was not that serious, it was just to ask for favors, to get closer, and to show his position.

Li Xingzhou has always been at odds with Meng Zhiye, Cheng Jin and others, especially their ideas that are contrary to Chen Yu's. Of course he doesn't want to, but Comrade Mao, who has the best summary of political methods, has such a high opinion that attacking the enemy does not mean going everywhere To make enemies, the most serious blow can only be dealt to the most stubborn and ferocious enemy, unite the majority, attack a small number, and the culprit must be dealt with and the threat will never be questioned.

Li Xingzhou deeply believed that the united front could not only be aimed at his own people, but also against the enemy. The most urgent thing now was to deal with the crown prince. As long as he defeated the crown prince, his position would be stable. As for these people, we can talk about it later.

After more than three years of tempering in this world and so much experience, he is no longer the Li Xingzhou who used to be impulsive, beat people when he was upset, and cut off people's ears when he was too lazy to listen to other people's nonsense.

Probably because the structure is higher, even in his previous life, he has never been in such a high structure, after listening to the gorgeous articles of Meng Zhiye and others, he even praised a few words with a smile.

Before leaving, he looked around at the six officials around him, and said: "Everyone, this king is not a narrow-minded person, even a sage will inevitably make mistakes, let alone us laymen.

However, regardless of saints and ordinary people, no one likes capricious people. "

"What the lord said is very true!" Everyone nodded in agreement.

Li Xingzhou left after exchanging pleasantries with them, and then went to see Degong. Degong and He Zhao accompanied the officials of Yushitai to count and detain the Liao royal family members and high-ranking officials. In fact, there were only a few dozen royal family members in the end. More officials, generals.

As for those beautiful beauties in the Liao Kingdom's palace, Li Xingzhou had already agreed to distribute them to the soldiers of the new army, so after the ceremony of presenting the captives, he had someone take them back to the palace for custody.

After seeing him, Degong happily pulled him aside, praised him and scolded him, praised him for his decisiveness, scolded him for acting impulsively, wrote letters to his family, etc., and nagged for more than an hour, why? Zhao Ze just reminded him to visit his daughter more after he went back.

Speaking of He Qian and Li Xingzhou, he became angry. At the beginning, the old man had a dark face and kept stopping him. Now he is better, trying to sell his daughter. Knowing what is 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi?
But having said that, Li Xingzhou didn't think too much about it. He Zhao's bad temper just doesn't say much good things, and he always says bad things, but he does things quickly.

In the end, if Prince Kang hadn't called him, Duke De probably would have talked for a long time.

Prince Kang also blushed with joy, praised him several times in succession, and then talked about Di Zhi. After all, Di Zhi was his son-in-law. He was so happy largely because Di Zhi would definitely increase his position when he came back this time. Entering the rank, Kang Wang's mansion was lucky to climb up to the powerful officials.

Li Xingzhou told him about Di Zhi's situation, because he was in a hurry to come back, and Di Zhi had a leg injury, which made it difficult to travel for the time being, so most of the New Army still had Di Zhi and Yan Shen stay in Nanjing, waiting for Di Zhi to be injured. Well, I will start going south, and I will probably be back next month.

After the triumphant ceremony, there will be a grand celebration, which will be held by Kaiyuan Mansion. Just a few days later, the Mid-Autumn Festival will be celebrated, and the celebration will become a grand event at this time.

Li Xingzhou looked for an opportunity to bid farewell to the emperor and empress, and hurried to the crowd on the other side of the city. He had already seen the carriages and horses of the palace settled there, with cushions, tables and chairs, and the surrounding area was surrounded by guards. Several stewards in the mansion, Shiyu, Qiu'er, Yue'er, etc. had been waiting there under the leadership of A-Jiao.

He walked over a few steps, and the crowd greeted him happily. He immediately picked up the big-headed little girl, A-Jiao, and everyone laughed. A-Jiao blushed and quickly buried her head in his chest.

"Hahahaha, do you miss me?" Li Xingzhou laughed happily.

Gillian nodded shyly, for fear that the little girl would make a hole in his chest, so he had no choice but to put her down again.

