Qian Song

Chapter 379 Losing a Child in Middle Age (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)
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Not long after Li Kai died in battle, Li Cun knew the bad news.

Li Cun didn't know this bad news from Yue Fei or Zhang Jun, but from the Wu De Department, the Pro-Army Duwei Mansion and the Military Intelligence Department.

For a long time, Li Cun has placed at least three spies beside each of his sons, and these at least three spies must be from the Wu De Division, the Dujun Duwei Mansion, and the Military Intelligence Department. They don't know each other's existence.

The reason why Li Cun sent spies to monitor each of his sons was not because Li Cun didn't trust them, but because Li Cun wanted to know how much ability they had, what talent they had, and what they would be suitable for in the future.

Li Cun didn't want this either.

But who told Li Cun to have too many sons, and Li Cun was too busy, and had to take care of everything.

In this case, Li Cun didn't want to bury his son, so he could only monitor each of his sons comprehensively.

This time, Li Cun's own sons went to the battlefield, and of course they let the spies around them follow them-some spies, due to their special status, were inconvenient to go to the battlefield with Li Cun's sons, and other spies would make up for them.

All in all, Li Cun has a clear grasp of the performance of all his sons at the first time.

In this case, even if Li Cun didn't want to know the news of Li Kai's death, it was impossible.

Although Li Cun had many sons, the loss of a middle-aged son still made Li Cun feel uncomfortable for a while.

In Li Cun's impression, Li Kai is a very self-motivated child, he is strong in everything, and he is unwilling to fall behind his brothers in everything, so that, whether it is literary talent or martial arts, he is the most reliable among the brothers. The former ones can be regarded as both civil and military.

Li Cun also knew that Li Kai was ambitious, and even wanted to replace Li Biao in the future to be in charge of the Daqian Dynasty.

From the perspective of an emperor, Li Cun must not indulge Li Kai's ambition (in fact, not only Li Kai, Li Cun could not condone the ambition of any of his sons except Li Biao), because this would make the political situation of the Daqian Dynasty very difficult. very unstable.

But from a father's point of view, Li Cun naturally wants to encourage Li Kai and Li Cun's son who is as motivated as Li Kai.

This is contradictory.

In the eyes of many emperors in ancient times, this has no solution at all.

Some ruthless emperors even use killing to solve problems.

Fortunately-

What Li Cun believed in was that the poison of a tiger does not eat its children.

Moreover, Li Cun has a solution to this problem.

In fact, the reason why Li Cun personally went to the Prince's Continent two years ago was to solve this problem.

Li Cun's solution to this problem is very simple, that is, similar to Lao Zhu in history, he entrusted his son out.

But it is different from Lao Zhu in history.

In order not to appear, Li Cun will not entrust his descendants who are capable of seizing imperial power in the "China area", but will entrust them On the far side of the ocean, that is, the Prince's Continent.

In addition, for those descendants who are unable to seize imperial power, Li Cun will not drive them away, but will let them stay in the "China area".

To sum up: Li Cun's overall idea is that, except for Li Biao to inherit his throne, the remaining descendants of Li Cun, who are excellent and can pose a threat to Li Biao's throne, are all sealed off to the Prince Continent far away from the Daqian Dynasty Those who are not excellent, no, to be precise, those who cannot pose a threat to Li Biao's throne will stay in the "China area", or be dispersed to various departments of the Daqian Dynasty to let them develop, or It is to lie flat for a lifetime.

Based on Li Kai's performance all the time, he is actually qualified to go to the Prince's Continent and get a fief.

Just wait for Li Cun to confirm that Li Kai has the ability to manage a fief, and after Li Kai has been fully trained, Li Cun will let Li Kai and other sons of Li Cun who have the strength to challenge the imperial power go to their manor.

I don't want to, but Li Kai will never wait for this day.

To be honest, Li Cun regretted letting all his sons go out to exercise at such a young age, especially going to the front line where their lives were destined to be in danger.

Li even couldn't help thinking: "Is it too cruel to let them be older, more mature, and more experienced, such as waiting for them, or waiting for them to be 20 years old before going to the front line, Kaier will Wouldn't he die young?"

