One Piece of Song Dynasty

Yu Liyan was shocked when he heard this: "Your Majesty is preparing to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor."

Li Xin replied firmly: "Yes, you will be my imperial concubine from now on, and my daughter will be the princess of Tang Dynasty. The enthronement will be the first thing after the imperial court moves to Yanjing."

Yu Liyan thought for a while and said: "That's right. The prince has recovered such a large area of ​​land and reoccupied the sixteen states of Yanyun. The prince is also qualified to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. But is it too close to make Yanjing the capital? It’s on the front line.”

Li Xin said: "With the terrain of Yanjing, as long as we guard a few important checkpoints, everything will be fine. Besides, after this battle, the Jin Dynasty's vitality was severely damaged. It won't be able to recover in ten years, let alone me." Let the Kingdom of Jin exist for another ten years, so there will be no problem in making Yanjing its capital."

Yu Liyan said bitterly: "The former Princess of Liao became the future Princess of Tang. This transformation caught me off guard."

Li Xin smiled and said: "What's wrong with this? You should have thought that this day would come when you married me."

When Yu Liyan mentioned this, he became angry, gave Li Xin a blank look and stopped talking.

After being silent for a while, Yu Liyan asked: "By the way, why did the prince ask me to come to Yanjing in advance this time?"

Li Xin took Yu Liyan's hand and said nonchalantly: "Why, you can't let Madam come in advance if you have nothing to do."

Yu Liyan withdrew his hand and said with a look of disgust: "You are almost forty, so you can't be serious. Besides, I am almost forty. In the words of the prince, I am already a thing of the past. Is there anything left in the family?" There is a lady who is much younger than me, I don’t believe that the prince wanted me so much that he let me come.”

Li Xin didn't care about Yu Liyan's disgusted look, and stretched out her hands to hug Yu Liyan's waist and said: "No matter how many wives there are in the family, your position in my heart is irreplaceable. Okay, let's get down to business. Madam, do you know Xiao Qing?"

Yu Liyan said: "I know you, Xiao Qing was one of the Liao officials who followed my uncle Yelu Yu to pay the money. In the first year of Baoda, which was the third year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty, Xiao Qing and the generals Han Funu and Ah . Xie Lao, Taishi Nu, Chou Monk, Gao Foliu, Pu Da, Xie Jianu, Fifth Brother, etc. followed my uncle Yelu Yujian and returned to the Jin Dynasty."

Li Xin smiled and said: "Oh, Madam remembers it clearly."

Yu Liyan said solemnly: "Of course I remember this incident clearly and will never forget it in my life. This incident changed the fate of our family. After this incident, my mother died because of my uncle's payment of money, and my younger brother was killed not long after." The emperor gave me death, and I began to be ignored by the emperor. If it weren't for the prince, I'm afraid I wouldn't live long." As he spoke, Yu Liyan shed tears.

Li Xin hugged Yu Liyan and said, "Okay, okay, everything is over. I want to ask Madam, how much do you hate your uncle?"

Yu Liyan shook his head and said: "I don't hate my uncle. I know that my uncle was framed by Xiao Fengxian. Xiao Fengxian was afraid that my younger brother would ascend the throne of Liao Dynasty, so he set up such a vicious plan to frame my uncle. Everyone in the civil and military circles of the dynasty I know that my uncle supports my concubine’s brother, and if something happens to my uncle, my concubine’s brother will definitely be involved.”

Li Xin nodded and said: "It's a pity that Xiao Feng died a long time ago, otherwise I would have killed him personally to avenge Madam. Well, since Madam knows Xiao Qing, then I don't know if Madam has met Xiao Qing."

Yu Liyan replied: "I met him several times when I was at my uncle's house."

Li Xin said: "That's good. Xiao Qing has been captured by our army, but madam, you should also know that I don't have an old minister from the Liao Dynasty under my command. This is the first one, and currently in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun There are quite a few Khitan people. If you want to rule these people, you need someone with some prestige in their hearts to stand up. This person cannot be done by my wife, because my wife has been away from Liao for too long, and it is difficult for them to convince them of my wife's identity, so this The only candidate can be Xiao Qing, Xiao Qing has been in Liao for decades, at least the Khitans will not doubt his identity, so I hope Madam can persuade him to serve me."

Yu Liyan nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

After returning to the palace and settling down Yu Liyan and Li Xining, Li Xin summoned Yue Yun and Li Shifu: "Both of you, your performance in the Northern Expedition was very good this time."

The two clasped their fists and said, "It's all thanks to the good cultivation of the prince."

Li Xin waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't compliment me. Today's results are inseparable from your own efforts. I just provide a stage for you to perform. Now I want to know what you two are doing." How many cavalrymen are left now?”

Li Shifu replied: "Your Majesty, when we left Datong, we left cavalry for Qu Shuai and Han Shuai each. Now we only have cavalry left, and there are wounded soldiers waiting to be repatriated." .”

Li Xin nodded and said: "Well, during this period, you should first resolve the matter of the wounded soldiers. I will give you a special amount of money. In addition, the large areas just recovered now need a lot of personnel who can maintain law and order. Those The lightly wounded can be arranged first, and you can go back and ask how many of them are willing to do this, and then write down the list and send it to the Minister of War, Wang Shu, who is now in charge of the placement and pension of the wounded."

Li Shifu said: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Xin continued: "I will remember your achievements in the Northern Expedition. After the imperial court moves to Yanjing, I will reward you based on your merits. You two must be prepared. When I meet you next year, I will give you rewards." The cavalry army given to you two will be expanded. When the time comes, your cavalry army will become an army directly under the imperial court, which means that your direct leader in the future will be this king."

The two clasped their fists and said, "I obey the order."

After Li Shifu and Yue Yun said goodbye to Li Xin, they went to the military camp outside the city. As they approached the palace gate, they heard a voice: "Yue Yun."

When Yue Yun heard the sound, he turned around and saw that it was Li Xinning. Li Shifu also saw it and patted Yue Yun's shoulder and said, "I'm going back to the military camp first. Don't go back too late."

Yue Yun nodded and said, "Yes, uncle."

After Li Shifu left, Yue Yun stepped forward and said, "Xin Ning, why are you here?"

Xin Ning replied: "Well, dad asked my mother to come to Yanjing in advance, so I followed. By the way, are you injured during this Northern Expedition?"

Yue Yun patted his chest and said: "No injuries, nothing happened. To be honest, I haven't even had the pleasure of fighting this battle. It's over."

Xin Ning curled her lips and said, "Yeah, you're bragging again."

Yue Yun explained: "Xin Ning, I'm not bragging. Although the Northern Expedition lasted a long time, I had very few opportunities to lead the army myself. I feel that I am still far from Huo Qubing."