Chastity Layman

Shandi proposed marriage with Linyi and his relatives, and said that how to marry is up to the Queen to decide, whether it is Linyi's eldest son marrying Shandi Princess, or Shandi's crown prince marrying Linyi Princess, as long as the two countries marry and form an alliance, they will jointly deal with the truth. Wax will do.

The queen was caught in a dilemma for a while.

"What about your own thoughts?" Qin Lang asked.

"Yishana was cruel and heartless at first, but he has conquered all these years, and Chenla has a strong national power. He has a large and powerful army under his command, especially the five thousand elephant army, which is even more impressive. Although there were many battles between Chenla and Linyi before, they were just small fights on the border, and there has been no big fight. This time Yishena was really angry. It is said that he has already mobilized across the country. If Linyi does not If he is willing to marry, he will personally lead a hundred thousand horses to attack."

Qin Lang just smiled, "Can the Zhenla Kingdom dispatch an army of 100,000?"

"A 100,000 army is no problem." The princess is quite familiar with the strength of Chenla. Today's Chenla has almost annexed the original Funan Kingdom completely, leaving only some mountainous areas and some rebels.

"Of course an army of 100,000 can be assembled, but the problem is that it is not easy to maintain such a large army. It is not enough to fight with a large number of soldiers. Thinking about the Sui Emperor Yang Guang in the previous dynasty of the Central Plains when he conquered Liaodong, he dispatched one hundred and one soldiers at once. 120,000 troops, but in the end they did not defeat Goguryeo, which has a population of only a few million!"

Chenla now occupies almost the entire Cambodian region of later generations, and its strength is still very strong.

Although the current Chenla Kingdom is actually the King of Chenla after Prince Funan went to Chenla as his son-in-law, and later robbed his brother of the Funan throne, in essence, it is no longer the former Chenla Kingdom, but it should be said that it is still Funan, or the merger of Funan and Chenla.

In history, the Funan Kingdom was once strong and prosperous, and it was also inseparable from the maritime trade in Southeast Asia. At that time, merchants from the Mediterranean, India, the Middle East, Africa and other Western countries had to travel to China via the Malay Peninsula and the Gulf of Siam. Go to Funan for rest.

However, a new shipping route was discovered later, and the southward route directly took the Sunda Strait. Many merchant ships directly bypassed Funan and used the Sunda Strait to transport goods to China. As a result, Funan's national power declined day by day, and many dependent countries established themselves one after another.

However, after the death of the king of Funan, Kochen Rujayavarman, and after the eldest son Liutuovarman killed his younger brother and became self-reliant, the Funan Kingdom seemed to have fallen into this nightmare cycle of endless internal strife. Constantly weakening.

When Yishana's uncle became the son-in-law of the king of Chenla, and later came back to seize the throne of his brother, although the merger of Chenla and Funan temporarily ended the civil strife, his strength was indeed much stronger.

However, after the death of Yishana's uncle, his father used the soldiers and horses in his hands to seize the throne of his nephew. Then Yishana was not the eldest son, but also took the brother's reserve with the military power in his hands.

This kind of struggle within the Chenla royal family has always been fierce, and there is also the continuous resistance of the Funan royal family. Under the superficial strength, there are many uneasy factors hidden.

In contrast, Lin Yiguo is much more stable. Over the years, Linyi Kingdom has become stronger and richer.

Although they lost a lot of territory in the north, the friendly relationship with Datang allowed them to share the dividends of sea trade.

However, maybe it is because of the prosperity of Linyi maritime merchants in these years, everyone's life is better, on the contrary, the noble officials in Linyi Kingdom are now unwilling to fight. Just acted cowardly.

Now that Chenla is threatening to make a marriage, otherwise they will meet with each other. Many people in the country think that it is better to make a marriage. If a marriage can avoid war, it is very cost-effective.

This voice is still in the mainstream.

They are even willing to pay tribute to Chenla.

The aristocratic officials in Linyi are all busy enjoying, enjoying these luxurious and exquisite goods from the sea, enjoying the dividends of trade, who wants to fight.

Someone suggested that we should simply give some money to the people of Chenla every year.

"Did they all think so?"

"It's not everyone, but there are many who have this attitude."

