Man Tanghong

Chapter 869 A Prince of the Tang Dynasty Who Is Going to Be a Turkic Chieftain's Subordinate
Now the dragon boat set sail again, rippling on the blue waves of the sea pool.

The cold wind blowing on the lake stirred up the willows on the shore, giving birth to a bit of enchantment.

It's a pity that this enchantment disappeared in an instant with Qianniu Gongwei's intrusion.

Without Li Yuanji's instructions, after making certain arrangements for the defense of the shore and letting the Qianniu palace guards return to their positions, Zhao Chengyong went to the trestle bridge on the shore and rang the gong hanging beside the bridge .

After the people on the dragon boat heard the sound of the gong, they quickly drove the dragon boat back to the case.

Li Yuanji got on the dragon boat alone. Originally, Liu Jun and Zhao Chengyong wanted to follow, but they were stopped by him.

In the Tai Chi Palace, if someone wanted to hurt him, he had to use a plane or a tank to talk about it. If it was a purely cold weapon, it wouldn't hurt him at all.

After all, the Qianniu guard Ma who had been rearranged by Li Xiuning and Chai Shao was not a vegetarian.

His personal prowess was not vegetarian either.

Of course, poisoning is another story.

However, since Li Shimin was almost killed by Li Jiancheng, the palace banned him.

The arsenic used by the eunuchs and maids to kill the bugs in their stomachs is no longer allowed.

Others are not allowed to bring poison into the palace, otherwise they will be punished as treason, which is not discussed.

Don't say your father is Li Gang, even if your father is Li Yugang.

This is what Li Yuan said.

No one dares to violate it.

So Li Yuanji was not worried about being poisoned, after all, there was no such thing in the palace, and anyone who had it could have a feast.

The whole village eats the kind from the first day to the thirties.

"uncle……"

Li Chengqian stood at the door of the cabin with a complex expression and saluted Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji vaguely remembered that he hadn't had a good look at him for more than half a year. Now that he looked at him suddenly, he had grown a lot, and he already had the rudiments of a young man, but he was still a few years away from a young man.

"Why are you wearing a Hu suit?"

Li Chengqian didn't wear the usual clothes that he wears every day, but an autumn white Hu suit, which is usually only worn when practicing rifle shooting.

Li Chengqian raised his face and said, "I like it!"

"No! You can't like it!"

Li Yuanji denied Li Chengqian's preference without hesitation.

Among the princes and grandsons of the Tang Dynasty, anyone can like things from foreigners, except Li Chengqian.

Because in history, among the first, second and third generations of the Li family, Li Chengqian was the only one who wanted to be a subordinate of the Turkic chief.

Yes, you read that right, they are the subordinates of the Turkic chief.

This is recorded in historical materials.

It was Li Chengqian's rhetoric when he was the prince. Although there was a bit of a joke, it was indeed what he said.

The original words are: One day when I rule the empire, I must lead tens of thousands of cavalry, go hunting west of Jincheng, then untie my hair, dress up as a Turk, and go to seek refuge with Ashina Simo. If he is willing to give me a general, I will definitely Do not do worse than others.

Listen, is this what a prince of the Tang Dynasty should say? !
The most important thing is that the year after he said this, Li Jing wiped out the Turks, and Ashina Simo, whom he wanted to be loyal to, was also arrested by Li Jing.

If it is said that he admired the Turks because Li Shimin was forced by the Turks to sign the Weishui alliance at the beginning of his accession to the throne, then he should have changed after Li Jing destroyed the Turks.

However, he didn’t change at all, and even got worse. He learned Turkic language, wore Turkic clothes, chose people who looked like Turkic people to be his servants, and played a game of suspended animation with his servants. He was a Turkic Khan. When he died, he asked his attendants to hold a funeral for him according to Turkic customs.

Not only that, he also sneaked into the palace with a group of Turkic people who surrendered to Tang Dynasty.

These Turkic people are also the leaders of the Turkic people, and their combat effectiveness is not bad.

This is completely because he thinks his father has a long life.

His father seized the country through a coup in the palace. Isn't he afraid that the Turkic people will suddenly rise up and give him a coup in the palace?
Anyway, when reading history books, Li Yuanji really didn't understand what Li Chengqian in history thought.

Let's say he is a second idiot, he is quite smart, and has a handsome evaluation.

In layman's terms, it means that he is not only handsome, but also smart since he was a child.

But what he did has nothing to do with being smart.

Now, Datang did not make an alliance with the Turks in Weishui, and Jieli did not lead hundreds of thousands of soldiers to Chang'an, but was defeated by Datang in Gyeongju. majestic.

It stands to reason that he should no longer worship Turkic people, and he will no longer act as Turkic people.

However, seeing how he likes Hu Fu very much now, it is better to break it in order to prevent it from getting worse.

After all, in this matter, he not only lost his own people, but also the people of Datang. As a member of Datang, for the sake of his future reputation, he still has to work hard to straighten him. good.

Straightforward in every way.

After all, historically he has not only this problem, but also other problems.

"why?"

Li Chengqian obviously didn't expect Li Yuanji to veto his preferences so firmly, he was a little dazed for a while, and he didn't recover until the cold wind on the lake penetrated into his neckline, and then asked blankly.

Li Yuanji looked directly at Li Chengqian, and said loudly: "Because we are Han people, we can only wear Han clothes. Even if we are learning archery, we still have to wear Han clothes."

Li Chengqian blinked and was a little confused. He felt that Li Yuanji's words were arrogant and unreasonable, but he didn't know how to refute them.

Li Shimin, who poked half of his head out of the cabin, knew how to refute, but there were some things he couldn't say.

