Chapter 129: National celebration

It is rare in the history of the Tang Dynasty to gain such support from the people. Before that, only Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Gaozong of Tang had such honor. Li Jing attacked Yinshan at night and destroyed the Eastern Turks, and the whole country was thrilled. After Su Dingfang led his army to fight westward, the Tang people were once again in full bloom.

In addition, even if Wu Zetian regained the four towns of Anxi, she did not receive so cheers and support from the people.

Of course, taking down the Shibao City is not comparable to the destruction of the Eastern Turks by Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Gaozong of Tang. However, due to the particularity of the Shibao City, the Tang people were dreaming of restoring the Shibao City. Now that the dream comes true, the people have worshipped Ruizong as a saint in their minds.

There is another reason why the people are so happy. That is, since the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Western Turks in 657, it has been silent for a while and has made no great achievements in military merits. Wu Zetian regained the four towns of Anxi and made contributions to the Tang Dynasty's ownership of the Western Regions. The four towns of Anxi were originally from the Tang Dynasty, and it was natural to regain it. It was impossible to ask the people to have fun.

This wonderful feeling cannot be described by words. Ruizong acted as an emperor and stood on the top of the city and allowed the people to praise him. Ruizong had heard many flatteries in his life. The court officials' flatteries were as witty words as beads, but the simple words that were not as exciting as the ordinary people made him excited.

Duan Hui and Ruizong have known each other for decades, but they have never seen Ruizong enjoy such an enjoyment. At this moment, if the enviable things such as delicacies and beauties are right in front of you, Ruizong will definitely regard them as worn-out clogs.

"Congratulations to the emperor!" Princess Taiping came over quickly and gave a blessing to Ruizong Yingying.

"Little sister, so are you!" Ruizong smiled and reached out to stop her, and said with a smile: "Little sister, you came too timely. Look, look, the people are really too simple!"

Simple is just another way to say cute.

Princess Taiping stood beside Ruizong with a smile: "Fifth brother, if the younger sister remembers correctly, the only thing that the people spontaneously came to the palace to congratulate is Emperor Taizong who destroyed the Eastern Turks and the father destroyed the Western Turks. Unexpectedly, decades have passed, and this grand occasion has reappeared today. This is the wise wisdom of the fifth brother!"

Emperor Taizong of Tang destroyed the Eastern Turks and deserved it to be admired by all people. Although Emperor Gaozong of Tang was a soft emperor, the Western Turks were indeed destroyed during his reign. The common people once worshipped him as a wise ruler, just like the Ruizong.

Princess Taiping's words were icing on the cake. Ruizong was so happy that he opened his mouth and pointed at Princess Taiping and smiled: "Little sister, how can you say everything you like with your mouth?"

"Fifth brother, it's not that my little sister says good things, but my little sister has to tell the truth! Fifth brother, do you know? My little sister came just now and couldn't come in from the main gate, but she came in from the side gate." Princess Taiping was very excited: "Fifth brother, you know, for many years, my little sister has not walked through the side gate. That was when she was playing when she was a child."

When I remembered the happy scenes of several brothers and sisters playing together when I was young, and now, the two of them are the two of them in the world, Ruizong couldn't help but feel depressed and his smile froze.

Princess Taiping found out that she had let go and hurriedly said, "Fifth Brother, it's time to be happy now, so I won't talk about these."

"Okay, don't say it, don't say it!" Ruizong looked at Li Longji who was walking over quickly and smiled even happier: "Sanlang, how did you arrive so close to the Eastern Palace? Your aunt arrived a long time ago."

Princess Taiping complained: "Longji, you have been smart and confused for a while. You worked hard to beat Shibao City and won. You are fine, you will not come for a long time."

This sounds like an elder criticizing his nephew, but in fact he is slandering Li Longji. He didn't even come to congratulate Shibao City earlier. What's the point of congratulations?

Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Ruizong was a little unhappy: "Longji, your aunt is right! You are the first to attack Shibao City. Now that you have been defeated, you are behind, are you unhappy?"

The purpose has been achieved, and Princess Taiping was secretly happy and stopped talking.

Li Longji said calmly: "When the father is responsible, the son is responsible for the crime. The father, the reason why Shibao City can be conquered is that Chen Wanrong is wise and wants Chen Wanrong to lead the troops to help the war. The son is responsible for working hard for the country and sharing the worries of the father is the duty of the son, and he dare not express his merits."

