Ji Tang

Chapter 1284 I'm Dumbfounded!

Yuchi Gong sighed on the side, Li Ji was proud, how difficult it was to admit that he was not as good as Ji Song.But it can also be seen from this that Li Ji really let go, otherwise it would not be the case.
"What are you doing, Mr. Ying? Does it mean that in Mr. Ying's mind, I, Ji Song, am such a mean-spirited person?"

Li Ji was stunned for a moment, but then he smiled bitterly, pointed at Ji Song and said, "You are still like this."

"Hahaha! Okay, it was all just misunderstandings. Now that we have said it, I will have to rely on you all from now on. I hope you will cooperate sincerely in the future to make the Tang Dynasty flourish forever!"

After what Li Chengqian said, Ji Song and Li Ji looked at each other and bowed together: "I will live up to the trust of the prince!"

"Okay, remember this. With Ziyi in charge of the military, everything will go smoothly. Your Majesty is in charge of the Military Justice Department and has a heavy responsibility to supervise military affairs. As long as you two are here, the Tang army will not be in chaos. There will be no escape!”

"Your Highness, Liao Zan!" The two of them dared not say it.

Yuchi Gong watched with enthusiasm, but it was a pity that he was a big boss. It was okay to let him charge into the battle, but it was really difficult for him to deal with military affairs. During this period, he was suffering a lot from sitting in Wuying Pavilion. If it weren't for Li Ji With help from it, something might happen.

As if he knew what he was thinking, Li Chengqian smiled and said: "The Duke of E is also the anchor of the Tang Dynasty. As long as you are still there, all the young people around will flee. From now on, the safety of Chang'an City will be left to you."

Before Yuchi Gong could speak, Li Chengqian said again: "This is also what my father meant!"

"My lord, do you dare to spare your life?"

Yuchi Gong's expression was serious. He didn't expect that his little thoughts would be noticed by the prince, and he felt a little embarrassed.But when he heard that this was what His Majesty meant, his eyes suddenly turned red.

What kind of trust is it to put the safety of Chang'an City in his hands?
Boom~ boom~ boom~
At this moment, there was a rumbling sound outside the city and the city wall trembled a little. Everyone's expressions changed and they all looked outside the city.When a banner of 'General Conquering the West' appeared in front of everyone's eyes, they all became excited!

The army of conquering the west is back!
At this time, people outside and inside the city were all onlookers. After learning that the army had triumphed, they all came outside the west gate or on Zhuque Street to watch as soon as possible today.

Although the Tang Dynasty has achieved great successes since the founding of the country, such great victories as this time when it conquered more than twenty countries in the Western Regions, expanded the territory thousands of miles, and defeated the Western Turks and the Great Eclipse. The last time was the destruction of Goguryeo, and the last time was the Desert. North Main Street.

After all, this is only the third time!

Not only the people of Chang'an, but also young people from many surrounding places came to Chang'an in advance, just to see this victorious army in the Western Regions showing off its power, first destroying the Western Turks, and then defeating the Dashi.

At this time, not far from the city gate, after the soldiers raised their guard, You Ning came with everyone in his family, except the old lady.Ji Run was on duty beside the emperor, but today he was also sent to maintain law and order. You Ningze, his eldest daughter-in-law, and several children were watching from the carriage.

Even the banned kitten was released. Just looking at his happy and worried look, I don't know what he is worried about?
"Mom, when will dad come back?"

Ji Hao, who was already ten years old, looked at his mother and said, "Dad hasn't played with me for a long time. I miss him!"

The little girl on the side also said in a sweet voice, "Yaya misses daddy too!"

Xiaolian and Xiaozhu's eyes were reddish, and they held their two children tightly. Ji Hao was only ten years old this year, and the little girl was only five years old.It has been more than two years since her husband left. Ji Hao still has some impression of her husband, but the little girl has no impression at all. She just shouts after her brother!

"Yaya, dear, you will see Daddy soon, but Daddy is very busy. Can I play with you after Daddy comes home?"

The little girl didn't know why, but she still nodded obediently and said: "Yaya will be good, mother said, dad doesn't like children who are not good!"

You Ning felt very sad when she heard that. She did not want her husband to drag his disabled body to fight, but as a noble family, she knew that this was inevitable, and she just hoped that her husband would come back safely.

The person he had been waiting for so much was finally back. Thinking of this, he told Li Yu: "We'll see a few children later, and there won't be any mistakes in the army's triumphal ceremony."

"Don't worry, Mom, I will pay attention!"

Xiaozhu and Xiaolian also said quickly: "Sister, don't worry, Yaya and Hao'er are both well-behaved!"

