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Chapter 931 Heroes of the Western Expedition
The emperor shouted loudly, and Li Jing walked out from the front row with a solemn face, holding a wat board in his hand.

He raised his head and looked upward. The emperor stared at him coldly. The imperial master had a slight smile on his lips, and his eyes were as clear as the sky after the rain, as if he was looking at an outstanding work.

He immediately lowered his head, took two steps forward and then stood still, thoughts swirling in his heart.

how many years?

Li Jing couldn't remember how long it had been since he had said "I'm here" so boldly!
He closed the door and thanked guests.

He writes books at home.

He declined communication.

He is seriously ill.

He is the invincible military god in the world, but he can only hide in his mansion and watch bitterly as others stir up trouble.

He is Zuo Pushe, the Chancellor of the School, ranking first in the political affairs hall. He is the chief steward of Zuo Qinglong Wei, the first person in the Tang Dynasty military, and has been awarded the first-class title of Duke Wei, but not many people care about him.

Li Shimin's words caused a slight commotion in the palace. In the past Tang Dynasty and some earlier periods, in addition to the first-rank King Qin, the highest-ranking officials in the Prince's Palace were Chang Shi, who was ranked fourth, and Sima, who was ranked lower than fourth. This official position is not high, and now the prince's Taibao is listed as a second-grade high-ranking official.

He could finally stand with his head held high in the Tai Chi Hall, facing everyone's gaze and the king who held his life and death in his hands.

The King of Wei, Li Tai, was very talented but ruthless and would eradicate anyone who threatened his status. Especially, he had enemies with King Yan Li Ke and Prince Cheng Qian.

"Gong Wei, you and I are a king and a minister. The King of Qin has established a kingdom in the outer vassal area and is here for the people. He is young and I am worried about him. You are the military god of the Tang Dynasty and you are invincible in battles. I will instead make you the Taibao of the King of Qin, with the same title as the Crown Prince Shaobao. Only by protecting King Qin can I feel at ease."

He didn't even have time to think about the Crown Princess.

Gold seal.

All the ministers looked at Li Jing. They were all very aware of Li Jing's embarrassing position.

Only by following Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, can Li Chengqian's safety be guaranteed.

The sunshine in Lingtian Pavilion was just right that day, illuminating the palace with warmth and brightness. The Imperial Master said to himself warmly: "The Emperor and I have known each other for many years. You have made great achievements and made the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment. You Such a person should have a good ending.

He believed that the national preceptor was not for personal reasons, because the national preceptor admired his son Li Tai very much, just like he admired King Yan Li Ke.

It is conceivable that the Prince of Qin, who was away from home and serving as a vassal, was only one level behind the Prince's East Palace in terms of palace regulations. It was far beyond the ordinary prince's palace and had the flavor of the former Tiance Admiral's Palace.

People like Li Jing were not only the ministers of the King of Qin, but also similar to the ministers of the various vassal states during the Zhou Dynasty. They were responsible for communicating between the emperor and the princes.

When the emperor revealed that it was the imperial master who asked the prince to become a vassal, Li Jing knew his fate.

As early as many years ago, the National Master had foreseen his own end, and pushed himself step by step to serve as the Prince's Shaobao until today.

He has rarely seen a few times where the National Preceptor would use such firm words to deny someone.

Li Chengqian, who was originally worried about the development, was overjoyed when he heard that Li Jing would serve as his eunuch of the King of Qin. He immediately turned around and bowed to Li Jing.

but.

When the artifacts representing the prince were removed one by one, and the artifacts representing the prince were added to Li Chengqian, everyone woke up from the huge shock of the enfeoffment.

He was in panic and fear all day long.

Many people in the palace were secretly looking at King Wei. The current situation really made them unexpected that the position of prince would actually fall to King Wei.

Gold book.

What did the National Master say?

