Chapter 69: The beginning of the world is determined by the sudden envoy to the DPRK
A few days after the good news of the pacification of Youzhou came, Prince Li Zhiyun got another son, his fifth son, Yang Mudan.
Li Zhiyun named him Li Chengjing.
Getting another son should have been a joyful thing, but Li Zhiyun felt inexplicably worried. He actually wanted another daughter to pamper him.
Knowing his concerns, the Crown Princess laughed and joked with Pei Su'er in private, saying that if she gave birth to a daughter, the Crown Prince would have to pamper her daughter as much as he loved his beloved mother.
In response, Pei Suer asked Li Zhiyun, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really wants me to have a daughter?"
Looking at her pretty face with mixed feelings of joy and sorrow, Li Zhiyun hugged her, gently touched her belly with one hand, and said: "Both men and women are orphaned children, and they all like it."
Pei Suer said: "I want to give birth to a son for Your Highness."
"Why?" Li Zhiyun asked nonsense every day.
As the crown prince who will surely ascend the throne in the future, Li Zhiyun's women naturally tried their best to get pregnant. When they got pregnant, they naturally wanted to give him a son.
After all, the preference for boys over girls has not changed after a thousand years.
But having said that, if we analyze it from another perspective, it is not impossible to understand why humans prefer boys over girls.
Since entering the patriarchal society, men have been the labor force and the protective umbrella, while women have difficulty comparing with men due to physiological reasons.
Especially, in this era of low productivity, an adult man is a strong labor force.
When the common people are struggling for a bite of food, it is understandable that men are precious.
For the royal family, giving birth to a boy means too many things.
Pei Suer said shyly: "I feel sorry for Your Highness's overwork, and I want to give birth to a little boy so that I can share your worries with Your Highness in the future."
Li Zhiyun smiled and said nothing more.
At this moment, Li Zhen walked to the corridor, knelt down on one knee, and reported the matter through the sliding door.
"Your Highness, Su Wei passed away at noon today."
Solvay is dead?
Li Zhiyun didn't have much impression of this man. He only remembered that he was the grandfather of his younger brother.
"Has Su Xu gone back?"
"Going back."
Li Zhiyun thought for a while and said: "Su Wei is a former Sui veteran. On behalf of the orphan, go and see him off. In addition, in the name of the orphan, give him a set of palace lanterns and artifacts to be buried with him. If there is any difficulty on Su Xu's side,
, you can help me as appropriate."
"I obey my orders."
Li Zhen got up and left in a hurry.
Su Wei's death did not cause much disturbance in Chang'an. This person was basically the most transparent of transparent people, and had no sense of existence.
In April, Cen Wenwen returned to Chang'an from Xuzhou.
Tai Chi Hall.
On the upper floor, thick reddish-brown pillars hold up the dome, with hanging curtains.
"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Li Zhiyun withdrew his gaze from the majestic palaces and fell on Cen Wenwen.
"You have worked hard all the way, so no gifts."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Li Zhiyun put his hands on the wooden railing, blowing in the wind, and felt very comfortable.
"Does Li Junxian have any complaints about calling you back?"
"That's not true. Manager Li only said that he might not have any free time in the future."
"Hahaha." Li Zhiyun laughed and scolded, "A big official still wants to be lazy. I will give him a good warning next time I call him back."
Cen Wenwen said with a smile: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry about Xuzhou's affairs. The follow-up matters have been properly handled before I come back."
After a few words of greeting, Li Zhiyun asked: "Jingren, you were an official in Xiaoliang, what do you think of the south?"
Cen Wenwen thought for a moment and replied: "It's complicated."
"How to say?"
"Aristocratic families are intertwined, and there are many powerful locals. And due to the complex terrain, there are even cases where people from the same hometown have different pronunciations."
"Yeah." Li Zhiyun said: "Not long after the southern part was initially decided, I was going to send someone to Jingzhou Road to inspect it. I think you are the most suitable one."
"I am willing to serve Your Highness." Cen Wenwen then asked, "I wonder if Your Highness has any regulations to give me instructions."
