Traveling across the heavens starting from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 89 Li Xueyan appeared in advance
"Cousin, is this the eldest brother-in-law's Shouchang County Duke's Mansion?"

Li Xueyan, who was following Li Lizhi, kept observing the environment in the Shouchang County Duke's mansion, and was full of curiosity about this mysterious Shouchang County Duke in the Tang Dynasty, who was also her eldest brother-in-law.

A nobleman of the Tang Dynasty, the royal consort.

But he did not participate in royal activities, nor did he interact with the nobles of the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an City.

Start by showing up.

Duke Shouchang rarely appears in the outside world. Only some legends about Duke Shouchang have leaked out, and there are also some incredible deeds.

handed down.

There are many changes in Chang'an City, and behind them are the shadows of Duke Shouchang.

Thinking of the purpose of coming to the Shouchang County Duke's Mansion with my cousin today, I felt a bit uneasy. I didn't know whether it would succeed, whether the elder brother-in-law would be nice to talk to, and whether he would be able to help.

"Yes, the colored glaze jewelry and the colored glaze mirror in your boudoir were bought from the Glazed Pavilion, or they are the property of the Shouchang County Government."

"And the pastries from Mi Xianfang that you often like to eat are actually from the kitchen of Shouchang County Duke's Mansion."

"There are a lot more."

Li Lizhi was afraid that Li Xueyan would be too nervous when she came to the Shouchang County Palace for the first time, so she talked a lot about Li Huaian in order to ease her sister's mood.

"Xue Yan, don't worry. Your brother Huai'an is easy to talk to. Uncle Wang can't tell my father about your matters. If there is anyone in the Tang Dynasty who dares to openly oppose my father, it must be Brother Huai’an.”

"He doesn't bother to follow any of the rules at Father's house."

Speaking of it.

Li Lizhi seemed to have thought of something and covered her mouth with a smile.

"Ah, my eldest brother-in-law dares to go against the saint?"

Li Xueyan opened her mouth slightly, very surprised, and her heart was full of shock at this eldest brother-in-law whom she had never met before. It was hard to imagine what kind of person he was who could not be afraid of the saint.

Even her father must be respectful when meeting the saint.

"Okay, the maid in the mansion said that Brother Huai'an is in the garden of the inner house, and the yard in front is the garden."

When Li Xueyan was thinking wildly.

Li Lizhi gestured to the yard in front, which was the destination.

"Cousin, are you here?"

Li Xueyan came back to her senses and looked at the door leading to the yard, feeling suddenly a little nervous.

"Brother Huai'an, Sister Ruoqiu."

Li Lizhi came to the garden and found Li Huaian. Seeing that Li Ruoqiu was there, she said hello to the two of them, and found a recliner next to them out of habit and sat down, greeting Li Xueyan beside her.

"Xueyan, come and sit next to me. If you want to eat the food on this table, you can take it yourself. You don't have to follow the rules here. Brother Huai'an doesn't like rules very much."

"Brother Huai'an, this is one of my cousins, the daughter of King Rencheng."

"Xue Yan has met the eldest brother-in-law, no, he is Duke Shouchang."

Li Xueyan looked at Li Huaian in a panic and glanced at him while talking.

"No, you can call me elder brother-in-law. Just let outsiders call you Shouchang County Duke. You are Changle's sister, and you and I are family."

Li Huaian waved his hand towards Li Xueyan and motioned for him to sit down.

At the same time, I thought about it in my mind.

King Rencheng should be Li Daozong's daughter.

I don’t know why Li Lizhi brought Li Daozong’s daughter to him.

"Brother Huai'an, there is something I want to ask you for help with."

Because of the relationship with Li Huaian.

Li Lizhi didn't make any preparations. After introducing Li Xueyan to Li Huaian, she straightforwardly stated the purpose of her visit today.

"Some time ago, Tubo sent an envoy. I met my father. The envoy who led the envoy was"

"Lu Dongzan?"

Li Huaian looked at Li Lizhi and answered first.

"Brother Huai'an, are you paying attention to this Tibetan mission coming to Chang'an City?"

Li Lizhi looked surprised.

Even Li Xueyan, who wanted to eat the dessert on the table but was a little embarrassed, showed a happy expression when he heard that Li Huaian was paying attention to the Tibetan mission.

Li Huaian shook his head.

"No, it's just that I can read some news from the chamber of commerce, so I naturally know some things about Tibet, and I also know a little bit about the Tibetan delegation coming to Chang'an City."

"Attention is out of the question."

"That's it."

Li Lizhi was not disappointed and continued to talk about the Tibetan mission.

