Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 170
When Li Shan came to this era, he had already met many great figures in history, Li Shimin, Princess Qin, Du Ruhui, Monk Xuanzang...

There is always a difference between these people and the images in the history books, but this is also what it should be.

Li Shan also made many friends, including Wang Renbiao and Li Kai who were regarded as close friends, and Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin, and Changsun Chong who were strangers.

Among these people, in terms of character, Li Kai, who is unknown in the history books, is the most outstanding. He is open and aboveboard, considers his friends, and can be called a good friend.

After Li Kai returned to Chang'an, after delivering the good news at the first time, he went to Zhujiagou to appease the Zhu family without stopping, and then held a banquet at Dongshan Restaurant every day, trying his best to make Li Shan famous during the banquet.

Before, the name of Li Shan was only in the ears of some caring people, but now with the advocacy of the direct descendants of the Li family in Longxi, the name of Li Shan and Li Huairen has spread throughout Chang'an... This was originally the main means for the aristocratic family to gain fame.

Planning and planning, bluffing, caused Liu Heitai's army to be in chaos, and finally made the Tang army defeat the strong with the weak... Various versions of the story are circulated in the market.

Li Shan's previous affairs were also revealed and spread widely, but the intensity was a little out of control... If Li Shan was in Chang'an, I'm afraid he would not be able to listen to it.

Apart from the fact that the jade tree is facing the wind... Li Shan really doesn't want to admit to fanning Du Ruhui, fighting against Wei Chigong, and saving Wei Xuancheng righteously.

Li Kai, who was waiting in the yard for the report from his subordinates, thought amusedly that the exaggerated rumors and rumors in the market were obviously deliberately done by someone, trying to make Li Shan get closer to the East Palace.

But what surprised Li Kai was that there was no news from Prince Qin's mansion, King Qin had already promised to call Huairen under his command, why didn't he say a word?

"Mr. Saburo."

Li Kai nodded slightly, and strode into the backyard, "I pay my respects to Princess Qin, my lord mother, and my aunt."

"What a good man." Princess Qin is only 23 years old. Although she has a stable temperament and is dignified and beautiful, she is not the kind of person who holds her identity. She said with a smile: "Ms. Zhu really wants to thank Demou. Demou traveled south and north, and made two urgent trips, which was really hard."

Seeing that Mrs. Zhu was about to stand up and thank her, Li Kai hurriedly avoided, bowed and said, "Huai Ren once said that we would like to be friends hand in hand in this life, and if we change positions, Huai Ren will live up to it."

"Okay, I don't need it at home..." Princess Qin covered her mouth and smiled, the fact that Li Kai became famous as a friend during this period has spread throughout Beijing.

Li Kai said helplessly: "It's really from the bottom of my heart, not only my nephew, but Brother Xiaoqing also spared no effort."

Indeed, Wang Renbiao is also touting Li Shan... After all, he is a child of the Wang family in Taiyuan.

The eldest grandson looked at her son with admiration. Among the four sons, the eldest son Li Jia was too loyal, the second son Li Dahui was mediocre, and the fourth son was not born to her. Only the third son Li Kai was the most praised.

"Come on." Mrs. Changsun signaled to the maid to bring the teacup over, "This is made by Mrs. Zhu herself, thank you for your travels."

Li Kai took the teacup and said with a smile: "Sure enough, I'll bite the cup again. My aunt's craftsmanship is commendable."

Qin Wangfei watched Li Kai drink it all with a smile, and glanced at Zhu Shi from the corner of her eye. This woman just understated it, and before she took a bite, she asked the maid to inform Li Kai to come in... Such a skill is indeed commendable.

Zhu... which one is it?
Li Kai sat down and chatted with the three elders. Although Princess Qin was only three years older than him, she was an out-and-out elder.

In the outside news, besides Li Shan's fame, the most attention-grabbing thing is naturally the Hebei war.

After the news of Liu Heikai's death spread to Beijing, Li Daoxuan, Cheng Mingzhen, and Qi Shanxing divided their troops to the north to recover Beizhou and Luozhou, and Tian Liu'an, who was in Weizhou, divided his troops to recover Dezhou and Bozhou.

Afterwards, reports on the battle to recover the lost ground continued to enter Beijing, sometimes three times a day.

Shuang Shiluo, the general manager of Dingzhou, began to gather troops after overcoming the transiting Turkic army, and quickly regained the entire Dingzhou... Tian Liu'an sent a messenger to report that Liu Heita was dead early in the morning.

After waiting for nearly half a year, Luo Yi, the king of Yan County in Youzhou, finally sent troops, and quickly recovered Yizhou and Mozhou.

Qi Shanxing led his troops to the north and recovered Xingzhou and Zhaozhou one after another.

