The Lantern Festival is the most unique festival of the year. For dignitaries and officials, the three-day Lantern Festival holiday is close to the Chinese New Year, resulting in a nearly half-month holiday.
For the children of famous families and upper-class ladies, the Lantern Festival provides them with a perfect excuse for an outing.
Even ordinary people can gather together to hold lanterns and enjoy the lanterns on the Lantern Festival night, feasting their eyes.
Of course, in the eyes of later generations, the so-called Lantern Festival was actually Valentine's Day in ancient times... Similar signs did not appear in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but there are other allusions.
For example, Ling Jing, who entered the city today to discuss secretly with Li Shimin, had just arrived at Tiance Mansion. When he heard someone mention the allusion of broken mirrors and reunions, he turned his head and glanced, and it was Pei Huaijie who recorded the story.
The broken mirror and the reunion refers to the story of Princess Lechang and her husband Xu Deyan each holding half of a bronze mirror after the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen Dynasty, and finally found the beauty of Yang Su and reunited the couple... This scene happened on the Lantern Festival that year.
When Pei Huaijie mentioned this allusion, he was just referring to Li Dewu and Pei Shuying... Ling Jing was a little funny and walked in with a casual greeting. Now he is the closest to the core group of people in Li Shimin's staff.
"Ling Gong is here." Li Shimin, who was sitting at the top, smiled and said, "Sit down and talk."
Du Ruhui on the side asked anxiously: "Are you sure?"
Ling Jing shook his head slightly.
"Huairen is in danger?"
Ling Jing shook his head again, "I have already left someone behind. If there is a messenger, I will report immediately."
"If there is a messenger, I'm afraid Dongshan Temple will know about it earlier than the city." Changsun Wuji said with a smile.
Ling Jing nodded in agreement. He also knew about this. Li Keshi's wife Changsun held a banquet today and invited Princess Qin, Mrs. Marquis of Nan'an County, Cui Xin's wife Zhang and others to Dongshan Temple to enjoy lantern riddles... Since the year before last,
Li Shan created a lantern riddle, which has become popular in the past two years.
Fang Xuanling said softly: "Huairen seems to always take the wrong direction, but in fact he is careful at every step and will not take risks at will, so he should be safe."
Li Shimin didn't say anything. As a military commander who has been seeking death all year round, he could understand why Li Shan wanted to go out in person, but the problem was... I remember that this guy's equestrian skills were extremely bad. It would be bad if he made a mistake.
Li Shimin regretted a little. He had known that Zhang Gongjin and Duan Zhixuan should have set off with Su Dingfang and Li Kai... Today, Li Shan is temporarily in charge of Daizhou General Manager's Office, and among the officials in the feudal territory, he is second only to Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong and other few people.
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And although they didn't get along for a long time, Li Shimin felt that this young man liked his temper very well. He seemed humble but was actually proud. Not to mention his current status and weight, just from the perspective of a personal relationship, he didn't want to see him.
When Li Shan was defeated outside the Great Wall.
What's more, similar experiences made Li Shimin feel the same... It must be said that Li Shan's life experience was taken advantage of.
After everyone was silent for a moment, Du Ruhui looked at Ling Jing without hesitation, "I heard Ling Gong mention the Daizhou Army before. Ma Sanbao is just filling the position. Huairen intends to let Su Dingfang lead the army?"
"good."
Changsun Wuji knew what his colleagues were worried about, so he asked tentatively: "Can Su Dingfang know the inside story?"
Ling Jing did not say a word. Li Shimin, who was in charge, nodded and said: "Except for everyone present, the only person who knows the inside story is Su Dingfang."
Fang Xuanling weighed it in his mind. In this way, Daizhou Army was not biased on the surface, but in fact it had a clear position. As long as Huairen could control it...
If something happens in the future, the East Shaanxi Province side will not be able to catch up. Li Daozong may not be willing to stand on the side of Tiance Mansion, and the state army of that generation will have a place to use... fight against the Turks in the north, and suppress Bingzhou in the south, but I don't know if Li Huairen has done this
ability.
Ling Jing below lowered his head, his eyes flickering. Su Dingfang went north, so he naturally wanted to inform Li Shimin of the inside story... But Li Shan specially sent a messenger to inform him and hid in Mazhou.
Ling Jing didn't know what Li Shan wanted to do. In fact... Li Shan himself didn't think Chang He could do anything in this life, but who knew whether the wheel of history would stubbornly roll over his face?
Before the next battle report came out, there was no point in discussing the Shuozhou War, and everyone's conversation turned to the Southeast Road Platform, which was being rebuilt.
Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, leads the Southeast Dao Xingtai with Zuo Pushe, and his deputy Li Jing is proposed to be the Shangshu of the Xingtai Military Department. The other generals of the Tang army have their own posts, but the two closest to Tiance Mansion did not gain much.
Li Shiji, the governor of Qizhou, and Li Daliang, the governor of Anzhou, may have received some frivolous rewards, but their official positions, titles, and powers have not changed.
In fact, compared with the original time and space, Li Shimin's condition in this life is much better. Prince Li Jiancheng captured and killed Liu Heitai, which gave Li Yuan more confidence. Li Shimin was already forced to a desperate situation.
If the Turks hadn't repeatedly invaded the pass, Hedong came to help, and Li Jiancheng always backed down in the face of the Turks, Li Yuan would have been willing to take over the power and idle the Tiance general.
The bad idea Li Shan gave Li Shimin before he was appointed to Dai County also had a considerable effect. Although it could not affect the overall situation, it secretly spread from Tiance Mansion and Qin Prince Mansion...so that a consensus was vaguely formed. If we fight against the Turks
, it must be the King of Qin!
In fact, in history, if it were not for the threat of the Turks who were close at hand, Li Shimin would have lost power long ago... Li Shimin, who Li Yuan once forced, was about to take off his crown. As a result, the Turks invaded Hedong, and Li Yuan quickly helped Li Shimin...
Therefore, Li Shimin had a strange feeling in his heart... If Huairen won again and again, and the Turks could not be invaded, wouldn't his protective umbrella be gone?
This thought flashed through Li Shimin's mind. He didn't really think Li Shan could fight that well.
Putting these messy thoughts aside, Li Shimin said with a smile: "Tonight is the Lantern Festival, there is no curfew in Chang'an, let's gather together to drink and enjoy the lanterns... If there is no accident, good news will come today!"
Several counselors raised their heads and stared at Li Shimin. Why are you so confident?
Li Shimin said with a smile: "Li Huairen is a man who knows military strategy well and understands the overall situation. He knows how to advance and retreat, knows gains and losses, and plans more before fighting!"
"In the battle of Xiabo, King Huaiyang's brother ignored the advice and attacked rashly. Huairen set off south that day."
"Going to Guantao, Wei County, and Yongji, we fought several battles. Huairen planned and planned, and each time he defeated the enemy's spirit and won the victory with his second move."
"The war has been going on for a long time. If you want to kill the people in the valley, it's just to force Huairen to go out."
"After holding on for many days, a sudden attack was launched. Two thousand cavalry defeated five thousand Turks. We knew that Huairen did not raise his troops out of anger. He pursued him all night. Huairen must have a back-up plan."
Li Shimin believed that Li Shan would not be that stupid.
Ling Jing wrote them down in his mind one by one, preparing to go back and tell the story to Mrs. Zhu... Yesterday when the news reached Sun Moon Lake, Mrs. Zhu was so shocked that she almost left for the north.
At this moment, in Dongshan Temple, Mrs. Zhu was raising her eyebrows and shouting in front of many famous ladies and ladies: "This is the magnanimity of Mr. Yang of Hongnong?!"