"As soon as the envoy Lu Dongzan saw his father, he immediately proposed marriage to his father and wanted to marry a princess of the Tang Dynasty on behalf of the Tibetan Zanpu named Songtsen Gampo."

"WTF?"

After hearing this, Li Huaian stood up from his chair.

"Li Shimin doesn't want to break the agreement between me and him, regret the marriage, and marry you to Tubo, right?"

It's no wonder he reacted so strongly.

Because of his impression, the Tang Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty world has largely deviated from the development trajectory of the Tang Dynasty in the history of the main world.

At least Princess Li Lizhi of Changle did not marry Changsun Chong, nor did she marry in the seventh year of Zhenguan.

Instead, he planned to wait until he was 15 years old before marrying into his Shouchang County Duke's mansion.

In this case, it is difficult to guarantee that Li Shimin would want to choose a daughter of the right age to marry Songtsen Gampo of Tubo for the sake of Tian Khan's false reputation.

"Brother Huai'an, what are you talking about? I'm already engaged to you. I'm going to marry into the Shouchang County government next year at the latest. Do you want me to marry to Tubo?"

"Also, how can you call your father by his first name?"

Hearing Li Huaian's words.

Li Lizhi felt a little dissatisfied and wanted to hit Li Huaian with the fan in her hand to relieve her anger.

"It's not you, that's fine, otherwise I'll go into the palace to talk to the saint right now."

Hearing that Li Shimin was not planning to marry his biological daughter to Songtsen Gampo of Tubo, Li Huaian was instantly relieved, sat back on the chair, and glanced at the stunned Li Xueyan.

Li Xueyan was indeed shocked.

Who would have thought that the eldest brother-in-law in front of him would dare to call the saint by his name and even want to enter the palace to argue with the saint.

terrible.

"Of course it's not me. My father wants to marry Uncle Rencheng's daughter, Sister Xueyan, to Tubo."

Li Lizhi took Li Xueyan's hand next to her and asked Li Huaian.

"So today I brought Xueyan to see Brother Huai'an. I want Brother Huai'an to persuade my father to see if I can stop the marriage, or if there are any other ways to prevent Xueyan from marrying to Tubo. "

"Big Brother"

"Um"

Li Huaian pondered for a moment and suddenly said: "The saint really has something wrong with his brain. Let a little girl marry to Tubo. Is this far away and the environment in Tubo something that anyone can think of?"

I really didn’t expect that because of his intervention, the history of the Tang Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty world and the Tang Dynasty in the main world would deviate so much. The deviation was so great that Tubo came to the Tang Dynasty to propose marriage to the Tang Dynasty several years in advance. "Brother Huai'an, my father also thinks about the Tang Dynasty. You can't say that about my father."

Seeing Li Huaian complaining about his father's fault, Li Lizhi quickly defended Li Shimin and explained the helplessness of an emperor.

Li Huaian didn't refute either.

Instead, he looked at Li Xueyan aside.

"Xueyan, as your eldest brother-in-law, I can be considered a family member. I would like to ask your opinion on this matter. Do you want to marry to Tubo?"

"Brother-in-law, I definitely don't want to."

Li Xueyan blurted out without any hesitation.

then.

He muttered again.

"I heard that it's hard to breathe in Tubo, and it's hard for a woman to live in Tubo. It's not as prosperous as Chang'an City. The key is that Tubo people don't bathe all year round, and they smell all over their bodies. I don't want to marry into Tubo."

"That's true."

Li Huaian heard Li Xueyan's muttering and agreed very much. Altitude sickness is not a joke. It can really kill people if it goes wrong.

"Brother Huai'an, can you help Xueyan in any way?"

Li Li asked curiously.

Li Xueyan also showed expectant eyes. Li Huaian, the eldest brother-in-law, may be her only hope to get rid of the marriage with Tubo.

for this kind of thing.

Li Huaian did not tease Li Lizhi, and Li Xueyan nodded directly.

"Since Changle came to me with Xueyan, and Xueyan called me eldest brother-in-law, if I don't care about this matter, how can I let Xueyan call me eldest brother-in-law."

"But my father has already intentionally agreed to the marriage with Tubo, otherwise the rumor of Xue Yan marrying Tubo would not have been spread. I also saw on my father's desk that my father wanted to win over Tubo in order to restrain himself."

"Don't worry about any of this."

Li Huaian interrupted Li Lizhi who wanted to reveal Li Shimin's strategic operations in Tubo and asked.

"You just need to tell me that when Lu Dongzan proposed to the saint, did he also mention the princess's dowry to the saint, asking the princess to marry agricultural personnel and many craftsmen to Tubo?"