The Li family has Hu blood, especially the fact that the second generation of the Li family has Hu blood. This is a well-known fact, and no matter how much you can quibble, you can't quibble.

But having it is one thing, admitting it is another.

At present, the main lineage of the Li family is Zhengshuo of the Han family, and they have worshiped the Taoist sage Lao Tzu as their ancestors. own face.

However, given Li Shimin's current situation, it's okay to talk about it. After all, he has been demoted to a commoner, and there is no room for him to decline. Li Yuan can't really kill him, and Li Yuanji doesn't want to be charged with murdering his brother. , so even if he said that Li Shi was not, it would not do much to demolish Li Shi.

But they still didn't say anything in the end, and their awareness was very high.

He can compete with Li Jiancheng, seek Li Yuan's position, or kill brothers and nephews, but when it comes to safeguarding the reputation of the Li family and the stability of the Li family, he will firmly stand with everyone in the Li family.

This is the benefit of a clan-centric society.

All members of the clan will involuntarily and subconsciously safeguard the interests of the clan.

Whoever dares to betray the clan, whoever dares to betray the interests of the clan, is the sworn enemy of everyone in the clan.

"Come on! Put it on!"

With Li Chengqian's expression of bearing the burden of humiliation, Li Yuanji roughly tore off his Hu suit, and took off his royal suit for him to put on.

The unique royal clothes not only symbolized the nobility of the prince, but also the power to oversee the country, and he was not happy that his father had never worn it.

"Why, there are thorns in my clothes?"

While Li Chengqian was fiddling with the royal clothes, Li Yuanji asked with a bluffing face.

Li Chengqian didn't say a word, he just wanted to take off the royal clothes and put back his Hu clothes.

Li Yuanji dragged Li Chengqian into the cabin, not letting him pick up the torn Hu suit.

Li Shimin looked at his son's pitiful appearance of being bullied, and finally couldn't help it, "Yuan Ji, you are an elder after all, is it interesting to bully a child?"

Li Yuanji took Li Chengqian to the cabin and sat down, and said to Li Shimin unceremoniously: "Am I bullying him? I'm teaching him!"

Li Shimin sneered with a look of 'Do you think I look like a fool': "What are you teaching him, teaching him to recognize that he is a Han Chinese, teaching him not to wear Hu clothes?
Hufu is a must-have clothing for learning infantry. He has just reached the age of learning infantry. What should he wear if he doesn't wear Hufu?
That is to say, he needs to be equipped with armor when riding a horse, otherwise he will have to wear a Hu suit and learn how to shoot horses! "

In ancient times, it didn't mean that if you had a bow, you could draw it, and you could shoot an arrow, you could be called archery.

The ancients divided archery into two parts, one is foot shooting and the other is horse shooting.

As the name suggests, foot archery means that infantry shoot arrows while standing on the ground, and horse archery means cavalry shoot arrows while straddling horseback.

One is to locate on the spot and shoot a moving target, and the other is to shoot a moving target while moving, so the requirements for archery are different.

Often those who are good at foot archery are not necessarily good at horse archery, and those who are good at horse archery are not necessarily good at foot archery, so both archery skills must be learned.

In the past, when iron smelting technology and various survival skills were backward, leather armor and iron armor were very precious, so most people wore Hu suits when they were learning to ride and shoot.

After iron smelting technology and various survival skills were improved, people began to wear armor when learning horse shooting.

The advantage of doing this is to get used to how to shoot arrows while wearing armor in advance, and to practice muscle memory in advance.

Of course, you can practice wearing Hufu, but after getting used to Hufu, wearing armor, especially iron armor, and shooting arrows, you will feel uncontrollable.

Therefore, anyone who has the conditions at home will wear a suit of armor to learn horse shooting.

There is no doubt that Mrs. Li has this condition.

That's why Li Shimin said this.

Otherwise, Li Shimin would not talk about infantry shooting and horse shooting separately, but say it together as "what to wear if you learn archery without wearing a Hu suit".

Facing Li Shimin's cynicism, Li Yuanji still said bluntly: "I'm not saying that he should not wear Hu clothes, I just don't want him to treat Hu clothes as normal clothes."

Li Shimin sneered, "So what if you treat the Hufu as ordinary clothes?"

Li Yuanji did not answer Li Shimin's question, but instead asked: "Second brother really thinks so?"

Li Shimin was stunned, and the sneer on his face disappeared instantly. After turning his eyes around Li Chengqian, he frowned and said, "When you don't learn archery, don't wear Hu suit..."

The Li family still hasn't gotten rid of the criticism of their blood. Li's descendants are imitating the Hu people everywhere. If they act like the Hu people, they will be laughed to death by those aristocratic families who think they are descendants of the Han family.

No matter how you say it now, the Li family is still the royal family, the number one in the world, so they have to protect their face to some extent.

Historically, after Li Shimin killed his brother and brother, his face was gone, so he didn't have to care about some things.

But now the Li family has not killed brothers and sisters, so the face that should be maintained must be maintained.

This is like a person who sticks to his bottom line before doing something wrong. Once he does something wrong, he starts to let himself go, and the bottom line continues to decline.

Of course, Li Shimin followed what Li Yuanji said, and in the end he still expressed his opinion, "Are you making a big deal out of a molehill?"

I'm doing it for your son's good too!
If you don't want to see your son keep clamoring and clamoring to go to Turkic to serve as a general for other Turkic chiefs.I don't want to see your son having an affair with a child, so just shut up obediently.

Li Yuanji slandered in his heart.

None of these things happened yet, so he couldn't tell Li Shimin directly.

(End of this chapter)