Chapter 327 Couple Night Talk

This year's Thunder Ye New Year's military banquet invited all female relatives, and the men could only drink at home. As it was getting dark, Li Fei Yuanli brought two bottles of wine to his brother Li Fei Shouyu's home. Both of their brothers were stationed in Thunder Ye. Li Fei Yuanli was the highest military commander in the Hezhong area. This time, Thunder Ye was reported to Li Qing'an, while Li Fei Shouyu was the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu, Shule's military envoy, and was in Shule. His family was Thunder Ye, but this time he came back to celebrate the New Year with his family.

Li Fei Shouyu's home is in the west of Suiye City. It is a large mansion covering an area of ​​30 acres. Li Fei Shouyu's wife is Qian Niang who was redeemed from the Liyuan Villa. Unlike other senior officials in Anxi, who are generally three wives and four concubines, Li Fei Shouyu is deeply in love with his wife and is determined not to take a concubine. Qian Niang was even a daughter in her two children. She felt guilty and advised her husband to take a concubine and have a child, but Li Fei Shouyu refused. He only said, "I only have Qian Niang in my heart, and I can't tolerate other women anymore!"

Qianniang was moved and refused to persuade her husband to live in harmony and happiness. Li Fei Shouyu's family had bought more than a dozen maids and servants. After Anxi abolition of the slaves, he followed Li Qing'an and burned all the servants' contracts to sell their bodies. The maids and servants could leave at any time. However, Li Fei Shouyu and his wife were kind and kind, and the servants were unwilling to leave and were willing to live with their family. Qianniang paid double the salary and treated them as servants he invited.

Li Fei Shouyu put his family in Sui Ye not Li Qing'an's request, but Lei Fei has the only women's school in Anxi, with more than 20 female gentlemen and hundreds of female schoolchildren. The girls are studying and recognizing words in the school, learning music, singing and dancing, and hoping that their daughter will become a phoenix, so Li Fei Shouyu sent his five-year-old eldest daughter to the school. The second daughter is young and is preparing to send her to the school in another two years.

Li Fei Shouyu was playing with his two daughters. His family came to report that when the master came, Li Fei Shouyu hurriedly greeted him, "Brother, I happen to have something to look for you."

Li Fei Yuanli waved the bottle in his hand and smiled: "This is the best Sanle Powder in Persia. If you have anything, we will drink and chat."

Qianniang came out and she had just come back from the banquet. Before she could talk to her husband, she smiled and said, "You two brothers go to the study to have a drink! I will cook for you hot wine and cook."

Li Fei Yuanli blinked and smiled, "My brother and sister, I will tell you something. Shouyu took five concubines in Shule."

Li Fei Shouyu slapped him in the back of the head and cursed with a smile: "It's really because my sister-in-law is not around, and her skin is itchy again."

"Hehe! I'm guilty, right?"

Qianniang shook her head and smiled, "You! I won't believe your nonsense all day long. You sit down and I'll burn you wine."

She took the bottle and left. Li Fei Yuanli pulled her neck and shouted: "My brother and sister, what I said is true. If you don't believe me, go to Shule and ask."

"Okay! OK! Are you still finished?"

Li Fei Shouyu punched him again, and Li Fei Yuanli smiled and said, "Just make a joke with you, in fact, I took five concubines from Hu Niang in the river, all of whom are as beautiful as flowers. Are you envious?"

"I envy you, go to the study with me, I have something to talk to you."

The two brothers entered the study and Lizhi Shouyu poured a cup of hot tea for his elder brother. Li Fei Yuanli was about to make a joke, but when he saw that his brother had a serious expression, he swallowed the joke back.

"You can say anything you have!"

Li Fei Shouyu turned around and closed the door, then sat down and lowered his voice, "Do you know what the general is doing?"

"Qiro? What's wrong with Qiro?"

Lizhi Yuanli had just rushed back from the river and didn't hear anything about Li Qing'an. He hesitated and said, "I only heard that he went to Hexi to suppress bandits. I think it's a bit strange. Why did he go to Hexi? This is a crossing of the border!"

"It seems you don't know, you don't know yet! The general is actually after it is completed."

"Treacherous minister?" Lizhi Yuanli looked stunned, "Which treacherous minister?"

"shit!"

Li Fei Shouyu slapped him in the head, "I'm talking about the prince Li Jiancheng who was killed in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. The General is his descendant and has been hiding in the Thunder Leaf."

"No! When I took him in the fort, he was almost starved to death. He was not like a clan. Besides, if he lived in Thunder Leaf, he should have been Turkic, but I know that he learned it later."

Li Fei Yuanli had a deep understanding of Li Qing'an's foundation, and he was still skeptical of this statement. Li Fei Shouyu shook his head and said, "Don't doubt it. Now everyone knows it. I heard that even the court has admitted it. The general is indeed a royal family, but this is not important. What is important is what the general wants to do?"

