Amidst the chaos, the Shangyuan Lantern Festival in Wuwei City arrived as scheduled. When this military fortress that had never been bright on a winter night, the lights of the city were sang and danced with the people who went out on the streets, causing the whole city to fall into unprecedented joy.

Even though they knew that there would be a big battle next, the people of Wuwei City had never been as hopeful as they are now. In their opinion, with General Wang Zhongsi and General Shen Weitian commanding the Tang Dynasty's army, they would definitely be able to regain Shibao City and completely defeat the thieves.

Watching the jumping children running around the streets and alleys, some of them holding small lanterns in their hands and smiling with their daughters in their faces, this is the first time he has celebrated the Lantern Festival since he came to the Tang Dynasty, which is very memorable to him.

"Hui'en, after the spring begins, I'll send someone to bring my family. When the Shibao City is built, we may stay in Suye Town for a long time next."

Chen Guang looked at Pugu Huaien beside him and said that Li Longji agreed to expand the Shattered Ye Army to 25,000, making him more determined to make the fertile land in the river a territory forever. Therefore, he needed heroes like Guo Ziyi, An Chongzhang, and Pugu Huaien to join him in creating the achievements he expected forever.

"Where is the Lord, my servant Gu will be!"

Pugu Huaien directly sold all his clan. He was a loyal and righteous person. In history, forty-six people from the Pugu family died in the Anshi Rebellion. Even Pugu Huaien's so-called rebellion was forced to a desperate situation, and all they wanted was to protect themselves.

Guo Ziyi smiled. He had already sent someone to his hometown in Huayin to pick up his wife and daughter. Among them, he knew the ambitions of the Lord. He was not the head of the Guo family, so he naturally could not be the leader of the Guo family. However, he was willing to follow Chen Guang and never leave him.

Because he believed that the lord who could treat the people so well and hoped that the people could live a good life was the one who deserves his death.

An Baozhen didn't say anything. The An family moved from the river to the Central Plains and scattered their branches in Liangzhou. He didn't mind following the lord to establish new branches for An family in Suiye Town.

"I'm willing to go!"

Li Bai was silent for a while, and then said, "He was born in Suye Town. Although his childhood memories were already blurred, he had already traveled all over the Tang Dynasty. Perhaps because he was destined to meet this lord, Suye City was his last destination.

"Please believe me, in the future, the Sailye City will be a big city no less than Wuwei, and it will also be a paradise for the people of my Tang Dynasty to live and work in peace and contentment!"

Chen Guang turned his head to express his ambitions in front of others. In his opinion, this was the best era of the Tang Dynasty. Famous generals and patriots emerged one after another. Advance westward and continued to move westward is the foundation for the eternal prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and the eternal hegemony.

Li Mi looked at Chen Guang with a complicated expression. He had been to Anxi and knew that the remote western border, which was full of vast sand in the eyes of the world, actually had beautiful land that was no less than the fertile land of Guanzhong, towering snow-capped mountains and vast lakes. As long as the hard-working Tang people go to farm, it would be enough to support millions of people.

He also heard the Hu merchants say in Yancheng that when leaving Anxi, there was an endless plain in the vast river, where the land was also suitable for cultivation, but it was occupied by the Sogdian city-states that were heavy merchants and the nomadic thunder cavalry. If Chen Guang wanted to use Anxi as the foundation to penetrate the river, it would be enough to recreate the huge territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Although Li Mi felt that Chen Guang's ambition had a faint sense of disobedience, the long distance from Anxi to Chang'an made it meaningless. If Chen Guang could really use Xuanye City as the capital, occupy the fertile soil in the river, resist the food in the west, suppress Tubo in the south, and resist the barbarians outside the border in the north, then the achievements he had made would be unprecedented. Even if he broke the soil and was granted a king, the feudal princes should be.

Li Mi finally did not make any statement. He still wanted to assist the prince in achieving achievements that were not a saint. In the end, it might have to rely on Chen Lang, who was always ambitious to move westward to the river.

...

After watching the lights on the street, Chen Guang carried his daughter back to the Jiedushi's mansion, and saw Wang Yunxiu saying to him, "How could you be Aye like this, just care about taking your daughter to play, but not your son."

"Chong'er isn't Xiuniang, you and Anni..."

Chen Guang looked at his son who was tightly held by Bai Aqiao and whispered, "Isn't it natural to be Aye's pampering daughter? As for the son, as long as he grows up healthy."

"Aye is looking for you and give me Qingmei."

Wang Yunxiu carefully hugged her sleepy daughter, with her eyes shining, "You have hugged her a lot now, and you will not sleep in the future. What if you go out to war? Don't hold your daughter all day without letting go."

"There are also more talks to Chong'er in the future. Anni and I are both women. My son must have Aye's teachings. If we lose masculinity in the future..."

“Yes, yes.”

Shen Guang trumped his promise and then fled in panic.

"Daughter, you Aye dote on you so much. How can you get married in the future? Don't be like Ah Mom..."

Wang Yunxiu looked at her daughter's pretty little face and murmured to herself. She was spoiled by Aye at the beginning and didn't take any man seriously. In the end, when she wanted to get married, she became a tigress who couldn't get married and was almost cheated.

"Ani, why are you laughing at? You will know when you become a mother."

"Sister, I don't want to have a baby!"

Bai Aqiao said with a bitter face. Her sister had been traveling back and forth in the gate of hell. If her little body had given birth, wouldn't she even lose her life?

"Hey, you, so many charming people outside are greedy for our husband's body. But I heard that the Hexi powerful men want to send their daughter to their husband as concubines!"

Wang Yunxiu looked at Bai Aqiao with a grudge, don’t you know that from Chang'an City to Anxi, many women are thinking about giving birth to monkeys for our Chen Lang!