Li Shimin naturally felt the sight of his son, and sighed deeply in his heart. Sure enough, his thoughts couldn't help but drift back to that day in Lingtian Pavilion, when he decided to let Li Chengqian go out and become a vassal, and peace with the country The candidate for the future prince whom Shi Luosu talked about.

Li Jing held the wat tablet in his hand and said solemnly: "I sincerely obey your Majesty's orders. Your Majesty will not regard my ministers as old and impose heavy responsibilities on them. I will do my best to assist the King of Qin. I will do my best and wrap my body in horse leather as my duty to repay your Majesty's kindness." "

There really is no prince in the Tang Dynasty!
Li Chengqian looked at his younger brother King Wei with some resentment, and was secretly angry in his heart, "It's really an advantage to him."

Today, as the prince changes his title to King Qin and goes out to join the vassal state, Li Jing will most likely leave with him. Otherwise, His Majesty will not be reassured by the prince alone.

A huge conflict broke out between you, your father and brother, and I believe you don't want this to continue between your sons.

King's clothes.

If it weren't for Li Chengqian, his current situation would be even worse, and he would definitely have no chance to return to the battlefield.

Because in Datang, he was a redundant person, but now, he has become a useful person to Datang again.

He will never forget that the Imperial Master said with a warm smile: "Anyone can be crown prince, even the crown prince, but Wei King Li Tai cannot!"

Moreover, if there is Wang Taibao, there will be Wang Taishi and Wang Taifu, as well as Wang Shaobao, Wang Shaoshi, and Wang Shaofu. Many high-level official positions with real power will appear together.

He looked at the Emperor, his father, his eyes full of expectation, Father, please announce it quickly, I can't wait any longer.

He asked that sentence, full of doubts, "National Master, why?"

He is waiting for the emperor's appointment.

"Cheng Qian, go see your third division eunuch."

As for whether the power granted is too great, some people will naturally worry, but King Qin Li Chengqian is going out to explore, and whether he can succeed is the most critical, and he must delegate enough power.

Li Tai's face was glowing red. In his more than 20 years of life, he had never been as happy as he was today. Soon he would be able to fulfill his long-cherished wish and become the prince he had always expected.

Li Jing quickly supported Li Chengqian's prostrating body. He was somewhat grateful to Li Chengqian.

If the deposing of the prince is compared to a huge wave rising high, then the enfeoffment of the kings is like a tsunami that destroys the world. Anyone can say that the deposing of the prince is calm and calm.

He remembered that he said, "When Cheng Qian goes out to join the vassal state, he will make Qingniao the crown prince."

If he becomes the emperor in the future, will it destroy the structure of the kings' outer seals?

If he recalls Prince Cheng Qian and King Yan Li Ke, what should the two kings do?
Did they rebel on the spot and let the second generation of the kings seal the throne die, or did Prince Cheng Qian and King Yan Li Ke die in the palace after they returned.

From the royal family to everyone in the country, it is a good thing not to let him rise to power.

Emperor, what do you think? "

The Imperial Master is always in control, his words are gentle, and the palace is warm, but Li Shimin only feels that he is on a glacier. There is no sun in front of him, but a cold wind.

He saw the fire burning down the palace, and he saw Cheng Qian lying in the palace, holding a sword in his hand and yelling with anger on his face, "Li Tai, I will definitely kill you in the next life."

Then there was bright red blood, and Cheng Qian died among the arrows.

Where's Ke'er?
He was brave and decisive and would lead the cavalry from Mobei to the south. In the end, he was killed by Li Ji or some general in the desert.

Li Shimin came back to his senses. He looked at the Imperial Master who looked at him with a smile, and said those words again bitterly: "National Master, are your predictions wrong?"

Luo Su didn't say anything. Buer Cuo was a top-notch Wang Zuo talent, but Luo Su never made even one mistake.

Returning to the Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin withdrew his gaze from Li Tai, as if he had not seen the expectant look in his eyes.

