Don't be a prince

Standing up and cupping his hands, Sun Xing said: "In that case, I will take orders!"

At this point, the official business is over.Li Shimin took off his bluffing outfit, and just like Li Chengqian, he just wore his underwear, and he was as casual in the medicine house as if he was at his own home.

Now it was Sishi, and it was time to go back to Chang'an at night, so Li Shimin simply decided to stay.

It is impossible to say that you are not curious about the things in Nanzhou Yizhou.The narration on the memorial is only one-sided after all, so he came today mainly to listen to the story.

Even if you haven't seen it with your own eyes, you can imagine how terrifying it is.

However, after listening to Li Chengqian and Sun Simiao's straightforward narration, Li Shimin realized that he still underestimated Lusuo.I also realized how stupid it was that I just blocked Bozhou and let the people of Bozhou carry it over by themselves.

After hearing this passage, Sun Xing was also terrified for a while.At the same time, he has a lot of admiration for his father.The resentment towards his father these years is also gradually dissipating.He even remembered when he called the other two brothers to Chang'an so that the family could have a good reunion.

It is impossible to be sullen for a lifetime. If something happened to their father, they would regret it to death.

"No one knows how long the Lupus virus can survive in the outside world. Although a year and a half is speculation, it has not been confirmed. Just to be on the safe side, Erchen set a three-year deadline. It is even more important to relax completely. It has been directly postponed to five years. As long as there are no more patients with Lupus during this period, it means that we have successfully eliminated the Lupus in Nanzhou and Yizhou. As long as there are no Lupus in the whole Tang Dynasty The patient said that there are no sores in the Tang Dynasty."

"At that time, I can also breathe a sigh of relief."

Li Chengqian said anxiously: "Don't rush to breathe a sigh of relief. What I'm talking about is that in the Tang Dynasty, the sore disease is not only found in the Tang Dynasty, but also in other places. Even outside the Tang Dynasty, there are many people who don't know A disease similar to Lupus, once they spread from the border, it can be poisonous to us in Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Erchen suggested that the border should isolate and observe the barbarians and returning caravans for half a month After confirming their safety, they can be released into Datang."

"This is impossible!"

Li Shimin refused straight away: "Even if I am honored as Heavenly Khan, I didn't just give orders casually. We can impose this rule, but the other party doesn't understand the reasoning behind it, and will only think that our Tang Dynasty is making trouble for no reason.

Now, not only local commerce, but also foreign commerce and trade also account for a large proportion of commercial taxation.Once it affects taxes, you should know what it looks like. "

Seeing that the emperor's father was determined, Li Chengqian couldn't say much.

This rule, if not made by the emperor, would be meaningless.

In the evening, the two pairs of father and son had dinner together, and then Sun Xing stayed, while Li Chengqian was pressured by Li Shimin back to the Weishui Palace, and the next day he was directly transported back to the East Palace for "cultivation".

Although Li Chengqian and Sun Simiao were trying their best to hide themselves, it was obvious that their achievements would not be easily forgotten.After the emperor returned to the palace, he issued an imperial decree, naming Sun Simiao the "King of Medicine", creating the record of the first king with a different surname in the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, there is no fiefdom.

Of course, no matter how Sun Simiao tried to evade this time, he could only accept it.

The emperor did not hesitate to confer the title of king on Sun Simiao's achievements, which can be regarded as showing his demeanor as an emperor.How could Yuan Tiangang let go of something as explosive as the title of king, so, in Laojun temple, another shrine for Sun Simiao's life was built, and it was named Yaowang shrine.For a while, the incense of the Yaowang Temple continued, and the tourists who came to worship stepped on more than a dozen thresholds.

This incident made Sun Simiao so angry that he even went to Yuan Tiangang to ask for an explanation regardless of the sensitive period.

Although I didn't know that Yuan Tiangang had been slapped a few times by Sun Simiao, Yaowang Temple did not accept incense money from that day on, but only accepted pilgrimage.

Taoism has such a grand event, how can Buddhism be left behind.Therefore, Xuanzang's translated scriptures were labeled "Mahayana Buddhist Sutra Collection", and anyone who worshiped at Ci'en Temple, or was a believer who participated in Buddhist scriptures and Dharma meetings, would receive them as gifts.

Although the conflicting anger between Buddhism and Taoism was diverted and quelled, the higher and lower minds never gave up.If you are tall or low, you will always get angry when you compare them.Seeing that, the two sides are about to repeat the same mistakes and once again clash violently.

