Chapter 57: Men conquer the world Women conquer men

On December 18, the first year of Kaiyuan, Li Jiancheng, Chen Ying's battle report reached Chang'an.

In this battle, Chen Ying annihilated the Liang Shidu's troops and captured Liang Shidu and his pseudo-Scholar Liu Sheng, the subordinate officer Gao Xu, the general Feng Duan, the general He Yuepan, the champion general Li Zhengbao and others all turned against each other in front of the formation.

The Liang army had a total of more than 36,000 soldiers, all of whom laid down their weapons and surrendered unconditionally.

Xiazhou, Yanzhou and Qingzhou have more than 76,400 households in the 28 counties of Xiazhou, Yanzhou and Qingzhou, and more than 300,000 people were included in the Tang Dynasty.

In this battle, Chen Ying cleared the last obstacle with the Eastern Turks.

Although it is certainly a pleasure to win the battle, Li Jiancheng has a headache about how to reward Duke Liang, who has made great achievements.

The battle was finally over. More than 36,000 Liang troops died and were destroyed in one day. Such great achievements were like a myth.

However, in Li Jiancheng's opinion, it is certainly expected that he would win the Liang Shishi. After all, the Liang Shishishi was short of food and grass, and it was nothing great to defeat the Liang Shishishishi incomplete armor and equipment. They expected this result before the war.

However, what surprised Li Jiancheng the most was that the Tang army soldiers were killed, and the number of casualties was less than 100, and most of the injuries were caused by the cold weather and frostbite.

Of course, Li Jiancheng's headache is not only about how to reward Chen Ying, but how to resettle the more than 300,000 people, which is the most troublesome one.

Although Guanzhong has enough grain reserves and enough farms and factories to digest the 300,000 population, there will definitely be chaos in the flooding of 300,000 people, and it must be considered from a long-term perspective.

...

Wang Gui walked into the secretariat hall, followed by a man in the back, holding a stack of documents.

Secretary-General, Secretary-General and other officials of the Secretariat stood up one after another.

Secretary-General Chu Suiliang said: "Congratulations to Secretary Wang and promoted to Prime Minister."

Everyone followed and congratulated Fang Xuanling in unison.

Wang Gui smiled and nodded to everyone.

Wang Gui pointed to the account book in the hand of the traveler, saying: "The accounts of the Ministry of Civil Affairs this year will be sent to the Secretariat for filing. I'm sorry, please register and sign for it."

The secretary-in-law hurriedly arranged to handle the procedures.

Wang Gui turned the corner and walked to the Secretariat, but saw Fang Xuanling sitting in a corner, still focusing on his official duties.

Wang Gui nodded and leaned forward and said, "Xuanling, I heard from Your Majesty that you recommended me to serve as the Chief Political Affairs Officer?"

Fang Xuanling nodded.

Wang Gui checked Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling hurriedly turned around and avoided: "Shujie doesn't have to do this. Xuanling recommended Shujie because Shujie was the most competent position, not because Shujie and Xuanling had the best relationship."

Wang Gui pointed at Fang Xuanling and laughed.

Fang Xuanling also had a smile on his face.

Wang Gui smiled bitterly and said, "Why is my most suitable candidate? If Your Majesty does something wrong, my choice will probably be to do everything possible to make up for it, not to correct it in person. If Your Majesty is not a person who knows his mistakes and can correct me, I will not have a good ending!"

Fang Xuanling said: "Shujie said it right and wrong."

Wang Gui looked at Fang Xuanling with interest.

Fang Xuanling chuckled and said, "Shujie's personality is not like me. Everything must be divided into two parts. If all the civil and military officials in the court are like someone in Fang, then the court will definitely be in chaos."

Wang Gui nodded with appreciation.

Fang Xuanling said: "As a prime minister, one must be generous. Although Your Majesty is not the best emperor, he has the best emperor's heart. Shujie came to serve as a political affairs officer, entered the Political Affairs Hall, and picked up the missing for Your Majesty. It was indeed just right."

Wang Jie pondered and nodded and said, "Xuanling, the most troublesome thing about Your Majesty is how to reward General Chen Ying, the Cavalry General. This matter is based on Xuanling..."

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "This matter is simple!"

Wang Gui said everything he thought: "Xuanling means... to be appointed as a king?"

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "Now, there are only two kings with different surnames, Li Yi, the king of Yan County, and Du Fuwei, the two kings with different surnames are far away from the center and do not care about political affairs!"

Wang Gui nodded and said, "Yes, the Tang Dynasty is still inseparable from General Chen, but you must reward if you have any merits. How should General Chen pay for his merits now?"

