Li Qingxia's heart moved and she asked: "Your father is a soldier?" The older boy said loudly: "That's right! Our father is a soldier. Just because you are a bad princess, your father had to go to fight with the Yanyun Army. As a result,
, and the result..." As he spoke, the young man couldn't help crying, and the younger brother next to him also started crying.
Li Qingxia only felt that her heart was stabbed hard, and she said to the guards: "Let them go!" The guards looked at each other, and the captain of the guard said: "Your Highness, they dare to assassinate the royal chariot, they should kill the nine tribes!" Li Qingxia was angry
He said in a voice: "I said let them go!" The captain's heart froze, he responded quickly, turned around and shouted, "Let them go!" The guards let go of the two teenagers. The two teenagers originally thought that they were dead.
They didn't expect the princess to let them go, and they all looked at the princess stupidly.
Li Qingxia said to the two of them: "The reason why I want to fight Yanyun is because Yanyun will destroy us Xixia sooner or later, and then all of us will end up miserable! Your father died on the battlefield and was our hero in Great Xia.
, as his sons, you should be proud of him, inherit his legacy, and fight Yan Yun to the end! Yan Yun is not only our great enemy in Daxia, but also the two enemies of your brothers who killed your father!"
The two brothers opened their eyes, their faces flushed with anger, and they were breathing heavily. Then the two brothers knelt down towards Li Qingxia and kowtowed three times. The elder brother said loudly: "We were wrong.
! The princess is right, our enemy is Yan Yun, we want to take revenge on Yan Yun, please accept the two of us!" After saying that, he kowtowed again.
Li Qingxia nodded, "Okay, you can come back with me." The two brothers were overjoyed and quickly thanked them and stood up. Li Qingxia smiled slightly, turned around and boarded the carriage. The team continued towards the princess's mansion.
Back in the mansion, Li Qingxia handed the two teenagers to the guard captain, and then returned to the study at the back. She sat behind the desk in a daze for a while, and then shouted: "Come here!" A maid came in immediately.
, bowed and said: "What are your orders, princess?" Li Qingxia said: "Go to the Privy Council and invite Master Aodaochong to me." The maid responded and retreated.
Not long after, Right Prime Minister Odaochong rushed to the study room of the Princess Mansion, saluted and said: "Princess, I have summoned you, what are your instructions?" Li Qingxia smiled bitterly, "You must already know what my father has done to me, how can I still do it?"
What orders can you give me!" Ao Daochong sighed, "The princess did nothing wrong, it's just God who has no eyes to care for Yan Yun!" Li Qingxia shook her head, "The struggle for national supremacy is about strength and wisdom.
, Yan Yun's army is brave and brave, Chen Xiao's skills are superior, our defeat is not unjust!" Ao Daochong smiled bitterly and nodded, "That's what the princess said!" Then he frowned, "Princess, we lost this battle.
It’s really a bit strange!”
Li Qingxia asked in confusion: "Why do you say this, sir?" Odaochong looked at Li Qingxia, "Princess, have you ever thought about how Yanyun Army knew the movements of our army and set up a trap at Shendui Station?
Where is the ambush?" Li Qingxia had been vaguely feeling that there was something wrong with this battle. When Jing O Daochong said this, she realized what was wrong with her all the time. She nodded and said: "Yes! There is indeed a problem with this.
! Under normal circumstances, Yan Yun would mobilize after getting the news, and there would be no time to set up such an elaborate trap, unless they had already got the news when we decided to send troops!" His heart was shaken, and he trembled; "Could it be that
There are actually spies from Yan Yun among our important officials?!"
O Daochong said: "Other than that, I'm afraid there is no other explanation!" Li Qingxia looked at O Daochong, "Who do you think you are?" O Daochong frowned and shook his head, "I don't know." Li Qingxia lowered her head and pondered.
