I have a backstage in Datang

However, after the fifth day, that is, the fifteenth day of the Turkic invasion, suddenly a fast horse came from the north, and the rider on the horse, with a red plume inserted, galloped like lightning, with a heart-piercing sound. The lung-cracking scream surprised the people of the entire Chang'an City.

"I am Hong Ling's urgent envoy, and I rushed thousands of miles to pass on the book, Hebei Road, a great victory, [-] soldiers were killed, and [-] prisoners..."

Repaying victory is a major event in a country. Originally, nonsense was not allowed, one had to speak out, and no exaggeration was allowed. However, this Hongling urgently was obviously different. He was instigated by a certain "Hebei youth", so along the way, this guy Bragging.

Obviously killed [-] Turkic cavalry, in his mouth it became [-] soldiers, and obviously captured [-] Turkic auxiliary soldiers, in his mouth it became [-] prisoners.

The reason is very simple, to make the people happy and encouraged, so since the messenger entered Chang'an, he kept shouting and bragging along the way.

This guy ran wildly all the way, heading straight for the palace, yelling continuously, like a heart-piercing lung, roaring: "Great victory, great victory, Datang Wansheng, Datang Wansheng, ahahaha, get out of the way, get out of the way quickly, I am Hongling's urgent envoy, and went straight to the palace to report victory..."

Countless people in Chang'an, even refugees fleeing famine, gathered tens of thousands of people in a blink of an eye, and they flocked to the streets to stand on both sides of the road.

Shocked faces appeared on their faces, but ecstasy flickered in their eyes. They watched Hongling run wildly, and suddenly the whole of Chang'an resounded with earth-shattering cries. Roaring roar: "Great victory, great victory..."

how many years?

How many generations?

at last!

He also heard the great victory against the alien race.

Countless people of the Han family were soaked in tears.

However, when the news reached the ears of the aristocratic family, countless teacups fell to the ground at this moment.They could no longer care about tasting tea, and could no longer maintain their leisurely attitude. The faces of countless people from aristocratic families were ashen, and they uttered six words in disbelief, and said with difficulty: "It's really a big victory?"

At the same time, somewhere in Chang'an, Wang Si, the patriarch of the Wang clan in Taiyuan, had his eyes straightened, and he was asking his servant in an indescribably trembling tone, and said almost sharply: "Did you really see clearly? Is that really true?" Is Hongling in a hurry? Is he really calling for victory? Is he really from Hebei?"

But seeing a servant below with a face full of fear, he bit the bullet and answered cautiously, saying: "Patriarch, it is true."

Wang Si's face was livid, and fear flashed in his eyes.

After quite a long time, the patriarch, one of the two most powerful people in the world, took a deep breath, and said as if muttering to himself: "Is it really [-] beheaded? Is it really [-] prisoners?"

Although he seemed to be muttering to himself, there was someone next to him, who seemed to be very anxious and said: "I'm afraid I can't make a mistake, you can't do a fake array cut, what should I do, what should I do , I really didn't expect that the Li family could defeat the Turkic people..."

The man's face was pale and his body was trembling. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and couldn't help but startled and said: "We have been threatening the Li family these days, we have been threatening them these days, but now that the Turks have been defeated, the Li family will Won't reveal the murderous intent?"

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... There will be another chapter later!

Chapter 90 [Li Jiancheng wants to give Gu Tianya a gift]

I Have a Backstage in Datang Text Volume Chapter 90 [Li Jiancheng Wants to Give Gu Tianya a Gift] "No! They dare not!"

Wang Si suddenly yelled, as if he wanted to suppress the fear in his heart, and said: "It's just a victory, and it's not a battle to destroy the country. The grasslands in the north are so vast, and there are millions of Turkic people, and everyone is a soldier. They are born warriors." , the Tang Dynasty of the Li family has only been established for a few years? They are no match for the Turkic people at all!"

