Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 973: Run!honest!

In the royal city of Xiliang, the people heard that the Tang army had entered the city. The streets were filled with fragrant flowers, lamps and candles, and red ribbons were hung to welcome them. After entering the imperial gate, Xu Xiaole stationed the Jinwu Guard army outside the palace, led the generals to the Jinluan Hall, and then welcomed the Xiliang monarchs and ministers. After paying homage, the sergeant immediately ordered the sergeant to bring Xiliang surrender and escort several carts of gold, silver and jewelry to the capital of the Tang Dynasty to report to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

After everything was done, the king of Xiliang hosted a banquet in honor of Qin Xiaole and other generals, and presented many rare treasures, which Qin Xiaole accepted with joy.

At the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Zhi was overjoyed to receive the report of the surrender of King Hami of Xiliang Kingdom. He sent an order to Xu Xiaole to release the captives from Xiliang and other countries and lead his troops. The order exempted the King of Xiliang from visiting the Celestial Dynasty in person and sent the prince as an envoy. Just listen to the imperial decree. The territory of Xiliang is bounded by "Shajiang River", the east is all owned by the Tang Dynasty, and the west is returned to Xiliang. It will still be under the jurisdiction of King Hami, and from then on it will be the Tang Dynasty.

Due to the victory in the campaign against Xiliang, Emperor Li Zhi changed the Tang Dynasty title to "Kaiyao" (September 681).

In October of the third year of "Yifeng" in the Tang Dynasty (678), Li Zhiyu personally conquered Xiliang, and the three-year battle to conquer Xiliang finally came to an end.

When the edict arrived in Xiliang, Duke Cheng Yaojin of the State of Lu set up an incense case in the Tang army camp as the edict-proclaimer of the Tang Dynasty, so that the monarchs and ministers of Xiliang went to the Tang army camp outside the city to listen to the edict.

King Hami led the civil and military forces to the Tang army camp to listen to the emperor's will, and the mountains shouted long live!
In accordance with the decree, Qin Xiaole ordered the army to deliver the prisoners of war from Xiliang and other countries. The envoys of various countries were grateful for the kindness of the Tang emperor and proposed that their envoys go to the Tang Dynasty to pay homage to the Tang emperor and were willing to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty.

Qin Xiaole was overjoyed and ordered Prince Wu Ying of Xiliang and envoys from various countries to return eastward with the army. News spread that envoys from 72 Western countries were accompanying the army to the capital of Tang Dynasty.

The Tang army maintained troops in the Xiliang Royal City for several days, and then left the royal city under the respectful greetings of the Xiliang monarchs, ministers and people.

The army returned like an arrow all the way, passing "Yulong" City, "Luhua Pass" and other Xiliang cities and passes, gathering the soldiers and generals stationed by the Tang Army here, and returning the cities and passes to the guards of Xiliang generals. After the army crossed the "Shajiang River" , according to the emperor's decree, a water village was set up on the east bank of the "Shajiang River" to garrison, and it was under the control of Cheng Chumo, the guard general of "Baihu Pass" who was promoted to governor.

When the army entered "Hanjiang Pass", Fan Lihua's father, Fan Hong, took his son and his generals out of the pass to greet them. They held a banquet to reward the army, and the family members in the official office were reunited. Qin Xiaole smiled at the family banquet and said: "It's better to make this pass a good one." I am stationed with my two brothers-in-law, while my father-in-law and mother-in-law go to the capital to enjoy the glory."

Hearing this, Fan Hong declined his son-in-law's kindness and said: "It's hard to leave our homeland. It's just a matter of having a daughter to follow her husband to the capital."

Qin Xiaole didn't force anything after hearing this, and said with a smile: "Whenever your father-in-law and mother-in-law miss your daughter, you can go to the capital to see her."

It's night, "Hanjiang Pass" is brightly lit and everything is peaceful.

At dawn, the army fired artillery and marched out. Fan Lihua cried goodbye to her parents and brother.

The army stayed on the road for only one day, and finally reached the "Yumen Pass" of the Tang Dynasty. After passing the pass for another month, the forward army was already approaching Chang'an.

