The Tubo army that lost Shang Nang was quickly defeated by the Tang army, killing countless people and capturing many people, Cheng Tieniu led the army to clean up the battlefield, but Li Chengzong was accompanied by Qin Huaiyu and came to Shang Nang's corpse.

"Brother-in-law Shenwei, this time I have made a great contribution. The Tibetan general Shang Nang was killed by his brother-in-law, tsk, and I don't know if that Songtsen Gampo will personally lead the army to find his brother-in-law for revenge after hearing the news. Li Chengzong looked at Shang Nang on the ground, sighed slightly, and said: "I don't know the destiny of heaven, no matter how capable I am, it is useless, and in the end I still ended up being defeated and killed, but unfortunately, it can be regarded as a generation of famous generals." ”

"Your Highness is wrong, this war is commanded by Your Highness, and if Songtsen Gampo wants to find someone to take revenge, he can only find His Highness." Qin Huaiyu said with a smile.

"Okay, send the news of Shang Nang's death in battle to Lu Dongzan. We also moved to the main temple of Sichuan to meet this Lu Dongzan for a while. Li Chengzong said with a smile: "Mr. Lao Fu Fang wrote a letter to Lu Dongzan, our captured Tubo soldiers, exchange them for the people of my Central Plains, and one Tubo soldier can be exchanged for a hundred!" Li Chengzong opened his mouth widely, anyway, he said it first, as for how much he could change, that would be a matter for later.

"Yes." Fang Xuanling also showed a smile, if it is calculated in this way, the people of the entire Songzhou can be replaced, but I don't know if Songtsan Gampo will agree. Lu Dongzan definitely can't be the master.

In fact, when Li Chengzong killed Shang Nang in battle and more than 10,000 Tibetan elite soldiers were captured, he knew that the matter was big, and these things were not up to him, so he quickly sent someone Pegasus to tell Songtsan Gampo that he had left the battlefield of Sichuan Zhusi and retreated to Tubo again, taking advantage of the natural advantages of Tubo to resist Li Chengzong's attack.

And Li Chengzong's victory over the Tubo army and the news of killing Shang Nang soon spread to Chang'an City, and for a time Chang'an City was very lively, plus during the Chinese New Year, this news was even more exciting, Tang Feng was sold out in an hour, and Chang'an paper was expensive for a while. And Li Chengzong's reputation soon spread throughout Chang'an City.

"I didn't expect the King of Han to be really powerful, the newborn calf, all of a sudden overturned the old fox Shang Nang, when he was in Helan Mountain, this guy and the Goguryeo people, the Turks joined forces to assassinate His Majesty the Emperor, but in the end, this guy found out that something was wrong, and immediately turned around and fled, but he didn't expect to be killed by His Royal Highness today. It's amazing! Du Ruhui laughed.

"I'm afraid that no one can shake the position of the prince of His Royal Highness." Chu Suiliang also nodded and said. At present, the entire Tang Dynasty is most concerned about the position of the prince, but at the moment, Li Chengzong is undoubtedly one step ahead of everyone.

Everyone hesitated for a while, this matter made everyone speechless, during this time, many people in the court wrote to the Son of Heaven, asking for the crown prince, and now the news of Li Chengzong's defeat of Tubo spreads, I am afraid that someone will have a chapter to present, but everyone who has followed Li Xin for a long time knows that Li Xin cannot canonize the prince now, although everyone knows that the position of this prince will be Li Chengzong's sooner or later. But the position of emperor is not so easy to get. As Li Xin, who single-handedly laid down the country, he will also be selective about his successor, where he will easily hand over the country in his hands to others.

"Don't worry about the position of the crown prince, as long as His Royal Highness the King of Han will not have any problems, there will naturally be no problem with the position of the crown prince. The most important thing at the moment is the princess of Han, if you don't get married, you can't get married, you can't start a family, if you don't have a family, you can't start a business, how can you deal with state affairs? Ma Zhou shook his head and said: "A few days ago, someone went to see the concubine, didn't the news from the palace say that Concubine Li is ready to choose a concubine for King Chen?" ”

When everyone heard this, they frowned, this kind of concubine selection is naturally known to everyone, and everyone also knows that Li Guifei has already decided the woman of the Wei family, although for so many years, Li Xin has been attacking the interests of the family, but the Wei family is different from other families, the power of the Wei family has not only not weakened, but also strengthened a lot, although it cannot be said that it is the Wei Banchao, but the Wei Bancheng still has it, the Wei family is rich and rivals the country, and the money is innumerable, and the Wei family Wei Yuan has become the center, and other Wei Siyan and other Wei family second-generation disciples, or for politics, or for the army, etc., active in the political arena of the Tang Dynasty. If the Li family marries the Wei family, it will really strengthen King Chen's strength, which is definitely not a good thing for Li Chengzong.

