When Li Shan came to this era, he had already met many famous figures in history, including Li Shimin, Princess Qin, Du Ruhui, Monk Xuanzang...
These people are always different from the images in history books in one way or another, but this is as it should be.
Li Shan also made many friends, including Wang Renbiao and Li Kai who were close friends, Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin, and Changsun Chong who were strangers to each other.
Among these people, in terms of character, Li Kai, who is unknown in history books, is the most distinguished. He is upright, considerate of his friends, and can be called a good friend.
After returning to Chang'an, Li Kai immediately sent the good news and went to Zhujiagou to appease the Zhu family. Then he held banquets at Dongshan Restaurant every day, during which he tried his best to make Li Shan famous.
In the past, the name Li Shan only stayed in the ears of some caring people, but now, with the advocacy of the direct descendants of the Li family in Longxi, the names of Li Shan and Li Huairen have spread throughout Chang'an... This was originally the main means for the aristocratic family to become famous.
Through planning and bluffing, Liu Heitai's army was in chaos, and the Tang army finally defeated the strong with the weak... Various versions of the story were circulated in the market.
Li Shan's previous affairs have also been revealed and spread widely, but the intensity is a little out of control... If Li Shan were in Chang'an, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to listen to it.
In addition to the fact that the jade tree is facing the wind... Li Shan really doesn't want to recognize Du Ruhui's ability to defeat Wei Chigong and save Wei Xuancheng with his righteousness.
Li Kai, who was waiting for the report from his servants in the courtyard, thought amusedly that the exaggerated rumors in the public were obviously deliberately done by someone to try to get Li Shan to move closer to the East Palace.
But what surprised Li Kai was that there was no news at all from the Prince of Qin's Palace. The Prince of Qin had already promised to recruit Huairen into his army, so why didn't he say a word?
"Sanlang-kun."
Li Kai nodded slightly and strode into the backyard, "Meet Princess Qin, my mother, and my aunt."
"What a good son." Princess Qin was only twenty-three years old. Although she had a stable temperament and was dignified and beautiful, she was not the kind of person who showed off her status. She smiled and said: "Mrs. Zhu really wants to thank Demou properly. Although Your Highness has ordered
, but Demou went south and north, and made two urgent trips, which was really hard."
Seeing that Mr. Zhu was about to stand up and thank him, Li Kai hurriedly avoided it and bowed: "Huairen once said that he would like to work together as friends in this life. If we change positions, Huairen will live up to it."
"Okay, you don't have to do it at home..." Princess Qin covered her mouth and smiled. During this period, Li Kai's reputation for being a friend spread throughout the capital.
Li Kai said helplessly: "This is really what I said from the bottom of my heart. Not only my nephew, but also Brother Xiaoqing spared no effort."
Indeed, Wang Renbiao was also praising Li Shan...after all, he was a descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan.
Changsun looked at her son with admiration in her eyes. Among the four sons, the eldest son Li Jia was too loyal, the second son Li Dahui had mediocre qualifications, and the fourth son was not born to her, but the third son Li Kai was the most praised.
"Come on." Mrs. Changsun motioned to the maid to bring the tea cup over, "This is made by Mrs. Zhu herself. Thank you for your coming and going."
Li Kai took the tea cup and said with a smile: "Sure enough, I bite the tea cup again. My aunt's craftsmanship is commendable."
Princess Qin watched Li Kai finish the drink with a smile, and glanced at Mr. Zhu from the corner of her eye. The woman just made a casual gesture and asked the maid to inform Li Kai before she even took her mouth off... Such skill is indeed commendable.
Zhu...which one is it?
Li Kai sat down and chatted with the three elders. Although Princess Qin was only three years older than him, she was an outright elder.
In today's external news, apart from Li Shan's fame, the most attention-grabbing thing is naturally the war in Hebei.
After the news of Liu Heitai's death reached the capital, Li Daoxuan, Cheng Mingzhen, and Qi Shanxing divided their forces and went north to recapture Beizhou and Luozhou. Tian Liu'an, who was stationed in Weizhou, divided his forces to recapture Dezhou and Bozhou.
After that, reports of the battle to regain the lost territory continued to come to Beijing, sometimes three times a day.
Shuang Shiluo, the general manager of Dingzhou, began to gather his troops after overcoming the Turkic troops passing through, and soon recovered the entire Dingzhou...Tian Liu'an sent a messenger early in the morning to report that Liu Heitai was dead.
After waiting for nearly half a year, Luo Yi, King of Yan County in Youzhou, finally sent out troops and quickly recaptured Yizhou and Mozhou.
Qi Shanxing led his troops northward and successively recovered Xingzhou and Zhaozhou.
Li Daoxuan and Cheng Mingzhen divided their forces after recovering Jizhou and Shenzhou. The latter went west to recover Hengzhou, and the former went east to recover Yingzhou and Yanzhou.