The old man became more confident as he spoke, and his tone gradually became calmer, and he said: "This time it seems like a big victory, but in fact it has planted a big disaster. Maybe it won't take long before the Turks will come again and be more ruthless, so Li The royal family will never dare to annoy the family, but will use this matter to make some concessions to us. This is called appeasement, for fear that we will jump the strings, otherwise all of our family will twist the rope and turn the Central Plains upside down for him first... "

The person next to him was stunned for a moment, and soon his face showed surprise, and he couldn't help but shouted: "Yes, when the time comes, we will cooperate with the Turkic people to go south and directly overturn their Li family's country, and the people of the world will once again fall into a trap." In dire straits, the Li family members are all accused of crimes for thousands of years. For example, Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, is a living example. Li Yuan is Yang Guang's cousin, and he will not be ignorant of the family's tricks."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they nodded frequently with complacency.

Only the old man Wang Si's eyes flickered, as if he had thought of some trick again, and suddenly said: "Since the Li family will take the opportunity to appease, we will just divide up the benefits, and this battle in Hebei has killed [-] people. , can definitely seal out one or two dukes..."

He stopped abruptly when he said this, with a meaningful expression on his face.

How shrewd are the people present, they immediately understood Wang Laohuo's reminder, and immediately everyone was surprised, and someone blurted out: "I have a son of the Cui family. The meritorious service built by the son of the clan."

Before he finished speaking, another person spoke hastily, and said with a smile: "Among the Zheng family in Xingyang, there are also descendants who went to Hebei, tsk tsk tsk, before the national calamity, generosity, the reason why Hebei was able to win this time , must be due to the meritorious deeds of my heirs of the Zheng family."

Everyone present laughed together, and said: "Our aristocratic family has always been in charge of local power, and we have a lot of regrets about the power in the military. Ask for five counties. If the royal family of the Li family refuses to agree, we will work together to strike the market. Don’t they want to clear up the land from the previous dynasty? Yes, let them sort out the land. Wait until they grant the land to the common people Afterwards, we suddenly pulled out the bottom line, and the entire world’s aristocratic families joined forces to stop selling food. By then, the common people will be hungry, and countless people will starve to death every day. I’d like to see how the Li family will carry it!”

"Hahahaha!"

All the family members present laughed loudly.

The life and death of the people in the world are just bargaining chips in their eyes, but it has to be said that this is indeed a poisonous plan. As long as they threaten to stop selling food, the Li royal family will definitely not dare to offend all the aristocratic families, and they still have to bow their heads obediently and be honest. Accept their request.

So what if Hebei's military exploits were not established by us?

We just want to take the credit for it.

Two dukes, ten county lords, this is the minimum limit, and must be agreed.

The old man Wang Si suddenly spoke again, and said with burning eyes: "Quickly send a flying letter to Hebei, telling the two sons of Cui Shi and Zheng Shi, let them go to seize the military merits immediately, and the spoils of war should be included in their names. The old man heard that thousands of bullocks and thousands of Turkic war horses were harvested this time, how can we not fight for such an astonishing profit."

Another old guy next to him followed up and said: "In order to cooperate with them in grabbing merit, we must go to the palace immediately, and make trouble first, so that Mrs. Li bows his head, otherwise the two children are not strong enough, and I am afraid they will not be able to snatch them from the hands of the Detachment of Women. To the credit."

Everyone nodded again and again, deeply feeling that this was justified.

It's a pity that they didn't know that the situation in Hebei was very special this time. Not only did they have the Detachment of Women, but also the Tiance Mansion. If they wanted to snatch military exploits from Hebei, they almost pulled their teeth from the mouths of two tigers at the same time.

Whether it is Li Shimin or Li Xiuning, the two brothers and sisters are not good-tempered.

Wang Si's old man Chengfu was deep, and suddenly he opened his mouth again and said: "This time the great victory in Hebei, after all, the family did not participate, and we not only did not participate, even the Turkic people came here in collusion, so if you want to seize the credit, at least There must be a high-sounding statement..."

