Man Tanghong

Li Gang knew the importance of uniting people's hearts, so he didn't speak again all night.

The next day, early in the morning, the soldiers who had celebrated all night packed their bags and set off on their way home again.

The common people followed behind and sent off one way after another. It's not that the common people spent a night with the soldiers and developed an extremely deep relationship, but that when the soldiers left, they left 100 thousand yuan for the common people. Bulls.

This is an order from Li Yuanji, the purpose is to give back to the common people.

After all, the people at this time are very poor, and it is not easy to provide a lot of food to entertain the soldiers. If they don't give something back, the people are likely to have a hard life for a month or two.

It's a pity that the people in Guanzhong are very stubborn, especially when it comes to things like treating guests to dinner, the stubbornness has not changed.

They would rather starve themselves for a month or two than accept the cattle left by the soldiers and send people to persuade them. After talking too much, the villagers among them kept asking if the soldiers looked down on them, I don't like the food they send.

The people who went to persuade them were speechless when they were asked, so they had to leave the cow behind and walked away without saying a word.

Now the people became even more stubborn, chasing the soldiers for miles and miles, and returning the cattle to the soldiers no matter what.

In the end, it was Li Gang who came forward and gathered the villagers together. After muttering for a while, the villagers made the decision with cursing and took the cow away.

After bidding farewell to the common people and Liyuan village, we traveled another two days and arrived at the boundary of Xianyang.

Li Yuan personally led a hundred officials to welcome the army triumphantly at Wulingyuan in Xianyang.

Amidst the flowers and colorful flags, Li Yuan wore a crown and sat high on the dragon, allowing Liu Jun to express his commendation and condolences to all the soldiers of the army.

Then amidst the shouts from the officials and the army, Li Yuan waved his hand and announced that the ban would be lifted for one month, allowing the people in Chang'an City to celebrate for one month. At the same time, he announced that a grand banquet would be held in the Tai Chi Hall to entertain the returning soldiers .

There were more than 2000 soldiers who were named and eligible to enter the palace for a banquet. It can be said that it was the largest celebration party since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

Su Dingfang, the hero who captured Tuli, was even invited by Li Yuan to board Long Huan and share a car with him.

However, Su Dingfang was very measured, he just sat on the shaft of the chariot, taking the place of the groom, and did not sit with Li Yuan in a big way.

The army followed Long Yu, passed through Xianyang, crossed the Xianyang Bridge, and traveled all the way to Yangliudi.

Looking at the lush willows swaying enchantingly in the breeze, Li Shimin said quietly, "What have you done? Why do I feel that my father doesn't want to see you?"

Li Jiancheng nodded sympathetically.

It stands to reason that Li Yuanji should be the biggest contributor to this Northern Expedition. After all, Li Yuanji, as the actual ruler of the Tang Dynasty, went to the battlefield to "conquer himself".

He also led the army twice, which can be said to be a great contribution.

Logically speaking, Li Yuan should have invited Li Yuanji to ride in the same car, but Li Yuan ignored Li Yuanji from the beginning to the end, and instead invited Su Dingfang to ride in the same car.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Li Yuanji was making Li Yuan unhappy.

Recently, Li Yuanji was outside, and he didn't see any conflict with Li Yuan, so Li Shimin really wanted to know why Li Yuanji offended Li Yuan.

Faced with Li Shimin's question, Li Yuanji just curled his lips and didn't say much.

Speaking of his offending Li Yuan, we have to start with the crappy name Li Yuan gave his son.

He wrote to Li Yuan twice, asking Li Yuan to change his son's name. Li Xiuning was afraid that he would conflict with Li Yuan, so he also wrote to Li Yuan many times, asking Li Yuan to change his son's name.

But Li Yuan was like eating a weight. Not only did he not change his son's name, he even made an exception and made his son the king of the county in advance, and announced his son's name to the world.

Now, there is no need to change it.

After all, Li Yuan has already made a decision for the whole world, if Li Yuan is asked to repeat it, it will affect Li Yuan's prestige.

And Li Yuan's prestige is very important to Datang.

So this matter is completely knocked to death.

For this reason, he had a temper tantrum with Li Yuan, and his words were sharp. Li Yuan is probably still angry now, so of course he doesn't want to see him anymore.

"The strong men are invited to drink!"

When the army arrived on the Yangliu embankment, led by the Chang'an Wannian county government, a labor force composed of dozens of people from inside and outside Chang'an city blocked the army's way.

The Renrui first offered a bowl of wine to Li Yuan, and when Li Yuan got off the dragon boat, thanked the Renrui for the wine, and drank it all in one gulp with a rough wine bowl, the Renrui began to return to Baizhan. The soldiers toasted.

Before toasting, he also loudly asked the sons and daughters in the family whether they were brave in battle, whether they worked hard for the Tang Dynasty, and so on.

