Don't be a prince

King Jieri was defeated in the first battle, so he could only escape and gather scattered soldiers to fight again. Jiang Shiren once encountered a battle by chance, captured King Jieri, and captured and beheaded thousands of enemies.In the battle of Qiantuo Weijiang, Jiang Shiren won a big victory, captured his concubine, prince, 1 men and women, and [-] livestock of various kinds.

After this battle, all the ruling class of the Kingdom of King Jieri was captured, and the remaining 580 cities surrendered.Shocked, East Tianzhu King Shi Jiumo sent [-] cattle and horses to the army, as well as bows, knives, and precious tassels, begging to take the knives away.The Kameru Kingdom offered treasures and a map to express their complete surrender and asked for a portrait of Lao Tzu.This guy even betrayed his own beliefs. "

Although he knew that Wang Xuance destroyed a country by himself, even Li Shimin couldn't help opening his mouth when he really heard the experience.

This, what is this record?Mr. Storyteller dare not brag like that!

With a light cough, Li Shimin said with an unfriendly expression: "Wang Xuance, although you have made great achievements, you should not be too proud. Tian Zhu, how can you describe him as so vulnerable?"

Wang Xuance left the table, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, what Wang Xuance said is not half a lie. Your Majesty may not know that King Jieri is already the most outstanding king of Tianzhu's generation. However, the people of Tianzhu There is a common problem, and I can’t help but fight. The soldiers from Tubo and Niboluo are still in the battle. If we have only 1 soldiers from the Tang Dynasty, it is estimated that Tianzhu can be completely pacified.”

"Wang Xuance, speak carefully!"

Seeing Wang Xuance bragging so much, Tang Jian became anxious and quickly reminded him.When it comes to strategy, you can't be sloppy at all.Civil servants who speak big words here will be ridiculed at most. When it comes to combat, talking nonsense, the crime can be beheaded directly.

Seeing that Duke Yun, the emperor, and even his teacher didn't trust him, Wang Xuance couldn't help becoming anxious, and looked at the prince as if asking for help.

Li Chengqian smiled, nodded and said: "Father, I feel that Wang Xuance's words are not false. When I was in Lingnan, I heard a lot about Tianzhu. This country has a caste system, and the superiors even It can decide the life and death of the subordinates. They are born with the ability to bully others, and they are especially good at dealing with their own characters, but they can't do it externally.

Even Linyi and other countries have records that when they encounter enemies and cannot defeat them, they even send women to the battlefield. The reason is that they feel that women are stronger and more effective than men.What do you think is the fighting power of a country where even women are on the battlefield and men think they are inferior to women?It doesn't need 1 people, the son feels that even with the current pro-rate, without the five kings joining forces, they can reproduce what Wang Xuance did.

Besides, the gifts from East Tianzhu King Shijiuma, the land map of Kameru Kingdom, and the booty sent by Tubo are not fake.My son felt that Wang Xuance did not exaggerate! "

To the surprise of several people, the emperor covered his head with one hand and sighed: "I have always regarded Tianzhu as the second most serious problem in my confidant, who knew that it would be so vulnerable. Sigh! Whatever, Wang Xuance, get up, you say Tell me, how did you deal with Tubo's dispatch of troops?"

Wang Xuance stood up and said: "Eaters are short-spoken, not to mention borrowing soldiers. So after the war, my minister gave more than half of the spoils to Nibro and Tubo. The minister still made his own decision and asked them to accept it under the guise of your order."

"Mostly..."

Thinking of those obtained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Li Shimin guessed how many there were in total.Although he couldn't breathe because of the heartache, he still nodded and praised: "You are right, even if you come back to ask me, I will give such an order. The favors of Niboluo and Tubo can be owed or not. Don't say this , How did you deal with the land of Zhongtianzhu in the end?"

Wang Xuance smiled: "During the negotiation, the humble officials blackmailed the other four kings for a large sum of money, and promised them to divide up the land of the king of Jieri. No good. After all, Weichen used the reputation of the Tang Dynasty to keep the other four countries from making disturbances. Nibhara didn't have this ability.

The four countries are united, although Nibhara's combat power is high, it can't withstand the pressure, and with the help of Tubo, it is only half to half.Since this piece of land is destined not to be controlled by our Tang Dynasty, there is absolutely no need to hold on to it.Oh, by the way, Your Majesty, the kings of the Four Kingdoms also promised that they would pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty every year in the future, and they definitely dare not slack off any more. "

Li Shimin nodded and said, "You're right, it's useless to keep useless land, anyway, it belongs to our Datang, sooner or later it will be ours!"