But Li Cun quickly stifled his own idea.

It's not that Li Cun is ruthless.

Rather, Li Cun has already given all his sons the chance to lie down, and he has also given all his sons the chance to choose Congwen.

But many of Li Cun's sons, no, to be precise, they are the staff behind them, and they have already guessed that Li Cun will entrust his sons who are capable of competing for the crown prince.

One of the conditions for being entrusted by Li Cun is likely to have the experience of serving in the army.

Li Cun admitted that the counselors around his sons almost guessed his thoughts.

Yes.

Joining the army is not absolute - if some of Li Cun's sons (including some of Li Cun's grandsons) are outstanding in martial arts and intend to challenge Li Biao's crown prince, Li Cun will also accept It is sealed out.

But the road of joining the army is indeed a shortcut to enfeoffment.

Li Cun will not let his children and grandchildren who want to go out to fight are lambs. If they are really lambs, they will eat and die in the "China area". Why go out and suffer, and since they have chosen the road of being king , you must have the power to protect yourself, otherwise you will be killed by others sooner or later.

Therefore, the children and grandchildren of Li Cun who have served in the army and performed outstandingly in the army, and who can frighten the soldiers under him, must be a huge plus for entrustment.

Of course, this is definitely not the only condition. A simple martial artist has only force and no brains, and it is impossible for Li Cun to entrust him out.

In short, despite the large territory of the Prince's Continent, it is impossible for Li Cun to do the same thing.

Entrusting unsuitable children and grandchildren will only harm others and themselves.

Moreover, those descendants and grandchildren of Li Cun who did not get the chance to enfeoff will not be convinced either.

As for why Li Cun released Li Kai and others to screen and train them when they were still so young?
That's because Li Cun was afraid that something unexpected would happen, which made it too late for him to do these things well.

Yes.

Li Cun is only 35 years old now, and he is in the prime of his life.

Moreover, Li Cun's health is also very good, Yeyu three or five women are not tired, and they don't seem to be short-lived at all.

The key point is that Li Cun's current control over the Daqian Dynasty has reached the point where he can do whatever he wants, and he can arrange his children and grandchildren as he wants.

But the problem is that the level of medical care in this era is not high, so that the average life expectancy of people in this era is less than 40 years old.

Furthermore, Li Cun is really a bit indulgent.

Therefore, Li Cun can't guarantee whether he will die in the belly of a certain woman one day like the official Ximen did.

More importantly, it is not something that can be done in a short period of time, whether it is to cultivate the prince or the son who is entrusted.

And once Li Cun's action is too late, in case Li Cun has another accident, Li Cun's successors to the throne and those ministers of civil and military affairs who seek stability in the Daqian Dynasty will follow Li Cun's last wish to kill those who threaten the throne. Are all the children and grandchildren entrusted out?
Will there be such a situation by then?
Li Cun's successor to the throne, in order to prevent future troubles, under the advice of some vicious ministers, killed all Li Cun's descendants, just like Hu Hai killed all his 33 brothers and sisters?
If Li Cun's successor to the throne really chooses this path of disapproval, regardless of Li Cun's many descendants, he will definitely be able to kill them all.

What's even more frightening is that if Li Cun's successor to the throne doesn't kill only Li Cun's descendants, then Li Cun's other descendants will be forced to rebel.

On the contrary, if Li Cun succeeded in assigning some of his children and grandchildren to the Prince Continent, then even if Li Cun's successor to the throne is "Hu Hai", he would never dare to act rashly, otherwise Li Cun's children and grandchildren who were assigned will definitely join forces. Get up and kill the "Qing Jun side".

All in all, in order not to cause brothers and nephews to kill each other, and to prevent the Dagan Dynasty from dying like the Qin Dynasty, Li Cun must make arrangements early and not give accidents any chance.

After all, even Li Cun doesn't know which will come first, tomorrow or the accident.

