Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 453 Two Dragons (5)

After Qin Qiong left, Xu Qing also began to tidy up his appearance, put on his swallow clothes, and took Xun Xueer straight to the East Palace.Xun Xueer was also wearing Jinshang Junjun's big swallow costume, full of flowers, like a fairy descending from the earth.The carriage ran slowly, followed by twenty guards with halberds, followed by cattle grazing Wangshan on the left and right, and they were riding tall horses.In addition, gongs are played to clear the way, flowers are used to bring blessings, and wine is used to get rid of evil.Such specifications are only possessed by Xu Qing, the Marquis.

Wei Xian also followed.

When they arrived at the Taiji Palace, everyone dismounted from their horses. When Xu Qing inquired, it turned out that today is still the day of going to court.The prince just participated in the ceremony at the beginning, and then he was given back to the East Palace to rest. Of course, he slightly mentioned the achievements of the prince in the Xue Yantuo area in the north, and praised him verbally.As the crown prince is supreme, other rewards are already dispensable, and a verbal praise can instead show Li Yuan's rigor in teaching his son, or show that the crown prince is strict with himself, like a sage.

When the crown prince returned to the East Palace, Xu Qing and Xun Xueer had already arrived.With Li Chengdao's reception, everything went smoothly.Soon, both the crown prince and the crown princess met Xu Qing, so the crown princess went to play with Xun Xueer, while Xu Qing discussed matters with the crown prince in the study.

"Hey, sister Xue'er, my sister wants to ask you something..." The princess leaned in front of Xun Xueer and said softly, "Well, the soap that is often found in the palace of Wan Guifei is made by your family Xu Qing?"

Xun Xueer smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, the soap is indeed a product of our family, but the output is not high. By the way, didn't the imperial concubine say that she used it for herself, why is it still common in the palace?"

"That, it was given to me by Concubine Wan Gui. Only me and Princess Qin, and Princess Qi have a little bit, followed by Li Chengdao and Li Chengqian."

"So that's how it is," Xun Xue'er reminded: "Princess Concubine, the production of this soap is very small, and it is not easy for me to take it out, so I ask the Crown Princess not to tell this matter."

The Crown Princess hurriedly nodded and said: "Of course it is, how can I not understand? Hehehe... Come, come, sister Xue'er, would you like some wine?"

Xue'er nodded and said, "I only drink rum, and I want it clear."

The princess smiled and said, "Wen'er has given up breastfeeding, right?"

Xue'er smiled and said: "Yes, Wen'er has been quit for almost half a month, and now I can eat a bowl of rice every day, and I like to eat vegetable leaves. Before I quit breastfeeding, my house just didn't let me drink. I actually miss it a lot.”

While speaking, a glass of purple wine was brought up, and the princess smiled and said, "This is newly made by your winery based on the wine from the Western Regions. Hehehe, I'm afraid you, the mistress, haven't tasted it yet."

Xun Xueer looked at the wine in front of her in amazement, sniffed it and found that it was not strong, but had a very strong fruity aroma, she took a sip and said: "Not bad, this wine is very fragrant, but I don't know when it was made. It was developed, and I was busy with my children, so I really didn’t know about this wine.”

The princess said proudly: "I asked the supervisor to make this wine. The Putao that I brought back from the Western Regions turned out to be dried Putao. I let the water soak the Putao before serving the wine. Medicine."

"Pu Taogan? This is rare. When I was in Cangzhou, my family's caravan brought back a lot from the Western Regions, but now they are gone."

The princess and Xun Xueer drank wine, and Li Jiancheng also held Xu Qing's hand tightly, talking about their past friendship.

"Prince, you, don't do this..." Xu Qing broke free from Li Jiancheng's hand, and said, "I don't know why the prince called me here?"

"Hahaha, Xu Qing, I can't help but be happy to see you alone, you are really a lonely lucky general." Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "I called you this time, I just want to talk about the battle against Xue Yantuo, over there The establishment of prefectures and counties is basically safe, but people's hearts are unpredictable, I am afraid that as soon as the Xiongnu soldiers arrive, Xue Yantuo's prefectures and counties will rebel."

Xu Qing thought in his heart, talking about Xue Yantuo's affairs so obliquely, isn't it just to ask me for an idea.I know other things, because I have a rough interpretation of history and thousands of years of advanced knowledge, but I, Xu Qing, am not like a farmer in the countryside if I really want to deal with these current matters.Xu Qing quickly shook his head and said, "Oh, this matter is difficult."

Li Jiancheng was really taken aback, looked at Xu Qing and said, "You can't think of a way to do this?"

Xu Qing shook his head and said: "As the crown prince said, people's hearts are unpredictable. I will at most appease the survivors of Xue Yantuo, but whether to surrender or not is a matter in their hearts. We can win the battle, but it is people's hearts. However, the prince has a One thing that was done well was to separate Xue Yantuo’s nobles from the common people and free the slaves. The nobles and the common people were separated, and Xue Yantuo’s people could not form a unified opinion. In this way, the loss of Xue Yantuo’s rebellion could be reduced. Those slaves are afraid of rebellion If you become a slave, you will definitely organize people to help Datang resist the Turks."

The prince nodded and said: "This statement is reasonable, but I can't just do nothing, right? I'm thinking, can I move it to the south, where there are few horses, so it's not good to let them raise horses there?"