As soon as the emperor said this, everyone including Li Chengqian could only cup their hands and say, "My emperor is mighty!"

There is no way, Datang is full of aggressiveness like this, and he will fight if he disagrees.Compared with some dynasties that ceded land and sought peace, Li Chengqian loved Datang's overbearing to death.

When a pot of fish soup was brought up, everyone realized that they were listening to the story, and they hadn't eaten a few mouthfuls of rice, so they could only move their chopsticks quickly.

After filling his stomach, Li Shimin let out a long sigh of relief, and said to Wang Xuance: "I never thought that you would bring me such a big surprise when you go on a mission. To be honest, with your achievements, even if you take over Tang Qing's position, it will be impossible for you to take over the position of Tang Qing." More than enough."

Wang Xuance said in horror: "Your Majesty can't, how dare a humble minister compete with the teacher? It's just a little effort, Your Majesty really honors this humble minister."

Tang Jian said with a smile: "There is nothing wrong with entrusting this position to you. You are the disciple of this old man, so I naturally know that you are qualified. I will be happy to take the position of Minister of Honglu Temple to you. But, Wang Xuance, you are still too young!"

"That's right, you are still too young. Although you have made great achievements, but you are promoted suddenly, it is flattering to kill you."

After taking a sip of tea, Li Shimin continued: "The reason why I entertained you in the East Palace today, on the prince's site, was only Zhang Liang and Tang Jian. This is the purpose. This time, your credit will not even appear in the officials. However, no one, including me, has forgotten your achievements. This time, I will grant you the official position of Doctor Chaosan for the time being, so don’t feel shabby.”

Wang Xuance quickly fell to his knees and said: "How dare I, the official position of Chaosan doctor, with the age of more than 20 years, is an honor. Don't worry, Your Majesty, I understand what you mean!"

Doctor Chaosan, a scattered official from the fifth rank, is indeed shabby compared to the achievements of one person destroying a country.But the officialdom has been mixed hand in hand by Tang Jian for these years, and some insiders, Wang Xuance, are also very clear.In the court, one cannot be promoted simply by attacking, prestige is the most important thing.Prestige such as Li Gang, etc., can even jump from a commoner to a prince and grand teacher.And if he also makes a jump, it will probably attract the jealousy and jealousy of many people, and it will be impossible to get along.

The reason why the emperor entertained him in the East Palace is not difficult to guess.Wang Xuance knew that if he wanted to show his achievements in a fair and honest manner, he might have to be in the prince's dynasty to have a chance.However, he is not sorry.Let's just accumulate it, this will make his future official career smooth sailing, and it won't be too bad a loss.

Li Chengqian also guessed what the emperor meant, but he was not in the mood to think about Wang Xuance's affairs at this time.

Seeing that the crown prince bowed his head in deep thought and remained silent, Li Shimin couldn't help becoming annoyed. He slapped the table in front of Li Chengqian and said, "What are you thinking! I'm hosting a banquet in your East Palace, and I want you, the crown prince, to remember You don't care about Wang Xuance's achievements?"

Although the emperor's slap scared Li Chengqian, he also understood something.

After calming down his heartbeat, Li Chengqian cupped his hands and said, "Forgive me, Wang Xuance's achievements, I will certainly remember Wang Xuance's achievements in my heart. However, we have overlooked a very important thing!"

"whats the matter?"

"King Jieri, why did you deal with Wang Xuance?"

Just a word, let everyone stop.

Zhang Liang was the first to react, and said nonchalantly, "Your Highness, it is not normal for such a small country to rebel? Our Great Tang's deterrence against Tianzhu is not enough. It is not impossible for them to move their minds."

Tang Jian frowned and said: "It's not impossible, it's absolutely impossible! Don't forget, the monks who travel between Tianzhu in the Central Plains have never stopped. Tianzhu is very aware of the power of the Tang Dynasty. And, there is one more thing. Wang lures and kills Wang Xuance, and the other four congresses don't know about it? Why didn't they warn? The water in the middle is very deep!"

Li Shimin thought to no avail, turned his head to look at Wang Xuance and said, "Wang Xuance, what do you think?"

