Chapter 59 Happy Event

After Yang Sixu returned to the court with great triumph, he was allowed to return to the palace to be placed in the provincial eunuch. At the same time, he was appointed General Mingwei. This is a military official who is different from his official position and has no specific position.

From this, it seems that he is a stained person who cannot be valued, and such a reward can be considered kind-hearted.

One scene that impressed Xue Chongxun was Yang Sixu's look of worshiping in Zichen Hall. The eunuch was black and thin, and had gray hair. He knelt on His Highness's butt with a high altitude, full of awe for the throne.

His appearance gave Xue Chongxun a pretty illusion, but the ministers around him all took for granted. In fact, being able to worship the emperor first in the Ming Palace and be received by Princess Taiping should be a kind of honor.

Within two days, Xue Chongxun held a banquet at the Jin Palace to entertain Yang Sixu and agreed to welcome him.

After that, I often had a banquet and took the opportunity to win over it.

Xue Chongxun thought he was a rare military talent, so he naturally loved him sincerely...

In Xue Chongxun's long-term plan, he must establish more contributions in military and internal affairs in order to consolidate his status and prestige and reach the height of becoming emperor. These things require a large number of useful talents, so he is unwilling to miss Yang Sixu; and Yang Sixu also happened to find a new backer in the court (the old backstage Li Longji has been wiped out), and he is not valued by Princess Taiping, so he naturally actively moves closer to the King of Jin.

If one is willing to fight and be beaten, the relationship between the two will naturally hit it off and make a big progress.

At this time, Liu An finally proposed the Two Tax Law, which is a new tax method, which is different from the current rent and mediocre adjustment method.

The essence of the new tax law is to use the amount of land and property as tax evidence. Because it touched the interests of high-ranking families, it was opposed by many scholars and officials as soon as it was proposed.

Of course, they will not say the real reason, but only quote the scriptures and write to the classics to describe all kinds of harms. Competing for profit with the people is the most popular saying.

Because there were too many opposing people and it was the period of autumn defense preparation, news came from Longyou, Jiannan and Western Regions that Tubo people frequently appeared. Princess Taiping believed that it was not appropriate to increase domestic turmoil at this time. Xue Chongxun also agreed with his mother's intention, and the tax law reform was temporarily put on hold.

The two tax laws were something that Xue Chongxun had already decided to do, but the concessions were made at this time because he wanted to fight for another thing: the military power in the Tubo War.

Princess Taiping was reluctant to let him go to the border to take risks, just saying that you don’t even have children, and the court is not without talent for use without risking yourself.

At that time, the Minister of War Cheng Qianli, the Protector of Anxi Du Xian, and the Minister of Beiting Zhang Xiaosong were all grown up to be able to fight and fight. Even the Secretary of the Central Committee, Zhang Shuo, was a person who could write and make a decision on national policies and fight in his writings. He did not need her precious son to go abroad at all.

Xue Chongxun was unwilling to give up and couldn't find a way to convince his mother, so he felt a little depressed.

One day, he returned home from the Daming Palace after it was dark. When he was about to take a shower and go to bed, Li Yan'er was slow to leave in the room.

Xue Chongxun didn’t have any thoughts about that, so he said: Remember you said that your menstruation was coming a few days ago, and it would be fine so soon?

Li Yan'er said aggrievedly: Haven't you come yet?

A sudden flash of inspiration in Xue Chongxun's mind, and he hurriedly asked her about the time of last month. It was almost forty days after counting on her fingers...

He looked up and down at Li Yan'er, and saw that she was lively and there were no signs of endocrine disorders, so he glared and said: Could it be that Yan'er is pregnant, right?

What are you pregnant with?Li Yan'er stared at her big eyes.

Xue Chongxun smiled and said: The older child is pregnant with a younger child.

Li Yan'er hurriedly touched her belly, and Xue Chongxun said: Even if she has it, it will only be more than a month. What can she touch?Hurry up and call Yuwen Ji here to take your pulse.

He immediately called Pei Niang to call Yuwen Ji, and then rubbed his hands and walked back and forth on the floor several times, looking very excited.

In his mind, he was less than 30 years old and was not particularly anxious about his offspring, but if Li Yan'er becomes pregnant...

Isn’t it easier to convince my mother that she has no descendants?

I saw the light shining in Xue Chongxun's eyes, and the fire of ambition seemed to be burning.

He had enough worries about the unknown future, and when one day the military power regime was full of wings, it was rightly close.

After a while, Yuwen Ji and Pei Niang came into the house. She looked at Xue Chongxun with no etiquette, so she sat in front of a case, put a cloth pillow on the case and said: Princess, please sit down, I will tell you the pulse.

Li Yan'er sat opposite her, reached out to lift her long sleeves and exposed her wrist and placed it on the cloth pillow.

Yuwen Ji's fingertips gently placed on her pulse and then calmed down.

Xue Chongxun stood beside him with his eyes wide open, holding his breath and waiting expectantly.

After a long time, Yuwen Ji let go of her wrist and smiled and said: Congratulations to the princess, I am really happy!

There will be no mistake, right?Xue Chongxun asked with a happy mood.

Yuwen Ji gave him a blank look and said: If you don’t believe me, I can ask other doctors to take the pulse.

Trust, of course I believe it.Xue Chongxun said happily, male or female?