"Welcome back." The poetic language was much more stable, and someone brought a washbasin and towel for him to wash away the dust.

Li Xingzhou laughed excitedly, and after washing his face, he also picked up Shiyu. Shiyu was thin-skinned, pushed him quickly, and whispered in a flustered voice: "Let go, everyone is watching."

Li Xingzhou had no choice but to let her go. Fortunately, Qiu'er was not like them, who happily rushed over to hug him and didn't care about the eyes of the people around him. Li Xingzhou was so proud that he started to walk back surrounded by everyone.

Li Xingzhou happily wanted to hug Gillian, Shiyu, and Yue'er, but they all hid aside in fear. In the end, Qiu'er was the only one who was not shy, and was happily carried on horseback by him, and walked to the palace.

Everyone happily followed behind, and the convoy of the palace was surrounded by people all the way
Of course Li Xingzhou was proud of himself, he swaggered through the market with Qiu'er in his arms, attracting crowds to watch, while Qiu'er leaned quietly in his arms.

When they returned to the palace, Yan Kun had brought people to greet him at the door, Li Xingzhou followed them into the compound, and everyone in the palace happily ran over to watch.

Yan Cook had asked people to prepare food and drinks. Li Xingzhou was eating while talking to everyone. Yan Kun, Fang Xin, Shiyu and other stewards, Zhao Si, Yan Gu, Zhu Rong, Tieniu and others all came up curiously and asked questions. , Li Xingzhou talked endlessly, joking with everyone happily.

After traveling for so long, it feels so good to finally come home.

Gradually, he also realized that something was wrong, stopped his chopsticks after thinking for a while and asked, "Where's Qifang?"

Shiyu lightly pinched his thigh: "Huh, I miss her. She's in the back mountain, and she'll be here in a while."

"Why did she go to the back mountain?" Li Xingzhou asked while taking a big sip of fruit wine.

Seeing that everyone was talking happily, Shiyu didn't pay much attention to this side, so she came close to her ear and said, "Lead the soldiers, she will bring the new army you left behind."

Li Xingzhou's heart became sharper, and he asked softly, "What's wrong? Something went wrong."

"No, it's just that I don't feel at ease. I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case." Shiyu whispered: "In case something happens, she can be relied on."

He laughed: "Why, don't you two always quarrel? Why don't you fight this time?"

Shiyu blushed slightly, and pinched his thigh, "She gave up first, she begged me and I naturally let her go, besides you are not here, she is the only person in the mansion who knows how to lead troops, not who she is.

The affairs between us are between us, and the affairs of the Wangfu are the affairs of the Wangfu. The affairs between us cannot affect the affairs of the Wangfu. Of course I have a sense of proportion. "

Li Xingzhou looked at the smart and beautiful woman in front of him, and felt very relieved. The hand under the table tried to hold her hand restlessly, but he was pinched and could only retract it.

"I wish I could be more obedient." Li Xingzhou shook his head.

"Don't even think about it." Shiyu blushed slightly and said in a low voice, and then she said, "But there is still a strange thing I want to tell you."

"Strange thing?" Li Xingzhou was curious.

"Well, I thought it was nothing at first, but the more I think about it, the more strange it becomes." Shiyu raised her head slightly, as if recalling: "After you went out to fight, almost everyone thought that you were bound to lose. Later, the news of your victory came to the palace first. Before releasing it, let Sun Banzhang and the others collect some information.

Many people were unprepared, so the palace took advantage of the opportunity to obtain a lot of information.

The crown prince often goes to the stockade of Cheng Jin’s house in the east of the city, and the officials from the sixth department of the court often come and go there, but after the news of your victory came, the officials from the six departments stopped going, and the prince did not leave the palace either, so the officials from the six departments may have betrayed up. "

Li Xingzhou shook his head and said, "You are really smart."

The poem went on to say: "Later, Sun Banzhang's subordinates also noticed that Yang Hongzhao, who was idle at home in Beijing and was waiting for the report of Yushitai, had entered the imperial city several times. At first I thought he was going to see the emperor. I asked Uncle Ji, and Uncle Ji said that Wei Chaoren didn't go to see the emperor for a few days.