This modesty spirit made Ruizong nodded and he kept nodding.

Princess Taiping felt something was wrong and had not had time to speak. Li Longji continued: "Father, my son-in-law thought that the stone castle city was defeated. It is certainly a joy to have it, but this is just the beginning, and the victory is still behind."

"Wanrong and others did not stop for a moment and immediately advanced towards Tubo's heart. Tubo is almost the same as it will be." Ruizong agreed with this.

Li Longji spoke to himself: "It is a good thing for the people to be happy, but I was worried that something unexpected happened, so I just went to arrange it for a while. It was too late. I took the blame from my father!"

This is Li Longji. When others only care about joy, he sees the harmful side. When others see it, he sees it far away. When the people gather together, they may cause trampling and hurting, and it is more likely that people with ulterior motives will take the opportunity to do something illegal and have to be careful.

Who can say what Li Longji is worried about? Even Princess Taiping secretly praised Li Longji for his careful thoughts. She and Ruizong were only concerned about happiness, but they did not expect this matter, let alone make arrangements.

Ruizong was a little embarrassed, and pulled Li Longji and patted him on the back of his hand: "Longji, my father blamed you wrongly! Come on, you are busy with Shibao City during this period, so come and have a look."

Li Longji responded and stood beside Ruizong. Li Longji had only been in charge of the country for more than a year, but in a year he did something that Ruizong could not do for ten years. The people recognized him from the bottom of their hearts. When they saw him, they cheered in unison: "The prince is here, the prince is here!"

"Long live the prince, long live the prince!" I don't know which ordinary person was so happy that he actually called Li Longji.

Li Longji was still calm, and he waved his right hand to the people, with no joy on his face, nor any sign of misconduct.

While standing beside Ruizong, Princess Taiping ignored the people, no one cheered, and no one even mentioned her name. Regarding the power in the court, Princess Taiping is far stronger than Li Longji, but in the eyes of the people, Li Longji is far more than her.

In this situation, Princess Taiping's nose was almost turned crooked and she had to bear it. She made up her mind to find an opportunity to remove Li Longji, otherwise, if she continues to develop like this, she will not even have a chance.

The ministers arrived one after another and praised them. If Ruizong had not taken such praise seriously in the past, it was different today. The ministers' words were emotional and not a false story, which made Ruizong feel so good that he was extremely happy.

It was not until the joy was gone that Ruizong issued an order to hold a grand celebration in Chang'an. What Ruizong did not expect was that he had the intention to be lively and lively. However, the news of the revival of Shibao City spread as quickly as possible. Not only Chang'an, but also Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Yangzhou, Yingtian, Guangzhou, Youzhou, and Yizhou were all crowded with people and people gathered on the streets to recreate.

In a word, wherever there are people in the Tang Dynasty, there will be joy and laughter. For a moment, the whole Tang Dynasty was in full bloom, and the whole Tang Dynasty began a carnival that had not been seen in many years!

One of the most important consequences of the great victory in Shibao City was to boost the morale of the people of the Tang Dynasty. From princes and nobles to ordinary people, all of them had achieved unprecedented consensus. "It's time to let Tubo dogs taste the best!"

Ning County, the old house of Zheng Mansion, Chen Wang's face was filled with joy and said to Chen honestly: "Old man, I heard that the Shibao City has been defeated."

"I have to say this, I have heard about it for a long time. The gentlemen from the county hall and the students rushed to the county government to see Lord Meng. I didn't tell you the excitement. It's really amazing. I'll go and get together." Chen Laoshi touched his face and was very excited.

Chen Wangshi thought for a while and said, "Old man, I haven't seen Wanrong for a long time. Taking advantage of this great joy, we will go to Chang'an to meet Wanrong."

"Well! I think so too." Chen Wangshi nodded in agreement: "Woman, I won't do anything on this happy day, and I want all the villagers to enjoy it."

Chen Wangshi happily agreed: "Success, let's talk to Manager Ou now."

The couple agreed and were about to go to Ou Sheng to talk to him. Ou Sheng stepped in: "Uncle, Aunt Meng, Lord Meng has arrived, and he kept saying that he wanted to see you."

