Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 948
Chapter 70 If you are weak, please obey
Xiao Nuo walked into the big tent exhausted.

Li Jing, who was dozing by the stove with his clothes on, woke up suddenly.

Li Jing stepped forward and asked, "Have you caught Xieli?"

Xiao Nuo shook his head and said: "The general followed the road and chased him for more than 300 miles, but he didn't see a single person. The wind and snow were too heavy, and he was far away, so he couldn't see anything clearly."

Li Jing frowned, stood up abruptly and said, "No, we must catch Xieli, and send people out to search after the wind and snow subsides."

Du Fuwei, who was sleeping with his clothes on, suddenly opened his eyes and said: "Pharmacist, no, the army must withdraw tomorrow."

Li Jing sat up and sighed heavily.

Du Fuwei smiled wryly and said: "Pharmacist, I know your intentions, why don't I want to capture Jieli alive, but the army has been stranded in Baidao and Dingxiang for 20 days, and the Turkic tribes that can be cleared around have all been collected, and the grain and fodder are accumulated. Chu, there is not much left, so we can't stay any longer."

Li Jing clenched his fists fiercely and said: "It's a pity, it's a pity...for the sake of the mountain..."

Du Fuwei smiled slightly, rubbed his head, and reluctantly said: "Life is unsatisfactory, nine out of ten, how can you get what you want every time. If Datang wants to create an unprecedented great cause, he must dare to fight the battle of life and death. You also have to be able to compete with endurance.”

Li Jing smiled wryly and said: "It was a waste of money, the battle of the country fell short, and I am ashamed of trusting Your Majesty!"

At this moment, earth-shattering cheers suddenly sounded outside, and the sound became louder and closer.

Du Fuwei and Li Jing looked at each other suspiciously.

Li Jing suddenly realized something, and happily said: "What's going on outside? Go and have a look!"

Xiao Nuo turned his head and rushed out, and after a while, he rushed in again with a happy expression on his face.

Xiao Nuo shouted loudly: "General, Xieli is captured! Xieli is captured!"

Li Jing touched his waist, but he felt empty without thinking.

Du Fuwei handed his flagon to Li Jing.

Li Jing took a sip of his wine and said with a smile: "Which general caught Xieli, I will give him credit!"

Xiao Nuo's face darkened, and he said weakly: "General Chen!"

Li Jing asked back: "That General Chen?"

Xiao Nuo muttered: "Which other Great General Chen is there!"

Li Jing shook his body and said, "Chen Ying!"

Du Fuwei's face changed slightly: "More than 20 days ago, Chen Ying disappeared suddenly with more than [-] soldiers..."

Xiao Nuo said: "He went to Shengle and brought back Jieli, not only Jieli, but also the more than [-] Turkic wolf cubs under Ashina Suni's command..."

……

Chang'an City, Da'an Palace.

Seeing that Li Jiancheng was in a bad mood, Li Yuan sent him to invite him over for a drink.

Li Jiancheng couldn't think of it at first, but Li Yuan was so capable, and added Li Yuanjia, his twelfth younger brother, to Li Jiancheng.Today is Li Yuanjia's centenary banquet.

Li Jiancheng didn't want to be honest, so he could only bite the bullet and come to the banquet.

At Li Yuanjia's [-]-year-old banquet in Da'an Palace, Li Jiancheng was full of thoughts on how to organize the second Northern Expedition, and he must uproot the Turks.

Suddenly, Li Anyan rushed into the hall holding up a battle report.

Li Anyan exhausted all his strength and shouted: "Your Majesty, Xieli has been captured! Li Jing's envoy has succeeded, and General Chen has captured Xieli!"

Li Jiancheng stood up abruptly, skipped over the desk, and rushed over to take the battle report.

Li Jiancheng looked at the battle report at a glance, and couldn't help laughing.

Li Jiancheng laughed and said, "Father! You really caught Jieli! The Turks—the country is destroyed!"

