Mrs. Cui really didn't expect that this result would happen in the end. Originally, her daughter was a noble daughter of the Cui family, so Li Chongjiu looked down on her, so she had no problem marrying into the royal family. Even her husband who lived in seclusion at home would agree to this decision, after all, it was Guangyao's family.

But he didn't expect that Li Chongjiu was the decision to betroth his daughter to the boy named Zhang. Mrs. Cui didn't like this boy named Zhang. Qinghe Zhang said that it was a powerful man in Qinghe County, but it was still far from the seven sects and five surnames.

Only the Cui family in Qinghe would be allowed to be a second-rate gentry like the Zhang family. If Mrs. Cui agreed to this marriage today, wouldn’t she have lost this person? Not only the Cui family in Qinghe, but also the Zheng family in Xingyang, her mother’s family, and she felt that the five surnames were lowered because of this.

Mrs. Cui's expression was slightly cold, and Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "What's wrong, is the old woman unwilling to do it?"

Mrs. Cui thought it was not good. She had fallen into Li Chongjiu's trap. She had something to say first, but can she still regret it at this moment?

Mrs. Cui could only look at Cui Junsu like help, hoping that he would make an idea.

But he didn't know that Cui Junsu coughed lightly, but he didn't see anything. Mrs. Cui couldn't help but be furious. Fortunately, his husband said that Cui Junsu was a Choi family's Juncai. Unexpectedly, he didn't even dare to fart in front of Li Chongjiu. It seemed that his edges had been smoothed out in the past few years.

Cui Junsu stopped expressing his opinion. Mrs. Cui had any other way. She could only say at the moment: "Your Majesty gave the marriage personally, and she had to obey her own life."

Li Chongjiu heard Mrs. Cui’s unwillingness, but he was just causing this. Li Chongjiu looked at Zhang Wenguan and said, “What do you think?”

"Your Majesty can give a marriage in person. The people of the grass are grateful. I hope to repay you with grass and flowers for generations."

Zhang Wenguan had long been radiant and his face was full of joy, and Sun Chu's appointment and Lai Ji and the other two were also happy for their friends.

Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "Don't thank you too early. I'll just make a good story. I hope that lovers in the world will eventually get married. I said that only if you pass the county exam, you can marry Miss Cui. If you fail the county exam, then don't mention everything. Do you understand? I will read your paper in person. If you don't have real talent and knowledge, even the governor of Cui County, and the minister of Qinghe County, sacrificed wine, and won you. I think it's inappropriate. Do you understand?"

As soon as Li Chongjiu said this, Cui Junsu secretly said that it was amazing. Li Chongjiu personally reviewed the papers, which seemed to have retained the face for the Cui family, but in fact it was equivalent to the possibility that he would secretly defeat Zhang Wenguan.

In his opinion, Li Chongjiu seemed to be fair for Zhang Wenguan. To fulfill this story, in fact, Li Chongjiu's attempt was far more than that. First, it broke the practice of intermarriage among the seven sects and five prominent families over the past few hundred years. Second, it conquered people's hearts and allowed poor people to return to their hearts. Third, it promoted the county examination. The status of the county examination pointed a round for poor people. Those who passed the county examination were not only officials, but also could marry the legitimate daughter of a big family like the Cui family. Not only did they break the past rules of using family members to win the family, but they also broke the sense of superiority of the aristocratic family from intermarriage.

Three goals were achieved in one fell swoop. Cui Junsu thought that this move was too powerful. Although Li Chongjiu did not suppress the gentry, promoting poor families was to suppress them in disguise.

After dealing with the matter of the Cui family, Cui Junsu said to Li Chongjiu: "Your Majesty, the matter is over. It's time to return to Luoyang. The Empress and Empress Xiao are still waiting for Your Majesty at Qinghe Wharf?"

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "No need to delay, set off now and head to Luoyang!"

The Qinghe County incident has gained a lot for Li Chongjiu. It not only gained a beautiful woman, but also set up chess pieces for weakening the power of the gentry in the future. However, when Li Chongjiu thought of Yang Ehuang, if he didn't know what to do after he knew that he was with Li Zhiwan, he would have a little headache.

On the contrary, Zhang Wenguan and the other two walked out of Puji Temple. When the fellow travelers learned that the three of them were not punished, they had formed a marriage contract with the Cui family. They were overjoyed and shouted that His Majesty was wise.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but smile when he heard the cheers of the scholars outside the temple.

However, when Li Chongjiu was about to ascend the throne in Luoyang, he had sent someone to send an edict to the warlords in the north and south.

Wujun, within the Jianghuai Army camp.

Du Fuwei, wearing a golden crown, sat on a chair of the Grand Master and discussed military opportunities with the generals Fu Gongyou, Wang Xiongxian, Zuo Youxian, Kan Ling and others.

In front of Du Fuwei, it was the base camp of Suzhou, Wujun, Li Shentong in Jiangbei.

Li Shentong called himself King of Wu and was named Mingzheng. He had just defeated Shen Faxing, who was one of the three major forces in Jianghuai. Now the only heroes of Jianghuai are Du Fuwei and Li Shentong. Li Shentong's army is in a positive state. He went to Kuaiji in the east, Wuling in the south, Xuancheng in the west, and Taihu Lake in the north, all of which are the forces of Li Shentong's Wu army.

The decisive battle between Du Fuwei and Li Shentong is related to who can unify Jianghuai.

Du Fuwei now led 50,000 Jianghuai troops to Wujun, of which 5,000 were recruited by his elite troops, and there were 10,000 Jianghuai soldiers. Although the rest were inadequately trained new recruits, they were numerous and powerful, and they far exceeded Li Shentong.

