Chapter 841
Li Jing slowly marched on the Great Wall, known as the iron wall in the north, with a green sky spreading around him. Looking south and crossing the mountains, he could see the last flashing lights in the distant towns. Perhaps it was Desheng Mountain, and the crescendo dawn was replacing her lights. Li Jing turned a corner of the Great Wall and saw the town in the distance. Many military families who were in the army came here to live, and many vendors also established inns and hotels here, guarding the gate of the northwest of Yanjing, so that this originally deserted place would begin to flourish bit by bit.
Li Jing looked at all this, and the bustling town of Guanxia seemed small because it was too far apart. He still remembered that when he led the town to leave the pass, it was still deserted.
Summer, the season of trade. The skins, herbs and other things that have been stored for a winter are all taken out to trade. Even wars cannot stop trade. As long as the herdsmen inside and outside the Great Wall still need tea, salt, and cloth, then they need to trade.
"Where has Zhang Zimian been?" Li Jing murmured to himself in the morning breeze. He had just arrived at Jundu Pass from Yanjing, left his palace, and came to the border fortress. In fact, Jundu Pass could not be regarded as a border pass. Outside Jundu Pass, Li Jing also has many territory. Not long ago, Li Jing had just left the territory outside the General Jundu Pass, and the territory west of Taihang was newly established as the Shanxi Province. In addition, the Rehe Province in the northeast of Jundu Pass, there are two provinces and more than ten prefectures outside Jundu Pass.
"Marson Zhang just arrived in Datong!" a soft voice replied from behind.
Li Jing looked back and saw Gongsun Lan walking towards him in the alpine song.
Beside her, he was following his eldest daughter and the only child that Wang Guiniang gave birth to him. Ruiwen jumped and ran towards him. Little Ruiwen's long hair like a black waterfall was not tied up. Instead, she was just wearing it and letting them dance in the wind, and her eyes like black stone shone like stars in the cold morning light.
In front of this cheerful and innocent daughter, Li Jing can never hide her smile. Since the smile filled with the glory of life is the bloody battle over the years, it cannot be erased. Seeing Li Jing, Li Jing will feel the warmth from the heart. Perhaps it is because although this eldest daughter was born, she has not received much care from her mother since she was a child, especially now, Wang Guiniang is almost at home to practice, and even this daughter is left to Wan'er to raise. Therefore, whenever Li Jing sees her, she loves her more and more.
Raven is more pleased with Li Jing than anyone else. She is like a cute elf, Li Jing's pistachio, forever and well-behaved and cute.
Xiao Budian stretched out his hands to him and signaled him to hug him. She was only over three years old, but she still liked to hug Li Jing.
"My little princess!" Li Jing picked up his daughter lovingly and walked around several circles, saying with love. Li Jing has many children, but this daughter monopolized the love of her father.
Gongsun Lan held her hands in front of her lower abdomen and looked at the intimacy between Li Jing and Ruiwen from afar. She did not react at all to Li Jing's call her daughter Princess. Because Li Jing's daughter was all given the title of Princess of the Emperor. Not long ago, the Emperor specially added the title of Princess of the State of Yan. Therefore, Li Jing, a king of Qin, called her daughter Princess of the Qin Dynasty, was not surprising at all. In fact, Gongsun Lan had seen Li Jing call Riwen more than once, but at that time, Little Ruiwen didn't even have the title of Princess.
This is an ambitious man who has been inadvertently revealed since he called his daughter a little princess a few years ago.
"Why did you come out so early?" Li Jing asked involunteer without seeing Wan'er who had been taking care of Ruiwen.
Gongsun Lan rubbed her hand on her lower abdomen and thought to herself. It would be great if this one in her belly was a daughter. It is said that men prefer boys over girls, but it is a bit the opposite when they come to Li Jing. Li Jing has so many children and is very strict with his sons. He has to learn literature and martial arts from the age of three and six. Every day before dawn, he has to go to Li Jing's study to pay tribute and assign homework at the time of Yin. Even in the winter and summer seasons every year, he has to take a month to go to the military camp to receive strict training. Even many things in daily life have to do by themselves, dress, eat, bath and comb their hair, etc.
On the other hand, although they have to go to school and do things that they can, they are relatively gentler. The sons of the King of Qin are always busy receiving various trainings, while the daughters of the King of Qin can dress beautifully and learn the rules and etiquette.
She also heard that Li Jing had already planned to send these sons into the army after they turned fifteen years old, and they might be enfeoffed to the border areas outside the border in the future.
It would be better to have a daughter, anyway, she doesn't expect that she will have a son and will be rich by her son in the future. She will have a daughter and a caring little cotton jacket, so she won't have to get involved in those struggles.
She smiled on her face and said to Li Jing: "Our little princess woke up in the morning and shouted to find you. Wan'er refused to bring her here, so she immediately pretended to be cute in front of me. She couldn't stand the cuteness of the little princess, so she had to bring her here."
"This little guy." Li Jing pinched her little nose pamperedly, "I can flatter and please people so young. It's really loved by everyone, and flowers bloom when they bloom."
"Are you worried about the war in Daibei?" Gongsun Lan asked Li Jing, who was facing the east, and when she got up so early but facing the east, she must have seen the sun rise.
Li Jing leaned against the battlements of the Great Wall and held his daughter in his arms.