Yuwen Ji said: Just take a look at the pulse, why do I have a male or female?

Aren't you a miracle doctor?

Yuwen Ji: ...

Li Yan'er asked with great sensation: Will having a baby hurt, right?

That happened ten months later. What do you want to do so far? You have to keep it well now.

Xue Chongxun thought about it and said, "Send Dong and Yao Wan to take care of you." They are older than those little girls. I just need to have Pei Niang here. Anyway, I only have to be at home at night."Pei Niang, hurry up and listen to Yuhu to announce the good news to my mother-in-law.

Pei Niang replied: Yes.Then ran away briskly.

Xue Chongxun was so excited that he was busy arranging things. It was late now, and my mother had to ask someone to report tomorrow.

It was the first time he encountered such a thing. When he remembered that someone said that the child would be moving in his stomach, he squatted down in front of Li Yan'er and listened.

Seeing his anxious look, Yuwen Ji smiled and said: It's still early. I will prescribe a pair of decoctions for the princess tomorrow, so don't worry.

Li Yan'er asked: Mr., do you have any voice?

Xue Chongxun shook his head and said to his stomach: You are reincarnated well, and you are Prince Ah from your mother's belly.

After a while, Sun and Cheng Ting both came, and there were some maids. Xue Chongxun's living room suddenly became lively, and he surrounded Li Yan'er and treated her as a treasure and made her yawn until midnight.

The next morning, the King of Jin's Mansion sent someone to the palace to report the good news. Princess Taiping was naturally very happy when she learned that she was going to hold her grandson. She praised Li Yan'er and immediately sent people to send many precious medicinal supplements to the King of Jin's Mansion.

After summoning Xue Chongxun in Chengxiang Palace, she wanted to take Li Yan'er to the palace to raise, but Xue Chongxun felt that the people of Daming Palace were so complicated that they refused, so Princess Taiping gave up.

At this time, Xue Chongxun took the opportunity to mention the matter of Tubo: The Quanrong (Tubo) was a confidant of the Tang Dynasty. We just used military troops to defend the army, which was not a solution. We asked our mother to allow our son to lead troops to reinforce Helong and attack him while the autumn was high. We weakened the main force of the Quanrong and waited for an opportunity to make progress, so that our mother could achieve the ambition of being a guest in the world.

Princess Taiping, who was sitting in the upper throne, said reluctantly: Not long after, there may be something wrong with Jiannan, Helong, Western Regions, and even Beiting and Youzhou. If you want to lead the troops yourself, you can only take care of one place. It is better to let the border generals set up defenses. Why do you have to compete with them for merit as a prince?

Xue Chongxun hurriedly clasped his fists and said: Other places are small-scale fights and fuss, at most, let the four barbarians rob something, but only Helong and the Western Regions are at their greatest threat.In the Western Regions, Du Xian was in charge and Zhang Jiedu, the Beiting governor, was in charge of the help. The Quanrong could not do anything for the time being.Only the Helong land has a plump water and grass, which is both a natural horse farm and a granary. The Quanrong and the Tang Dynasty have fought for dozens of times here. When this beautiful season of war in autumn, the main force of the Quanrong will definitely break through Jishi Mountain and expand eastward to plan for this place.The Tang Dynasty cannot wait for defense, and should mobilize a large army to deal with it and wait for an opportunity to make progress... Who else can my mother be completely at ease with the power of this military power?

Princess Taiping laughed when she heard this. As Xue Chongxun said, if you really want to concentrate your elite troops and hand over the power of a person, that kind of power can be used to threaten Chang'an in addition to flat edges.

If a person who has obtained military power comes to clean the court, that kind of thing is really not fun.

Her smile was that she felt the mutual trust between Xue Chongxun and herself, which made people happier than anything else.

But after she stopped her smile, she shook her head gently: The northwest side is not a matter of one year or two years of hasteness.What's more, when autumn is high, it is the time when the barbarians and horse soldiers are proud. If you choose this time to deal with it, wouldn't you try to make things easier and avoid strengths?

Xue Chongxun said: It is when the Quanrong sent troops in autumn that our army can fight against it nearby, otherwise they will escape to the plateau. Even if I have a million troops, it will be difficult to find its main force. Only by constantly consuming the strength of Tubo is the way to maintain peace in the border.

Princess Taiping frowned and pondered for a long time. Because Xue Chongxun had been talking about this matter these days, she stopped it many times but it didn't work. She asked: Are you determined to lead troops in the northwest?

Xue Chongxun said seriously: My mother is in power, and only by assisting you in achieving unprecedented civil and military achievements can the people in the world in the future not scold us for ruining the country.Your good name will be recorded in history for generations and will be admired by all ages!The Quanrong occupied half of the west, which has always restrained hundreds of thousands of troops from our Tang Dynasty, consumed nearly half of its national strength. It is difficult to achieve great achievements in immortality. Please make sure that your mother will make a clear decision!

The words made Princess Taiping’s domineering aura come again, and the mother and son were ambitious and domineering.

Princess Taiping also sat upright, looking straight ahead, as if thinking about something profound.

After being silent for a long time, Princess Taiping suddenly said in a daze: No one knows her son is better than her mother. I understand what you are thinking.

Xue Chongxun was stunned for a moment, and then Taiping said again: But as long as it is what you want, I will not stop you... If you don’t even believe it, who else can I believe?