After Li Chongjiu killed Fu Gongyou, he led the main force of 35,000 men and horses of the Yiwei Army, the Wuwei Army, and the Tingwei Army to the north to reinforce Luoyang.

Before Li Chongjiu left, in addition to leaving Song Jingang as a general, leading the troops to guard Jianghuai, and then ordering Yu Shinan to go to Jiangdu, and Jiangnan, Shandong Daoxingtai left servant shot, as a civilian prime minister Jiangnan, Shandong two affairs.

As for Wang Xiongdan, the general of the Jianghuai army, Kan Ling took the head of Fu Gongyou and recruited the cities of Jianghuai. Most of the Jianghuai lands surrendered without a fight, and Li Chongjiu occupied the entire territory of Jianghuai within a month, almost without much resistance.

After defeating Jianghuai, in addition to rewarding the Jianghuai army as a general, Silla and Baekje also contributed to the dispatch of troops this time.

Li Chongjiu was now canonized as the king of Baekje Wuguang, as the king of Baekje, and opened the palace with the three divisions. The son of King Wuguang, Fuyu Yici, is the prince of Baekje. Canonized King Jinpyeong of Silla, as the King of Silla, and opened the palace with the three divisions. Princess Deman, the daughter of King Jinpyeong, is the crown prince of Silla.

At this time, Lee Chong-gu regarded Baekje as a strategic ally with Silla.

As for the general who attacked Danyang Jiangdu this time, Jin Chunqiu of Silla, Li Chongjiu remembered his military exploits all the time, and named him the prince of Changli County, and the official worshiped the general of Hubenlang.

And the Baekje general Yunzhong, Li Chongjiu also made him a county marquis, and the official worshiped the general of Huyalang.

Li Chongjiu also left the two of them to continue to sit in Danyang, Jianghuai, with the Silla Baekje Naval Division, plus the subdued Dongyang Naval Division, a total of nearly 20,000 troops, Chen Heng on the Yangtze River, one is to put on a posture of going upstream, directly taking Jingxiang, and second, it can also deter Lin Shihong, so that he does not dare to act rashly.

May in Chang'an. The weather is starting to get hot. Li Shimin stepped down. Walk on the road of Wuji Palace. This step was given by Li Yuan after he defeated Wang Shichong. In addition, there are also class swords and advocacy in the entourage, and the honor guard is second only to Li Jiancheng in the palace.

Under the hug of Li Shimin, he walked into the palace gate. Ahead is the Temple of Infinity. Li Shimin did not walk directly to the Wuji Hall or the Imperial Study, but walked through the corridor and walked to the side hall where the officials of Zhongshu Province were waiting for the discussion.

At this time, Li Shimin was the only one in the side hall, and he said to the guards of the outer Zhou: "You guys go out first." ‘

At the moment, the guards retreated cleanly.

Li Shimin picked up the folds stacked aside, picked up a few books, and looked at them, and soon the room opened, and a little eunuch walked in with a pot of tea.

The little eunuch looked left and right, and then took out a letter from his sleeve. Placed on the side of the plate, he said in a low voice: "Your Highness, Xue Niangniang gave it to you." ‘

Li Shimin nodded, took out a few silver beans from his sleeve and said, "Take it!" ‘

The little eunuch hurriedly said: "Do things for King Qin and Niangniang, where do you dare to ask for it." ‘

Li Shimin raised his head and glanced lightly, the little eunuch saw Li Shimin's eyes, his body trembled, and he immediately accepted the silver beans and said, "Thank you, His Royal Highness the King of Qin." ‘

"That's it, stand down!"

After speaking, the little eunuch was covered in sweat, and immediately retreated and said in his heart. This King of Qin is so powerful.

After the little eunuch left, Li Shimin opened the letter written by Xue Jieyu to him, but saw that there were small characters written on it. To the effect, Li Jiancheng. This time, Li Yuanji led the Tang army on the North Road to suffer a setback in the Heyang area, which delayed the fighter plane, which made Li Yuan very angry.