"It's fake to say that you don't care. This battle seems to be small in scale, but it's very important. If Zhang Zimian can really win Datong, we can say that we don't have to worry about the threat from the west for at least three years." He said and hugged Ruiwen again, "Although Shatuo is not our biggest enemy, it is also a major obstacle for us to fight for the north. These Hu people are very difficult to conquer. This time Li Siyuan's surrender is an excellent breakthrough. Li Siyuan comes to surrender, no matter what the final result is, at least Shatuo has begun to split. This is an excellent start, breaking them from the internal part and finally conquering them."
"Well, it sounds very good." Gongsun Lan replied while holding Ruiwen's little hand and playing with her, "But Li Siyuan is not an ordinary person either. Looking at his series of performances after the Battle of Weizhou, you can tell that this is a rare person. In addition to being a little bit younger than Li Keyong, he is even a little bit beyond his arrogance. Now that he is here to vote, he is afraid that he is just a desperate move and a temporary measure. If you are not careful, you are afraid that there will be recurrence in the future."
"I know." Li Jing nodded, "Li Siyuan would not surrender so easily, but now it is a good start. If he wants time, we still need time. In the end, he will find that any of his thoughts will be just whimsical, because there will be no chance that will be like that. Time is actually always on our side."
The Qin vassal is changing with each passing day and is in a period of vigorous rise. Therefore, relatively speaking, it is simply a joke to spend time with the Qin vassal to fight for development. In this regard, Li Jing will never be afraid of anyone.
"There are some rumors outside, Saburo, do you know?"
"You mean there are rumors that Li Siyuan had an affair with Yunniang, and some people said that Liu Yunniang was discovered by Li Keyong because of her affair with Li Siyuan, and then defected to me. He colluded with me and ambushed Li Keyong. Is there anyone who said that Li Keyong is not dead and is back to take revenge now. Li Siyuan was afraid, so he introduced Liu Yunniang to me again?" Li Jing chuckled.
"Well, there are indeed such rumors, and there are even more poisonous ones, saying that Liu Yunniang is an evil witch. She seduced Li Keyong's adopted sons, Li Siyuan, Li Sizhao, and even Kang Junli, Guo Chongtao and others had an affair. She also said that she was lewd, and after Li Keyong discovered her, she took the initiative to seduce you again." Gongsun Lan also said with a smile.
"Rumors stop at the wise!" Li Jing said in a deep voice.
"I think it's better to let the Supervision Office come forward and clear these rumors. Although these rumors are absurd, if they spread, they will undoubtedly become a joke for the people after dinner. This will have a great impact on the reputation of Your Highness and his wife." Gongsun Lan felt a little sad about Li Jing's special favor on Liu, but she would not affect her judgment as the Chief of the Supervision Office due to her personal feelings.
Li Jing thought for a moment and finally nodded. These rumors were obviously released by his enemies. But it could not be Li Keyong, because this rumors also hurt Li Keyong. I think this rumors are most likely from Chengde Town or Weibo Town.
"You cooperate with the propaganda department to investigate the spies that spread these rumors, and then work with the propaganda department to eliminate these rumors and change the public opinion trend."
The Supervision Department has nine bureaus, one of which is dedicated to internal supervision of public opinion. In addition, Li Jing also has a special publicity department, responsible for advocating and controlling public opinion. However, these two departments have always been very low-key, not showing off their mountains, but this does not mean that they have no power. As long as Li Jing gives the order, these two powerful public opinion machines can be opened.
"Did you give me the same way to do this and send someone to create some rumors?" Gongsun Lan asked.
"Okay, tigers don't show their power, and they really think we are sick cats. However, this matter must be stable, accurate, short, flat and fast. You will definitely hit a blow. Don't keep tangling with them, just let them know how powerful we are."
It’s not interesting to have a verbal battle, but at the right time, you still have to open it when it’s time to open it.
"There is another thing. Zhu Wen, the rebel general of our Qin vassal, surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. The emperor attached great importance to this. He had issued an edict to grant Zhu Wen the title of King of Liang and granted the position of Xuanwu Jiedu. In addition, the emperor also gave Zhu Wen the name Quanzhong and betrothed to his wife by the royal family."
Li Jing shook his head, "Zhu Wen is not considered a rebel general, at most he is just a deserter. The emperor is not willing to be lonely. He just got shameless and was shocked by us. In a blink of an eye, King Liang? He is really generous. Now he is not satisfied with the title of marquis and dukes. He wants to be crowned with one letter. He doesn't think about it. In this mess, there are kings all over the world. Who cares about the so-called title of kings and rewards? Giving the name Quanzhong? Just now, Li Quanzhong was given the title of wing king, and now Zhu Quanzhong is given the title of King Liang. Could he think that the minister's name is Quanzhong, so he is really wholehearted towards him. This time, he is more generous than Li Quanzhong, and even gives the royal daughter a wife. Alan, which family's daughter is pushed into the fire pit this time?"
"The daughter of the Emperor's Nine Emperors, King Zhao, the eldest princess of the East China Sea, Li Huier!" Gongsun Lan replied.
"Are you kidding?" Li Jing's face turned gloomy.
"I'm not kidding, nor will I make a joke about this."
"Very good!" Li Jing snorted coldly. He didn't believe that Li Yan would not know that Li Huier was his woman, but even though he knew that Li Huier was his daughter, he still wanted to issue an edict to betroth her to a deserter who was once under his command. This was something worthy of fun.
Li Yan really remembers to beat him. He was so shameless that he was just made. In a blink of an eye, he actually dared to tease him. Is this a shame?
For a moment, Li Jing felt that he really wanted to issue a manifesto immediately to depose him, the emperor.
Chapter completed!