He stopped talking slowly, looked at the aristocratic family present with deep meaning in his words, and said with a smile on his face: "Someone must come forward for us first and help us tell this matter. Can you choose someone, and I have heard about it? "

The family present almost didn't think about it, and at the same time said with a sarcasm: "Isn't it appropriate to become a prince!"

Wang Si looked leisurely, and said with a smile: "The old man's intention is exactly the same."

Everyone laughed together.

Ever since the Li family started to fight for the world, Li Jiancheng has been in charge of begging for money and food from the aristocratic family. He is obedient and obedient in all kinds of ways. Even now that the Tang Dynasty has been established, Li Jiancheng still has to obey them...

Otherwise, his crown prince would not be able to do well.

The world's aristocratic families unite to ask for debts, and the Li royal family will never be able to pay off immediately, so they can only appease the aristocratic family and push Li Jiancheng out to apologize.

The old man Wang Si smiled leisurely, as if he had walked out of the fear of Hebei Dajie. The old man stroked his long beard slowly, and said slowly: "Since the plan has been made, we have to go through it. Instead of going to the Imperial Palace, but to the Eastern Palace, His Royal Highness must be rejoicing over the war in Hebei at this time."

The person next to him laughed lowly, and said mockingly: "But he will soon find out that his joy is about to turn into bitterness. His own sister has made great achievements in Hebei, which can be called a great cause of pride for hundreds of years. However, he, the big brother, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, wants to help us take back the battle achievements of our own sister."

"Hahahaha!"

Everyone laughed together and thought it was wonderful.

But at this moment, someone came in a hurry and saw a servant running fast, ran to the door and reported out of breath, and said eagerly: "My lords, His Royal Highness is coming to the door."

uh-huh!

Everyone stood there dumbfounded.

Wang Si obviously frowned, doubts flickered in his eyes, and he murmured softly: "We were just about to go to find him, but he came by himself? Could it be that the royal family of the Li family had already made preparations, as soon as they received the news of the great victory in Hebei? Come to appease?"

After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't understand it, so I turned my head to look at the door, and slowly ordered to the servant: "Let him come!"

Just these three words highlighted the arrogance and arrogance of the family.

The dignified prince of the Tang Dynasty came to the door, but they didn't go to greet him. Instead, they let the prince come by himself, as if he came to pay respects.

However, this kind of rude behavior seemed to be the usual practice in the past. Sure enough, the servant hurried away, and after a while, he actually led Li Jiancheng in.

It wasn't until this time that Wang Si and the others reacted a little, but when they saw everyone bowing their hands slightly, as if wanting to salute the prince, Li Jiancheng suddenly smiled wryly, waved his hands in a very peaceful tone, and said: "We are all acquaintances, This etiquette is not acceptable."

Everyone thought they had a noble family, so they didn't want to salute him at all, but when they heard that they took the opportunity to step down, they all laughed aloud.

Only Wang Si's eyes flickered, and he stared at Li Jiancheng suddenly and asked, "His Royal Highness came to the door suddenly. I don't know why he came here? The old man sees you with a wry smile. Could it be that you have encountered some difficulties?"

Everyone quickly stared at Li Jiancheng, and they found that Li Jiancheng's complexion was not very good.

Li Jiancheng suddenly exhaled lightly, and suddenly took out something from his bosom. It turned out to be an imperial decree, and the seal had already been stamped on it.

But Li Jiancheng did not announce the decree, but slowly raised the decree, and said at the same time: "In the first battle of Hebei, the enemy was completely wiped out. This battle killed [-] Turks, which can be called the greatest achievement in hundreds of years. The Han family exhaled!" Raise your eyebrows, Yixue has a deep hatred, of course, this is for the common people, you are a family, Jian Jian is a royal family, we all know each other, we can't be happy about this matter secretly..."

He paused while talking, looked at Wang Si with an extremely 'sincere' gaze, and said: "After my Li family established the Tang Dynasty, it actually resisted the grassland invasion. Let's not care whether this invasion is colluded with or not. Saying that this big victory will make you feel nervous, if all the aristocratic families are terrified, maybe they will do some extreme things?"