"Cheng Qian, when Ke'er went to Mobei to guard the border, Mobei had already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and it was two to three thousand miles away from the Tang Dynasty. It was not that far away. I gave him twelve thousand households. It is called the Twelve Divisions of King Yan.

Now you have to go five thousand miles away to explore, and these are unknown wild and foggy places. I don't know if you can come back in this life.

I give you 200,000 stones of food and grass, 100,000 war horses, 100,000 pack horses, and 300,000 oxen and sheep, which you will need for your march and for building a country in the future. Even if those places can be farmed, but there was no city built in the early days, you I'm afraid I'm going nomadic.

There are 30,000 sets of Tang standard armor, 100,000 sets of Tang standard crossbows and weapons, and 300,000 arrows.

There are five thousand craftsmen, monks, Taoist priests, doctors and scholars of all kinds.

A total of 20,000 households of Han people will be transferred to you from Hebei, Bingzhou, and Guanzhong, and 20,000 households of Fan people will be transferred to you from the Turks, Tiele, and Khitan tribes in Youzhou and Anbei.

If you can really stand your ground, I will send the Han people to you again, just like the old things of the Yan Kingdom. "

Every word the emperor spoke made the officials of the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, the Lifan Yuan, and the Privy Council tremble on their faces. They were really too generous, much more generous than when King Yan went out to the fortress.

In the kingdom under the sun, only the Tang Dynasty, which is now at its peak, can produce so many things.

The least valuable among them is grain and grass, and the most valuable is horses.

This time almost a quarter of Datang's horses were taken out.

There are 20,000 Han households and 20,000 non-local households, totaling 40,000 households, more than 200,000 people. If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't support themselves on the road, Li Shimin would have wanted to directly give Li Chengqian a population of 100,000 households.

This is not only his debt to Li Chengqian, but also Luo Su's request to use various means to immigrate to the border and change the population ratio.

In recent years, the prisons in various states and counties in the Central Plains have been relatively empty because most of them have been moved to the borders.

This was Luosu's strategy of "the Fan people moved inward to the south, and the Han people moved out to the north", that is, the Fan people in the north who submitted to the Tang Dynasty moved to the southwest, and the Han people in the Central Plains moved to the border.

This is not a large-scale migration, but a subtle process. From the time King Yan defended the north to the present, about 200,000 people have migrated to Mobei, forming a large number of Han nomadic armed groups.

Some Han armed groups have become so powerful that they need Li Ke to win over them with official positions. It can be said that they are developing extremely fast.

A small number of Han people would be assimilated in the past, but if a large number of Han people come together as a group, they will change each other.

Even if he will inevitably become a nomad in the future, he will still be a nomad who understands the classics of the sages and knows his origins, but he will be assimilated just like in the past years.

Li Chengqian knelt deeply on the ground and sobbed, "My son cannot serve his father or pay homage to his mother in the future. It is an unfilial son. The son hopes to take away his mother's shrine and worship her every day."

Speaking of Empress Changsun, Li Shimin also wanted to shed tears. He touched his head again and kept saying, "Good boy, I will have someone make a memorial tablet right away."

This scene of a loving father and a filial son made all the officials in the palace feel very complicated. In the past, there were frequent conflicts between father and son, but now that the crown prince has been deposed, people really feel the love between father and son. I really don’t know what to do with this. say something. Family ties in heaven are so difficult.

"Jun Cheng."

Li Shimin came out of his sadness and called Luo Juncheng's name in a complicated tone.

Luo Juncheng stood up from his seat and walked solemnly to the hall. He was meticulous and bowed, "I'm here."

"You were born in the first year of Wude, and you are my nephew. You also married my Changle, who is my son-in-law. You were crowned in the eleventh year of Zhenguan. Your parents died young, and you inherited the title of King Zhou. After all, you are alone. I He is one of your closest elders, so he went to the house specially to give you a message.

