I have a backstage in Datang

In addition to these two old people, the younger generation gathered in the palace today, such as Li Xiaogong, king of Zhao County, who is also the core figure of the Li family. (Note: He is not the King of Hejian at this time).

The world only stares at Li Shimin's illustrious military exploits, and only sees Li Xiuning's sweep of the Northland, but many people will ignore it. In fact, Li Xiaogong of the Li family is also very good at fighting.

During the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, this guy single-handedly wiped out Bashu, captured more than [-] prefectures, and captured Zhu Can directly. He pacified the entire Jiangnan, suppressed Fu Gongyou's rebellion, and even led troops to appease the Lingnan states. The reason why the entire Lingnan surrendered was nothing more than being convinced by Li Xiaogong.

This guy is only 35 years old this year, only seven years older than Li Shimin, but the great achievements he has made for the Li family may not be less than the world-renowned Li Shimin.

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There were so many royal families gathered in the palace today, even the two old men and Li Xiaogong were all present, but one of the most important people was missing, that is Li Yuanji who would not be underestimated by the world.

This guy can be said to be extremely brave, but it is a pity that his temperament is perverse, especially after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he gradually became extravagant, paranoid, and short-sighted. In recent years, for some reason, he has become very close to the family.

He still couldn't figure it out, the Li family was no longer the powerful family they used to be, but the royal family that ruled the world, already standing on the opposite side of all the aristocratic families.

Everyone in the Li family has persuaded him many times, and even hinted at him about the Li family's plan. As a result, this guy didn't want to help, and even ran to the family to inform him. Fortunately, he didn't reveal the truth to him, otherwise the Li family's plan would be exposed .

Due to Li Yuanji's special situation, the royal family seldom called out to him in every secret meeting, especially in today's matter, and he couldn't be allowed to get involved, otherwise, if this guy leaked the secret again, the efforts of the Li family would be in vain.

But he said that it was already noon, and it was said that it was time for meal, and a warrior in the palace cautiously came to ask if he could bring meals to the royal family, but unfortunately, although everyone was hungry, they all shook their heads.

Huainan Wang Li Shentong said slowly that he is not afraid of being late for a good meal.

Da Zong said with a smile that it's okay to skip a meal.

Li Xiaogong was also not in the mood to eat, he glared at the wrestler fiercely.

As for the emperor Li Yuan, he kept looking outside the door, and suddenly sighed softly, and said with a sad tone: "Every time I need to be ashamed, the boss will go, alas, let's wait for him. He is outside to accompany others." With a smile on his face, how can we eat and drink at home. So let's eat when he comes back, and our family will sit and eat together."

All the royal families present nodded their heads, and the younger generation stood up one after another, led by Li Xiaogong, bowed and saluted together: "Uncle (uncle) is right, we have to wait for eldest brother. He has suffered too much for our Li family." suffering."

Since today is a secret meeting of the family, the juniors do not address His Majesty, but their uncles and uncles, but this address is not considered impolite.

Li Yuan glanced at everyone, his face seemed to be very relieved, suddenly for some reason, bitterness appeared in his eyes, and he said as if sighing: "The boss is very good, the second child is very good, that girl Xiuning is also very good, even you Little guys, everyone is attached to the Li family's heart, but there is a bastard who has a rebellious bone on the back of his forehead..."

The words were implicated, everyone knew it was Li Yuanji, the juniors present were inconvenient to talk, so they coughed twice and pretended not to hear.

But Li Shentong and Da Zongzheng turned cold, and suddenly snorted coldly together, stared at Li Yuan and said, "If you can't make up your mind, we will help you make up your mind. There are hundreds of people in the entire Li family, but it can't all be because of him." and die."

What he said was nonsensical, but Li Yuan's face was full of bitterness. After a long time, he sighed again and said, "There are still three years, and the boss can still live for three years. Turn around, let him go with the boss."

Li Shentong and Dazong's positive expressions softened, and they both sighed suddenly.

At this moment, they suddenly heard footsteps outside the door, but saw that Li Jiancheng had finally returned, and everyone stood up to greet him.

