Chapter 560

Princess Gaoyang and Chu suiliang left Chang'an for Lanzhou.

Before leaving, Princess Gaoyang did not go to say goodbye to Li Shimin. Although she was also very reluctant to give up her father, but somehow, there was a trace of hatred lingering.

Although Li Shimin fainted at that time, she was also worried and sad. His heartfelt words when he woke up also moved Princess Gaoyang to tears. However, in her mind, Li Shimin is no longer the kind father who flattered her. Especially this time, his attitude towards Qin mubai indirectly "forced" Qin mubai to resign. It was like planting a thorn in Princess Gaoyang, which could not be pulled out.

"Father, I know you want to be a good emperor and a good father for your children. But when the two conflict, you always choose to take care of your hegemony, and give up your family Princess Gaoyang sighed in her heart, "as an emperor, your choice is undoubtedly correct. You are destined to be famous in history and praised by later generations. But as a father, you are so disappointing!" In contrast, I am luckier than my brother, the prince, the king of Wei and even the king of Wu! Fortunately, I was not born as a man, otherwise, my fate would be more miserable than theirs! Therefore, as a subject of the Tang Dynasty. Is lucky and happy; but as your children, it is sad and unfortunate

As the chariots and horses gradually moved westward, the feelings of Princess Gaoyang were mixed up, which could not be stated. For one thing, she was reluctant to give up her mother's hometown that she had lived with for so many years. For another thing, she was looking forward to reuniting and staying with Qin mubai.

"Why can't we take care of both at the same time?" Gaoyang Princess depressed, "so far I still don't want to understand why mubai resigned? Is my father really going to attack him I'll see you later. I'll make it clear! "

A few days later, Princess Gaoyang and Chu suiliang finally arrived in Lanzhou. But Qin mubai has been gone for many days, and Qiongyu villa is empty.

Princess Gaoyang was so angry that Chu suiliang was also stunned. Ask the censor Xiao Liang. Just now I know that Qin mubai's family has already gone north to the northern grassland, saying that they are going to have a wedding with Princess asna!

"Thief academy, smelly man, don't wait for me!" Princess Gaoyang stamped her feet and scolded in a hurry. I decided to go to the grassland to find him

Chu suiliang and others are in trouble. At the same time, they brought the emperor's gift to Qin mubai. They wanted to work together to persuade Qin mubai to return to the court.

But now there is no one to hear from. What should we do? Is it difficult to go north with Princess Gaoyang? What if I miss it again? It's thousands of miles to the north and many months to go back and forth. The imperial court is waiting for an answer!

Just as they were hesitating, someone came to see Princess Gaoyang. He used to be one of the shopkeepers of Wu's shop, but he still stays in Lanzhou. He took two letters left by Qin mubai.

One of them was left by Qin mubai to Princess Gaoyang, while the other was written by Qin Shuanger and handed over to the king of Wu.

Princess Gaoyang opened the letter anxiously and looked at it. The letter said that after Qin mubai let Princess Gaoyang come to Lanzhou, she did not have to go north to the grassland and went west to meet in Gaochang. At the same time, he told Princess Gaoyang that if Li Ke came to ask Qin Shuanger to marry him, he would ask her to pass on the letter left by Shuanger to Li Ke, and he would understand.

"This guy, do you expect me to come back? That's disgusting When Princess Gaoyang read the letter, she felt a lot better. Although she was still scolding, she did what Qin mubai said. She handed Qin Shuanger's letter to Chu suiliang and asked him to take it back to Chang'an for a job.

Chu suiliang was in a dilemma with the letter. He didn't find the emperor's errand, but he only brought back a letter. What should he do?

This marriage is not just a children's marriage. In the current situation, it can be said that it is a political marriage that affects the overall situation. The emperor's intention is very obvious, that is to make Qin mubai become the leader of the military, stand behind Li Ke and fully support him to sit in the East Palace, and take over the land of the Tang Dynasty in the future.

Chu suiliang thought that with Qin mubai's wisdom, it is not difficult to associate this layer. However, he just left before the emperor granted the reward and marriage. It was obvious that he had another idea in his mind.

The emperor and Qin mubai are playing games. What do they think? Where can the chess players guess and understand? No one can afford to break the chess game by making his own decisions.

In desperation, Chu suiliang had no choice but to take this letter and immediately return to Chang'an to deliver it to the emperor.

Princess Gaoyang was so happy that she was completely free at last!

Instead of stopping for a moment, she urged her escort to go west immediately, went out of Yumen pass, and went to Gaochang to meet Qin mubai. Although Princess Gaoyang had always been accompanied by a hundred cavalry guard given to her by the emperor in her early years, the governor Xiao Liang did not dare to neglect her, so he sent more than a thousand soldiers and horses from Guanxi to escort her along the way.