He seemed to be talking to himself, but he kept looking at everyone, his face was full of sincerity, he would always be that good old man of the Li family.

Sure enough, everyone felt relieved, and couldn't help but Da Lala asked: "In that case, where did the prince come from? Presumably he didn't come here to gossip, it must represent the meaning of the royal family."

"Exactly, exactly!"

Li Jiancheng nodded heavily, his face became more and more sincere, and said: "In order to appease everyone, my Li family decided to take the initiative to make some concessions."

As he spoke, he passed the imperial decree forward, and directly handed it to Taiyuan Wang Si, and then said: "The sincerity of the Li family has been written into the imperial decree. As for burning incense and reading it out, we are all acquaintances so we can avoid it." Let’s go. I’ll just tell you the things written in the imperial decree, as if everyone has gone through the scene of reading the imperial decree, how about it?”

Hearing his sincerity, everyone admired him quite a bit, nodded and said: "Since the prince insists, we have no choice but to listen. But please tell me and listen to it."

Li Jiancheng chuckled, and took the opportunity to express his will, but he did not recite the polite words, but used extremely plain words, saying: "Feng Ci, Wang Si, the prince's Zhongshu Sheren, has been reassigned as Zhongyun in the prince's mansion, court hall Above, the Minister of Rituals?"

Wang Si suddenly frowned slightly, and said lightly: "It's just the prince's mansion Zhongyun? Only the minister of the Ministry of Rites?"

The servant of the Ministry of Rites is a senior official of the fourth rank, and an important figure in the court, but he seemed dissatisfied, and just smiled slightly: "I thought it would be the Duke of the country."

The implication is self-evident, the Li family's appetite was not satisfied.

Unexpectedly, Li Jiancheng suddenly smiled bitterly, cupped his hands and said: "Wang Zhongyun, do me a favor. Although the meritorious service in this Hebei war is great, only one duke can be conferred."

He didn't call himself Gu, but called himself me. As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he kept his posture extremely low.

However, Wang Si and others were still dissatisfied. It can be said that they were merciless. They all sneered and said, "Since you can confer the title of a duke, why not confer it on the patriarch of the Wang clan?"

Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly again, as if he said helplessly: "The position of Duke has been reserved for others."

As he spoke, he looked at the crowd again, clasped his hands and begged for the second time, and said, "Everyone, please do me a favor. I am an older brother, and I want to give my brother-in-law a present."

As soon as these words were said, the whole family exploded.

But seeing a man with a livid face, he almost gritted his teeth and said, "Could it be that Hebei kid Gu Tianya you're talking about? How dare a scumbag be duke of the state? What does this battle of Hebei have to do with him? Your Li family's royal family has more face Don’t want it anymore, you actually want to confer the Duke of Ci to a muddy leg. He was born in the head of Guizhou, can he be worthy?”

He only said that it was shameless for the Li royal family to entrust the duke of the state like this, but he didn't want to think about how shameless it would be for their family to compete for credit.But he still said that he was filled with righteous indignation, as if he was indignant in his chest.

Fortunately, Li Jiancheng had a 'very good temper', and kept nodding his head to apologize to this person, saying repeatedly: "Yes, yes, he is the leader of Guizhou, and he is a muddy leg. It is really unreasonable to make him the Duke of the country, but he is my brother-in-law after all. Everyone, can you show me some face?"

It's a pity how greedy the people of the aristocratic family are, how can there be any face for him.

Li Jiancheng sighed helplessly, and suddenly seemed to have changed his tone, hinting in his words: "Jiangcheng can guarantee that this duke is not conferred on him now, but to seal up this meritorious service, and wait until the time is right in the future." Here, if he has not been successful, the Duke will not give it..."

Chapter 91 [The royal family of the Tang Dynasty, secret discussions in the palace]

At this time, there are more than a dozen royal families gathered in the Tang Palace, half of them are elders who are slightly older, and the others are members of the younger generation.

Li's elites are almost all here.

