Most of the people in Li Shimin's clan were military generals.
This was exactly the case for Li Daoyan's family.
With this military exploit, he can continue to take charge of family affairs, and also informed the elders in Chang'an City that he, Li Daoyan, is no longer a person who relies on his father's military exploits to gain a foothold.
Now he has the confidence to stand on his own.
However, Su Dingfang never expected to leave the Wei Mansion at such a young age.
Zhang Yang sat down with his hands folded, "Can you please send a message to Auntie and tell me that I will wait for them at Qujiang Pool tomorrow?"
"Understood."
I made a simple dinner. My wife's taste is usually very bland, which is very different from before.
With fried meat in her mouth, Li Yue started peeling tea eggs again, and her appetite became better.
After finishing the meal, Li Yue sat contentedly in the rocking chair, holding a teacup in both hands, drinking hot water and enjoying the leisure time.
Xiao Wu changed into a new set of clothes. In the past, most of the clothes at home had a couple's look.
The style of the dress she was wearing at the moment was consistent with the color, cut and needlework of her and her wife's clothes. It looked a bit like a parent-child outfit.
Xiao Wu's hands and feet were still clumsy. It took her a while to put on the apron, and she was afraid of getting her new clothes dirty. She rolled up her sleeves to comb the bear's hair, and then put it in warm water to wash it thoroughly.
The weather is getting warmer and warmer, and every time you wash your clothes, there will be a lot of hair left behind.
On rainy days, sitting under the eaves and watching the rain scene is one of Li Yue's favorite things, and he can watch it for an hour or two.
Zhang Yang sat down aside, "Your father said that I should really read more books about sages."
Li Yue used her hands to catch the rainwater falling from the eaves, "Why did your father say that?"
"Because your father thinks that I am not a good person, so he thinks that I can become a good person by reading books about sages."
Li Yue smiled and said: "Reading can increase experience and knowledge, but it cannot change a person. If a bad person reads too much, he is a learned bad person. This has nothing to do with what kind of person he can become."
"Well, my wife understands me."
Li Yue put the teacup in her hand on the table, "My husband is not a good person."
"I am a good person."
"If my husband were a good person, he wouldn't come up with such a vicious plan to deal with the family members. This is not something a good person can come up with."
"Good people can also make suggestions."
Xiao Wu had just finished dressing up and was about to say go to bed first when he heard the couple arguing.
There are often disputes between teachers and masters.
Most of the time, these disputes end in discord.
At night, the rain was still pouring down, and the empty night outside could not be seen clearly. The light of the candlelight shone from the window sill, and it happened to fall on the sound of the couple leaning together.
Even if it is a quarrel, Xiao Wu feels that this kind of quarrel is very harmonious.
The boundaries between good guys and bad guys are sometimes blurred, and the dispute between the couple has reached the stage of argument.
Finally, under the clutches of Zhang Yang, the argument ended with Li Yue feeling embarrassed and angry.
In the morning of the next day, the rain had just stopped, and a troop of more than a hundred soldiers and horses were stationed in front of Chang'an City.
Su Dingfang and Li Daoyan stood at the forefront of the team. They listened to the decree read by Wei Zheng in front of them, first saluted and then accepted the decree.
Wei Zheng stroked his beard and said: "Two generals, follow me to the Tai Chi Hall."
"Here." They both responded in unison.
Pedestrians took the initiative to give way to the main thoroughfare of Zhuque, and many people walked out of their homes to watch.
Many things happened in Tubo, some details of which are rarely known.
Most of the residents of Chang'an City who were watching only knew that these two generals had returned victoriously from the battle against Tibet.
Su Dingfang was walking along and saw a figure in the corner of an alley. When he looked closely, the figure was gone. He frowned and said, "I think I saw Zhang Yang."
Hearing this, Li Daoyan also looked around, "Where is he?"
"Maybe I saw it wrong."
Wei Zheng walked in front and said with a smile: "Now Zhang Yang is already a county prince, and he has also entered Zhongshu Province as a minister. Your Majesty has already awarded him a reward, so there is no need to worry about him."
"I heard it." Li Daoyan whispered.
In the morning of the same day, Li Shimin awarded the two young generals with rewards. Su Dingfang was granted the title of General Zuo Xiaowei, and Li Dao inherited Li Shentong's title of Marquis of Jiaodong and remained as deputy general of Zuo Wuwei.
Both of them were given hundreds of acres of land and thousands of dollars in reward.
A grand reward means that from now on, there are two more young generals in the army who can take charge of their own affairs.
Su Dingfang and Li Daoyan looked calm when facing the awards.
Li Shimin also hosted a banquet in the palace for the two of them.