I haven't promoted you in these years because I thought that when Cheng Qian succeeds to the throne in the future, you will certainly not lack these things. You are a smart child and you must understand these things. But I didn't expect that things are unpredictable and I can't wait for that day. "

At the court meeting, Li Shimin spoke in detail like an ordinary person, Luo Juncheng was already lying on the ground, saying emotionally: "My uncle's kindness will be unforgettable by my nephew."

Li Shimin walked up to him and said with emotion: "I know you very well, you are very much like your father, you value friendship and loyalty. I really don't want to let you leave Chang'an, and my Changle, she is such a delicate girl, and her child is only two years old. How can I be at ease when you go to that wild place in the future?

But I know that when the Imperial Master asked Cheng Qian to leave the town, I knew that even if there were mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, you would definitely follow Cheng Qian and leave Chang'an, and I couldn't stop you.

Chengqian is a little older than you and is your cousin, but you are more mature and stable. You two brothers must help each other in the future. I promised Qingyang to take good care of his heirs, but now I let you go to a foreign land. , I feel guilty. "

Luo Juncheng couldn't help but kowtow, "Your Majesty, rest assured that His Highness the King of Qin and his ministers will live up to the style of the Tang Dynasty. Princess Changle, I will definitely protect her."

Li Shimin's expression gradually hardened, everything became a foregone conclusion, and there was nothing more to say.

He cast his eyes on the brilliance in the palaces. Is that the future of the Tang Dynasty?
……

"Are Brother Prince and Cousin Cheng leaving Chang'an?"

Li Chengqian and Luo Juncheng were silently packing their things in the East Palace. In fact, they did not need to pack these things. They just missed them a little.

Suddenly a few childish voices came from outside the door, and then a few little heads popped out from behind the door, all wearing buns popular in the palace. They were Li Chengqian's younger sisters, the nine-year-old Princess Chengyang, Jin Princess Yang, Li Mingda, is already seven years old, and Princess Hengshan is only five years old. They are both young, but almost all of them are beautiful and cute.

Li Chengqian doesn't have a good relationship with Li Tai, but he gets along well with his other brothers and sisters, especially his three biological sisters. The youngest of them, Princess Jinyang and Princess Hengshan, is old enough to be their father.

Luo Juncheng smiled and waved, and the three little princesses trotted in, but their faces looked like they were about to cry.

"Who bullied our three princesses? Tell your cousin and he will teach him a lesson."

If among the princesses, who is the most favored by Li Shimin, it must be Princess Jinyang. She is the only princess who was raised by Li Shimin personally. Moreover, Princess Jinyang Li Mingda is good at calligraphy, especially imitation. Li Shimin's flying skills can almost be faked to the point of being real, which makes Li Shimin, who likes calligraphy, extremely fond of it.

Princess Jinyang's eyes were red and she said with a sweet voice: "The palace people outside said that the prince's brother, cousin, and sister will leave Chang'an in the future and go to a very far away place, and they will never come back again. is this real?"

Luo Juncheng and Li Chengqian looked at each other and said warmly: "My cousin and the prince have some important matters and they have to leave Chang'an."

Without saying anything, Princess Jinyang shed tears silently. The tears fell down her fair and tender face, shining in the light like glass, which made people unable to help but feel heartbroken. "Brother Prince and cousin are... Don’t you want Jinyang? Jinyang won’t be naughty anymore, please don’t leave, okay?”

Li Chengqian turned his head and was about to cry. Luo Juncheng also felt a sharp pain in his heart. He could only force a smile and said: "How could it be? Jinyang is so cute, no one would want the princess." "

Jinyang sobbed and couldn't stop crying. "My father said that the queen went to a very far away place. Jinyang has not seen the queen until now. The prince brother and cousin are also leaving Jinyang."

This child's words were a bit funny, but when Li Chengqian heard the word mother, he shed tears. Princess Chengyang was slightly older and knew that the mother had passed away. She wiped the tears for Li Chengqian, "Jinyang, don't talk nonsense, the prince brother and My cousin is different from my mother."

