Chapter 254: Noble Township Lord
Every day, battle reports from Jingzhou arrived in Chang'an City and were then sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

For King Li Yuan of Tang, he might be the one who least needs to worry about any problems with the generals on the front line.

Because the commanders of all the armies were his sons and daughters.

And they are all legitimate sons and daughters born to Mrs. Dou.

It was not easy for him to be in charge of Chang'an. Although it seemed that the Western Yan regime was officially named Li.

Of course, that's only on the surface.

The reason why he couldn't immediately take the surname Li was because in the past few decades, Chang'an, as the newly rebuilt imperial capital of Dayan, still had some people who were inclined towards Dayan.

If there is any place in the world that misses Murong Ying's rule, it is probably the two great cities of Chang'an, the Western Capital, and Luoyang, the Eastern Capital.

Many dignitaries in these two cities may have had to live very cautiously during Murong Ying's reign, but most of the people actually lived a very good life.

It is the capital city after all.

Therefore, after Li Yuan took control of the city defense, he replaced many important positions. Currently, the imperial guards stationed in the palace and the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion are all his old subordinates brought from Shu.

Because at present, the trustworthiness of the Shuzhong army is much higher than that of the Guanzhong army.

In addition, Li Yuan also asked Li Er to select 300 elite cavalry from the Liangzhou army to serve as his travel guards.

As for the newly enthroned emperor, Li Yuan not only controlled the palace guards, but also appointed all the close ministers around the emperor as Li's relatives and old subordinates.

Shizhong Li Yan was Li Yuan’s cousin.

Wang Weide, the Imperial Court Minister, was the cousin of Li Yuan's nephew Wang Yi, and was also a close confidant of Li Yuan who followed him into Shu.

Dou Jing, the Minister of the Secretariat, was the cousin of Li Yuan's wife, Dou.

Liu Gui, the Grand Chamberlain, was a classmate and friend of Li Yuan.

These people were used by Li Yuan to keep an eye on the young emperor Murong Chang.

The close ministers and guards were all under his control, and he felt that no matter how capable the little emperor was, he would not be able to cause any trouble.

As for when to abdicate, Li Yuan felt that there was no need to rush.

Cao Cao took over the entire north but did not take the final step. In the end, he sent his son to do it.

The Sima family did have a chance, but Sima Zhao failed.

So Li Yuan felt that there were still two necessary conditions.

The first is to take Luoyang, which is a hard condition.

The second is to wait until the ministers in the court and the people in the areas actually controlled are accustomed to the Li family being the boss. This is a soft requirement.

Judging from the abilities of his sons and their current progress, Li Yuan estimated that this should be almost done in a few years.

The young emperor Murong Chang in the palace seemed very honest. At least according to the feedback from Wang Weide, Liu Gui and others, he had no lethal potential.

So after some thought, Li Yuan decided to marry his daughter to Murong Chang.

Firstly, the emperor was already fifteen years old and had reached the age for marriage. Secondly, no matter where the empress came from, she could be used by the emperor.

But it only happens in the Li family, so there is no problem.

So Li Yuan decided to make Li Rong, the fourth lady of the Li family, the candidate for queen.

In August, after Erlang's battle report on contact with Jianghuai was delivered to Chang'an, Li Yuan also asked Zuo Pushe Pei Hongde and Qinghe King Murong Kun to preside over the emperor's wedding ceremony and the ceremony of establishing the queen.

Murong Chang, like a puppet, obediently cooperated with the performance.

This made Li Yuan, who was watching the ceremony, very satisfied.

I think that in the future, we can make this young emperor who knows the times the Emperor Xian of Han, and confer him the title of Duke of Yan, or King of Liaoxi. Let Erlang conquer Goguryeo, find a land for him in Liaodong, make him a vassal, and obey the legitimate rule of Yan.

