My harem can't be this messy

Chapter 22 Choosing a Docile Filly
It was also the year before last that Tubo Zanpu Songtsen Gampo was completely terrified. Faced with the situation that the main force of the Tang army led by Hou Junji hadn't made a move yet, several Tang vanguard troops beat the Tubo army to the point of crying. Fleeing, not daring to fight.

Songtsen Gampo was frightened, so he hurriedly wrote to the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, and sent envoys to Chang'an with a large amount of gold and silver treasures to ask for a marriage.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the 15th year of Zhenguan, Princess Wencheng set off from Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty to marry Tubo.Princess Wencheng is not Taizong's daughter or sister, but the daughter of a distant relative of the clan.

It can be said that it is just a daughter of the same clan. Using the standard of later generations, both of them have the surname Li, and the blood relationship is extremely weak, but it can barely be proved through the genealogy that one of them is the aunt of a relative of a relative of the other.

Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, and Tubo no longer dared to mess around on the plateau.

It is naturally impossible to contain Tubo just by making peace, and there is really no peace in the border between the two countries because of peace in history.

In the final analysis, it was still relying on force. Tubo Zanpu was afraid of the military power of the Tang Dynasty, so he really didn't dare to fight anymore, and if he fought again, he would be beaten out of the sky.And Datang didn't have much ambition to annex high-altitude areas. It was desolate and barren, sparsely populated, and there was nothing that Datang valued, so it was peaceful.

The Tang Dynasty was the world that fought immediately, and from the founding of the country to the present, it has always attached great importance to force. For the army at this time, war horses are naturally an extremely important measure of force.

Not only horses are raised in the palace, but many are raised.

Hearing the neighing of the horse at this moment, Li Zhi quickened his pace, and Xia He and Chun Tao naturally also quickened their pace.

After a while, the stables were already in sight, and the stables stretched across a stretch. You could see a large number of palace servants raising horses here. After seeing King Jin, several servants rushed to pay a visit.

"His Royal Highness, are you here to choose horses?"

"Well, let those of you who know horses the most come here to meet me!"

"Yes, Your Highness, wait a moment, I'll look for it right away."

The servant quickly trotted to find someone, and Li Zhi wandered around the stable.

The horses raised in the palace have three main purposes, the most important being used by the imperial guards in the palace. At this time, the palace guards of the Tang Dynasty mainly consist of three parts, the guards on the left and right, the guards on the left and right, and the guards on the left and right. , Qianniuwei is his father's personal guard.

There is also the Beiya Forbidden Army stationed outside the Xuanwu Gate. These troops stationed will use war horses, which is the main purpose of feeding war horses in the palace.At this time, the father also set up flying cavalry, which was first set up in the 12th year of Zhenguan, so naturally war horses were also used.

The second is that the father likes polo. Because the father takes the lead in the palace, let alone the princes, most of the concubines and maids in the palace are good at riding horses, and their ball skills are amazing.

Polo naturally uses horses, which is the second use of horses.

The third is collection. My father loves horses, so he naturally raised many good horses selected from various places in the palace. Over the years, foreign countries have paid tribute, and they also prefer high-quality horses to pay tribute.

For example, in the Western Regions, the Hetian horses and Dawan horses there are famous all over the world, and naturally the father and emperor have treasures.

These horses are generally not allowed to be used by the army. They are carefully fed on weekdays and are used by the royal family.

Li Zhi wandered around the stables at random, and saw a lot of fat and tall war horses. He was already pinching his jaw and thinking about whether he would accidentally fall and become paralyzed while riding these horses to learn riding skills.

But if you don't learn, you can't!As the first prince of the Tang Dynasty, Jin Wang Li Zhi can't ride a horse, that's not a joke, and the most important thing is that he directly revealed his secrets, which can't be covered.

Li Zhi turned around for a while, and the servant had already led a veteran in Qianniuwei armor over.

"Chen Cheng met His Royal Highness King Jin!"

"Well, you don't need to be polite when you get up, you are the person who is most familiar with horses here."

"My subordinates know a little bit more. I don't know what kind of horse His Royal Highness Jin wants to choose. Here are some ordinary horses, and the good horses are still behind."

Li Zhi jumped a few times at the temples. Here is the most common horse, which is already so tall and mighty. How dare those excellent kings behind him learn how to ride on it!
"Hey, I didn't come here to pick some famous horses and BMWs. Doctor Zhang told me before I came that this king is only suitable for riding docile and well-behaved fillies at this time. Are there any here? By the way, the best ones are from Longxi. Filly."

Li Zhi doesn't know how to show off at this time, he is a beginner, and he wants a good Dawan horse, isn't that just looking for excitement.

After hearing King Jin's words, Chen Cheng's eyes also changed a few times.

"Your Highness, of course there are horses born in Longxi, I will take His Highness down to pick them."

Chen Cheng led the way, and Li Zhi had a taste of the grandeur of the royal horse breeding place at this time. It was indeed worthy of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The horse breeding place alone was comparable to a large park in later generations. how many horses.

After a while, Chen Cheng stopped in front of a stable, and Chen Cheng pointed to several stables in front of him.

"Your Highness, here are Longxi horses, which horse does His Highness like? This subordinate has someone prepare a saddle for His Highness."

"I asked you to come, just to let you choose. Remember, you must be docile. This king has just recovered, but he can't deal with a fierce horse."

"Yes, this subordinate will do it!"

Let Li Zhi choose by himself. Where did he choose? He can recognize the male and female by looking at the horses. It depends on the big stallion owning one. Cough cough, what, everyone knows it, so they can tell the difference.

As for the horse's appearance and temperament, Li Zhi didn't know anything about it.

Forcibly pretending to be coercive will only increase the jokes of others. Besides, learning riding skills is no more dangerous than others.

After a while, Chen Cheng brought a bay red filly over.

"Your Highness, this is a five-year-old mare with the most docile temperament. It has never been irritable when it is fed here."

Li Zhi stretched out his hand to caress the young mare's back, turned around deliberately, and then lay down to look at the horse's belly, confirming that it was a mare.

"Are you sure this horse is docile?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness, Longxi horses are inherently docile, and this horse is the most docile among these Longxi horses."

"Okay, saddle up!"

Chen Cheng asked someone to prepare the saddle, Li Zhi asked Xia He to lead the horse, and the three of them came to a racecourse, which was surrounded by a fence. In the racecourse, there were a few courtiers training the horses. At the palace man's place, an old servant next to him was teaching him how to ride a horse.

Seeing King Jin, the old servant who taught riding quickly stopped and greeted King Jin.

"Okay, don't be too polite, you can continue to work on your work, this king is just looking at it casually!"

Li Zhi stood aside, naturally he did not leave.Sister, I am going to steal my teacher here, and rely on my own groping when I leave, isn't that just looking for a fall!
Seeing that King Jin was at the side, the servant showed his intentions at this time, and explained in more detail. He also demonstrated several times in person, how to mount a horse, how to control it, and what to pay attention to. He spared no effort in teaching him.

(End of this chapter)