The youngest Princess Hengshan stretched out her hands and touched Luo Juncheng's face, and said with a sweet voice: "Mommy said that when you don't smile well, you just want to cry. Cousin, you want to cry, why are you laughing?"

This child's words can break people's defenses the most, and now Luo Juncheng and Li Chengqian really feel it. The two of them had been cleaning up in the East Palace for a long time, but they just missed it a little. Now when these three children said it, they actually wanted to cry.

"Beep, beep."

The sound of footsteps came from outside, and several people looked up and saw that it was Luo Juncheng's younger brother Luo Junzhuo. He was ten years old this year and already quite tall. When he walked in, he saw that Jin Yang and others were indeed here. Slightly relieved.

"His Royal Highness King Qin, brother."

Luo Junzhuo saluted the two of them. Princess Jinyang and Princess Hengshan saw Luo Junzhuo coming and ran over quickly. Although Princess Jinyang was young and did not understand what a fiancé was, people around her were saying that from now on Luo Junzhuo Zhuo is the person she wants to spend her life with, so she is very close to Luo Junzhuo.

"Cousin, please quickly persuade the prince and cousin Juncheng not to leave Chang'an."

Looking at Princess Jinyang who looked anxious, Luo Junzhuo's eyes dimmed. When Queen Changsun passed away, Princess Jinyang was not very sensible, but she vaguely knew something, which made her particularly insecure.

At the beginning of this year, when Li Zhi of Jinyang began to deal with political affairs, Princess Jinyang pulled the clothes of King Li Zhi of Jin and refused to let him go. The brother and sister burst into tears, and finally Luo Junzhuo of Jinyang was tired of crying. The princess carried her away.

Princess Jinyang often asks Luo Junzhuo if he will leave her, and now Li Chengqian, Luo Juncheng, and Princess Changle Li Lizhi appear. These three people who are extremely important to Princess Jinyang are leaving Chang'an. This makes How could Princess Jinyang bear it?

Luo Junzhuo reached out and took Princess Jinyang's frail body into his arms, and then said warmly: "The prince and brother are just going out of town for a while. If I have time in the future, can I take the princess to find them?"

Princess Jinyang is not just a crybaby, she is very smart and sensible. She understands Luo Junzhuo very well, because Luo Junzhuo never refuses her and always meets her various weird requests. If Luo Junzhuo both If it cannot be done, it means that it really cannot be done.

Her tears fell on Luo Junzhuo's neck, "Jinyang knows, from now on my cousin must take Jinyang to find the prince brother, sister and cousin Juncheng, right?"

Luo Junzhuo patted Princess Jinyang gently, "You are so good."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Luo Juncheng felt that it was really like when he and Changle were young. He was sour and felt a little happy from the bottom of his heart. It was so good.

She got tired easily when she was young, and Princess Jinyang actually fell asleep in Luo Junzhuo's arms, with the tears on her face still not wiped off.

Luo Juncheng looked at Luo Junzhuo and said softly: "Junzhuo, my brother will no longer be in Chang'an from now on. The house of Prince Zhou will be left to you. The name of Prince Zhou's mansion will be given to you. Don't lose his name. My father's posthumous name will be in the future." It’s up to you to maintain it.”

Luo Junzhuo nodded solemnly, worried about disturbing Princess Jinyang, so he only said softly: "Brother, don't worry!"

The descendants of the Luo family of this generation of Zhou Junwang are all blessed by King Su and have very good talents. Luo Juncheng has nothing to worry about Luo Junzhuo.

After everyone left the East Palace, Li Chengqian and Luo Juncheng looked at each other, put down what they were holding, and fell into silence. After a long time, Luo Juncheng said: "Chengqian, go see your cousin. See if anyone in her family is leaving, including your children.

Me too. "

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Zhoujun Prince's Mansion has always been a prestigious place, but today it was a bit desolate. At this time, no one came to the mansion. After Luo Juncheng opened the door, he saw everyone in the mansion in a hurry.