However, the emperor is now in charge of the conflict between Buddhism and Taoism, and he has no intention of returning it to the prince.

Although he had nothing to do, Li Chengqian didn't mind. Instead, he resumed his status as an office worker and took charge of Shangshu Province.

Fishing for a period of time is enough, and it is easy to get out of touch with the court all the time.

Judging from the data reported by the Ministry of War and the Military Weapons Supervision, the emperor really held his breath this time.The money spent on war preparations, converted into copper coins, can pave a wide slope under the Great Wall of the Koreans for the Tang army to run up.

Once the three-year period came, it was time to conquer Korea.

As a hard-pressed prince, he can only stay in Chang'an and act as the emperor's agent, so he has no chance of this war.In order not to mess things up while in power, it is necessary to adapt in advance.

Only the left and right servants exist as chief officials in the Shangshu Province. If one is inoculated with vaccinia, the other will probably be overwhelmed by government affairs.Therefore, it was not until Li Chengqian came back that they negotiated and decided to let Yang Shidao get the vaccination first.

Du Ruhui and Li Chengqian partnered not once or twice.Obviously they were doing official business, but the two of them were still able to have fun at work, and they finished it quickly and left work early.

After opening a memorial and reading it once, Li Chengqian was overjoyed, and handed it to Zhang Yun, asking him to take it to Du Ruhui.

This memorial was written by the stay-at-home Gaochang. As the territory of Gaochang became calmer, stay-at-home Yu Tai changed from one person to two.One article and one military, one Gaochang stays behind, and one stays behind the general, which is equivalent to the governor and governor of a state.

Du Ruhui read Gao Chang's memorial to stay behind, and couldn't help laughing.

After laughing, Du Ruhui coughed twice before saying, "It's a joke that Zhao Wenzong stayed behind in Gaochang. What do you mean by unreasonable people? Aren't all the nomads outside Gaochang City Tuyuhun people? Although Tuyuhun belongs to our Tang Dynasty now It belongs to the country, but everyone knows what is going on.

When Xue Yantuo invaded Datang, didn't they also have the idea of ​​sending troops together?Although Murong Shun later explained that some members of his tribe wanted to rebel, and even took their heads to ask for forgiveness.However, just like his father Murong Fuyun, judging from his refusal to go on a pilgrimage, he still has different intentions. "

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "People who are not of our race must have a different heart. The new left-behinds don't seem to know. The truth can only be said with the mouth in the Tang Dynasty, but it has to be said with the fist in Gaochang."

Du Ruhui glanced at the emperor's reply, was surprised, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is going to start to beware of Tuyuhun. After the new gunpowder weapons are delivered, all the weapons that are about to expire in Gaochang City will be released. To deter Tuyuhun, the next step is to Stick to it. However, with this deterrence, Murong Shun, a coward, will be honest for a while."

Li Chengqian said helplessly: "This means that Tang people have advocated kindness since ancient times. Otherwise, Tuyuhun would have been wiped out as early as that year. Leave a piece of white land, and wait for future development? Murong Shun, an idiot, is as virtuous as his father , I always want to pass the test again and again to see Datang's reaction. Tell me, we Datang are so easy to mess with?"

Du Ruhui laughed loudly: "Murong Shun is betting that as long as he doesn't go too far, Datang will abide by the three-year agreement and not take the initiative to take action. He is also betting that Datang's preparations for the war are not aimed at him. Believe it or not, if After we went to war with Goryeo, we ignored his provocations, and he, Li Ke, would unite with the Western Turks to attack the grasslands and take back the land of the Eastern Turks."

"The strength is not very good, but he has a lot of thoughts. For such an idiot, just intimidating words are not enough. He doesn't know how stupid he is if he doesn't hurt him. In this case, this memorial must be changed. Yu Tai sticks to it. Although Gaochang has not made any progress for so many years, he has worked hard and made great achievements, so it is time to transfer back."

Du Ruhui nodded, took out a blank piece of paper, wrote down Shang Shuxing's suggestion, put it in the memorial, and ordered someone to send it back to the emperor.

The shock is still the same, but it has become a blood shock.

As for Gao Chang's left-behind general who broke the rules, how to punish him is also Datang's own business.As for the so-called closed-door thinking, it was actually taking care of him to rest for a period of time. It didn't happen once or twice, and everyone knew what was going on.

