Fu Tang

The matter of Li Congshan made Li Congjia not pay so much attention to Xiaoqiao's origin, and the only one who still paid attention to this matter was Li Zhongyu.

Li Zhongyu couldn't figure out why Xiaoqiao would say those things to Zhou Ehuang. No matter how you looked at it, there was something wrong. Finally, it was found out that Xiaoqiao's family had a grudge against Zhou's family. Both his grandfather and father died at the hands of the Zhou family.

Later, it was a coincidence that she was able to enter the palace as a maid, and she had been with Zhou Ehuang for a long time, at least when Zhou Ehuang was still a princess, she had already entered the palace.

Over the years, little by little, she finally managed to stay by Zhou Ehuang's side, but found that Zhou Ehuang had become a queen!

Everyone knows that the state protects the emperor and empress in every aspect, and anyone who poisons or poisons the food will be questioned as long as there is something offensive in the food!

Xiaoqiao could only grit her teeth and continue to wait, waiting for a suitable time. She didn't want to take revenge and put herself in it. Finally, she waited for such an opportunity and drove Zhou Ehuang to a dead end with just a few words, and she also Can escape perfectly, after all, Zhou Ehuang hanged himself, what does it have to do with her?

In the end, he never expected Li Congjia to be so keen, and from such a little clue, he could find out that she was behind the scenes.

Xiaoqiao must have no way to live. This crime is enough to kill her whole family, but now she is the only one left in her family. After the death of her father and grandfather, her mother and brother also died. This is why Xiaoqiao hates the Zhou family so much The reason is that the family is ruined.

Regarding the verdict on Lingqiao, Li Congjia took a look at it and threw it aside. He sympathized with this girl, but he could only sympathize. Even if he wanted to pardon Lingqiao, the people below probably would not agree. This is equivalent to slavery in disguise. Lord, if Li Congjia forgives him with grace, how will those servants be used in the future?Maybe just because of a small matter, they are going to kill the master!

After Li Zhongyu finished his report, he stood aside holding his breath. At such a young age, he could already understand that parents are different, and the teacher and some students in the academy had told him cryptically that without his mother, he had to let himself recruit People like it, otherwise...there are too many reasons to abolish the prince.

However, he saw that Li Congjia's face didn't slow down for a long time, and the national teacher was not there at this moment, so it seemed that he could only bite the bullet by himself.

Li Zhongyu asked in a low voice: "Father, what made you unhappy?"

Li Congjia sensed Li Zhongyu's cautiousness, took a deep breath and eased his tone and said, "Khitan is really...too deceitful."

Li Zhongyu looked at Li Congjia strangely, and then Li Congjia said: "The Khitan sent the Jurchen to accept Li Congshan's surrender ceremony." At this point, he couldn't help grinding his teeth, and then continued: "The Jurchen surrender ceremony is called the ceremony of leading the sheep. "

At this time, the Jurchen tribe was not yet powerful, and the Central Plains knew them far less than Khitan, so Li Zhongyu didn't understand what the sheep-raising ceremony was.

Li Congjia had no choice but to explain to Li Zhongyu that the so-called sheep-raising ceremony means that they take off the clothes of the surrendered people and tie them with straw ropes to lead them away like sheep.

Li Zhongyu was also very angry after hearing this. Such a ceremony is undoubtedly extremely insulting. He didn't care whether Li Congshan was insulted. He only knew that the Khitan must have done it on purpose. They knew that the Jurchen had this custom, so they let the Jurchen come. Accept surrender, otherwise Li Congshan surrendered to Khitan and not to Jurchen, why did he send Jurchen here?

And their purpose of doing this is not to insult Li Congshan, or not entirely to insult Li Congshan, but to insult Li Congjia in disguise!

Although Li Congjia and Li Congshan had already broken off, they were both compatriots of the same mother. Now the Jurchen used the goat ceremony to insult Li Congshan as a sheep and a beast. Isn't this scolding Li Congjia in disguise?

Li Congjia was scolded, and Li Zhongyu was also scolded.

No one can swallow this breath!

Li Congjia really would rather Li Congshan died in the hands of Gao Huaide than this situation. This would insult all eight generations of the Li family's ancestors together!

In fact, many people can't accept such a ceremony, so they will kill themselves directly without giving the other party a chance.

However, Li Congshan didn't have such courage, but from another point of view, maybe he really has the potential to become a hero. After all, with his background, he can still endure such humiliation. I have to say that a man can bend and stretch.

