s: Thank you to Book Friend Prince of Disaster 0351 for your monthly ticket support, thank you to Book Friend 131016152945784 for your monthly ticket support, thank you Fisherman for being my reward again, thank you Otaku The Li Zheng Hall was the highest administrative center and the highest power center of the Tang Empire.
At this time, dozens of giant butter candles illuminated the entire hall as bright as day.
Li Erxiong was sitting on the throne, looking at the four young ladies below.
They were all half-grown-ups, including Li Chengqian, Li Kuan, and Li Ke.
Born in the first year of Wude.
Now they are all five or six feet tall.
In this era when the average height per person is not very high, they are not much shorter than adults.
It is just the childish look on their faces that betrays their age.
Li Er's face was calm, and he couldn't see any joy.
He didn't know whether Li Chengqian and Li Tai's answers satisfied him.
Li Kuan remained silent.
As long as Li Er didn't name him, he wouldn't do anything to stand out.
In the past few years, he had caused troubles from time to time, which had attracted many people's attention.
This was not a good sign.
He is still a rootless duckweed, unable to withstand the wind and waves.
So as long as he is not asked, he will not say anything.
Of course, deliberately hiding his clumsiness is not what he wants, so just let nature take its course.
Moreover, Li Kuan felt that the answers given by the two brothers Li Chengqian and Li Tai seemed to have been pointed out by some people, and they clarified some issues in the right place, but they did not show too much prominence.
I am afraid that Changsun Wuji was meddling behind them.
"Where are you Kuan'er?"
Li Er still called his name.
"I'm here, please forgive me for having the courage to ask a treasonable question, otherwise I wouldn't dare to say it," Li Kuan replied aloud.
"Just ask."
Li Er knew that this kid would definitely cause trouble, and it was like this every time.
He wanted Blackstone Mountain as a reward for treating Li Xiuning's injuries, and offered him a gift, but then he got out the information about Jie Li's invasion from the south.
This time it would not go well.
"I dare you, I dare to ask: Is my Li family Han or Hu?"
Li Kuan's words directly hit Li Er in the foot.
Although Li Yuan claimed that his ancestor was Li Er, a Taoist giant in the Spring and Autumn Period, after he became emperor, But everyone knows that nearly half of the Li family has Hu blood, which is the result of the Sinicization of a branch of Xianbei.
The lineage of Li Yuan was passed down after the intermarriage between the Li family in Longxi and Xianbei.
This was known to everyone in the world, but no one dared to reveal it.
Even the remaining branches of the Five Surnames and Qiwang only distinguish the imperial family and the Longxi Li family separately in the clan annals.
The imperial family is a third-class family, but the Longxi Li family is ranked first.
"My Li family is naturally Han.
Although we have Hu ancestry, we are not dominant."
Li Er's face became even more gloomy, but he still answered Li Kuan's pointed question.
It doesn't matter if the world knows about it.
Those who sit in this country must be Han Chinese.
If there were barbarians, I'm afraid the world would be unstable.
"In this case, I will tell you directly that I saw a lot during my trip.
The people were displaced, the Turks were cruel, the Tang Dynasty soldiers were unyielding, and there was some cruelty.
But these were not the most realistic things I had seen.
Yes, the most real thing I have seen is a circle."
Li Kuan said.
"A circle" Li Er pondered, seeming to be thinking about what this circle represents.
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"Yes.
It is a circle that circles the tragedy of our Han people.
Why do our Han people have to be bullied by foreigners every few hundred years, and tremble under the iron hooves of foreigners every few hundred years?
From the Shang and Zhou Dynasties During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Dog Rong invaded, the Huns wreaked havoc during the Qin and Han Dynasties, and then during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, countless foreign races invaded the hinterland of the Central Plains and established One dynasty after another, they enslaved the people of the Han family and killed the sons of the Han family wantonly.
"This is a cycle that repeats itself.
After the Han family became strong, the foreigners surrendered.
In order to show the generosity of the heavenly kingdom, the previous blood debts were forgotten by those in power.
Everything was clean and tidy, but when the Han Dynasty weakened, those foreigners showed their claws and gnawed off large chunks of flesh and blood from my Han family.
These aliens are all white-eyed wolves who have not been raised well, why don't they kill them?"
Li Kuan said a lot, but he was just asking a question: when China was strong, why didn't they kill all the aliens and why did they tolerate these wolf cubs again and again?
This puzzled him.
None of the previous emperors were fools.
Why didn't any of them think of it?
"That's very good, but Kuan'er, do you know how much it takes to eliminate a foreign race?
It's not that the kings of the past generations didn't want to do it, but that the national power was limited and it really couldn't hold on.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty almost wiped out the Xiongnu tribe, but it was still close.
At that time The big man is already stretched thin, and the war is fought with gold, silver, and warriors.
Although it is of great benefit to eliminate the aliens, it is more important to protect yourself, otherwise the aliens will not kill you, but you will be dragged to death."
Li Er answered Li Kuan's question, fighting is not that easy.
The three armies have not moved, food and grass have gone first, and without gold and silver as a base, this battle cannot be fought.
Afterwards, Li Er asked Li Ke again, but Li Ke's answer was the suffering of the people.
Those afterimages made Li Ke tremble in his heart.
He hoped that the Tang Dynasty could become strong as soon as possible and protect these people so that they would no longer be bullied by foreign races.
Being displaced like that, starving to death on the roadside.
After listening to the reports of several children, Li Er sent them away and sat alone on the throne, looking at the dark dome in a daze.
