In May of the second year of Takeori, Datang's foreign wars ushered in a small peak.
First, in April, King Li Shimin of Qin defeated Li Gui of Xiliang, completely wiping out the separatist forces behind the Tang Dynasty. Then in early May, King Li Zhiyun of Chu annihilated Zhu Can of Nanyang. News of the two great victories spread to Chang'an, which greatly affected the hearts of the people of Chang'an.
Invigorate.
Li Shimin won earlier, so he returned to Chang'an before the King of Chu.
Prince Qin's Mansion.
Not long after returning from the battlefield, Li Shimin learned that Princess Qin had given birth to his eldest son. This news made him even happier than the title and reward given to him by his father.
Li Shimin was the king of Qin, and he was already the top king. This title was naturally unqualified, so Li Yuan made him the Shangshu Ling of Longxi Daoxingtai, the general of Zuo Wuhou, the general manager of Liangzhou, the governor of eight states, and the actual title of seven hundred households.
A series of rewards, not many of which are really meaningful, can only be regarded as the icing on the cake. For example, this one is the governor of eight states. This is only on paper, and it does not mean that he can really control eight states. However, he can get
The salary of the eight governors is real.
In addition, Datou belongs to the 700 households in the real seal.
This reward is equivalent to granting 700 families to Li Shimin. His descendants can inherit it from generation to generation and continue to collect taxes from these 700 households. Of course, the premise is that his future descendants do not make mistakes. Otherwise, the emperor can
Just find a way to take it back.
There is another kind of reward, which is the food reward. This is a virtual reward, and a capitation tax is paid to the number of households in one go.
This time, Li Shimin's subordinates such as Changsun Wuji, Dou Gui, Hou Junji and others were all given food rewards to about 300 households.
This false seal is equivalent to a bonus.
Holding his eldest son in his arms, Li Shimin licked his lips from time to time to amuse his son. Although he had been back for a while, he still couldn't help being happy every time he saw his son.
It has been more than a month since Mrs. Changsun gave birth to her child. However, she has a chronic problem of qi disease, so she has been bedridden since giving birth.
Gently dragging his son with both hands, Li Shimin hummed a song and walked around Changsun's bedroom from time to time, rocking the child.
The little cub was greedy and soon became hungry and cried loudly. Li Shimin had no choice but to ask the wet nurse to take him down to feed him.
He walked to the couch and sat down, then gently covered Changsun with the quilt.
"The imperial doctor said that you need to rest, so you can leave the matters in the palace aside for the time being and leave them to the Yin family and the Wang family."
"Okay." Mrs. Changsun obeyed and asked: "Erlang, have you thought of the child's name?"
During this time, Li Shimin has been thinking about the name of his eldest son. He is the first son and the legitimate son, so Li Shimin struggled with the name for a long time.
Hearing this, Li Shimin smiled bitterly, "I thought about it for several days, but I didn't expect that my father had already thought of it for me. When I entered the palace yesterday, my father said that he had already given a good name to his grandson, and he will call him Cheng Qian."
"Cheng Qian?" Changsun's eyebrows furrowed slightly, "Erlang, isn't this appropriate?"
In fact, Li Shimin felt it was inappropriate at first, but later, he agreed by some strange coincidence.
"This is my father's wish. It's better to obey. I heard that Chengzong was also named by my father."
Changsun nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
At this moment, the servant came to retaliate.
"Your Highness, Princess, Changsun Wuji, Fang Qiao, and Yu Zhining have arrived at the side hall."
"Okay, I will go right away."
"yes."
After the slaves retreated, Li Shimin talked to Changsun for a while, then told her to have a good rest, and then went to the side hall to meet Changsun Wuji and others.
In the side hall, Chang Sun Wuji and three others were having tea. At this time, Li Shimin walked in. They all stood up to greet them, and then everyone sat down.
Li Shimin picked up the tea cup and asked: "How did the investigation go?"