"The prince can't. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao fought with Sun Quan and wanted to move the people in Huainan to Huaibei. This order was not issued, but it was passed on to the people, so the people in Huainan moved to Sun Quan's territory instead." Xu Qing said again: "If the prince I want to do something, instead of preventing the Xue Yantuo people from rebelling, otherwise the Turkic people will not dare to accept Xue Yantuo's rebellion. Therefore, the prince will continue to give Xue Yantuo people heavy rewards."

"This plan is very good!" Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "You still said that you can't think of a way, isn't this the way?"

Xu Qing felt uncomfortable, this method was not so easy to think about, it was just a moment of inspiration.However, whether this strategy will work or not, Xu Qing has a feeling in his heart that this strategy may be to beat a dog with meat buns, and those heavy rewards will never be returned.

Then, some of Li Jiancheng's confidants and generals came to pay a visit, but Xu Qing had never heard of their names.It seems that when Li Shimin eliminated Li Jiancheng's influence, he worked meticulously.Xie Shufang and Feng Li and Xu Qing knew each other, so they sat with them.

When the wine was half drunk, he was watching the singing girls dance, and a person hurriedly ran outside, went to the prince and whispered: "Your Highness, at the court meeting just now, the emperor Qiankun arbitrarily withdrew King Qin's general Tiance, only The post of Shang Shuling is left."

Li Jiancheng was taken aback for a moment, and waved him out. Others such as Xu Qing also looked at Li Jiancheng.Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "That second brother of mine, really, dared to stay in Lingzhou and not return to court. It's a pity that his father has removed him from the position of General Tiance."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present showed a little indescribable smile.However, Xu Qing's face darkened, Li Jiancheng saw it and asked, "Xu Qing, what do you think about this?"

Xu Qing pondered, revoking King Qin's Tiance General was actually what Li Yuan and the prince had always wanted to do.Because a king of Qin with great military power, being absolutely big is not conducive to the transfer of supreme power.But now that the position of General has been removed, King Qin is really powerless?
Impossible, if the position of a general can take away the prestige of King Qin in the army, then the Xuanwumen Incident would not have happened.

Li Shimin has been in the Shence Army for so long. From top to bottom in the army, everyone is under Li Shimin's power. That is to say, even if Li Shimin is demoted to a commoner, the Tiance Army still belongs to Li Shimin.Therefore, the removal of the post of general is at most a slap in the face of Li Shimin.

However, Li Shimin is a figure of the emperor through the ages, how could he willingly endure this humiliating slap?Xu Qing was thinking that if Li Shimin fought trapped beasts, who would be able to resist it if he mobilized the army to rebel overnight?
Therefore, Xu Qing said to Li Jiancheng: "His Royal Highness, the King of Qin and you are brothers. It is said that if the son does not teach, the father's fault, the younger brother will be punished. As an elder brother, shouldn't you do something?"

Li Jiancheng was taken aback, and the other generals also frowned and stared at Xu Qing.Xu Qing shook his head in his heart. Li Jiancheng didn't understand what he meant, so he continued: "The Tiance Army is one of the arms of the imperial court. King Qin has led the Tiance Army for many years, and it is also an indispensable core of the Tiance Army. If King Qin leaves, I'm afraid Tiance's army will be in chaos."

If Li Jiancheng still doesn't understand this, then the prince should leave it to King Qin.After hearing this, Li Jiancheng bowed his head and began to think deeply. Suddenly, he stood up and said, "Oh, I and my second brother were born from the same mother, so they should be one body. The second brother is punished, so I can't bear it. Gu is going to intercede for my second brother!"

"His Royal Highness, the matter of the King of Qin is an order from His Majesty. Doesn't His Highness violate the sacred order by going to intercede?"

Many generals present don't understand, when you are fighting for the throne, what kind of brotherhood do you care about.Wouldn't it be better for King Qin to be dismissed as a general?
Li Jiancheng waved his hand and said, "As Xu Qing said, the Tiance Army cannot do without his second brother, and the imperial court cannot do without the Tiance Army. Gu is not just pleading for his own brother, but also leaving an army capable of conquering and fighting for the imperial court. .”

"His Royal Highness, King Qin..."

"You don't need to say anything, I'm lonely."

In fact, besides what Xu Qing said, Li Jiancheng realized something else.Li Yuan issued this decree, it seems that he was waiting for Li Jiancheng to disobey, because once Li Jiancheng interceded, Li Yuan could "treat King Qin leniently".What are the consequences of leniency?That is most likely to retain the position of Tiance General, but to split up the Tiance Mansion and reduce the strength of the Tiance Army in terms of strength.This is a strategy that kills two birds with one stone. It not only lets the people who don't know the truth know the prince's filial piety, but also solves the serious problem.

The crown prince is going to intercede, so this banquet will be nothing more than that, and everyone has rotted in their stomachs what was said at the banquet.Now that he was in the palace, Xu Qing also went to Xuanwu Gate to take a look, and told Zhuge Yan and Wei Xian to pay attention to the movement in the army.The king of Qin is back, the crown prince is back, some restless factors may break out at this time.

In addition, Xu Qing also told the people in the dark river that it is best to find fifty people who have hooked up with King Qin during this time period, and then secretly report them to get rid of them.

(End of this chapter)