"I don't want to drive out all those foreign races, but the Tang Dynasty cannot afford to fight such a war.
The treasury is empty, and even rats cannot be fattened.
How can we support a war involving hundreds of thousands of people in the Wei River?"
Li Er closed his eyes. , closed it tightly, thinking of the black horse that he had killed, and the arrogant smiling faces of Jieli and Tuli, he felt a burst of anger and humiliation.
"Your Majesty" An Yi came in from outside the palace at some unknown time.
"How is everything going well?"
Li Er asked.
"Everything is ready, but I'm afraid it will take a few years for that person to have time," An Yi replied.
"It doesn't matter if you wait a few years.
If the Tang treasury can't support it now, let's put it aside for the time being.
By the way, what happened to the girl brought back by King Chu?
Have you found out her origin?"
Li Er said about Tian Xiang was a little concerned about Li Kuan's return, so he ordered An Yi to send someone to investigate secretly.
"Your Majesty, this girl is" An Yi replied.
An Yi's answer made Li Er's eyes light up.
He didn't expect it, he really didn't expect it.
It seems that it can still be arranged, and it may have miraculous effects in the future.
It's just that this matter needs to be kept secret, and it requires careful planning.
"An Yi.
This matter must be kept secret.
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All those who know about it will be incorporated into the Baiqi Division and directly under your command.
If there is anything wrong, just do it," Li Er ordered.
"Zunzhi" Anhui bowed and retreated.
Not to mention these, when Li Kuan returned to his talent show hall, Li Lizhi and Li Nianwei had not left yet, still waiting for Li Kuan to come back.
And Tianxiang is also there.
The three girls were chatting together, but Tianxiang followed the rules everywhere and just echoed from the sidelines.
But Li Lizhi kept talking.
"You must take good care of your second brother.
He is a lazy person and procrastinates on everything.
You must be more diligent.
Do you know?"
Li Lizhi had her little hands on her hips and looked like a queen.
He ordered Tianxiang.
"I understand," Tianxiang replied softly.
"Also, the second brother has never liked changing clothes.
It is common for him to wear the same clothes for several days.
From now on, when you serve him, you can't let this happen again.
You must wear clean clothes every day, you know?"
Li Lizhi ordered again.
"Yes, Wei'er also needs to wear clean clothes."
Yu Zhang was also beating the drum.
This posture is that of two little lolita educating others, but they are still too young.
There is no momentum at all.
Li Lizhi doesn’t know who she learned from.
This akimbo posture doesn't suit her at all, how can this be okay?
"Okay, I know my business.
Tianxiang is my maid.
It's not your two girls' turn to teach me a lesson."
Li Kuan came over, lightly tapped the two sisters on the head and said.
"Second brother doesn't even care about Li Zhi anymore.
He wants her for a maid, hum."
Li Li Zhi is already an eight-year-old girl, but now she is acting like a coquettish girl.
This was not done after her eighth birthday half a year ago.
Never made this move.
"Okay, don't shake me, my second brother will be shaken to pieces by you."
Li Kuan took out his arm, glared at Li Lizhi, and then squatted down to comfort Xiao Nianwei, who was drawing circles and cursing his second brother.
"Weier, what are you doing?"
Li Kuan immediately caught the little girl.
"Yeah, Wei'er didn't draw a circle and curse the second brother."
The little girl said in a panic.
"Yeah" Li Kuan suddenly had black lines all over his head.
"Okay, if you don't go back, the queen mother will be worried.
There must be something else you need to ask me for, right?"
Li Kuan said to the two little girls.
"Yeah, brother, you are so smart."
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Xiao Yuzhang nodded and admitted, which made Li Lizhi roll her eyes.
This little girl is so straightforward.
"So tell me what you want the second brother to do?"
Li Kuan was almost responsive to the two sisters' requests and loved them to no end, so he asked.
"Second brother, can you lend us Xiao Huihui for a day?"
Li Lizhi said pleadingly.
If there were other things, Li Lizhi could speak confidently, but Xiao Huihui couldn't.
This guy only gave Li Kuan face, otherwise Although he would not bite Li Lizhi and Li Nianwei, he would knock the two girls to the ground with his head.
Don't doubt it.
Little Huihui has grown like crazy in the past few months.
He is now almost three feet tall, which is about seventy centimeters in modern times.
This height is unique in the entire earth dog world.
This guy is now fully equipped with minions. , most people really can't control it, even Wang Hu, the guard commander Li Ergang arranged for Li Kuan, doesn't dare to underestimate this dog.
"Why are you borrowing Xiao Huihui?"
Li Kuan remembered that these two little girls had been keeping an eye on Xiao Huihui since they came back from Luoyang.
They even made a special suit for riding Xiao Huihui.
Shouldn't they?
You haven't given up yet, right?
"Second brother, just lend it to us."
Two girls, Li Lizhi and Li Nianwei, hugged Li Kuan's arms and acted coquettishly.
It seemed that they were bound to win.
"It's not impossible to lend it to you.
I just want to ride Xiao Huihui.
If he doesn't give you face when the time comes, don't blame the second brother."
Li Kuan was convinced by these two girls.
They were really evil-minded and persistent.
"Then, second brother, you come with us," Li Lizhi thought for a while and said.
Yes, Li Kuan also got himself involved.
After thinking about it, it would be better to go there.
If Xiao Huihui hurt the two girls neither lightly nor seriously, it would be a sin.
It's just that Li Kuan didn't expect that something else would happen when he left
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