After Li Shentong forced Shen Faxing to death, he had only 20,000 troops in the remaining troops. Now the two armies confronted Dusongling, Li Shentong was in danger and did not dare to fight.

Du Fuwei looked at the map and said, "Li Shentong is fine. He can make a comeback after defeating someone several times. This person is also considered a person that I, Old Du, respected."

Fu Gongyou said: "So what? I'm not the defeated general of the king. After capturing Wujun this time, I see where Li Shentong escapes and makes a comeback."

Du Fuwei said: "Of course."

While speaking, Zuoyouxian said, "Your Majesty, after Li Chongjiu occupied Luoyang, he sent an edict to the world, saying that Lord Zhao would ascend the throne in Luoyang soon, and now he sent an edict to the world's heroes, saying that Li Yuan was a rebellious and invited all the heroes of the world to attack them together!"

Du Fuwei heard this and said, "Did Li Chongjiu also issue a manifesto to me?"

"Yes, Master, are you also invited our army to attack Li Tang?"

Du Fuwei touched his beard and said, "Don't Li Chongjiu know that I, Du Fuwei, are heading towards Li Tang? I sent Zhengtong and Shaozong's two brothers to lead two thousand troops to aid the Tang Dynasty, but they fought with the Zhao army."

"So what?" Fu Gongyou said, "My Jianghuai army occupies the tiger in Jianghuai. If we break Li Shentong and unify Jianghuai, even with Li Yuan and Li Chongjiu's current strength, we will have the power to fight."

Du Fuwei smiled and said, "Fu Bo's words are easy to hear."

Zuo Xianyou said: "It's just that Li Chongjiu has occupied Luoyang now, and Li Tang cannot leave Guanzhong. If the Zhao army comes to attack us, Li Tang will be out of reach. I'm worried that Li Chongjiu will send a general to guard Luoyang in the next step, and lead his army to sweep Shandong and go south to Jiangnan."

Fu Gongyou said: "There are many tycoons in Shandong, Jianghuai, not to mention the far-reaching ones. In Jianghuai, in addition to our army, Li Zitong, there are also Wang Hua from the six prefectures of She and Xuan, and Wenren Sui'an from Kunshan, and Wang Shibian from Xuzhou who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Shandong has Xu Yuanlang and Meng Haigong, who have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and other heroes who have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and Qi Gongshun, Zang Junxiang and other heroes. Although the Zhao army has strong power, it has to defend Luoyang in front of Li Yuan, and on the other hand, it is to attack Shandong and Jianghuai. I am afraid that Li Chongjiu will not have so many troops."

Wang Xiong said coldly: "Then what Fu Gong means is, do we contact the Xiongs to defend the Jianghuai together to resist the Zhao army's invasion south?"

Zuo Xianyou said, "This matter is not easy to do. If you blatantly, you will be regarded as the target of public criticism for Li Chongjiu. If it makes him angry and attack our Jianghuai army first, then our army will not be afraid, but it will inevitably hinder our plan to go south to Jiangnan and expand land to collect people, and will give Li Shentong and others a chance to breathe. But if he does not do it, if Li Chongjiu can conquer one or two Shandong heroes, Shandong Jianghuai might be determined under its general trend. At that time, Li Chongjiu and the power of Shandong Jianghuai heroes, we would regret it if we went south to Jiangnan."

After hearing what Zuo Xianyou said, everyone nodded, and Du Fuwei also said, "What Zuo Aiqing said is reasonable, and his arm can't twist his thighs. Li Tang, it's better to be evil or not. What are you going to have a clever plan? Let's talk about it quickly?"

Fu Gongyou said: "In the current view, Li Chongjiu has not yet settled Shandong, so we will not be the primary opponent of our Jianghuai Army. We are actually worried about the submission of other princes, so we only need to beware of which princes may subdue Li Chongjiu."

Zuo Xianyou put his hands together and said, "Mr. Fu is high-minded, Wang Shibian, Chunyu Nan, Qi Gongshun, Zang Junxiong should not surrender to Zhao. They have already sent a proton to Chang'an, and their power is small, so they are already determined to surrender to Tang. They can be regarded as Li Yuan's confidants. Unlike our Jianghuai army surrender to Tang, we just obeyed Li Yuan's orders, but we did not listen to the tune. So I have to worry about the current neutral Wang Hua, Wenren Sui'an, Xu Yuanlang, and Meng Haigong."

Du Fuwei said: "Wang Hua, Wenren Sui'an and the other two must hold on tightly, otherwise it would be equivalent to letting Li Chongjiu lay a nail under my nose. If the two dare to subdue Zhao, I, Old Du, dare to fight with the Zhao army, and even if I defeat my old foundation, I, don't care. As for Xu Yuanlang and Meng Haigong, who are far away in Shandong, he, Li Chongjiu, will do whatever he loves, and I, Old Du, don't care."

Fu Gongyou said: "Then the king, it is clear below. The Zhao army sent an edict to our army to attack Tang. Although we cannot agree, we cannot hate Li Chongjiu. We can send an envoy to congratulate Li Chongjiu for his reign of emperorship, and tell Li Chongjiu that our Jianghuai army has no intention of going north to Shandong, but he secretly told Li Chongjiu not to reach his hand to Jianghuai, otherwise it would be of no benefit to his plan to unify the world."

Zuo Xianyou said: "Master Fu Gaojian, when Da Zhao takes over Shandong, we will also defeat Li Shentong. By then, we will not be afraid of Li Chongjiu. This is a delaying strategy."

Du Fuwei laughed and said, "That's right. We send people to ask for soldiers and food from Chang'an. Li Yuan will definitely agree. As long as I break Li Shentong, Jiangnan will be my Du Fuwei's world."
Chapter completed!