Wang Xuance said helplessly: "I have been wondering about this question for a long time, but I can't think of it. King Jieri has always respected Datang, so it is really unreasonable to intercept and kill Weichen! If it is said that the Four Kingdoms framed King Jieri, It’s not like that either! It’s really puzzling!”

After thinking hard to no avail, out of the corner of his eye, he happened to see the prince who was not thinking. Li Shimin said in surprise, "Prince, do you have any ideas?"

Li Chengqian smiled slightly: "Scared!"

"Huh?" ×4

The four looked at Li Chengqian in confusion, afraid?What is the answer?

Li Chengqian stood up, picked up a few wine glasses on the table, arranged them in a state of distributing among the kingdoms, and said: "Obviously, Tianzhu is afraid, afraid of the prestige of our Tang Dynasty. Although we are still separated by Tubo and Niboluo, But there is no doubt that Datang's prestige is growing day by day, and has even affected them.

If the minister's predictions are correct, maybe the Great Cannibal and other countries in the far west, Tianzhu, Nibhara, and even Tubo, have also reached an alliance like Koryo to jointly resist the attack of the Tang Dynasty.Although the suspicion of Tubo is a little smaller, it is not absolutely safe.Perhaps, they chose to backstab their allies because they were afraid that Wang Xuance would send someone back to the country.But anyway...”

Looking at the four of them, Li Chengqian sighed and said, "Maybe our Tang Dynasty will really stand out from the crowd!"

Chapter 4 Thirty Excluded

Standing out from the crowd is not a very apt adjective, Li Chengqian felt that at the moment Datang was more like a tiger that was randomly intruding among a group of wolves fighting for the wolf king.The wolf didn't even want to fight anymore, and just wanted to get rid of the tiger first.

Thinking of the prince's words at the beginning of the birth of gunpowder, Li Shimin's expression became serious.

Indeed, since the battle of Tuyuhun, or since the Eastern Turks were wiped out, Datang has stood out in this land and has become the object of awe by all ethnic groups.Awe and fear are two different things.Under awe, at most, they will not do it easily, but fear can always make human beings make some unexpected choices, for example, forming gangs to seek comfort.

"Since that's the case, then my Tang Dynasty should form an alliance with Tubo, or at least facilitate a marriage."

Looking at the emperor in surprise, it was hard for Li Chengqian to imagine that such a sentence would come from Li Shimin's mouth.No, this is scary, want to form an alliance with Tubo?

Tang Jian's voice also sounded: "My minister also thinks it is feasible. This time, Tubo has clearly shown its respect for the Tang Dynasty. For a long time, Tubo Prime Minister Lu Dongzan has not stopped paying tribute in person. It can be said that he is extremely respectful. .If I can marry Tubo, it will be good for my reputation in Datang."

Zhang Liang, who had been silent on the side, also said: "Your Majesty, if we form an alliance with Tubo, needless to say, we can have one more helper to restrain Tianzhu, Nibhara, and countries in the Western Regions. The most important thing is that Turks will no longer dare A war has begun."

One from the perspective of prestige and the other from the perspective of strategy, both explain the benefits of marrying Tubo to oneself.In addition, the emperor himself has this will, as if, it seems, probably, maybe, is he really going to do this?

Seeing that Wang Xuance was about to speak, Li Chengqian couldn't help but glared at him, and said while Wang Xuance was in a daze, "It's just father, the two princes, how much do you think this marriage will restrict Tubo? This thing has the same meaning as a covenant. Once it reaches the point where they have to tear it up, they won't recognize their relatives. Besides, the environment on the plateau, no matter which princess goes up there, is torture. Erchen even worried that she wouldn't be able to last for a year."

Li Shimin frowned and said, "How can a country's major affairs be affected by a woman?"

Seeing what Li Chengqian wanted to say, Li Shimin continued: "Marriage with Tubo can at least stabilize their hearts in a short period of time. This time does not need to be too long. Five years, I think it is worth it. If you feel sorry for my sister, At most, I will find a princess in the clan, and just give her the princess number. Not only you, the elder brother, but I, the father, are also reluctant."

No, if you love your daughter, can other people's daughters be pushed into the fire pit?

Li Chengqian was about to speak when he was blocked again.

"Don't say too much. When many countries asked for marriage, you destroyed it. This time, you don't want to get involved in the matter of marriage. Yang Shidao will be appointed by me as a minister in the next year. It's not a busy time, so I promise you not to go on business. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the Su family will be sent back to the East Palace. The wife is pregnant, so you husband should take care of her. I heard Daoist Sun say that these babies are twins? In this way, we need to take good care of it. Well, that’s all for today. Tang Jian, tomorrow Xuanfang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and others will enter the palace to discuss matters.”

