"Your Majesty only went south to fight against rebellion, and the return trip only took a few months. We can just take charge of the government on your behalf. Why do you need to select someone to supervise the country?" asked Jia Zhongmei, the current left prime minister.
"After revolting, I want to return to Chang'an to live permanently, so in addition to leaving the court to eight adults, I also plan to choose one person to supervise the country on my behalf."
The ministers below looked at each other in shock. They did not expect that their majesty did not intend to live in the capital of their country.
But this time, the eight ministers were surprisingly unified, and no one stood up and reacted immediately.
Tang Ping secretly sneered in his heart. Of course these people would not object. The position of supervising the country has greater powers than the six ministers and the left and right ministers.
The eight of them are great ministers, but why don't they have further ideas deep in their hearts?
So when Wang Qingluan went to Nanyang, some people persuaded him to choose someone to supervise the country, but no one persuaded him.
However, a few people did not break up with each other. After a final discussion, the position of supervising the country still fell on Jia Zhongmei.
"I'll bother you with the Prime Minister from now on. The Prime Minister can make decisions on all matters big or small. But if the Prime Minister has different opinions from other adults, then the matter will have to be reported to Chang'an."
The power of Left Prime Minister Jia Zhongmei is so great that it will naturally be restricted. As long as the other seven people object at the same time, they need to report to Chang'an and let her make a decision.
And they have to go to Chang'an to report on their work once a year, and Wang Qingluan will come to Fuyang in the east from time to time.
Anyway, traffic is much more developed now than in the past, and the one-way trip only takes about ten days, and it will be even faster in the future.
After settling matters in the court, Tang Ping and Wang Qingluan left at the same time.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, Congratulations to Duke Ping!"
"Hey, I'm so exhausted!" When they walked outside the palace where the ministers couldn't see them, Tang Ping and Wang Qingluan's shoulders slumped at the same time, and then they said in unison.
Then the two looked at each other and laughed.
"I think I was a very diligent King Zheng of Dongyue back then. He followed you all the time, and I became lazy as a result."
"Yes, yes, it's my responsibility, my responsibility!" Tang Ping took Wang Qingluan's hand: "Let's go back and video chat with Tang Tang. I don't know if she will be good or not in the store today."
The two stayed in Dongyue for a few more days before finally planning to leave. Before leaving, the two came to Wang Xuanying's tomb, but they did not expect that Queen Mother Liu was also there.
"Anyway, he treated me well in the past, but I felt sorry for him, so before I left, I came to kowtow to him. If there is an afterlife, I hope I can repay him everything I owe him in this life."
After Queen Mother Liu finished speaking, she turned and left.
In a few days, Queen Mother Liu seemed to have aged twenty years, and she even had a lot more gray hair on her head.
After the city was broken, Tang Ping and Wang Qingluan did not restrict the freedom of her mother and son, as long as they did not leave the sight of the people they sent.
Of course, she and her children could not stay in Fuyang forever. According to the agreement, they would be sent to Chang'an and then placed under house arrest.
Wang Qingluan and Tang Ping also went up to burn a stick of incense, and then Tang Ping also walked out, leaving Wang Qingluan alone. I guess she also had something to say to Wang Xuanying.
When they arrived at the entrance of the imperial mausoleum, Queen Mother Liu was still there. When she saw Tang Ping coming out, she bowed slightly.
Tang Ping also quickly returned the gift.
"Did Duke Riping say that Yang Zhengdao, the grandson of the former Empress Dowager Xiao of the Sui Dynasty, was in your Shanghe Village?"
"But it is so!"
"Then I wonder if Duke Ping is willing to teach my son in the future?"
"This..." Tang Ping hesitated for a moment. The relationship between Empress Dowager Liu and Wang Xuanying was too complicated. It was difficult for him to judge what was right or wrong about the previous generation, but he had to consider Wang Qingluan's feelings.
"I know what Duke Ping is worried about, but there is actually one thing that no one knows." Queen Mother Liu opened the curtain of the carriage she was riding in, and there was a child sleeping inside, who should be her son.
"You and your Majesty both think that this is the child of Zhen Xiong and me, right? In fact, no, he belongs to me and the late emperor. The late emperor's hidden illness has indeed been cured. Although I hate him, apart from him, there is no one else. There is no second man. So he is actually His Majesty’s half-brother
younger brother. "
"And it was precisely because of this child that Zhen Xiong felt that the late emperor had a real heir, so he poisoned the late emperor without telling me. I am not telling you this today to clear myself of any guilt. Later, I did Together with Zhen Xiong, he seized power in Dongyue. I just want to tell you the true life story of this child. He is not wrong."
Tang Ping was shocked. He really didn't expect such a big melon waiting for him.
"I heard that Duke Ping has a way to tell whether two people are related by blood, so if Duke Ping doesn't believe it, he can test this child and His Majesty."
Tang Ping nodded mechanically. There were so many secrets in the palace. If he hadn't experienced it personally, he wouldn't have imagined that it was much more responsible than those in movies and TV shows.
Everyone has 800 opinions.
Thinking about it now, no wonder Zhen Xiong fled to Nanyang without taking the child away. At first, Tang Ping thought he was leaving the puppet emperor in East Vietnam to control the government.
Zhen Xiong naturally knew that the child was not his. Since they no longer stayed in Dongyue, Queen Mother Liu and the child were of no use, so he left them in Dongyue.
There were still some things that I couldn't figure out, but now I figured it out. Although Empress Dowager Liu may be tricking her now, she will know it if she takes a DNA test when she goes back. And from Tang Ping's point of view, there is a high probability that what she is saying is true. of.
And the only reason why she is speaking out now is that she started to ask her to ask this child to learn from her in the future.
