The black-armored guard was silent for a long time, and finally said with a heavy face: "Back to the prince's words, the Shuozhou City soldier who sent back the good news said...... The 10,000 Zuo Xiaowei army that attacked Tibet by surprise attack on Tibet has been stubbornly resisted by the Tibetan thieves several times, and there are no more than 10,000 left, and only ...... remained."

The black-armored guard raised his head, subconsciously glanced at everyone in the court, and then said in a deep voice: "There are only five thousand left!" ”

"What? There are only five thousand left! ”

"That's half of Zuo Xiaowei's elite horse!"

"These Tibetan thieves really deserve to be killed!"

There was a brief silence in the court, and after a while, a feeling of sadness began to permeate the entire court.

"Has anything happened to General Niu?" Li Shimin asked a little nervously.

The black-armored guard said: "The soldier just said that General Niu Jinda was hit by an arrow in his left shoulder, but fortunately, the arrow has not been quenched, and now General Niu is fine!" ”

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was silent for a while, and waved his hand: "You can step down!" ”

"No!"

The black-armored guard saluted respectfully, and after handing the good news in his hand to Liu Sanshui, he withdrew from the court.

"Alas!" Li Shimin, who sat back on the dragon chair, sighed heavily and said, "I thought it was good news, but I didn't expect that the soldiers of my Datang Dynasty would suffer such heavy casualties!" ”

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui glanced at each other, Fang Xuanling took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, this is also a matter of no way, there is war and sacrifice, my Tang Dynasty soldiers, every one of them has been prepared for this!" ”

Du Ruhui continued: "As long as my Tang soldiers still have faith and are willing to fight for my Tang Dynasty, how can my Tang court be stingy with military merits and awards?" ”

Think about it, how many Shenwuwei are there in the entire Datang? After all, the Shenwu Guards are a minority, and their bravery and weapons are also unique attack weapons, which can fight for two months. It has to be said that it is a miracle to return to Chang'an City without any loss.

Of course, Shenwuwei can return to Chang'an without harming a single soldier, but other Tang troops can't do this.

"Your Majesty, when General Niu, Li Ji, Li Jing and other generals lead the army to return, you should go out to welcome ten miles, and welcome back to Chang'an City for the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country!"

Just after Du Ruhan's words landed, Li Yuanba suddenly knelt on one knee, clenched his fist with his right hand, and pleaded loudly to Li Shimin.

It's crazy. In this feudal dynasty, the emperor was the proud son of the sky, and the previous dynasties had never heard of the emperor personally going out to welcome the ten miles, and the soldiers who went out to fight would welcome back to the royal city.

However, Li Yuanba's request is not unreasonable, after all, these sacrificed soldiers all lost their lives after fighting for the Tang Dynasty, if there was no Datang. Why would people go to the battlefield to kill the enemy?

As the king of a country, shouldn't you, Li Shimin, do something for these soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country?

Besides, this is not that this is not bad for Li Shimin, this can win the hearts of all the soldiers in the Tang Dynasty. On the other hand, it can make Li Shimin's reputation of generosity and benevolence spread throughout the Tang Dynasty and even among the surrounding small countries.

Such a two-pronged thing is for Li Shimin, who has the best face. And why not to say yes?

It is precisely because of this point that Li Yuanba deliberately put forward this seemingly crazy in front of the Manchu civil and military forces. Or some almost absurd requests!

"Please go out of Chang'an City for ten miles and welcome the army back to the city!"

Can someone who can be an errand under Li Shimin and is qualified to attend the court meeting be a fool? What Li Yuanba could think of, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military could naturally think of.

So they all followed the example of Li Yuanba, kneeling on one knee and clenching their fists to plead, even Wei Zheng and other ministers were no exception.

Li Shimin looked at the courtiers who knelt down in the black pressure below, and his face suddenly turned red, this was not angry, but excited, at this moment his heart was surging, and he couldn't wait for the army of Niu Jinda, Li Ji and others to return to Chang'an City now.

Because he really wants to do the thing that Li Yuanba just proposed, this kind of opportunity is rare but not sought!

"Accurate!" Li Shimin patted the dragon case and said loudly.

"Your Majesty!"

Led by Li Yuanba, all the civil and military ministers all echoed it.

After this incident passed, everyone's feelings seemed to become high, and Li Shimin suddenly laughed after calming down for a while, he looked at Li Yuanba and said: "Yuanba, now General Niu is about to return to Chang'an, and the army is still complete. How is it, have you figured out what reward you want with me? ”

Li Yuanba said with a smile: "Brother Huang, if I ask you for a mountain of gold and silver, are you willing to give it?" ”

Li Shimin looked at Li Yuanba with a smile and said, "Yuanba, as long as you bring it up, don't talk about Jinshan and Yinshan, even if it is half of the country, what's the harm in giving it to you?" ”

Hearing this, if it were an ordinary person, I am afraid that I would be scared half to death, half of the country! Is this a test of the rhythm of faithfulness?

