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Chengqian Palace.

The night was already very deep, and Li Chao was still in the palace.

Standing on the three-story attic in the Chengqian Palace and looking into the distance, the entire Taiji Palace is like a cowering giant beast, sleeping in the night, and there is a faint light in the direction of the Linhu Hall in the distance.

The night was cold.

Li Chao stood on the pavilion and looked up at the starry sky, there was no moon at night, and the starlight was dim.

"Yawn!"

The cold spring in February is very cold, Li Chao sweated a lot during the day today, and he has not gone home.

Li Shimin, who was next to him, directly untied his white bear cloak and put it on for Li Chao with his own hands.

"You can't let my general freeze."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

"No, I want to thank you. Without you, I'm afraid I'd have gone on the degrading road of South Vietnam at this moment. Li Shimin said very sincerely.

At this time, Li Shimin was still not used to not paying his debts, and Li Chao regarded his help as a favor.

"San Lang, I heard that you have a maxim that if you have a debt, you must pay it? Hehe, I, Li Shimin, also have an adage, if you have kindness, you will repay it! ”

"All the property of the Qi Palace's Mansion is yours!" Li Shimin said very boldly.

Li Yuanji is very rich, very rich, not to mention anything else, there are thousands of hectares of fertile land alone. How many acres is a thousand? 100,000 acres.

"The money and utensils of the Qi Palace, along with the entire mansion, will all be rewarded to you!"

Li Chao listened and inhaled the cold air, which was also too bold.

"Your Highness, the minister can't accept it."

Li Yuanji's wealth is quite large, because Li Yuanji is not an ordinary prince. The founding of the Tang Dynasty, the father and son worked together, and Li Yuan was also quite bold to his sons.

"San Lang, don't refuse to be alone. Lone asked you to be the governor of Dugi Province, but you refused to accept it. Lone asked you to be the governor of Guannai Province, but you still refused to accept it. Lone likes you not to fight for merit or win favor, but Lone also said that Lone will be rewarded for his merit! Some money and farm house bounties are not enough to express my gratitude to me, and you have to accept them anyway. ”

"The mansion where the king of Qi lives is a royal building given by the emperor, and it was once a separate palace, which is not for his subordinates to live in."

The palace where Li Yuanji and Li Shimin live now is actually rebuilt on the basis of the other palace, although it is outside Chang'an City and Beiyuan, it is very luxurious and large.

In the Tang Dynasty, the house lived in was also very particular, and the car and horse were the same as the specifications, what kind of people lived in what kind of house and what kind of car, if it was not at the level, it was called trespassing.

That is to be punished.

"It doesn't matter, just go back and let the person who will be the prisoner change it, and rectify the violations."

Li Chao nodded, indicating that he accepted the reward. But he decided in his heart that the house could be left behind, as a courtyard, and occasionally went to live, but the land and money, which he had to give back to Li Shimin.

The Tang Dynasty is actually quite poor, although Li Yuan's father and son are quite rich, but if they treat their family wealth as national wealth, it is not much.

Just after the Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin will have more places to spend money in the future.

He didn't want to think that when Li Shimin was carrying his trouser belt and raising money everywhere, his own subordinate would have a full pocket, so Li Shimin would definitely regret it.

It's better not to be greedy if it's not your own money.

"It is said that there are still many subordinates in the East Palace and the Qi Palace, which are not very stable, especially in the Hedong area of Hebei, I am not very relieved."

Last time, Li Jiancheng went north to crusade against the Turks, and took the opportunity to wantonly recruit and install people in Shandong, especially many wealthy families in Shandong, who took the opportunity to climb the prince's lap.

In fact, the supporters of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are mainly two different people. Li Jiancheng's supporters are mainly those wealthy families, and Li Shimin's supporters are mainly military nouveau riche who were born in the Kanto region.

The two run different support groups for their own reasons.

Li Jiancheng was made the crown prince early and was the future emperor, and he had been in Beijing for many years as an assistant to the government, and he had little contact with the generals in the army. And the families are optimistic about the identity of the crown prince, what they want is to maintain the status quo and maintain their vested interests.

On the contrary, Li Shimin is the second, and he has been fighting abroad all the year round, especially in several major battles in the Kwantung region, Hedong fought Liu Wuzhou, and received Wei Chigong and other generals, and a large number of former Li Mi's old troops such as Qin Qiongbao surrendered earlier, plus later fought Wang Shichong, Po Dou Jiande, and Liu Heimin, and also received many Shandong generals.

Most of these generals were rebels, or rogue people, or small landowners of the broken Shi clan. They followed Li Shimin to fight the world, relying on military exploits in troubled times.

Li Shimin also once attracted many scholars in the Kanto region, but those top scholars were still more inclined to support the prince.

Now that Li Shimin controls the capital, he still has to worry about the reaction of all parties in the world.

Li Shimin also has a fear in his heart, he is very afraid that there will be rebellions in various places, especially worried about Kanto, Hedong, Hebei, Henan, these are the most elite places in the Tang Dynasty, and if these places are reversed, his position will not be stable.

Even if the rebellion can be quelled by then, it will be ruined.

"I recommend one person to His Highness, and I can send him to Kanto to appease the old departments of the East Palace in various places, as well as the local family heroes, and show them His Highness's forgiveness and tolerance."

"Who?"

"Wei Zheng."

"Is that him?"