"There is such a thing."

Li Lizhi nodded and saw that Li Huaian asked about this matter alone, not knowing why.

"Brother Huai'an, is there any problem here?"

There should be nothing wrong with a princess marrying some farmers and craftsmen.

It even looks a little shabby.

Li Huaian said nothing.

Because he knows.

In ancient times, the upper class, whether it was the emperor or the ministers in the court, generally did not pay much attention to the craftsmen who mastered the technology, and they were very indifferent.

I always feel that craftsmen belong to a lowly profession and are not as important as studying.

If Ludong praised and asked for books such as the Four Books and Five Classics, the lifeblood of the literati, I am afraid that the entire court would pay attention to it and think about the intentions of Tubo's move.

But just some craftsmen.

These literati who read the books of sages don’t care much.

"Don't worry, no matter what happens, what happens next is not something you two girls should worry about. I will be there for everything, so you two can rest assured."

Li Huaian comforted Li Lizhi and Li Xueyan.

"Xueyan, thank you, eldest brother-in-law."

Seeing that things had turned around, Li Xueyan immediately stood up happily. Wanfu expressed his gratitude, and even looked at Li Huaian with a strange look in his eyes.

"It's all little things."

Li Huaian waved his hand and gave instructions to Li Ruoqiu beside him.

"Ruoqiu, please accompany Changle, and there are snow geese walking around the house."

"Good sir."

Li Ruoqiu, who had been silent, stood up and invited Li Xueyan to walk around the house and relax.

As the Four Seas Fleet enters its final stage on the Japanese island.

It also heralds the end of the war against Japan.

The Tang Dynasty observers on the island also sent the observed war command records of all the four sea fleets to Chang'an City, presented them to Li Shimin for inspection, and handed them over to the Ministry of War for archiving.

Li Shimin summoned all the generals in Chang'an City to Tai Chi Palace.

"These are the command records of the Four Seas Fleet when they fought on the island and the actual combat records of the military establishment on the island sent from the island."

"Although the resistance of the Japanese on the Japanese island was not very fierce, the new military establishment and combat model were a brand new verification."

Li Shimin patted the information on the desk.

"You all have a look at these records, the organization of the army, and the command methods. What are the benefits to the Tang army? What can be improved."

After hearing Li Shimin's instructions, the generals quickly stepped forward and each picked up a copy of the record and began to read it.

"This sand table is fine. When we march and fight in the future, we can place it in the Chinese army's camp and have an overview of the entire battlefield situation. However, the terrain needs to be carefully explored."

"Where's this map?"

"Although the map is also very detailed, it is not as intuitive as the sandbox."

"The artillery is so sharp. No matter how fragile the Japanese city gate is, it can be destroyed with one shot. This shows the power of artillery. Artillery is really a weapon for siege."

"Not only can we attack the city, we can also defend it. As long as a row of artillery is placed on the city wall, with the range of the artillery, the enemy will definitely not dare to get too close to the city."

"You only saw artillery attacking and defending the city, but I feel that artillery should be used to deal with those cavalry charges on the grassland. If a row of artillery goes down, no matter how powerful the cavalry is, their men and horses will be shattered by the force of the artillery."

"Also, if you equip the scouts in the army with this grenade, you might gain something unexpected."

"This white phosphorus bomb, and what other napalm bombs are really so powerful? They can be like tarsal maggots. Once they are stained, they cannot be extinguished until they are completely burned."

"Hey, this is too vicious."

"If we had encountered this kind of weapon during the war, we would still be alive today."

"You only look at the weapons and don't look at the fighting methods of the four sea fleets and marines?"

"No matter what method, they are not all the same."

"It's different. The way the soldiers of the Four Seas Fleet and Marines fight is definitely different from the traditional way of fighting. The generals don't need to charge into the battle, they just need to command from the center."

"The most important thing is that these Marine Corps soldiers can delegate command to the group level. This is not the most important thing. The markings on these Marine Corps soldiers are very useful. They can prevent the soldiers from getting separated during the battle. , based on the different markings on the body, to reorganize an army capable of fighting."

"This system can well maintain the combat effectiveness of the army, even if it causes a certain degree of chaos in the army during the war."

"And their staff"

"This kind of infantry-artillery coordination is also very special."

"."

Li Shimin watched the military generals in the Tai Chi Palace discussing the records of the Japanese island, and his mind was also focused on the reform of the Tang army. The Four Seas Fleet established by Li Huaian really allowed him to see a new war model.

This surprise that Li Huaian gave him was really more.

(End of this chapter)