Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

"Okay... but in my impression... Lai Aweng is a nice person... except that he doesn't talk much, of course." His Royal Highness Prince Chu scratched his head after hearing this, and then said: "I really can't believe... Lai Aweng is so fierce..."

"Hehe..." Jiang Qu smiled when he heard that.

"Mr. Jiang is so fierce! Very fierce!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not expect that a fire in the backyard would actually happen between him and his retainers.

"..." Jiang Qu had now lost the desire to speak.

"Alas... it's really hard to keep things fair..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu felt that he was becoming more and more important as the head of the family...

But soon, it won’t just be His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu who will find it difficult to be the head of a family…

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In the spring of the seventh year of Zhenguan, banditry was rampant in Hebei Province. This gang of bandits hiding in the Taihang Mountains not only robbed passing merchant caravans on a daily basis, but also even killed officials in Julu County, Xingzhou at the beginning of the year. Their behavior was lawless.

Therefore, Wang Dayong, the governor of Xingzhou, saw that the matter could no longer be concealed, so he simply wrote a letter to His Majesty Li II, enumerating the crimes of the Taihang horse bandits one by one and presenting them in front of the emperor.

After reading the memorial, Emperor Li II was so angry that he was about to draw his sword on the spot. At the court meeting the next day, when the Grand Chamberlain read the contents of the memorial in a rhythmic voice, all the civil and military officials were shocked.

Good guy...

You guys are really tired of living...

"I am very angry!" After Zhang Nan finished reading the memorial, His Majesty Li II looked at everyone calmly, "Ever since I followed the order of the Emperor Retired to kill Dou Jiande, the entire Hebei Province has been in turmoil. I... have long hated this, and now, they actually dared to attack the officials of the court. This behavior is equivalent to treason! So I must catch these people and punish them severely!"

"Your Majesty, these bandits are cunning by nature. If the court sends a large army to suppress them, they will hide among the people... and the people in Hebei Province... have a lot of resistance to the court..." Fang Xuanling, the prime minister, stopped talking at this point after taking over the conversation.

Because if he continued, Emperor Li II would also lose face.

Why do those bandits hide among the people, and the common people don't report them?

Because Emperor Retired Li Yuan killed Dou Jiande.

Dou Jiande's reputation in Hebei Province at that time can only be described in one word: at its peak!

So naturally, the people would not help the court.

Moreover, these bandits are smart, they never attack nearby villages, firstly because there is nothing to rob in this remote area, and secondly because many of the people in those villages are relatives of those horse bandits, so to sum up, this is the reason for the current tricky situation.

Of course, there is another very important point.

But even though Emperor Li II was furious, he did not tell the truth in public.

But the following group of silent generals are very telling.

Some secrets...can't be kept secret...

"How ridiculous! This is absolutely outrageous!" Emperor Li II did not get the answer he wanted until he left the court.

Among the civil officials, after Fang Xuanling finished speaking, the rest all agreed with him: Although this group of bandits is indeed extremely rebellious, under the current circumstances, if the court sends a large number of troops, it will definitely be of little effect, so it is better not to send troops.

As for the military generals, each of them was like quails, especially Cheng Yaojin. The once majestic general was just short of sticking his head in the ground to plant lotus flowers.

So Emperor Li II was very disappointed.

"Father..." At this moment in the imperial study, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw His Majesty Li II so disappointed, and he suddenly felt an inexplicable courage in his heart: "How about...this bandit problem in Hebei Province...you let your son clean it up?!"

"You?" Upon hearing this, His Majesty Li II glanced at his son, then pondered for a moment, then waved his hand and said with a smile: "Cheng Qian... this matter... is not suitable for you to do..."

"Father, why is this? I have the confidence and ability to do this well." Li Chengqian thought that what his brother Kuan said on the day of the New Year's Eve when he and his sister Sizi "coincidentally" met six confidantes made sense - "A true warrior should have the courage to face any crisis. I want to be such a warrior!"

"Why, you also want to meet six confidantes?" His Majesty Li II didn't know where his eldest son's "classic saying" came from: "I warn you, if you dare to imitate your unruly brother... you can't take a beating like him, do you understand?!"

"Father...I really want to..." Seeing this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still wanted to fight for it.

"The leader of the bandits in Taihang Mountain is Shan Tianchang, the son of Shan Xiongxin, and behind this matter, there is the shadow of the Five Surnames and Seven Families. Although the turmoil about the "Clan Records" last year was suppressed by your brother with his own strength, the Five Surnames and Seven Families will not accept it, so they have come up with this again. Great... Great!"

"Great...Great!" When His Majesty Li II was furious, His Royal Highness the King of Chu's voice rang out outside the palace: "This time... the gentry's money will be split 20% and 80% respectively, and the people...oh, the people don't have to pay...wow...we're making a fortune..."

"What are you thinking about, kid?" His Majesty Li II said, turning his gaze to the King of Chu who had just walked into the palace with a food box: "What gentry's money?"

"Dad, isn't Hebei Province plagued by bandits?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu didn't care about the other party's identity. He just felt that the opportunity he had been waiting for... no, it should be said that the God-given opportunity he had been waiting for had finally arrived: "Just leave this matter to my son and my eldest brother! Don't worry about it!"

"Huh?!" Emperor Li II thought he might be hallucinating for a moment, but then he realized his son's plan: "You want to go to Taihang Mountain to be a bandit?! Ha... I tell you! It's impossible! Besides, Cheng Yaojin and the others... probably won't let you go..."

"Why?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu believed that he had a good relationship with the military commanders in the court: "I also plan to bring Cheng Chumo and others with me."

"Zhijie and the others don't want to get involved in this matter." Upon hearing this, His Majesty Li II sighed softly, "That's right... If Shan Tianchang falls into their hands, it's not right to kill him, and it's not right not to kill him, which will only add to the trouble... It's a dilemma..."