Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 178 Qinghe
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the land in Hebei has warmed up instead, and the winter is hanging high in the sky, throwing the rare warmth of winter to the convoy that is heading north.

Li Shan has already decided to return to Chang'an to prepare for the upcoming assessment, but Wei Zheng repeatedly asks him to go north with him to Beizhou... Although Li Qianyou has returned to Beijing, Li Shan suspects that Li Dewu will do something.

Wei Zheng is a person who can assess the situation. After confirming Li Shan's key role in the Hebei War, and discovering Li Shan's prestige in the Tang army, he will naturally not abandon him... although Cui Hao strongly objected.

The fight the day before yesterday made Cui Hao lose face, and Wei Zheng already asked clearly... It was just Ma Zhou's yin and yang ridicule. Looting, but now he has the face to patrol Shandong.

It cannot be said that Ma Zhou's remarks were too biased. Among the counselors of the East Palace, only Wei Zheng and Wang Gui suggested that Prince Li Jiancheng send troops. For example, Cui Hao also really held the idea of ​​delaying time.

Of course, Ma Zhou was beaten so badly in the end... On the one hand, it was because of old grievances, and on the other hand, it was because Ma Zhou was too vicious.

Wei Zheng turned his head and looked at Ma Zhou in front of him. He had doubts at first, after all, in his impression, Li Shan was not the kind of person with a hot temper... But then Wei Zheng talked with Ma Zhou, and the latter was proficient in " The Book of Songs, Zuo Zhuan.

From this, Wei Zheng concluded that Li Shan had not lied, and that Ma Zhou was invited to teach because the former was preparing for the scientific examination.

"Both Beizhou and Weizhou are rich lands in Hebei, but unexpectedly they look like this now." Wei Zheng sighed lightly, looking around, there were many abandoned fields on both sides of the road.

"The Turkic invasion of Beizhou, although the transit is quick, but..." Ma Zhou said with a blank face, "If you send reinforcements to Zhongli... Oh, I made a mistake. His Royal Highness King Qi led an army of tens of thousands to the Yellow River. Woolen cloth."

Wei Zheng was a little embarrassed, thinking that it's no wonder Cui Hao couldn't help but want to beat you up... Yin and Yang are weird, pointing and cursing Huai, his mouth is too tricky!
The crux of the problem is that Ma Zhou is a native of Beizhou, so you can't blame him yet!
Even Cui Hao who was not far away had no face to accuse Ma Zhou of talking nonsense.

"Times have changed, and talking about these things will only add to the sadness..." Li Shan sighed, "Brother Xuan Cheng is going to visit Shandong this time, I'm afraid the future will be bumpy."

After a pause, Li Shan glanced at Wei Zheng, whose face remained unchanged, "Of course, I can let it go."

Wei Zheng stretched out his finger and pointed at Li Shan, "There is no need to test it, you, Li Huairen, are known for benevolence and righteousness, and a certain Wei Xuancheng doesn't say anything else, so I dare not back away from this way."

In fact, anyone with a heart can see that in the past two years, there have been continuous wars in Hebei, and the fighting has been terrible. After Liu Heita died, to appease Shandong, on the one hand, it was the family, and on the other hand, it was the common people.

There will always be a situation of confrontation, cooperation, and hostility between the imperial court and the aristocratic clans. Under the current situation, do you expect those aristocratic clans not to take the opportunity to annex the population and fields?

However, when Wei Zheng inspected Hebei and appeased Shandong, the most important thing was not to disband the enemy soldiers and provide clothing and food, but to next year's spring plowing, which must be supported by the Shandong family.

With so many state capitals in Hebei Province, Wei Zheng arrived in Weizhou first because the key battle was fought here, and also because a large number of surrendered soldiers were in Wei County and Guantao.

After Weizhou, Wei Zheng chose Beizhou for a simple reason. Beizhou is the state capital with the most famous families in Shandong.

The Cui family of Qinghe, the Zhang family of Wucheng, the Fang family of Qinghe, and more than a dozen small families attached to them, of course, the most important one is the Cui family of Qinghe.

Therefore, Li Shan couldn't understand why Wei Zheng dragged himself who had just had a conflict with Cui Hao when he went north to Beizhou.