Li Congjia did not reply. Shi Xueting simply wrote a letter instead of a serious report, which means that he has a solution in his mind. Li Congjia can guess a little bit—it is nothing more than a little bit of violence. How dare you insult our emperor? , we will kill your whole family.

So after Li Congjia got angry, he could only pray that Li Congshan was brought back by Shi Xueting or killed directly, otherwise he didn't know what would happen in the future.

It's just that when he found out that Li Zhongyu hadn't eaten his angry dinner, he began to educate his son.

"How can you not eat? To be angry is to punish yourself with other people's mistakes." Zhou Ehuang was no longer there, and Li Congjia began to frantically pour chicken soup for his son.

Li Zhongyu looked at Li Congjia in a daze, he had never heard of such a statement.

Li Congjia continued: "Think about it, if you are starving because you don't eat here, will Khitan have any impact? No, on the contrary they will be very happy, and the prince of the Tang Dynasty will fall ill without bloodshed, so be a king Or, there must be some measurement, this measurement does not only refer to the tolerance of the ministers, but also the tolerance of this kind of bad news, only by keeping calm can we think of a better solution."

Li Zhongyu slowly recovered his previous state, and asked, "Is Father angry now?"

Li Congjia nodded calmly: "Angry, of course I am angry, but it's useless to be angry. Why don't you take advantage of this time and find a way to send more food to the front line, let them beat them hard, and they will naturally bow their heads when they hurt. .”

Li Zhongyu nodded seriously, expressing that he seemed to have learned something strange again.

After sending Li Zhongyu away, Li Congjia's face suddenly darkened, and it took him a long time to hold back the urge to lift the table.

In fact, he also knows that there must be many people in this world who are cursing him and insulting him, but those people dare not come in front of him, so he just pretends not to know, otherwise he will really think about it every day These are too neurotic.

But now Khitan is slapping his face openly!

Li Congjia didn't reply to Shi Xueting's letter, but he could give Gao Huaide an order. After Shi Xueting passed by, Gao Huaide basically retreated to the second line, doing some auxiliary work, obediently obeying Shi Xueting's leadership.

At first, Li Congjia didn't think there was any problem with this, but now it seems... Even if Gao Huaide's soldiers are not as good as the Tiance Mansion and Firearms Battalion brought out by Shi Xueting, most of them are elite, so it's true to follow behind It's too wronged, let's just divide up the troops, he really gave Khitan a face!

Li Congjia's edict was directly issued to Gao Huaide. The cabinet and the Privy Council didn't say anything. To be honest, they were also very angry. If they called their boss a beast, wouldn't they scold them all?

Is this kind of person kept for the New Year?

After Gao Huaide received this edict, his whole face immediately glowed, and he was gearing up for a big fight.

In those days before, he was really aggrieved. It would have been fine if he hadn’t led the army at all, but he had to be careful not to take the initiative to attack when he led the army. He watched many suitable opportunities slip away from him. It feels like it can drive people crazy.

Later when Shi Xueting came, Gao Huaide didn't trust Shi Xueting at first, but... the emperor believed it.

Nothing can compare to Jane in the heart of the emperor. Gao Huaide has already prepared several sets of plans, all based on the premise that Shi Xueting is unreliable. He has even thought of how to tactfully persuade the national teacher to follow His thoughts come.

Although I've heard that Shi Xueting was good at fighting, but it's been a long time since Shi Xueting led troops last time. He went to Yanyun sixteen prefectures as an undercover agent, and everyone didn't know what he did. Anyway I only know that when he went out for a trip, Khitan was split, and then a show country was created.

So after Shi Xueting arrived here, he first held a meeting with Gao Huaide and the mid-level officers on both sides. After this meeting, Gao Huaide chewed all the plans he had set before. ——This man's military quality is only higher than him, not lower than him, and coupled with his rich experience, he just follow along honestly.

But the soldiers under him are a bit far behind compared to Tiance Mansion and Firearms Camp, so there are not many things they can do, which makes him feel a little bit behind.

It's all right now, the emperor's imperial decree told him to go to other places, hurry up, the state teacher's posture is as if he wants to take down Khitan, if he doesn't leave, he probably won't even have a drink of soup!

Li Congjia just asked Gao Huaide to choose a place to fight. It is best to form an echo with Shi Xueting. The distance between the two sides should not be too far, otherwise it will easily cause problems. As for where to fight, Li Congjia did not give instructions.

Such an imperial decree undoubtedly made Gao Huaide feel a lot more at ease, at least he knew that Li Congjia should not have any suspicion of him, otherwise he would not have given him such great power.