Li Jiancheng rushed to Li Yuan and handed him the battle report.

Li Jiancheng ran to the center of the hall in ecstasy, and said to the musicians and dancers, "Continue to play the music! Play... the general breaks the formation!"

All the musicians and dancers were stunned.

Li Jiancheng followed suit, picked up a whisk beside him, and danced to the music.

The musicians understood what Li Jiancheng wanted, and immediately began to play along with the rhythm.

Li Yuan walked up to the musician, took a pipa, and started playing.

The surrounding maids and servants stared dumbfounded at Li Yuan and his son, playing and dancing in the center of the hall.

Li Yuan and his son looked at each other and smiled.

After a long time, Li Jiancheng was tired from dancing, so he ran to Li Yuan and sat down.

The maid hurriedly served tea.Li Jiancheng took a sip, looked at Li Yuan and said, "Offering captives... Dad doesn't have much experience either."

Li Yuan stroked his beard with a look of thought.

Li Jiancheng said: "My boy wants to sacrifice prisoners at Chengtianmen."

Li Yuan nodded and said: "The Taimiao is also going to comfort the ancestors."

Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "Father, when Chen Ying and Li Jing return to the capital, what honor guard will the suburbs use?"

Without even thinking about it, Li Yuan said, "Of course it's... the guard of honor of the county king."

Li Jiancheng smiled and said: "Okay, then, can Father come to host?"

Li Yuan shook his head and said: "Jiaoying and Chengtianmen are naturally presided over by the Lord of your country, and the Taimiao offers prisoners..."

Li Jiancheng hurriedly said: "I'd like to invite my father to preside over the offering of prisoners in the Taimiao."

Li Yuan nodded bluntly and said: "This is a once-in-a-hundred-year event. Father, with your light, even if he dies tomorrow, he can rest in peace."

Li Jiancheng was immediately displeased and said: "What are you talking about, daddy is so strong, he will live a long life."

Li Yuan suddenly laughed and said, "When did Dalang become so talkative?"

Li Jiancheng said with a serious face: "My son has always been like this, just telling the truth."

A servant walked over and said, "Your Majesty, King Jiangxia has something urgent to see."

Li Jiancheng said with some doubts: "Urgent matter? How can there be any urgent matter at this time? Tell him to come in."

Li Daozong walked up to the hall quickly and easily, and greeted Li Jiancheng and Li Yuan respectively.

Li Jiancheng said: "Daozong, have you ever eaten?"

Li Daozong said: "It's been a busy day, and I haven't eaten yet.

Li Jiancheng waved his hand and said, "Then eat here."

The servant set up a table for Li Daozong and served dishes.

Li Jiancheng said: "What's urgent, tell me quickly?"

Li Daozong laughed mysteriously and said: "A happy event, Your Majesty, you definitely don't know."

Li Jiancheng said: "Say it quickly, cover it up, and you still want to ask for a reward."

Li Daozong said: "Shi Wanbao, that Chang'an ranger was born, subordinate to Princess Pingyang, he found Wei Shuyu!"

Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuan and said, "Wei Shuyu? Who is it?"

Li Daozong knocked on the case impatiently: "Wei Shuyu, Wei Zheng's eldest son who has been separated for more than ten years! Found it!"

Li Jiancheng stood up in surprise and said, "Is it certain?"

Li Daozong laughed and said: "You can still deceive Your Majesty. Sanniang helped Wei Zheng find his eldest son as early as the third year of Wude..."

Li Jiancheng said with great interest: "How did you find this?"

Li Daozong said: "Wei Shuyu was a Taoist priest in a Taoist temple. The old Taoist passed away. He went down the mountain to buy, and there happened to be a ranger who was working in the county guard's mansion and recognized Wei Shuyu who came to find his father."

Li Jiancheng sighed: "It's not easy. In the troubled times, I didn't expect Wei Zheng and his son to have a chance to meet again after being separated for more than ten years. Order the ranger to send Wei Shuyu to the capital immediately."

