Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4046 Marriage is hard to come by
His Majesty Li Er was sitting in the study, constantly flipping through the mountains of official documents on the disposal table. Outside the window, there were clouds and a cool breeze, but the haze and irritability in his heart could not be blown away.

The battle of the Eastern Expedition was anticlimactic. Although it was true that Goguryeo was eventually overthrown and the biggest confidant on the northeast frontier of the empire was solved, there would be no worries for the next hundred years. However, the battle that was accomplished in one battle was fought by the navy. The army stormed Ping Rang City for more than a month and returned without success. When they decided to give up this Eastern Expedition but were sent to Ping Rang City by the navy, it meant that all the hidden contradictions would eventually erupt.

Now not only the military, but even the internal affairs have major problems.

This Eastern Expedition can be described as the power of the whole country. Not only the Guanzhong soldiers and food and fodder were all brought eastward, but even the rich and prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River were almost emptied. Now hidden dangers have emerged. Even ordinary people complained, coupled with the flood in Guanzhong, annihilated countless fertile fields, houses, and towns, and the number of victims has increased day by day, reaching 20 people.

Guanzhong, known as the "Land of Abundance", has a population of only 300 million...

The first priority is to provide disaster relief, otherwise, once Guanzhong is in chaos, the country will be unstable.But now that the national treasury is empty and the south of the Yangtze River is scarce, how to raise money and food to help the victims?Especially after the Guanlong mutiny, the operation of the entire imperial court was useless and completely stagnant and collapsed. If Fang Jun hadn't organized soldiers to participate in disaster relief under the banner of the royal family outside the city, tens of thousands of refugees would have formed in Guanzhong at this moment. Things, or impact the town, the entire center of the empire is in chaos.

Even though he has been in charge of the empire for 20 years and is already familiar with handling various difficult government affairs, His Majesty Li Er still feels overwhelmed.

At this time, every decision is very important. A slight mistake will easily cause large-scale chaos. If you continue to implement the steps of easy storage...

Putting down the brush, His Majesty Li Er rubbed the center of his eyebrows and let out a long breath.

Outside the door, Wang Shoushi came in lightly with a cup of hot tea, first put the cup of tea on the desk, and then took out a secret bag from his arms and offered it with both hands: "Your Majesty, this is the recent record of your Highnesses. "

His Majesty Li Er hummed, took a sip of tea, then took the secret bag from Wang Shoushi, opened it and looked at it carefully...

In fact, every day, records about the words and deeds of several princes will be submitted here. Where the princes have gone and who they have met, there are secret spies everywhere to record them one by one.

At the juncture of Yi Chu, His Majesty Li Er must carefully grasp the movements of his sons, in order to speculate on their psychology, in order to choose the best...

Of course, the two most concerned are Wei Wang and Jin Wang.

As the legitimate sons, according to the rule of "Zong Yu succession", once Li Chengqian's reserve position is abolished, these two people are the most qualified candidates to succeed the reserve position. Rules, and it is very easy to plant disasters, unless it is a last resort, it is absolutely not advisable.

And among the two kings of Wei and Jin... His Majesty Li Er secretly shook his head, his eyes fixed on a line of words in the secret book.

"The king of Jin went to Liang Guogong's mansion first, and then went to Wei Wang's mansion?"

"Return to Your Majesty, that's right."

His Majesty Li Er frowned: "What did you talk about?" For some reason, since his return from the Eastern Expedition, the two sons who were closest to him suddenly became estranged, and they were even submissive and trembling in front of him. why?
And he always felt that once the two of them took action in private, it would not be a good thing. Last time, the two of them directly stated that they did not want to fight for reserves...

Wang Shoushi shook his head: "When Liang Guogong's mansion and Wei Wang's mansion met each other, they both hid in the inner room, and no one else was around, so I have no way of knowing why they are talking."

In fact, the nails he planted in Liang Guogong's mansion have never been able to enter the core class, and after the last time he was killed by the "Hundred Knights", most of the nails lurking everywhere have been pulled out, and it is difficult to grasp all the news in Wei Wang's mansion.However, for fear that His Majesty Li Er would blame him for his incompetence, he could only shirk that the two conversations were in the inner room, not that the nails he buried could not be approached at all...

His Majesty Li Er thought for a while, since he didn't know the details, he could only put it aside for the time being.

Flipping through the secret booklet, he asked again: "How is King Qi doing now? Last time I asked you to bring him here, why haven't I seen him?"

Wang Shoushi said: "His Royal Highness Qi Wang has been in the camp of Youtunwei all the time. He locked himself in a camp, never took half a step, and did not see any outsiders. Even after Jiangxia County King took over Youtunwei , and just said a few words through the window. The slave servant was ordered by His Majesty to invite His Highness King Qi to come, but His Highness King Qi said that he has committed an unforgivable crime and has no face to see His Majesty. If His Majesty wants to punish him, You can give me a glass of poisonous wine, and I have no complaints."

"Ho!"

His Majesty Li Er sneered, and said sarcastically: "At this time, you have the courage to die? At the beginning, the kings of Wei and Jin refused to join forces with Guan Long. When Guan Long had no choice but to force him to stand up as the crown prince, how could he not see that he would rather die?" Don't follow? Huh! This evil obstacle!"

But scolding is scolding, and I really hate iron for being weak, but I also understand that under the circumstances at that time, greedy for life and fear of death cannot be too harsh, not to mention that there is still a slight possibility of becoming the crown prince or even the new emperor. How to resist it?

In this way, it shows even more the value of Qingque and Pheasant Slave who would rather die than obey...

