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The First Female Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty Text Volume Chapter 189 On the second day of the fast, Li Yuan prepared to reward the soldiers for their merits.

After reading a list of recipients drafted by Li Yuan, the decorated official said to Li Yuan: "Mr. Tang, there are many people with slave backgrounds in the army. I think their rewards should be reduced by three levels."

Li Yuan heard his contempt and couldn't help but glance at him. Jinyang family, no wonder he despised those soldiers who were slaves.

However, Li Yuan had great ambitions and pursued a combination of kindness and power.

Li Yuan looked at the officials who were being awarded honors and said seriously: "Among the flying stones and arrows, among the swords, guns, swords and crossbows, there is no distinction between high and low. Why should there be no distinction between high and low when judging merit and rewards?"

"Since everyone is equal on the battlefield, it should be the same off the battlefield. You will be rewarded for your merits."

When the decorated officials heard this, they looked ashamed and stepped aside.

In this attack on Huoyi City, with the help of siege equipment and the powerful generals such as Cheng Zhijie acting as vanguards, Li Yuan's side only lost a few hundred people, but captured 20,000 Sui troops.

All 20,000 prisoners were incorporated into the army, and Li Yuan's army quickly increased to 50,000.

After capturing Huoyi City, Li Yuan was not in a hurry to go south, but just like in Xihe County, he generously awarded officials to the young talents in Huoyi City.

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin still brought their guards to maintain order at the scene, while Wang Yu helped Li Yuan think of an official name.

This time, Li Yuan called one of his attendants, Momo, and asked Wang Yu to sit next to him, reminding him only of his official name.

Wang Yu had a solemn face, and she felt happy when she saw each of the "young talents" holding fluttering appointment certificates and smiling from ear to ear.

After the official sealing was over, Pei Ji couldn't help admonishing Li Yuan: "Tang Gong, you granted more than a thousand officials in Xihe County, and when you arrived in Huoyi City, you granted another 800 officials. Isn't this too excessive?

"I fear it will cause a flood!"

Looking at Tang Gong's momentum, he clearly plans to do the same thing wherever he goes. If this continues, is it okay?

Li Yuan smiled: "You have also seen how happy the people are after being appointed officials, how much they support me, and how kind they are to the soldiers.

"If you can use your official position to win people's hearts, why use swords and guns to persecute them?

"The imperial court was just too stingy, and that's why it lost people's hearts and ended up with rebellions everywhere. Why should we follow suit?"

Pei Ji thought for a while and felt that what Li Yuan said made sense, so he no longer objected.

From then on, every time Li Yuan captured a city, he would appoint officials on a large scale to calm people's hearts, and his subordinate officials would no longer raise any objections.

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On the second day of August, Li Yuan's army left Huoyi City and marched southward to Guanzhong. The march was unstoppable. When the rebels from far and near heard the news, they surrendered one after another.

On the fifth day of the lunar month, Linfen County was captured, and on the eighth day of the lunar month, Jiang County was captured.

After entering the county governor's house, Li Yuan said to Li Shimin: "Today is Xiao Yu'er's birthday. You go find two maids to help Xiao Yu'er bathe and fast."

Li Shimin ordered people to summon the maids from the governor's mansion. Remembering that Wang Yu once told him that he liked the maids around him most to be as beautiful as gods, he picked two maids with gorgeous looks but calm tempers, and ordered them to serve the king well.

Yu takes a bath.

This was Wang Yu's second birthday in ancient times. The first birthday was careless, but on the second birthday she fully realized the filial piety of the ancients.

It turns out that the ancients did not celebrate birthdays because many women were in extreme pain during childbirth and often lost one or two lives. Therefore, a woman's birth is an event that is both anticipated and feared.

In ancient times, people would bathe and fast on their birthdays to express their gratitude to their parents for their kindness in raising children and to fulfill their filial piety.

"Let's prepare the meal."

Watching the maid lay out the meals one by one, and then Li Shimin sat down behind the table with a calm expression, Wang Yu was a little surprised: "Don't you have to be busy with military affairs?"

Li Shimin pushed a plate of bamboo shoots in front of Wang Yu, "Aye, let me spend more time with you today."

Wang Yu said "Oh" and picked up vegetables to eat with low interest.

The dishes are all vegetarian and have no meaty taste at all. For Wang Yu, who loves meat and is growing in weight, this is a kind of torture.

However, thinking about today, Wang Yu has no interest in meat food.

Li Shimin ate in silence, glancing at Wang Yu from time to time, and saw that she looked sad and ate less than usual.

After the meal, Li Shimin asked her: "Do you want to take a rest early?"

Wang Yu shook his head: "I'll copy the scriptures for a while before going to bed."

"Then I'll accompany you." Li Shimin randomly picked a book from the desk and started reading.

Half an hour later.

Li Shimin looked at the night outside, stood up and walked towards Wang Yu: "It's getting late, you should rest."

When he got closer, he realized that what Wang Yu was copying was not a Buddhist scripture but a Taoist scripture.

"Baopuzi?"

Li Shimin picked up the book, stared at the cover, and looked a little ugly: "You said you are so young, what kind of book is not good for you to read, and you actually read this kind of book about alchemy?"

Wang Yu put down his writing brush, sorted out the copied scriptures, and said in a calm tone: "What happened to the alchemy?"

This casual tone makes people angry.

Li Shimin raised the book and wanted to hit her, but when the book was about to hit her head, he stopped again.

Thinking about today, Li Shimin suppressed the anger in his heart and tried to say in a calm tone: "Alchemy is a cultivation technique used by Taoist priests to pursue immortality, but eating these things cannot achieve the purpose of immortality.

"These cultivation techniques and alchemy methods are just nonsense. You are still young and don't understand the dangers involved.

"I thought you were curious last time and just read it once. I didn't expect you took it with you and read it so many times. Now you want to copy it?"

Li Shimin was very worried that Wang Yu was addicted to this way: "Tell me honestly, are you studying the art of alchemy?"

Wang Yu laughed: "Ha, I'm not interested in alchemy. You think too much."

I wonder where he saw that she was studying alchemy? However, an emperor would usually become particularly interested in alchemy in his later years.

Thinking of this, Wang Yu put down the paper in his hand, stared into Li Shimin's eyes and said, "Are you interested in alchemy?"

Li Shimin was asked inexplicably: "Why am I interested in this kind of thing? I don't believe that this thing can make people immortal."

That's good.

"Then what should you do if you suddenly become interested in these things when you get older?" Wang Yu kept his eyes on him.

Li Shimin's expression froze, and then he burst into laughter: "How is that possible? Even if I am old, I will not be so comatose."

After a pause, he said swornly: "I, Li Shimin, will never be interested in alchemy."

I hope you won't get slapped in the face one day. Wang Yu cursed and continued to pack the books.

How come you keep talking about him?

Li Shimin came to his senses, grabbed Wang Yu and asked again: "Since you are not interested in alchemy, why do you read this book over and over again?"

Wang Yu looked at the words she copied in silence for a long time, and then sighed quietly: "Actually...my grandfather was very interested in alchemy, and he collected many methods of cultivating immortality.

"He said that if he could live longer, he could protect his daughter and granddaughter longer."

Li Shimin was shocked. Except for her parents and master, Wang Yu had never mentioned other family members to them. Even if it was her parents and master, she would not take the initiative to talk about it unless they mentioned it.

The first time she heard her mention her grandfather, she was not happy. On the contrary, she looked very sad.

"... Later, my grandfather did not succeed. He left a month after my mother gave birth to me..."
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