The three of them looked at each other, and Yu Zhining said: "Let me tell you, I want to know more about this matter. Not long ago, my brother asked someone to send news from Shangzhou."
Yu Zhining’s elder brother is Yu Yongning.
"Okay, you say." Li Shimin drank tea.
Yu Zhining said: "At first, the war in Nanyang was in a state of confrontation, but then King Changping couldn't hold it back and asked to take the initiative to attack Zhu Can. My brother and Zheng Yuanzhen could not dissuade them, so they could only let it go. Somehow, the court knew about this.
, the prince suggested that the saint send troops and horses to assist King Changping. Therefore, King Li Yuan of Lujiang was recommended by the prince and Liu Wenjing as the leader.
Marshal, led the Yunyang army to support Zhu Can. However, King Changping miscalculated Zhu Can and wanted to attack Nanyang first to cut off his retreat, forcing Zhu Can to retreat, and then pursued Li Yuan. The two sides surrounded and attacked.
In order to annihilate Zhu Can's troops in one fell swoop. However, things changed. Zhu Can did not return to help Nanyang. Instead, he took the lead in defeating Li Yuan and surrounded Nanyang. This led to the defeat of the Tang army in Nanyang."
"Hehehehehe." Li Shimin pursed his lips and laughed.
Changsun Wuji couldn't hold it back either. There was contempt and disdain hidden in his smiling eyes, and he commented, "You can imitate others."
Fang Qiao said: "Zhu Can is not Xue Ju, he is a wandering bandit. He does not care about the life and death of the people, and he has no foundation. Whether Nanyang is lost or not is not important to him."
Yu Zhining said: "Brother also advised King Changping like this, but he didn't seem to take it to heart."
Li Shimin put down the tea cup, put his arms around Yang He, and said: "I, the emperor's uncle, have always been arrogant and arrogant. Even I can't dissuade him. How can others dissuade him? This time, he almost hurt Yongning.
Already."
Changsun Wuji said: "I guess the reason why the court knew that King Changping wanted to attack Zhu Can was because Zheng Yuanxuan leaked it. He was the prince's man. At the beginning, the prince led troops in order to get him out of Taichang Temple.
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It took a lot of effort. He knew very well that once he was defeated on the front line, he would not be able to explain it to the prince, so he secretly informed the prince. I think at first, the prince wanted the saint to stop King Changping from launching troops against Zhu Can."
"But after all, we still mobilized troops, and we even mobilized Zhiyun's troops," Li Shimin said.
Fang Qiao said: "King Changping is a saint, and he has great trust, which cannot be shaken by the prince with a few words. If the auxiliary machine is right, then the prince supported the imperial court in sending troops to support Shangzhou after dissuading him to no avail.
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"Zheng Yuanxuan is from the East Palace after all, so the prince will naturally not sit back and watch him fall into danger. Of course, this is not important. What is important is that this time the prince almost saved the day and took away King Chu's Yunyang Army."
Speaking of this, Fang Qiao's tone gradually became more solemn, "In order to lend support, while the King of Chu is not in Chang'an, I replaced him with Li Yuan to seize the Yunyang army. It is a very sophisticated plan. What if Li Yuan was not defeated, but
King Changping was defeated,
Then the prince can legitimately write to the saint and ask Li Yuan to lead the Yunyang army to guard Wuguan. On the contrary, if King Changping wins a great victory, the prince can also take the opportunity to express his merit for Li Yuan and ask the saint to hand over the Yunyang army to the commander Li Yuan."
After the words fell, everyone fell silent. This kind of thing is not impossible.
Yu Zhining guessed: "Who will advise the prince? Wang Gui? Or Wei Ting?"
Changsun Wuji snorted coldly: "Are these important? Looking at it now, their plan failed. The war in Nanyang was in a mess. Without the support of the King of Chu, I'm afraid it would have been completely ruined."