After Li Chongjiu waited for Wu Youren to leave, he went to the harem to see Li Yan and the queen, and told them that he wanted to form a new army and name it the Golden Crow Army. Li Yan and the Queen didn't have much idea about this. They both believed that their son should have his own guard. Otherwise, it would be too unreliable to put all their hopes on the imperial guards. After all, the imperial guards themselves were The guards were so unreliable that they didn't even think they were safe. How could they expect their son to trust this guard? The queen also praised Li Chongjiu a few words, saying that her son had finally made progress. Didn't she tell Li Chongjiu about recruiting guards before, but Li Chongjiu failed to do it. She was still a little disappointed with her son. Now she saw that Li Chongjiu took the initiative to do things. , she was still very pleased. As for the suspicions Li Chongjiu had, Li Yan and the Queen never thought about it. They just wanted their son to stop complaining. Both his parents had thought so well about him. If the son still complained, then It's too difficult for them to be parents. Li Yan also personally wrote an imperial edict instructing Li Chongjiu's new army military expenses to be paid from the inner palace account, and he also had to check it personally, so as to avoid leaving the military department and embarrassing someone. As for the inner palace account, because he Want to see, so Liang Dazhong did not dare to be embarrassed and had to send it immediately. Li Chongjiu did not expect that his father and mother would support him so much, and he was greatly moved. The resentment he had been feeling for the past two days was finally relieved. "Wu Youren, on the other hand, went to find Du Dachin, and sent people to deliver a message to Taiyuan at high speed, asking the vassal kings to send guards to protect Li Chongjiu. He was very busy, but had a very fulfilling life. As for Yang Ze, he had to find a fiefdom for Liang Dazhong, appease the newly recruited Tiance army, and prepare various troop dispatches. Yang Ze rarely stopped and couldn't think of repairing Li Chongjiu anymore. Everyone in Chang'an is busy. But Taiyuan is still living a slow and unchanging life. The princes and the young nobles have nothing to do every day. They just eat, drink and have fun every day, marry more wives, have more children, and spread the branches and leaves of the Li family royal family. This kind of After decades of living together, they had long since become bored. However, as the two messengers entered Taiyuan, the princes and nobles here knew about it. The boring life they lived before was the happiest, and they would never want to live such a peaceful life in the future, because the prince and King Yan were coming, and these two big shots were still enemies. Taiyuan, Prince Cheng¡¯s Mansion. The contemporary Cheng Wang Li Shi has been very uncomfortable these days. He is not young, but his body is well maintained. He is older than Li Yan, although he is an old man. But it's not bad at all. On the contrary, he can be regarded as an old fox. Of course, this is what people in the palace think, and of course outsiders think he is a confused old man. Li Shi¡¯s conduct as a person. He acted very cowardly to the outside world, so cowardly that even the tenant farmers who depended on the palace's fields for farming dared to disrespect him. He often paid less rent, and Li Shi almost never sent people to beat up tenants, never once. Even if the palace's income dropped significantly, he never did this. Therefore, in Taiyuan, it would be a very happy thing for any family to rent the land of Prince Cheng's Mansion and work as a tenant for Prince Cheng. However, in the hearts of the people of Taiyuan, Li Shi was definitely a weakling and not at all like a prince. There is no prestige, including the servants of his family's palace, without exception. But in fact, if King Cheng was not such a coward, he would have died a long time ago. Queen Dugu could break him into seventeen or eighteen pieces and kill everyone in his family, but just because anyone can bully him, well, he is still there now Live well. At this time, King Cheng was reading a secret letter in his flower hall. The letter talked about the new emperor's accession to the throne and the discord between the new prince and King Yan. After reading the letter, King Cheng took the letter to a candle and burned it. He sighed and thought: "The court has changed again. It has been tossing and tossing. When will it end? It will never end!" At that time, his grandson, the young prince Li Bowen, came in. King Cheng had several sons, and he had already taken care of the most stubborn one. In fact, it was just a play in which he beat the most stubborn son to death. They were let go, and the remaining sons seemed to have some backbone, so King Cheng simply sent them away. Anyway, they should not stay in Taiyuan, so as not to cause him trouble. In this way, there were only He has an adult grandson, Li Bowen. Li Bowen is not actually the first heir to the throne, but because he is the only adult grandson in the palace, the servants in the palace call him the young prince. Li Bowen entered the flower hall, smelled the smell of burning things in the room, and saw ashes on the table, so he asked: "Grandpa, has someone sent another letter from Chang'an?" Li Shi hummed and said: "It seems that we have to call your father and uncles back. The court is?With changes, our family must find a way to keep peace for a long time! " Li Bowen nodded in agreement and said, "Just let your grandson handle this matter. Grandpa, how should we stand in line this time? Or should we remain the same as before and not stand in any group? " Li Shi chuckled and said: "Our family's title has reached its peak, and there is no possibility of any greater wealth, so there is no need to take sides. Of course, as before, no one will take sides. " In the past few years, both Linzi King Li Zhenglong and the eldest princess sent people to win over him, but he could not offend anyone, but he did not seek refuge with anyone. He just lived in a cowardly manner. As a result, Li Zhenglong and the eldest princess The princess was no longer interested in him. Who would try to win over a useless old man? Let him live like this. As a result, Li Shi was still alive and well, and lived longer than Li Zhenglong and the eldest princess. Boss! Li Bowen is young, and he is a bit young and energetic. Now that the new imperial court has been established, he wants to give it a try and no longer wants to live a useless life like his grandfather. He said: "Grandpa, in fact, from the perspective of my grandson, Now the emperor only has one son, the prince" Before he could finish speaking, Li Shi shouted: "Stop, stand up, stand up straight! " Li Bowen had to stand up straight. He knew what his grandfather was going to do, because this was not the first time. Li Shi walked up to Bowen, took turns and aimed his palms at Li Bowen's face, and gave him a big slap. Although he was old, he was still very strong. He slapped Li Bowen with stars in his eyes and shouted: "You have extraneous thoughts, do you want to kill our whole family?" If you dare to think too much in the future, I will beat you to death, do you understand? " Li Bowen knew that beating him to death meant sending him away secretly, so there was nothing to be afraid of. However, he felt that his grandfather was too cautious, even when they were alone in the flower hall. To be honest, he was a bit too cautious. Li Shi's face was gloomy, and he waved his hand and said: "As for the affairs of the court, Grandpa Li will take care of it. You just need to have fun. Remember, read less, show off your knowledge in front of others, and buy more dancers is the serious business." ! " Li Bowen did not dare to refute. He could only salute and said: "My grandson will obey his grandfather in everything. " After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave, but he heard his grandfather calling him again. Li Bowen turned around and heard Li Shi say: "I've been going around the countryside these two days to press for rent. If any tenant's daughter grows up, Gotta mark it. You might as well seduce her, and wait until the daughter's father gets angry at you before running away! " Li Bowen said oh. Then he turned around and left, but he was not angry at all. The grandfathers of other families hope that their children and grandchildren will make a difference, or at least be decent men, but their family is just the opposite. The grandfather is looking forward to it all the time. The children and grandchildren in the family are all playboys. The worse they are, the better. Not only are they not allowed to study, they are even required to do some bad things. The worse their reputation, the better. This is really hard to accept. Li Bowen is an ambitious young man. He didn't want to live in such a muddle-headed way, and wanted to achieve something, but in order to save his life, he didn't dare, because his grandfather's control was so strict that if he had even a little bit of potential, he would suppress him with all his strength. Cheng Shi watched his grandson coming out of the house. After a long while, Li Shi sighed softly. He had a very bad feeling that his grandson might get into trouble and affect the whole family. Li Shi knew very well that as a descendant of the Chengwang family in Taiyuan, what did he do to make a living? Look where all the promising children and grandchildren of other princes have gone to the underworld. ! If Li Shi does not want to rebel and become emperor, and does not want to pass the throne to his children and grandchildren, then as the highest-ranking prince, his children and grandchildren cannot be successful, otherwise no matter who becomes the emperor, they will be suspicious of his family. , then the best destination for children and grandchildren is to live well, live well, live healthy, and have more offspring. This is the best. Li Shi murmured: "These children, why can't they understand my thoughts? They don't have great wisdom. They always think it's too embarrassing to be a tortoise, but they don't think about how long a tortoise lives. If they want to compete with their opponents, as long as they live longer than their opponents, they will win. The happiest thing in the world is to watch your opponent enter the coffin. Queen Dugu was so fierce back then, but how is she now? She is in the coffin, but I am still alive. Her descendants are killing each other, but my descendants are all alive and well. Whoever wins, doesn¡¯t it mean I win? Well, why don¡¯t my children understand this! " Li Bowen left the flower hall and returned to his room. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He felt that he had lived enough of this kind of useless life, but now that his grandfather was still in good health, he didn'tThe other way is to wait. It is estimated that when my grandfather passes away, Prince Cheng¡¯s life will no longer be so useless! A housekeeper from the palace came over and stood at the door and asked: "Little Prince, are you going to leave the city tomorrow? Can you please make arrangements for me in advance?" Li Bowen sighed: "Tomorrow I will go to the countryside to collect rent, and then Let¡¯s see which tenant has a beautiful daughter. That¡¯s all. I guess I¡¯ll have to live in the country for a day or two.¡± The housekeeper smiled and said, ¡°Then I¡¯ll have to prepare a faster horse for you, young prince.¡± By the way, young prince, the young prince of the Wang family in Jingde County has sent someone to look for you. It just so happens that he also wants to go out of town to collect the rent. Are you going to go out of town together tomorrow? " Li Bowen was stunned, and then said with a smile: "What's the matter? They also kicked him out? It seems that this time is not a big deal. How about we all go out of the city to avoid the limelight? " There is also a young prince in Jingde County's Wang family, who is about the same age as him. He is still bold and bold, but under the discipline of his family, he has never done anything extraordinary. Of course, the extraordinary things mentioned here refer to things that are promising. The butler didn't comment a word, just said: "Young Master, you will listen to your Majesty in everything. You are right. Then I will go down and make arrangements." Li Bowen waved his hand and asked the butler to go out, and he closed the door. , took out a book from the mattress under the bed, it was "Sun Tzu's Art of War", and he read it with relish. Early the next morning, Li Bowen left the palace and took more than a dozen guards from the palace with him. Together with the princes and grandchildren from the Jingde County palace, they left the city and went to the countryside. The grandson of Prince Jingde is of the same generation as Li Bowen, and they are the same age as Li Bowen. Their birthdays are three months apart, and their personalities are similar, so they have always been on the same page. The grandson of Prince Jingde is named Li Bozhi. On the outside, he looks like a complete playboy. After leaving the city, the two of them rode horses side by side on the road. Li Bozhi said: "Brother Wen, I guess something big is going on in Chang'an. I heard that King Yan is so arrogant that even the prince won't accept it!" Li Bowen quickly turned back. After taking a look, he saw that the guards were all far away, so he hurriedly said: "Keep your voice down, how do you know about King Yan? In just a few days, the news has spread from Chang'an to Taiyuan. It's too fast. "Okay!" Li Bozhi laughed and said, "Don't tell me that your family didn't get the message!" "I didn't get it at all, so I just listened to what you said!" . Li Bozhi sighed and said: "Then I don't know anything. I didn't say anything just now, and no one heard it anyway!" "I heard it, and I heard it clearly!" Li Bowen laughed. "You are not a human being, but an evil beast of the Li family!" Li Bozhi laughed. The two stopped talking about Chang'an. Even if everyone is in Taiyuan and they are all members of the same family, there are still some things where it is better to be careful. Being careful will not lead to loss of life, but as long as he is careless, I guess he The two families had hundreds of people in total, and no one could survive. After walking for a long time and entering a large field, Li Bowen sighed: "Today I have to tease a farm girl, otherwise I won't be able to show my playboy style!" "Hey, this is a bit like what I thought. , but actually I don¡¯t like it!¡± Li Bozhi also said. As if by chance, a peasant girl walked by the roadside. She was wearing ordinary coarse clothes and looked ordinary. She was only eleven or twelve years old. Li Bowen saw the girl and said a little embarrassed: "This one is really too young. If you go up to tease us, you will be like a beast." "And this is not close to the village. Even if we are teased, if no one comes out to beat us, then we are not in vain. Are you busy?" From what Li Bozhi said, it can be heard that his parents asked him the same thing, just like Li Shi asked Li Bowen. But at this moment, two fast horses came running quickly from a distance. The knights on the horses seemed to have something very urgent and ran wildly regardless of their horsepower. The girl was walking when she heard a horse galloping behind her, so she dodged to the side. But accidentally, she seemed to have sprained her foot. She fell to the ground with an ouch, and her body was on the side of the road, but her foot was still on the road. , even though it was not in the middle of the road, it was very likely that a fast horse would hurt her. But the two knights running towards her seemed not to have seen the girl at all. They were still racing wildly regardless of the risk of hurting anyone! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!