For the surrendered civil and military officials in Hebei, we must not only defend ourselves, but also use it.

Chen Kefu deeply understood that if the Hebei Plain could not bring together these civil and military officials and aristocratic families in Hebei, then his Hebei base camp would be unstable. However, when using it, you must be careful and strictly prevent the situation in Hebei like Jiangnan.

Since the Jin Dynasty, the politics of aristocratic families has gradually flourished, and the power of the central court and the emperor has gradually weakened. Especially during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the politics of aristocratic families has gradually controlled the power of the court and the local government, and the emperor is often the same as a puppet.

When the Sui Dynasty unified the north and south, Yang Jian had unparalleled means. Using his unparalleled political skills, Yang Jian gradually allowed the Sui Dynasty to get rid of the aristocratic family politics and tried to revive the imperial power. Yang Jian died and Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, and even regarded suppressing the aristocratic family as his main goal.

Unfortunately, Yang Guang was too impatient after all. In the end, when these several foreign wars failed and the internal servitude of the people was too heavy, he pushed the aristocratic families to the brink of rebound. Finally, the Second Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty, which was in trouble with internal and external affairs, was about to perish for hundreds of years, was about to perish.

This was really a deep warning for Chen Pojun. He did not want the world he conquered in the future to be a dynasty controlled by the politics of aristocratic families, but he did not want it because of his eagerness for quick success and instant benefits, he would fall on the road to hegemony early.

Now Xue Shixiong is dead, and Hebei surrendered generals have defeated two more times. Guo Xun and Xue Shixiong and other leaders of the Hebei Army were killed one after another, which is a heavy blow to the Hebei Army. In addition, his previous reorganization of the Hebei Army has initially met Chen Pojun's expectations.

Losing the prestige of the Hebei Army generals such as Xue Shixiong and Li Jing, and a large number of middle and high-level generals of the Hebei Army such as Guo Xun were killed. In addition, Luo Yi's voluntary surrender gradually divided the Hebei Army, and now he has completely surrendered by the uncle and nephew of the Xue family. The Hebei Army, which was once powerful, has been completely divided, and Chen Pojun finally felt relieved about this strong army.

Without this Hebei army, the local aristocratic families, large clans, local tyrants, rural clans and surnames in Hebei would lose their greatest reliance. Chen Pojun could also feel at ease to occupy the second phase of the Hebei court.

The current urgent task is to separate and win over, suppress the first group, win over the first group that was not at the top, and be supervised by the Beijing court, and then balance it by themselves. This is the most urgent task at the moment. With the support of these local forces, he can restore order to the counties and counties under his control, send officials to recruit vagrants, wipe out bandits in the mountains and forests, and resume production. Only when the situation in Hebei is further stabilized, Chen Pojun can lead his army to continue to move south with confidence.

The night was already deep, and several piles of charcoal fires were burning in the big tent, but the heat of the charcoal fire was still inferior to the cold autumn wind in the night.

Chen Pojun closed his clothes, finally stopped writing, picked up the paper table on the table, Chen Pojun carefully checked it, put it on the table and dried the ink marks before sealing it. Although he was leading the troops, Chen Pojun himself could not let go of the governance of Hebei and other places. He used flying pigeons to contact Beijing every day, and communicated with Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Mao Xi and other civil officials to discuss local governance.

On the quiet autumn night, you can hear the sound of the military fighting from time to time.

Hearing the buzzing sound of the buzzing buzz, Chen Kefu got up and stretched his body left and right, and smiled bitterly in his heart. Unexpectedly, it was already the third day so soon. When he thought that Xue Dingguo's uncle and nephew had obtained 10,000 troops to command the army in the evening, he immediately rushed to pursue Dou Jiande overnight. Chen Pojun couldn't help but be unable to calm down. Dou Jiande's ability to escape exceeded his expectations, and he chased him one day and night.

But along the way, whenever they had to catch up, there were always hundreds of cavalry in Dou Jiande's army who stayed to fight to the death. Everyone was afraid of death. Even though hundreds of people were killed against 20,000 people, they would never escape in the battle, and never surrendered.

Along the way, several cavalrymen broke the rear. Although they killed all the four or five thousand cavalry left behind, Dou Jiande also led the remaining five thousand cavalry to escape. He was extremely impressed by Dou Jiande's ability to keep so many peasant knights left the rear without fear of death. As a commander, it can be said that he was extremely successful in his heart to win the morale of the army.

If Dou Jiande was not a peasant from a humble peasant, but an identity like Xue Shixiong, he would rebel, but he was afraid that Hebei would respond in a long way. He would get the support of those aristocratic families and local tyrants, and then the support of the people, let alone being a local emperor in Hebei, even fighting for the world, that would be unknown.