All the ministers were in an uproar!

A flash of surprise flashed in the eyes of Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, but they quickly disappeared.

Eldest Sun Wuji's face had a gloating look, and at the same time, his eyes were full of amusement when he looked at Li Yuanba.

Li Yuanba doesn't care about the three-seven-twenty-one, where is the gold and silver mountains in half of the country? First of all, regardless of whether Li Shimin's words are sincere or have ulterior motives, what if he only wins this half of the country?

Not only do you need to manage, but you also have to always be on guard against being taken away by others, rather than sitting on half of the country in fear, it is better to guard the gold and silver mountains.

If you don't have money to spend, take out a little, buy two servings of mutton steamed buns, eat one and pour one...... Rich, that's how capricious!

Therefore, Li Yuanba directly rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Huang, don't fool your courtiers with half of the country!" The younger brother wants to be an idler, planting land when he has nothing to do, taking children, touring the mountains and rivers, or something...... Some silver money is enough, sitting on the country, too tired! ”

Li Yuanba's words, the first two sentences really surprised the ministers, they thought that Li Yuanba would refuse, but it was definitely not so simple. But what they didn't expect was that Li Yuanba refused Li Shimin's temptation so neatly and neatly, without the slightest nostalgia.

When they heard the last sentence, they fell silent.

Yes, everyone wants to be the emperor, that's because they all see the beautiful and glamorous side of the emperor, all day long, the delicacies of the mountains and seas, brocade clothes and jade food, and even a group of wives and concubines. Gong Jiali is 3,000, which can be said to have enjoyed the glory and wealth of the world.

But who would have thought that the emperor was so good? Not only do you have to worry about state affairs every day, but the ministers above the court compete for power and profit, and factional disputes...... Even after . The competition for favor of the palace concubines...... None of them made the emperor haggard!

Therefore, it is very tiring to guard the country, emperor, not everyone can do it!

Li Shimin had long thought that his younger brother would simply refuse to do so, after all, with Li Yuanba's character, if he was a leisurely prince, he would not have to worry about food, clothing and play all his life, maybe it would be okay, but if he was asked to deal with the music and worry about state affairs every day, it would be better to kill him.

"Tired?"

Li Shimin muttered softly in his mouth, then shook his head, shook this slightly low emotion out of his mind, and said again:

"Yuanba, I heard that your palace in Zhiyang is about to be completed, so I will give you some subordinates in the palace, along with some singers, gold and silver, and send them to your palace, even if it is my reward for your expedition to Xue Yantuo, how about it?"

After all, Li Yuanba is now the best official, there is no seal, and he is a prince in terms of title, and if he goes up, he will be the emperor, coupled with Li Yuanba's character, this simple reward is more in line with Li Yuanba's thoughts.

After rewarding Li Yuanba, the next thing is simple, anyway, it is just something that happens in some places, Li Shimin just briefly understands it, makes some general instructions, and specifically needs the ministers of the three provinces and six ministries to discuss it.

Li Yuanba stood in the middle of the court, and it was easy to listen to the things to be discussed for a while, but he found that those things were more boring than what he heard when he sat in class in his previous life, so he simply closed his eyes and recuperated.

Finally, I don't know how long it took, the court meeting dispersed, and when Li Yuanba walked with the crowd to the outside of the Liangyi Palace, Liu Sanshui was in front of him and said, "Lord Wang, Your Majesty, please go to the apse to discuss matters!" ”

Li Yuanba grabbed his hair when he heard this, this head melon seed was about to be blown up by the court discussion of Fang Cai, what kind of moth is he going to do with this cheap brother?

"Got it, you step down!"

Answering a little depressedly, Li Yuanba walked over to the apse of He Liangyi Hall with a familiar car.

As soon as he stepped into the door of the apse, Li Yuanba saw Li Shimin holding a tea cup in his hand, standing in front of a huge window, and looking at the clear sky after the heavy snow through the open door.

Li Yuanba walked over a little lazily, deliberately lowered the footsteps, and after Li Shimin turned his head, he said, "Brother Huang, what's the matter with calling your brother over?" ”

While speaking, Li Yuanba picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of hot tea, took a sip, and couldn't help but light up after a while, and said, "What a fragrant tea!" ”

Not to mention, since Li Shimin drank the big-leaf tea here in Li Yuanba that day, he liked the taste of this big-leaf tea, and he also specially issued an order that after the new tea in the south was picked every year, it would be sent to Chang'an City for 800 miles.

Although the tea leaves that Li Yuanba drank were not new teas, they were also tea leaves that were specially accumulated by tea farmers and preserved in special methods.

All these teas were sent to Chang'an City by Li Shimin's order, and after some careful frying, they became the fragrant tea now. (To be continued......)