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Chapter 908: Wu Zhao, the ninth year of Zhenguan

In the ninth year of Zhenguan, unlike other dignitaries and officials in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, King Luo Xuanye of Zhou County showed great power twice and walked out from behind the crown prince Li Chengqian, allowing everyone to see him.

According to rumors from the female family members of the court who attended the celebration banquet, the queen was smiling and talking at the banquet that day. She looked slightly sick at first, but later she was in full spirits.

In the ninth year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty eliminated the threat from Xiyan, and the Hexi Corridor and Guanzhong were completely freed from the danger of the sword touching the jaw.

In the ninth year of Zhenguan, Prince Li Chengqian married a wife from a Jiangnan family.

This was Li Shimin's political habit. His sisters and daughters were all married to noble families, heroes, and noble foreign vassals like Qibi Heli.

The sons also married into wealthy families, not the Shandong gentry, the Guanlong gentry, and the Jiangnan gentry.

Li Shimin was unwilling to use violence to get rid of these people, so he could only marry and tie them to the chariot of the Tang Dynasty.

One month after Li Chengqian's marriage, the marriage that had been delayed due to the death of Princess Pingyang Zhao was resumed, and Luo Juncheng married Princess Li Lizhi of Changle.

Luo Juncheng was promoted to the crown prince's left guard, responsible for half of the military forces of the crown prince's palace. His future was the brightest among the Luo sons of his generation.

Only those Li Yuan who had been working abroad and had never returned to the old headquarters of Chang'an were a little sad.

For example, Ying Guogong's warrior Xun left the town after the Xuanwu Gate Incident. There was no shortage of high-ranking officials along the way, but he never returned to Chang'an.

She is extremely accurate in recognizing people, has a sharp eye for problems, and is also tough and brave. When she was a child, she once encountered danger and hid for several hours without making a sound, and finally escaped from danger.

Wu Zhao's mother was born into a well-known family. She inherited her mother's beauty and had an outstanding natural appearance. She was taught by her mother since she was a child. Not only was she beautiful in appearance and well behaved, but she was also praised as "outstanding among others" in terms of talent and learning. "As a man, you will be able to build a family."

He heard that Li Yuan died, and he also died in the ninth year of Zhenguan.

Unlike her crying mother and sister, Wu Zhao also felt deep sadness in her heart, but she knew better that the carefree life in the past was about to end.

The news of Li Yuan's death spread to Sifang Prefecture and County, but it did not cause a big disturbance. Almost ten years have passed since the Wude period.

When the chariot entered the Wu family's residence in Bingzhou, she saw the fluttering autumn leaves and the silk hanging on both sides of the road.

Wu Zhao, who was only eleven years old, came to Bingzhou from Fuling, Luoyang, with her mother, sister and half-brother who didn't treat her well. She was very unfamiliar with this place and felt desolate and hesitant.

With his passing, an era was completely overturned, and the last remnant of the old era also disappeared in the billowing smoke of paper money.

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Paper money floating all over the sky was like snowflakes and yellow leaves, falling to the ground one after another, and crows were crows.

Died in Wude Hall.

The land of Longxing in the Tang Dynasty, formerly known as Jinyang, is now called Bingzhou. The warrior Xun's hometown is here, so he was naturally buried here.

The ninth year of Zhenguan was brilliant and full of joy.

After the funeral, Yang's mother and daughter could only face the Wu family's wolves alone, enduring bullying and exclusion.

When the news of Li Yuan's death reached Tai Chi Palace, Li Shimin was stunned for a long time. When he came to his senses, he felt tears streaming down his face.

Sometimes she couldn't even see clearly whether it was paper money or a crow falling with its wings broken.

Vast desolation and loneliness enveloped him, and now he was truly alone.

After the cheers, there was silence. Li Yuan lived for too long and gave birth to many younger brothers and sisters for Li Shimin in Wude Palace. After the father and son reconciled in the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Yuan finally reached the focus of his life.

Li Yuan's funeral was grand and grand, and he was buried as Emperor Gaozu Wu.

Yang looked at Wu Shun and Wu Zhao who were still young, and finally decided to leave Wu and go to Chang'an to join his old family.

After all, Wu Shigui still has some old friendship with him. Even though Xiao Yu and others may look down on Wu Shigui who comes from a humble background, they will still give him some help.

After all, the warrior Xun was the emperor's subordinate, and the Tang Dynasty would not let his wife and daughter live on the streets.

Even though the sons of the warrior Xun were dissatisfied with her, she was not a concubine after all, but a serious mistress. The Duke Ying's Mansion in Chang'an City would always welcome her in.

Wu Zhao once again followed her mother and sister to Chang'an, a city she only remembered from her father.

When she left Bingzhou, she turned around and took a look here. In just a short period of time here, she understood what it means to be in a cold world. She didn't speak because she believed in power. People who have no power should be patient.

The scenery along the way has not changed much. From Bingzhou to Chang'an, the scenes of the war in the past have gradually faded away with the wind and rain. There are piles of soil on both sides of the straight road, and the piles are covered with weeds and debris that have been beaten away by the autumn rain. leaf.

What will Chang'an look like?

There are countless fantasies in her mind.

All her fantasies came to an abrupt end when Chang'an suddenly appeared in front of her, because her imagination could not describe the shock she felt at this moment. Chang'an, the most prosperous city within 10,000 miles from east to west, north to south, deservedly the city of the world, a city of one million people, in this classical era, no matter how high the words of praise are, it is just insufficient.