It’s a pity that Dou Jiande was born into a peasant, and the upper classes in the Sui world would never compromise with him. Although in history, Liu Bang, who was a rogue, also won the world, and Zhu Baba, who was born into a monk, also founded the Ming Dynasty. But now it is the end of the Sui Dynasty, when the aristocratic family was at its strongest political life.

Dou Jiande, who was born into a peasant and the leader of the peasant army, could only be the same as other peasant army. They could only be the mourners of the Sui Dynasty, but they would never be the founders of the new dynasty. He would be like countless peasant uprising leaders in history, fighting bloody battles, but in the end, he would never be the one who won the world. This is the sorrow of the peasant army. He would never be accepted by the small part of the masters of society at this time.

Thinking of these mixed thoughts, Chen Pojun couldn't help but put on his clothes and came out of the tent, standing outside the tent, looking up at the starry sky. The sky was brilliant, and it was like a day for thousands of years, as if it was eternal. Allowing the rise and fall of dynasties on the earth and the conquests of the world, but compared with this everlasting starry sky, everything seemed to be just a passing cloud.

An urgent step came, and a figure came from the fire in the camp.

"Stop, password!"

"Sun, Moon, Mountains and Rivers!"

"Drinking horses in the Yellow River!"

Hearing the order, several guards came forward, "It's Lord Changshi. May I ask Lord Changshi come here so late, is there anything to ask Your Highness?"

Changsun Wuji's hair was not tied up, and he was disheveled. He hurriedly put on a robe, and even forgot to wear boots under his feet. He rushed over with a pair of white socks. His face was even more solemn, and he was holding a letter tightly in his hand.

Seeing Changsun Wuji's appearance, General Chen Lei, who was greeting him, knew that it must be a big deal and did not dare to neglect him. He hurriedly took him to Chen Pojun's tent.

Chen Kefu was also shocked when he saw Changsun Wuji's appearance. In his impression, Changsun Wuji has always been a handsome and respectful person. Although he is young, he is very mature and polite. Otherwise, he would not have let him be the chief of the army.

"Wuji, what happened? Was it Wugui's letter?" Chen Pojun couldn't help but rush forward to ask when he saw Wuji's panic and lost his composure.

"Your Highness, you're so happy!" Changsun Wuji waved the letter in his hand and shouted incoherently.

Originally, Chen Kefu thought something big happened in Beijing, but when he saw Changsun Wuji was so happy, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He was really worried that something tricky big happened in Beijing when he was away.

Chen Kefu, who breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Changsun Wuji so excited and asked, "Is Changsun happy?" Changsun Wugui, as the chief concubine of King Chen, will naturally be the queen in the future. Although Chen Pojun now has three daughters, he has no son. If Changsun can get pregnant soon after marrying Chen Pojun, there is a great chance to give birth to a son. If he really gives birth to a son, he will be the legitimate son. This is crucial for Changsun Wugui's stable status. Even for the Changsun family and the Gao family, this is also a very important matter. Chen Pojun thought about it and felt that only this matter could make Changsun Wuji so excited.

Sure enough, Changsun Wuji was stunned for a moment and murmured, "How could Your Highness know about this? Although Princess Chen's Youxi has been confirmed by Doctor Sun, many left-behind ministers in the Beijing court also know about it. However, Princess Chen has explained to everyone that in order to avoid your Highness's concern, everyone should not disclose this to Your Highness. Just wait for Your Highness to return to Beijing in the future, as a surprise. Could it be that Mao Pushe can't help but tell Your Highness first?"

When Chen Kefu heard that Changsun Wugui was indeed happy, he was very happy. No matter what, if Changsun Wugui was the main concubine, if Changsun Wugui could give birth to the eldest son, it would be a great thing for the Chen family and even his power. In this way, there would be fewer disputes in succession.

"Be serious about this? Did Sun Sijing confirm it?" The medicine king Sun Sijing met when he was in trouble. Later, he went to Wagang together. He was thanks to him when he was able to escape. Later, when Chen Pojun returned to Liaodong, he also brought him back to Liaodong. Sun Sijing was originally a master who was determined to travel around the world and search for folk prescriptions, but Chen Kefu later proposed to build a complete new-style clinic for him, which not only opened a clinic to treat patients, but also served as a medical hospital that inherited medical skills, allowing him to teach and teach. Chen Pojun also made all his money and supported the hospital very well, so Sun Sijing stayed.

Now Sun Simiao is not only the fifth-grade Shanzheng in Beijing Hospital, but also the chief imperial physician of the Imperial Hospital. With his confirmation, Changsun Wugui is definitely pregnant.