A group of horses, marching westward.

At the same time, Qin mubai and his party went northward along the Yellow River, along the Helan Mountains, across the Yellow River, and across the Yinshan Mountains. They have arrived at the grassland of Mobei, the former habitat of the asna people, at the foot of the present mountain.It's a long journey along the road. Fortunately, it's a tour with my family. All the way to stop and go sightseeing, it is not tired, but very happy and relaxed.

Since Li Ji led the army to put down the rebellion of Xue yantuo, he has established a new Chanyu capital governor's office in the old place of Yudu Jinshan, where the Turkic Yazhang was originally located, to open Yamen and garrison troops to govern the prairie. The Huihe tribe, which helped the rebellion, was attached to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty also set up the Hanhai dudufu in their territory, which was under the rule of Shanyu Dufu. The former chief of Huihe, that is, tumidu, the uncle of Ashina Xuelian, was granted the title of the first governor of Hanhai by the Tang Dynasty, and became the feudal official of the Tang Dynasty.

When Qin mubai and others arrived at dujinshan, they had been informed to Li Ji. Li Ji personally led the troops to meet him and received Qin mubai and his party to Chanyu Dadu's governor's office. After hearing Qin mubai's intention, Li Ji immediately readily agreed to undertake the wedding of Qin mubai and Xuelian. He sent someone to Hanhai to take Xuelian's uncle and sister Xi Yan to the capital.

"Mubai, although I'm far away in Mobei, I've heard a lot about you." Li Ji said to Qin mubai, "I think about it. Your majesty and the Tang Dynasty have not done anything too much to you. Why do you want to resign?"

"Uncle, it's a long story." Qin mubai said, "your majesty and the court have always treated me well. I know that. Although some unpleasant things have happened before, those are not all the reasons for my resignation. I don't want to be so narrow-minded. "

"Why did you resign? Just because I'm worried that I'm going to be successful, and I'm going to stay away from disaster? " Li Ji said, "if so, you really think too much. I have been following your majesty for many years. Which one is not meritorious? But I'm not as afraid as you are! "

"No Qin mubai smiles calmly and says, "I know that the emperor does not harm my heart. I've tried many times, and I just want to entrust me with important tasks in the future. If I return to the court, I will go out to help the new prince enter the east palace. "

"Isn't that good?" Li Ji puzzled way, "you and I these military people, fighting so many years, is not to wait for this day?"

"Not really." Qin Mu Bai shook his head and said, "before, it was Wen who was strong and Wu who was weak. But now, as long as I lead the Kansai army back to the court, with my friendship with King Wu, as well as the previous achievements and the support of many generals under my command, I will surely go flat and clear, and sooner or later I will surpass Chang sun Wuji. thus. The balance of court hall was broken again, and it became strong and weak. What will your majesty do at this time? "

Li Ji suddenly realized, nodded, but did not break the words, just said: "originally you care about the overall situation That's right. You have made great achievements in destroying Tubo and pacifying the western regions. The Kansai army is invincible and powerful. There are many good generals and many fierce ones. After returning to the court, these officers and men will surely be rewarded for their meritorious service. At that time, you can be all over the world, reputation and power. Said to surpass Chang sun Wuji It's really not hard! "

"But the Tang Dynasty didn't need powerful officials." Qin Mu Bai gave a slight smile and said, "and I, someone in Qin, have a lot of self-knowledge. If I want to say that I am not as good as Chang sun Wuji, Chu suiliang and Fang Xuanling. In the next few decades, the Tang Dynasty must lay down its martial arts. I don't want to go back to the imperial court to take charge of the power, but I'm a vegetarian. It becomes a block for Chang sun Wuji and others, and a stumbling block for the literary administration of the Tang Dynasty, which leads to many unnecessary fights and internal strife. What's more, everything is opposite. Today, I'm Qin's early leader, as if I have climbed to the top, just waiting for my whereabouts. As the saying goes, the higher you climb, the worse you fall. I might as well go back in a hurry and give up the power and responsibility to the latecomers so that they can make contributions to the Tang Dynasty. "

Li Ji nodded his head and said, "mubai, it's rare that you can understand so clearly. People who are in the vanity fair just want to sharpen their heads and climb up, but you can clearly recognize the overall situation and the situation, and make such a decision. It's a big wisdom. "

"Ha ha. Uncle, I'm flattered. " Qin mubai said with a smile, "in fact, I have nothing to do, but this official is tired of it. And most importantly, there is no shortage of talents in Datang. Without Qin mubai, there will be Zhang mubai and Li mubai. Therefore, no one is indispensable! No one can do everything! ——When I recognize that, I'm relieved! "

Li Ji nodded with a smile: "no one is indispensable. No one can do everything - that's right! It's very rare for you, because not everyone can have such awareness, especially those who are in power. When people have power in their hands, their desires and ambitions will expand, but eventually they will become slaves of fame and wealth, lose themselves and even destroy themselves. "

"Yes Qin mubai said with a smile, "I'm just afraid that I'll forget myself after I go back to court, so I stepped back early."