Li Yuan stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Slow! Dalang, Wei Zheng is a national scholar, such a blessing must be completed."

Li Jiancheng said, "Father, what suggestion do you have?"

……

In the southern Yamen of Chang'an City, under the gate is the Provincial Political Affairs Hall.

Wei Zheng looked at the Xiangguo and said with a smile: "This Northern Expedition has won more than [-] Turkic soldiers and civilians under Jieli, and more than a million cattle and sheep offal. There are only ten thousand escapees, and they are scattered all over Mobei. The Turkic royal court no longer exists. What you all want to discuss today is the issue of how to deal with the more than [-] Turkic soldiers and civilians..."

Li Jiancheng stared at Wei Zheng who was talking eloquently, a little absent-mindedly in a daze.

He really wanted to tell Wei Zheng the good news of finding Wei Zheng's son.

However, thinking of Li Yuan's arrangement, he hesitated again.

Wang Gui said: "The number of Zhongyuan citizens rescued by the army this time is more than 150 million.

Wei Zheng echoed: "Yes, this time Li Jing and Chen Yingli's military exploits are enough to shine in history, but they have created a big problem for us. According to the old rules of the Han Dynasty, the Turkic tribes that belonged to us were placed under the fortress. , don’t change its local customs, all its tribes, follow its local customs, this one can enrich the empty land on the northern border, and second, it can make it a natural barrier for the court to deal with the barbarians in the north, so that the court does not have to waste too much money and food, Then the north can be stabilized."

Fang Xuanling shook his head, and said firmly, "No."

Li Jiancheng smiled and said, "What's Xuanling's opinion?"

Fang Xuanling said solemnly: "People outside the barbarians and Dihua have never been accustomed to Wanghua, don't know etiquette, and can't judge them with common sense. I have read all the history. If you are weak, please submit to the court. If you are strong, you will rebel and invade the border. Unruly and cunning, it is absolutely difficult to tame.

Li Jiancheng frowned slightly.

Fang Xuanling continued: "Nowadays in the Battle of Yinshan, more than 20 people have fallen. If they all move to the interior, they will multiply and multiply in the next few decades, and the number will double. He is a tough man, and as time goes by, he will definitely be a heartache for the court. ...In the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Hus and the Chinese lived in China together. Guo Qin and Jiang Tong persuaded Emperor Wu of Jin to drive them out of the Great Wall, but the Emperor Wu refused. Twenty years later, the land of Yiluo became a place for Hus to herd horses and herd sheep... ..."

Li Jiancheng looked at Fang Xuanling, and shook his head dumbfounded.

Fang Xuanling noticed Li Jiancheng's gaze, looked at him puzzled and at a loss, and said in a dull voice unconsciously: "Your Majesty, Wu Huanhua, Yin Jian is not far away, Tang Dynasty must not repeat the same mistakes!"

Li Jiancheng smiled, noncommittal.

Wei Zheng clasped his hands, and retorted unceremoniously: "You must know that the king is to all things, just like God is to the world. The sky is overwhelming, and everything is left behind. Now the Turks are at the end of the road, and the whole family returns. If I refuse , It’s like God’s abandonment of all peoples, how can he bear it? How should the foreign races look at our Tang Dynasty? If the Turks can make a living in China and live in peace, and think that they follow suit, then the barbarians from all over the world can be pacified without sending large troops.”

Wei Zheng looked at Li Jiancheng.

Looking at Li Jiancheng with encouragement in his eyes.

Wei Zheng went on to say: "The sage said that there is no distinction between education and education. Is there a distinction between Chinese and barbarians? As for the Turks, rescue them from the brink of death and teach them etiquette and livelihood skills. After a few years, these The people are all out-and-out Tang people. For the tribal leaders, select loyal ones and enter the capital to serve as guards, to show their favor and trust, and make them fear power and virtue, so why would there be any trouble?" Wei Zheng sneered.