Older people, such as Huainan King Li Shentong, known as the often defeated general of the Li family, have fought bad battles all their lives, but looking at the heroes of the end of the Sui Dynasty, no one dares to underestimate him.

The reason why no one dares to underestimate him is precisely because he can fight bad battles.

The reason why he loses every battle is because he has to take on the most difficult battle every time. Although he loses, the rest of the Li family wins. This seemingly mediocre old man has been fighting for the Li family all his life. pay.

He doesn't care about fame, and he uses his mediocre skills to the extreme.

He must lose every battle, and he always loses without losing.

It is said that this old man once had a famous saying, which was aimed at the heroes of the whole world at that time, saying: "You may make money, but I will never lose. You won a game with me, but lost to the Li family elsewhere. Ten games, the old man is good at hiding needles in the cotton, and he will drag you all to death slowly, if you don't accept it, come and beat me..."

For a perennial defeated general to utter such wild words, it is conceivable how furious those heroes are. Once they can't hold back their anger, they will lead their troops to fight.

So, he just fell into the old man's trick.

So even though this old man has lost battles all his life and fled almost every time, no one can chase him to death and can only watch him do things.

That's why people gave it the nickname, the first shit stirrer in the late Sui Dynasty.

In addition to this Huainan Prince, there is another veteran of the Li family, who used to be the elder of the Li family, and now serves as the Minister of Zongzheng Temple, responsible for managing the genealogy of the entire royal family, and he is also indispensable for the sacrificial offerings.

This old man's presence is very low, and he rarely shows up on weekdays, but no one dares to underestimate him, because this old man is a well-known hob meat.

He is unreasonable and likes to lie down. The old guy's most famous trouble was to borrow military rations from the Zheng family in Xingyang. He borrowed as much as [-] shi at a time, and vowed to promise huge profits to others.

But a few years ago, when the Tang Dynasty was established, the Zheng family of Xingyang asked him for a debt with a deed of loan. As a result, the old guy turned his face and refused to accept the debt, and said like a dead dog: "I borrowed the food. It has nothing to do with the Li family. If you want to recover the debt, you can drag the old man to the East Market to sell it. The old man weighs over a hundred and can sell it for a lot of money."

The Zheng family in Xingyang was furious. How could they suffer this loss? It is said that the person who went to ask for the debt was the young patriarch. According to his seniority, he had to be called uncle. In-laws, and very close ones at that.

Seeing that this old man wanted to renege on the debt, the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang was furious and scolded him: "Old man, don't think that you are now a royal family. My Zheng family in Xingyang ranks among the five surnames and the seventh king. It's not that easy. If the Li family refuses to repay the debt, don't blame the Zheng family for turning their backs..."

It turned out that the old guy didn't listen to this, but he was overjoyed when he heard this, and laughed loudly: "Are you so crazy, little brat? Then don't blame Uncle for lying down!"

After speaking, he really kicked his legs, and lay on the ground with white eyes, and greeted the family servants, immediately dressed him in linen and filial piety, and then got a king's coffin, and carried it to the Zheng family in Xingyang. .

This old thing was directly 'lying dead' in Zheng's house for three days, and people spread strange rumors that Zheng's family forced him to death. The patriarch of the clan was extremely tired, as disgusting as if he had eaten a fly, but he couldn't beat him or scold him, and he had to call his uncle with a smile on his face, serve the old man to eat and drink, and then went back to the coffin to lie down.

In the end, it was the elders of the Zheng family who came forward and persuaded this old man to leave with good words. The interest on the [-] shi of military rations would be waived, and he would no longer have to pay the huge profits promised at the beginning.

But even so, the old guy still refuses to pay back his debts.In order to compete for the world, the Li family owed too many debts on credit. If every debt had to be paid off, two or three generations might not be able to pay it off.

So this old thing often reneges on debts and becomes the most disgusting hob meat of the family.

He and Huainan King Li Shentong, two old fellows, one literary and one military, can be regarded as the foundation of the Li royal family and the core of the core.