So everything Li Jing did in Jiaozhou was perfectly hidden.
Now that Feng Ang has told everything, isn't everyone stunned and dumbfounded?
"I never thought that Li Jing would regain Jiaozhou like this..."
After Xiao Yu listened to Feng Ang's words, he was the first to touch his long beard and sigh.
Chen Shuda nodded in agreement. He did not expect that there was such a complicated inside story.
As for Li Xiaogong, he seemed a little embarrassed.
The reason why everything Li Jing did in Jiaozhou was not reported to the court truthfully was also his fault.
It was because he was afraid that Li Yuan would think Li Jing was powerful and that he was useless.
So when I was writing the document, I only wrote some good news carefully and used some Spring and Autumn style of writing.
Li Yuanji saw Li Xiaogong's strangeness and helped him resolve the embarrassment with a smile, "I think back then, King Hejian was in charge of the war in Jingzhou and Jiaozhou. He thought that the court was fighting against Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, and he didn't want to worry the court, so he deliberately
It’s a good news, not a bad news, right?”
After all, judging from the documents Li Xiaogong sent him, they were really gorgeous and outrageous.
He looked completely like a man who had returned to the Han Dynasty and wished he could return to the embrace of the Han Dynasty as soon as possible.
This was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the crisis faced by the court at that time.
At least they saw the documents sent by Li Xiaogong, and the imperial court no longer had to worry about any trouble in the south when the Tang Dynasty was duking it out with Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande.
Therefore, it makes perfect sense to say that Li Xiaogong was worried about the situation at that time and deliberately reported good news but not bad news.
When Li Xiaogong heard this, he naturally got off his donkey and nodded quickly: "Yes, the situation in the court was critical at that time. I really didn't want to worry the saint, so I deliberately concealed some information."
Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda and others are such smart people. They easily heard that there was something fishy in this.
However, they still echoed a few words to show their dignity.
"It seems that His Highness King Hejian did the right thing at that time."
"If the officials at that time had known that Li Jing was launching a large-scale military campaign in Jiaozhou and had the possibility of forcing the barbarians to rebel against Jiaozhou, many people would probably not be able to sleep."
"..."
Li Jing used violent means to subdue the barbarians in Jiaozhou. He would naturally be a hero if he succeeded, but if he failed, it would easily lead to a riot among the barbarians.
In history, hundreds of barbarian riots caused considerable damage to the Central Plains. The largest one was in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, which swept the entire southwest.
As for mentioning the southwest, it was too unlikely during the feudal dynasty.
Throughout the history of the feudal dynasty, the barbarians almost never made it out of the southwest.
It's not that Baiman's fighting power is incompetent, but that after leaving the southwest, the weather, location, people, and people were not taken over by them.
Therefore, even if they leave the southwest, it will be difficult for them to achieve anything.
But even so, if they set off a riot, they would still turn the south that had just been pacified by the Tang Dynasty into a pot of porridge.
After all, the Tang Dynasty had just pacified the south at that time, and many people with ulterior motives only surrendered to the Tang Dynasty because of the superiority of the Tang Dynasty's military force. Once the barbarians rebelled, they would contain the Tang Dynasty's troops, or give the Tang Dynasty's soldiers and horses a chance to surrender.
If it causes heavy damage, those grass-head kings from the south of the Yangtze River who just surrendered to the Tang Dynasty will rebel again.
In that case, Datang would have to send some troops to cooperate with Li Xiaogong to attack the south again.
This was very detrimental to Datang at that time.
So it was the right choice to report the good news rather than the bad news at that time.
Li Xiaogong blushed a little and felt ashamed under the compliments of Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda.
Feng An didn't react much, but looked at Li Yuanji anxiously, waiting for Li Yuanji's reply.
Li Yuanji understood the inside story and immediately nodded and agreed to Feng Ang's request.
Feng An immediately felt relieved and left Shuize Palace with the support of his second and third sons.