It didn't take long for the memorial sent back to the emperor to go through the process again and return to Shangshu Province.Seeing a secret decree that came with the memorial, Li Chengqian and Du Ruhui looked at each other and smiled, the memorial was sent to the Ministry of War by the same route, and the secret decree was sent directly to Yu Tai through Shang Shusheng.

At the same time, the two of them also knew very well that Gao Chang stayed behind Zhao Wenzong, and probably this time, unlike Yu Tai, he was degraded in name but promoted in real terms, but was really about to be relegated.

Although Datang is said to be a division of civil and military, it is different from military generals.Generals can be stupid and illiterate, as long as they are not cowards.Civil servants are different. They have to be tough enough to ensure their literary talent and political ability.

Since Yu Tai stayed in Gaochang, except for routine reports, he has always dared to make his own decisions.Self-assertion is a serious crime in the mainland, but at the border, it depends on the degree.

Although the imperial court did not say clearly about staying behind at various borders, it still gave it a certain degree of autonomy.Such foreign herdsmen invaded the pastures, and they had to resort to some means to stay behind. There was really no reason to continue to employ them.

It is not common to have fun in official business.

Until after lunch, Li Chengqian and Du Ruhui never got together to have fun together again.

After finishing the government affairs, Du Ruhui stretched his waist and saw that there was an unfinished memorial on Li Chengqian's desk, so he asked Zhang Yun to bring it to him. Son, do you want to come together, His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Li Chengqian curled his lips and said, "Listen to the song? I think the house minister will be with me. If I don't go, I really can't listen to the music you like. There are three children and a pregnant woman waiting for me at home."

Du Ruhui said with a smile: "The songs during this time are different from before. The most popular ones are the songs about you and Daoist Sun. After all the hard work, don't you have any interest in hearing how your stories are praised?"

Individuals like to be praised, and Li Chengqian is no exception.

After reading the last memorial and throwing it into the box in the household department, Li Chengqian clapped his hands and said, "At most half an hour!"

Chapter 484 Flying Eagle

After processing the final memorial and sending it to the subordinate ministries, Li Chengqian changed his clothes and walked out of Shangshu Province together with Du Ruhui.

Pingkangfang, the red light district of Chang'an.Here, there are not only brothels for recreation, but also a lively slave market.Flesh business and slave trading have always been profiteering industries. If there is no strong enough background, it is impossible to continue to operate in Pingkangfang.Although the government banned the sale of slaves on the surface, in fact, the slave trade was conducted by top-level big families, and the government still had good kickbacks to get.

Of course, under the trading environment that seems to be collusion between government and businessmen, there is a new iron rule, that is, except for criminals, the slave trade is prohibited from involving Tang people.Most of the people in the slave market are prisoners of war.

Datang only fought a few wars, but there was still no shortage of so-called "prisoners of war".

Enter Pingkangfang from the street of Chongrenfang, walk past two bustling brothels, and you can see slave traders shouting on the interface.

Unlike ordinary slaves, the ones sold on the street turned out to be women.

Seeing Li Chengqian looking over there in surprise, Du Ruhui smiled and said, "It's just a maidservant from Gaoli and a concubine from the Western Regions. If His Royal Highness likes it, you can go back with two of them. At most, you can throw them out in a few days. As long as you reveal your identity, I guess The value of these slaves can go up even more."

Li Chengqian shook his head immediately, although it has always been his fantasy to have friendly exchanges with international friends.However, fantasies are fantasies after all, and although they are qualified to realize them now, it would be difficult for him to make them come true.

It's more interesting to do mouth-slapping and mouth-slapping things with my wife.This process of pleasing each other is much more comfortable than just rushing just to launch.

Seeing Du Ruhui's intriguing look, Li Chengqian was no longer surprised.Men in the Zhenguan period had a high status, even if Fang Xuanling went to the brothel, he would not be arrested by his wife who was jealous, as long as he didn't take the young one home.As for orchids, they are the standard equipment in the big brother's family. If anyone's family does not have two beautiful and young orchids, they will be ridiculed for being the same as the old house.

Patting Du Ruhui's arm, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Although you are always strong, it is better to be more restrained. I am not interested in orchids. If you are interested, why not buy two for you?"