"The Wei family? Do you have any other options? Du Ruhui glanced around, frowned and asked. Relatives are a bad term that has made a great name in history, but it has to be said that the word relatives can help King Han gain some advantages at a certain time. If King Chen marries the Wei family, he will definitely be able to strengthen King Chen's power.

"Will Webster really help King Chen? They're in the harem, but there's someone. Chu Suiliang said quietly.

"Yes, definitely." Ma Zhou and Du Ruhui glanced at each other and said seriously: "A thousand-year-old family, a hundred-year-old dynasty, these families will not pin their hopes on one person, they will be divided into two factions, supporting two people respectively, no matter whether one side wins or loses, they can't shake the overall situation." This is the Maison, and Webster has always been like this. ”

"Then let His Royal Highness the King of Han choose the concubine first, I believe that the Wei family will definitely like His Royal Highness the King of Han." Chu Suiliang said indifferently. Who doesn't know that now the princes are competing for the crown prince, and the king of Han is much ahead. According to Wei's idea, he will definitely support King Han, which is equivalent to breaking King Chen's thoughts.

"This guy didn't see it, this is the rhythm of offending King Chen in death, I don't know where King Chen offended him, he actually came up with such a method." Du Ruhui looked at Chu Suiliang in surprise, hesitated for a moment, and said: "I'm afraid we can't be the master of this matter, let's wait for Your Majesty to come back!" Your Majesty, it's already out of the customs. ”

"What? Your Majesty is back? I heard that it was covered with snow outside the gate, how could His Majesty come back? Chu Suiliang asked in surprise. He didn't get the news.

"The news from Jinyiwei in the morning is thought to be because of the matter of the Han King, and the invasion of Songzhou by the Tubo people, and the news of Jinyiwei spread to the outside of the pass, and His Majesty will rush back at this time. Speaking of which, it was all our incompetence that allowed His Majesty to brave the wind and snow to return to Chang'an. Du Ruhui said in a low voice.

?“ Your Majesty is going back to Chang'an? Everyone's eyes lit up, and soon dimmed, Du Ruhui said yes, before Li Xin set out on the expedition, entrusted the state affairs to everyone, but everyone obviously did not do a good job, first there were rumors in the capital to attack Li Chengzong, not to say, later, there was a Tibetan invasion, let Li Chengzong personally lead the army to inspect Songzhou, although the victory was achieved, but there is also a danger, according to the news from the spies, the reason why Shang Nang was killed was also because he wanted to ambush Li Chengzong.

"No matter what His Majesty the Emperor does with us, it is naturally a good thing that His Majesty is coming back. His Majesty's attack on Goguryeo this time not only defeated Baekje and Silla, but also defeated the great enemy Goguryeo. Du Ruhui comforted: "So this time Your Majesty has returned triumphantly, you must be prepared how to welcome Your Majesty." ”

"I'm worried that Your Majesty probably won't come back to hold any ceremonies, and the first thing he will do when he comes back is to kill people." Ma Zhou suddenly whispered.

Du Ruhui and Chu Suiliang's faces changed when they heard this, and they suddenly sounded, now in the prison, there are still more than 10,000 people, these people are all participating in the rebellion, according to reason, these people should be killed. Could it be that the first thing Li Xin did when he came back was to kill these guys? Du Ruhui hesitated for a while, at this time, Du Ruhui was no longer as resentful of those rebellions as he was at the beginning, he was more thinking about how to use these rebellions to get more things for the empire. And killing too many people is not necessarily a good thing for the Tang Dynasty and for the emperor Li Xin.

"Kill it, kill it, these good people don't know how to do it, but they want to be rebellious, and if they die, they will die." Chu Suiliang said indifferently: "Since you have been rebellious, you must have the consciousness of rebellion." There is nothing strange about how many such people have died. ”

Du Ruhui listened and nodded secretly, this Chu Suiliang has been in the Wude Hall for a long time, and the little thoughts in his heart are different from before, his heart has hardened, and he doesn't know if His Majesty will do something to the people of the Wude Hall this time.

Li Xin received the news relatively late, and when he received the news, he had already arrived in Luoyang City, however, he did not go to Luoyang, but went to Shaolin Temple, Tanzong did not stay in the army, but returned to Shaolin Temple, and continued to be his monk, however, there are still many Shaolin disciples in the army to teach the martial arts of the three armies.