"Wei Zheng was originally a horse wash in the East Palace, and it can be regarded as a relatively trustworthy building. In addition, he himself is a native of Hebei, plus in his early years, he served in Yuan Baobao in Hebei, Li Mi in Henan, and later Dou Jiande, etc., and he is very familiar with the land and people in Kanto. ”

"But Wei Zheng took the initiative to leave the East Palace before, will he be regarded as a disloyal person, can it show that Kanto, and besides, can he be loyal to Lone?" Li Shimin is most worried about whether Wei Zheng, a former East Palace official, can be used by him.

Li Chao has been in contact with Wei Zheng for a long time, and he also knows something about Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng is not the kind of nerd-style counselor, and he will not go directly to the top of the mountain. This man was a Taoist priest in his early years, and later he ran out to become an official, so he was actually a very shrewd person.

His straightness, sometimes selling straight, is not all upright. Just look at the fact that he has followed the four masters before and after. Wei Zheng is not the kind of person who can die and martyr.

Even sometimes his direct advice is very strategic.

In short, this is also a person who is upright on the outside and scheming on the inside, but is quite capable in nature.

Li Chao believed that Wei Zheng also wanted to be above the court, and if he had the opportunity to serve the new master, he would definitely not refuse. To appease Kanto, it was also an important and glorious errand.

"I transferred Shubao to Guanzhong, who should be arranged in Hebei?" Li Shimin asked Li Chao.

"Your Highness, you should ask Fang Du and the others about these things, Fang Mou Du is decided, they are the masters in this, and they know the situation better."

"Fang Mou is decisive? Hahaha! Li Shimin laughed and laughed very happily.

"You Li San is not bad, Fang Mou Du is decisive, and then there are you Li San and Wuji, the four of you are lonely's right-hand man. Don't keep thinking about being low-key, it's not that time yet, don't worry, Lone won't be suspicious of you. We are still starting a business, there are not so many greasy and crooked, you can say whatever comes to mind. ”

Li Chao really wants to say, Boss Li, there is something wrong with what you said. You said that now is not the time to be low-key, and you won't be suspicious of me now, do you mean that I have to be low-key in the future, and you will be suspicious of me in the future?

I'm going to go, you're too direct to speak.

But now that Boss Li has expressed his position, Li Chao can't hide it anymore.

"Your Highness, the three rivers of the Kanto region are very important, especially the north of the Hedong River, which is also next to the Turks. At the moment, we must not be chaotic, and if we are chaotic, the Turks will come to make trouble again. Therefore, it is necessary to send two generals, who can not only pacify the place, but also suppress the Turks, I recommend two people, Hedong is still guarded by Li Shiji, and Hebei is Li Yaoshi to take over! ”

"Li Shiji, Li Jing?" When Li Shimin mentioned the names of these two people, his face was not very good-looking, and even his tone directly showed dissatisfaction.

At today's critical time, these two generals did not appear. Li Shimin asked Li Chao to contact the two, but both of them said they were sick and couldn't come.

"Your Highness, in fact, Er Li's reaction today is normal. In general, they are still on our side. ”

"Why, if they don't come, do you have to thank them?"

"Pretty much." Li Chao said with a smile.

Li Shiji and Li Jing have always been more neutral. This time we ventured to contact them to respond to the incident, but although they didn't come, they didn't report us. If you think about it, isn't that already helping us? Also, when we were in trouble, they didn't come out to intercept or attack us, these two men were famous generals, and if they had intervened at that time, things would have been quite troublesome. ”

"But Lone doesn't believe them very much!" Li Shimin still shook his head. It was still a critical time, and he had to be careful and careful.

"Li Shiji and Li Jing are both the kind of people who are quite cautious and cautious. Before, His Royal Highness was only the King of Qin, so they didn't make a move. But tomorrow, His Royal Highness will be the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, the prince, and the prince of the prison country, at that time, Li Jing and Li Shiji will naturally know who they should serve! ”

"Do you have to use them?"

"Your Highness, we must not only guard against the Kwantung rebellion, but also prevent the Turks from taking advantage of the opportunity to move south. With these two Li in Hedong, Hebei, His Royal Highness can sit back and relax, and worry about the Turks! ”

Li Shimin was very tempted by what he said.

After thinking about it, Li Shimin also felt that it made sense.

"What you said makes sense, after all, they have a god of war and a god of war, plus you, the god of war, and Shubao, the god of martial arts, then in the north of my Tang Dynasty, there are four town generals guarding the town, from the northwest to the northeast, Li Chao, the governor of Longyou Province, Qin Qiong, the governor of Guannei Province, Li Shiji, the governor of Hedong Province, and Li Jing, the governor of Hebei Province. With these four gods, how dare the Turks go south? ”

"Your Highness, the so-called god of war is built to black me, Your Highness, don't say it anymore."

"No, they probably wanted to hack you at the beginning, but now, Lone thinks that you are worthy of the name of this god of war. It's just San Lang, Lone doesn't want to let you go to Longyou now, Chang'an needs you more, Lone's side can't do without you! ”

Li Chao smiled slightly, Li Er, I don't want to leave Chang'an.

"Look, who is suitable to be the governor of Longyou Dao?" Li Shimin asked.

"Chai Shao or Duan Lun, both of them are horses, and they also have the experience of guarding one side, and if they go out of the town to the right, Your Highness will not have to worry about their loyalty or their ability!" Li Chao pondered for a moment and then recommended two candidates. (To be continued.) )