You Ning nodded. Thinking of seeing her husband soon, she felt an urge to cry.Although the other party paid the price for the cynicism at the Queen's last banquet, who can know the grievances in her heart?
She didn't realize it before, but when everything really came to bear on her, she realized how much pressure her husband was under.There are enemies on all sides, and hypocrisy in front of and behind everyone.

If she wasn't careful, she might fall into a trap set by others, and she was already exhausted from dealing with it.She really couldn't imagine what kind of changes would happen to her family once her husband failed to come back.
On the city wall, Li Chengqian saw the menacing and powerful men galloping slowly towards him, and he felt heroic in his heart.But it’s not the time for me to appear on stage yet.

"Gong of the State of Xi, Ji Song!"

"Chen is here!"

Li Chengqian said in a deep voice: "As the commander-in-chief of the army, how can I be absent from this matter? I am alone in leading the army to accept the triumphal ceremony!"

Ji Song opened his mouth to speak, but when he saw Li Chengqian's pleading eyes, he suddenly froze, knowing that things were not that simple here, and finally nodded and said: "My lord, take the order!"

"Send the order, raise the flag of my commander, and send the order to the whole army to advance slowly!"

Liu Laoer said loudly: "No!"

"Send the order, raise the flag!"

dong dong dong~
The war drums on the top of the city rang loudly, and the flag soldiers were ordered to stand on the top of the city and raise flags. In the middle of the galloping army, Cheng Yaojin pricked up his ears and then shouted: "Send the order, the whole army slows down!"

"The general has ordered the entire army to slow down!"

"The general has ordered the entire army to slow down!"

"The general has ordered the entire army to slow down!"

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Cheng Yaojin picked up his binoculars and looked towards the top of the city. He saw that the orderly soldiers were shouting flags, and there was a person sitting beside him. Who could it be if it wasn't Ji Song?

"This is the general commanding the army. Pass on the order. The whole army slows down and obeys the command from the top of the city!"

After saying that, he was a little confused and said: "Didn't I say before that he wouldn't show up for this show of victory? What now?"

"Why else? Didn't you see that the prince is at the top of the city? The palace must have known about the general's return to Chang'an. The general wants to hide away for a while, but his majesty and the prince must agree!"

Su Lie had already complained about the general's failure to attend the victory ceremony. This was the most glorious moment for the triumphal army, and some people might not see it in their lifetime. Without the general's participation, it would be greatly compromised.

The general doesn't care if he is in a high position, but the generals and soldiers below do.The army presented a victory report, such a major event that glorified the village, even ordinary soldiers were not honored. How could it just disappear for no reason?
Cheng Yaojin took another look, and hey, not only the prince, but also the old man Li Ji and the old man Yuchi Gong were also there.

"Tell the soldiers to use all their energy and energy. If anyone dares to lose his temper at this time, I will skin him."

"I'll obey!"

Everyone laughed when they heard this. This was their most glorious moment as soldiers. The prince personally welcomed him, and all the officials came out of the city to greet him. This kind of treatment has only been given three times since the founding of the country. No matter what, he can't let the chain slip!

Boom boom~
The army has slowed down, but how slow can the cavalry be?The scene, which was chaotic at first, slowly approached as the army slowly approached. A chilling atmosphere filled the air, and everyone became quiet.

All the officials at the city gate came out neatly. Xie Lian, Chu Suiliang, Changsun Wuji and others all appeared in front of the city gate.

Just when the army was about to hit the welcoming team, there was a commotion among the officials, and some officials even started fighting.A sense of suffocation made everyone hold their breath, but Xie Lian and others standing in front showed no change of expression, as if the people in front of them were not elites from all battles.

"Quiet!" Changsun Wuji is the oldest minister after all, and he is also Zuo Bushe, the bachelor of Qilin Pavilion.I saw him turning around and glaring at the officials and saying: "As imperial officials, why are you panicking when you see the triumphant army? Are they enemies?"

"Cheer up, I know. If anyone dares to embarrass himself at this time, I won't even give him a chance to embarrass him in the future!"

And just after he spoke, the drums on the top of the city stopped, and the flag bearer suddenly lowered the flag, and the cavalry who were less than ten steps away from the officials suddenly stopped.

From driving to stopping, it's like pressing the pause button, very abrupt!

"Prince is here!"

A passage separated among the officials, and Li Chengqian appeared in front of everyone, panting in a black and red four-clawed dragon robe.

"We pay homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Your Highness Wanan!"

In the triumphant army, Ji Song appeared in front of everyone at some point. He was riding in a chariot and sitting on a wheelchair. Although he was panting and not wearing armor, he was vaguely the leader among the generals, and they all fell. He took half a step.

"The army dismounts!"

Boom~
The movement of tens of thousands of cavalry dismounting at the same time was so shocking that it was like thunder and even the earth began to tremble.

