[In the fourth year of Longsheng, the princess removed her filial attire, and the king went to the palace of Yongding County to pay homage and propose marriage.
At that time, Gaozu was still called Kangjian. After the widowhood of King Qi, he was always worried, and when he heard the great joy of marriage, he held the arm of the king of the county and said that the two families were relatives by marriage.
Princess Duanyi, the fourteenth daughter of Emperor Gaozu, was born from the Duan clan of Zhaoyi, virtuous, condensed, beautiful, and beautiful, fifteen years old. Liu He, the prince of Yongding County, was nineteen years old. Qin and Jin are completed, and the Liu family is at peace.
— "The Biography of Princess Jiaping in Yong Shi"〗
Entering Prince Qi's mansion from the side door, Li Lin handed over his mount to the guards and was about to return to his residence to bathe and change clothes, but was stopped by the guards and said, "His Royal Highness, the prince ordered you to see him as soon as you come back?"
Li Lin hesitated for a moment. He always had mixed feelings of admiration and fear for his father, and Li Xian was either busy with the government every day, or surrounded by his twin brothers and sisters, and had no time to take care of himself. You, did you do something wrong? At the moment, he didn't dare to hesitate, and hurried to the flower hall of the inner house. Before he approached the door, he heard hearty laughter coming from the hall. It was his father's voice. Li Lin walked quietly to the side of the flower hall, and looked in quietly through the half-opened and half-closed window. At a glance, Li Lin's body suddenly froze. How could it be like this? Sitting opposite his father, with a leisurely demeanor and a star-shaped temple, isn't it his uncle Jiang Zhe? Kill your uncle on the chessboard again. When will this Marquis of Chu, who is not even willing to go to court, run to his own house, and he will not know that he is so angry that he is crying Rou Lan? While thinking wildly, Li Lin hesitated whether to sneak away, just pretending that he did not come back. At this time, Xie Ying, who was inseparable from his uncle, smiled at the window lattice, intentionally or not. Li Lin lowered his head and realized that he had no chance of sneaking away, so he could only slow down. Walk slowly to the hall door of the flower hall.
With a slight smile, I pretended not to know that Li Lin was poking his head outside the window, and I was ashamed to say it. My own children are very smart and know how to avoid my bullying. Rou Lan is relying on the Empress and Her Royal Highness to support her. Not to mention that the Empress raised Rou Lan with her own hands, and treated her as her own daughter, her Royal Highness, why not treat her like her own sister, His Royal Highness It's okay, although he is the prince, but after all, I am his uncle, and he doesn't dare to be rude to me, but I can't afford to offend the empress. If the emperor has collapsed, I'm afraid I don't even dare to teach Rou Lan a lesson. . As for Jiang Shen, let's not mention this tired boy. It's okay to be the king and hegemon in the monk temple for ten months a year. In order to avoid me, he went to his future father-in-law's house to cheat food and drink, especially After his little fiancee Li Ning was born, this kid basically can't see anyone except for the New Year. Since King Qi kidnapped my son, naturally I want to take revenge and come back. Li Lin is the unlucky boy, so he has become my pistachio. As for Li Ning's twin brother Li Zhuo, the current Prince of Qi, I don't dare to bully. I know how powerful Princess Qi and Princess Jiaping Lin Bi is. When King Qi went to the palace of Yongding County to propose marriage, I pushed him. I was there when Lin Bi broke into Prince Qi's mansion with his sword. He killed Li Xian with a sword long ago, and then apologized to himself. If this is the case, I am afraid that the Northern Han, who finally made a forced landing, will raise the flag of rebellion again, and it is a fool's dream to try to digest the country and the people of the Northern Han within a few years. Fortunately, I was well prepared, and took this opportunity to express Long Tingfei's last wish, which finally relieved Lin Bi's anger and gave King Qi an excuse and opportunity to pursue a beautiful woman. After three years of painstaking efforts, the King of Qi finally got his wish.
In fact, it's not that I want to take risks. This is also a helpless move. After the Northern Han royal family surrendered, it was not that there was no call to cut grass and roots in Dayong, but Li Zhi rejected it. Speaking of Li Zhi, Li Zhi is really wise and generous. Although the Northern Han royal family destroyed the country Please surrender, but Liu's influence in the Northern Han is already deeply rooted. If Liu is uneasy, the Northern Han will be uneasy. Although cutting weeds and rooting is relatively easy, but the consequences are endless. Not to mention that the Lin family will be dissatisfied and betrayal because of this, it is the generals and soldiers of the Northern Han who returned to their fields after the Northern Han asked to surrender, and the Demon Sect who has retired. They will not give up resistance because of the collapse of the Northern Han royal family, but will make them indomitable and embarrassed with Dayong. But if Liu's influence continues to exist, it will also be a hidden danger to Dayong's imperial power.
