"He was beheaded by his subordinates, but it was at his own request. He knew he would die, but did not have the courage to kill himself." Wang Jingguo saw Li Yuan staring at Li Jingsui's broken neck, so he explained in a low voice. road.
Li Yuan nodded slightly, sighed with a frown and said: "This Li Jingsui, I met him once or twice in Jinling three years ago. At that time, he was still the emperor's younger brother who was obsessed with the mountains and rivers. Alas! Today he has failed. It's very sad to end up like this, but it's your own fault.
Forget it, he is dead. After all, he was once a member of the royal family, so he cannot be treated too lightly. After a while, you order someone to find a coffin to put him in, sew his head on, clean his body, and put on clean clothes. Tomorrow, you order someone to take the coffin and send it back to Jinling. "
Wang Jingguo asked hurriedly: "What are you sending to Jinling for?"
Li Yuan smiled and said: "Of course we will bury him back to Jinling, and at the same time let the people of Jinling and Jiangnan see that the Jin army has been completely wiped out by us, the Tang Dynasty has died, and the Chu Dynasty is about to rise. This country north and south, Finally peace."
Wang Jingguo smacked his lips and said, "It's a glorious death."
Li Yuan laughed, waved his hand and said: "Stop talking, go into Huzhou City. Qian Hongyi, the governor of Huzhou of Wuyue Kingdom, is indeed a royal man. He even specially prepared a celebration banquet for our Chu army in advance. Tell the soldiers that tonight I will reward the three armies with rewards for their merits and plenty of food and wine! The war has ended, and everyone is happy and lively."
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Five days later, Liu Jiangsheng led 20,000 horse infantry to the city of Huzhou. The small city of Huzhou was about to be overcrowded, but the Chu army could not enter other countries' cities on a large scale, so they all camped in the east of the city in accordance with Li Yuan's order, and only Liu Jiangsheng and his generals were allowed to enter the city. After being separated for more than a month, brothers Li Yuan and Liu Jiangsheng reunited again, and both of them were very happy.
After drinking and eating in the afternoon, Li Yuan and Liu Jiangsheng sat in a large courtyard specially set aside by Qian Hongyi, the governor of Huzhou City, sipping new tea and talking.
The breeze blew through the trees with dense leaves, and several clumps of bamboo rustled around. In the corner of the yard, Qian Hongyi, the governor of Huzhou who knows how to enjoy life, planted many flowers and plants with his own hands, and many of them have bloomed. Outside the east wall, the flowers were in full bloom, and the air was filled with the warm scent of flowers, which was especially fragrant under the warm sunshine. This situation made Li Yuan and Liu Jiangsheng extremely happy.
"Hey, I can finally take a breath. For more than a year, this chaos in the north and south of the Yangtze River has made people angry. How many people have died, how many families have been harmed, and how many people have lost everything because of the war. And this chaos has also changed. So many things have happened and so many impacts have been caused. Now it is finally over, the Tang Dynasty is completely dead, and I, the Chu Dynasty, have finally officially replaced it. Alas!" Liu Jiangsheng sighed softly while sipping his tea.
Li Yuan smiled and said: "Jiang Sheng, when did you become so sighing? Why, are you going to recite a poem later to express your feelings?"
Liu Jiangsheng laughed and said: "Your Majesty, in front of you, how dare I dare to do whatever I want to do? I sigh because I have experienced all this personally. It may not have much impact on us, but for other people, especially the common people, I am afraid it will be a terrible experience. It's like a nightmare. Your Majesty, do you know what the ministers saw along the way after learning that the war had subsided and that Li Jingsui had been crowned?
The people along the road beat gongs and drums happily and ran around telling each other the good news. They were ecstatic. On the night when Jingguo annihilated the last Jin army troops and horses, my troops and horses were still in Xuanzhou. Before the messengers sent by Your Majesty to deliver the message to me arrived, everything was already in turmoil. Xuanzhou City must be two hundred miles away. In just half a day, the news spread, as if it had wings. "
Li Yuan chuckled and said: "Yes, the news spreads very quickly. I estimate that in these five days, everyone in the north and south of the country will know the news. No matter how fast the horse delivering the message is, it cannot be faster than the mouths of the people. Even Wu Yue Gu Mingli, the Suzhou governor of the country, sent a letter to congratulate him! Look, the news has reached Suzhou."
Liu Jiangsheng chuckled and said, "Gu Mingli? I heard that Your Majesty went to Suzhou and established a relationship with the Gu family. Haha, is the eldest daughter of the Gu family beautiful?"