After quickly finishing these words, Li Shimin waved his sleeves and left, leaving Li Chengqian alone in a daze.This is the method Li Shimin discovered to deal with the prince. If he wants not to be dominated by the prince, the best way is to shut up the prince.

What happened to him, the emperor, being led by the nose by the prince?As for the prince's objection to the marriage, he didn't care about it. There have been many marriages with foreign countries in history, and no one had any problems. Why did Tang Dynasty have problems?

After sending the three of them out in a daze, Li Chengqian was unable to say a word after all.

From the looks of it, the matter of marrying Tubo is a certainty, and the resoluteness revealed in the emperor's words is really too obvious!

Wang Xuance did not leave, but stayed. Seeing that the three emperors had already left, Wang Xuance said, "Your Highness, you have misunderstood what I mean. In fact, I do not recommend marriage."

Li Chengqian looked at him with interest: "Oh? Why?"

Wang Xuance said helplessly: "Because the wall is so stupid! Obviously, Tubo is suspicious. If it has indeed reached an alliance with other countries, but still stabs its allies in the back, it can be seen that he is dealing with the Tang Dynasty in the west, and it is against the Tang Dynasty in the east. He looks like a well-behaved courtier, trying to please both sides. In this way, if our Tang Dynasty is unlucky, they will be able to make trouble, and the Tang Dynasty will prosper, and it will also prosper. It is a good plan! Countries, Tianzhu and other regions have limited control, I really want to see if Tubo is so unbearable."

Li Chengqian sighed and said, "Even if you say it, it probably won't be of any use. Didn't you listen to what the father said? He wants to gain a stable time, so it doesn't matter if Tubo wants to betray him."

Wang Xuance's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, he cupped his hands and said, "His Royal Highness, every marriage in the history, the Central Plains will send a large number of craftsmen as dowry, you have to be optimistic about the Institute of Engineering. If those new technologies flow into Tubo, it will be great for us. For Tang, it is a disaster!"

Li Chengqian smiled, but there was still a bit of bitterness in his smile: "This is natural. Now the Institute of Engineering is conducting a secret research. It is no exaggeration to say that whoever can master this technology will open the door of an era." Not to mention too much, at least in the next few hundred years, it will be able to stand on the top of the world. How can such technology be lost to foreign countries?

Do you think Gu is not on guard?You may not know that Lu Dongzan, a thief, has not been in vain with Tubo and Tang Dynasty these years.Not to mention that he sneaked into the college with the will of his father, and the Central Plains classics that he had studied for a long time, even the Engineering College, were also targeted by him.If it wasn't for the tight protection of the engineering college, it might be infiltrated.

When good things are revealed, thieves will miss them.It seems that the essence of the engineering college is about to be moved out of the college.Wang Xuance, although you have become a Chaosan doctor now, you will still serve in Honglu Temple. You understand what solitary means. "

Wang Xuance cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the students will definitely do their best wherever they can, and the students are not willing to let the achievements of their classmates and juniors be taken away like this."

Smiling and patted Wang Xuance's shoulder, Li Chengqian turned around and went back to Lizhengdian's study.

Marriage is marriage, but Tubo don't think about taking many things from the Central Plains, there is no shortage of minerals in the plateau, and it will be difficult to deal with this ignorant race if it really wants to get a way forward!Tubo is not Tianzhu. The cruel living environment has made this race tough.A group of fierce men with wooden spears and broken weapons from previous dynasties can attack the city and conquer the land. Wouldn't it be invincible with powerful weapons?

Maybe Datang can still defeat them, but Tubo can't only develop eastward...

The one who came to Lizheng Hall to sleep with her today was Ashina Xue, who had too many thoughts in her heart, Li Chengqian really couldn't sleep, and after holding back for several days, she immediately fantasized in the direction of pink.

While fighting against the wild thoughts in his mind, and at the same time fighting against instinct, Li Chengqian only felt that his body was not tired, and his heart was almost paralyzed.

At this moment, Ashina Xue came over with her backhand, and said in a low voice: "What are you thinking, why can't you fall asleep?"

"I can't sleep. My mind is in a mess and I don't have a clue. Don't worry about me. If you want to sleep, you can sleep by yourself. I'll bring a quilt over here so as not to disturb you."