"What does he want to do?"

"Fool!"

Li Fei Shouyu slapped him in the head again and gritted his teeth and said, "Can you guess this? The general wants to ascend the throne to the throne!"

"He wants to rebel?"

Li Fei Yuanli jumped up in shock, but Li Fei Shouyu pulled him down, "Don't be excited!"

At this time, the door rang, and Qianniang said outside: "The wine and food are ready, open the door!"

Li Fei Shouyu quickly turned around and opened the door. Qianniang brought more than a dozen plates of wine and food with her two maids, and brought a bucket of hot water with warm wine inside. Li Fei Shouyu said to his wife: "Go! Just have me here."

Seeing that Li Fei Yuanli's face was solemn, she completely lost the hippie smile like she had just now. Knowing that they were talking about the serious matter, Qian Niang nodded and said, "Okay! You guys talk, I won't bother you."

She led the two maids out and closed the door. At this time, Li Fei Yuanli sighed softly, "I didn't expect that the soldier I promoted to compete for the throne, who would believe it?"

"Now is not the time to sigh. I'll ask you, do we want to take this risk?" Li Fei Shouyu stared at his elder brother, his eyes almost falling off.

Li Fei Yuanli was not stupid at all. He understood what his brother meant, "You mean, do we support him in fighting for the throne?"

Li Fei Shouyu nodded slowly, "That's what I mean. If you support him, we will bet on him for the glory and wealth of the rest of our lives. If he is defeated, we will also follow the family and die. If we don't support him, we will leave as soon as possible."

Li Fei Yuanli touched the beard of the hairy bastard on his chin and smiled: "Brother, I call him a different name than you. You call him General, and I call him Qilang. No matter how old he is, no matter whether he is my boss or not, I will treat him as my brother. Do you understand what I mean?"

Li Fei Shouyu nodded silently, "I understand!"

Li Fei Yuanli patted his brother's shoulder and smiled and said, "Brother, I know you can't let go of Qian Niang and two nieces. In fact, you don't have to worry. Let's leave all our family in the Broken Leaf or the River. Let's work with him. If he succeeds, we will also enjoy wealth and prosperity. If he fails, we will immediately escape back to Lingxi and take our family to the River. I heard from the Sogdians that there are many countries in the West, so we simply flee there. The court can't do anything to us. Do you think it's because your feet are growing on us?"

Li Fei Shouyu drank the wine in the glass and shook his head and said, "I think differently from you. If I decide to support him, I will be loyal to him. I will run away with him and die with him. At that time, Qian Niang and her two nieces will have to ask you."

"Don't say such disheartening words!"

Li Fei Yuanli smiled and poured him wine, saying, "I don't know anyone else, I know the best about Qilang, but this kid is bold and meticulous, and is a person who does big things. I know that he will leave a way out for himself. With Anxi as his backing, he will sweep the world when he advances, and he will dominate the world when he retreats. Brother, please listen to me, we support him. I come to the world and don't do big things vigorously. It's too bad to lose. Whether you die or live, we will leave it to fate!"

Seeing that his brother was still holding the glass and pondering, Li Fei Yuanli raised his glass and smiled: "Okay! Let's not talk about this on the first day of the Lunar New Year, let's drink this glass."

"Okay, let's not talk about this, drink!"

The two of them slid their glasses and drank them all in one go.

At night, Qian Niang coaxed her two daughters to bed, returned to her room, and kept warm with her husband for a moment. Seeing that her husband was a little worried, she smiled and said, "What's wrong? It seems that she has something to do on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Is it true that the eldest brother is telling the truth?"

"You believe his words?"

Li Fei Shouyu sat in his seat and stared out the window in a daze. Qianniang walked over and stroked her husband's head and smiled: "I am a woman. Of course I care whether you are doing anything wrong outside, but I never believe your elder brother's words. It's almost the same as he took five concubines outside."

Li Fei Shouyu put his wife on his waist and smiled, "Tell me, how about the afternoon banquet?"

"Very good! I mean Dugu Mingyue is very good."

Qianniang sighed: "I am a lady of a noble family. She looks so beautiful and has a good attitude. She has handled the banquet very successfully. The most impressive thing is that she did not neglect anyone. She even took care of the soldiers' families one by one. The wives of two soldiers who fell into the battle were moved and crying. It is a blessing for the general to marry such a wife."

Li Fei Shouyu nodded and said, "The Dugu family is a major family in Guanlong. Marrying the eldest daughter of the Dugu family is equivalent to being in line with the Guanlong family. I used to say that he had Wuyi, why did he marry Mingyue again? Now it seems that he is the one who does great things."

"Yes! But my husband is the best, not fickle at all. Marrying you is my blessing."