After a moment, he said in a deep voice: "This matter is not a trivial matter. This person must be dug out as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!" Aodaochong sighed, "Before the princess came back, I had already made suggestions to Your Majesty on this matter. But Your Majesty did not
It's my fault that I agreed to use troops against Yanyun and drove me out. I'm afraid your majesty won't be able to adopt my suggestion!" Li Qingxia felt ashamed in her heart and said, "We suffered a heavy defeat in this battle and the country is in a critical situation. It's no wonder.
His Majesty will be angry, it’s not his fault!” Aodaochong nodded.
Li Qingxia looked at Ao Daochong and said, "Why don't you let the adults conduct the investigation in secret." Ao Daochong said, "I think so too." She glanced at Li Qingxia and said, "To find out this person, it will take some time."
It can definitely be done, but it will be difficult to collect evidence!" Li Qingxia pondered for a moment and said coldly: "Use extraordinary means in emergency situations. As long as we find this person, we don't have to ask the emperor for instructions!
"Odaochong nodded, "I understand what the princess means!"
Li Qingxia remembered the purpose of calling him here and frowned: "I met two young men today." She glanced at O Daochong and said, "They are all family members of fallen soldiers, but they are ragged and very poor. What's going on?
?" There was some anger in his tone.
Odaochong sighed, "Now that the national treasury is empty, only 30% of the pension can be paid out. This depends on the additional taxes increased in recent months, otherwise not a single copper coin will be paid out! Yesterday at the court meeting, His Majesty decided to increase the amount of pensions.
I'm really worried about taxes!" Li Qingxia frowned, "Maybe we can ask the nobles to donate some money..." Ao Daochong shook his head, "This is impossible!"
Li Qingxia said angrily: "The country has reached the current stage, can't the nobles not see it? If the Great Xia Kingdom is over, their glory and wealth will definitely not be preserved. They will die and their teeth will be cold. Don't they understand such a simple truth?"
Dao Chong smiled bitterly and said: "The princess is right, they really don't understand! The Han people have a saying, 'No tears until you see the coffin', which is the kind of people they are talking about!"
Li Qingxia frowned and said: "No matter what, you should give it a try! If it really doesn't work, there is nothing we can do!" She looked at O Daochong and said, "Sir, you should make this suggestion to your father!"
Dao Chong was startled and thought to himself: "If I make this suggestion, wouldn't I be hated by all the nobles?" At this thought, he was very embarrassed and said: "This, I'm afraid this is inappropriate!" Li Qingxia understood.
The Right Prime Minister is just a wise and self-protective guy. He couldn't help but feel a little irritated. He felt that it would be a waste of time to talk any more. He said coldly: "I want to rest, my lord. Please go back!"
Ao Daochong knew that Li Qingxia was obsessed, so he smiled bitterly and said: "The princess must have thought that I was trying to protect myself. The princess misunderstood! I just think that this kind of thing is futile, so why bother to do it!"
After hearing this, Li Qingxia's expression softened. Odaochong saw the change in Li Qingxia's expression and continued: "Princess, the current situation is very unfavorable to our Daxia, and the root cause of this situation is
, To be disrespectful, it is actually all because of His Majesty the Emperor!" Li Qingxia frowned, feeling that this was indeed the case, and couldn't help but sigh, she felt helpless about this matter.
Ao Daochong said: "Since the root cause is this, what effect can we do other things?..." Li Qingxia heard what he meant and looked at Ao Daochong, "What do you mean?" Ao Daochong said.
Zhan Zhan suddenly stood up and knelt down towards Li Qingxia, "Princess, the only one who can save Daxia now is the princess! Our Daxia will be reborn from the ashes, and only Her Royal Highness the Princess can sit on the throne!" Li Qingxia was shocked and stood up suddenly,
He yelled: "How dare you speak such rebellious words!!"
O Daochong raised his head and looked at Li Qingxia excitedly, "Princess, you must not give up your great loyalty and righteousness for the sake of small loyalty and righteousness! If you don't seize the opportunity to save Daxia, then Daxia will be overthrown in the future, and Her Royal Highness the Princess will
He is a sinner of Daxia, so what kind of loyalty and filial piety can there be?"