Wei County was defeated, Liu Heitai died, and the remaining troops were defeated by Li Daoxuan and Qi Shanxing in Luozhou. The fallen states had almost no will to resist, resulting in the Tang army advancing very quickly.
After chatting for a while, Princess Qin saw that it was getting late and was about to say goodbye and return to the palace. But before leaving, she said softly: "I wonder if Madam Zhu knows that my father issued an edict half a month ago that the imperial examination will be held in early February next year.
The state capital application list needs to be approved before mid-December..."
"It seems that Li Huairen has not entered the county school?"
The meaning of this sentence is obvious. If Li Shan wants to become an official through the imperial examination, he will have to return to Beijing and pass the examination of Chang'an County Government.
Zhu's expression was calm, and he bowed to say goodbye to Princess Qin as she left the palace, while Li Kai looked puzzled... With Li Shan's current reputation and his achievements in planning in Hebei, it should be natural for him to be summoned by the King of Qin to serve in the palace.
Right?
Returning to the Chengqian Palace, Princess Qin unexpectedly found her husband sitting alone in the study without summoning any ministers to accompany him... After Li Shimin returned to Beijing last year, he summoned his confidants and eighteen bachelors to discuss matters almost every day as a sign of courtesy to the corporal.
the wind.
"Guanyin is back." Li Shimin smiled and said, "I heard that you went to the guest master's house today?"
"Third cousin sent a message that Li Huairen's mother came to pay her respects today." Princess Qin arranged the messy books on the desk casually, "Mrs. Zhu has extraordinary bearing, her tea skills are commendable, she understands the situation in the DPRK, and she is well versed in allusions, so she must
It has a history."
"Zhu..." Li Shimin tilted his head, "Zhu Xu, the Great Sima of the Western Han Dynasty, took Peijun as his hall name, and later divided it into Fengyang County and Wujun."
"The Zhu family inherited their ancestral home in Guanzhong." Princess Qin shook her head and looked at the map spread out on the couch, "I heard that Daoxuan has regained Hebei. I wonder when my father will call him back to Beijing?"
"It's coming soon. Daoxuan will not be stationed in Hebei for a long time." The smile on Li Shimin's face gradually disappeared. Obviously, Li Jiancheng strongly recommended Li Daoxuan to be the minister of Hebei Daoxingtai... This incident still had an impact on Li Yuan.
Li Shimin felt furious when he thought of this, but in the past few days, Li Yuan's attitude had softened, and he didn't even mention the Hongyi Palace specially built for Li Shimin.
Sighing, Li Shimin changed the topic, "By the way, today it has been agreed that the generals in Hebei will be rewarded. Tian Liu'an will be granted the title of Duke of Daoguo, Qi Shanxing will be granted the title of Duke of Neiqiu County, and Cheng Mingzhen will be granted the title of Duke of Ping'en County."
Princess Qin was by no means a housewife who only knew how to obey orders in Prince Qin's palace. She frowned and whispered: "Mr. Cui?"
It doesn't matter if Tian Liu'an is granted the title of Duke, but Cheng Mingzhen is granted the title of Duke of Ping'en County because he is from Ping'en County, Luozhou. Logically speaking, Qi Shanxing, who is from Qinghe County, Beizhou, should be granted the title of Duke of Qinghe County.
But there happened to be the Cui family of Qinghe.
Qinghe Cui naturally did not want to see the title of Jun Wangtang taken away... so Li Jiancheng insisted that Qi Shanxing use Xingzhou Neiqiu as the title.
Li Shimin sneered and said: "My father was harsh on Shandong several times, and the reason was obscure, but my eldest brother..."
The sage Li Yuan was from the Guanlong lineage. He relied on the Five Surnames and Seven Families, but he was also wary... In fact, from Yang Jian to Yang Guang, and then to Li Yuan, they always suppressed the big families obviously, although the effect was not very good.
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Li Shimin also had children from five surnames and seven families around him, including Longxi Li, Zhaojun Li, and Xingyang Zheng, but they were either outliers such as Li Xuandao, Li Shousu, or old people like Zheng Rentai, Li Mengchang, etc. who started the army from Jinyang.
But Li Jiancheng went a bit too far in this regard. In addition to his wife Xingyang Zheng, there were all the Taiyuan kings, Boling Cui, Qinghe Cui and Fan Yanglu, and they were all recruited after they were enthroned in the East Palace.
Especially this time, Li Yuan ordered people from the East Palace to inspect Shandong to appease the people. Li Jiancheng named Wei Zheng and Cui Hao of Qinghe Cui.
Li Shimin couldn't help but calculate the distance in his mind. Wei Zheng and Cui Hao should have arrived at the Yellow River.