Li Yuan watched the recital in the palace several times. angrily reprimanded these two sons for not being successful, and had the idea of changing the commander on the spot.

Xue Jieyu said in the letter. This is the best time for Li Shimin to regain military power.

But Xue Jieyu persuaded Li Shimin not to be too eager to come forward at this time, if Li Yuan was interested. will definitely take the initiative to find Li Shimin, if he doesn't open his mouth, he still has doubts about his son in his heart. Li Shimin took the initiative to ask for the commander at this time, which only made Li Yuan more suspicious, so it was better to retreat as advance.

Li Shimin finished reading Xue Jieyu's letter, nodded, and said in his heart that this woman is really a good woman. If it weren't for his own great cause, it would be a pity to have him as his concubine.

Li Shimin had just finished reading the letter when there was a knock on the door outside. Li Shimin asked: 'What's the matter?' ‘

Outside: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, Your Majesty is invited, please move to the imperial study." ‘

Li Shimin put away the letter and said, "Got it." ‘

So Li Shimin picked up a few twists and turns, and immediately pushed the door open, and there was Li Yuan's most trusted Gonggong Zheng waiting outside. Li Shimin smiled and said, "There is Lao Zhenggong, who came to invite me personally." ‘

Gonggong Zheng hurriedly said: "King Qin's words are serious, please!" ‘

Li Shimin followed Gonggong Zheng straight into Li Yuan's imperial study, but when he saw Li Yuan's hands on his back, he didn't see his expression, and the broken porcelain on the ground of the imperial study, several officials of the household department knelt in the room and didn't dare to raise their heads, obviously there was just a storm in this imperial study.

"His Royal Highness King Qin has arrived!"

With the passage outside the hall, Li Shimin walked into the inner noble and said on the ground: "The son of the minister to see the emperor, long live the emperor." ‘

Li Shimin knelt down and kowtowed and straightened up, but when he saw these officials from the Ministry of War, he also raised his head and showed Li Shimin a look of help.

"Get up!"

Li Yuan turned to the officials and said, "Why don't you get out of here, Hou is here, don't you want a head?" ”

Only then did these officials retreat, and Li Shimin said: "Father, the people below don't care about doing things, and they can't be angry with them and hurt their bodies." ”

Li Yuan sighed and said: "I, do you expect others, in this Tang Dynasty, there are a few people who really plan for the court and the society." You see, there is only a slight drought in Guanzhong this year, and more than 20 counties in Guanzhong in Longyou have told me that the spring wheat harvest may fail, so there may be no way to complete the tax this autumn, and the imperial court should postpone it for a while. ”

"Didn't these people think about me? The imperial court used troops this year, and the money and food were spent, and they didn't worry about me, but came to pull me back at this time. ”

Li Shimin, as a scholar order, Guanzhong Longyou's harvest this year may not be good, he knows. Logically speaking, this year's year is not bad, although it is not as good as last year's, but it is much better than the last year.

It's just that this year, Li Tang attacked Zhao, with an army of more than 200,000 troops, and the war only dragged on for three months, and Li Tang's treasury was almost empty. I thought that Li Yuan wanted to discuss with the local officials in advance and pay the taxes in October to June in advance, but I didn't expect that this had not been put down, and the officials below came to Li Yuan's side to complain in advance.

Li Shimin said at the moment: "Father, now, the son thinks that he can follow the example of the Han Dynasty when he called on wealthy private businessmen to donate, and at the same time, isn't Zhao Guo making a civil debt and borrowing from the people?" Erchen thinks that this is a good way, so he might as well take Guanzhong Yutian as a guarantee and borrow money from the people. ”

Li Yuan heard Li Shimin say this: "I won't do anything about ruining the official system, but you said that this civil debt is a good way, and it can be done!" (To be continued......)