The appointment in the palace has come down. For many people, it is a bolt from the blue. In the eyes of most people, the difference between this and exile is that exile is escorted on the road, while the palace goes on its own initiative.

But there are many people from foreign countries in Chang'an City who would rather be powerless waste in Chang'an City than become leaders outside the Great Wall. This is very revealing.

Not to mention that this trip is not just outside the Great Wall, it is said to be a wild place that no one has been to before. That is simply terrifying.

Of course, no one knows about these people now.

In fact, the place Li Chengqian picked should be the best piece of land. Although that land can be regarded as grassland, it is completely different from Mobei.

First of all, the climate is not as bad as that in Mobei. There will not be white disasters and black disasters at any time. Moreover, the grassland is extremely fertile and the temperature is not that low. It is similar to Hetao. Grazing there is much better than in Mobei.

And it's not a place like Mobei where you can only graze. It's actually not a grassland, but a "plain with grass."

Especially the Eastern European plains further west, which are black soil in a warm climate.

With the farming talents of the Central Plains people, just digging two shovels of soil there will produce higher yields than the Hebei and Guanzhong plains in the Central Plains. It can be said that the difficulty of opening up wasteland is very low.

Naturally, no one knows this now. After all, the tribes living there have no talent for farming, so they can only let the land be wasted.

One of the problems facing Luo Juncheng now is that his child is only two years old.

Princess Li Lizhi of Changle, who had been married to him for several years, gave birth to his first child. Luo's heirs were in trouble. He felt it, and he didn't know how his mother gave birth to three children in the first place.

"My husband and brother are going to the wilderness to build a country. I will definitely follow them, but our child is still too young."

Traveling is a very strenuous task that many adults cannot bear, let alone babies.

Luo Juncheng sighed after hearing this and said: "Madam, in fact, I am not worried about our child. Our child is protected by King Su. He will not die before he is fifteen years old. Even if he is sick, he will eventually turn around.

What I am worried about is the prince's child. Although his child is older than ours, at five years old, he is indeed too young. "

This was the first time Li Lizhi heard about it. She said with some surprise: "King Su's blessing? Can our child really be fine?"

Luo Juncheng looked at the pink and jade child next to him, a trace of tenderness flashed across his face, "Haven't you noticed in the past two years?
Our children have never been sick or troubled.

The direct descendants of King Zhou are all protected by King Su. This is what our ancestors said personally, so we don’t have to worry. "

Li Lizhi's obvious worry suddenly relaxed.

She was astonishingly beautiful, with her silky black hair hanging down, and her skin as fair as jade, "That's good."

Luo Juncheng held her hand and said apologetically: "Madam, your pampered life may no longer exist in the future. I don't know what dangers you will encounter in the future."

Li Lizhi suddenly raised her head, and her expression reminded Luo Juncheng of his mother, the princess of Pingyang Town. Their expressions were exactly the same.

"Husband, it's good that I'm a woman, but how can a Li family's woman be weak and unable to take care of herself?

Among Luo Shizi's wives, how can there be one who can only live in romance but cannot withstand wind and rain?

We grew up together, and you underestimate me too much.

Chang'an is a warm and nurturing place. All I need to do is to enter the palace on time and keep in touch with my relatives. But now, I dare to say that women are not inferior to men.

After leaving Chang'an, in the new Qin State, no matter how far we can go in the future, we, as husband and wife, will have to go together.

Husband, you cannot have such thoughts. "

She raised her head and was full of energy. Luo Juncheng thought she was too beautiful!
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"The supreme King Su shines in the sky, the snowy light flashed by Mo Dao cuts through the dark night, the galloping war horses and the iron armor of the Tang Dynasty son roar, the desolate cold night is reflected in the snow and blood, this is heaven, this is hell "——"The Heroes of the Western Expedition"

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