The rise of the prince

Chapter 829 Who Can Be the Queen+ After the War
On September [-], Zhou Wei headed north under the escort of soldiers sent by the Jinzhou garrison.

According to the smug words of the Jinzhou guard, the overall situation in the north is already in the hands of Jing Jun, but the army is in chaos, and there may be deserters and bandits, so his safety must be guaranteed.

Zhou Wei saw many devastated villages along the way, refugees and dead bodies can be seen everywhere on the roadside, and the army of Jing Guo came and went on the road, carrying the flag of Jing Jun.

They searched for a journey for several days until they arrived at Zhongxing Mansion and saw the familiar flag on the top of the city.

Now Zhou Wei was no longer surprised, because he had already been numb all the way.

Just like the Zhongxing Mansion of the Jin Kingdom, he had never even heard of it, because this place was beyond the imagination of Jing Guo people. During their more than [-] years of hard work, Jing Guo has always aimed at the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

However, the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun have made several generations of kings and ministers in Jingguo more than capable, shed countless blood and spent countless money, but there is no effect at all.

The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are so difficult and unattainable, and they dare not even think about the land in the north. Controlling Liaodong, Hetao, and the Western Regions like the Han Dynasty is like a myth.

But now, they really set foot on the legendary land.

The most outrageous thing is that according to the Jinzhou soldiers who escorted them, the Jing army is now divided into two branches. What they can see here is the one that is attacking north. It is led by Li Xingzhou himself, and Liu Ji, Yan Shen, Gu Lichuan, etc. are under his command. It has already reached the capital of Shangjing, forcing the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin to negotiate.

The news has already spread to Jinzhou. After the ninth day of September, from Zhongxing Mansion to the north, Huizhou on the north side of the river is the boundary, and the land, city, and population to the south will all belong to Jingguo.

The second branch attacked eastward, headed by Emperor Taisun Aijiang Di Zhi, Yang Hongzhao, Wei Yubai, Shen Lin and others coordinated, and had captured Liaoyang and its surrounding coastal counties, which would also become the territory of Jingguo in the future.

I listened to several soldiers chatting excitedly along the way, talking about their "legendary" combat experience from time to time, or which brother was unlucky in the war.

Zhou Wei listened all the way, but he couldn't show the airs hand-picked by the emperor, because all this was too dreamy and mysterious for him. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would set foot on this land and see the scenery everywhere. The soldiers of the country, the flag of Jing Jun, he probably believed that it was the idiotic nonsense of a few soldiers.

But the fact was right in front of his eyes, and this kind of shock almost made him speechless all the way until evening, when they saw the Emperor Taisun Longqi at the head of Huizhou city.

The news of the imperial decree going north had already reached here, and Zhou Wei was greeted by generals just after he arrived, but the faces of several people seemed a little strange, saying that the emperor's grandson would not see him until tomorrow.

Zhou Wei is a little strange, Huizhou city is not big, why can't we meet tomorrow, but the situation is completely unexpected now, the north has been settled, Liaodong is also at peace, Jin Guofu has reached a peace agreement, and the imperial decree to withdraw troops has not said anything day by day the difference.

So he temporarily stayed in Huizhou City.

Li Xingzhou's [-] troops have camped and rested in Huizhou City for five days.

During the rest of the army, Li Xingzhou and the reluctant Pu Chaling deeply studied how to kneel and sing Conquer, explain the meaning of words in simple terms, correct Buddhist meditation posture and other profound issues.

At the beginning, he was going to pretend to be a gentleman who cared about the fragrance and love the jade, but later found that because he hadn't driven for more than half a year, the brake pads were broken, and he didn't have time to consider Pu Chaling's feelings, so he drove all the way to the end.

In the matter of hostages, in the end Jin Guo compromised, and he took Pu Chaling back as a "hostage".

However, the one who was most excited was not Wan Yanli, the leader of the Kingdom of Jin. Regarding the fact that his daughter-in-law was going to be taken hostage, Wan Yanli only got angry on the surface, and then agreed.