Li Qingxia's heart was pounding, and she was extremely confused. Odaochong continued: "Today in Daxia, only under the leadership of the princess can we turn defeat into victory and continue to survive! For the country of Daxia, for
The princess cannot stay out of the welfare of millions of people!!"
Li Qingxia glanced at Ao Daochong, "I, I can't do this!..." Ao Daochong said urgently; "Princess..." Li Qingxia raised her hand to interrupt him, "My decision is not complete.
It’s for my father, and even more for Daxia!” He glanced at Ao Daochong and said, “What you said is not unreasonable! But now Yan Yun is watching with eager eyes. If there is another problem within us, I’m afraid the disaster will happen even faster.
The earth is coming!" Odaochong said hurriedly: "If we act quickly, we will not give Yan Yun an opportunity! Yan Yun is already short of food and grass, and he has just experienced several fierce battles, and the food and grass have been exhausted.
It is impossible to launch another offensive. We have at least one year! If we don't take this opportunity to make radical changes within us, we really have no chance!" Odaochong said sincerely, and Li Qingxia couldn't help but be moved.
Impressed.
After a moment of silence, "I, I need to think about it." Odaochong sighed, nodded and said: "It is human nature for the princess to be unable to make up her mind for a moment!" After a pause, "I just hope that the princess will think more about the country and the country, and think about it more."
The welfare of the people! Loyalty can be divided into great loyalty and small loyalty, and righteousness can be divided into great righteousness and small righteousness. I believe the princess can make the right choice!" Li Qingxia was confused in her heart and remained silent.
Seeing that what should be said had been said, Ao Daochong stood up and saluted: "It's getting late, so I won't disturb the princess's rest. I'll take my leave!" Li Qingxia came to her senses and nodded, "Good go, sir!"
O Daochong bowed to Li Qingxia again and left.
Li Qingxia came to the lake in the backyard and took a leisurely stroll. What O Daochong just said was turning over and over in her mind. She felt that what O Daochong said was reasonable, but she was unwilling to betray her father. This really put her in a dilemma!
The early morning sunshine shines on Bianliang City, and there are magnificent and joyful scenes everywhere. Birds are chirping on the branches, and the streets are bustling with people.
A small pub facing the street was already filled with 70% to 80% of the guests. The drinkers were drinking and talking loudly, almost all about the recent wars. Everyone looked very excited. I saw the short, fat man with two haircuts.
The bearded drinker slapped the table and said excitedly: "It's so happy! I haven't been this happy for a long time! King Yan's annexation of Datong Mansion is so happy!!" The drinkers around him nodded in agreement, and an old man with gray temples sighed:
"In the past, I only heard about our ancestors' expansion of territory from storytellers. It felt like a myth and legend. I thought it would be impossible to see such a scene in this life, but I didn't expect it to be so exciting.
Something happened suddenly!!"
Everyone laughed, and a young man said loudly: "Today we annexed Datong Mansion, and we will destroy the Liao Kingdom in the future!" Everyone agreed, and a very strong middle-aged man picked up the wine bowl and said loudly: "King Yan
Let us be proud and proud, let's offer a bowl of wine to King Yan!" Everyone picked up the wine bowls, and the fat man who spoke before said loudly: "It's done!" Everyone followed and shouted: "It's done!" Then everyone in the restaurant was seen.
The drinkers drank the wine from the bowl together, then banged the bowl on the table and burst out laughing.
A female drunkard disguised as a man sitting by the window gently bumped the man next to her with her elbow. The man turned his head, and the woman squinted her eyes and smiled, and whispered: "Husband, look at how beautiful the people are.
I admire you!!" It turned out that the man was none other than King Yan Yang Peng, and the woman next to him was the current concubine of King Yan, Zhao Lihua. Even though she was dressed in men's clothing, she still couldn't hide her stunning beauty.
