No one had the guts to intercept His Royal Highness Lechang's carriage at the gate of the palace. Everyone knew that this was His Majesty's most beloved princess, even more than every prince. Moreover, ever since Chen Xu decided to betroth her to Li Xinchen, the rewards had been increasing.
It has never been broken. Obviously, Chen Xu only feels guilty for this daughter.
Li Xingchen stood under a big tree outside the palace gate, watching Lechang's car disappear.
It was dawn and it was already time to go to court. In ancient times, there was no electricity, so if you went to bed early, you would naturally wake up early. Therefore, when going to court, ministers had to get up at three o'clock and go outside the palace gate at five o'clock. Even in the Qing Dynasty, because
Han officials were not allowed to live in the inner city, so they had to get up just after midnight, that is, at one o'clock in the morning.
This makes Li Xingchen feel scared just thinking about it.
"Let's go." Li Xingchen whispered, got on his horse, and Li Ping followed with two personal guards, while Xu Deyan and Gu Yewang were already waiting at the intersection leading to Da Sima Gate.
Of course Lechang took the side entrance when returning to the palace, and now he naturally has to pass through Da Sima Gate, the main entrance of the imperial city, when he goes to court.
Seeing Li Xingchen approaching, the two people hurriedly greeted him.
In the last reward, Li Xingchen was awarded the title of General Zhenxi and Marquis of Hanzhong, while Pei Zilie also added General Anxi, and Xiao Shilian added General Wuyi, which meant that Xiao Shilian rose to the position that his father once held, replacing Pei Zilie.
Naturally, Xu Deyan also became the chief secretary of General Anxi. In addition, he also led the governor of Zitong and the minister of foreign affairs. As for King Gu Ye, the original Guanglu Qing had been removed and Dr. Zuo Guanglu was added.
The title of Duke Zuo Guanglu is obviously just an honorary title, and the title of Marquis of Guan Nei, and the title of governor of Hezhou, is just a false title like Li Xingchen, mainly because of the subsequent title of governor of Hezhou, which is actually equivalent to being included in Li Xingchen's system
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Although Cheng Feng and Tang Qi also have official positions, they are just ordinary local officials and are not qualified to go to court with Li Xinchen this time. So now Xu Deyan and Gu Yewang represent the civil officials and military generals under Li Xinchen respectively.
Accompany Li Xinchen to the court.
"General." Xu Deyan cupped his hands, and King Gu Ye also saluted.
Of course, the two of them knew what Li Xinchen had done, but they had no intention of getting entangled with Li Xinchen on this matter. The inheritance and continuation of a group from generation to generation must of course rely on the continuity of the descendants of its core figures, and now Li Xinchen's
There was only one person in the backyard. In the minds of these subordinates, it was good enough not to urge Li Xinchen to marry and take concubines. Of course, they would not interfere in Li Xinchen's emotional affairs.
What's more, His Highness Lechang is Chen Xu's weakness, so there is no harm in Li Xingchen maintaining a good relationship with His Highness Lechang at this time.
Li Xingchen nodded slightly and said in a low voice: "Is there any news from Bashu?"
Originally, Xu Deyan and Gu Yewang were a little embarrassed because they were waiting for their boss to pick up girls. When they heard Li Xingchen asked, they nodded hurriedly. Xu Deyan said in a deep voice: "The Zhou people in Hanzhong seem to have made some moves. Wei Xiaokuan returned to Hanzhong and immediately led his troops northward.
Obviously, the situation in Guanzhong has further deteriorated. Now General Xiao has led his troops north to garrison Zitong, but he is afraid of disturbing the situation, so he does not continue to go north."
Xiao Shilian was able to keep calm at this time. After Zitong, he was facing Chaotianmen. According to Li Xingchen's previous agreement with Wei Xiaokuan, Chaotianmen and Jiameng Pass on the north side were not allowed to station troops and horses. Now that Xiao Shilian has mobilized troops and horses in this way, he has obviously already
It is most likely that Wei Xiaokuan will not be irritated, but probably knowing that Xiao Shilian has no intention of continuing northward, Wei Xiaokuan will not hesitate any more.
The situation in Guanzhong could make him rush from Fangling to Yangpingguan in a hurry, which meant that it was almost ruined. Of course, he was not in the mood to care about any changes on Li Xingchen's side.
Xu Deyan then said: "Nanzhong has already contacted several tribes. With Du Qi leading the way, they are very interested in cooperating with us. It is estimated that the situation in Nanzhong will soon open up. General Pei
Send a letter requesting the deployment of talents to cooperate."
"Let Master Pei discuss this with Luo Ya and Tang Yishun." Li Xingchen waved his hand. He knew that Luo Ya and Tang Yishun must be very heartbroken - after all, everyone now wants to split them into two and use them. If they are transferred out, it can really be done.
It is said that he is running out of resources, but Li Xingchen believes that the water in the sponge is always squeezed, so now even if he, the big boss, is said to be squeezing the labor force, Li Xingchen can only hold his nose and admit it, as long as he opens up the situation first.
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"Other than that, there is nothing major." Xu Deyan said after considering, "The summer harvest has gradually begun. It will not be long before a new batch of grain can be harvested. In addition, the last few tribes of the Ba people have also come down from the mountain. The plan is
They will be settled in the Zitong area, while the Luzhou area will be reserved for the tribes in Nanzhong."
Li Xingchen looked at King Gu Ye at this time: "In the future, I will educate these tribes so that they can understand and even understand my Chinese etiquette. I am afraid I will have to trouble Duke Gu."
King Gu Ye immediately solemnly handed over his hand to Li Xingchen: "General, please rest assured, it is our unshirkable responsibility to pass on the academic knowledge of the saints. The students who followed the old minister to Bashu also thought the same way. If we can do our best in etiquette education,
With our efforts, we can be considered worthy of the saint’s teachings.”
Li Xingchen was quite relieved about this. At that time, he had seen all the people that King Gu Ye took to Bashu. The reason why these people were doing nothing and staying at the bottom of society was mostly because they had studied to death. In the words of later generations,
It is said that they are a group of "nerds" and "old masters", but it is indeed a good choice to let these arrogant people with a lot of ink in their stomachs teach those barbarians.
More importantly, conveying the poems and books of saints is a responsibility that scholars cannot shirk, so many of them were very happy to learn that there was such a way when they were desperate. If you know that you can educate barbarians, you can be remembered in history.
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Li Xinchen did not expect these guys to teach any practical knowledge, but by making the best use of materials and people, at least they could cultivate these barbarians' sense of identification with Chinese civilization, and more importantly, cultivate their loyalty to the saint and Li Xinchen.
.This is not a religion, but Li Xingchen still hopes to establish their faith.
If you want to make a nation completely obey, in addition to the basic material benefits, you must also make them spiritually realize the benefits of becoming Li Xinchen's people, and make them realize that Li Xinchen is their great benefactor and savior.
And those imperial students who move their mouths much more than their hands and feet are obviously the best candidates to complete this task.
Li Xingchen was thinking about whether he should write the "Three Character Classic" directly. After all, the current enlightenment reading material only has the "Thousand Character Classic", which is still a bit weak.