"Let him stay in the Youtunwei camp for a while, a worthless thing."

"Here."

Wang Shoushi hurriedly accepted the order. There was no room for him to comment on this kind of matter. If he made a wrong sentence, the consequences would be extremely serious...

His Majesty Li Er flipped through the secret folder again, put it aside, and sent Wang Shoushi away.

After sitting for a while, he got up and went back to the harem, where Concubine Yang lived.Concubine Yang hurriedly ordered people to make tea, and then served His Majesty Li Er to change his clothes after taking a bath. After sitting in the side hall, she rubbed His Majesty Li Er's shoulders and asked curiously: "It's still early, Your Majesty has already passed the state affairs. Finished?"

His Majesty Li Er took a sip of tea, shook his head and said: "The state affairs are difficult, and the memorials are piled up like a mountain. How can there be an end? It's just that I feel a little tired, so I come to sit and chat with you."

Concubine Yang couldn't help being overjoyed at the moment. The women in the harem seemed to be rich and luxurious, but in fact they pursued the emperor's favor forever. It's rare that at my age, they are still missed by His Majesty. How can I not be happy?
The couple drank tea and chatted warmly in low voices.

After a while, His Majesty Li Er suddenly asked: "Sizi is not young anymore, and I have failed to make marriage proposals several times. Do you have any suitable young men to recommend?"

Concubine Yang couldn't help showing a wry smile when she heard this.

Princess Jinyang's marriage has long been a topic that the female relatives in the palace can't avoid. Who dares to rush to introduce the marriage?As far as young Junyan, Qiu Shenji back then, and Wei Zhengju not long ago were all handsome and talented. As a result... Now that Princess Jinyang is mentioned, whose young man would dare to covet her?
After all, in everyone's eyes, Princess Jinyang has already become Fang Er's forbidden property, and no one dares to touch her, otherwise she will end up in danger, and even die a happy death...

But when His Majesty asked here, he couldn't avoid answering, so he said softly: "Although His Royal Highness Jinyang has reached the age of marriage, but after all, his body is weak, it is better to raise him for another two years, otherwise he will have children after marriage." , the risk is really too great... As for the son-in-law, you have to choose thousands of choices, and you must not wrong Jinyang."

His Majesty Li Er took a sip of tea depressedly, how could he not know the reason why Sizi's marriage was difficult?

Although Fang Er has never said or acted beyond the distance, it is difficult for Si Zi to hide his thoughts from his father, so he naturally gritted his teeth with hatred for Fang Er, the culprit.But now that Fang Jun has seized the military power, if he continues to be punished, not only will the outside world talk about him "treating his meritorious deeds harshly", even he himself will find it difficult to do so... In the end, Fang Jun's meritorious deeds are really there. No matter how angry His Majesty Li Er was, he couldn't turn a blind eye.

Sighing, he said helplessly: "Okay, anyway, you should be more considerate. Now that there is no master in the palace, you have to take care of it, don't be afraid of offending others, I will make the decision for you."

Concubine Yang responded softly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this concubine knows what to do."

Since the funeral of Queen Wende, there is no queen in the palace, so all kinds of affairs are inevitably disordered.Originally Concubine Wei was the highest rank, but after the Guanlong uprising, the Wei family contributed to the flames and acted as a minion, provoking the anger of His Majesty Li Er, and the main task in the palace naturally fell on Concubine Yang.

As a woman in the palace, who wouldn't want to be the phoenix and the mother of the world?It's just that Concubine Yang and His Majesty Li Er's young husband and wife are connected with each other, so they never extravagantly seek the position of the main palace.

His Majesty Li Er said again: "Can Ke'er write to you? This kid came out of the town of Xinluo, probably because he had a grudge against me. Except for the greetings during the New Year and holidays, there was not even a single letter about the family. Alas, I feel a little lost in my heart."

Concubine Yang hurriedly got up and went to the inner room to take out a few letters of Li Ke, put them on the table and said, "Ke'er sent a letter not long ago, saying that Goguryeo was destroyed, and many members of the Yuan clan fled everywhere. As far as Silla, the situation is very urgent, so the army is mobilizing to suppress the riots everywhere..."

As she spoke, she couldn't help shedding tears: "Ke'er grew up in the deep palace since childhood, and couldn't bear a bit of hardship, but now she is exhausting herself in a barbarian land thousands of miles away. I don't know if she is dark or thin. If she gets sick, Will there be an imperial doctor with excellent medical skills by her side... Woohoo, my mother is really incompetent."

When she cried like this, the dissatisfaction with Li Ke in His Majesty Li Er's heart disappeared immediately, leaving only endless pity, and quickly took Concubine Yang's hand to comfort her: "A man with aspirations in all directions, how can he live in a square inch?" Falling into a land of gentleness? Ke’er is the country’s barrier, and the empire will never forget his feats. Besides, although the land of Silla is remote, it is definitely not a barbaric and desolate place. Now that the navy has opened up waterways, the more More and more merchants from the Tang Dynasty went to do business by boat, and the bustling place was no less than that of the coastal state capitals of the Tang Dynasty."

Speaking of this, his heart moved. Back then, he wanted to establish a feudal world to achieve the goal of perpetuating the Tang Dynasty, but he was blocked halfway, and he slowly let go of it over the years.Letting Li Ke go to Silla to serve as the country's fence is a trade-off, but now it seems that the result is good, that is, it prevents brothers from competing for reserves and fights against each other, and it also makes Datang an extra powerful vassal state...why not continue to follow this method?
(End of this chapter)