Not only the younger generation greeted them, but even the older generation stood up, and even the emperor Li Yuan also stood up.

Li Jiancheng seemed to be in a hurry because he was in a hurry, so he kept coughing after entering the door. He nodded to everyone first, then bowed his hands to several elders, and then said: "Everyone, don't worry, let me drink some water."

As he spoke, he picked up a tea bowl and poured it vigorously with his head up. The posture of drinking water was not like a prince, it was worse than ordinary people in the folk, but seeing him pouring vigorously and still not quenching his thirst after drinking a bowl, so He grabbed another teacup and drank it down again.

After drinking the tea, he suddenly piled the two tea bowls together, then said softly to a guard in the room, and carefully instructed: "Burn the two tea bowls I used, smash them according to the usual practice, and bury them deep in the In the soil, it must not be contagious to people, lest I feel very uneasy."

The guard quickly knelt down, choked with sobs and said, "Your Highness, there is no need to do this."

Li Yuan obviously couldn't bear it, and said in the same way: "Boss, don't say such things again."

A group of princes of the same generation next to him also persuaded him again and again, each saying: "Brother, your disease cannot be passed on to others, we are not afraid, there is no need to do this."

However, Li Jiancheng waved his hand to signal everyone not to get entangled in this matter.

He walked away slowly for a few steps, keeping a distance from everyone almost habitually, feeling that his coughing foam would not be sprayed on others, so he spoke again, and laughed suddenly: "Everyone, those people were deceived by me again." Once."

His face was full of relief, and he suddenly coughed again, making everyone present feel sore, seeing his smile felt uncomfortable.

Chapter 92 [I, Li Jiancheng, want to see my brother-in-law]

However, Li Jiancheng seemed quite excited. He stood by the door and kept talking, saying again: "Today I went to the Wang's mansion in Taiyuan, and sure enough those people were gathering for a discussion. I kept my posture very low to make them feel full of sincerity. Those people finally relaxed their vigilance and stopped being frightened by the results of the First World War in Hebei. They have already agreed not to grant the duke a title for the time being..."

Everyone looked at each other with joy on their faces. Da Zong Zheng's eyes flickered a few times, and he said in a deep voice, "That means we won this round again."

"Yeah, I won again!" Li Jiancheng laughed so heartily.

Suddenly he turned his head to look to the north, and said with anticipation: "After this battle, the aristocratic family has seen the power of the Li family. It turns out that we can not only compete for the world, but also resist the Turks in the northern grassland. The third sister is really amazing." After gaining this record, the reputation will definitely be even more prominent, and the next step is to strike while the iron is hot, and then the matter of sorting out the acres of land will be much smoother."

He stopped here for a while, his face looked more hopeful, and he said: "The things in the world are hard to start. As long as there is a start, you can slowly advance. At that time, Hebei Road will continue to clear up the fields. After taking them back, the land will be returned." For the common people, after this matter has become a practice, other conveniences can be slowly implemented. Once the common people have land, they will have a better life. No more starving to death or freezing to death, no need to change children to eat, and mothers no longer need to starve because their children And crying, the husband doesn’t have to worry about whether he can’t support his wife and daughter, how wonderful, how wonderful, whether you say yes or not, that kind of life is really good..."

The more he talked, the happier he seemed, his eyes were full of longing, as if he could live to that day, and he could see that all the people in the world were living happily.

Everyone in the room looked at him and felt sore in their hearts. Li Shentong's eyes suddenly turned red, he turned his head and gave a long sigh, gritted his teeth and said: "A man with a kind heart is like Li Jiancheng. He hates God, why is he so cruel? ?”

Li Jiancheng laughed loudly, cupped his hands at Li Shentong, and said, "Uncle Shentong, why do you have to do this? The so-called human life is a gift from God. Jiancheng doesn't think he is pitiful, but feels that he is very worthy of living." , I can contribute to the Li family and make the common people live well. After I die, maybe someone will say that this person is not bad. With this praise, Jiancheng will be satisfied..."

This man is really broad-minded, he completely sees everything, so he is not afraid of death, and he doesn't care about his terminal illness at all.

