Chapter 15: Take care of each other (Part 1)

In the third year of Wude, early autumn.

The hot summer has finally passed, but the autumn tiger is still raging. The wind blowing from Zhongnan Mountain has a little autumnal feeling, but it still cannot hide the remaining heat. However, compared to the hot summer season, Chang'an at this time has a bit of a cool and refreshing autumn smell.

The weeping willows on the banks of Longqing Lake are still green.

Lying high in a bamboo building, you can enjoy the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Fang Xuanling sighed leisurely and sat down leisurely, with his legs sane, without any elegance.

The beautiful beard under the jaw moved with the mighty style. He drank a sip of stone buds and a hint of laziness appeared on his face.

"I miss you so much!"

"What do you miss?"

Li Yanqing and Fang Xuanling sat side by side and asked curiously.

"Of course it's the leisure of the past."

Yan Qing smiled, "Actually, you still have the opportunity to enjoy this leisure again."

"It's hard!"

Fang Xuanling sighed, "I'm going back tomorrow."

Li Yanqing didn't speak, and his eyes stared at the path in the garden, as if he was thinking.

Fang Xuanling sat upright and asked softly: "How long can Yangzhen with the current momentum of Jiangnan resist Li Tang?"

Li Yanqing glanced at Fang Xuanling and suddenly smiled.

"If I commanded the army, I could sweep across the south of the Yangtze River in half a year."

"Half-load?"

"Old house, now the general trend is that the Empress Dowager has been supporting her with a female spoiler until now, which is considered to be awesome.

Although the young emperor was assisted by Zhang, he had your Fang family inside, and Yao Junsu, Du Fuwei, and Xie Yingden were all brave and good at fighting, but he was still a little weak after all... Even if you annex Xiao Xian, you would not be able to resist the Li Tang army.

Not to mention the faction within the Houliang, there are many factions.

Dong Jingzhen and others have their own troops, and even Xiao Xian cannot be assigned. Xiao Xian surrenders, but it does not mean that Dong Jingzhen and others will bow their heads. If Your Majesty has not made up his mind yet, he will have the opportunity to breathe for three or five years, and he will not say that the north and south still have the power to fight. But now... Old House, do you know why I disagree with peace talks? Once peace talks, the situation of division between the north and the south will inevitably appear again. At that time, the war will be rampant, and it is not my wish."

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but feel silent!

Li Yanqing did not speak anymore, but quietly drank tea and watched the Mid-Autumn Festival scenery in the garden.

The Sui and Tang dynasties were actually the last east-west confrontation in Chinese history. At this time, the south was far less prosperous than the Song and Ming dynasties. The so-called familiarity between the two lakes and the world was even more abundant... The south was far from the opponent of Guanzhong.

If we talk about the real development of Jiangnan, it should have been during the Song Dynasty.

At this time, the two lakes in the south were still relatively desolate, and Guangdong and Guangxi were even more wild.

The so-called prosperity of Jiangnan is only limited to the Jiangsu region in later generations, and even Zhejiang has not yet been developed.

Moreover, as Yan Qing said, it is not easy for Empress Xiao to achieve her current level by being a woman.

Empress Xiao is alive and everything is still safe.

If Empress Xiao leaves, Xiao Sui will inevitably be in chaos.

In fact, why didn’t Fang Xuanling understand this truth?

But he is now in a difficult situation. In history, Fang Yanqian has not been valued by Yang Guang, so he gave Fang Xuanling more room for maneuver. Now, with the change of Fang Yanqian's fate, Fang Xuanling's fate has also undergone tremendous changes. The Fang father and son stayed in Danyang and lost the best opportunity to surrender to Li Yuan.

Even if Fang Xuanling is willing, he has to follow Xiao Sui and go all the way...

"Yangzhen, will you be the leader of the army?"

Fang Yanqian suddenly raised a very critical question.

Li Yanqing couldn't help but smile, and his eyes unconsciously showed a lot of confusion.

Will Li Yuan let him take charge of military power again?

He himself is not sure!

What is certain is that after the sneak attack on the Turkic mission in Leshou County, although Li Yuan still showed favor with him, he was a little distant. After all, the biggest suspect in the Turkic mission was attacked was Li Shimin and Li Yanqing. Both of them were representatives of the hawks, and their hostility towards the Turks was far greater than that of others.

But what about it?

This incident was indeed planned by Li Yanqing.

However, the person who cooperated with Li Yanqing was not Li Shimin, but Li Xuanba.

Li Yanqing had a strange feeling. Li Xuanba, who looked honest and honest, was far from the stupid boy Li Yuanba mentioned in the unofficial history. On the surface, Li Xuanba only had two assistants, Wang Junke and Liang Shitai. But in fact, he seemed to have some unknown trump cards in his hands. For example, this time the attack on the Turkic mission, Li Yanqing was even more sure that Li Xuanba was definitely not casual.

In Li Xuanba's words, he hates intrigue in Chang'an.

Whether it is the eldest brother or the second brother, they are all his elder brothers. Unlike Li Yuanji, he really doesn't want to participate.

But what is his real idea?

Li Yanqing hasn't guessed it yet...

"Super the truth, to raise the truth?"

"ah!"

Li Yanqing came to his senses and looked at Fang Xuanling.

"Why, the famous Hanyuanjun, Li Wudi, the dignified King of Henan, seems to have a lot of troubles!"

Yan Qing couldn't help but smile bitterly, not answering Fang Xuanling's words.

"I just thought about things, what's wrong with me?"

Fang Xuanling hesitated for a moment and said softly: "Before I went to Chang'an, the Empress Dowager called me alone and asked me to bring you a word."

Yan Qing tilted her head, "What do you mean?"

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Fang Xuanling breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "I didn't want to say it at the beginning, but from the current perspective, Jiangnan will fight sooner or later.

The Queen Mother asks you, if things cannot be done, can you surrender?"

It can be seen that Fang Xuanling was quite reluctant to ask this sentence.

Li Yanqing was also stunned, and suddenly appeared in his mind that Empress Dowager Xiao’s graceful attitude. Back then, Empress Dowager Xiao favored him. Now, although he has deviated from the Sui chamber, Empress Dowager Xiao still seems to have trust in him.

My heart was filled with tears: If it weren't for my father's relationship, would I really defect to Li Tang?

Li Yanqing couldn't help but feel a little confused.

After pondering for a moment, he whispered: "The Empress Dowager can surrender, Brother Fang can surrender, but Zhang and the Emperor of Sui cannot surrender."

“Why?”

"Don't you hear about the sorrow of Emperor Gong?"

Emperor Gong, also known as Emperor Gong of Sui, and King Yang You of the Dynasty.

After he abdicated, he lived in Yiningfang in the second year of Wude. However, he suddenly died of illness at the age of sixteen, which was younger than the Emperor Taizhu.

It is said to be seriously ill, but what about it?

At least Li Yanqing doesn’t believe it! How could a lively boy die if he says he dies?

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but remained silent, and after a long time, he asked again: "Why can't Zhang surrender?"

"Zhongjian's talented talent was the Zhang family dominated the south of the Yangtze River.
Chapter completed!