"Childe, how can this Luoyang City feel more prosperous than Chang'an." Luo Shixin looked around and couldn't help but say.

"The foundation of Chang'an has been exhausted, whether it is Chang'an or Luoyang! In fact, these ancient capitals are now like this, the population living in it is more, the pressure is greater, Chang'an City after 20 years, there will be difficulties in grain and grass, do the best in the world, used to support Chang'an City, or a little worse, once there is a problem with Cao Yun, Chang'an's grain and grass is not enough for the military and civilians, and I sometimes want to move the capital. Li Xin took Luo Shixin, dressed in green clothes, and walked in Luoyang City.

Looking at the prosperity of Luoyang City, Li Xin saw the crisis behind it. In history, in the Li Zhi Dynasty, because the canal often bursts, resulting in a shortage of grain and grass in Chang'an City, even the emperor had to worry about the lack of grain and grass in the army, and worried that those soldiers would rebel. Not in Chang'an now, but in a few decades!

Although the canal is good, but after all, it is dug by hand, and Li Xin's favorite thing is to transport grain and grass from the sea, and the only thing he is worried about is that the place he likes will often be invaded by foreign tribes. There is also the opposition of the Guanzhong family, a Jingshi can help those Guanzhong families solve many problems.

"Your Majesty, where do you look?" Li Xuanba suddenly pointed to the distance and said.

Li Xin followed his gaze and looked over, but saw that there were many people gathered in the distance, kowtowing around a big tree, and there were words in his mouth, Li Xin followed his gaze and looked over, but saw that it was a Buddha statue there, the Buddha statue was full of brilliance and flashing golden light, but it was made of pure gold.

"Go, what's going on?" Ao Lie glanced around, only to see that the surrounding houses were being demolished and built, as if he understood something. said to Luo Shixin at the moment.

After half a ring, I saw Luo Shixin come over with a surprised face, and said: "Your Majesty, it's also very strange, five days ago, this place suddenly revealed a Buddha statue from the ground, and it grew out of the ground, so the people around thought it was a miracle, and they came to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and decided to demolish all the surrounding houses and turn them into a temple." ”

"And such a thing?" Li Xin smiled dumbly when he heard this, and said, "It's just a fool's trick." Check it out. Li Xin walked over with a smile.

He took a closer look, and sure enough, there were faint water stains around the Buddha statue, and he immediately knew what the reason was, and shook his head disdainfully.

"Huh! This Buddha statue looks like a person! As he was about to leave, a word suddenly came from his ear, which made him stop, glanced through the crowd, and finally landed on a fat middle-aged woman.

Originally, he didn't care about these foolish methods, and some people in Buddhism often used this way to show miracles, cheat some money, and use it to build temples, but it didn't have any effect at all, and it wouldn't pose any threat to the country. So Li Xin didn't take it to heart, but the woman's words just now aroused Li Xin's vigilance. Buddhism is sometimes the object of conspirators, who are shown to use all kinds of miracles to attract the attention of many people, and some ignorant people will believe them, and then raise up an army and start to oppose the imperial court. The Buddha statue in front of him originally didn't have anything, if it was like a person, Li Xin had to be careful.

"It seems to be a little, but the child is a woman, and this Buddha statue is a man." A woman next to her said suddenly.

"The Buddha has no distinction between male and female, how do you know that he is a man or a woman, the image is like a woman, but she is just a mortal woman, where can she be compared with the Buddha, let's go! Let's go! The woman next to her seemed to have thought of something, and urged gratefully. At that moment, the two women left the Buddha statue in the surprised eyes of everyone.

"Go, go along, and see who they really are, and who the person they are talking about." Li Xin's face was rarely solemn, he had just entered Luoyang City, and at this time he vaguely discovered a huge conspiracy, and the object of this conspiracy was directed at himself.

"Yes." Luo Shixin beside him didn't dare to slack off, and quickly ordered two soldiers to follow, he also found that something was wrong at this time, a golden statue of the Buddha would be counted, if this Buddha statue has something to do with someone, it would be different.

"It seems that behind this, what is the mystery of not being able to figure it out!" Li Xin snorted coldly, behind these things, there are more or less people who calculate, in the final analysis, they are offending their interests. So these families don't recognize themselves.

"Pass the decree, three days later, I will return to Beijing and kill more than 10,000 rebels at the entrance of the vegetable market, I want to see if these guys have hard necks or hard blades." Li Xin's face was gloomy, these big families were still the same as before, they didn't dare to fight with themselves on the surface, they only knew that they were playing some tricks of stealing chickens and dogs in private, which was disgusting. (To be continued.) )