The hearts of all the people present were even more sorrowful, but there were smiles on their faces. Everyone might make Li Jiancheng feel unhappy, so someone suddenly changed the subject.

The person who spoke was none other than Li Xiaogong, Prince of Zhaojun. He purposely spoke mysteriously, pointed to the north, and said, "Brother Jiancheng, do you know? We just received another letter from Hebei, but you must not You will think of who sent this biography."

As expected, Li Jiancheng was distracted by him, and asked curiously, "Could it be the family letter written by the third sister? Hurry up and show it to me."

Li Xiaogong laughed, shook his head and said: "No, no, this biography was not sent by Xiu Ning, but that guy Shimin wrote it himself."

Li Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, and said in astonishment, "Erlang? Why did he go to Hebei?"

Suddenly he came to his senses, his complexion became dazed, he nodded and said: "Yes, because of the Hebei War! Erlang is so shrewd, he can see farther than me. When the third sister and brother-in-law started to sort out the fields, my father and I only thought about it. The family will fight back, but Erlang has predicted in advance that the family is likely to collude with foreigners. His personality is to protect the family, and he must be worried about the safety of the third sister in Hebei, so he will definitely send troops to sneak into Hebei quietly. , no wonder the battle went so smoothly this time, it turned out that Erlang and Third Sister fought together."

This is the real Li Jiancheng. He figured everything out just from a few hints from others. His shrewdness and wisdom are not inferior to anyone in the Li family. On the contrary, he is much better than anyone in the Li family.

Li Xiaogong admired him very much, suddenly gave him a thumbs up, and suddenly spoke again, and said in a more mysterious tone: "Then you might as well guess again, what happy event Erlang wrote?"

Li Jiancheng was even more surprised when he heard his tone. This time, he stopped guessing, but suddenly stretched out his hand towards Li Yuan, and shouted from a distance: "Father, show me the letter."

Li Yuan over there chuckled, as if he was deliberately anxious, shook his head and said: "This letter can be read by anyone, but I can't give it to you. Your brother made a fortune in Hebei this time, so the tone of the letter is quite complacent. , I’m afraid that your eyes will be greedy after reading it, so I can’t show you this letter.”

Li Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, and said in astonishment: "I will be greedy?"

He thought for a while, then laughed, and said with a hint in his voice: "It's nothing more than capturing the Turkic bullocks and the horses of the cavalry. These wealth are certainly very good, but they can't be regarded as happy events. Just now, I was full of filial piety." Mystery must not refer to this."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Xiaogong, pretending to be an elder brother on purpose, pretending to scold him, and said: "Tell me, what kind of happy event is it? It's worth keeping your secrets, and the emperor also cooperates."

"Hahahaha!"

Li Xiaogong laughed out loud, and finally stopped teasing him. Li Xiaogong took a few steps forward again, not caring about Li Jiancheng's infectious disease at all, but before he opened his mouth to explain, Li Jiancheng had already taken a few steps back. He said to him: "Our third girl needs a big marriage."

Li Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, and then his face froze. After three or four gasps, his eyes flashed sharply, and he said, "Is that Gu Tianya? This kid dared to come here without mentioning marriage?"

Obviously Li Xiaogong only said that he needed a big marriage, but he immediately realized something, because he was too shrewd to hear a little mistake in Li Xiaogong's mouth.

What Li Xiaogong said just now were the four words 'need a big marriage', and these four words alone made Li Jiancheng understand everything.

The word 'need' carries a sense of urgency.

Why do women have a sense of urgency to get married?I'm afraid that's the only thing that can cause it.

Everyone admired his quick response and couldn't help giving him a thumbs up, but Li Jiancheng frowned slightly, his face looked a little ugly, and suddenly said: "The geese didn't even send two, this kid is really Don't know the rules."

The tone was quite uncomfortable.

Just like when a certain His Royal Highness King Qin spoke not long ago.

The two beloved sisters of the Tang Dynasty, the mad devil, really deserve to be siblings of the same mother.