Li Zhiyun walked around for a while and said: "When you go to Jingzhou, everything will be stable. However, you should also give them a little warning. You have to control the scale yourself."
"I understand."
The next day, Li Zhiyun ordered that Cen Wenwen be appointed as the Jingzhou Road pacification ambassador to inspect the people's livelihood conditions in the states of Jingzhou Road.
Youzhou.
Facing the two-sided attack by Duan Zhixuan and Deng Hao, Gao Kaidao had no resistance and was quickly defeated and fled to Lulongsai.
Lulong.
"General, Deng Hao, the commander-in-chief of Yingzhou, has set up an ambush in Dushan. If you take the Lulong Road, you will definitely die!" Xue Wanshu said.
"Don't be careless. We have to be on guard against Gao Kaidao escaping on his own. When we came here, I sworn to His Highness that Luo Yi and Gao Kaidao would all be wiped out. If one escapes, I won't be able to explain it to His Highness the Crown Prince after I go back." Duan Zhixuan looked at it. The generals in the tent.
"As you command!"
Duan Zhixuan ordered, "Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche obey the order!"
"The end will be here."
"I will give you two five thousand fine cavalry to pursue Gao Kaidao. You will see people alive, and you will see corpses if you die!"
"As you command!"
Xue Wanjun ordered his troops and horses, and Xue Wanche led the cavalry to pursue them along the Luanhe River.
On the road, the rumble of cavalry shook the earth.
Xue Wanche said with emotion: "Brother is really good-sighted. If he hadn't given me some advice, our brothers would have been buried with Luo Yi this time."
"It's good that you know, you don't have to say it." Xue Wanjun said: "The world is in chaos, and it will eventually return to great order. Luo Yi didn't know what to say, so he died unjustly. It's a blessing for us brothers to join the prince this time."
"Yes, we must capture Gao Kaidao alive this time!"
"drive!"
"drive!"
The noisy sound of horse hooves awakened the scouts of Gao Kaidao's army who were hiding in the dark. They quickly conveyed the news to Gao Kaidao.
As Gao Kaidao's confidant general, Zhang Jinshu was naturally the first to know that Tang Qi was chasing them, and according to the information from the scouts, Tang Qi was already very close!
Looking at the brothers beside him, Zhang Jinshu sat down on the ground.
"Brothers, we lost, and so did the king. Now we have two choices. One is to protect the king and annihilate the entire army. The other is to surrender to the Tang army. Choose yourselves."
The captains and generals looked at each other, undecided for a moment.
One of them asked: "General, what are you going to do?"
"Me?" Zhang Jinshu smiled, "I want to live."
Everyone looked at each other and immediately clasped their fists at the same time.
"We are willing to listen to the general's orders!"
"Okay." Zhang Jinshu helped them up and said, "Since all the brothers think highly of me, Zhang Jinshu, I also promise you that we will live together and die together!"
"yes!"
After a while, Zhang Jinshu led the generals to the Gaokaidao camp.
Seeing the posture of his trusted general, Gao Kaidao realized something was wrong.
"What do you want to do?"
Zhang Jinshu cupped his fists and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, we lost, for the sake of the lives of our brothers..."
"You want to surrender?" Gao Kaidao interrupted him.
Zhang Jinshu didn't hide it and nodded directly.
"yes."
Hearing this, Gao Kaidao did not get angry, but sighed: "Today's defeat is mine. I understand that you want to survive. I have one last request, I hope you can agree to it."
"Please tell me," Zhang Jinshu said.
"Kill me."
Half an hour later.
Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche surrounded Gao Kaidao's remaining soldiers.
Zhang Jinshu presented Gao Kaidao's head, knelt down and surrendered.
Xue Wanjun looked at Gao Kaidao's head and said, "You guys, follow me to see General Duan, and he will deal with you personally."
After saying this, Tang Qi stepped forward, took control of Gao Kaidao's remaining soldiers and horses, and escorted them back to Lulong.
At this point, Gao Kaidao was destroyed and the Tang Dynasty unified the world.