Gao Huaide, who let go, let himself go. Shi Xueting over there was still thinking about whether to fight Yanmen Pass, and he had already helped Shi Xueting make a decision - this place must be fought.

Yanmen Pass is the most important pass on the Great Wall. It was originally used to resist nomads, but now it has fallen into the hands of nomads, and because this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Jin and Zhou kingdoms had the idea of ​​Yanmen Pass before. , but in the end they all failed.

Shi Xueting is not particularly sure about hitting Yanmen Pass, sometimes the uncanny workmanship of nature is not comparable to that of human beings, even if he has a firearm in his hand.

However, he didn't hesitate for long when he heard the news that Gao Huaide threw soldiers to attack Daomaguan, and he felt a little bad all over.

The Great Wall on the east and west wings of Yanmen Mountain is undulating, and going east is Pingxing Pass, Zijing Pass and Daoma Pass.

These gates are basically linked. Once a gate is attacked, other gates will receive news and provide support.

Gao Huaide has not too many soldiers in his hands, and he can defeat Daomaguan, and maybe even attack Zijingguan. However, when facing Yanmen Pass and Pingxing Pass, he will appear very weak.

Shi Xueting could only turn his head and go straight to Yanmen Pass. Since he wanted to fight, he would nibble down the hardest one first, and the rest would naturally become easier. Let's talk about Pingxing Pass and Zijing Pass later!

The attack on Yanmen Pass made Ye Luxian a little restless. This place is the gateway of the Central Plains, so why not the gateway of Khitan?It can be said that whoever holds the Yanmen Gate will take the initiative. Even after the Western Han Dynasty, almost no Central Plains dynasty would take the initiative to attack nomadic peoples. However, whether there is Yanmen Gate or not, the Khitan people feel differently.

When Ye Luxian heard that Li Congjia had sent the most elite troops of the Tang Dynasty to attack Yanmen Pass, he immediately dispatched troops and planned to use the most elite troops of Khitan to defend Yanmen Pass.

It's just that the Khitan people are better at fighting on the plains. Most of their elite troops are cavalry. Yanmen is closed on Yanmen Mountain. Not to mention whether they are good at defending the city, but the firearms that Shi Xueting is carrying are not. They can resist it.

However, not only Khitan was blocked by Yanmen Mountain, Shi Xueting also had a headache. It is true that he had firearms in his hand, but if he wanted to fight on the mountain, some heavy firearms were useless at all. It can only be placed at the bottom of the mountain to listen to it, to frighten the Khitan people, and the only thing that can be brought up is the firecracker.

The firecracker is portable, but its attack power against the city gate is almost zero. The Yanmen Pass can be regarded as an ancient conscience project. The east and west gates are built with huge bricks, which is very majestic and strong.

Not to mention the city gate, Shi Xueting reckoned that if he couldn't use the artillery, he would have to waste a lot of energy trying to break through the Yanmen Pass. Then go to the Yanmen Pass, but the plan did not change quickly, who let Gao Huaide be released by Li Congjia to have fun?

Shi Xueting was very angry and wrote a letter to Li Congjia, accusing him of being too indulgent.

Li Congjia stuck out his tongue after receiving the letter, but... naturally he accepted it humbly and refused to change it.

Even after Shi Xueting suggested that the artillery could not go up the mountain, Li Congjia's first thought was: It would be great if there were tanks.

It’s just that after he put this idea on paper, he threw these things aside after he finished writing. Science and technology will not directly transition to the industrial age just because of a time traveler, especially this time traveler. The latter is still a liberal arts major, and all the science knowledge he understands is the kind that is more popular in later generations.

Sure enough, if you learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, you will not be afraid to travel all over the world?

Li Congjia found out very melancholy that learning mathematics, physics and chemistry well will have advantages in time travel!

After Li Congjia was finished with emotion, he turned around to do other things. After all, if he is not good at it, he is not good at it. If he insists on forcing himself to do it, he will only exhaust his subordinates. As long as the development of spells can eliminate people's prejudices, or eliminate the phenomenon that only those who have studied literature can become officials, these things... leave it to future generations to worry about.

Of course, first of all, Li Congjia needs to cultivate Li Zhongyu's interest. The emperor's intention is very useful for the development of the whole country. I have used all kinds of western clocks, glasses, etc., but I have closed my eyes afterward!

Li Zhongyu is very good. Basically, he will learn whatever Li Congjia asks him to learn. Although Li Congjia never puts too much pressure on him, he will still do his best to learn all subjects automatically and spontaneously.