Fortunately, Li Yuan finally spoke at this time, as if to explain to him: "After your sister went through that incident, the whole family was frightened. That girl has a stubborn personality since she was a child, and she is easy to get confused when doing things. Now there is a man who asked her to take care of her." Heart, it’s a great thing to say, so don’t blame your brother-in-law, it’s said, it’s said..."

Li Yuan suddenly asked for Ai Ai, he hesitated and hesitated to continue.

He is a father, and some things are really hard to say, and the same is true of the other elders in the room, with embarrassment on their faces.

But after all, there is still a younger generation. Some people are younger than Li Xiuning. They suddenly laughed and helped Li Yuan continue to tell the story. They winked at Li Jiancheng and said, "It is said that the third sister took the initiative to attack and directly killed the third brother-in-law in the heavy snow. It was taken down."

Li Jiancheng stood on the spot in a daze, his face full of astonishment, and said, "Third Sister, she...she..."

Suddenly coughed twice in embarrassment, he was the eldest brother so it was hard to say anything.

Only those young royals were laughing and laughing, winking and saying: "This matter was asked by the second sister-in-law. We are all dumbfounded. So brother, you can't blame the third sister-in-law. How can he, a weak scholar, resist the third sister?" what?"

Li Jiancheng obviously couldn't laugh or cry, he shook his head again and again: "Absurd, absurd, this girl Xiuning is not too young, how can she be so anxious, she doesn't even have time to leave the scene. Although my brother-in-law's family is very poor, our Li family is not so young. Don't be greedy for him to give gifts, but the rules have been passed down since ancient times, you have to ask for the name Najib. Oh, this matter, this matter..."

As he was talking, he suddenly changed his words and said, "Forget it, forget it, I will prepare a generous gift for my brother-in-law to send to Hebei in case he is poor and cannot give a gift to our family." , I am the eldest brother, so I must help him..."

This is really honest to the extreme, and it is indeed the style of the eldest brother in the family.

Everyone admired him and paid tribute to him again and again.

Only Li Xiaogong smiled and said as if joking: "That's good, that's good, my sister was married away, and you, the older brother, have to help out with the gift. If I were that brat, I'm afraid I'd be happy." This is really the most beautiful thing in the world. It can definitely be ranked in the top three throughout the ages. Not only does it not need to come to the family to be a son-in-law, but also marry the royal family. Tsk tsk tsk, even the dowry is given by the natal family Yes. You are the only one who can be regarded as a big brother in the world..."

Li Jiancheng glanced at him and scolded with a smile: "If my guess is right, I'm afraid you also have the same thoughts? Even if I forgot to help my third brother-in-law prepare a generous gift, you, my cousin, will probably do it for me."

Li Xiaogong laughed loudly, nodded his head to express his approval, they are all elder brothers, and they are indeed careful and meticulous in doing things.

But Li Xiaogong suddenly shook his head again, and said: "It's a pity that our kindness is no longer needed. Now that kid is not considered poor. If he really wants to ask Najib, he can afford a bride price."

As he spoke, he glanced at Li Jiancheng meaningfully, and said with a smile, "He is a poor man, he is no longer a poor man."

However, Li Jiancheng's face suddenly became serious, and he said solemnly: "I don't care much about whether he is poor or rich. As long as the third sister lives happily, so what if I marry a bitter haha? But I don't care about him. I am very concerned about my character, what I value is whether Sanmei will trust others."

He suddenly became serious, and everyone stopped laughing at once, only to see that Li Yuan finally took out the bird letter and signaled a certain guard to deliver it to Li Jiancheng.

Before the biography was handed over, Li Xiaogong had already opened his mouth at the same time, and said in a deep voice at the side: "Shimin wrote in the letter, and he spoke very well of our brother-in-law. I know what it means, what I wrote is that although the white fox is young, it already has the appearance of overthrowing the country..."

Li Jiancheng was slightly startled, and said in astonishment: "This is obviously a word to describe a woman?"

Li Xiaogong seemed to be laughing, and said helplessly: "You know, Shimin always likes to drag words, and he seems to think that this word is wrong, but it's hard to change it, so, write it later. said a word."

Li Jiancheng looked at him and asked curiously, "What did Erlang write again?"