On the contrary, Liu Xu and Pu Chayi were very excited, especially Pu Chayi, who almost wanted to fight him desperately.

Liu Xu, as Wanyan Wugunai's loyal minister, did not want Jin to be humiliated, so he was naturally angry.

But in the dilemma between subjugation and face, Liu Xu chose to compromise. After all, Li Xingzhou also gave them face, leaving a step down, saying that he wanted Pu Chaling to be used as a hostage.

This statement is similar to "I just can't get in". Generally, only fools would believe it, but it is always a step up, and it can be written in the history books in the future.

But Pu Chayi is different. Emotionally, Pu Chaling is her daughter, and she cannot just watch her daughter being humiliated.

Apart from these, the more important thing is that once Pu Chaling is taken away by Li Xingzhou, his situation in Jin Kingdom will be very embarrassing.

The foundation of the Pucha family was lost in Liaoyang. He lost to Liu Ji outside the capital and was defeated several times. It is difficult to be a human being outside.

How will their Pucha family gain a foothold in the Kingdom of Jin in the days to come?

However, his attitude does not play a decisive role, the key is the sponsor Wan Yanli.

There are many emperors who have humiliated him more than him in history, and the queen is not that important, but a woman can be changed if she is changed. As long as he is the leader of the country, the country is still there, and some are women. A woman is nothing in front of survival.

People always have a misunderstanding about queens, that is, someone whose family is noble can become a queen.

In fact, it's the other way around. It's when someone becomes a queen that her family becomes honorable.

In the stage of fighting for the world, the royal family may compromise in order to win over the forces of all parties, but after the world is stable, the queen will not be so particular about it.

There are many commoner queens in history, and there are also many famous ones. Some even married ordinary people and took children, and then they were favored by the emperor as queens, and the children born to their ex-husbands were also honored as kings.

As long as he lives well, the emperor is also willing to be a successor.

Therefore, most of the time, the queen is determined by the emperor's hobbies, as long as the emperor thinks she is good, and the noble family of the queen is basically a person who can ascend to heaven alone.

If it really comes to a time when the emperor can't decide who is the queen based on his preferences and depends on people's faces, then the dynasty will basically end at dusk, when powerful officials and wealthy families control the country, and the emperor is emptied.

And many times the emperor used the queen or her relatives behind her to balance and fight against the powerful officials.

The famous Wei Zifu and Wu Zetian are such examples.

Wei Zifu was born as a maidservant, but she became a queen, and then Wei Qing and Huo Qubing became the two magic weapons that Emperor Wu of the Han used to beat the faces of the ministers of the court.

It was also Wei Qing and Huo Qubing's various outstanding achievements that made Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty so prestige that the imperial power was greatly strengthened in the middle and late stages, and the scholar-bureaucrats who had previously opposed him did not dare to jump out.

Because of this, the history books written by scholar-bureaucrats often do not praise Wei and Huo’s peerless achievements, but firmly grasp that they are foreign relatives and violently attack them. All kinds of arguments such as "doing" are not uncommon among the literati and bureaucrats in later generations.

Even Sima Qian's "Historical Records" is in this way.

But Wu Zetian's situation was even more extreme, and Li Zhi's situation was even more difficult at that time.

It is true that Li Shimin's subordinates are full of talents, but they also left his son with powerful officials and prominent families who cannot be shaken off.

For example, Changsun Wuji, Cheng Yaojin, etc., are powerful ministers in the court, and wealthy families outside, which greatly weakened the local rule of the Li and Tang Dynasties and monopolized the channels for advancement.

Fortunately, Li Shimin's successor is Li Zhi.

Li Zhi's posthumous title is "Gao", which is the highest-rated posthumous title, above "Wen" and "Wu".Except for the posthumous ones in history, the emperors who can be given this posthumous title by later generations are generally very powerful founding emperors.

For example, the founding emperor Liu Bang, such as the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

But Li Zhi was not the founding emperor, but people gave him the evaluation of "high" emperor.

Just because of his posthumous name, Li Zhi, it is impossible for him to be a weak image of indecisiveness, submissiveness, and only knowing love and love in film and television dramas.

