bastard seizes tang

Chapter 116
"The Tang army won a great victory, captured Jieli alive, and put down the Turks!"

In the early morning, when the first rays of sunlight shone on the Tianjie Street in the middle of Chang'an, a group of Qingqi stepped on the sound of horseshoes, shattering the tranquility of the city, while shouting and heading straight for Suzaku Gate.

As this burst of shouting spread into the lanes on both sides of Tianjie, thousands of households in Chang'an City also boiled.

Four years ago, the scene of Jieli's army going south to invade is still vivid in my memory, but now, four years have passed, and the frontier has finally received good news.

Jieli was captured alive, Turkic was settled, and the news of the northern land was rushed to Beijing eight hundred miles away, and delivered to Li Shimin's desk.

"Hahaha, my Tang Dynasty has been victorious, Jieli has been captured, and the northern border is now settled." Half an hour later at the court meeting, Li Shimin stood at the top of the Xiande Hall, holding the battle report sent by thousands of miles in his hand, facing the hall. The ministers said excitedly.

When Li Shimin saw the good news, at that moment, no one knew how excited Li Shimin was, because Li Shimin had really endured too much pressure before.

After being broken through the customs, forming an alliance in Weishui, sending protons, and paying tribute to the Turks, Li Shimin took the throne for only a few months, and so many things happened one after another. The pressure and doubts he endured are beyond comprehension by others.

But now, all of this is over. With the victory of the Northern Expedition, Li Shimin has washed away the haze of the past, and let out the breath that weighed on his heart.

How repressed Li Shimin was in the past, how carefree Li Shimin is now.

Li Shimin solved the Turkic crisis in less than four years. This was a problem that he spent nearly 40 years in the Sui Dynasty. Who dares to question his achievements now?

"Your Majesty, wait for your congratulations." The ministers in the hall had already known the news of the great victory, and everyone bowed down to pay homage to Li Shimin's words.

Li Shimin raised his hand, ordered everyone to stand up, and asked: "The Turks have been destroyed, and I have expanded the land for thousands of miles in the Tang Dynasty. In this battle, my son and Li Jing should take the lead, and Li Ji and Li Daozong will take the second place. I want to add rewards, all your lords." Do you think so?"

The Northern Expedition to the Turks was not only an achievement of destroying the country, but also a rectification of Li Shimin's name, so Li Shimin naturally offered a reward.

It's just that the priority of this credit is a bit weird.

Li Jing is the commander-in-chief of the three armies, and he has the merits of taking evil Yangling and breaking the iron mountain. There is no objection to being the first. Li Ji and Li Daozong also have great achievements, so it is reasonable to rank second, but Li Ke did not have the merit of killing the enemy. Li Shimin will It's a bit weird that he is juxtaposed with Li Jing, not to mention that Li Kenian is only twelve years old.

Li Ke has been a hostage for four years, and he has made great achievements in his own body, but the merit of being a hostage is not military merit. It may be inappropriate to rashly raise Li Ke's merits to be as high as Li Jing's.

Li Shimin's minds are naturally known to all the ministers. First, Li Ke is his own son. Li Ke has made great achievements. Li Shimin will naturally be honored and happy to see his success. Second, the extermination of the Turks is a great achievement. When the time comes, his merits will be so high that he can shake the Lord, so what's the deal?

Those who can stand in the hall are all human beings, who don't know Li Shimin's intentions, so even if they think it's inappropriate, they dare not speak rashly, even Changsun Wuji, who is most afraid of Li Ke, is the same.

At this time, if Changsun Wuji opened his mouth to oppose Li Ke and Li Jing's joint first contribution, it would only discredit him, and it would be useless.

But at this time, Wei Zheng, the most determined and courageous Wei Zheng in the entire Zhenguan court, was still studying at the secretary's office, and he was not allowed to go to the court, and there was no one in the court who dared to face Li Shimin's troubles.