Finally, I took a different approach and proposed a strategy to integrate the Northern Han royal family. Since the Northern Han royal family is famous and popular, I will integrate them into the Dayong royal family. All the daughters of the Liu family will marry into the royal family and become the imperial concubine and princess. The descendants of the family, let them marry the granddaughter of the royal family. If this goes on, for at most three generations, the Liu family and the royal family will become inseparable blood relatives. At that time, they will both be prosperous, and they will all suffer. What will they oppose, the proud soldiers of the Northern Han Would the Titans still be in trouble with their old master? Even though there is a lot of hatred between the military and civilians of the two countries, as long as they are encouraged to intermarry and let their blood be fused together, the deepest hatred will disappear after the blood is connected.
In order to realize this strategy, the most important thing is the marriage between King Qi and Princess Jiaping. King Qi led his troops to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty. Although His Majesty finally closed the net, for the Northern Han people, Li Xian was the culprit, and Princess Jiaping was the culprit. She is also the spiritual leader of the Lin family in Daizhou and the pillar of the Northern Han royal family. She is also the wife of Long Tingfei who has never been through the door. It can be said that she is the only leader recognized by the Northern Han military. Only by marrying her into the royal family can she be It completely reassured the Dayong royal family, and also reassured the Liu family, and was able to win over the Lin family. But in order to achieve this goal, Lin Bi cannot be forced to be forced to marry, and there are two effects. For this purpose, I made a plan behind King Qi, and finally got Lin Bi to nod and marry. This is even more difficult than when I planned to exterminate the Northern Han Dynasty. Li Xian was in vain to call himself romantic. I saw it, and fortunately, it finally got what I wanted. On the wedding of Li Xian and Lin Bi, the Emperor Taishang completed the final blow and betrothed Princess Duanyi, who had just reached Ji, to the prince of Yongding County, the original Northern Han Crown Prince Liu He. Liu He has a pure and good temperament, and has no interest in power. If the Northern Han Dynasty were still alive, he would be a little incompetent as the crown prince, but as the prince of Yongding County, he was most in line with the wishes of the Dayong royal family. As soon as the two marriages were completed, the effect was immediately revealed. Many generals and officials who were unwilling to serve for Dayong also went into official positions or joined the army. With the participation of the Northern Han warriors, Yong, who was severely damaged during the conquest of the Northern Han Dynasty The vitality of the army gradually recovered.
Of course, among them, Li Zhi and I also counted King Qi Li Xian. In order to pursue Lin Bi, Li Xian wisely gave up military power. No one can let such a couple hold military power. Especially after Li Xian's big marriage, he almost stopped getting involved in the military, which gave the emperor the opportunity to take back all the power of the general when he reorganized the army, and there was no more power within Dayong that could oppose the imperial power. Although it was a bit too much for Li Xian, one was willing to fight, the other was willing to suffer, and he was not the only one who gave up power for the sake of beauty. Besides, although I designed to take his military power, his influence in the army is still there, and his marriage with Lin Bi also gave him the most practical guarantee. On the throne, he would not easily shoot at him. Besides, when it comes to conquering Southern Chu, he will be indispensable. If he was able to destroy Northern Han and Southern Chu successively, no one should be satisfied with such military exploits.
Such a balanced situation was facilitated by me with all my efforts. It can be said that I worked hard, but Li Xian was too unethical. Lin Bi has not yet roared. In order to please the beautiful lady, Prince Qi, who is under one person and over ten thousand people, will I was completely betrayed, which made me feel a little guilty when I saw Lin Bi now. The only good thing is that the people in the Northern Han Dynasty did not count the deaths of Long Tingfei and others on my head. After all, for them, losing to a weak scholar is always a bit of a loss, so Li Zhi and Li Xian are naturally responsible for this black pot. Carry it for me, anyway, it's not me who made the last shot.
However, when I felt a little disadvantaged, I also found a way to vent my anger, which was to bully Li Lin, but to tell the truth, if I hadn't loved and sympathized with this kid, I wouldn't have teased him. After all, because of me, he He lost his mother and grew up in the military since he was a child. With the birth of Li Ning and Li Zhuo, the status of Prince Qi's heir was completely out of line with him. Unlike his brothers who were not valued in the first place, Li, who was originally a direct son, was born. Lin is even more miserable. In order to make up for this child, I proposed to the emperor to give him the title of a county king. And now he is the companion of Prince Li Jun. If there is no accident, he will also be Li Jun's right-hand man in the future, which should be enough to compensate for his loss.