When Changsun Wuji saw that Chen Kefu actually knew, he simply smiled and said, "Your Highness is terrible but I don't know. Doctor Sun has already said in person that the princess is pregnant with a boy, and this is the eldest son of the Chen family. He is both eldest and legitimate, which is amazing."

When Chen Kefu heard that he could confirm that it was a boy, he couldn't help but admire Sun Siming very much. He didn't have a supernatural instrument and could still know that the fetus was a man and a woman.

Chen Kefu smiled and patted Changsun Wuji on the shoulder, pointed at his funny look and said, "Even if Changsun is happy, you don't have to be so happy. It seems that you want to be your uncle, but you are much happier than me want to be your father."

Changsun Wuji looked down at his outfit and couldn't help laughing.

"Your Highness, my subordinates are dressed in this way, but they are not here to report the good news of Princess Chen."

"Oh, is there any greater good news?" Chen Pojun was stunned for a moment. What else could be more happy about this midnight?

Changsun Wuji waved the letter in his hand and became excited again, and his hands trembled as he waved the letter.

"Your Highness, great good news, Yang Guang is dead!"

"Yang Guang is dead?" Chen Kefu was stunned.

"Really. Yang Guang is dead. I just received a secret letter from the Secret Service Taiyuan."

Chen Kefu took the letter in a complicated mood. The letter had been translated. Chen Kefu looked at it word by line.

As expected, the information in the letter showed that just a few days before he led his troops south, the forces in Taiyuan City finally started their final competition. Emperor Yang Guang finally woke up after two months of unconsciousness. Yang Guang knew what Yang Qing did in Taiyuan. So he secretly wrote the edict to pass the throne to Yang Neng, the King of Yan, and the eight others, including Wei Wensheng, Yu Wenhuai, Fan Zigai, Wang Shichong of the Jianghuai forces, Yun Dingxing, the uncle of the King of Yan, the prime minister Su Wei, Nayan Pei Shiju, and Li Yuan, who was in charge of Hedong, and wrote the edict of the ministers of the regents to Wei Wensheng of the Guanzhong forces, Yu Wensheng, Fan Zigai, Wang Shichong of the Jianghuai forces, the uncle of the Yan king Yun Dingxing of the neutral forces, the prime minister Su Wei, Nayan Pei Shiju, and Li Yuan who was in charge of Hedong, and let the eight others jointly support Yan king Yang Neng succeed the throne in the future.

While staying in Taiyuan, Li Yuan, Duke of Tang, accepted the emperor's edict, agreed to jointly support the king of Yan with Yun Dingxing and others to ascend the throne, and to connect the king of Yan to the Duke of Tang's mansion. However, he pretended to turn to the king of Liao, Yang Hung, and betrothed the three daughters Li Xiuning to the king of Liao as the official concubine. The two sides joined forces to join forces to wipe out the forces of Guanzhong, such as Yu Wensheng, and Wang Shichong's Jianghuai, and Yang Hung inherited the throne.

But in fact, Li Yuan secretly formed an alliance with Wang Shichong, and married his eldest son Li Jiancheng and Wang Shichong's daughter. On the night of the melee in Taiyuan, Yang Qing's troops fought with Wei Wensheng, Yu Wenji, and other forces of Guanzhong. At the critical moment, Li Yuan suddenly attacked, seized Taiyuan City, and controlled Jinyang Palace.

Then, Li Yuan and Wang Shichong took advantage of the Guanlong faction Wei Wensheng and others, as well as Pei Renji, Hebei who supported Yang Yang and Yang Yichen, Shandong, who were both injured, but suddenly broke out from all sides. The Liao Wang Party and Guanlong faction, which were originally the strongest, were eliminated first, and each led the remaining troops to withdraw from Taiyuan.

After the Li and Wang Alliance won a great victory, Li Yuan attacked Wang Shichong the next day. However, Wang Shichong, who was also treacherous, was prepared for him. The one who entered the city to attend the Li Yuan family banquet was his substitute. After learning that the substitute was killed, Wang Shichong took the plan and set up an ambush in the Jianghuai Army camp outside the city. When Li Shimin led the Hedong Army to kill, Wang Shichong instead ambushed Li Shimin. Li Shimin lost his troops and retreated to Taiyuan. Wang Shichong immediately led his troops to leave Hedong and returned to Jianghuai.

On the third day after the Taiyuan melee, the Li family cleaned up Taiyuan and successively completely controlled the counties in Hedong. On the third day after Wang Shichong withdrew from Taiyuan, news of Yang Guang's funeral came from Taiyuan City.

For a moment, all parties who had failed in the Taiyuan dispute accused Li Yuan and his son of killing the monarch. It was also rumored that Li Shimin entered the palace that day and stabbed Emperor Yang Guang to death with his own sword. As soon as this rumor came out, all directions were shaken and the world looked at him sideways.

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