After three years, Prince Li Hong of the Tang Dynasty led the Three Thousand Iron Armors of the Tang Dynasty and finally returned to Shule City, one of the four towns in Anxi of the Tang Dynasty, from the pursuit of the great nobles of the Tang Dynasty.
Accompanying His Royal Highness, who returned to Anxi Shule City with His Royal Highness, was also His Highness the Crown Prince's ally, Mecca, the heir to the Kordo family, one of the great food aristocrats.
As for why he escorted His Highness the Crown Prince to Shule and then stayed for several days before returning to the border of Dashi Kingdom, it is said that he and His Highness the Crown Prince reached a series of reinforcement agreements in Shule City.
As for the territory of Tocharo and even Jiling City, due to the continuous fighting between various ethnic groups in Dashi, the Kordo family requested the Tang Dynasty to send troops to help guard it and help govern the people within its territory.
As for the Kordo family, they will completely withdraw their troops from the territory bounded by Jiling City and prepare to support the family forces in the country that have fallen into chaos.
Li Zhi and Wu Mei frowned, listening to Wang Lou reporting to them the current situation of the prince in Anxi, but their faces were full of displeasure.
Since there was an opportunity to take back the Persian Governor's Mansion, why didn't Li Hong just take it back? Instead, he sent troops into Jiling City and other places in the name of assistance? Is it true that in a few years, we really plan to give back to the many families that have freed up their hands
Wang Lou lowered his head. His Highness the Crown Prince had been away from Chang'an for three years. Although nothing major happened during the past three years, the Crown Prince was so irresponsible that he ran around from south to west, which still caused trouble. His Majesty and the Queen were extremely unhappy.
But just when Wang Lou lowered his head and said nothing, another childish cry came from outside, and the crisp cry of a boy was instantly transmitted into the Zichen Palace.
"What's wrong? Let's go take a look." Li Zhi held his forehead with a headache and weakly waved his hand to Wang Loudao.
"When did Li Chongrun enter the palace? Who sent him here?" Wu Mei looked at Li Zhi, who had a headache, and knew the situation outside without having to guess.
For more than a year, whenever Li Zhe's son Li Chongrun entered the palace, whenever he met Li Hong's eldest son Li Ye, he would definitely be made to cry, or his majesty and his royal gifts would be taken away.
But after taking it away, he didn't keep it for himself. Instead, he gave it to Li Zhe's daughter Li Xianhui. This was not the first time he had done this. The crying outside just now, you didn't need to guess, it must be Li Chongrun's crying. .
Just as Wu Mei guessed, after a while, she saw two frightened palace maids walking in with two boys and a girl about two years old in their arms.
The boy clutched the palace maid's clothes tightly, and from time to time pointed to the stuffed toys and candied haws in the other palace maid's arms.
"Where's that?" Li Zhi raised his head and glanced at the little man Li Chongrun, whose face was still stained with tears, and then looked at Li Xianhui, who was holding a candied haws and holding a toy.
Li Zhe held a wedding not long after Li Hong went to Jiannan Road, and then the two princesses gave birth to a boy and a girl in the arms of the palace maid. He and the queen. Because Li Zhe was away from Chang'an for a long time, he was often summoned. Enter the palace to show your favor.
But he couldn't stand his other grandson Li Ye. As Li Hong's eldest son and the youngest prince in the Tang Dynasty, he often entertained cats and dogs in the palace just like his father did when he was young. After having Li Chongrun as a "toy", he He began to happily escape from the sight of his mother, concubine, and palace maids in the East Palace every day. He led Li Ye, or his two-year-old younger brother and sister, to the Daming Palace to "act wildly"!
Wang Lou glanced at the helpless Li Zhi and Wu Mei who rolled her eyes in embarrassment, and said hurriedly: "Return to your majesty, Prince Yejun... After he saw King Runsi crying, he just... ran away."
"Is it just him? What about Li Ye and the other two little people?" Wu Mei looked at Li Chongrun and Li Xianhui strangely, then looked at Wang Lou with some confusion and asked.
Ordinarily not, Li Ye and Li Ye are Li Hong's eldest son and daughter, and they have always been inseparable. Why did he come to the palace by himself today
"Back to the Queen, Prince Ye is the only one, but..." Wang Lou was stunned for a moment and then said bravely: "But Fang was brought into the palace by Prince Ye, and now she is waiting outside the door. The jade pendant you gave to King Runsi yesterday was snatched away by King Ye just now and stuffed into it... "
"Let her come in." Wu Mei sighed helplessly and shook her head.
Watching Li Zhi teasing Li Zhe's son and daughter, he was thinking that Fang Muqing obviously knew that Li Hong had returned to Anxi. He suddenly came to the palace to ask for an audience with his majesty. Is he probably here for Li Xian
Nowadays, even if he is not a member of the royal family or is a member of the court, no one knows that Li Xian, who has been deposed as a commoner for many years, will be in a dire situation after Li Hong returns to Anxi from Dashi. , I guess no one knows whether there will be someone like Li Xian.
But Li Ye didn't know what was going on. He had liked Fang Muqing since he was a child. Although he had only met a few times, he would always give his good things to Li Xian's little girl who was about the same age as him. son.