From the beginning to the end, Li Yuanji never said how to manage Jiaozhou or how to develop Jiaozhou in the future.
Feng Ang left the Tai Chi Palace and spent one night at the Duke Geng's Mansion in Beijing. He then began to visit various places. He first went to Chen Shuda's house to apologize, and then visited Li Shentong, Li Shenfu, and Li Shentong in order of rank.
Li Xiaogong, Li Jing and others.
Not a single one of the imperial relatives in Beijing was left behind, and the civil and military officials and nobles who were equal to him also visited them one by one.
As for those who were said to be inferior to him in official rank, even if he had the intention, he would not be able to visit them.
To fold it and hand it over is to lower your status and will be looked down upon by others.
It is worth mentioning that the last place he visited was Princess Pingyang’s Mansion.
Perhaps because of Li Xiuning's special status, he was specially placed in the finale, or perhaps because there are two uncles, Li Shentong and Li Shenfu. Although Li Xiuning is a direct bloodline of the royal family, his ranking is not easy to arrange, so
He specifically put it last.
However, although he put Li Xiuning last, the gifts he gave Li Xiuning were very generous.
How rich is it?
It was so rich that Li Xiuning almost didn't dare to accept it. In the end, although he forced it into the princess palace with his clever tricks, Li Xiuning entered the palace with the gift the next day.
Looking at the corals on a small half wall that Li Xiuning ordered to be carried, as well as two tooth mats made of an unknown amount of ivory, and a box of various colored gems, Yang Miaoyan suddenly felt that the fist-sized gems in his hand no longer smelled good.
"What does our Duke Geng mean? Does he look down on me?"
Yang Miaoyan put the gem offered by Feng Ang into the arms of the female officer next to her in disgust, and said with amusement.
Li Xiuning said generously: "Maybe he gave it to you by mistake and gave me what was supposed to be given to you."
Yang Miaoyan is not a fool, how could he be fooled by Li Xiuning's nonsense.
If you can give the wrong gift, then does this kind of person deserve to hang out in a circle of powerful people?
Li Xiuning ignored Yang Miaoyan, but stared at Li Yuanji and said, "Yuanji, I don't want to get involved in the intrigues in the court, so please help me return these gifts."
Li Xiuning felt that Feng Angli had to ask for something from his subordinates. If he gave such a big gift, he might be asking for something bigger, so he didn't want to get involved.
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Li Xiuning did not come from a small family, nor was she an ordinary woman hiding in a boudoir. She had seen many good things and witnessed many big scenes. When she led the army to conquer Chang'an, she accompanied Li Yuan
We visited the treasury of Tai Chi Palace together.
When Li Shimin conquered Luoyang, he also selected many treasures from Luoyang's treasure house and gave them to her.
The items stored in the Taiji Palace Treasury and Luoyang Treasury were collected from various places by the two former Sui emperors and Wang Shichong, and there are countless rare treasures.
Even though Feng Ang occupies a treasure land, the rare treasures he can obtain cannot compare with those of the emperor.
"Third sister, you are worrying too much. The reason why Feng Ang gave you these is not to ask you to do anything for him, so you don't have to worry, just accept it."
Li Yuanji knew Feng Ang's intention. The reason why Feng Ang gave Li Xiuning such a big gift was firstly because of Li Xiuning's unique identity, and secondly because Li Xiuning had no role in water transportation and shipping and had never benefited from him. He was afraid that Li Xiuning
He would have any opinions on him, so he gave Li Xiuning a bigger gift than anyone else.
After all, among the dignitaries in the court today, only Princess Pingyang has not made a fortune through water and sea transportation. If Li Xiuning sees that everyone else is making profits through water and sea transportation, but he has not benefited at all, he will feel sorry for Feng Ang.
If he was resentful, Feng An would be in trouble, so Feng An gave Li Xiuning a heavy gift.
