Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 901 The Crown Prince

August fifteen.

Mooncake Festival.

The emperor spent this festival in Jinyang Palace in Taiyuan. The Supreme Emperor came to Taiyuan from Fanyang, and the prince and queen also came to Taiyuan from Luoyang. Even Wei Wang Cunxiao, Zhao Wang Shixin and other brothers also came. Ye, a rare reunion of the Luo family.

The moon is round and bright.

Royal reunion, watch the moon together.

The Empress Dowager Qin looked at a table of mooncakes and pastries, and at the table full of sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law, grandchildren, grandchildren, and grandchildren, she was very pleased.

It's been many years, and we haven't been reunited like this.

"It's a rare family reunion, but only the third child is missing."

The Supreme Emperor stroked his white beard, "In this big family, only the third family is missing. The third child is not here, the third wife is not here, and even the third child's pair of children are not there. There is always something missing."

Speaking of Siye's wife and children, both the Emperor and the Queen Mother couldn't help sighing. Back then, Princess Siye was still the princess. What was rare was that although the princess was the emperor's most beloved daughter, she could treat the inheritance as well as her father-in-law and mother-in-law. What a shelf.

Even when Luo's mother fell ill, the princess took care of her every day before going to bed, feeding medicine and serving water very carefully, and did not complain at all.

The two children she gave birth to the third child are also very smart and obedient, but who would have thought that by fate, the fifth child would eventually take over the Yang family. In this way, he was separated from his inheritance, and it took more than two years to say goodbye.

"I don't know if their third mother is doing well in Chang'an."

At this moment, imperial concubine Li Xiuning felt very embarrassed.

Luo Cheng also proposed to Li Yuan several times before to bring Princess Izumo's mother and son back, but Li Yuan just refused to let them go, even if Li Xiuning came forward to write a letter, Li Yuan refused.

The most excessive thing is that Li Yuan actually gave Princess Izumo to Li Shimin as a concubine, and then gave one of the princess's cousins ​​to Li Yuanji as a concubine.

This is simply a huge insult to the Luo family. Even after Li Shimin was captured and said that he had never touched the princess, it still made the Luo family very disgusted.

"Father, Li Yuan wrote last time asking me to exchange Li Shimin, Chai Shao, Li Yuan, Li Shuliang, and Li Deliang in exchange for the third sister-in-law's mother and son. I have already agreed, and I will send them to Chang'an for exchange in a few days. I believe this year During the Chinese New Year, the third sister-in-law and the others will be able to come back for a family reunion."

Although the Supreme Emperor doesn't care about things now, he also knows that Li Shimin is a good fighter in war, and Chai Shao can be regarded as a Li Tang general. If these people are sent back, wouldn't it be a return to the mountain?
"Father, don't worry about this. Li Yuan is doomed to fail. Even if Li Shimin and the others go back, nothing can be changed. In comparison, it is very worthwhile to be able to return to the third sister-in-law and the others. This year's Chinese New Year, our whole family will definitely be reunited neatly."

The queen mother was very moved when she heard this.

While Li Xiuning listened to it, she had mixed feelings. Shimin had been captured for a long time, and she had written letters to persuade him to surrender, and had met with him, but he was stubborn and would never surrender.

Li Xiuning feels that if Shimin is willing to surrender, there will actually be good results.After all, Xuanba is now in Qin, so it is very good.

Instead of pursuing the overlord of the Li family, it is better to be a noble relative in the Qin Dynasty with peace of mind.

Seeing Shimin trapped here with such a decadent and sad look, she also felt very distressed.Now, her husband wants to let Shimin and the others go back. She is both happy for Shimin and worried about her. She is even more grateful for her husband's generosity.

"Prince, bring some tea to the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager!"

Luo Cheng looked at the prince who was somewhat unfamiliar with him, and felt a little emotional. This child gets together less and more with him. As the eldest son, he has to shoulder a heavy responsibility early on.It can be seen that compared to the eldest son Changqing and the third prince Zhewei, the crown prince is a bit too precocious, without that innocence.

On the contrary, the two children, Changqing and Zhewei, don't have such a big burden, and they have more childish liveliness that children should have.

As for the younger children, they still don't understand anything, they only know how to play around.

After the crown prince refilled tea for the emperor and queen mother, he also refilled tea for the princes, concubines, princesses, and sons-in-law in a very sensible way.

Luo Cheng stroked the prince's head. "Are you tired?"

The prince stood in front of the emperor's father a little cautiously. After hearing this question, he subconsciously went to see the empress Shan.

Luo Cheng smiled slightly, stroking his back, "Prince, you are still young, and you did take the responsibility prematurely, but there is a saying that my father wants to tell you now, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight first. The prince not only It is just a title, but it also means power and responsibility. Power and responsibility are always accompanied by each other. You have to take responsibility when you get power. The prince is the prince of the country and the future emperor. The emperor is not only the son of heaven, but also the future emperor. The leader of all the people in the world."

The prince nodded half-understanding.

"Okay, you just need to remember this sentence, and you don't need to understand it now. I am not the emperor tonight, and you are not the prince. Today is just our Luo family's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. You are a junior, take care of yourself." Just make the elders happy."