If you don't want to go to Liaodong, then you can stay in Chang'an. Wouldn't it be nice to be a Duke of Anle?
After the ceremony, the fifteen-year-old emperor and the fifteen-year-old queen sat on the wedding bed.

Murong Chang looked at Li Rong and examined him carefully.

Li Rong felt a little embarrassed by Murong Chang's gaze, so she asked directly: "Your Majesty, why are you looking at me so straight?" Upon hearing this, Murong Chang gave a very confusing answer.

"It seems that the Queen and the King of Tang are not very similar."

Li Rong blinked his eyes when he heard this, and then said, "I look like my mother, so why does Your Majesty dislike me for being born out of wedlock?"

Li Rong was Li Yuan's fourth daughter. Although she was born out of wedlock, she had been carefully educated and trained since childhood.

Moreover, the stepmother died early, and the legitimate daughter of the family got married long ago. The brothers probably had no time to compete with their illegitimate sister.

Therefore, the concubines' daughters of the Li family not only have good looks, but also are extremely generous and decent in temperament, and are not at all shy.

Murong Chang quickly shook his head upon hearing this, "That's not the case, Queen, please don't misunderstand me. I'm just a little curious. I heard that men resemble their mothers and women resemble their fathers, and I look a lot like my mother."

Then Li Rong asked Murong Chang curiously what the name of the Princess Jinyang, Murong Jiayin, whom he should manage, should be.

Should I call her sister or sister-in-law?

This question really stumped Murong Chang.

Although only a few words were spoken, Murong Chang had gained some understanding of his queen.

I am a very strong person, not weak at all, and I have my own opinions. I am not easy to convince.

But he doesn't look like someone who would be a spy and keep an eye on what he does.

Li Rong also had some understanding of her husband, the current puppet emperor.

He should be a very smart person. His temperament is a bit like the fourth brother. He seems to be curious about everything, but his feeling of being unable to see through things is a bit like the third brother.
Although Li Rong did not say that he never left the house, the men he interacted with most were his brothers.

Coincidentally, Murong Chang was also very interested in the sons of the Li family.

That is, on their wedding night, Murong Chang and Li Rong did not do any serious work but just kept talking about their brothers and sisters.

It started with Murong Chang talking about his three older brothers. Except for his fourth brother who died early, all of them, including him, became emperors.

Although two of them have passed away.

He first talked about his brothers in his family, and then Murong Chang asked about Li Rong's four brothers.

Li Rong did not doubt him. After all, Murong Chang had said it first, and as an emperor, it was not surprising that he was interested in his brothers.

"Emperor Zhaowu started his second expedition against Goguryeo. At that time, my father was in Liaodong supervising the transportation of grain and grass. My second and third brothers followed my father to Liaodong. My fourth brother accidentally fell off his horse and had to recuperate for several months. We hardly saw him during those months. Later, when he was better, Yang Xun rebelled and my fourth brother went to join the army with 30 guards to fight."

After all, what Li Rong knew was limited. After all, since five years ago, it was rare to see the brothers at home.

She was only ten years old at that time.
However, when talking about five years ago, Murong Chang felt as if it was a lifetime ago.

He was also ten years old at that time, but he was the prince regent, although the government affairs were all in the charge of Gao Gong, now Gao Situ of Dongyan.

But at that time he also thought about what it would be like if he became emperor.

After all, the prince is you, the future emperor.

When he was deposed as the crown prince, he just felt relieved, because he knew that his father didn't dislike him, but felt that his elder brother was older.

When he went to Shuzhong, he never thought that he could become emperor.

I think it would be nice to be a peaceful and idle king.

However, he was pushed to this position step by step by the current situation and the general trend, and the prince at that time finally became the emperor of Dayan.

But not the way he wanted.

He never wanted to be the Duke of Anle or the Duke of Shanyang!

Let's try it out, can we be a noble duke?

　In this time and space, Cao Mao successfully regained power, so the little emperor was not planning a suicide attack.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)