Zhang Yang was the first to plan things, but it was these two people who actually did the work.
They had already planned to retire, but it seemed that they could not refuse Li Shimin's reward this time, so they had no choice but to agree first.
The banquet was held in the Xingqing Hall, and several generals including Li Ji, Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin, etc. were also present at the banquet.
By the Qujiang Pond, Zhang Yang listened to his aunt's reply, "Li Shimin hosted a banquet for Li Daoyan and Su Dingfang."
He could see his own reflection in the calm water. Zhang Yang said melancholy: "It seems that the two of them will not come today. I have prepared a lot of words to congratulate them for their great achievements."
Li Yue came over with a scroll in her hand, "What a pity."
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Forget it, let's just take a breather and take a look at the scenery before the summer begins."
"My husband doesn't seem to be disappointed, but is actually relieved."
"Well, military generals are like savage beasts to me."
"They have received the reward. It will probably be more difficult for them to retire in the future."
"Who knows what will happen in the future."
The family was playing cards in Qujiang Pool, and Xiao Wu frowned.
It finally ended with Xiao Wu losing more than ten apricots.
Zhang Yang handed Xingzi to her and comforted: "Actually, I'm just joking with you."
Xiao Wu pursed his lips and lowered his head and said, "I am willing to admit defeat."
Zhang Yang took a bite of the apricot and the juice splashed out, "I'll try to win it back later."
Xiao Wu's eyes shone again, and she said loudly: "Yes, I will win it back."
Li Yue smiled bitterly. Whether it was his father, the emperor, his mother, the emperor, or Cheng Chumo, his husband had never lost at cards.
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Seeing her chubby face full of fighting spirit, Li Yue shook her head and did not persuade her.
In the following days, life was the same as usual.
Lishan has a new project, which is to make wool into thread and use it as fabric. Several women wearing masks are wrapping the threads.
Wool is very fine and softer.
During this period, they failed several times, but this could not stop the determination of the women in the village. They were discussing based on their past experience in making fabrics and needlework.
On Lishan Mountain, Zhang Yang was building a new home alone. After his wife became pregnant, the two aunts refused to let her do the hard work.
Li Yue stayed at home and could only let it go.
Her aunt is the closest elder to her.
Li Tai and his guards came carrying baskets of calcined lime, followed by Li Daoyan and Su Dingfang.
"As my brother-in-law said, it's inconvenient to see each other these days, but they still have to come."
First, he wiped the sweat from his forehead. There was still some solidified mud on his clothes. Zhang Yang washed his hands with water on the side: "I was not prepared in advance, so I was a little embarrassed."
Li Daoyan waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter. I went to see the Prince of Hejian County earlier. He gave me some advice, so this time we came specially prepared. Don't worry, no one will follow."
Li Tai's bodyguard was standing nearby, saying that no one was following him. In fact, the two of them appeared right under Li Shimin's nose as soon as they arrived at Lishan Mountain.
Zhang Yang kept shaking the cattail leaf fan, "Brother Daoyan has lost weight, and General Su also looks a lot darker."
"You don't know what we encountered on the plateau. It was still snowing in March, and it was bone-chilling cold at night, but it was uncomfortably hot again during the day. First there was thunder and heavy rain, and then there was strong wind. I thought it was...
It rained and suddenly it snowed.”
Li Daoyan took over the words and added: "The girls over there are quite wild."
Li Tai took a sip of cold water with an expressionless expression.
Zhang Yang touched his nose angrily, and the atmosphere changed in a strange direction.
When talking to a rough guy, it's normal to talk about women every now and then.
Zhang Yang asked again: "Are you really wild?"
Su Dingfang also nodded, "It's indeed wild."
Li Daoyan said that it was okay for Tubo girls to be wild, and even Su Dingfang said the same. Zhang Yang's mood at the moment was a bit complicated. What on earth did these two people go through in Tubo.
Li Tai shouted to his bodyguard: "Bring the wine."
Conversations between men are sometimes inseparable from women, let alone drinks.
After drinking, the conversation started. I have never seen these two people so wild before. One year in Tubo has changed a lot.
In terms of following the Romans, these two people were also assimilated by Tubo.
Su Dingfang said drunkenly, "That time we wanted to take away a Tibetan woman's war horse, but she refused to do so. She said we could give her the war horse, but she must marry her."
Li Tai said suspiciously: "Tubo has always been poor. Maybe that horse is all her wealth."
"No, they have more than 300 war horses at home, and they keep them scattered on the plateau."
"One family, more than three hundred war horses?"