I have doubts in my heart, why doesn't he go to see the emperor, the Changchun Palace is to the north of the palace, and the harem is to the north, it is impossible for him to go, and the political affairs hall and the important place of the Privy Council are to the west, and it is impossible for him to go, that is very It is possible to go to the East Palace.

So I asked Uncle Ji to pay attention. Sure enough, someone from Wu Desi said that when he saw Wei Chaoren, he was going to the East Palace. "

Li Xingzhou said: "It's nothing strange, he is guilty, the emperor is not willing to see him, the Privy Council and the Political Affairs Hall are afraid to see him, he must be begging the crown prince to help him get rid of the crime."

"I thought so too at first." Shiyu frowned slightly, "but then I felt something was wrong. The news of your victory had already reached the capital, and the prince's loss of power was a general trend. He should come to the palace to ask for talents if he wanted to escape the crime. Why did he go to the East Palace? ?”

After Shiyu said this, Li Xingzhou also nodded, "Indeed, this matter is a bit strange."

"But these are just speculations, and maybe I'm thinking too much." Shiyu then shook his head: "It's all your fault, I get nervous easily when you're not around, my heart is nervous, I always think wildly, think too much .”

Li Xingzhou smiled ambiguously: "Hey, I'm also very nervous when you're not here. It's been more than a month. Let's have a good chat at night, so I won't be nervous anymore."

Shiyu hurriedly sat away, "I'm talking about business!"

After a while, Wei Yubai, who went to the New Army Camp to settle down, also came back, and was surrounded by everyone and entered the compound. Gillian Shiyu and others went out to meet people. Shiyu likes to talk back to Qifang, but not to Wei Yubai. , probably because Wei Yubai gave people a sense of dignity, she never hides her words and deeds, unlike that little fairy Qifang, who has deep thoughts and can use any tricks.

Everyone welcomed Wei Yubai in and regarded them as honored guests. Yue'er and Gillian surrounded her and asked about the war. They were very excited. After all, girls' families have a common language. But he began to think about what Shiyu had just told him in his mind.

Originally, as the poem said, it might be a matter of catching wind and shadows, but now that I calm down and think about it, I feel more and more strange.

That's right, why is Yang Hongzhao looking for the prince?Or after he won, the relationship between the crown prince and him should have been bad. After all, it was the crown prince's bad deeds that led to Yang Hongzhao's complete defeat in the first southern expedition.

But Yang Hongzhao was unlucky enough to think about it. He has qualifications, experience, and the stability of a general, but it was the first time he was going south for the handsome, and he met a second-rate prince.

The second time was the commander of the Northern Expedition, and met villains like Tong Guan and Yang Hu, who sent troops to plunder the people of Yanshan Mansion, leading to a rebellion.

If there is no prince, Tong Guan, and Yang Hu, Yang Hongzhao will have a high probability of defeating the rebels and quelling the chaos in the first southern expedition.The second Northern Expedition was able to break through the Yanshan Mansion and capture the royal family of the Liao Kingdom, so today's great achievements belong to him, enough to make him famous in history.

Moreover, in the battle of Yanshan Mansion, his beloved son Yang Jianye was involved. Although Yang Jianye was young, he was brave and good at fighting, protecting the people, staunch and brave, but it is a pity that good people always die quickly.

There was a rebellion in Yanshan Mansion, the culprits Tong Guan and Yang Hu ran fast, leaving behind a Yang Jianye who vowed not to surrender.

After Li Xingzhou broke through the Yanshan Mansion, only his head was found, and the Liao people hung it on the top of the city for public display, but his body was not found.

Moreover, he was highly corrupt and could not be brought back to his homeland, so he was buried on the spot, but he also wrote a letter to the Privy Council to ask for credit for Yang Jianye.

Thinking about it now, Yang Hongzhao, a veteran, is really miserable. He has a sense of helplessness that he wants to kill thieves but is powerless. He is a handsome talent, but his teammates are pigs.

So he recruited his servants and asked them to prepare gifts, and planned to visit him in person in the afternoon. After all, the two were considered colleagues, and they had a long talk before sending troops.
(End of this chapter)