Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 618
After the [-] Tuyuhun troops were surrendered from Wuhai City, everything went smoothly and there was no more war.

From Wuhai to Shancheng, Shanzhou, Longyou, there was no need to go around in circles, and there was no need to fight. It took half a month to travel [-] miles slowly, and returned to Longyou across Chiling.

During the expedition, there were tens of thousands of Tang and Qiang soldiers. After the Battle of Kushan, the auxiliary soldiers were left behind, and only [-] Longyou troops and [-] Qiang soldiers went west. At this time, when they returned to Shanzhou, only [-] returned.

In fact, there are still two thousand riders following Liang Jianfang to deal with the aftermath.

It was late spring when the flowers were still blooming, but it was already early autumn when I came back.

Of the [-] Longyou Tang troops, six thousand or eight thousand Tibetan soldiers returned, and almost all of them died in Tuyuhun.

In the Longyou Fortress, the beacon towers lit up fireworks early, it was the smoke of peace.

The [-]-hundred-hundred-thousand Longyou army also brought back [-] Tuyuhun soldiers, and thousands of nobles and children of the Tuyuhun tribes.

Behind, followed by the mighty caravan, returning with a full load.

Shancheng.

The envoys Zheng Yuanxuan and Tang Jian sent by the imperial court have been waiting for a long time.

The last time Qin Langku Mountain and Mantou Mountain were reported to Luoyang with great victories, the court was shocked, the emperor danced with joy, and finally directly issued an edict to Qin Lang with double banners and double festivals, granting him the post of Xikaidao Jiedu Envoy.

The reward envoys sent by the imperial court arrived in Longyou, but they couldn't find Qin Lang. At this time, Qin Lang had already reached Fuqi City. The businessman said that Qin Lang had already led his army to Dafeichuan.

Suddenly, there was news of the disastrous defeat in Dafeichuan. Some said that Xue Wanche's army from the south was completely annihilated, and others said that Qin Lang's army from the north was besieged. All kinds of news made people panic.

The envoy was too frightened to search for it, so he withdrew to Shanzhou.

Anxiously reported the news of the failure to the Emperor of Luoyang, squatting in Shancheng to wait for the news, this report caused chaos in the Luoyang court, Li Shimin was so shocked that he stayed up all night, and the prime ministers all sighed silently after hearing it.

In the end, Li Shimin once wanted to go on a personal conquest, and was sitting in Longyou, but was persuaded by the prime ministers to hold him down. Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji both said that the situation is unknown now, and the envoys only heard some rumors, and did not confirm the defeat.

In the end, the emperor sent his envoy Zhang Liang to Longyou, and sent people to investigate the situation in Tuyuhun. In order to prevent accidents, he asked Qin Qiong in Songzhou and Li Daozong in Liangzhou to strengthen their guards and protect the borders of Jiannan and Hexi. Gather an elite team and be ready to respond at any time.

He also sent Shangshu of the Ministry of War and Hou Junji, who participated in politics, to Longyou to sit in Shanzhou, gather troops and horses, and prepare for defense.

Fortunately, this false news was proved to be false a few days later. The Longyou Bureau of the Zhenfu Division reported the news, confirming that Xue Wanche had failed in Hot Spring Valley, Cheng Yaojin rescued him, and was besieged by Tuyuhun in Dafeichuan.

But it was not wiped out, and Qin Lang had already led 6 troops to Dafeichuan for reinforcements.

This news made the court breathe a sigh of relief.

However, some people doubted the authenticity of this new news. After all, when Qin Lang sent troops from Longyou, he didn't have so many troops. When the troops were divided after the Battle of Kushan, there were 2 soldiers in each of the northern and southern armies.Why is Cheng Yaojin's South Route Army now trapped in Dafeichuan? After Qin Lang won many victories, there are still 6 people?

But no matter what, the whole court secretly looked forward to it.

The Zhenfu Division also began to strengthen intelligence collection with all its strength.