In order to welcome the triumphant army of the Western Expedition, Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian arrived in Chang'an from the Luoyang Palace. They were informed that the army of the Expedition to the West was not far from the city. The Emperor and Queen, together with their prince Li Xian, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty set up a guard of honor a few miles outside Chang'an City. , Welcome the army.

Qin Xiaole received a report from the front army that the emperor and the queen came out of the city to meet him. He ordered the army to reorganize their appearance, wave their flags, and urge their horses forward surrounded by dozens of generals.

Seeing the emperor's guard of honor in front of him, Qin Xiaole reined in his horse and walked slowly, and saw the emperor and empress sitting on the temporary altar and dismounting to pay homage.

"Your Majesty, Qin Xiaole, has been ordered to lead the army and invite the Emperor and Queen to inspect the army!"

Li Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this. He congratulated the Tang army for their invincible battles and invincible attacks. He expressed his condolences to the generals for their hard work, and later awarded him a reward. He also sent a message to Chang'an City to celebrate the victory of the army and the people for several days, and to offer an amnesty to the world.

When the troops heard the emperor's decree, they cheered thunderously. The shouts one after another made Li Zhi very excited.

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After the grand welcome ceremony outside Chang'an, Qin Xiaole handed back the seal of Marshal Zhengxi, and Li Zhi sent an order to the officials of Honglu Temple to receive the prince of Xiliang and the envoys of 72 countries, so that he could choose a date to meet him on pilgrimage.

In the next few days, the imperial court awarded rewards to all the soldiers who conquered the west.

Wang Feng'er was granted the title of First-grade Madam and General of the Wei Kingdom, Fan Lihua was granted the title of First-grade Lady and the General of the Auxiliary Kingdom, and Diao Yue'e was the righteous daughter of King Xu Tian of Qi, and was granted the title of Princess Princess and General Loyalty.

Dou Xiantong and Chen Jinding were granted the title of first-class imperial concubine, General Anping and General Anyuan respectively.

Xue Jinlian was granted the title of County Lord and General Dingyuan.

Twelve generals including Dou Yihu, Xue Yinglong, Liu Lang, Shan Sijing, Luo Zhang, Qin Meng, Cheng Dabao, Yuchi Xiaohei, Li Minzhong, Fang Yong, Du Ziyan, and Wei Wuya were all granted the rank of general, and were assigned to the Sixteenth Guards in the capital. Served in military positions.

Xue Rengui was made the Duke of Pingyang County, and the right leader was General Wei.

Xue Dingshan was granted the title of Duke of Chang'an County, the left prison guard general, and was granted the residence of Chang'an.

After all the soldiers who conquered the west were rewarded, hundreds of officials gathered in the early morning of the day. There were two groups of civil and military officers. An official from Huangmen shouted to Xu Xiaole to go to the palace to receive the reward.

Qin Xiaole heard the sound and entered the palace to pay homage to the emperor and queen. He heard the emperor Li Zhi say.

"In the Battle of the West, you did not disappoint me, and your achievements were great. However, how can I reward you when you, a young man, already hold a high position?"

Qin Xiaole heard this and replied solemnly.

"I dare not take credit for it. The victory in Xiliang was not achieved by me alone. Thousands of soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country. It is better for the emperor to build monuments to commemorate the soldiers who died in the Xiliang campaign. The local officials should pay more sympathy to the families of the dead. Exempt from taxes and taxes for several years, and as for the ministers, if the emperor can bestow a few barren hills as his fiefdoms, the ministers will be satisfied!" His words made people admire and appreciate them, but behind them, all the courtiers secretly thought that this kid was cunning and wanted to slowly What the family is best at is turning things and species unknown to others into magic. The family industry involves wine making, clothing, furniture, vegetables, grain, mining, luxury goods, smelting, oil extraction, setting up schools and cultivating practical talents, etc. and people's livelihood, In fields that are closely related to the military, I don't know how much wealth has been gathered. It is no exaggeration to say that the Qin family is now as rich as an enemy country. What this kid is asking for today, could it be that this barren mountain can also play tricks?
The ministers were thinking this, but the emperor and the queen looked at the serious expression of this boy with four eyes. They were all suspicious of what this bastard boy had planned.

This time, the emperor, empress, and all the courtiers were overthinking it. The reason why Qin Xiaole said this was actually because he received his father's teachings and listened to his father's words when he reported the war to his father in the "Qi Prince's Mansion" after returning from the expedition to the west.