This time, I was afraid that I had nothing to give away, so I simply snatched the jade pendant I had just given to Li Chongrun and gave it to Li Xian's youngest son, Li Guangren.
In the Daming Palace, Li Zhi and Wu Mei were worrying about Fang Muqing's affairs and Li Ye's affairs, but in Shule City in Anxi, everything was peaceful.
Li Jingxuan is now in charge of the army in Shule City in Anxi. In a few days, he will immediately lead an army of 100,000 to Tocharo and Jiling City, thereby regaining control of those vast territories in the hands of the Tang Dynasty.
"Li Ye always bullies your son?" Li Hong asked with wide eyes, looking at the complaining parent Li Zhe in disbelief.
"How can I lie to you about this? Zhao Ling'er, Wei Si and I always mention it in their letters, did you say anything to that little guy? Why can't he get along with Li Chongrun? And every time he robs him The things he left were given to Lao Liu's youngest son. "Li Zhe sat on the lower left side of Li Hong in the warm hall of the Shule City Protectorate and said dissatisfied.
"When I left, that guy was still babbling. Did he understand what I said? But I haven't seen him for the past three years, and I don't know if he still recognizes me as his father! By the way, Lao Liu, Mu Qing has spent the past few years. Have you ever come to see you?" Li Hong glanced at Li Xian, who looked like a middle-aged man and asked.
The simple Tsing Yi, the thin body, the dark and thin cheeks, if you don't look closely, you may even make Li Hong mistakenly think that the sixth child in front of you is just an ordinary citizen in Anxi.
After all, today's Li Xian has long lost the high-spiritedness and noble and elegant temperament that competed with him for the throne. No matter how you look at it now, he looks like a dull farmer.
The only hand covered with calluses, holding the teacup, smiled bitterly, and said in a low voice: "The emperor and his mother sent them here once, and they stayed in the Bazhou mansion for more than three months. Just went back."
"How's it going? I'm afraid you've already gotten used to the status and life of common people nowadays, right? Do you still have the ambition to strive for supremacy?" Li Hong and Li Zhe clinked their glasses, drank them all, and signaled Li Xian also drank.
Li Xian looked at Li Hong's gesture and was stunned for a moment. He then picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. He sighed again with the smell of wine, and then said calmly: "I have thought about it a lot in the past few years. At that time, I I'm too eager for quick success. Even if I plan carefully, I'm afraid I'll still be defeated by you, but... I'm afraid the end will be worse than it is now. I watched Fang Muqing lead the two of them over to live together a few days ago. In the poor Bazhou, I feel... It feels like living the rest of my life so plainly is a good way to live. So now if you ask me if I still have the ambition to strive for supremacy, I am afraid that even I don't know, and... if If Mu Qing and the baby can come, forget it, if Mu Qing alone can come and accompany me the rest of the way, I will be satisfied, and I won't ask for anything else. "
"In recent years, no matter whether it is the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes or the wealthy and honorable people, although I am not in the Tang Dynasty, no matter whether it is the Imperial College, Chongwen Hall, Hongwen Hall, even the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishments, Dali Temple, etc., they have never neglected to punish those who have done evil. Some scholars and literati, I believe you also know how many down-and-out wealthy nobles have been dispatched and exiled to various important towns in Anxi in recent years. Moreover, you have also seen with your own eyes the changes in Anxi over the years, and you should also understand the changes in Anxi over the years. How did it happen quietly? How did it happen? I just don't know if you have realized anything?" Li Hong picked up Li Xian's empty sleeve and played with it while talking.
"I have thought about it a bit, but I don't understand many things. Lao Qi is very tight-lipped about everything. In three years, the troops of the Anxi Corps switched defenses with Anton twice. Now Xue Rengui and Hei Te Changzhi have returned. Sitting in Anxi, I want to ask for advice, but they won't tell me. As for the wealthy nobles who were sent here... I have never dealt with them, because even though I am a commoner, I am also a commoner whose prince was deposed. I'm poor and destitute, but I don't want to get together with them." Li Xian's eyes were somewhat helpless, but no matter what, when facing Li Hong today, he at least spoke the truth.
As for whether he still has the ambition to strive for supremacy in his heart, even he himself cannot tell clearly. What's more, in Anxi over the past few years, he has seen more and more business travelers in Anxi. The business traveler has also become richer than before. Everything happening in front of him is always a reminder of the ambition that was still not extinguished when he was sent here.
He couldn't guarantee that if he had really snatched the position of crown prince from Li Hong back then, whether he would have the ability to make the four poor towns of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty what they are now.
The various herdsmen no longer fight against each other, burn, kill, and plunder the wealth of the farming people. Even if there is a natural disaster on the grassland that they cannot reveal the cause of, as long as they send people to the Governor's Mansion to explain the situation, a large amount of grain and other winter items will be enough. They were quickly brought over by passing business travelers, and piled up in mountains, waiting for the herdsmen to exchange them for the fat cattle, horses and sheep that had been grazing for a year.
Although the herdsmen will still fight each other for the fertile pastures, once the Anxi Protectorate intervenes, no matter how powerful the herdsmen are, they will become honest and obey the decision given to them by the Protectorate.
(End of chapter)