On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 556 Luoyang Palace
Zhang Heng and Yu Wenbi first visited Yang Wei, the governor of Yizhou, and were handing over to Yu Wenshu.

Yu Wenshu was relieved of his official title.

"I'll entrust Jianping (Zhang Heng) with the matter in central Shu, and the old man will be free."

Yu Wenshu laughed.

Zhang Heng and Yu Wenshu are both Yang Guang's right-hand men, so they have a deep friendship, he said in relief:

"The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, I'm afraid Mr. Xu's leisure today won't last long.

"Your Majesty still trusts Mr. Xu, and now he is dismissing Mr. Xu just to silence everyone.

"Your Majesty knows all about Xu Gong's hardships, and there will be a time to recover."

Of course Yu Wenshu knew this, otherwise his demeanor and tone would not be so relaxed.

When he left Chengdu, Yang Wei personally saw him off and said goodbye to Yu Wenshu at the city gate.

Although Yu Wenshu was recalled to Jiangdu, his son Yuwen Shiji stayed by Yang Hao's side to serve him.

Watching his father's carriage drifting away, Yuwen Shiji fell into deep thought. He always felt that he had to do something to protect himself in the future.

Back in his own courtyard, Yuwen Shiji thought of Pei Yun who is now succeeding Zhang Heng and worshiping as Doctor Yushi.

Pei Yun was originally an official in Nanchen. After analyzing the situation in the world, he resolutely wrote to Yang Jian, asking for an internal response.

Looking at Nan Chen's demise, Pei Yun was like a fish in water, and he reached the high position he is today.

At the same time, after Li Yuan was buried, Cui Che continued his journey and returned to Jinyang.

Li Shimin and other brothers stayed in Chang'an County. They built a shed in front of Li Yuan's tomb, wore filial piety clothes, and slept on straw mats to express their missing for their deceased father.

Naturally, it was impossible for Li Xiuning to stay in Chang'an, even if she could not have intercourse with Cui Che at this time, she still had to follow her husband back to Hedong, accompanied by Mu family and Li Yuan's daughters.

When parting, Cui Che said to Li Shimin:
"I know that you are filial by nature, but don't let yourself be immersed in grief and mutilate your body.

"In the spring of next year, Mai Tiezhang will send troops to Zhangye, and you will also be 11 years old. If you want, you can serve under his command.

"After capturing Zhangye, regardless of whether Master Yin is dead or alive, I allow you to cut off his head and bring it to the tomb to pay homage to Yue Weng."

Of course, Cui Che didn't let Li Shimin charge into the battle, or take the lead alone, but as Mai Tiezhang's personal guard, accompanying the army.

History is not without fierce people who joined the army at the age of 11. For example, Li Cunxu followed his father Li Keyong at the age of 11 to quell the Sanzhen Rebellion.

Cui Che also believes that Li Shimin's intelligence is good enough to be used, but he is not in a hurry to overthrow it.

This time, it was just that Li Yuan died under the city of Zhangye, and Cui Che allowed Li Shimin to cut off the head of Master Yin with his own hands to avenge his father.

Li Shimin felt Cui Che's love and love for him, and sincerely kowtowed to thank him.

Cui Che helped him up, and Dou who was on the side told him:
"Afeng, your father and brother were killed one after another, and now the king has declared that you will inherit the title, and you are the head of the family.

"Although you are young, I know that you have always been intelligent, and you are a person who can entrust your family business.

"Your younger brothers will depend on you to take care of them."

Li Shimin said seriously:

"Mother, don't worry, the children will take good care of them."

Dou looked at Li Xuanba, Li Yuanji, Li Zhiyun and others, telling them one by one to obey the teaching of the second brother.

The three also nodded in tears.

Leaving Chang'an County, Cui Che did not go to Puban, but came to Luoyang via Tongguan and Hongnong.

Since he intends to move the capital to Luoyang in the future, and use Luoyang as the base to seek the south, it is natural to take a good look at it.

During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Xuan of the Zhou Dynasty, Yu Wenyun, had plans to move the capital and started to build the new capital of Luoyang.

From 579 A.D., Yu Wenyun visited Luoyang in the east, and issued an edict in February of the same year, making Luoyang the Tokyo, and conquering the people in the Kanto region to build the Luoyang palace. Stop moving the capital.

The Luoyang palace was built for nearly a year and a half, and it has begun to take shape.

Before Cui Che launched the Central Plains War, Yu Zhongwen was defeated outside the city, and Sun Hong, the son of Xue Guogong who stayed behind in Luoyang, surrendered the city, so Luoyang City was not destroyed.

Cui Che continued to improve the palace city on the basis of the Luoyang palace built in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the cost was far lower than rebuilding Daxing Palace.

After all, the Daxing Palace was already in ruins, and it was not an easy task to clean up the ruins.

While Cui Che was inspecting the abandoned Luoyang palace project, good news came from the western front.

Due to the fall of Hanchuan, Fangling was besieged, Xicheng County was completely reduced to an isolated city, and the morale of the defenders was greatly hit.

Qin Qiong led tens of thousands of soldiers under his command to storm the city. On the seventh day of the siege, he captured Xicheng County, and divided his troops to capture the rest of the counties. Before Li Jing who besieged Fangling, he took all Xicheng County.

Of course, this also has something to do with the strength of the soldiers under their command. Li Jing only led the soldiers from Luo, Yi, Lu, Shang and other places, while Qin Qiong led the elite soldiers left by Cui Che.

What's more, when Li Jing surrounded Fangling, he was also often harassed by the Xiangyang defenders on the south bank of the Han River, so he could not attack the city with all his strength.

However, the defenders in Xiangyang took advantage of the boats and boats to come and go freely on the Han River.

Without a strong navy, it is necessary to fall into such a passive disadvantage in the battle against the south.

It wasn't until Cui Che arrived in Luoyang that he sent Dou Jiande to lead troops south to garrison Xinye to threaten Xiangyang, and the Xiangyang defenders stopped.

And Li Jing also firmly remembered Zhang Xutuo, the Prime Minister of Xiangyang County, in his heart.

For a long time, it was the county magistrate who led the Xiangyang defenders to harass Li Jing. Li Jing set up ambushes several times, but Zhang Xutuo knew the strengths and weaknesses of his subordinates, and never stayed away from the warship, making Li Jing helpless against them.

Losing the support of the Xiangyang defenders and learning that Xicheng County had fallen, before Qin Qiong divided his troops, he went down the river to help Li Jing.

The prefect of Fangling broke through at night, abandoned the city and left, and crossed the Han River with Zhang Xutuo's support.

The prefect's breakout dealt a serious blow to the morale of the defenders in the city. The next day, the remaining governor opened the city gate and asked Li Jing to surrender.

Cui Che received the good news from Qin Qiong and Li Jing successively, so he was naturally overjoyed.

Now there is only one Zhangye County still stubbornly resisting, and he has basically unified the north.

At this time, Cui Che had already crossed the Gaobi Ridge and stepped into the Taiyuan Basin.

It is impossible for him to stay in Luoyang for a long time. At this time, Jinyang is still the military and political center, and the families of the soldiers under his command also live around Bingzhou.

While Cui Che asked for credit for Qin Qiong and Li Jing on the way, he was not in a hurry to adjust the administrative divisions of Hanchuan and other places, and still maintained the original status. He had to wait until he returned to Jinyang to discuss with Fang Xuanling and others about the specific merger of prefectures and counties. , thereby reducing the number of officials.

It's just that before Cui Che's people entered Jinyang, the letters from the court ministers persuading them to come in continued to arrive in his hands.

(End of this chapter)