Since Meng Jianhui appointed Li Longji as the county magistrate, he has been working diligently. He often goes around the old house of Zheng Mansion and is considered an old acquaintance. But there is one thing that Meng Jianhui receives whenever he comes. It is rare to see the two elders by name, so the two elders were stunned.

Knowing that they had a natural fear of officials, Ou Sheng didn't say much and pushed the two out of the house. When he came to the living room, he saw that Meng Jianhui did not sit and eat tea as usual, but stood respectfully. When he saw the two elders coming in, he hurriedly bowed and bowed: "Mr. Meng Jianhui has met Mr. Chen! He has met the old lady!"

Every time he came, he called his uncle and aunt. He had never been called such an official title before. The two elders were stunned and stood there in a daze and could not speak.

Or Ou Sheng took over the conversation: "Mr. Meng, I wonder what you have to do?"

Meng Jianhui bowed his fists and bowed his body to ninety degrees: "Mr. Chen, old lady: The lower-ranking official Meng Jianhui congratulates you!"

"Happy together, happy together!" Chen Laoshi didn't know what he meant, and responded mechanically.

Chen Wang's mind moved faster: "Mr. Meng, where does the joy come from? Where can we be happy without leaving home?"

Meng Jianhui was still respectful: "The old lady asked, but the official dared not not answer. Mr. Chen, Mrs. Chen: You must have known the news of the great victory in Shibao City, so I won't say much. The official only said one thing. The reason why he was able to achieve such a great victory was because Mr. Chen led his army to assist in the war and took down Shibao City within an hour."

Chen Zhen asked blankly: "Mr. Meng, which Master Chen?"

Chen Wang praised: "This eldest son Chen is really capable. He took down the Shibao City as soon as he arrived. What a capable person!"

Meng Jianhui's eyes suddenly turned green and his feet stomped on the ground: "Who else can you? Of course it's your eldest son, General Chen Wanrong, and Chen."

Even Chen Wanrong became a general and even thought it was a bit funny. He never mentioned it to Chen and his wife. After hearing this, Chen and his wife would be evil if they believed it: "Mr. Meng, today is a festive day of the great victory in Shibao City. It is appropriate to tell a joke! It is appropriate!"

Don’t say that Chen and his wife don’t believe it, even Ou Sheng doesn’t believe it. He smiled and said, “Haha, Lord Meng, you can only say this today and you can’t say it in the future. You are an official, so don’t have to be afraid. Uncle and aunt are ordinary people and can’t afford it.”

He also listened to the joke. Meng Jianhui sighed, shook his head, took out the imperial edict from his arms, and said, "This is the imperial edict written by the emperor, you can see it yourself." He stuffed it into Chen Laoshi's hand.

Listening to the joke, Chen Laoshi was in a good mood. He picked up the imperial edict and stared at the boss, and didn't say anything for a long time.

Chen Wang glanced at the imperial edict, frowned, and reminded him: "Old man, I took it down. Old man, you are illiterate, how about the imperial edict?"

"Aren't you pretending? You're talking about me!" Chen Laoshi muttered dissatisfiedly and took the imperial edict.

Meng Jianhui then remembered that they were illiterate and had to wink at Ou Sheng. Ou Sheng smiled and said, "Uncle, aunt, I have never seen the imperial edict, so let me open my eyes."

Chen Laoshi was a little reluctant to leave and handed it to Ou Sheng. Ou Sheng took it, browsed a little, and almost fell to the ground, screaming: "The boss really... he really became a general! Uncle and aunt, Shibao City was taken down by the boss with cannons! Congratulations to uncle, congratulations to aunt!"

After a brief shock, Ou Sheng also accepted the fact that pie would fall from the sky, and was so happy: "The emperor said in the imperial edict that Lord Meng would come to congratulate you first. When the boss returns from the war, he will reward you!"

"Wan Rong is the general?" Chen Laoshi was stunned for a long time, and then thought it was true and shouted: "How is this possible?"

"Wanrong is so capable, what's impossible?" Chen Wang still had great confidence in Chen Wanrong.

"Yes, Wanrong is capable, Wanrong has become a general! Our Chen family has become a general!" Chen Laoshi was ecstatic and danced. Suddenly, he fell to the ground with a gurgle, his face turned pale, and his throat made a gurgle.