"I have made a triumphant return from the expedition to the west. My son's achievements are so great that I am afraid it will not be a good thing for you or the Qin family. As the saying goes, being modest and prudent is the way to build one's life. If a tree grows taller in the forest, the wind will destroy it! It is better for my son to use the merits for his success. You can give some unimportant rewards to the soldiers who died in the battle in Xiliang. This will not only gain you a reputation of loving soldiers like your own son, but also make the emperor and courtiers think that you are indifferent, value wealth, and do not care about power. The idea of ​​​​high position and power is not what my Xu family needs. What is important for the Xu family is to develop in a low-key manner so that it can protect its own interests. No matter how the world changes or how the dynasties change, it should have a place in the world and stand tall. If you don’t fall, you will be a distinguished family for generations to come.”

After hearing what his father said, Qin Xiaole immediately figured out a lot of things he didn't understand. He thought that the Xu family occupies a large area and has an elite army, but they don't seek hegemony or become king. It turns out that his father has clearly seen the general trend of the world. They would rather have the family continue for generations than have the glory of several generations, and be torn apart by heirs fighting for power, and eventually the family will be annihilated in the long river of history.

After hearing Qin Xiaole's words of being indifferent to fame and wealth, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian thought wrong, and they all had the idea in their hearts that they would not let him get his wish.

If Qin Wenyuan knew the emperor's thoughts at this time, he would definitely laugh at the tricks of God. Sometimes things always happen unexpectedly.

Sure enough, I only heard Li Zhi speak with a golden mouth on the dragon couch.

"Qin Xiaole was given the title of Duke Zhongguo, a first-class hussar general, in charge of the Jinwu Guards to guard Luoyang, the eastern capital. Luoyang, the eastern capital, was given the residence of Duke Zhongguo. Qin Xiaole approved the report, and the Si Yamen chose a place to build a monument to the heroes who died in the Western Expedition. The text was written The bereaved families of fallen soldiers will be exempted from taxes for three years, pensions will be paid in place, and all government officials who engage in fraud or corruption will be punished with death."

After this edict was issued, all the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were grateful for the emperor's kindness and praised Qin Xiaole for leading the troops well and loving the soldiers like his own son. Prince Qin Wenyuan of Qi taught his children well and the Qin family had a virtuous family tradition.

For a time, the families of the soldiers who died in the Xiliang battle established multiple temples to enshrine the statues of Qin Wenyuan and Qin Xiaole, father and son, so that their descendants would remember the kindness of the Xu family.

The emperor and his empress drove back to Luoyang, the eastern capital. Qin Xiaole said goodbye to his father Qin Wenyuan, and took his two wives to escort the Jinwu cavalry. It was May (February 682) of the first year of the "Kaiyao" in the Tang Dynasty (February 2) when they returned to the eastern capital.

Soon, Emperor Li Zhi established his grandson Chongzhao as the grandson of the emperor, and changed the Tang Dynasty title to "Yongchun" (March 682).
At that time, Ashina Chebu of the Western Turks led ten nobles with surnames to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and surrounded the "Gongyue City" with troops. They were defeated by the imperial court's new Anxi Protector Wang Fangyi. Wang Fangyi had made many contributions and should have been appointed the governor of Xiazhou in the Tang Dynasty, but because Wang Fangyi was not After being deposed, the queen's family was not allowed to be reused, which aroused the mutiny among them, and linked up with the Turkic nobles Ashina Dulu, Ashina Yuanzhen and others to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and invade the state and merge with the territory.

The imperial court received reports of border troubles and reported them to the emperor. Li Zhi ordered Xue Dingshan to be the chief general and lead [-] troops to put down the rebellion.

Xue Dingshan led the army to counter the rebellion and defeated the rebels at the "Yunzhou" front line. At this time, two generals, Li Jingxuan and Hei Te Changzhi, who were stationed at the Tang River source and faced Tibet, used Xu Xiaole to set up a peak fire warning tower. The suggestion made the Tibetan army, which was ready to move and began to harass the Tang border gates from time to time, suffer heavy losses. The second small-scale battle made the Datang border gates safe and sound.

