At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 818 The Gap Is Even Bigger

This Princess He Min is about [-] or [-] years old and has a beautiful appearance. She is similar to a Han woman in terms of body and skin color, but her personality is relatively straightforward, more enthusiastic and unrestrained, and she has two personalities with her gentle and quiet eldest grandson Wugou. .

"Erlang!" Princess He Min rushed forward and threw herself into Li Shimin's arms, her joy and joy were beyond words.

Li Shimin came back to his senses, feeling a little ashamed in his heart, hugged his wife and said softly: "Min'er, be careful, move your fetal gas carefully, it's not a joke."

Princess He Min smiled sweetly: "It's okay, we grassland girls are not so delicate, and there were people riding around on horseback the day before the delivery."

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "Others are others, Min'er is pregnant with my flesh and blood of Li Shimin, so there must be no mistake."

He Min pouted a little unhappy: "Erlang only cares about the fetus, but not the mother of the child."

Li Shimin couldn't help being stunned for a moment. To tell the truth, he really didn't have any feelings for this Turkic Princess He Min. He married her only out of utilitarianism. Now that Princess He Min accidentally pointed out a sentence, he couldn't help feeling even more ashamed.

Anyway, the woman in front of me is already his first wife, and will soon become the mother of his child. At this time, I am thinking of another woman, which is really wrong.

In addition, Shi Danei contributed a lot to the reason why I was able to pacify Li Gui in Xiliang this time, and Shi Danei was one of the generals married to Princess He Min. The key to cool cavalry.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin took He Min's hand and comforted him softly: "Min'er misunderstood, it's not that I don't care about you as a husband, the fetus is in your belly, caring about the fetus means caring about you, if there is something wrong with the fetus , isn’t it you who suffers?”

He Min immediately became happy again when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "Okay, Erlang, you have a lot of tongue, so you have explained it, hehe, let's go in, I have prepared mutton and kumiss for Erlang to celebrate your achievements." .”

Li Shimin chuckled, and took his wife's hand into the house. The husband and wife were talking and laughing, but they were having a good time.

However, within a few days of Li Shimin's return to Chang'an, bad news came. Luo Khan of Turkic Chu, who had only sat on the throne for more than a year, died of a serious illness, and sent envoys to Chang'an for the funeral.

Princess He Min, who learned that Lao Tzu died of illness, cried so hard. Although Luo Khan was like all Turkic men in this place, he was patriarchal and had a lot of women and children. She He Min was just one of the inconspicuous princesses. The paternal love she enjoys is minimal, but this man is her father and her backer after all. Now that this backer is gone, her status as a princess married to a foreign country will naturally drop.

Li Shimin was very surprised, his cheap father-in-law was not too old, and his physique was very strong, why did he suddenly disappear?At this time, Li Shimin couldn't help but think of Princess Kedunyicheng. This former princess surnamed Yang is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Well, Princess Yicheng is indeed not a fuel-efficient lamp. As soon as Turkic Chuluo Khan died, she immediately helped Chuluo Khan's younger brother Ashina Dubi to ascend the throne as Jieli Khan, and invited Tang Guo Send envoys to participate in the succession ceremony of Jieli Khan, and according to the tradition of the Turks, Jieli Khan will continue to take the princess of Yicheng as his wife after he succeeds to the throne. .

When Chuluo Khan died, Li Yuanji was the happiest, because in this way, the relationship between Li Shimin and the Turks was alienated, which equated to weakening Li Shimin's capital!
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Inside Tiance Mansion, General Tiance Li Shimin sat in the middle, and his confidantes were basically there.The elder Sun Shunde sighed and said, "Chuluo Khan is a man of his own mind."

"So he died." Fang Xuanling said calmly.

Hou Junji clicked his tongue and said: "That old woman surnamed Yang is really ruthless, Chu Luo Khan died unjustly, but it may not be a good thing for our Tang Dynasty, this Chu Luo Khan has the ambition to rule the Central Plains , if you don’t die, you will be in trouble in the future and pose a great threat to our Great Tang.”

Li Shimin frowned and said: "This old woman is only thinking about restoring the Sui Dynasty. If she doesn't die, she will pose a great threat to the Tang Dynasty."

Sun Shunde picked up the gourd and poured a sip of wine into his mouth, saying: "But this old woman is wrong this time, Jieli Khan is more difficult to control than his brother Luo Khan, just wait and see, the old woman will regret it .”

Liu Hongji pursed his lips and said, "That's even better, let Jieli Khan and the old woman slowly fight each other, and we take the opportunity to march into the Central Plains and defeat Gao Qi."

A cold light flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, he shook his head and said, "It's not the time to start a war with Gao Qi yet."

Liu Wenjing, who had been silent all this time, said, "The emperor hasn't decided who to go to the Turkic tent to express his condolences to. King Qin might as well fight for it."

Li Shimin nodded and said: "There is no need to fight, it must be me."

Indeed, Chuluo Khan is Li Shimin's father-in-law, and Li Shimin is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and his weight is heavy enough, so it is undoubtedly the most appropriate to send Li Shimin to condolences for public and private purposes.

"By the way, Mr. Liu, how is Gao Qi's current situation?" Li Shimin asked.

Liu Wenjing did not accompany Li Shimin on the westward expedition this time, and stayed in Chang'an all the time, paying attention to Gao Qi's movements through various eyeliners, so he knew something about Gao Qi's major events this year, so he gave a brief overview.

Li Shimin fell silent after hearing this. This year, he pacified Xiliang Ligui, won the Qilian Mountain Racecourse that he had always dreamed of, and even occupied the four counties of the Western Regions in one fell swoop, and opened up thousands of miles for the Tang Dynasty. He was quite proud of it. , but at this moment, he discovered that Gao Bufan had not been idle this year, he eliminated the three heroes in the Jianghuai area, and took all the lower reaches of the Yangtze River into his pocket.

If it is larger than the area of ​​Kaijiang, it must be our own, but the population and wealth of the Jianghuai area are not comparable to the five counties of Hexi and the four counties of the Western Regions. The combined population of these places is probably less than one-third of that of Jianghuai. One, this is the gap. In this way, the gap in national power between Datang and Gao Qi has actually widened.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help clenching his fists secretly, and he was a little discouraged. He lost every step and fell behind every step. What can he do?

Fang Xuanling obviously saw Li Shimin's thoughts, and comforted him: "Xiao Xian and Lin Shihong are both giants with more than 20 soldiers. Gao Qi will not be able to defeat them in two or three years."

Li Shimin was refreshed when he heard the words, that's right, it won't take two or three years, but only one year, the king's mysterious armored cavalry will be enough to achieve great success, and then he will defeat Li Jing in one fell swoop, remove this thorn in his side, and then he will be able to compete with Gao Changqing .

Gao Changqing, just wait for me, I, Li Shimin, will not live in your shadow forever!
(End of this chapter)