Du Ruhui smiled and said: "How dare you let the prince spend money, but, Your Highness, you really don't want to? Orchids are unrestrained, with high breasts and fat hips, and Korean maidservants are gentle and pleasant. If you give a bowl of rice, you will know how grateful you are. If you don't try it, it's true." What a pity."

Li Chengqian smiled wryly and said: "If you have the ability, you can tell your father or queen mother this, it will be strange if you don't cut your title. Don't talk dirty, it's not surprising that there are more orchids. Why are there still so many maidservants in Korea? How much? Didn’t the Great Wall be built on Koryo’s side to cut off all the roads?”

Taking a look at the merchant who was selling slaves, especially the badge on his waist, Du Ruhui said, "This merchant belongs to Li Ji's family. Zhang Jian was the one who did this business before. Now Li Ji is guarding Liaodong, so it's normal. Time has built the Great Wall, but the faster the speed, the higher the price.

Qin Shihuang's construction of the Great Wall was only a violent expropriation of civilians, and the construction site of the Great Wall in Korea, but even the elderly and children caught up.Liaodong is cold, so the grain output is low. Coupled with the huge project, the eastern part where the Great Wall is located is violently expropriated, and the people are already struggling to survive.

So what if the Great Wall is built?The Great Wall of people's hearts has collapsed, and no matter how high the Great Wall is built, it is useless.Because they couldn't survive, many people in the east of Koryo tried their best to sneak across the Great Wall and come to Datang, hoping to have a way to survive.Although they came to our Tang Dynasty to be slaves, they had to work and be squeezed, but it is self-evident what they would choose to be squeezed until they starved to death or squeezed to survive. "

"Eastern part of Koryo, the territory of Yuan Gai Su Wen, this guy is so tolerant? Gao Jianwu had already become suspicious of him at the beginning, perhaps, the construction of the Great Wall this time is also a kind of temptation for Yuan Gai Su Wen."

Du Ruhui smiled and said: "Speaking of Yuan Gai Suwen, Tang Jian was very worried about him. In the past few years, Yuan Gai Suwen had no intention of rebelling at all, so he let Gao Jianwu oppress him. He even resigned from the university I really don’t know what to think about Lu’s official position.”

Sighing, Li Chengqian knew that perhaps, the change of this historical event was still caused by the butterfly effect.In the original history, Datang did not pose such a great threat to Goryeo. Perhaps, it is precisely because Datang is now crushing Goryeo. Forbear it.

Things are unpredictable, not everything will happen as expected.

Look at it for a while, and it is estimated that the businessman who is yelling is about to come face to face.Therefore, Li Chengqian and Du Ruhui started to move forward again.

The buildings in Pingkangfang are full of beauties, and the streets are full of slaves.

The development of foreign trade has greatly expanded the variety of goods in the Tang Dynasty. The same is true for slaves.

The rarest Kunlun slave, brother Hei, is not uncommon in Pingkangfang.There were even Japanese warriors, which made Li Chengqian extremely curious, how did this slave trader get people here, and he seemed to be quite honest in his training.

Walked to a place called "Quyi Pavilion" that Du Ruhui often visited. This building was quite elegantly decorated. When entering the door, Du Ruhui still showed his identity before he was allowed to enter. One look at the store and he knew the golden pig talent well. Good reason for killing.

In Pingkang Square, probably only the auction house in the East Palace is pure.

Just like here, it is obviously called Quyi Pavilion, but passing through each box, you can still hear the melodious sounds and out-of-tune tunes from inside, it really makes people don't know what to say.

Resisting the desire to complain, he followed Du Ruhui through the front floor, crossed the overpass to the backyard.

Compared with the front yard, the backyard is much more serious.There was only one stage, and the stairs leading down from the overpass were transformed into a lecture theater-like layout, with normal stairs in the middle and tables and chairs on both sides.

From the decoration on the table, it can be seen that the front row is really not a place where ordinary people can go.

However, such a place did not isolate the participation of the common people.Behind the stage is a low wall, many people who are idle and bored will sit behind the low wall to watch operas and listen to music.If it's the kind of drama where the left and right are facing each other, there is no difference between watching it inside and watching it outside.

The two of them walked to the front and sat down. Immediately, a maid came over to serve tea and two plates of exquisite snacks.

Although there are very few people in the stands, the female musicians on the stage are still playing the pipa very professionally, with superb skills and without any out of tune.

After playing a pipa piece that I don't know what it was, there was no applause, only pieces of silver were thrown down.