Mrs. Chen was so scared: "Old man! Old man!"

Ou Shengliu looked at it and comforted him: "Auntie, don't worry, it's because my uncle is overly happy and has dizzy phlegm, which is not a problem."

"That's good, that's good!" Chen Wangshi was a little relieved, and her neck tilted, fainted on Chen Laoshi's body, and the sound of her throat kept gurgling.

Another person with dizziness in phlegm, Meng Jianhui and Ou Sheng shook their heads against each other.

After Ruizong was happy, the first thing that came to mind was that this was Chen Wanrong's credit, so he had to reward him. However, Chen Wanrong was ahead and could not express his joy to him, which was a bit regretful. Ruizong thought that since he could not reward Chen Wanrong now, he could make his family happy first. The Zheng Mansion of Chang'an sent Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen to the place because they had a good relationship with Zheng Qing and were easy to speak.

As for Ning County, Ruizong personally planned to send an imperial edict to Meng Jianhui and asked him to take good care of Chen Laoshi and his wife. Ruizong had a good intention, but he didn't expect to cause such a problem.

Chen Wanrong didn't know what happened at home. Yu the carnival of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang soldiers who fought on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau were also unaware of it. They were advancing quickly towards the heart of Tubo.

If you look from the sky, a hundred thousand troops march on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, like a long dragon, rolling forward, without seeing the head in front and the tail in the back!

The distant mountains are green, the grass is like mushrooms, and the sheep are like snow. The grasslands in Dafeichuan are particularly beautiful.

Not far away stands a small city, made of green stone, which is extremely simple. Rather than a city, it is a piece of grass surrounded by bluestone, because there are no shops in the city. Not to mention that there are not a single shop, there are not many residents, and there are only some tents. Occasionally, Tubo people wearing leather felt can be seen wandering around casually.

Such a city would not be considered a city at all in the Tang Dynasty. But in Tubo, it was an important city in northern Dafeichuan, because there were a thousand Tubo troops stationed here.

The city is called "Cuo Nuo", which is the northern gate of the important economic support of Tubo. The reason why Dafeichuan is extremely important to Tubo is because Qinghai is here.

Qinghai is Qinghai Lake, which was called Xihai, Xianhai and Xianshui in ancient times. It was called Qinghai since the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Qinghai has beautiful mountains and pleasant scenery, not only because it has large grasslands, which facilitates the reproduction of cattle and sheep. It is an extremely important area in Tubo and is equivalent to the importance of Jiangnan to the Tang Dynasty.

If Qinghai is gone, Tubo's strength will decline a lot. It is precisely from this point of view that Songtsen Gampo defeated Tuyuhun and occupied Dafeichuan, and dispatched thousands of heavy troops here to protect Qinghai's security.

The military system of Tubo was very different from that of the Tang Dynasty. Not all the generals of the Tang Dynasty were promoted by talent. A large part of them were promoted by talent. The generals of Tubo were mainly slave masters. Of course, there were also generals who could be promoted by talent. However, there were too few such people. After all, in a slave country, slave masters were the cornerstones of the country, and Zamp did not dare to touch these cornerstones.

The guard of Cuo Nuo is named Zupu, and he is the biggest slave master here. He has two best things in his life, one is fine wine and the other is beautiful. He always drinks during the day and never leaves his arms at night, and lives a life of flowers, wine and wine that men yearn for.

The reason why he was able to become the biggest slave here was because his ancestors followed Songtsen Gampo to fight and made great contributions to enfeoffment here.

Today is a sunny day, with warm sunshine and fresh wind, which is a good time to have fun. As soon as Zu Pu woke up and washed up, he ordered his servants to prepare a banquet and have fun.

Zupu tried all his best last night and finally made a beautiful female servant die. He recalled the good things he had last night, felt happy and was in an extremely good mood. He was determined to put the banquet on the top of the city.

The advantage of drinking on the top of the city is that while drinking, enjoying the scenery, enjoying the eyes. When the banquet was ready, Zupu stood up with a big belly and came to the top of the city, sat on a large chair, looked outside the city, waved his fat hand: "Go down to the city and sang and dance!"

The servants responded and came outside the city. Music was everywhere, and the singers sang, and the music was playing. Zupu was very satisfied, and he held the wine glass and began to appreciate it.
Chapter completed!