Li Daoxuan and Cheng Mingzhen divided their troops after recovering Jizhou and Shenzhou. The latter went west to recover Hengzhou, and the former went east to recover Yingzhou and Yanzhou.

Wei County was defeated, Liu Heita died, and the remnants were defeated by Li Daoxuan and Qi Shanxing in Luozhou. The captured Zhufuzhou had almost no will to resist, which led to the Tang army advancing very fast.

After chatting for a while, Princess Qin saw that it was getting late, and was about to leave and go back to the palace, but before she left, she said softly: "I don't know if Miss Zhu knows, the emperor issued an edict half a month ago, and the imperial examinations will be held in early February next year, but everyone The list of applicants for the state capital needs to be approved before mid-December..."

"Li Huairen doesn't seem to be enrolled in the county school?"

The meaning of this sentence is obvious. If Li Shan wants to become an official through the imperial examination, he must set off to return to Beijing, and he needs to pass the examination of the Chang'an County Government.

Zhu's expression was calm, and he bowed to salute, seeing off Qin Wangfei to leave the mansion, while Li Kai's face was inexplicable... With Li Shan's current reputation and his achievements in planning in Hebei, it should be reasonable for him to be called into the mansion by Qin Wang right?

Returning to Chengqian Hall, Princess Qin unexpectedly found that her husband was sitting alone in the study, without any courtiers to accompany her... After Li Shimin returned to Beijing last year, he summoned his confidants and eighteen scholars to discuss matters almost every day to show respect and virtuousness the wind.

"The maidservant Guanyin is back." Li Shimin smiled and said, "I heard that you went to the Hakka Mansion today?"

"Third cousin sent a letter, and Li Huairen's mother came to pay her respects today." Qin Wangfei tidied up the messy books on the desk, "Ms. There is a history."

"Zhu's family..." Li Shimin tilted his head, "Zhu Xu, the Great Sima of the Western Han Dynasty, used Peijun as his hall name, and later divided Fengyang County and Wu County."

"Zhu's ancestral home is Guanzhong." Qin Wangfei shook her head and looked at the map spread out on the couch, "I heard that Daoxuan has already recovered Hebei, when will my father call him back to Beijing?"

"Soon, Daoxuan will never be stationed in Hebei." The smile on Li Shimin's face gradually disappeared. Obviously, Li Jiancheng strongly recommended Li Daoxuan as Minister of Hebei Daoxingtai... This matter still has an impact on Li Yuan.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin's heart trembled, but these days, Li Yuan's attitude eased down, and he didn't even mention the Hongyi Palace specially built for Li Shimin.

Sighing, Li Shimin changed the subject, "By the way, today it has been agreed that the generals in Hebei will be rewarded. Tian Liu'an will be named Duke of Daoguo, Qi Shanxing will be named Duke of Neiqiu County, and Cheng Mingzhen will be named Duke of Ping'en County."

Qin Wangfei is definitely not a housewife who only knows how to bow her head and obey orders in Qin Wangfu, she frowned and said in a low voice: "Cui Shi?"

It doesn't matter if Tian Liu'an was named Duke, but Cheng Mingzhen was named Duke of Ping'en County because he was from Ping'en County, Luozhou. Logically speaking, Qi Shanxing, who was born in Qinghe, Beizhou, should be named Duke of Qinghe County.

But there happened to be a Qinghe Cui family.

Qinghe Cui naturally didn't want to see the title of Junwangtang taken away... So Li Jiancheng insisted that Qi Shanxing use Xingzhou Neiqiu as his title.

Li Shimin sneered and said, "Father has been demanding on Shandong several times, the reason is obscure, but elder brother..."

The sage Li Yuan was born in the Guanlong lineage, and he borrowed heavily from the five surnames and seven families, but he was also vigilant... In fact, from Yang Jian to Yang Guang, and then to Li Yuan, he has always suppressed the aristocratic family, although the effect is not very good .

Around Li Shimin there are also children of five surnames and seven families, Longxi Li, Zhaojun Li, and Xingyang Zheng, but they are either partial branches such as Li Xuandao and Li Shousu, or old people such as Zheng Rentai and Li Mengchang who rose from Jinyang.

But Li Jiancheng is a little bit too far in this regard. Apart from his wife, Xingyang Zheng, Taiyuan King, Boling Cui, Qinghe Cui, and Fan Yanglu have everything that one expects to find, and they are all recruited after they are in the East Palace.

Especially this time, Li Yuan ordered people from the East Palace to inspect Shandong to appease the people. Li Jiancheng not only named Wei Zheng, but also Cui Hao from Qinghe Cui.

Li Shimin couldn't help but calculate the distance in his heart, Wei Zheng and Cui Hao should have arrived at the Yellow River.

(End of this chapter)