As for the other princesses and princes-in-law, although they did not make a fortune through water transportation and sea transportation, they were involved in the border market and made a lot of money through the border market. Therefore, even for those who did not make a fortune through water transportation and sea transportation,
If you have grievances, they won't be too big. As long as the gifts are in place, people won't deliberately make things difficult for you.
That's why Feng Ancai prepared a far richer gift for Li Xiuning than anyone else.
Li Xiuning knew that Li Yuanji would not lie to her, but she still shook her head and said: "Let's forget it. The cannibal has a short mouth and the grasping hand is soft. If I accept his gift, when he begs me for help in the future, I will
If I don't help him, I'll look callous."
Li Yuanji couldn't laugh or cry in his heart.
He really wanted to tell Li Xiuning that Feng Ang might not have the chance to beg you.
After all, as long as Feng An did not do anything and rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, he would not do anything to Feng An. He even wanted to guide Feng An to go out, occupy overseas islands, establish his own country, and become the leader of the Han Dynasty.
a branch.
Therefore, Li Xiuning's worries are purely unnecessary.
However, no one could tell exactly where things would go in the future, so it was hard for him to tell Li Xiuning about this.
"Since Third Sister doesn't want it, then give it to me. I'm not afraid of him begging me."
Yang Miaoyan was very covetous of the two tooth mats that Feng Ang gave to Li Xiuning. They were good things and it would not be an exaggeration to describe them as priceless.
The most important thing is that in the summer, it is really comfortable to lie on the dental mat and enjoy the coolness, so she wants it very much.
Li Yuanji glanced at Yang Miaoyan and said angrily: "What's wrong with you? The reason why Feng An didn't give you big gifts is because he already gave them what he could. Now you're still greedy for the third sister's things?"
Yang Miaoyan was stunned, "Have you already given it away?"
I do not know how?
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes and said, "How do you think you get the fragrant wood box you get every season?"
Feng Ang was quite good at being a man. He knew who the thighs were and how to hold them tightly. Therefore, in addition to working hard to help the court make money, he would also send someone to deliver a small fragrant wood box every season, which was sometimes stuffed with gems.
Sometimes the treasures are stuffed with rare treasures, but they are not the same anyway, and they are of great value.
More importantly, they are all for women.
That is to say, he was afraid that Yang Miaoyan would think that these things were all for nothing and would not know how to save and spend extravagantly. If he went back and asked Feng An for them, he would destroy the delicate relationship established between the court and Feng An. Otherwise, he would have told Yang Miaoyan long ago.
Yang Miaoyan was surprised, "You mean those fragrant wood boxes were given by Feng An?"
Li Yuanji curled his lips and said, "What else?"
Who would give you benefits for no reason?
It's not just to curry favor with you so that you can give me pillow talk.
Yang Miaoyan smiled awkwardly and stopped coveting Li Xiuning's two teeth.
She has also seen the world, so the heavy gift Feng Ang gave to Li Xiuning could not sway her.
She just saw that the gift given to her by Feng An was too light and the gift given to Li Xiuning was too heavy. She felt that Feng An treated them differently, so she was unhappy.
Now that I know the truth, I feel happy and naturally stop worrying about it blindly.
"Sister, please accept it. You don't need to be polite to Feng An. If Feng An really comes to ask for help in the future, you don't have to do anything for him."
Li Yuanji comforted Yang Miaoyan and looked at Li Xiuning again for advice.
Li Xiuning frowned and wanted to refuse.
Li Yuanji added: "There are many people in Chang'an City who are taking advantage of him. If you don't take advantage of him, he will think that you have a problem with him and will be frightened."
As for what will happen after the panic, Li Xiuning knows it without saying anything.
She is a strange woman who understands both military and political affairs.
"That's all, then I'll accept it."
Li Xiuning finally compromised and put the overall situation first.
The Tang Dynasty currently does not have the energy to manage the southwest, and still needs Feng to help the Tang Dynasty guard the southwest, so it must maintain its relationship with Feng An.