Li Yuan said in surprise: "How do you know?"
Liu Jiangsheng laughed and said, "Your Majesty, since you were a child, have you ever been able to hide anything from me?"
Li Yuan
He scolded: "It must be these two bastards Zouping and Guo Xiu who insist on causing trouble for me. It must be these two bastards who are quick to talk."
Liu Jiangsheng smiled and said, "What? Shouldn't you be on guard against me?"
Li Yuan said awkwardly: "Why would I be on guard against you? It's just that it's a bit inappropriate to tell you this. After all, you are my adopted brother. I actually feel very guilty. I have married many women over the years, and Isn’t it not good that your life-long event has not been settled yet?”
Liu Jiangsheng chuckled and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you can have more concubines, have more children, and spread the branches and leaves of Chu. As ministers of Chu, we are too late to be happy! As for the minister himself, how can he have free time to marry a wife? I just want to serve His Majesty.
Besides, don't think that I don't know that your Majesty must have tricked a beautiful man. Marrying the eldest daughter of the Gu family is tantamount to winning over the Gu family and several wealthy families in Jiangnan. I can still see this. "
Li Yuan blinked and said slightly surprised: "Jiang Sheng, you hit the nail on the head. You have really grown a lot in the past two years. But this is not entirely the case. I do intend to win over the Gu family, but you Do you think the Gu family will be wooed by me because of this incident?
These merchants are very smart. They will accept whoever is in their favor to follow. There are still many things you don't know about this. I will tell you slowly later, and you will know that there are twists and turns here. "
Liu Jiangsheng smiled and said, "Okay, let's talk about this later. Now that the war has subsided and Li Jingsui is dead, what are your Majesty's plans next? Should you go back to Jinling or Zhongjing Mansion?"
Li Yuan smiled and said: "I have ordered people to lead the elite cavalry to send Li Jingsui's body to Jinling, so that the people of Jinling can see with their own eyes that our Chu army has returned victorious.
As for me, I have sent people to borrow a boat from the Gu family and brought in hundreds of boats. Except for the soldiers and horses left behind in the south of the Yangtze River, everyone else will follow me through the canal, and then switch to the Yangtze River and go directly back to Zhongjing Mansion. That’s it. The scenery along the waterway is pretty good, so let’s just relax and enjoy the mountains and rivers. "
Liu Jiangsheng smiled, then cupped his hands and said solemnly: "Your Majesty is interested, but I'm afraid someone won't allow it. I don't know how long this peace can be maintained?
Your Majesty, I heard that the new emperor Guo Rong of the Zhou Kingdom in the Central Plains has been training his troops since he came to the throne this year. In March, he defeated the combined forces of Han and Khitan in one fell swoop at Gaoping in Zezhou and won a great victory. It was the time when the army and horses were strong. Didn't your majesty mention it before? Does this person have ambitions in the world? Now that Zhou Guozheng is gearing up and watching closely, it is estimated that the next dispute with Da Chu is inevitable.
We have gone through many large and small battles this year, and the war has finally ended, and our country, Chu, is still standing firm. But after the peace in the country, how can people outside the country sleep in peace? Also, the coffin of the late Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is still in Suzhou. How will Your Majesty deal with this matter?
I have established the Chu State, in what name should I welcome him back? What if the welcome back makes the people miss the old Tang Dynasty? All kinds of things. In short, it seems that the sun is shining brightly, but it is about to come, and I am afraid that a violent storm is coming. "
Li Yuan chuckled and said: "Jiang Sheng is so far-sighted that I am really impressed by you now. I have my own decision to make about Li Jing's coffin. I will not mention it for the time being. I will only talk about the affairs of Zhou Dynasty. I will tell you one sentence. When the car arrives in front of the mountain, There must be a way. The storm is coming, so why have we ever been afraid? Have we experienced too few storms? I understand all the things you said, and I also know how to deal with them.
The general trend of the world will inevitably unite after being divided for a long time, and the war that should come will always come. It's a blessing, not a disaster, but disaster cannot be avoided. You have to believe in my ability and don't think too much. If there are storms, let them come more violently. Let's see if the national destiny of Da Chu can withstand it. "
Liu Jiangsheng nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I still say what I said, I always believe in you."
Li Yuan smiled slightly, raised his glass and said: "Eat tea, have tea, this year's new tea. Gu Mingli specially asked someone to send Dragon Well after the rain from Hangzhou, the capital of Wuyue..."
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