Qianniang lowered her head and kissed her husband's cheek heavily. She suddenly remembered something and said with a smile: "Tell you, Shi Sanniang and Chen Fengzhong's wife had a big fight this afternoon."

Li Fei Shouyu was stunned, "Why?"

"It's just for the general's abolition order! Everyone was talking about this in the afternoon, some supported it, and some complained. It was normal, but Chen Fengzhong's wife cursed and viciously attacked the abolition order. She also said that her master was going to Chang'an to sue Li Qing'an."

Li Fei Shouyu frowned and said, "Why is this woman so stupid?"

"I also said that someone said they wanted to sue their superiors in public. Later, I heard from Duan Madam Duan that Chen Fengzhong's family had thousands of slaves. After the abolition order was issued, most of her slaves ran away and went to join the army to obtain the land. The remaining more than 100 female slaves also yelled to sell their contracts every day, which made her family uneasy. Moreover, her family had to release slaves before March, so Chen Fengzhong's wife took the opportunity to cause trouble, but annoyed Shi Sannyong, and had a big argument with her, and almost drew her sword to kill her. Fortunately, I held her desperately, otherwise Shi Sannyong would have to kill her."

Li Fei Shouyu shook his head and smiled, "My sister-in-law is a person who has suffered and was rescued by the general. Moreover, her fierce temper is even afraid of my elder brother. Chen Fengzhong's wife is causing trouble at the banquet, so she naturally cannot tolerate it, but I want to know, how did the wife deal with this matter?"

"The lady did not directly target her. She told everyone that the abolition of slaves in Anxi was not decided by the general. She solicited the opinions of all officers above the lieutenant and above. Most of them agreed. Then she decided to abolition the slaves. She also said that everyone had seen the result of abolition. The slaves became self-cultivated farmers, all obtained land, and everyone was willing to join the army to fight. Besides, except for a very few people, everyone's lives were basically not affected. If they were kind to their servants, the servants would not leave easily. Only those who usually treat their servants as cattle and horses, the servants would naturally not have a good life."

Speaking of this, Qian Niang smiled and said, "After the lady finished speaking, she received warm applause from everyone, and Chen Fengzhong's wife finally slipped away in shame."

Li Fei Shouyu didn't say anything. When the senior officials of Anxi discussed the abolition of slavery order, he also participated. It should be said that the abolition of slavery order is very consistent with the facts of Anxi. Anxi was originally vast and sparsely populated, and at least 30% of the people left their household registration in the government and existed in the form of private slaves. If slaves abolished, they could free these people and become self-cultivated farmers. More importantly, after the abolition of slaves, it would attract a large number of escaped slaves in the Central Plains, which would greatly enrich the population of Anxi, consolidate the Tang army's occupation of Lingxi, and enable the Anxi army to obtain a stable source of troops. This was agreed by everyone.

The only worry is that the abolition order would be attacked by the powerful and powerful courts, but after weighing the pros and cons, everyone agreed to abolition order. Of course, the abolition order would also infringe on the vital interests of some people. For example, Chen Fengzhong, whose family owned 30 hectares of fertile land near Kucha and stored thousands of slaves. He was the largest slave owner in Anxi and his family was rich. However, he was a vested interest in the Menglingcha era. How could Li Qing'an's subordinates convinced? This abolition order was actually a disguised rebattering of interests. It was precisely because of this that the main generals of the Anxi army unanimously agreed to abolition.

Li Fei Shouyu had some concerns and doubts about Li Qing'an's ambition to fight for the world, but when talking about the abolition order with his wife, he unconsciously untied his knot. From the abolition order, we can see that Li Qing'an is a very courageous person. It is very realistic to consider the problem. Everyone knows that the slave storage and land annexation of the Tang Dynasty have caused extremely serious consequences. This slave storage wind has also blown into Anxi. In Anxi, human traffickers are rampant. Even the most remote towns have a market for selling slaves. On the one hand, there is insufficient food and insufficient military resources. On the other hand, a large number of people have become private people.

Occupation and slavery have become a major cancer in Anxi. But in the past century Anxi returned to the Tang Dynasty, who has the courage to propose abolishing slaves? Is Gai Jiayun dared? Is Meng Lingcha? Is Gao Xianzhi dared? Everyone is afraid of offending the powerful and powerful court, but Li Qing'an dared. He has the courage to eliminate old disadvantages, break the shackles of unfair interests, and rebuild the distribution of interests. He will naturally be supported by the vast number of soldiers of the Anxi Army and naturally be supported by farmers and slaves. Such a visionary and courageous person is now a member of the Tang Dynasty, and is rightly competed for the world. So what else is he worried about?

At this moment, Li Fei Shouyu's knot suddenly untied, and the worries that had been for several months were completely eliminated. He had never felt extremely open-minded as he was now. He laughed, picked up his wife with a bend of legs, kissed her heavily and said with a smile: "Let's have another daughter!"
Chapter completed!