So under Li Shimin's instruction, Li Ke and Li Jing tied for the first attack is a certainty.

But the name goes to the name, and the profit goes to the profit. They can't take the first credit, but they don't want Li Ke to take too much.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that His Royal Highness the King of Shu and Li Jing have made great contributions. The King of Shu can add a thousand households in the township to the king of Wu, and Li Jing can be named the Duke of the Dai Dynasty and add eight hundred households to the township." After the silence, Prince Sheren Chu Liang came out and said.

Chu Liang spoke carefully, not only did he suppress Li Ke's award, but even Li Jing did the same. The merit of destroying the country was only added to a mere [-] households.

Li Shimin intends to suppress Li Jingzhi's contribution, and Chu Liang hopes to take advantage of Li Shimin's intention to suppress Li Ke's reward.

One thousand households?King Wu?
But Li Shimin frowned slightly after hearing Chu Liang's words. Obviously Chu Liang's words did not satisfy Li Shimin, but above the hall, Li Shimin couldn't just speak for Li Ke.

So Li Shimin said: "The mere king of Wu, I'm afraid it will be difficult to reward my son for his four years of service in Turkic. The matter of awarding the reward will be decided after we discuss it with all the ministers."

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In the Hall of Xiande, everyone was arguing about Li Ke's contribution. At the same time, news of the Tang army's victory also spread to the Hall of Yiqiu in the harem.

"Your Majesty, Marshal Li has won a great victory in Yinshan, and Turkic Jieli Khan has been captured." Concubine Yang's personal maid, Ping Er, trotted all the way back to the inner room of the Yiqiu Palace as soon as she got the news of Tang Jun's victory, and said to Concubine Yang.

Concubine Yang asked quickly after hearing the words: "The Tang army has won a great victory, what about the tiger head?"

Ping'er patted himself on the head and said: "Look at me, I was so excited to hear the news that I forgot the priority of my words. After the victory in Yinshan, Tang Jun has already welcomed His Highness back from the Turkic people. His Highness is safe and sound now. In a few days, I will return to the court with the army triumphantly."

Concubine Yang's eyes were filled with unconcealable joy when she heard the words, even the corners of her eyes were soaked with tears.

Concubine Yang said: "Your Majesty protects me, my son finally has to return to Chang'an."

Concubine Yang calmed down her excited expression for a while, and then asked again: "Then do you know when the army will be in charge?"

I haven't seen her in four years, and Concubine Yang's longing for her beloved son is unbearable for a moment, wishing that Li Ke would appear in front of her eyes immediately.

But Ping'er smiled, and said to Concubine Yang: "Ping'er doesn't know about it, but I'm afraid it's not a matter of one day and one night, and it shouldn't be so fast. Now His Highness is safe, and it will be more than a month before returning to Beijing. Your Majesty You can wait quietly."

Concubine Yang also smiled and said: "That's right, I was too impatient. The teacher of the army has a lot to do with it. How can it be a matter of one day? The left and right tiger heads are all fine, and our mother and son will meet each other one day."

As she said that, Concubine Yang seemed to remember something again, and said to Ping'er: "Hurry up and send someone to the side hall to tell Min'er, tell him that I will grant him a day off today, so he doesn't have to go to Mr. Cen's place today. Just learn it and let him have fun too."

Ever since Li Ke left Beijing, Li Yin often asked about Li Ke's return to Beijing. In the past, Concubine Yang always kept secret, but now that Li Ke is coming back to Beijing, she can finally tell Li Yin.

"No." Ping'er agreed, and went down to make arrangements.

After Ping'er left, Concubine Yang took a baby girl from the handmaid beside her. She touched the baby girl's pink face and smiled at the baby girl, "Since you were born in the second year of Zhenguan, you have never I have seen the elder brother, now that the tiger head is coming back, then you brothers and sisters can be reunited."

　Let's guess who this baby girl is?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)