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Chapter 935 Return to Fengzhou City

Li Yan had no idea how much wealth a country could dig out, but he could guess a little based on historical clues. Just 150 years later, Emperor Jiaqing issued an order to dismiss Heshen, the Minister of Military Affairs, and put him in prison.

The wealth seized from the He Mansion was worth more than ten billion taels of silver.

The gold, silver, other antiques and treasures owned by Heshen exceeded the total fiscal revenue of the Qing government in 15 years.

Isn't this the case for all bureaucratic groups?

Heshen alone had such a huge figure, with wealth measured in billions. If you count the entire powerful class, even if it were to increase tenfold, it would be easy, not to mention the financial revenue of the court for comparison.

The time interval is not that long, and the size of the Ming Dynasty should not be too different, right?

Li Yan sighed deeply and overestimated the difficult situation that Li Shimin and Li Chengqian would face in the future.

Wu Yuanhua, who was in his prime, was also stunned.

No matter how smart and wise she is, or how beautiful she is, she is just a girl under fifteen years old. Her father, Wu Shigui, gambled all the family's wealth, and finally got the title of Duke of Ying. She still has to look up to those aristocratic families that have been passed down for many years.

Now, those noble families that are usually out of reach are coming to flatter their husbands one after another. They are all respectful, fawning, and smiling brightly. They are even willing to give away huge amounts of wealth in exchange for a smile from their husbands.

This gave Wu Yuanhua a preliminary assessment of her husband's abilities.

After first seeing Wei's gift invitation, the money-grubber-like empress pestered Li Yan to ask for some money.

But later, when her boudoir was filled with gift lists, any one of them was worth at least 100,000 taels of gold, and countless jades and treasures. A gift from a noble family was more than her father's wealth at his most glorious time.

Faced with the massive wealth that looked like rotten cabbage, the empress became numb and simply threw it aside and ignored it.

Anyway, any list of gifts in the boudoir would take more than one could finish in ten lifetimes, not to mention there were so many.

Li Yan asked Wu Yuanhua to copy all the gift lists on a piece of paper.

After all, he has reached the point where he doesn't care who gives him gifts, but he will make a note of who doesn't.

When I saw these gift lists, I thought about the meaning behind them.

Li Yan felt that he, as the Right Wise King, seemed to have more status and influence than he had imagined.

You have to know that the gift list represents the entire aristocratic class. They are far away in the Central Plains, thousands of miles away from the grassland. They seem to have nothing to do with you, but why are they so attentive to come and give you such expensive gifts?

Nothing but your own friendship?

They are the real masters of the Central Plains, and they are all shareholders who hold actual shares of Datang Co., Ltd. They have a deeper understanding of this era than I do, so how could they do useless work and give me the wealth they have worked so hard to accumulate.

Isn't this how you play skipping stones?
This shows that, in their minds, they believe that they, the Right Wise King, and the New Turkic Khanate under their command, are extremely powerful and have unlimited potential, and that they are investing in them in advance in order to gain greater benefits in the future?

Li Yan pondered secretly, it seemed that he had underestimated the power of the Lord of the Grassland. His current position, even though far away in the grassland, was much more important than he thought?
There are more things that can be done.
After learning that Li Yan would meet with Li Shimin in a few days, Wu Yuanhua became extremely excited.

In the past, she was just the daughter of a poor duke. Even so, she was not a legitimate daughter, but a concubine's daughter, and she was ranked last, not the eldest daughter.

In terms of age and status, she was not favored. Although she was beautiful, she had no such advantage at home.

Now that she is married to the Right Wise King, every moment she attends is a grand occasion. She either shows off in front of thousands of troops, or is flattered by the noble families in the Central Plains. Now her husband is going to meet the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Yuanhua thought for a moment and realized that she was now equivalent to the queen of the Turks!
If it were in the Central Plains, it would not be below the status of Empress Changsun. Li Yan has only two wives under his name, one of whom is still in Urge and is not very popular. If you please Li Yan, it would be easy to replace his wife.

"Your Majesty." Wu Yuanhua moved her delicate body slightly, sat in Li Yan's arms, and her tone was extremely gentle.

Li Yan embraced the stunning beauty that countless men envied, and said with a serious face: "Didn't I tell you that Your Majesty said it in public for outsiders to hear. In private, when it's just you and me, you should call me husband."

"In my heart, you are my wife, not a foil."

Li Yan's attitude touched Wu Yuanhua again, and she said, "Husband."

"Yeah! Be good."

Li Yan said proudly: "You must be more courageous and give birth to bloodlines for my Li family. When we have male children in the future, no matter how many there are, I will make them kings. Then I will choose a large territory for them on the grassland, and they will enjoy a life of wealth and glory without end." Li Yan knew that the empress, who was destined to be a goddess, was very fertile and had a strong reproductive ability.

