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In the early years of Zhenguan, King Yiwu came to vote for Tang Dynasty, so the Tang government established Yizhou in Yiwu area.

Also in the early years of Zhenguan, King Qu Wentai of Gaochang also came to Chang'an City to meet with Li Shimin and contributed things. However, Gaochang Kingdom was not directly incorporated like Yiwu Kingdom.

Probably because Gaochang State at that time was much stronger than Yiwu in terms of military strength and political and cultural influence.

Now, in the early spring of the 14th year of Zhenguan, Qu Wentai's son Qu Zhisheng came to Chang'an City again, saying that he wanted to present treasures, and that he wanted to move rescue soldiers.

Today is different from the past, Qu Zhisheng did not receive the courteous treatment of the Central Plains court like his father did back then, and he was left alone for many days when he arrived in Chang'an City, and he finally found an official who was willing to talk to him. Ask him: "The sage intends to set up Xizhou and Tingzhou in Gaochang. I don't know what Er Gaochang wants?"

When Qu Zhisheng heard this, the hairs all over his body stood on end.

Tang Jun wanted to attack Gaochang State, and there was a lot of movement in Chang'an City recently, and the eyeliners arranged by Gao Changguo here have also come to report to him in the past few days. The more Qu Zhisheng learned, the more uneasy he felt.

At this time, I suddenly heard someone mention Xizhou Tingzhou again, and it was like being struck by lightning for a while!

"In the 14th year of Zhenguan, Tang Dynasty destroyed Gaochang and set up Xizhou and Tingzhou."

He remembered the contents of that piece of paper clearly. He heard the names of the two prefectures from the minister at this time. With these two names, Tang Mie Gaochang should have made up his mind.

Qu Zhisheng almost shed tears at this time, the Buddha blessed him and saved Gaochang Kingdom from death!

"You don't want to?" Seeing Qu Zhisheng's sad expression, the minister thought he was unwilling.

"I'm not unwilling." Qu Zhisheng said, "Everything is arranged by the sage."

The minister got such a reply and left contentedly.

Li Shimin was satisfied when he heard about this, so he agreed to meet Qu Zhisheng, accepted the national treasure presented by him face to face, and hosted a banquet to entertain him.

Everything that needs to be discussed has been settled, and the rest is to fight. Li Shimin originally planned to ask Hou Junji to lead the army to fight those Turkic people. The general does not change, but the soldiers do not need to be brought. After all, Gaochang Kingdom has so many troops. , the two countries joined forces to fight the Turks, which is a little different from the previous situation.

Unexpectedly, at this time Hou Junji actually made a fool of himself, saying that the Gaochang Kingdom is not a good thing, it's fine if the saint doesn't let me beat them, and ask me to save them?I don't do this anyway, whoever wants to do it!

When Li Shimin heard it, it’s okay if you don’t go, but with your superficial nature, I don’t feel at ease if you go, so he ordered Li Daozong, who had a more stable personality, on the spot and asked him to lead troops to fight the Turks.

In fact, Li Daozong didn't want to go either. He had no objection to leading troops to fight, but what kind of thing was it to let him take up the vacancy of Hou Junji? But the emperor said that he had to go if he didn't. Clan relatives, in fact, the two of them were not close, and they were not as close as Hou Junji, and they could play tricks with Li Shimin face to face, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept the job.

In terms of leading troops to fight, Li Daozong is much stronger than Hou Junji. In addition, he has the identity of a clan, and he is also the founding hero of the Li Tang Dynasty. Sending him to Gaochang this time can be regarded as showing the Central Plains Dynasty's respect for this matter. The importance attached to this battle also gave face to King Gaochang who had just surrendered.

In today's imperial court, there are quite a few strong generals, but in terms of real talents who can lead an army, apart from Li Jing, who is already old, Xu Shiji and Li Daozong are next.

Xu Shiji was born in Wagangzhai, leading troops to fight is easy, and he is also very smart. After he joined the Tang Dynasty from Nawagangzhai, he was very fond of Li Yuan, and later he was under Li Shimin's hands, and later he went to Li Yuan. Under Zhi's subordinates, under Wu Zetian's subordinates, under whomever he served, he did well. He neither groveled and lost his dignity, nor suffered much.

Li Daozong's situation is different from Xu Shiji's. He and Li Xiaogong are the two most appraised by outsiders among those clan relatives.

However, it is said that Li Daozong was once punched in the face by Yuchi Jingde for acting as a peacemaker. Dare to beat Xu Shiji?In the final analysis, Li Daozong's status in the court was not high enough.

Later, before Li Shimin passed away, he asked his eldest grandson Wuji to assist his youngest son Li Zhi, and his eldest grandson Wuji's power can be said to be in full swing.