Yang Peng smiled. Zhao Lihua showed a look of reminiscence and said quietly: "Bianliang was in critical condition that day. Thanks to my eldest brother who led the army in a bloody battle on Gushan, I was able to escape the disaster!" She looked away and looked at Yang Peng, her eyes wide.
There was a sea of affection in his words, "Brother, do you know? That day, I watched you leading the army to fight the Khitan army, and my heart was broken. I just felt that you were the only real man in the world, and I felt that I was protected by you.
Little woman, from then on, I couldn't let you go in my heart! After that, although my life quickly settled down, I couldn't be happy all day long. I looked out the window every day, just waiting for you to appear!" Yang Peng heard her say.
He was so infatuated that he couldn't help but get drunk. His heart seemed to be entangled with thousands of silk threads. He couldn't help but stretched out his palm to hold Zhao Lihua's delicate hand.
Zhao Lihua looked at Yang Peng with infinite tenderness, and her eyes were like spring water. Yang Peng felt ashamed in his heart. To be honest, after the fall of Bingzhou, he never thought of Zhao Lihua. Compared with the other party's deep love, he was indeed considered
It's a shame.
A gentle smile appeared in Zhao Lihua's eyes, "But the slave family mistakenly blamed my husband!" Yang Peng smiled, feeling very ashamed. At that time, he sneaked into Lin'an and actually had nothing to do with Zhao Lihua. Zhao Lihua looked at Yang Peng infatuatedly.
, said very proudly: "The man of the slave family is the powerful King Yan in the world. God really treats the slave family well. There is nothing left for the slave family to ask for in this life!" Yang Peng held Zhao Lihua's delicate hand tightly and said softly: "Brother, can you
Getting you is also a blessing accumulated in my previous life! Not only will we be husband and wife for the rest of our lives, but we will also be together in the next life, the next life, and the next life!" Zhao Lihua was so excited that she turned her delicate hand over and held Yang Peng's palm, staring at it with her eyes.
Yang Peng, infinite tenderness.
Bang bang bang bang! Bang bang bang bang! Suddenly the noise of gongs and drums came from the street. The two people were pulled back from their thoughts. They turned to look towards the street and saw a group of government servants beating gongs and drums as they walked to the front of a courtyard.
It was a civilian courtyard. The team of government officials stopped in front of the courtyard. The leader of the government officials raised his voice and asked, "Is this Li Jinfu's home?" At this time, the drinkers in the restaurant crowded to the windows and looked.
lively.
I saw a middle-aged couple running out of the courtyard, both honest and honest people. When they saw that they were officials from the yamen, the couple immediately panicked. They quickly stepped forward to open the courtyard door, came to the team of yamen servants, and followed
He knelt down with a sound. This shocked the leading government servant. He quickly stepped forward to help the couple up, bowed and said: "I don't dare to do it! I don't dare to do such a great gift to you two!" The husband was trembling with fear.
He asked: "I don't know, I don't know if the official has arrived, what can I say?"
The yamen servant said: "Your son Li Jinfu fought a bloody battle with the Khitans at Yanmen Pass and died heroically. We are here to report the news to you!..." Before the yamen servant finished speaking, the couple felt a spinning sensation, and the husband
Fortunately, the wife couldn't stand on the spot. The husband saw that his wife was about to fall and quickly supported her. The wife started to cry: "I, my poor son!"
The yamen servant pointed to the small wooden box held by one of the yamen servants behind him, and said, "This is the pension!" Then he pointed to the plaques carried by the other two yamen servants, and saw three vigorous words on it, "Martyred Soldiers."
The big characters, and there is a line of small characters below the three big characters, are: Family of military martyrs. Officials and civilians must take off their hats and dismount when entering this door. The yamen servant said: "This plaque is also for you. From now on, your family is the family of military martyrs.
, you can meet officials without bowing, but officials and people must stop and bow when they see you. This is an incredible honor!!"
The couple was originally very sad about the death of their son, but the words of the yamen servant made them feel a sense of pride that they had never experienced before, and they felt a little unbelievable.