When the news of the Battle of Yetaitan Beishan was rushed back to Luoyang by Zhen Fusi eight hundred miles, the monarchs and ministers heard that Qin Lang defeated 25 Tuyuhun army with [-] people, and forcibly broke Liu Lancheng's siege, everyone was shocked. stunned.

It's really amazing that this information is a bit too shocking, 25 loses 15, just listening to this title can make people shocked.But even if you read the details, you can't believe it.In a head-on battle, [-] beat [-], and they won.

At the top and bottom of the court, Qin Lang, who commanded the victory in the battle of Yematan and Beishan, all gave a superb evaluation. Li Shimin even took the only information he had to organize a group of senior generals in Luoyang from the South and North Yamen to carry out the battle. After replaying the sand table for many times, he still thought it was not easy to win this battle, and Qin Lang had completely played at the level of a famous player.

Excited, the emperor paid homage to the crown prince and grand master to Qin Langchao, and increased the number of solid food to [-] households before the closure. He even issued a special edict to give Qin Lang the supreme honor of being buried in the Taimiao and Zhaoling after his death.

The Taimiao is the royal ancestral temple, and there are the ancestors of the emperor. When the Tang Dynasty was founded, the Taizu Temple was dedicated to the fifth generation, but there were actually four temples, and the Taizu Temple was vacant.

The imperial temple system in the Tang Dynasty was continued to be used in the Sui Dynasty.

Under this system, Li Hu should have been the Taizu in the Taimiao of the Tang Dynasty. Put him in the position of Taizu, but Zuozhao and Youmu, offering sacrifices to the four temples, vacating the position of Taizu.

According to the system of the Sui Dynasty, five temples were sacrificed, that is, only five emperors were sacrificed in the main temple of the Taimiao. If one was added, one would be moved out to the left and right rooms. Those who won the title of the country, such as Tang Guogong Li Hu, or the founding emperor Li Yuan.

For other emperors, such as Li Yuan's father Li Yan, if the new emperor enters in the future, he has to be moved out.

Taimiao sacrifices, pay attention to the four o'clock sacrifices every year, once in January, April and July. The big sacrifice is once every three years, every five years, four times a year, and once every three to five years. The emperor wants He led all the officials and ministers to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices.

Only five emperors in the Taimiao could enjoy this kind of high-level sacrifice. After a long dynasty, the emperors who did not have any outstanding contributions would gradually be moved to the two side rooms and could not enjoy this kind of treatment.

In addition, those ministers who have made special contributions to the dynasty will be given the qualifications to enjoy the Taimiao, even after the ministers die, they can also set up a statue to sit in the Taimiao.

Every emperor has a few worthy heroes.

And during the four-season sacrifice every year, and the big sacrifice in three or five years, these meritorious officials who deserve to enjoy the Taimiao can also enjoy the etiquette of the emperor kneeling down in person, and all officials also kneel down.

As a courtier, being able to make the emperors of the dynasty bow down is indeed the highest standard in the feudal era, and with this kind of treatment, at most three or five meritorious officials can get this treatment for each emperor.

It has only been ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Although there have been two dynasties, the founding emperor is now the Supreme Emperor. He has not died yet, and he has not yet entered the Taimiao. Give Li Yuan the qualification to enjoy the Taimiao, after all, Li Yuan has not entered the Taimiao yet.

As for the other four emperors in Taimiao, none of them were real emperors, they were just posthumous titles of emperors, so they were not worthy of meritorious service.

When the emperor was happy, he set a precedent for Qin Lang, allowing him to enjoy the Taimiao after his death and be buried with Zhaoling, which means that in the future, after Li Shimin himself enters the Taimiao after his death, Qin Lang will be able to stand with his statue on the throne of the Taimiao after his death. Next to it, enjoy the four-season sacrifice and the big sacrifice, and even after Li Shimin dies and is buried in Zhaoling, his imperial mausoleum, Qin Lang will have a place nearby, and when Qin Lang dies in the future, he will be buried beside him to accompany him .