Li Xiaogong suddenly looked serious, and said solemnly: "Although the milk tiger is small, it already has the spirit of eating cows."

Li Jiancheng's eyes flashed immediately, and he turned his head to look to the north.

Although the white fox is young, it already has the attitude of overthrowing the country, and although the milk tiger is small, it already has the spirit of eating cows!With Erlang's haughty eyes, he can actually make such an evaluation of that brother-in-law. This word is clearly not a compliment, but a vague taste of being admired, that is to say, that brother-in-law has already obtained Erlang's approval.

At this moment, the guard finally delivered the letter, and Li Jiancheng hastily opened it to read it, his face gradually becoming brighter.

Open a kiln to burn bricks and earn a small amount of money.

Small money comes out and pays for children.

Children pick up iron and smelt it into steel.

Everything that Li Shimin wrote in the letter was Gu Tianya.Doing things step by step, one step at a time, the kind of steady and confident, made Li Jiancheng amazed again and again.

He continued to read the letter, and his face became even more exciting.

He saw in the letter that Gu Tianya opened a small night school. Although the hut was small, it took in many children. During the cold winter days, dozens of children knelt down in the snow, expressing their gratitude to the teacher and mouthing their mouths. send it.

He saw in the letter that Gu Tianya led Li Shimin to a poor house late at night, and stood at the window to watch a mother vomit blood and spit out food.

He turned his head to look in the direction of Hebei, and there was obviously an indescribable emotion in his eyes. For some reason, he seemed to have an irresistible impulse, as if he had discovered the treasure that made him most happy.

He looked at the north from afar, and said softly: "This brother-in-law's heart is as soft as mine. I am so happy to have a fellow traveler. I, Li Jiancheng, have not lived for three years. I want to see it." Look at this brother-in-law."

He wanted to go to Hebei to see Gu Tianya. He was about to die, but no one in this world could understand his heart.Everything he did was indeed for the Li family, but no one could understand his innate kindness.

Now he suddenly found the same person who cared about the common people wholeheartedly, which made him extremely happy and excited, so he was eager to meet Gu Tianya.

He wanted to tell this brother-in-law all of his thoughts, and he wanted the brother-in-law to continue to insist on his compassionate heaven and man.

Only in this way can he die without regrets, because after he dies, there will still be people who will really care about poverty.It can be regarded as inheriting his behest, so that he did not live in vain.

Li Jiancheng, the No. 1 coward in the history books, has been ruthless since ancient times, who can approve of his soft heart?

Maybe it's just Gu Tianya.

Chapter 93 [Li Shimin and Gu Tianya 'turn their faces']

Looking at the entire Li royal family, almost everyone was tolerant of Li Jiancheng. He said he wanted to go to Hebei for a walk, but no one stopped him.

He said he wanted to meet Gu Tianya, but everyone was also unwilling to stop him.

Not only did they not stop them, but they even encouraged them. In fact, the members of the Li family had already had an idea. They hoped that Li Jiancheng could go out and relax.

He is a person who can only live for three years, and there is no threat to everyone at all, and this prince has always been honest, and every day he thinks about how to make the people live well. Although he firmly holds on to the power of the prince, But everyone knows that he seized power in order to do more things.

He never used his authority to play prestige, but tried every means to benefit the people.

For example, during the heavy snow and cold not long ago, Li Jiancheng was so worried that he could not sleep at night. He raised food everywhere and bowed his head to the aristocratic family. He was the busiest person above the court, and he was the busiest after the court.

A dignified prince lives more tiringly than anyone else. He is obviously below one person and above ten thousand people. He can obviously enjoy all the glory and wealth, but he always makes people smile every day, and borrows food from the aristocratic family time and time again.

He was so tired that it made people feel uncomfortable, so everyone in the Li family tolerated him, and everyone hoped that he could let go of everything and go for a walk.

Since ancient times, it has been said that the royal family has no kinship, because power can make people ruthless, but if it was at the beginning of the founding of the country, the royal family actually had family ties. When fighting the world, father and son went to battle together. Helping each other in the same boat, gritting their teeth and persevering, this is not as simple as a family relationship, there is also an inseparable comradeship in it.