But most of her four sons had a bad fate in the end. Now that they were married to her, there was endless land on the grassland waiting for them to guard. When the time came, each of them would be given a piece, and they would guard the northern border for the Tang Dynasty for generations to avoid dying early.

The empress at this time was still a young girl of 18 years old. Her pretty face blushed and she acted coquettishly.

The soft and sticky tone was full of enchantment that made people bewildered and moved: "My husband, I have never seen the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty since I was a child. Now that I have this opportunity, I want to go with you to see it, okay?"

"What's wrong with that?"

Li Yan agreed subconsciously, and then said with some embarrassment: "But it seems a little unserious for the monarchs of our great country to meet with a charming woman like you?"

Wu Yuanhua's beautiful big eyes rolled around, her jade-like fingers like scallions touched the corner of her mouth, her nose wrinkled slightly, and her previous dignified and graceful temperament disappeared, and a unique sense of girlish mischief permeated between the two of them.

Li Yan's heart moved again, and he sighed inwardly that she was really a witch!
In just a few days, Li Yan felt from Wu Yuanhua her awe-inspiring nobleness, her intelligence, her considerate grace, her mature and beautiful charm, and her pride as a woman who is as good as any man.

Now she has the cuteness and cuteness of a girl next door.

With so many qualities concentrated in one woman, Li Yan felt like he owned the whole world. No wonder he became an emperor rarely seen in history.

Wu Yuanhua thought hard for a while, then her eyes lit up and she said, "My husband, I once dressed up as a man and went out with my father to the Lantern Festival. How about I dress up as a book boy this time and serve the king?"

This kind of big event is conducive to improving a person's pattern and vision. Li Yan also intends to cultivate Wu Yuanhua, so that she can gradually show the stunning scene that shocked the long river of history. If because of my arrival, the history of China loses such a touch of color, wouldn't it be a pity?

"The female rabbit's feet are confused, the male rabbit's eyes are blurry; two rabbits are walking side by side, how can I tell which is male and which is female?"

Li Yan smiled playfully and said, "Okay, then go dress up now and let me, your husband, take a good look. If you can't pass for the real thing, don't blame me for canceling your place."

"Hate!"

Wu Yuanhua saw a strange expression on Li Yan's face. Although she was a woman, after the past few days of making love, she thought about it and understood the meaning that only men could understand. She blushed and hit Li Yan twice.

He quickly went back to his room and said, "Wait a minute. I brought my scholar's clothes with me this time. I'll show them to you."

After a while, as Li Yan was expecting, a handsome young man with delicate features appeared in the tent. However, his big watery eyes, charming red lips, and graceful figure all exposed his true identity.

Li Yan was even more excited by this unique atmosphere, and rushed forward regardless of anything. The tent was turbulent again, and the waves crashed against the shore, rolling up thousands of piles of snow.
The grassland scenery in spring and summer is particularly beautiful, as if a thick green carpet was spread on the rolling earth. Colorful flowers are blooming and there are many kinds of wild flowers, including delicate violets, fresh daisies, and warm poppies.

They are either clustered together or standing alone, dotted in the green ocean, like countless gems inlaid on the earth, emitting charming brilliance.

Bees and butterflies busily fly among the flowers, collecting sweet nectar, adding a sense of liveliness and bustle.

A gray hare was in the dense grass, quickly swallowing a long green grass bit by bit.

Suddenly, the hare pricked up its ears, listened to the movements nearby, looked around vigilantly, then ran away, disappearing in the distance like a shadow.

Not long after, the earth began to rumble, and a large number of cavalry appeared from the north, slowly moving towards the south.

At the foot of the Yinshan Mountains outside Fengzhou City, on the endless grassland, countless Turkic troops set out from various camps and began to gather under the city.

It took a whole morning for more than 800,000 Turkic cavalry to line up outside the city.

A hundred thousand troops had gathered in the small city of Fengzhou, and the top of the city was full of soldiers. Li Ji and countless generals stood on the top of the city, watching the scene silently. From where he was, he could see that all three directions, east, west, and north, were occupied by cavalry, with no end in sight.

Fengzhou City seemed to be in the midst of a storm and could be swallowed up at any time.

As the commander-in-chief of the Tongmo Road march and the highest-ranking general on the Yellow River defense line, Li Ji knew that today was the day for the Tang Dynasty and the Turks to negotiate an agreement.

After nearly a month of frequent communication, a general consensus has been reached.

There was an important procedure for the final signing of the agreement, which was that the Tang Emperor Li Shimin and the actual ruler of the Turks, the Right Wise King Li Yan, had to personally attend the signing ceremony and hold a grand meeting to determine the future direction of the two countries.

(End of this chapter)