Li Shan nuzzled his chin at Cui Hao, who was walking away from the horse in boredom, "Then why did Brother Xuancheng bring the younger brother to Beizhou... The packages are all packed, if we don't leave, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up with the county government examination."

"Huairen has done great things in Hebei. If you don't dislike him, I can recommend him as a brother..."

"That's all." Li Shan yawned big, "Sir, Cui Hao is famous in Hebei for his vengeance."

Wei Zheng's expression remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "It may not be to go to the East Palace, with the ability of Huai Ren..."

"That's all, that's all." Li Shan repeated, "Mother ordered XX to prepare for the exam."

Wei Zheng stopped persuading him, thinking whether to go to Xindong Palace and let the prince pay attention to next year's scientific examination.

But Li Shan was anxious and worried, thinking... It seems that the kick the day before yesterday was not enough.

This kind of tightrope walking... Well, although the bottom is not empty, but supported by Li Shimin, Li Shan also feels a little uncomfortable.

A group of people went north along the Yongji Canal, and the first stop was the famous Qinghe County.

Su Dingfang, who came forward to inquire, galloped his horse like flying, reined in the reins and stopped beside Li Shan's horse, "King Huaiyang, Mr. Ling and Mr. Zhang are outside the city."

Li Shan nodded slightly. Ling Jing followed Li Daoxuan, Su Dingfang, and Zhang Xuansu to the east and north to recover Yanzhou, Gongzhou, Shenzhou, Yingzhou and other places. With his reputation, he summoned many civil and military officials under Dou Jiande back then, making Li Daoxuan almost all Didn't get any success.

Two days ago, Li Daoxuan went north to station in Beizhou, and Ling Jing followed him to Beizhou. One of the reasons why Li Shan followed Wei Zheng to go north this time was to pick up Ling Jing.

Wei Zheng glanced at Su Dingfang, then at Cui Hao... He was still thinking about recruiting this person, he saw with his own eyes yesterday how close the relationship between the Su family and Li Shan was.

However, Wei Zheng could also understand that Su Dingfang followed Li Shan after helping his mother. This is a move that no one can fault.

Not long after, a group of people dismounted outside the gate of Qinghe County.

Huaiyang Kings Li Daoxuan, Xue Zhong, Zhang Xuansu, and Qinghe Ling all went out of the city to greet them... After all, Wei Zheng and Cui Hao were inspecting Shandong under the order of a sage.

After the high-sounding cliché, Wei Zheng looked at Li Daoxuan with serious eyes. This 19-year-old young man is usually elegant and brave in battle, but now he has a dignified aura. After this battle, he will become a famous general in the clan in the future.

Thinking of this, Wei Zheng felt a headache. The clan children around Li Shimin, Li Shenfu and Li Shentong were considered middle-of-the-road talents, but Jiangxia King Li Daozong and Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan were both leaders of the clan.

And beside Prince Li Jiancheng... Lujiang County King Li Yuan abandoned the city and fled. A few days ago, many courtiers wrote letters of impeachment.

On such a formal occasion, Li Shan, who has not yet become an official, stood far away, but Li Daoxuan had no choice but to go over to say hello.

"Brother Daoxuan, my younger brother will be returning to Beijing in a few days." Li Shan rushed ahead and said, "You need to arrive in Beijing before mid-December, otherwise you will miss the county government examination."

Li Daoxuan was stunned, he actually didn't know the tacit understanding between Li Shan and Li Shimin, he just nodded and said: "Someone may be returning to Beijing soon, and Huairen must attend the banquet after returning to Beijing."

Wei Zheng glanced sideways and didn't take it seriously. He knew in Wei County that Li Shan had exchanged Li Daoxuan from the Turks... This was also what made him worry. The relationship with the generals of King Qin's line is too close.

But then Wei Zheng focused his gaze on the old man walking towards Li Shan, "Ling Jing?!"

Qinghe Commander Cui Ze is a direct descendant of Qinghe Cui, and he explained: "In these days, Ling Jing followed Huaiyang King to appease the states, and he made a lot of contributions. Most of the former King Xia put their hands down, and even captured the rebel leader as a gift."

Wei Zheng was originally a famous scholar in Shandong, and he once served as an official of Dou Jiande, so he didn't know Ling Jing's importance in Hebei, so his expression changed drastically.

　The last chapter was posted automatically. There were too many words about tigers and wolves. It was blocked. It was just released

　　
　
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