While I was drinking tea and thinking wildly, Li Lin had already walked in. After so long, even the tortoise had crawled there. After he bowed his head and walked in to greet Li Xian, he had to hide in the corner of the room, I laughed. : "Lin'er, why are you hiding? Why don't you come to greet my uncle?"
Li Xian frowned and said: "Lin'er, what are you doing, I don't understand a bit of etiquette."
I lightly shook the folding fan to block Li Xian's words and said, "Lin'er, you didn't make a mistake, didn't you dare to see me?"
Li Lin hurriedly said: "No, no, I didn't cry Rou Lan angrily." He almost bit his tongue out of the sentence, and for some reason, when he saw Jiang Zhe's smile, he was flustered. He couldn't help but peek at the two elders.
Li Xian glared and said, "What, you made Rou Lan angrily cry, what's going on, don't explain it to me, then go and think about it behind closed doors for me, and don't eat dinner."
Li Lin didn't dare to answer with a bitter face, but at this time I smiled and said, "What do I think it is, that girl Rou Lan is very spoiled, it's okay if someone is angry with her, so as not to make her more domineering, sixth brother, don't you? Just like the Empress, you are afraid to put this girl in your mouth. Lin'er, tell me what's going on, if this girl is unreasonable, I will punish her when I go back."
Li Lin almost didn't cry. Fortunately, it was not Rou Lan's fault. If Jiang Zhe took the opportunity to punish Rou Lan, he would be punished by the family law afterward, and he might even be reprimanded by the empress. Well, 80% of the prince's cousin will probably detain him by his side for ten days and a half. In the palace, there are rules everywhere, don't mention how boring it is, he can't stand it. Looking at Jiang Zhe's greedy eyes, Li Lin quickly avoided the important thing today and said it lightly.
Li Xian frowned after hearing this. He didn't blame Li Lin for bullying others. Anyway, he knew that Li Lin would not go too far. At most, he would just give the Nanchu boy a little pain. He was even more domineering than Li Lin when he was young. Being arrogant, he thoughtfully said: "You said that this boy looks thirteen or fourteen years old, and can use a three-stone strong bow. If you talk about bows and arrows, it is Daizhou that is best at riding and shooting. This is also one of a thousand miles, I don't know. How is his archery? No wonder you pay attention, Lin'er, give me an order to bring that young man back to me, I want to try his skills."
Hearing this, I couldn't help laughing. If there is a father, there must be a son. Although Shen'er is not like me, Li Lin is very similar to King Qi. When he sees Li Lin, he will go down to give orders, so I stop him: "Wait a minute, so A trivial matter, it would be too shocking for your dignified prince to intervene. Let the children handle their own affairs. Lin'er, although you are young, you are already the king of Jiajun appointed by the imperial court. This matter will be handed over to them. I gave it to you, but you are not allowed to waste your life, so you can decide what to do with yourself."
Li Lin was overjoyed, he still couldn't forget the Nanchu boy in his heart, but it prevented Rou Lan from daring to regenerate right and wrong. Now that Jiang Zhe is in charge, he can do whatever he wants. Fuzhong.
Li Xian saw that he was in such a hurry, and scolded: "There is no character at all, what is the urgency, since this person claims to be here to find relatives, will he still leave so soon, besides, he has escaped, as long as a military order is passed down, he is still afraid Did he escape back to Southern Chu? Your little aunt and the others are coming to see your mother-in-law today, and your mother-in-law said that no one is allowed to be absent from the family banquet tonight."
Li Lin had no choice but to obey, but looked at Jiang Zhe secretly. Now he knew why his uncle was here. General Yibin Wang Ji, his little aunt, was my uncle's disciple. When visiting her uncle, her stepmother must have wanted to see her sister and brother-in-law first, so she forced her uncle to wait at her home. He couldn't help lowering his head and snickering. Although his uncle was majestic, even in front of the emperor's uncle, he looked careless. Only in front of Princess Jiaping, he looked trembling. It was really funny. The one who played the Northern Han monarchs, ministers and soldiers on the palm of his hand.