It is also an honor to be buried with the emperor's mausoleum, but according to the usual practice, each emperor's mausoleum is very large. For example, in the Han Dynasty, a county was often set up directly, and then countless powerful families were moved to enrich it.Moreover, many meritorious officials and relatives will be given the treatment of being buried with them, such as their own sons, daughters, concubines, and even their own loyal and meritorious officials, often reaching dozens or even hundreds of people.

It is not a big deal for everyone to say that Zhaoling was buried with Zhaoling. After all, Qin Lang is the emperor's eldest son-in-law. companion.

But is it too much to share the Taimiao?A little early?
But Li Shimin was so excited that he directly shouted the words that Qin Lang deserved to enjoy the Taimiao after his death, how could he change it?
Ever since, Qin Lang became the first minister of the Tang Dynasty to receive this honor.

Maybe it felt that this was a bit too prominent, so the next day, Li Shimin issued another edict, specially bestowing Hejian King Li Xiaogong, Huai'an King Li Shentong, Dai Guogong Li Jing, Xun Guogong Yin Kaishan, and Lu Guogong Liu Wenjing. After death, Huo Guogong, Chai Shao and six people deserved to enjoy the honor of Emperor Wude's Taimiao, and gave them the qualifications to be buried with the mausoleum after death.

These six are all important ministers of the Wude Dynasty, who made great contributions to the founding of the country. Except for Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan who are dead, the other four are still there, especially Li Jing, who was still in the Zhenguan Dynasty.

The emperor purposely assigned these six to his father Li Yuan, who would share Li Yuan's Taimiao in the future and be buried in Li Yuan's Xianling Mausoleum, which was still under construction.

After granting these six ministers the honor of being buried with him, Li Shimin decreed that Qin Qiong would have the privilege of being buried in his own temple and Zhaoling after his death.

Qin Qiong was not allowed to enjoy his father Li Yuan's Taimiao and his dedicated tomb, but he specifically designated Qin Lang to share his own Taimiao and Zhaoling, which also fully shows that Li Shimin drew a line between Qin Qiong and those few. It was Li Shimin's confidant and important minister, not to Li Yuan.

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji and other confidants, Li Shimin did not immediately give special orders to share and be buried with him.

In any case, these decrees caused a lot of commotion in the Luoyang government and the public. Li Jing fought so much, but in the end he was not included in Li Shimin's confidant, and was pushed to the Taishang Emperor's Taimiao. He was deeply valued and appreciated by Li Yuan, but in the end he was still drawn to his side by Li Shimin.

Both Qin Qiong and Qin Lang were bestowed by the emperor with the honor of being buried with their own temples after death, which made people understand more and more how popular this father and son was.

Not long after the envoy was dispatched, he arrived in eight hundred miles urgently.

Mustang Taiwan victory.

It turned out that although Qin Lang was the decision maker of the Battle of Beishan, the commander was Chai Shao. Of course, in the final battle at Yematan, Qin Lang performed even better. His decision-making and command made Datang win this extremely beautiful battle. In a big battle, Fu Yun was beheaded in one fell swoop, and Tuyuhun was destroyed.

Seeing the victory report, Qin Lang led only 13 cavalry to defeat Fuyun in the [-]-strong Tuyuhun army, defeating the enemy army, and surrendering [-] troops. The emperor and important officials were speechless.

In the last battle of Beishan, 15 broke 13. This time, [-] broke [-] and defeated Khan Fuyun. What kind of fairy battle is this?

Tuyuhun destroyed the country in World War I?

The alarm in Xijiang was lifted.

But everyone was suddenly a little dazed. This kind of record is even more exaggerated than Li Jing's extermination of the Eastern Turks. Li Jing was planning for several years to destroy the country with an army of 18 and hundreds of thousands of civilians.

And Qin Lang only used three months to prepare with soldiers and horses from Longyou, and then fought for three months, and destroyed the Tuyuhun country that was three thousand miles away?
Now, how do we reward meritorious deeds?

(End of this chapter)