During his reign, the Tang Dynasty conquered foreign countries one after another, destroying the country at every turn, arresting other kings and going to Chang'an to apologize.

The frequency of extermination of the country reached its peak, and the territory and territory were also the peak of the Han Dynasty.It reaches the Aral Sea of ​​Central Asia in the west, Lake Baikal in the north, the Korean Peninsula in the east, and Vietnam in the south.

With a real order, all nations come to the DPRK.

Internally, he continued to use newcomers with outstanding abilities, and continued to weaken the power of the powerful ministers and families left over from his father's time, allowing more people to have a rising channel.

It can be said that Li Zhi is not the Li Zhi that people know in film and television dramas. His literary and martial arts are at least on par with his father Li Shimin. Some aspects are not as good as Li Shimin, and some aspects exceed Li Shimin.

The only regret is that Li Zhi is in poor health and gave Wu Zetian a chance.

If Li Zhi hadn't succeeded to the throne at that time, the Tang Dynasty might have entered a wealthy family to control the government after Li Shimin, and the middle and lower classes had no way to rise.

It was Li Zhi's own choice to reuse Wu Zetian.

He wants to fight against the clan of powerful officials headed by Changsun Wuji. Many officials in the court are trusted by those clan members. He can only support his capable and shrewd daughter-in-law.

Moreover, Li Zhi probably felt that Wu Zetian, a woman, was helpless in the palace, and it was impossible for her to turn the world upside down.

Someone in Wu Zetian's ancestors had made a prince, but in her generation, she has been reduced to a commoner, just like Liu Bei's uncle.

A helpless little girl, Li Zhi felt that he could control her.

But people are not as good as heaven, he didn't expect that he would die early because of his poor health, so he overturned the car.

Therefore, the position of queen has always been honorable because of her position, not honor.

Li Xingzhou has been thinking about this question for a long time recently, probably because he slept with someone else's queen, so he feels emotional
Ahem, the key is that Gillian and Shiyu have both had children. He didn't want to before, but now he needs to think about it, and he must not be arrogant.

If it was an era when warlords were fighting for the world and needed support urgently, he might choose the one with the most powerful background and already gained support.

But in the current situation, he doesn't need support, but needs to prevent his subordinates from becoming bigger.

His prestige is already high enough, and there are officials supporting him all over the court, and the heads of the second government and the third department are all on his side.

He vaguely already has the posture of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but Li Xingzhou has another consideration.

Gillian is very nice, kind-hearted, well-educated, and a lady of every family. Let her take the queen's position and I feel at ease.

But the problem is that the power behind her is too great, a queen can turn a butcher into a general, and a general is a top-ranking general in the Han Dynasty, with one person under ten thousand.

If the queen is added to A-Jiao's head, he will support the Wang family into a super-rich family with his own hands.

In a family, there is a prime minister in the court, a queen in the harem, someone in the Imperial Academy, and someone in the local area, that's terrible!

Now he is still having a headache how to suppress the big clan, if he does this, he will support a big clan.

Degong might be able to stand by him all the time, but what about his sons?What about his nephews in magistrate positions?What if one day the interests of the royal family conflict with the interests of the royal family?
The same goes for He Qian, and her personality problem is even more unsuitable.

Only Shiyu and Yelu Yali are suitable.

They don't have any background, they are very obedient, and they are very capable in poetry. No matter what aspect, although they are a little arrogant, they are only in ordinary and trivial matters. When it comes to big things, she always spares no effort to support herself.

However, whether it is poetry or Yelu Yali, Li Xingzhou always feels that it is a bit like Li Zhi and Wu Zetian.

In order to suppress the rich and powerful ministers, he can only support and rely on his own clever and powerless little daughter-in-law.

Li Xingzhou himself thought it was funny, he shook his head and looked at Pu Chaling, who was full of grievance and anger on the bed, and had messy long hair.

It is said that a man can forget all the good things about a woman within 3 minutes afterwards, but Li Xingzhou is not such a scumbag, he used it for three days, after all, he has more than half a year in stock.