"bye!"

Ji Song got off the chariot first, but he couldn't get up, so he could only sit in his wheelchair, bow and clasp his fists, saying: "Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince!" Behind him, tens of thousands of troops, led by Cheng Yaojin and others, knelt on one knee. Roared: "Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Meet Your Royal Highness!"

"Meet Your Royal Highness!"

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Li Chengqian's face was flushed with excitement at this time. Although he was the prince of the country, he had never been worshiped by a large army before. The feeling of being worshiped by everyone was completely different from the worship of hundreds of officials. It was the power and confidence of holding the army. a!

"Duke Xi, please rise!"

"Generals, please stand up!"

"All the brave soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, please rise!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Ji Song said.

The generals also saluted again: "Thank you, Your Highness!"

Tens of thousands of soldiers even roared: "Thank you, Your Highness!"

After calming down the passion in his heart, Li Chengqian looked at Ji Song and said solemnly: "Did the army's expedition go smoothly?"

"Reporting to your highness, the army's conquest has been successful, and all the young people have bowed their heads wherever the King's Master passed. The Western Turks have been destroyed, and the great Tang soldiers have killed them back to their hometowns."

"I am mighty in Tang Dynasty!"

Cheng Yaojin and others as well as tens of thousands of soldiers raised their weapons and roared loudly: "Mighty! Mighty! Mighty!"

Holding back the pride and heroism in his heart, he continued to ask: "Now that we have won, what will be the result?"

Ji Song's answer was sonorous and loudly said: "The Western Turks who disturbed our Tang Dynasty have disappeared from now on. 50 soldiers and civilians have either died or been captured. There is no longer a name for Turks in the world!"

"It devoured an army of 50 people, killed and wounded more than [-] people, and captured more than [-] people. The rest are like bereft dogs, and there is nothing to worry about."

"More than twenty people destroyed the country, all of them were rebellious officials and traitors. The Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu, Big and Small Bolu, Huo Xun, etc., all no longer exist in the world!"

Li Chengqian was extremely excited when he heard that he had destroyed more than [-] countries and millions of people. What a feat this was.

But he still suppressed the mood of shouting and said excitedly: "Is there any gain?"

Ji Song paused, but he didn't expect Li Chengqian to ask this question at this time?After all, trees are huge, shouldn’t the spoils be shared behind closed doors?

But since you asked, the emperor must know, and there must be a reason for it.

"Returning to Your Highness, I captured more than [-] shi of grain stored by the enemy. The Tang Dynasty expanded thousands of miles east to west and nearly two thousand miles north to south. We received war compensation of tens of millions of gold coins, which is equivalent to..."

He looked at everyone and said loudly: "The equivalent of about 30 kilograms of gold."

Boom~
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the scene went crazy. Whether it was the officials looking around at the prince or the people around him, they were all dumbfounded.

30 pounds of gold?How many times is that?

Li Chengqian was also confused at this time. He was also a little confused now. Although they knew what kind of compensation they would get, thousand-year gold coins, they did not know the specific concept of gold coins. They all thought that the compensation was not a lot, but now they heard that it was worth 30 kilograms of gold. Now I couldn't sit still at all.

"Seriously? Is it really worth thirty pounds of gold?"

Changsun Wuji lost his composure in front of everyone for the first time. No wonder, what is the concept of 30 kilograms of gold?Nowadays, copper coins can be exchanged for one tael of silver.One tael of gold can be exchanged for about fifteen copper coins.

One pound of gold is 150 guan. How many guan of copper coins can be exchanged for 35 jins of gold?Wait, his mind is a little confused, but with his arithmetic knowledge, he really can't figure it out for a while.

Xie Lian figured it out, but just because he figured it out, he couldn't believe it.

"One thousand seventy-five million dollars." Xie Lian murmured.

"what?"

Li Chengqian didn't hear clearly for a while and asked anxiously: "How much is it?"

"Your Highness."

Xie Lian swallowed his saliva and said absentmindedly: "One thousand and seventy-five million dollars, it turned out to be one thousand and seventy-five million dollars. Oh my god, this is almost half of the national treasury!"

If everyone just thought that there were a lot of people, they had every concept in their minds, but when Xie Lian mentioned the unit that everyone was familiar with, everyone was dumbfounded.

"That's right. I calculated it. It's 750 million yuan. I calculated it three times and it's not wrong."

At this time, an official from the Ministry of Household Affairs spoke up and confirmed the matter.Changsun Wuji was silent. He looked at Ji Song as if he had seen a ghost. Fighting in other countries consumes national power, but Ji Song's war brought in half of the national treasury, not counting the 80 stone granary.

If everyone was like this, the Tang Dynasty could reach the horizon
(End of this chapter)