Li Ji said with a smile, "I don't think you will. You've seen through fame and wealth, and you're tired of politics. No matter you resign or go back to Korea, I think you will be able to handle it with ease. "

Qin Mu Bai smiles, "why does my uncle's words sound like lobbying my nephew?"

"Ha ha!" Li Ji clapped his legs and laughed, "to tell you the truth, I don't want you to leave here. It was not easy for the Tang Dynasty to produce a Qin mubai. Nothing else, as long as you are here, at least no one will dare to attack the Tang Dynasty in the next few decades. Our generation, old and dead. How many more days? Sooner or later, you'll have to help Datang! ""Uncle, I just said that the most important thing for Datang is talents." Qin mubai said with a smile, "one of the reasons for my going north this time is to fulfill my promise to marry Xuelian. Another motive is to hold someone down to you. "

"Who?"

"Xue Rengui!"

Li Ji was first surprised and then overjoyed: "are you serious?"

Qin mubai said with a smile: "everyone has his own ambition. Although someone in Qin is indifferent to fame and wealth and tired of officialdom, he doesn't want his brothers to follow me, does he? Rengui is a talented person with both ability and morality. There is a saying that gold will always shine. People like Rengui can play an extremely great value no matter where they live, no matter what generation, no matter in any environment. Although he has made a lot of contributions before, he has always been under me. With his ability and virtue, he has achieved more than that. So I want to entrust him to my uncle and let him make contributions under his promotion! "

"Good, good!" Li Ji grinned happily and happily, nodded and said, "to tell you the truth, I've been coveting Xue Rengui for a long time, ha ha! ——It's hard to see a good minister like him in a hundred years! Don't worry, I will focus on cultivating him! "

Qin mubai smiles. He said: "among the generals in Guanxi, Xue Rengui has the greatest ability, but his virtue is the most modest. People like him are different from me. I am too frivolous and arrogant to be scared by the king. However, if one day Rengui sits in my place, he can still rest assured. Therefore, I also feel relieved and bold to hand him over to my uncle and let him follow him. Go to cut off the meritorious deeds of immortality

"It seems that I can understand why you resigned." Li Ji said, "as soon as you leave, there will be no leader in the Kansai army, so the imperial court will not have to worry about the excessive expansion of the military power, break the balance, and then change hands to suppress the military. On the one hand, you want to take care of the overall stability of the imperial court; on the other hand, you want to preserve the meritorious generals of the Kansai army, right? "

"Who knows me. My uncle Qin Mu Bai took a long breath and said with a smile, "in fact, a man's ambition is everywhere, so he should not be honored. Who really wants to be mediocre and die of anonymity? After so many years of hard work, it's a lie to say that you can just throw away what you have achieved. It's just that. After so many years of fighting, I have seen too much life and death, so I cherish life more. If I have any achievements today, it is also made of the bones of thousands of people. In the future, I don't want to use other people's blood to dye my official robes and belts red, especially Brothers who have gone through life and death with me

"I can hear that from the bottom of your heart." Li Ji sighed and said, "mubai, it's hard to be loyal and righteous since ancient times. It's not easy for you to do what you do today. Each of us has his own ambition, so we can't force it. Although I really want you to stay and continue to fight with me to make contributions to Datang, what you said is reasonable. If I were you, I might do the same. But things are changeable. If one day the environment changes, Datang really needs you, you Would you like to come back and continue to work for Datang? "

Qin mubai replied with a smile: "I've seen through fame and wealth, and I'm tired of officialdom. It's impossible for me to come back to be an official again. But even if I go back to the western regions, I can also seek happiness for the Tang Dynasty, can't I? Don't forget, the western regions of the Tang Dynasty were decided, and there was an important neighbor. The state of Zhaowu. "

"Yes. It seems that you did not choose to go back to the western regions for your own sake. If you are here, the western regions will not be in chaos; if you eat big food, you will not dare to invade easily; if you are in Zhaowu, you will always be a friendly neighbor of the Tang Dynasty! " Li Ji nodded his approval, and then sighed, "mubai, you have made good efforts. I will certainly convey these words to your majesty and King Wu in the future. "

"No need." Qin mubai smiles. Said: "please uncle to his majesty and the king of Wu to convey a word on the line - Qin, born in the Tang Dynasty, death is the Tang ghost!"

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