Fang Xuanling sneered and said, "What Wei Xuancheng said is close to Song Xianggong's. If our Great Tang treats barbarians with benevolence, I'm afraid we will be harmed by barbarians in the future!"

Li Jiancheng waved his hand to stop the debate and said: "Everyone is arguing about this matter today, it is for the sake of the long-term society. In this way, let's put this aside for now, and we can talk about it after Li Jing's class teacher returns to the court. That's all for today."

Everyone turned to Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng looked at Wei Zheng and said, "Xuancheng, there is one more thing."

Wei Zheng, who was about to get up, sat down again.

Li Jiancheng said with a faint smile: "I heard that the mansion you live in is too small. I plan to give you a new mansion."

Wei Zheng bowed and said, "Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness, but Xuan Cheng's current residence is spacious enough."

Li Jiancheng waved his hands and said, "Don't you plan to move your family to Chang'an for the rest of your life? Are you afraid of me, because you don't listen to your words, and cut off the heads of your whole family? Outside the door, you are not afraid of chilling my heart."

Wei Zheng was silent.

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Xuancheng, Your Majesty is right, you should move. The current mansion is really too small. We will visit you with horses and carts, and we will all stand by the street."

Gao Shilian, Wang Gui, Yang Gongren and others tried to persuade him.

Wei Zheng nodded helplessly.

……

Li Jiancheng moved very quickly, and the imperial decree was issued.

Wei Zheng left the Zhengshitang, and accompanied by Fang Xuanling, Wang Gui and others, Wei Zheng came to his new residence.

The gate of the mansion faces south from the north, and in the middle of the gate tower hangs a plaque with a strong blue background and gold letters, reading "Shangshu Mansion".

Everyone pushed the door and entered, and in front of them was a corridor extending straight in.

Listening to the introduction to Wei Zheng by the samurai Xun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry: "This corridor is six steps wide and 68 steps long. It separates the eight large courtyards and 24 small courtyards in the mansion from south to north..."

Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "It's really good, it's spacious enough, and it's just been renovated. The furniture should be complete. Later, Xuancheng will buy a few more servants, and a new home will be complete."

Wei Zheng followed the crowd blankly and looked around.

Everyone walked into the study.

Gao Shilian said with a smile: "This study is really nice, full of sunlight, and spacious! There is also an earth dragon, no charcoal gas, but still warm...Xuan Cheng, brought his wife, children, and elders to Chang'an earlier."

Wei Zheng was stunned suddenly.

Fang Xuanling asked in surprise, "Xuancheng, what's wrong?"

Wei Zheng's eyes flickered, and he murmured: "This mansion...it turns out that Duke Mi used to live there."

With a dazed expression, Wei Zheng shuttled between the corridors, and finally stopped in the living room.

Gao Shilian, Samurai Xun, and Fang Xuanling stopped talking and followed Wei Zheng step by step.

Wei Zheng touched the table, and said with a complicated expression: "This table is still an old thing used by Mi Gong."

The samurai Xun asked carefully: "Xuancheng...how about asking His Majesty...to change a mansion?"

Wei Zheng paused, then slowly shook his head and said, "Let's just leave it here. The deceased is gone. Your Majesty probably doesn't know that this mansion was once lived by Duke Mi. That's okay, in my spare time, I might be able to... Talk to Migong."

PS: During the recent Chinese New Year, the update is a bit slow.[-]+ for two consecutive days, Lao Cheng had the cheek to ask for a subscription, support, and tip.This year has been very tasteless. I received a salary cut notice from the company during the Chinese New Year, and my whole body is not good... As a middle-aged man, I can’t afford to hurt the most. There are old people on the top, old people on the bottom, and mortgages, so I dare not change easily. Work.It can be ravaged by others... No matter how angry you are, you can only swallow it, smash your teeth and swallow it in your stomach.

(End of this chapter)