Chapter 191: Having a Son
Zhai Rang tried hard to suppress his anger. Although he had never heard of Wei Zheng, since he was sent by Langjun, he could not touch him unless he wanted to rebel.

He forced a stiff smile and said, "Thank you for your reminder, Mr. Zhai will restrain them.

But even if they have done something wrong, with your kindness and my contribution, I should be able to keep my wealth and status, so you don't need to worry about it."

Wei Zheng swung his sleeves. He was a Taoist priest before, so he had some habitual movements. "General, please don't misunderstand me. I don't care about the life and death of you or your relatives. I just don't want to tarnish your reputation because of stupid people like you."

Xu Shiji stopped Zhai Rang who was about to take action: "Okay, sir, your words are not nice, but you should really control those people. What did Zhai Hong say after drinking yesterday? Do you think no one knows?"

Last night, Zhai Rang revealed his intention to submit to Li Jiancheng to his relatives and confidants. Although everyone was surprised, they also thought it was a good thing.

Before they met Li Mi, they still thought that they had a chance to rule the world. However, after seeing Li Mi's abilities, they realized that they were far inferior to him.

Without Li Mi, Wagang couldn't even get past Zhang Xutuo, let alone the current situation.

As for Li Jiancheng, he was known as the noble son of Guanlong and was praised as the reincarnation of Overlord Yang Xuangan ten years ago. Compared with them, Li Mi was nothing.

But Zhai Rang's elder brother Zhai Hong suddenly stood up and shouted angrily: "Your Majesty, you should do it yourself, why do you give it to others? If you don't do it, I will do it!"

How great it would be to be an emperor. How could I give this opportunity to others? If you don’t want, I will be the emperor!
Zhai Rang immediately ordered his men to block Zhai Hong's mouth and strictly ordered his confidants not to spread the news, but he did not expect that Xu Shiji and Wei Zheng actually knew about it.

Zhai Rang's face changed, and he didn't care about Wei Zheng and hurriedly explained to Xu Shiji: "Who is my brother? He is just a country bumpkin. You know that too."

Xu Shiji was not polite: "So I have no intention of telling you, but after we join forces in the future, if he says something like this again, you and I will not be able to cover it up."

Zhai Rang nodded hurriedly, not daring to do anything to Wei Zheng, and left in dismay.

Wei Zheng looked at his back and said, "You are clever but lack foresight. If you don't stay away from these people around you, it will be easy to be rich but hard to have a good ending."

Xu Shiji smiled and asked, "I think if you don't change your outspoken nature, it will be difficult for you to have a good end."

Wei Zheng said calmly: "I am a person from the outside world. Although I am not rich, I have enough food and clothing. I gave up my studies and entered the world only to assist the monarch who saved the world and bring peace to the people.

I do not have the ability of Zhuge Liang, but I have the courage to speak out and make direct criticisms. I hope to rely on this to be a good minister, rather than a loyal minister to the monarch. "

Xu Shiji suppressed his smile and felt respect in his heart. Being a good minister is much more difficult than being a loyal minister.

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In the spring of the 617th year of Daye (), Du Fuwei, a native of Qizhou, took advantage of the victory to capture Gaoyou and occupied Liyang, claiming himself as the governor-general and appointing Fu Gong as the chief secretary. The bandits in Jianghuai rushed to submit to him.

Dou Jiande set up an altar in Leshou County, proclaimed himself the King of Changle, and appointed hundreds of officials. In the year Dingchou, the bandit Xu Yuanlang of Lu County captured Dongping, divided his troops and conquered the land from Langya in the west to Dongping in the north.

Lu Mingyue plundered Henan and reached Huaibei, with an army of 400,000 men, and called himself the Supreme King.

Xue Ju of Fenyin was extremely brave and wealthy. He always liked to make friends with heroes in the west. He took advantage of the situation to raise an army, imprisoned county officials, opened warehouses to provide relief, called himself the Overlord of Western Qin, and changed the reign to Qinxing. At this time, Li Jiancheng was arranging his army to march north. After a winter of preparation, he wanted to completely eliminate Liu Wuzhou and Liang Shidu, recapture Shuofang Mayi and other counties, and break the hand that the Turks stretched out.

He knew very well that it was useless to talk about nostalgia at the beginning when facing the Turks, as it would only make him look weak and could be bullied. Therefore, he did not send anyone to contact Shibi Khan in the past few months.

Of course, people were sent to find out the situation of the Turks. According to the Sogdians, although Kangtan was dead, his business was still being run by his tribesmen, and the Turks could not do without them.

Therefore, as long as Li Jiancheng can help them make huge profits, there is no need to worry that they will not do their job.

The situation of the Turks was not very good. Although Shibi Khan ordered the Tiele tribes to be killed, it was not easy to do on the grassland. Every herdsman grew up on horseback, so it was not difficult for them to escape.

The remnants who escaped lost their families, pastures and herds, and also completely lost their ties. They became horse bandits who came and went like the wind on the grassland, specifically targeting the territories of Shibi Khan's relatives.

Although they could not harm Shibi Khan, their existence was a huge blow to his prestige. A Khan without sufficient prestige on the grassland would only have a harder and harder life.

This trip south is also Shi Bi's last attempt. If successful, he can calmly turn around and solve the problem, but if not, the only choices he has are to either bet everything and continue to go south like Yang Guang, or to give up going south completely and concentrate on solving internal problems.

Based on Li Jiancheng's understanding of Shibi Khan, he was not as crazy as Yang Guang. The right thing to do was to send Ashina Anar over and form an alliance with them.

"My dear, Mrs. Li is very happy! The mistress is pregnant, God bless Mrs. Li!"

Li Jiancheng, who was discussing matters with everyone, received this expected good news. Xiao Chanyan's reaction in the past few days was still quite big. He had already had a vague premonition, so he specially chose today's meeting to ask someone for diagnosis.

Everyone in the hall was also extremely surprised. The worries in their hearts had finally dissipated. The husband didn't even have a child, so who should he entrust the current foundation and the future mountains and rivers to?

More importantly, they serve their husbands, and naturally they hope that, with this affection, their wealth and honor will be passed on to their children and grandchildren in the future, rather than just to this generation.

Wang Long, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui immediately led everyone to bow. At that time, even between the emperor and his subjects, such a grand ceremony was rare, which showed their joy.

"We congratulate our lord on having a successor!"

It doesn't matter whether the baby is a boy or a girl, as long as it is verified that the lord and the lady can give birth to children. You two are still so young, and sooner or later a legitimate son will be born.

Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "We should celebrate this with all the people!"

If you have a child, you can no longer call him Langjun. Wang Long immediately smiled and said, "My lord, you should immediately send people to Chang'an and Zhuojun to spread the good news. We should also celebrate here and let the world know about it."

Li Jiancheng nodded, and everyone dropped what they were discussing and rushed out to spread the news. The sounds of joy spread from the palace to every corner of Jinyang City.

Reducing taxes and levies, abolishing harsh policies and torture, and allowing the people to rest have been his policies since he took over Taiyuan. Even when he had to go to war with the Turks, he never forcibly conscripted a single young and strong man, so Taiyuan had long since returned to his rule.

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(End of this chapter)