It turns out this is Chang'an!
Little Wu Zhao felt her heart beating rapidly, and her beautiful face, which was once praised by fortune tellers as "dragon's clear and phoenix's neck", shone brightly.

At this moment, her heart was filled with longing for this Pearl City of the Tang Dynasty. She wanted to stay here and achieve something.

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The entire Tang Dynasty was in a state of prosperity. From the late Wude period to the Zhenguan period, because the war was basically over, the people began to resume production and have children, the court re-measured the land, inventoried hidden households, and defeated the Dong Turks and the Xiyan Kingdom. Later, the population within the area and the population registered by the imperial court had approached the 6.8 million household mark.

This number is naturally not as good as when the Han Dynasty was at its peak, but after Yang Guang's unparalleled operations, the rapid recovery to this level was due to the unremitting efforts of the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

With a basic base of more than 30 million, under the political governance of the Qingming Dynasty in the Zhenguan Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty had an extremely solid foundation. As Li Shimin said, "Although the Winter Turks and Western Yan were strong, I sent partial troops to defeat them."

Among all the enemies around the Tang Dynasty, the Winter Turks could drive straight into Chang'an City, and the enemies on the plateau could also directly reach Chang'an.

Chang'an City, on the other hand, has no defense capabilities.

This unprecedentedly huge city requires more than 200,000 troops to defend it.

So Chang'an City Wall is useless. The surrounding passes are the city walls of Chang'an.

The Winter Turks and the countries on the plateau could directly avoid the four fortresses, so as soon as the Tang Dynasty was free, it attacked and destroyed these two countries as soon as possible.

Among the remaining three regional regimes, Tubo was specifically mentioned by the national counselor Luo Su, but it was already more troublesome for the Tang Dynasty to attack Xiyan.

Going further in would cost too much, and Li Shimin thought it was unnecessary.

As a horse-riding emperor, he did not pursue martial arts very much. What he liked most was Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, who engaged in martial arts and made people's lives better.

Therefore, supporting the Murong family in the old territory of the Xiyan Kingdom and establishing the Snow Region Protectorate are the only things that can be done against Tubo at present.

As for the Western Turks, they have not escaped the suppression of the Tang Dynasty for the time being, and the Western Turks are too far away. To attack Guanzhong, they have to pass at least two passes, and they are the later targets of the Tang Dynasty's strategy.

After counting, there is only one country that poses a great threat to the Central Plains, is close to the Central Plains, and is always ready to make a move, and that is the Liaodong Kingdom.

The emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were deeply wary of the Liaodong Kingdom, which dragged the Sui Dynasty into the abyss and into subjugation.

The Liaodong Kingdom must be destroyed. Among the five major countries around it, only the Liaodong Kingdom must never exist. This is the consensus of the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

Farming and nomadicism have a population of more than three million, and a steady stream of Hu people are being added from Liaodong to increase their combat effectiveness.

This is--

The only country that had the strength to compete with the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty for the title of Zhu Xia's son.

Li Shimin will never allow it to exist.

The monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty have always wanted to destroy the Liaodong Kingdom, but they have put it aside until now.

Because it's too difficult.

The internal strife in the Liaodong Kingdom has been going on since the assassination of the last King of Liaodong until now. The traditional Han faction is fighting against the Zhuxia faction, and the Hu faction is fighting against the Zhuxia faction. However, this kind of internal strife is not serious enough to ignore the subjugation of the country.

If Datang attacked Liaodong, it would have to face the heavily armed mountain city of Liaodong.

Luo Xuanye once personally told a group of generals and Li Shimin about this kind of mountain city renovated by the Luo family. Li Shimin felt chills in his chest when he heard it, "No wonder Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty failed to conquer three times. Even if I or Duke Wei went there, it would still be impossible. There is no other way.”

Li Shimin and Li Jing were good at field battles, or naturally famous generals were actually good at field battles, so Li Jing was able to fight Dong Turks and Xi Yan with ease. After all, these two countries had no cities to defend.

But to attack a city, any city with high walls and thick walls, as long as the garrison level is not too bad and there is no shortage of food and grass, can be defended for a year and a half, it will not be a problem. Even if Han Wumu is alive, there is nothing he can do.

Even Luo Su's opinion on the Liaodong Kingdom is to wait until the internal fighting in the Liaodong Kingdom reaches a fever pitch, or a natural disaster occurs. In short, military means will finally prevail, or the Liaodong Kingdom itself will have problems.

Compared with the Liaodong Kingdom, Luo Su instead mentioned to Li Shimin a small tribe that once surrendered to the Dong Turks, that is, Xue Yantuo. Its strength has grown too fast. If this continues, Mobei will soon lose control again, thereby destroying the Tiankhan system. .

But Li Shimin had no choice. Mobei was too far away, and the Anbei Protectorate had not enough personnel.

At this time, Luo Su made a suggestion to Li Shimin, "Has the Emperor ever thought of sending a Zong Wang to take charge of Hara Helin, just like Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, takes charge of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate."

Li Shimin was silent because the political status of Mobei and the Western Regions were completely different.

To put it simply, Li Xiaogong was in the Western Regions, and Li Shimin was not afraid of Li Xiaogong's rebellion.

But if Li Xiaogong were placed in Mobei, he would not be able to sleep well. This is the biggest difference.

(End of this chapter)