By the way, Yue Yun, the son of Yue Fei, joined the army at the age of 12, and at the age of [-] or [-], he became a "winner" praised by everyone in the army, and became an important general in the Yue family army. There are still such figures in history. A lot, since Yue Yun and those young people who became famous can do this, why can't Li Cun's son do this?
Li Cun's son is just an ordinary person?

Since you are just an ordinary person, don't have the ambition to go out and become a king.

How can a person who wants to feud a land and become a king himself be an ordinary person? !
If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight!
After the grief, Li Cun made a decree to make Li Kai the king of Jin, and promoted Li Kai's mother Sheng Xia to be a virtuous concubine, and ordered the clan's family to draw up a generous pension for Li Kai's wife Sun and only son Li Yuncan.

King titles can be roughly divided into names based on country names (that is, the so-called one-character king) and county names (that is, the so-called two-character king).

Yiziwang is the king and prince. The name of the country basically comes from the name of the country in the Spring and Autumn Period. Generally, the four titles of "Qin, Jin, Qi, and Chu" are the most honorable, because these four titles represent the most powerful country in the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period. Next, there are "Zhou, Lu, Zhao, Wei, Liang, Yan, Dai, Han, Song, Wu, Yue" and other next grades, and most of the titles of later dynasties also come from these titles.

King of Jin: The person of Jin, Yari Ye, is quite like a prince. In history, the position of King Jin was the last to be the emperor with the most people.

Not to mention the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty, both dynasties were named "Jin".

Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, was once the king of Jin.

Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, was named King of Jin in the fifth year of Zhenguan.

Guo Wei rebelled against the Later Han and established himself in the Later Zhou Dynasty. He made his wife and nephew Chai Rong the King of Jin.

Zhao Guangyi, the second emperor of the Song Dynasty, participated in the Chenqiao mutiny, supported his brother Zhao Kuangyin as emperor, and named him King of Jin.

Wait, wait, wait... There are still many people who have been named King Jin in history, and most of them are very distinguished, even more noble than other people who have the title of King in the same period.

Li Cun bestowed the noble title of "King of Jin" on Li Kai, the first prince who died in battle. This was not only to compensate Li Kai, who was very ambitious during his lifetime, but also to show his other sons that this throne had With blood, you even have to pay the price of your life to get it, so be careful!careful! !Be careful! ! !
After the imperial decree was issued, Li Cun said: "Show me..."

At this time, Li Cun remembered that he didn't know which palace Sheng Xia lived in.

There is no way, Li Cun has too many women.

For many concubines who are not loved by Li Cun, it is quite normal that Li Cun will not be allowed to leave again in three to five years.

There are even many concubines who have not been allowed to leave Li Cun again for ten or eight years.

Li Cun even forgot how many years had passed since his last trip to Midsummer.

Since I moved the capital from Tokyo back to Nanjing, I haven't been to Midsummer anymore?
No.

It seems that after I moved the capital from Nanjing to Tokyo, I haven't been to Midsummer anymore?
I really can't remember.

Naturally, Li Cun didn't know where Sheng Xia lived.

So Li Cun changed his words again: "Go to Concubine Sheng Xian."

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When Sheng Xia learned from the female servant that Li Cun, who hadn't been to her place for almost ten years, wanted to come to her, she was overjoyed.

Sheng Xia hurriedly found her sister Sheng Qiu and her niece, Sheng Zheng's daughter Sheng Lan, announced the good news to them, and asked the two of them to prepare for bedtime.

Sheng Qiu entered the palace eight years ago, let alone she has never met Li Cun.

See, Sheng Qiu must have seen Li Cun from afar.

But the purpose of Sheng Qiu's entry into the palace was not to take a look at Li Cun from a distance, but to help her sister Sheng Xia fight for a position in the harem, and to help the Sheng family occupy a place in the harem.

But since Shengqiu entered the palace, Li Cun has never been here in Shengxia, letting Shengqiu waste his youth, from a 14-year-old girl to a 22-year-old "old virgin".

Regarding this, Sheng Qiu undoubtedly had some grudges.

But what about resentment?
The princes and grandsons follow in the footsteps, and the green beads weep and drop the scarves.As soon as Hou Men entered Deep Like the Sea, Xiao Lang was a passerby from then on.