At this time, I have no psychological understanding of Li Lin's small movements. I am proficient in archery. I can open a three-stone strong bow at a young age. What are you doing here in Dayong, but definitely not here to see the master. Besides, I heard that Lu Can loved the eldest son Lu Yun for ten minutes. It must be the young man's own idea. Teenagers should go to jail as spies. Now that this young man is here, I should also do my elder's responsibility. Let me teach him a little lesson. Well, let Li Lin and Rou Lan deal with it. Something unexpected happened.
When I think of Huo Cong, I can't help showing a satisfied smile. This Huo Cong is my most proud disciple, and he will definitely be outstanding in the future. I am impetuous, knowledgeable but not refined. Although I have the heart to forbear, I can't help showing my edge. As for my other disciples, each has different shortcomings. Lu Can is too bright and loyal, and will eventually suffer because of it. Jing Chi is rough and sometimes impulsive. Each has its own strengths, but limited by qualifications and experience, although they can be independent, they cannot take care of the overall situation. As for my pair of children, Rou Lan is smart and smart, but now I just deliberately let her have no chance to face the cruel reality. As a girl, I don't want her to be too good, I just want her to live a happy life, be careful Son, let’s not mention it, he may have inherited three points of my intelligence and wisdom, but I have inherited ten points of my tiredness and laziness. I feel sorry for Master Cizhen, can such a foolish boy be able to take the responsibility of protecting the Dharma? But stupid people have stupid blessings, and his temperament may be happy in his life.
After counting all my fingers, only Huo Cong is my most proud disciple. He is persevering and broad-minded. He has his own opinions and is able to make changes. He has read a lot of books but concentrates on the history of the classics. The most rare thing is that he is willing to be plain and good at it. In forbearance. I am just a prisoner who is detained in wealth and glory. Although the shackles are all kinds of beautiful friendships in the world, they are not free after all, but he is a hermit who can truly hide in the dynasty, and the only disciple who can inherit my mantle. So I knew there was something wrong with his identity, but I kept him. First, it was love talent, and second, if such a talent didn't stay by my side, it would be a little dangerous.
At this time, Tao Lin, one of the four guards beside King Qi, hurried over and said, "Your Highness, Lord Jiang, the Princess and Wang Yibin are here, and the princess has an invitation."
Li Xian and I looked at each other and smiled, and walked side by side to the Yin'an Hall of the palace. As soon as we entered the hall, we saw the elegant Princess Jiaping holding Lin Tong's hand and whispering, while Chi Ji was standing by the side with a solemn hand. Standing, in front of Lin Bi, he was always a little cautious. As soon as he saw me, he hurriedly came over to pay homage and said: "Seeing your gentleman's face as before, Chi Ji is at ease. When I met Pirate on the way this time, he asked me to say hello to him. I originally wanted to see Mr. , but when I entered the city, I heard Director Xiao say that Mr. Qi is also here with His Royal Highness King Qi."
I couldn't help but hold my breath for a while, why didn't this kid open the pot and lift the pot, there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, I said with a smile: "It's nothing, I'm just here to play chess with King Qi today, Chiji, how is it, I heard that you have been for half a year. You were injured before, are you alright now?"
Hearing this, Lin Tong said worriedly: "Sir, Ji Lang's arrow wound is healed, but he still feels pain when it is windy and rainy. I want to ask Mr. to take a look for him?"
I smiled and said: "No problem, no problem, this is because the meridian is damaged, let him come to my house, I will give him acupuncture a few times, and I will teach him this acupuncture by the way. Ji has learned better, although he later switched careers to become a veterinarian." But I secretly thought that my golden needles are unparalleled in the world, and there is absolutely no problem in removing the root cause of Chiji's disease, but the set of golden needles was originally used for execution, maybe it will Pain a little. Of course, with my ability, there will be no flaws on my face. Lin Tong nodded happily and thanked me, but when I was secretly complacent, I saw Lin Bi glanced at me lightly, with a faint warning in his eyes, I was shocked, and quickly avoided her gaze, secretly said, forgive Chiji. Dare to tell them the truth.
At this time, the family banquet was ready, Lin Bi took Lin Tong out, and Li Xian followed him out. I saw Chi Ji's expression was a little weird, as if he had a secret to report, so I deliberately took a step behind. Sure enough, Chi Ji was there. I whispered in my ear: "Sir, the thief asked me to tell me that General Duan has returned to Middle-earth. According to his previous orders, he has sent General Duan to Nanshan Bieye. It should be in the next few days. When we arrive in Chang'an, there will be more detailed information at that time."
I was shocked, Duan Wudi, after the Northern Han asked to surrender, I wanted to call him back, but who knew that he had already gone to sea, and he has disappeared since then. Guilty adversary, how should I treat him