However, the war went smoothly, but unexpectedly, natural disasters such as floods, droughts, and locusts occurred in Guanzhong, causing food shortages in Guanzhong, and the people lived in dire straits.

Chang'an city welcomed the triumphant army, and shortly after receiving the Prince of Xiliang and envoys from 72 countries, everything was settled, and the emperor and queen sent orders to all civil and military officials to return to Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Qin Xiaole was ordered to lead the Jinwu Guards to escort him, and he took his two wives back to Luoyang, the eastern capital, where he met his mother, Princess Changle, at the "Zhongguo Gong" mansion granted by the imperial court.

Princess Xiangcheng, who often traveled between Luoyang and Chang'an because she cared about her grandson Xu Dezhi and her husband Qin Wenyuan, was sitting in the hall, flanked by her daughter-in-law Princess Taiping and her grandson Qin Dezhi.

Qin Xiaole paid a visit to his mother, and Princess Xiangcheng sat down to look at her son's calm and self-respecting appearance. She was very happy to know that her son had become a popular figure in the Tang court and the army. Princess Taiping paid a visit to her husband, and Xu Dezhi knelt down to worship his father.

The two daughters-in-law paid homage to their mother-in-law, the eldest wife, and Princess Taiping returned the favor. After her grandson Xu Dezhi paid homage to the two aunts, Princess Xiangcheng smiled and said to the two daughters-in-law.

"You two have worked hard for the country and helped my son conquer Xiliang. You are the heroes of my Qin family. When you return home today, you will go to the royal armor in the room to freshen up first. After you have rest, you will talk to my mother."

Wang Feng'er and Fan Lihua retired after listening to their mother-in-law's instructions, and their personal maids waited on them to go to their respective new houses in the backyard.

Princess Taiping was a eldest lady, so she naturally prepared the armor for her husband who had returned from the war, and then led him to the room to wash up.

Princess Xiangcheng watched the beautiful children and wives go to the room to change clothes and rest, and said to her grandson, "Follow your grandmother to the garden. Don't disturb your father's rest."

The boy looked up at his grandmother and said, "My grandson wants to talk to his parents?"

Hearing this, Xiangcheng lovingly stroked his grandson's head and said, "Your father has just returned home. He must have something to say to your mother. When adults speak, children must know how to avoid it. Do you understand?"

Qin Dezhi said "Yeah" with a vague understanding, took his grandmother's hand, and went to play in the garden obediently.

Qin Xiaole and his wife returned to the room. Princess Taiping immediately dismissed the maids and servants, got into her husband's arms, and said with a sob.

"The husband has been here for several years and wants to harm me!"

After saying this, the princess, who had always been unruly, put her hands on her husband's face and caressed her body everywhere, as if she was afraid that he was missing some parts. The pain of her lovesickness was clearly revealed. Later, she said coquettishly.

"You are having a good time outside, hugging and hugging you, while our orphans and widowed mothers are worried about you at home. You bastard, when you are happy, have you ever thought about your wife and children at home?"

As she was talking, Taiping started to cry a little sadly. This was not in line with her usual savage behavior, but it made Qin Xiaole a little confused. When this lady became so sentimental, gentle and pleasant, she couldn't help but After coaxing her for a while, Princess Fang Taiping smiled happily.

It was night, and the mansion of "Duke Zhongguo" was decorated with lanterns and festoons, with laughter and laughter. In the hall, Princess Xiangcheng sat on the top seat, with her son and grandson sitting on the left and right, and the three daughters-in-law sat in turn. Many maids stood in the room and were responsible for serving food and drinking wine. , all kinds of fine wines and delicacies were served freely, which made Fan Lihua, who was sitting at the same table with her mother-in-law for the first time, very surprised.

I think she was also born in the princely family of Xiliang, but she has never seen the exquisite wine sets on the Qin family's wine table, the mellow grape wine, the various appetizing dishes, the large round table with the rotating disk, gently By turning it, you can turn the food you want to eat in front of you. You know that the table and the furniture in this room are all made by the Qin family craftsmen from the drawings drawn by the father-in-law, and even the dresses worn by the ladies in this room. Likewise, this woman who had learned the magic of immortals and had the ability to move mountains and seas was impressed by her father's whimsical ideas.

(End of this chapter)