Under the stage, a few servants worked hard to pick up the silver, and they seemed to be fine even if they were smashed.

Hearing footsteps, Du Ruhui naturally pulled away the chair beside him.

It was Fang Xuanling who had arrived.

For the prince's appearance, Fang Xuanling was not surprised, but naturally sat down after bowing his hands and saluting.

After taking a sip of tea, Fang Xuanling smiled and asked, "His Royal Highness, how is the song?"

how?Li Chengqian only felt that with the adjectives in his mind, it was difficult to come up with a complete comment.However, fortunately, I have memorized "Pipa Xing" by Juyi, a bastard.

Clearing his throat, Li Chengqian said: "The big strings are noisy like torrential rain, and the small strings are like whispers. The chaotic strings are mixed, and the big beads and small beads fall on the jade plate. The bottom of the flower is slippery in the Guan Yingyu, and it's hard to fall under the ice in the quiet pharynx. The ice spring is cold and astringent, and the string is condensed, and the condensate will never stop for a while. Don’t worry about sorrow and hatred. At this time, silence is better than sound. The silver bottle is broken and the water is pouring out, and the cavalry is protruding.

Fang Xuanling's eyes widened, Du Ruhui was also speechless for a while.The prince spoke so fast that they had to work hard to remember what the prince said.After writing it down, and then revisiting it, it is unbelievable.This, this damn is a comment that came up on the spur of the moment?Export success?

Looking at each other with wry smiles, the two of them cupped their hands together to show their admiration.

Fang Xuanling said: "I haven't heard of His Highness the Prince's poems for a long time, and I almost forgot about His Highness's literary talent. In comparison, the books of Lao Du and us have been read in the stomach of a dog."

Du Ruhui naturally nodded repeatedly.

Fang Xuanling waved to the stage, and the female musician came down holding the pipa, and knelt down in front of the three of them.

Obviously, this is Fang Xuanling's place.

When they got closer, Li Chengqian realized that the female musician was only in her teens, and she was quite attractive.

Pointing to the musician, Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Since His Royal Highness likes it, the old minister gave her to His Highness. At the beginning, Taichang Temple gave her to a group of musicians under His Highness, but in the end, Taichang Temple Qing was beaten up by His Highness." Pause. After that, I have never heard of a musician in the East Palace. Now that I don’t give you a wife, but a girl, His Highness won’t refuse anymore.”

I almost forgot about it at first, but when Lao Fang said it, he remembered Xinxin again.

Li Chengqian, who was almost retching, said helplessly: "Before accepting, let's clarify the matter first. What are you two getting out of Gu today? Why do you two dare to accept Gu?"

It was hard to imagine that a shy expression would appear on the faces of these two old foxes.

After shuffling each other, it was Fang Xuanling who spoke: "Your Majesty is preparing for the war, and there is still more than a year to go to Korea. The two old ministers speculated that His Highness will send his own leaders out at that time. Escort Your Majesty, right?"

Li Chengqian nodded, there was nothing to hide.Among the current Datang army, it is recognized that the one with the highest combat effectiveness is still the pro-leader.What's more, the deterrent force formed by staying in Chang'an under the personal leadership is too great, and it is not easy to lure snakes out of their holes.

"Since that's the case, I wonder if His Highness can make it easier for you to insert Fang Yiyi and Du Ze'an into the pro-leader?"

(Du Ze is a fiction, Du Ruhui seems to have only Du Gou and Du He's sons in history)

It turned out that these two people were greedy for the achievement of destroying the country, Li Chengqian laughed immediately.This is normal. Now the Tang Dynasty has not even fully digested the land of the Eastern Turks, and the land of Tuyuhun and Xue Yantuo can only be restrained.The first battle of Goryeo was an avenging of the previous dynasty. After this battle, it is estimated that for a long time, the Tang Dynasty will not need to start a war again.First, there is no place to use the land, and second, there will no longer be unsightly people who come to invade Datang.

If you want to gain merit, military merit is more fragrant than political achievement at any time.What's more, if there is a bad fight on the battlefield, people will disappear. In comparison, it is much safer to protect the emperor by his side.Although the two of them are very respectable ministers, the title can only be passed on to the eldest son. Although the second son becomes a son-in-law, he can live comfortably for the rest of his life, but the third son has to be arranged by their father.

It's human nature, if you can get a favorable favor, naturally there is no reason to refuse it.