"Yeah." Li Daoyan nodded, "At that time, we trekked all the way from the Western Regions to the plateau. The war horses couldn't walk through the desert, so we had to leave them in the Gobi. When we entered the Tubo territory, we had to look for the war horses again. Grabbing a group of giant cannibals on the way was not enough.
Then I found their home."
"Did that woman get married later?" Li Tai's curiosity drove him.
"I didn't agree to marry her, but she climbed onto my bed after I was drunk." Su Dingfang covered his face as if talking about a painful past event.
After just one night like this, Su Dingfang got the support of a large rancher in Tubo and had 300 war horses, and then he went to Hehuang to rescue the cattle.
Su Dingfang inexplicably married a Tibetan woman.
Listening to Li Daoyan's story again, the Tubo woman fell in love with Su Dingfang. She was not as reserved as the Central Plains people, and the power behind this woman was not simple.
Songtsan Gampo seemed to have unified Tubo, but he had only been in charge of Tubo for a few years, and the hearts of many tribes did not really adhere to it. The internal governance was unstable and they rushed to start a war. If they won, it would be fine. If they lost, the consequences would be disastrous.
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Tuyuhun indeed won the battle with Tibet, but it also lost many young men.
In the battle of Songzhou, Su Dingfang and Li Daoyan even stole Songtsen Gampo's home.
Incidents occurred one after another, and the Tubo army, which had been forcibly put together, soon fell into civil strife.
When the civil strife first broke out, Songtsen Gampo chose to withdraw his troops, and then sent people to persuade him to stabilize the morale of the troops.
But when Su Dingfang and the others got the help of a large Tibetan rancher, and agreed that no matter how the war happened, the Tang army promised not to destroy any ranch, let alone plunder the Tubo people, the Central Plains people's gentleman's agreement should be trusted.
Moreover, with the support of the clan chiefs, the clan leaders of all parties also started to waver.
Rather than following Songtsen Gampo on adventures, it would be better to follow Datang and continue to run their ranch.
When comparing before and after, you will often choose the latter.
Su Dingfang appeared again. Whether it was a coincidence or not, this battle was indeed very hard, and Songtsen Gampo was defeated one after another, which also led to the loss of people's hearts in Tubo and many tribes in Tubo.
Everyone is re-examining this Zamp.
Su Dingfang added: "Actually, after I met His Majesty in Chang'an City, I wanted to come to see you. However, there are many affairs in the army that we need to take over, and she is also pregnant."
"Still pregnant?"
Su Dingfang nodded and said: "She ran away yesterday. She said she was going to Tubo to give birth to the child. After all, she is a woman on the plateau. Chang'an City couldn't keep her, so she had to let her go. Before she left, she stayed
Words, having a child is the connection between her family and the Central Plains. If there are any changes in Tubo, she will send the child back to Chang'an."
The strange woman from Tubo ran back to Tubo with her child in her arms. Seeing that Su Dingfang was hurt, she also listened to Li Daoyan's story.
We chatted for a long time again...
Li Daoyan was drunk, and Li Tai helped him down the mountain.
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“I didn’t dare to say these words to others, but now I feel much better after saying them.”
Zhang Yang soaked a cloth with the hot spring water here and wiped his face, "What are your plans for the future?"
"I'm tired of this kind of fighting and killing days, and I don't like talking to all kinds of people in the army. Sometimes I think I should go back to my hometown to farm."
"Actually, it's not impossible for you to leave the court."
"What can we do?"
"General Su, does he know that General Cheng Yaojin is also a general in the army? Now that he has no military power, he still has a position in the army, but his life is very leisurely." Zhang Yang clicked his tongue and said: "I don't know, Old Cheng
Does General Su know anything about the family tradition?"
Su Dingfang nodded blankly, "Of course I know their family's style."
"General Su, does he have any countermeasures now?"
After wiping his face with a warm cloth, Su Dingfang woke up and said, "I know what to do."
"Then I wish General Su immediate success. From now on, the weapons will be stored in the warehouse and the horses will be released to Nanshan."
"Hahaha!" Su Dingfang smiled heartily, as if the knot in his heart had been untied, "What a sentence: put the weapons in the warehouse and let the horses go to Nanshan. This is not the situation I wish for."
Both the teacher and the King of Hejian County had warned him to stay away from people in the Wei Mansion, and these words echoed in his mind again.
Zhang Yang saluted Su Dingfang, "I have something I would like General Su to help me with."
"Just say it."
Next to a newly built brick wall on Lishan Mountain, Zhang Yang said something.
Su Dingfang immediately shook his head, "How could I do this? It's all because of you that I got such a credit. It was you who gave me the advice to save the border. How could I frame you like this?"
"Don't worry, General Su. I won't make excuses. I will even accept criticism gladly."