...

"Sir, what's the matter with me?"

"Chen Lang, see who is here?"

"Protector."

In Wang Zhongsi's study, Chen Guang saw Gao Xianzhi with a dusty face. This old boss, who was originally a little fat when he went to Xiaobolu, had lost a lot of weight. He obviously rushed to Liangzhou day and night. Now this vicissitudes of middle-aged handsome guy looks unique.

"Chen Lang, you are now the great protector of Anxi!"

Gao Xianzhi's eyes were filled with relief. He didn't mind that Chen Guang was better than him. You must know that if it weren't for Chen Lang, he would have the hope of worshiping the minister.

After the three of them sat down, Wang Zhongsi even waved his confidant guard back, while Chen Guang took the wine pot and poured wine for the two of them.

In the rolling milky white mutton soup, the lamb as thin as a cicada's wings was plump and sweet, fragrant and delicious. Gao Xianzhi ate several dishes like a starving ghost reincarnated, and then stopped the chopsticks. He rushed back all the way, but finally arrived in Wuwei City during the Lantern Festival.

"Chen Lang, this is the will of the saint."

Wang Zhongsi took out the imperial decree he had just obtained, but the saint still did not listen to his advice and insisted that the prince go to Hexi to supervise the army. At the same time, the prince was appointed as the Grand Priest of Anxi. The other deputy Grand Priest of Cheng Qianli transferred to Beiting as the Grand Priest of the State, which made Chen Guang the lord of Anxi with 50,000 heavy troops.

"This guy Cheng Qianli has made a lot of money."

Gao Xianzhi sighed and said, originally he planned to recommend Cheng Qianli to the court to succeed as the Great Protector, but in his expectation, even if he still won this trip, the saint would have to make Chen Lang take the throne for another one or two years. Who would have thought that the saint was so willful?

"Then the Protector?"

Chen Guang frowned. The prince was in charge of the Anxi Grand Protectorate from afar. Wouldn't Gao Xianzhi want to enter the court? But if he cannot be a prime minister, no matter if he has added other official positions, he will be promoted openly and secretly.

"Chen Lang, I wish you this cup. If it weren't for Chen Lang, I thought that Gao Xianzhi was a remnant of Goguryeo, so how could I have the chance to call you a husband?"

Gao Xianzhi felt warm when she saw Chen Guang frowning for him. Then he raised his wine glass and said, "As soon as he arrived at the Hexi Jiedushi, the imperial court's order came to Wang Zhongsi."

"Sir, Protector?"

"Brother Gao is going to be the prime minister before someone."

Wang Zhongsi nodded. The saint loved Gao Xianzhi and Wu. In order to increase his son-in-law, Gao Xianzhi was promoted to the third department of Kaifu Yitong. He was the right Pushe of the Shangshu Province and the right Pushe of the Minister of the Secretariat, and was the real prime minister who could go to the Political Affairs Hall to discuss politics. As for the Shangshu Province, the left Pushe of the saint was the seat left for him.

"Congratulations to the Protector."

Chen Guang was stunned for a moment, and then said happily that he knew that entering the prestige was Gao Xianzhi's long-cherished wish. He thought it would take several years to reach this point, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.

However, Chen Guang quickly calmed down. When the Tang Dynasty was founded, the Shangshu was the leader of the three provinces. The Shangshu Order was false, and the Zuo Pushe was the real prime minister. However, at present, the Shangshu has already declined, and the Zuo Pushe had to join the Secretary of the Central Secretariat to discuss politics.

But no matter what, Gao Xianzhi's position as prime minister is still solid. Even if he just goes to the government affairs hall to act, he is the prime minister. Thinking of this, Chen Guang looked at his father-in-law, "Brother Yang is the prime minister?"

"The saint promoted Yang Guozhong not long ago, and now he is the third rank of the minister and the minister of the minister."

Wang Zhongsi glanced at his son-in-law, who was Yang Guozhong? If it weren't for the imperial concubine, and the Yang family, who was once a tyrant, could have the opportunity to enter the court and become an official?

However, this guy is quite successful. Although his son-in-law helped him, he seized the opportunity to eliminate Wang Hui first, then check taxes, and get this position by fighting against the powerful family. Thinking of what Yang Guozhong did, Wang Zhongsi couldn't help but feel a little admiration. Yang Guozhong is a ruthless person!

If it were ordinary people, even if they knew that the officials in the court colluded with local tyrants and were greedy for the taxes of the court, how could they dare to lift the lid? And they could also check the accounts clearly. Even the prominent families in the world like Qinghe Cui and Fanyang Lu dared to force the accumulated taxes they owed.

"Brother Yang deserves his reputation as a saint."

Chen Guang spoke, and he finally understood why Li Longji let Gao Xianzhi enter the court as prime minister, which was sharing the pressure for Yang Guozhong. You must know that Yang Guozhong is now enemies of all courts, and most of the officials who defected to him are low-ranking officials, while Li Linfu, the old man, is very bad. He is pretending to be dead in the political affairs hall, and he is trying to put Yang Guozhong on the fire.

With Gao Xianzhi entering the Political Affairs Hall, Yang Guozhong doesn't have to come forward in person. However, in this case, I'm afraid that his old boss will follow Yang Guozhong's footsteps, but I don't know if Li Longji will do something to kill a donkey in the future.

Thinking of this, Chen Guang knew that he had underestimated this saint. Now Yang Guozhong in the court shocked all officials and collected taxes. Wang Zhongsi led a large army to attack Tubo. Once he took down Shibao City, he would recover Shuye Town and go west into the river. This saint would have accomplished his achievements to surpass Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong.
Chapter completed!