The fourth child sat on the side, looking enviously at the mature and steady look of the prince, "The prince is really born, smart and steady, unlike the few in my family, who are all a bunch of little bastards who do nothing but cause trouble all day long." No more, Shu, Shu can't get in, Wu, Wu refuses to practice hard, if they have the appearance of the crown prince, that's fine."

The Supreme Emperor immediately defended those grandchildren, "Hmph, I think you were the most naughty of the six brothers when I gave birth to you, and you were the most naughty, and you were the most naughty and rogue when you were in your 20s. Scoundrel, if it wasn't for your brother pulling you over, you might still be single now."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone laughed.

The atmosphere of the family is much more active.

The fourth child was also a bachelor, and admitted with a smile, "It's true, if it wasn't for the fifth child, I might be a butcher now, or an old bachelor who hasn't even found a wife yet."

The fourth daughter-in-law, Liu Sanniang, was not happy. "Luo Cunxiao, do you look down on me as a butcher's daughter or something? Now that you are the emperor's brother and the king of Wei, you despise me, don't you?"

The sturdy Liu Sanniang didn't care about everyone present, and directly bombarded Luo Lao Si, which made Luo Lao Si lose face, but a few cubs of his family were still booing over there, and didn't give him the face of being a father at all. It made him very embarrassed.

But everyone just laughed, but no one came out to say that Liu Sanniang was wrong, even Luo Chengcheng just laughed, he liked this kind of atmosphere, and the fourth sister-in-law didn't change at all after becoming Princess Wei, which made him quite happy I like this atmosphere.

The fourth child had no choice but to change the subject.

"Is Dou Jiande of Hebei still unwilling to surrender?"

Luo Cheng stretched out his hand to get the mooncake, and replied with a smile, "Le Shou sent back a detailed report that Dou Jiande originally wanted to surrender, but his generals disagreed, so he staged a mutiny and killed many surrenderers. Then they threatened Dou Jiande to send troops, and they are now heading to Zhending, Hengshan County, in short, it is impossible not to fight."

"Hey, why is the emperor Dou Jiande so aggrieved that he even let his generals kidnap and coerce him?" The fourth child shook his head.

"It's normal for civil servants to surrender and generals to fight."

The Supreme Emperor asked Luo Cheng, "Is there going to be any trouble?"

Luo Cheng shook his head, "The moon is so beautiful tonight, let's enjoy the moon and eat mooncakes, so we won't talk about this anymore. Come on, Prince, share the mooncakes with everyone!"

The prince sat beside his father for half the night, and unexpectedly became more active. After he got up, he did not go to share the cake alone, but said to his brothers Changqing and Zhewei, "King Chu, King Wu, and King Liao, come with me Divide the pie."

The three older princes all stood up, "Yes, Prince."

The Supreme Emperor smiled and said to Luo Chengdao, "These children, even at such an age, already know the etiquette of emperors and ministers. My Luo family is lucky, and I can be blessed by heaven."

Luo Cheng, who watched the princes carefully all night, is also very satisfied with the performance of his sons, especially the prince Jiawen, who is really sensible and polite despite his young age.

"After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the three princes will all go to the Chongwen Hall to study with the crown prince. I have invited great scholars Wang Tong, Li Gang, Kong Yingda and Lu Deming to give lectures in the Chongwen Hall. At that time, the prime ministers, the sons of princes and the nephews of several concubines will also be there. Entering the library to serve as a student, you should study hard, especially remember to respect teachers and be friendly with brothers."

"Remember, my son."

The four princes respectfully accepted their father's order together.

Eating cakes and watching the moon, everyone is very happy.

The Supreme Emperor said to his son, "Are you really planning to become a prince?"

"Well, fiefs will be granted after the year."

"Your imperial brothers and the princes also want to be sealed?"

"Yeah." Luo Cheng nodded.

The Supreme Emperor was a little worried, "Although it is a reward for meritorious officials and preferential treatment for the clan, if it is not handled properly, there may be hidden worries."

"Father, don't worry, the actual feudal system this time is neither the enfeoffment system of the Western Zhou Dynasty nor the enfeoffment system of the Western Han Dynasty. Inland, but outside the frontier, such as the east of Liaodong, the south of Yunnan, the west of Hexi, and the north of Daibei. Although the feudal lords have real seals, they can have the decree of enfeoffment, and enfeoffment of enfeoffment from generation to generation. , but there will be no possibility of the feudal lords sitting in a big rebellion to threaten the central government, on the contrary, this kind of enfeoffment can not only give preferential treatment to the clan and royal relatives, reward meritorious officials of different surnames, but also open up the frontier and screen the vassals to guard the border."

Luo Gui nodded after hearing this, "So, it seems that you have really thought it through, so I have nothing to worry about. I just want to make one opinion. I hope that the princes will be a little older in the kingdom of the vassal and can wait for you." They go when they are adults."

"The preliminary plan is that the kings will go to the country when they reach the end of their age. After the princes become the vassal, they will have to go to Beijing to see the emperor once every three years."

, although not a child, but it is almost an adult.

The Supreme Emperor took the mooncakes presented by the Prince, and said with a smile, "I hope that it will be best if the family gathers like this often in the future."

"Yes." Luo Cheng smiled.

(End of this chapter)