Sheng Qiu, who came to the harem, could only do her best to help her sister Sheng Xia compete for favor. She wanted to help her sister Sheng Xia seduce Li Cun to their palace first, and then she would find a chance to climb into Li Cun's bed. Seduce Li Cunchang to come to their palace.

In order to achieve this goal, Sheng Qiu, who is not very good at sports, even practiced several sports in order to make his way on the field or to attract Li Cun's attention on the field.

It's a pity that Sheng Qiu failed in the end. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't attract Li Cun's attention. She could only wait patiently for Li Cun to flip her brand.

Later, I saw that the two sisters, Sheng Xia and Sheng Qiu, had struggled for so many years without any results.

The Sheng family also brought the most beautiful young girl of the Sheng family, Sheng Lan, into the palace.

In addition to being beautiful, Sheng Lan is also the daughter of Li Cunai's general Sheng Zheng.

The Sheng family thought that Sheng Lan would definitely win a place in Li Cun's harem.

Who would have thought that Li Cun acted in his own harem, doing whatever he wanted, regardless of whose daughter it was.

——Of course, this is also because too many daughters of the ministers of the Daqian Dynasty have entered Li Cun's harem, and Li Cun really can't take care of them or pamper them.

So, not to mention Sheng Zheng's daughter, even the daughters of Lu Jiang, Li Gang, and Chen Yun, in Li Cun's harem, don't have any preferential treatment, and Li Cun only remembered it before leaving. Can't remember, they have to be like other women, waiting for Li Cun to play with new women, and slowly turn over their cards.

Therefore, Sheng Lan has been in Li Cun's harem for two years, and like Sheng Qiu, she did not get the chance to be taken away by Li Cun.

Who would have thought that when Sheng Xia, Sheng Qiu, Sheng Lan and other women in their palace thought that the Sheng family would not make any achievements in Li Cun's harem, Li Cun came to their palace by himself.

Sheng Xia, Sheng Qiu, and Sheng Lan hurriedly dressed up, put on their most beautiful clothes, and asked their maids to tidy up their palace quickly.

But before Midsummer, Shengqiu and Shenglan are ready, Li Cun's holy driver will arrive.

There was no other way, Sheng Xia, Sheng Qiu, and Sheng Lan could only pick them up with their maids in some disheveled clothes.

When Sheng Xia, Sheng Qiu, and Sheng Lan were worried that Li Cun would walk away because of their disheveled clothes, Li Cun was also looking at Sheng Xia and thinking about the scene when he and Sheng Xia met for the first time.

In midsummer at that time, there was still a little baby fat on my face.

In midsummer at that time, although she was not very old, she was already a bit charming.

At that time, Midsummer was already a bit scheming, and Li Cun didn't like such a woman very much, so after playing a few times, Li Cun was no longer interested in Shengxia.

Now, ten years have passed.

The baby fat on Sheng Xia's face has completely disappeared, replaced by a delicate face like a vixen, and she seems to have become more coquettish.

Although Sheng Xia already has a son who is almost 15 years old, she is actually only 30 years old, a half-aged mistress, and it is the time when a woman is most charming.

In addition, I haven't touched Midsummer for many years.

Li Cun should have a good feeling for Midsummer.

But at this time, Li Cun really had no idea about Sheng Xia.

Li Cun walked up to Sheng Xia, stretched out his hand and held Sheng Xia tightly in his arms.

At first, Midsummer was happy!
Not only did Li Cun not get angry because of their disheveled clothes, but he also hugged her in his arms in front of so many people.

Of course, what made Sheng Xia even more happy was that Li Cun did not come for Sheng Lan, but for her.

Sheng Xia even shed tears of emotion: "The officials have not forgotten me!"

But as Li Cun held Shengxia for a long time and didn't let go, Shengxia suddenly had a very bad feeling.

After hesitating for a while, Sheng Xia asked softly: "Guan, what happened?"

Li Cun tightened his hands, making sure that Sheng Xia would not fall, and then said softly to Sheng Xia: "Kai'er... died in battle..."

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