The yamen officer continued: "According to Yanyun's law, if a soldier dies in battle, his parents, wife and children will be raised by the government. Both of them can go to the yamen every month to receive monthly payments! In addition, Li Jinfu has not married yet, so his younger brother can
You can enter the official school without taking the exam, and if you do business, you can also enjoy certain tax benefits!"
The husband and wife were so moved that they knelt down one after another, sobbing and thanking: "Thank you so much, sir! Thank you so much, sir!" The yamen servant quickly waved his hands and said in fear: "Don't you dare take it seriously? You are the family members of the martyrs of the army, this will break my heart!"
After saying that, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed his head back, and then quickly stood up and stepped forward to help him and his wife up. He turned around and asked his subordinates to bring the pension, and then asked several other government officials to hang up the plaque saying "Martyred Soldiers"
After doing this, the government officials lined up and bowed respectfully to the couple. The couple were originally honest and friendly people, and they had never received such a gift in their dreams. Although they were still very sad in their hearts,
But at the same time, I felt extremely honored; the neighbors around me were originally gloating about the misfortune and sighing, but after hearing what the yamen servant said and seeing this scene again, they couldn't help but become envious.
After all the government officials paid a grand salute, they left. The couple supported each other and looked at the plaque of 'Military Martyrs' on the edge of the door, feeling sad and proud at the same time. The wife cried and said: "Our child is really good!
Others still look down on him and our family. From now on, no one will look down on us!" The husband nodded with deep sympathy and said with tears: "Jin Fu is such a good kid, he deserves to be a man!" Then he wrinkled.
He frowned and said, "What future can Zhuzi have by working as a waiter in a restaurant? Why don't we send him to serve as a soldier?" The wife was startled, "This is the only child I have left! If so, if he has another problem.
, we, we," at this point, she couldn't help crying again.
The husband said: "We are under the control of the government, so what are we afraid of? Rather than letting Zhuzi be a worthless commoner all his life, it is better to let him go to the battlefield to fight! Maybe our family can even produce a general! Be a soldier.
Even if he died on the battlefield, he would have died a vigorous death, worthy of being a man!" The wife said in embarrassment: "But, if Zhuzi also dies, wouldn't our family be in ruins?" The husband also became embarrassed, and then he felt something in his heart.
As soon as she thought about it, "This is easy to do. First find a wife for Zhuzi, get pregnant with the child, and then let him serve as a soldier!" The wife thought for a while and nodded. Although she didn't want her son to take risks on the battlefield, she felt that if she could
It is indeed better to die with such honor than to live a lifetime as a common man.
The couple supported each other, held the wooden box, and walked into the yard. At this time, the neighbors were already talking, most of them were envious, and some even said in a jealous tone: "Old Li After hanging this sign on our family, we can't talk nonsense when we see him in the future, and we have to stand and salute respectfully! Hey, who told their family to have a hero! No, we can't let the old Li family be too proud. , we have to let the boy go to be a soldier, and if our family has a hero, we will no longer be afraid of his old Li family!"
The drinkers in the tavern also started talking, "That's the opposite. If you don't get preferential treatment if you die fighting for your country, who should you give preferential treatment to?" "In the past, the Song Dynasty was just messing around and praising those scholars. No matter what, if the Khitan people come to attack, what can those poor scholars do? They have to rely on soldiers!" "Now the status of industry, commerce, peasants and soldiers has been raised, especially soldiers! I am afraid that scholars will feel unhappy. It feels so good!”
Zhao Lihua asked Yang Peng in a low voice, "Husband, do you dislike scholars?" Yang Peng laughed, picked up the teapot and poured Zhao Lihua a glass of wine, then poured himself a glass and asked, "Why did Lihua ask that?" Zhao Lihua smiled and said: "Actually, it's not just me who says this. All the sisters also said this in private, and the guards and servants also talked about it. Everyone thinks that my husband doesn't like scholars. Otherwise, how could my husband treat scholars like this? All the powers I once enjoyed have been cut off!"
What happened after all? Let’s hear the details next time.