"The concubine can't sleep, why don't I talk to you. Did you know? Xiuxiu is pregnant."

"Ok?"

Li Chengqian stood up and looked at Ashina Xue in surprise under the light of the moon.

The prairie woman's figure is already hot, but under the moonlight, her half-undressed appearance is even more arousing.

But how could Li Chengqian still have such thoughts, Xiuxiu was also pregnant, which purified all the thoughts in his mind.

"Really, the old eunuch gave her pulse for a long time before she was sure. But, I didn't dare to tell you. I asked Xiuxiu. If she said something, the child might be aborted."

Li Chengqian scratched his head helplessly and said: "Who taught her this, Yuanyuan, it's not like you don't understand, are you the one who does this kind of thing? What a nonsense."

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian got up and began to put on his clothes.

Ashina Xue was surprised: "Why are you wearing clothes? It's so late."

Li Chengqian said helplessly: "I have to go to see Xiuxiu even if it's late, you can rest, I won't be with you tonight, I will go to Yichun Palace and stay with Xiuxiu for two days, don't worry about it."

Ashina Xue smiled slightly: "It's okay, you can go, I guess that girl is not asleep yet."

Seeing the figure of Li Chengqian running out quickly, Ashina Xue smiled again, and then got back into bed again.She has always been puzzled why the prince of Tang Dynasty cares so much about women and takes care of people so much.Even her parents, who were more affectionate than Jin Jian and both died, were never like this on weekdays.

However, this is also very good...

After entering the Yichun Palace, Li Chengqian found that Xiuxiu was not asleep, he couldn't laugh or cry, so he could only comfort her with gentle words for a while, and then stayed in the Yichun Palace.

Three daughters-in-law, two are pregnant.

Thinking that he was going to have three children soon, Li Chengqian was not disturbed by his thoughts and couldn't sleep at this time, but with Xiuxiu in his arms, he fell asleep very quickly.

Early the next morning, when Li Chengqian entered the martial arts arena, he met Li You and Li Yin.

Now the two brothers finally looked a bit manly, they had already thrown them up without his orders, and they had already run many laps, judging by the sweat on their heads.

That's good, although they are destined to do nothing in this life, it is still good for his elder brother to live longer.In case you get older, you don't even have a bullshit.I don't have any friends, so I can only count on my brothers to fill the gap.

That's right, Li Chengqian didn't have a single friend until now!

Lonely, Lonely, Lonely, whether it is the emperor or the prince, although they have climbed to the top of the world, but looking left and right, they don't even have a companion.

Accompanying Li Yin and Li You ran a few laps as a warm-up, and when they stopped, Li Chengqian also stopped.

"Come on, practice sword!"

Li Yin screamed, but Li You was in good spirits.

After a stick of incense...

"Ah! Brother Huang, let's stop here! I still want to ask you about archery skills today. Let's stop practicing swords, okay? You are not right today, very wrong, you are too dark!"

Li You was still holding on, but Li Yin couldn't hold on any longer, clutching his chest and screaming.

Although the protective armor was thick and he was not afraid of chopping, the blunt sword could still produce good power when Li Chengqian was using his strength. The first one who couldn't bear it was Li Yin. Now he only felt that his chest was about to shatter.

After three sword strikes in a row, the sword in Li You's hand was blown away, and then he slashed on his shoulder. Li Chengqian felt that most of the depression from yesterday had dissipated.Man, just needs a little outlet.

Putting away the sword, Li Chengqian said with a chuckle: "Who made you unlucky, but it happened to be when brother was in a bad mood. Well, as compensation, I will give each of you a gift today, how about it?"

"What gift?"

Li Yin was the first to jump up, he had seen the gift given to his elder brother Li Ke by the prince and emperor brother.A set of Mingguang armor, and it is different from the ordinary Mingguang armor, the armor has been modified everywhere, it is unique, it is so handsome.Although I envy him, he didn't have any friendship with the Crown Prince before, but now the Crown Prince is familiar with him, maybe, hehehe...

"Come."

Taking Li Yin and Li You to the weapon rack, Li Chengqian raised a sword and threw it to Li You, and took out a bow to Li Yin.

Li You took out the long sword, shook it a few times, and found that it was undoubtedly a good sword, and there was no slight discomfort in using it.Stretching out his hand to touch the edge of the sword, he pulled out a hair, no need to blow, just shake it, and the hair broke.What a sword!