According to legend, Li Daozong had some feuds with Changsun Wuji. Later, Li Daozong was framed by Changsun Wuji, and he was implicated in a treason case and died of injustice.

In the society at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Li Daozong's reputation was still very good, compared with Hou Junji, it was much stronger.

Luo Yong, who was far away in the Hexi Corridor, heard that the leading general had changed this time, Hou Junji could not come, and Li Daozong was replaced, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

Many people may not have heard of Li Daozong, but some people in later generations speculated that the civil servant princess who was married to Tubo was born of Li Daozong.

During the years when Princess Wencheng married Songtsan Gampo, the relationship between Tang Dynasty and Tibet was very good. Because she brought seeds and advanced agricultural planting technology to Tibetans, as well as many literati and craftsmen, It has a profound impact on the local political, economic and cultural development, and is loved by Tibetans...

Luo held a copper pick in his hand and pulled the wick up and down, thinking about something.

Ever since he heard the news that the imperial court was going to fight Turks instead of Gaochang, and learned that Hou Junji was no longer coming and that Li Daozong had come instead, the tension in his head gradually relaxed. down.

When it was said that Hou Junji was coming, Luo Yong was really a little scared. With such a character, there was no reliable big boss around him, and he was holding a heavy army. When he passed by Changle County, he really didn't know What will happen.

Now it is said that Li Daozong wants to lead troops to fight the Turks, so let's fight. The Turks and the Central Plains Dynasty were originally immortal.

"Why are you still awake?" Qiao Junlin came back from the wine shop and saw Luo Yong staring at an oil lamp in a daze.

When he was having dinner just now, Luo Yong said that he would go to bed early today, but it turned out that more than two hours had passed, and the man hadn't fallen asleep yet.

"I'm hungry and can't sleep." Luo Yong smiled at him and said, "Shall we eat dragon beard or Huto tonight?"

Qiao Junlin smiled and said, "Dragon beard."

This dragon beard is dragon beard noodles. At Luo Erniang's cashmere workshop, the skillful woman was asked to make some. They used high-quality white flour to make snow-white fine silk noodles. There are always people in the cashmere workshop. On birthdays, the chef would cook a bowl of longxu noodles for them.

Luo Yong used to make this noodle for Erniang and the others when she was in Xipo Village. Although the noodles were not very delicate, Erniang would still think of them often when she was in Liangzhou City, so she also began to make noodles for those in the workshop. The women make noodles and eat them.

With my elder sister staying here in Changle County, Luo Yong is not short of food, and if there is anything in the cashmere workshop, Luo Yong is indispensable.

In particular, Luo Yong has been working hard recently, and he looks thinner and thinner. The second mother often wants to get some delicious food to nourish him.

Regarding the Longxu Noodles, people in the area of ​​Hexi used to eat Longxu Noodles, but I don't know where it came from.

In this era, white noodles are already very expensive, so fine dried noodles are even more rare. I heard that some of them are packed in wooden boxes and given as gifts. Luo uses them to be extravagant. When I get hungry every night, I grab some from the basket and cook them. eat.

Right now it is the end of February in the lunar calendar, and the Central Plains is already full of spring greenery. Here in Changle County, it is still a harsh winter scene. There are loess and Gobi everywhere, and there is no greenness to be seen. The weather is still very cold, especially At night, the temperature is even lower.

Luo Yong and his family burned a kang every night in their house. On the top of the kang was a pottery urn, and hot water was boiled in the pottery urn, which could increase the humidity in the house anyway.

It was agreed to eat dragon beard, so the two of them went to get the noodles one by one, and the seasonings by the other. They had all these things in the house, because they often cooked supper in the house, so they prepared them all.

Luo Yong took out a small iron pot from the cabinet, scooped up a ladle of hot water, rinsed it, poured the water to heat up the iron pot, dug a spoonful of meat oil into the pot, and put a few garlic and shallots in it. When it is fragrant, add soy sauce, salt, and a few drops of cane pulp.

When his side finished cooking the seasoning, Qiao Junlin's side also finished the noodles. He took the dragon beard noodles out of the pottery urn, and mixed them in the freshly cooked sauce. Each of us shared a large bowl. Luo Yong likes to mix it with a little rice vinegar, but Qiao Junlin doesn't like adding vinegar.The noodle soup was also good, but both of them just drank a little bit, and if they drank too much, they might wake up at night.

Some time ago after the New Year, Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin are both 21 years old this year, and they will be at the age of college, and it is time to eat.

With noodles like this, the two of them can eat less than a catty of dry noodles in one meal. Luo Erniang came here a few days ago, and saw that there was only one bottom left in the basket of longxu noodles that she brought earlier. So he smiled and brought a basket with them the next day.

Baskets after baskets of longxu noodles made the county magistrate and others who lived in the county government very envious.