Fang Xuanling said: "I asked the Secretariat to enact the imperial edict and grant his son Li Siye the Duke of Lueyang County, his eldest son Chen Qian the Prince of Liang Guo, and his eldest daughter Li Ruoxi the Lord of Lantian County!"

Wang Gui said: "That's it?"

Fang Xuanling sighed and said, "General Chen must be granted the title of king, just like Prince Yan and King Wu, stay away from the center, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public... Now the Tang Dynasty cannot live without General Chen!"

...

The eunuchs and palace maids hurriedly entered and exited the bedroom.

Li Jiancheng was restless and paced back and forth outside the bedroom.

A loud cry of a baby came from the bedroom.

Li Jing’s wife Zhang Chuchen, the daughter of Hongfu and Li Xiuning came out together.

Zhang Chuchen said with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, the Empress gave birth to a boy, and the mother and son were safe.

Li Jiancheng immediately smiled with relief.

Zhang Chuchen said: "The little prince is ranked seventh. The queen asked His Majesty to give the little prince a name."

Li Jiancheng couldn't help but rub his hands and said, "This... I'll think about it carefully, and give me a nickname for the time being... I'll call it... Li Sheng!"

"Puff..."

When Li Xiuning heard this, she immediately bent over with a smile.

Li Jiancheng smiled awkwardly and said, "Isn't that good... Xiaoqi was born, General Chen's good news came. Otherwise, he would call him Li Jie..."

Li Xiuning said: "Poor Xiaoqi..."

Li Jiancheng murmured: "Sanniang, what's your name?"

Li Xiuning said: "Xiao Liu is called Chengyi, Xiao Qi is called Chengren!"

...

The Shangshu Province, which was formerly Liang Shidu in Wancheng, had been changed to the Xiazhou Governor's Office of the Tang Dynasty.

In the backyard of the yamen, Yang Rong was angrily holding the abacus and making a lot of fun.

Yang Ze came outside the door and gently knocked on the door.

Yang Rong threw down her abacus and said, "Come in!"

Seeing Yang Ze come in, Yang Rong said with joy: "When will the eldest brother come to Xiazhou?"

"Just an hour has arrived!" Yang Ze looked at Yang Rong with a tired look on his face and said, "I heard that you have a very unhappy relationship with your little cousin?"

Yang Rong nodded and said, "No, it's just that the agreement has not been settled, it's not unpleasant!"

Yang Ze casually found a Zhang Jindun and sat down and said, "My grandma Rong, it's not that I'm talking about you. You have made a lot of money over the years, why bother with me..."

Yang Rong shook her head and said, "Brother, you don't understand!"

Yang Ze said angrily: "Don't be mean to force others, otherwise your relatives will become enemies, and that's not good!"

"Brother, just be willing to give me ten thousand hearts, I have my own sense of responsibility!" Yang Rong said disapprovingly: "Don't worry, my cousin will definitely agree to me!"

Yang Ze is not a woman. Although he is Yang Rong's brother, he doesn't know this sister.

Yang Rong is a person with a higher heart. She would rather stay at home for more than 40 years than give in.

At the beginning, I was forced to marry a warrior to be my second wife. In fact, there were two considerations.

Li Yuan was bullying Hongnong Yang and humiliating Yang in this way.

Yang Rong is proud, so she naturally doesn't want to accept her fate.

Finally, she had a girl's dream in her heart. If she wanted to marry, she would marry a hero. Even if she wasn't a hero's wife, she would rather be a hero's concubine.

The warrior was not worthy of her at all.

In fact, in Yang Rong's mind, except for Chen Ying, who conforms to her aesthetic views, no other men can get into her eyes.

After years of growth, especially in mastering the Wu family business, under the influence of Chen Ying, Yang Rong's horizons have broadened a lot and she is very clear about it.

In the future, the resources of the Tang Dynasty will be the mainstream.

Whoever masters the resources will master everything.

Although Chen Ying is now very glorious, he is trusted by Li Jiancheng.

But, how long can this trust last?

Although Li Xiuning is Chen Ying's wife, Li Xiuning is really not a suitable wife, and Li Daozhen is not a suitable lover.

If Chen Ying would support her like Li Daozhen, she would be able to build Xiazhou, Yanzhou and Qingzhou into Yang Rong's kingdom.

The imperial edicts of the emperors in these three states were not as good as her.

Mr. Liang is a fool, and he is the biggest fool in the world.

I live in Baoshan, but I can't use it.

Otherwise, relying solely on the resources of these three prefectures and twenty-eight counties, we can become the helpless existence of the Tang Dynasty.

Yang Rong believes in one sentence very much: men conquer the world, and women conquer men.
To be continued...