Li Zhongyu was not stupid in the first place, and with his hard work, his knowledge was rapidly expanding. In fact, Li Congjia had nothing to teach him.

For a ten-year-old child, Li Congjia always felt that this kind of pressure was too much, and wanted to let him not work too hard, but the child agreed well, and turned around to learn how to learn. Li Congjia felt that he was probably the number one in the world. A parent who is worried that his son is too tired to study.

Sure enough, no matter what age you are in, being a parent is not easy.

Li Congjia was feeling emotional, when he turned around and encountered something that he often encountered in later generations-marriage urging.

Li Congjia was in a bad mood all over. When someone below said that the mother of a country cannot be vacant, he blew up on the spot: "My lady's bones are not cold yet, are you so impatient?"

It has not been a month since Zhou Ehuang passed away, and it is time to remind him that it is time to become a queen?Do you want to be so impatient?At this time, when the wife dies, the husband has to keep his filial piety for a period of time, even if he remarries, he has to wait a few months. If he cares about his child's feelings, he will wait a year later.

The most important thing is that Li Congjia has no intention of remarrying at all!

After Li Congjia spoke, basically no one in the room spoke. It is hard for everyone to say that your wife hanged herself because of a crime, so it doesn't matter if you don't obey.

The courtiers still think that Li Congjia has a good relationship with Zhou Ehuang, isn't it looking for trouble to tell him so?

The person who said this sentence first made Li Congjia directly demoted to another place. The reason was: not keeping the etiquette.

Needless to say, this person must have been recorded in the little black book by Li Congjia and Li Zhongyu.

But Li Congjia knew in his heart that this person might just be used as a gun, and he was really aiming at the back position...Anyone could do it. After all, Zhou Zong was the chief assistant of the cabinet before. Although the end was not good, that was their brain Convulsions, who wouldn't want such a good thing?

In fact, they didn't understand that Li Congjia used Zhou Zong because at that time he had only Zhou Zong who was the most suitable. Zong withdrew, after all, he did not make a mistake.

But this does not mean that the queen's own father or younger brother is eligible to join the cabinet or even become the first assistant. If you want to join the cabinet, you can do it if you have the ability.

Didn't you see that most of Shi Xueting's masters and brothers are living a comfortable life in the temple?Only one with a qualified IQ and Shi Xuehe who was above the level in all aspects followed behind to deal with some matters.

Because of the queen's affairs, Li Congjia was unhappy, and Li Zhongyu was also unhappy.

Li Congjia doesn't want to marry, Li Zhongyu doesn't want his father to marry, and among them, Li Congjia is better, he is now the emperor, and he doesn't have to marry a woman he doesn't like because of the bondage of interests, Li Zhongyu will be miserable, he can't influence his father's choice Well, what if his father married him a stepmother to come in and have a younger brother, and the younger brother's grandparents' family would be more supportive, it would be a tragedy.

After Li Congjia was going to let the person he chose take back the photo, someone stepped forward again, this time it was none other than Fan Zhi.

Li Congjia was very surprised. He originally thought that it was impossible for anyone to be a cabinet minister, but the result... really surprised him.

Fan Zhi said very frankly: "Your Majesty doesn't want to make a queen, but it is always necessary to select a wide range of ladies to enrich the harem."

Li Congjia: Shit, you even care whether I marry a concubine?Is being an emperor so miserable?My son is already very big, so there is no need to choose a concubine just to have a son, right?

Seeing that Li Congjia was faintly angry, Fan Zhi said quickly: "Nowadays there is no master in the harem, and no one is taking care of the affairs in the palace. Do you have to come in person? Even if this kind of thing is left to ordinary people, it won't last long. plan."

Fan Zhi was also convinced. Li Congjia, the emperor, was so maverick that he might not be angry about other things. Even the Zhou family's rebellion case was announced at the court meeting calmly, except for matters related to diplomacy. , rarely see him angry.

However, as long as the matter about his harem is mentioned, no matter who it is, he will get angry every time it is mentioned, without exception.If it weren't for Li Congjia being normal and having a son with the queen, they would have wondered if Li Congjia was as unfeminine as Yelvjing.

Li Congjia was choked for a long time without saying a word. Fan Zhi's reason was so strong that he didn't know how to answer for a while. After a long while, Li Congjia looked at Fan Zhi and said seriously: "Old Fan, look My eyes tell me that I have no wife or concubine, no queens and concubines, and I will release a group of court ladies after the Chinese New Year, what needs to be managed in the harem, can you tell me?"

Fan Zhi: ...