Now he began to consider whether to send Pu Chaling back, after all, he could imagine the resentful eyes of Gillian and Shiyu.He Qian has a big heart and would be jealous, but she would say it directly without complaining.

Pu Cha Ling is indeed fascinating, but also jerky, which is confusing.

And probably because her family is based in Liaoyang, she can speak some Chinese and write some Chinese characters.

After all, Liaodong was ruled by the Central Plains Dynasty for a long time, and the Pucha family made their fortune as the helpers of the Central Plains Dynasty officials ruling the place. In addition, Liaoyang and Jingguo had very close maritime trade over the years.

But from now on it will be mine, Li Zhou thought.

He got up and walked over, reached out and stroked the hair on her forehead.

Pu Chaling's snow-white cheeks turned red all of a sudden, and she retreated subconsciously to avoid his hand.

Li Xingzhou carefully admired the woman in front of him. Her skin was very fair, which formed a visual impact with her long black and thick hair. Her beautiful oval face made her full of mature charm, and her figure was much better than Shiyu Gillian.

Some people are just good-looking, some people are capable, and there are not many people who are good-looking and capable. Pu Chaling is such a type, and she is the type that can give birth.

"If you are homesick, I can send you back." Li Xingzhou said, not because he was unreasonable, but mainly because he was worried about people's homesickness.

Pu Chaling probably understands that the negative emotions accumulated over the past few days of grievances and being bullied have reached their peak. Although she stubbornly resisted crying, Dou Da's tears fell down.

"Don't cry." Li Xingzhou was a little irritable. The order of thinking of a man was his lower body first, and then his brain.

So after he calmed down and thought about it, he felt that it would be difficult to face Gillian and Shiyu when he went back. After all, he could ignore other women, but the women at home had true feelings.

Li Xingzhou threatened: "If you cry again, I will send you back."

Pu Chaling's tears stopped, but there was a lot of grievance in her eyes.

Li Xingzhou thought for a while and said: "I will find someone to serve you later, if you don't go back, you can come back to Kaiyuan with me, but you have to be obedient, understand."

Pu Chaling's tears fell down again, probably feeling sad about leaving the north.

She is also a human being inside and out now, she has been ruined by Li Xingzhou, she can't be a human being when she goes back, she has gone south and left her hometown, and she has no one to rely on.

"Don't worry, since you won't go back, you are my woman after all, don't worry, go south." Speaking of this, Li Xingzhou suddenly smirked, "Besides, many of your brothers and sisters are still in my hands. I am happy to serve you, say Maybe I will release a few people. If your father is gone without Liaoyang, he will definitely not be able to raise so much money to redeem him."

Pu Chaling stopped crying, sucked her beautiful nose, looked at him fixedly, and blushed when she saw him, "Really?"

"real."

Li Xingzhou teased her with a curious look: "Is your lord sick? Why do I feel that you are so young? It's 24, it shouldn't be."

"You..." Pu Chaling was very ashamed and annoyed, now her snow-white neck was completely red.But she was too afraid to speak harshly. Many of her family members were captured by Jing Jun.

"Go away." He almost cried in anger at the end.

Li Xingzhou laughed loudly, then opened the door and left, and asked someone to arrange for two maids to come over.

He didn't care about the hostages, he just gave Pu Chaling hope and a reason to live well, otherwise she would be depressed sooner or later.

The army stopped in Huizhou, which is the closest to Shangjing, just waiting for the Jin people to come and redeem the hostages.

The army still has to bury the corpses and clean up the water sources so as not to cause secondary damage after the war. Now these lands and people belong to Jingguo.

In addition, Jinzhou is still counting the spoils, and then counting the rewards of the soldiers, which he promised in advance.

Yang Hongzhao, Wei Yubai, and Di Zhi rushed to Jinzhou again. After the war, there were still many things to be arranged. He was ready to withdraw, but before the withdrawal, the north and Liaodong had to be properly arranged.

Another big thing is that he has looted the money in the treasury of the state capitals, but those local gentry still have a lot of money in their hands. Now, I have to think of a way to "want" to come over.

(End of this chapter)