The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

The Lady of the Duke of England looked at her daughter.

"Look at you."

After a light complaint, the mother and daughter came to the front hall.

Seeing the Lady of the Duke of England come in, Li Fu quickly stood up and bowed.

"Mother."

The Lady of the Duke of England smiled.

"Shao'er is impatient and a little reckless, please don't blame her, son-in-law."

Li Fu waved his hands repeatedly.

"No, no, I understand. My father has been on the front line for so long. Although there are letters from home, the situation on the front line is always worrying. Now that the dust has finally settled, I came to send news to my mother earlier, so that my mother can rest assured." Li Fu said: "Madam is also worried."

After sitting down, the maid served tea.

"The battle is finally over. It's good that it's over." Lady Yingguo sighed: "I miss you when I'm not in Chang'an. But we won this time, and our Tang Dynasty has gotten rid of this bad temper."

Who doesn't hate the Turks in the north?

The people hate them, and the court hates them too.

It would be strange if a bad neighbor who always makes trouble would be cherished.

"I estimate that we will be able to reach Chang'an next month." Li Fu said: "By then, our family will be reunited. I will let Zhen'er come back from the farm in advance."

Lady Yingguo nodded in response.

In early April, the army returned to the court and returned to Chang'an City.

Shuntian Tower in Chang'an City.

Li Shimin stood on the tower and looked into the distance.

Soldiers were guarding the tower, and people were watching from all sides.

Li Jing and others escorted Jie Li to the bottom of the tower.

Afterwards, Jie Li was taken to the tower.

Li Shimin stood there, looking down at Jie Li.

"In the ninth year of Wude, you came to the Wei River in person. Today, you came to Chang'an in person."

"Jie Li, you have five crimes. In the past, your father's country was destroyed and he relied on the Sui Dynasty to survive. But when the Sui Dynasty was in trouble, you did not help the Sui Dynasty at all, which led to the fall of the Sui Dynasty. This is the first crime; the Turks are neighbors of our country, but they repeatedly violated the agreement and invaded the border. This is the second crime; the Turks fought for years, causing resentment among the subordinate tribes. This is the third crime; plundering our people and trampling on crops, this is the fourth crime. The fifth charge is: I promised you a marriage, but you fled. If I want to kill you, it is not without legitimate reasons, but there is a Weishui Covenant between you and me, so I don't want to blame you.

Your father and your brother are both great Khans, and the tribes on the grassland are also powerful tribes.

Considering that you did not make a big fuss after we made the Weishui Covenant, I pardon your death sentence. "Li Shimin said: "Please take a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jie Li knelt in front of Li Shimin and kowtowed.

Li Shimin raised his head and looked down at Jie Li.

"The Great Khan should act like a Great Khan. Come, take him to the Taifu Pavilion, don't neglect his food, go."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jie Li bowed his hands and bowed deeply.

Li Shimin showed a proud smile on his face and reached out to touch his two small mustaches.

Relaxed.

In Da'an Palace, Li Fu accompanied Li Yuan to play chess.

Li Yuan looked at the chessboard, then at Li Fu, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

"It's been so long, why are you still such a bad chess player?"

Li Yuan's face was filled with a bit of disgust.

"My nephew doesn't play chess very often on weekdays." Li Fu said.

"Then why did you come to my place today and play chess with me? Are you using your chess skills to annoy me?"

Only when masters fight each other can you feel refreshed.

As for playing chess with Li Fu.

That's really... If you get used to it, you'll be screwed if you fight with masters again in the future.

Li Fu smiled.

How can I describe the fight between the two of them?

It's like Eagle's hand polluting the database.

"Uncle, Jie Li came to Chang'an today." Li Fu said, "He came by car."

"Huh?" Li Yuan looked up and was puzzled.

Is the treatment so good?

"Prisoner's car is also a car." Li Fu said seriously.

"You kid!"

"Do you want to cheer up?" Li Fu asked with a smile.

Li Yuan laughed and nodded.

"At that time, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, was besieged by the Huns in Baideng, and he did not take revenge until his death." Li Yuan said: "We started the army in Jinyang. In order to avoid the enemy in the north, we had to pay tribute to Shibi Khan. Don't mention how aggrieved we were."

"At that time, I was angry." Li Yuan sighed: "There was no way."

"People have to bow their heads under the eaves. The situation is pressing. If it wasn't like that, there would be no Tang Dynasty today." Li Fu said: "It was difficult for my uncle to do it back then, but it was right. Otherwise, the war in the Central Plains would continue for who knows how long. The fighting between the families was fierce.The leaders are not easy to deal with. "

Heroes like Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong all have the ability and qualifications to unify the world.

It's a pity that they met Li Shimin.

It's the same with the counterattack against the Turks now.

Since the Zhenguan period, if Li Shimin hadn't led this group of people to work hard, it would be hard to say what the Tang Dynasty would look like now.

Whether the court can be maintained, whether it can suppress the internal forces, and whether it can stabilize the grassland externally.

In the Zhenguan period, there were three rebellions in two years, and there was no peace at all inside.

It is absolutely impossible to have famine inside and war outside.

"That, uncle, Jie Li was captured alive and brought back to Chang'an, and the army returned triumphantly. Taiji Palace will definitely hold a banquet. At that time, you..." Li Fu asked tentatively.

"Of course I have to go. "Li Yuan said with a smile.

Li Fu nodded.

Li Yuan smiled and sighed.

"Erlang, he is better than me as a father, whether it is leading troops to fight or other things."

"Before, I felt that your second brother was not calm enough and not patient enough. During the Wude years, facing the situation in the Tang Dynasty, he still advocated war against the Turks. I think his ideas were too radical."

Li Yuan felt that the Turks went south just for money and food.

Just give them money and food and send them away.

Let them go back first, and then buy more time for the Tang Dynasty to develop.

The population of the Tang Dynasty was not prosperous, and the military force was insufficient. There was really no chance of winning in a fight with the grassland.

After pacifying the remnants of Dou Jiande, the whole country could no longer withstand the tossing of the war.

"But since he became emperor, I found that he has become calmer and more patient than before. "

"We were able to defeat the Turks in one fell swoop this time. The heavy stone weighing on our two generations' hearts has finally fallen to the ground. I am very happy."

Li Yuan's face also showed a touch of excitement.

Thinking back to the humiliation he suffered during the Wude period.

The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt.

Now look, Jie Li is coming to Chang'an City by car.

I have to go and see it, right?