Su Dingfang answered the inquiries of the Renrui on behalf of the soldiers, and then accepted a bowl of wine from the Renrui.

Hundreds of meritorious soldiers also received the same treatment.

Li Yuanji, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and others had no share, because with Li Yuan as the leader, Li Yuan had already drank the bowl of wine that Renrui offered to the royal family on behalf of the royal family, and the rest of the royal family did not need to mix it up.

Moreover, the Renrui don't like to serve the royal dignitaries.

After tossing for a full hour, the army set out again.

This time there were no laborers, but there were more carriages reaching both sides, and more people came to watch the excitement, almost a sea of ​​people.

Some are looking for their nephews in the army, some are looking for their husbands in the army, some are looking for their fathers and uncles in the army, and some are looking for young talents in the army.

The Tang Dynasty was a dynasty that favored martial arts, so frail scholars were not welcome in the Tang Dynasty, and even a good man named Fang Wei from the Donghua Gate would not appear in the Tang Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, those who can make military exploits and be immediately crowned princes are good men.

So every time the army returns after a big victory, there are always some unmarried girls looking for husbands for themselves in the army.

If there is something fancy, throw a sachet, or throw some melons and fruits to attract attention.

If the loser falls in love with her, he will silently accept her sachet, or laugh and chew the melons and fruits she gives.

When they are free, the government will take the initiative to come to the door to help with marriage.

For this kind of thing, the imperial court not only did not stop it, but even added fuel to the flames.

The purpose of doing this is to motivate the soldiers, let the soldiers see what kind of treatment they can win after winning the battle, and let the soldiers work harder on the battlefield.

The second is to promote the marriage of young men and women as soon as possible and promote population growth.

"when……"

A green apricot, the size of a little finger egg, slammed firmly on Li Yuanji's helmet, making a crisp sound. Before Yu Wenbao, who was guarding by his side, could catch the assassin, Li Yuanji saw a petite girl He was shaking his fists and grinning at himself.

Li Yuanjice stepped forward immediately, pulled the girl off the carriage, put her on the horse's back, and said angrily: "Who told you to leave the palace?"

Li Xu, who was already a little girly, raised her head proudly and said, "It was Li Ling who took me out secretly."

Li Yuanji scratched Li Xu's nose, pretending to be angry and said, "So Li Ling is also in the carriage?"

Li Xu nodded without hesitation, and happily sold Li Ling, "It was Li Ling who wanted to make a fuss to see my father return after a big victory. I couldn't hold her back, so she led me out secretly."

Li Yuanji rubbed Li Xu's hair, and said in Li Xu's angry expression, "Aren't you afraid of being caught?"

Li Xu acted like I was very smart and said, "We brought guards and a tiger, whoever dares to catch us, we will let the tiger bite him."

Li Yuanji didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he didn't say much.

Huhu is just a red panda, not a giant panda. It is as big as a cat. It is good at scratching people, but it is still a thousand miles away when it comes to biting people.

However, Li Yuanji was not worried about the safety of Li Ling and Li Xu. After all, the two daring little guys even drove the frame of Lord Qi's car. No matter if they were brains or brainless, they would not dare to touch them. .

Once it moves, the people on the street can rush out to stage a big show of saving the county lord without the guards in the palace.

"Woooooooo..."

When the army marched to the Golden Light Gate, a thick horn sounded on the gate wall. The horn, which was a foot long, was blown by the warriors with puffed cheeks, welcoming the army's triumphant return.

At the same time, the bell hanging in the Bell and Drum Tower was also rang.

"Great Tang Wansheng!"

"Great Tang Wansheng!"

"..."

Behind the Golden Light Gate, people stood on both sides of the avenue made of loess pads, all shouting hysterically.

The stronger Datang is, the safer it is for them.

Safety means stability, and life will get better and better.

Especially for those people who live in the capital, a strong and safe Tang Dynasty can make the houses they live in and the land they own rapidly increase in value.

In the first year of Wude, a house covering an area of ​​more than one mu was only a few dozen guan. Today, there are no hundreds of guan, so we can only look at it.

Compared with the people on the Yangliu embankment, the people in Chang'an City are obviously more enthusiastic and heroic.

All kinds of melons and fruits, as well as women's sachets, purses, and round fans, fell like raindrops.

Some wealthy families even ran out of valuable horseshoe gold.

The literati raised their glasses and sang in the restaurants on both sides of the street to celebrate.

The girls of the Jiaofang Division are now shameless, directly showing half of their fragrant shoulders, or a piece of white under their necks.

Some heroic ones even directly shouted at the soldiers, telling them to come tonight.

Some young soldiers blushed instantly after being made such a fuss by their sisters, and the sisters who were attracted were even more excited, and they all called out that the young soldiers came tonight, and they didn't charge money, but gave them money.