Although he may not be able to learn anything, and he may not be able to find a position in the Chang'an court in the future, but with his status in the Tang Dynasty, as long as he has the status of his own disciple and the status of Wang Qingluan's younger brother, then at least he will be able to work in the Tang Dynasty in the future. He can also live a smooth life.
Queen Mother Liu has worked very hard for her children. It seems that meeting her here today may not be a coincidence.
"Although I can't promise you now, I will tell Qingluan the truth about it."
Although Tang Ping did not agree directly, Queen Mother Liu still smiled with satisfaction.
"I have long heard that Duke Ping and Your Majesty have a deep relationship. It turned out to be true when I saw her today. To be honest, I am a little envious of Your Majesty. It's not that I envy anything else. It's just that she can meet such a good man like Duke Ping. I'm afraid this is also true. It’s the wish of all the women in the world.”
"Also, do you know why the late emperor always asked His Majesty to wear men's clothes?" Queen Mother Liu asked.
Tang Ping thought for a while and said, "Isn't it to let Qingluan inherit the throne?"
"Of course she is the one to inherit, but she is a daughter after all. In her original identity, even if she is the only daughter of the late emperor, she will keep all kinds of controversies under wraps. In fact, as a parent, how can you not want yourself to Is the child happy? That’s why the late emperor always asked her to pretend to be a boy, so that she could be protected from criticism when she fulfilled her responsibilities."
Tang Ping really didn't expect such a reason, but when he thought about it, it was really like this. The Tang Dynasty was now extremely open, but there were still almost no women serving as officials, and there was only one Hong Fu girl who followed Li Jing as a general.
Seeing Wang Qingluan walking out from a distance, Queen Mother Liu held up her hands and said, "Your Majesty probably doesn't like to see me, so I'll go back first and see you in Chang'an later."
Wang Qingluan looked at the driver driving away and asked, "What did she say to you?"
"Dagua...ah, no, that's it..." Tang Ping told Wang Qingluan exactly what he had just heard.
"Is that really the flesh and blood of my father?" Wang Qingluan opened his eyes in disbelief. "I think what she said is true, and you also know that as long as we have a few hairs with hair follicles from you and that child, we can detect whether you two are related by blood. After returning to Chang'an, Just take a test and you’ll know.”
Wang Qingluan took a deep breath. She had always thought that the child was the child of Empress Dowager Liu and Zhen Xiong, but she didn't expect that he would turn out to be her brother in the end.
After she finally digested this information, she sighed and said, "If what she said is true, then the child is really me.
My younger brother, please teach him carefully in the future. "
"Why are you being polite to me? As long as you are willing, I will definitely have no objection." Tang Ping took Wang Qingluan's hand and patted the back of it gently: "I promised my father-in-law just now that I would treat you well, otherwise I I’m afraid he will come to me.”
"No formality!" Wang Qingluan spat at him, then leaned on his shoulder: "Tang Ping, it's great to have you."
Three days later, Tang Ping and Wang Qingluan set off again to leave Fuyang.
They still left by water, and then headed south from the East China Sea.
Because he didn't know the specific situation of Zhen Xiong in Nanyang now, but this time Tang Ping decided that he could no longer let the tiger go back to the mountain, and must completely disintegrate Zhen Xiong's power.
On the Taihao ship, the former pirate leaders Luo Siye and Qian Laosan were kneeling on the deck.
It's not because the two of them made any mistakes, but because Chang'an's imperial edict has arrived.
The pirate groups of the two people in the past were officially merged into the First Fleet of the East China Sea.
Qian Laosan and Luo Siye are respectively the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the East China Sea First Fleet, two official positions: the upper and lower ranks of the fifth rank.
The pirate group still has some family members, and Datang has given them a piece of land on the coast of East Vietnam, where a new military port will be built.
They can all live there in the future, and the soldiers of the First East China Sea Fleet can also be reunited with their families when they are undergoing repairs.
East Vietnam has completely given up its military power. In the country, only yamen at all levels have yamen responsible for local security, and there is no longer an army.
The national border between East Vietnam and Datang has now been completely liberalized. There are no garrisons and no customs duties. People from Datang and East Vietnam can travel freely.
As for the borders between East Vietnam and other countries, the Tang Dynasty sent troops to garrison them.
The entire East Vietnam has basically been included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, becoming a rather special country within a country.
"Thank you for your grace, and thank you, Duke Ping, for your support!"
Qian Laosan and Luo Siye stood up excitedly, grabbing the imperial edict sent from Chang'an with both hands.
From now on, not only are the two people from the Tang Dynasty, they are also the commanders of the Tang Dynasty naval fleet, reporting directly to Tang Ping.
It seems like it was yesterday that Tang Ping mentioned that he would be promoted to a higher position, but he didn't expect that it would come true so soon.
"No need to thank me, you deserve this."
When attacking East Vietnam, although Liu Datong persuaded the state capital near Shencheng Port to surrender in the early stage, they still fought several battles later. These pirates in the past did fight bravely and enforced military discipline meticulously.
This made Tang Ping very satisfied, so he wrote to Chang'an and gave them official status as soon as possible.
"After we resupply in Taizhou, we will go directly to Ryukyu, and then go south." Tang Ping pointed at the chart and said.
Although Qian Laosan and Luo Laosi didn't know why Tang Ping didn't follow the coastline, it would be safer and easier to get supplies.
But now the two of them only follow Tang Ping's lead, so whatever Tang Ping says is what he says. Not to mention going directly south to the Ryukyu Island, even if Tang Ping points to the east and says he wants to go to the new continent, the two of them will definitely not say anything. hesitantly.
"I obey my orders!"