Qin Lang couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, "Lin Yiguo has reformed in recent years, implemented the land equalization system, the law of renting and adjusting taxes, and the government army system. I heard that you also have a lot of government soldiers?"

"Well, there are more than 100 military mansions, and the twelve guards of Nanya have more than 100,000 soldiers." The queen said, Lin Yiguo has set up twelve guards, has more than 100 military mansions, and Nanya has more than 100,000 soldiers. , it is not weak at all. Besides, the queen also has six Beiya armies, each with 3,000 troops, or 18,000 people, some of whom are Tang mercenaries.

Every year, Lin Yiguo spends a lot of money to order armaments from Datang, and even two of the six armies of the Beiya are specialized naval divisions.

However, there is an old saying that says whether an army is strong or not depends not on its equipment, but on its will.

On the surface, Lin Yi learned the military system of the Central Plains, taking pictures of cats and tigers, but he really only learned a little superficially. Anyway, the twelve guards of Nanya were basically controlled by nobles and powerful men of all sizes, and just like now, they have no fighting spirit when it comes to fighting.

In the past, the conflicts with Chenla were mainly dispatched by the Queen's Beiya imperial army, and mainly by Tang mercenaries.

It's all about spending money on wars.

Now that Chenla is putting on a desperate stance, Linyi's country is immediately discouraged.

"Back then, the King of Funan sent his son to Chenla to be his son-in-law, and later he became the king of Chenla. Now the king of Chenla is trying to repeat the old trick? Sending a son to Linyi to be his son-in-law, in the future Do you also want to inherit the position of King Linyi?"

Qin Lang didn't have the slightest liking for Yi Shena at first.

However, he can't influence Linyi's domestic soft-boned views. Although if he were the king, he might directly reject Zhenla's threats and just fight them with real knives and guns, but he also understands the queen's difficulties .

Although there is a powerful Datang as the backing, it is impossible for the Datang to take care of everything. After all, Chenla is also paying tribute to the Datang.

"You are the regent of Linyi, and the eldest son and the princess are also your children. I want to hear your father's opinion."

Qin Lang smiled wryly, he still couldn't understand the difficulty of the princess after talking so much. The princess meant that there was obviously no other way.

"Since this is the case, it's better to have a marriage between the two. You ask Zhenla King Yishena to send the princess to Linyi to marry the eldest son Fan Ren. The two families form an alliance, delineate the border, and erect a stone tablet to resolve the dispute. Establish a border market on the border, trade between the two sides, and turn war into friendship."

"On the other hand, you can also marry the Shandi dynasty, marry the princess to the Shandi prince, and the two families will marry each other, and strengthen maritime trade cooperation."

"Can this dispel Chenla's conspiracy?"

"Of course not enough, but at least it can satisfy them temporarily."

The queen looked at Qin Lang, "If you can go to Linyi, with you as the regent, I think Yi Shena would not dare to act rashly."

"It's difficult." Qin Lang said.

"I know, I'm just talking." The princess also smiled wryly. Although the two are not far apart, it is difficult to see each other. See both sides of the mind.

"If you think it's not enough, you can find a daughter of the royal family of Linyi and send it to the Central Plains, to the Prince's East Palace, or to a prince's residence."

The princess smiled slightly, "Very good."

The two were silent for a while.

Fan Ren played with his brothers and sisters very happily. The young children are relatively naive.

"I often recall the red-billed seagulls by the Qilu Lake when I was in Tonghai. Are you okay?" The princess stretched out her hand and held Qin Lang's.

"Well, there are red-billed gulls spending the winter by the Qilu Lake every year. Cheng Chumo has now been transferred to the governor's office in the southern part of the town. Besides, Niu Jianhu is also the commander of the Nanyang Navy. If there is something wrong with Linyi, you can go to them directly. indivual."

The queen didn't want to mention this.

"Can you stay with me tonight?"

Qin Lang looked into the Queen's expectant eyes, "Okay."

"The princess won't be jealous, will she?"

"She can understand. In fact, she knows that you are coming, and she has already arranged it."

"You met a virtuous and gentle wife, I really envy you."

This night, Qin Lang devoted himself to accompanying Fan Lin, the princess was very beautiful and generous.

Several sisters were puzzled.

"Why should the princess let her? The princess is a golden branch and jade leaf of the Tang Dynasty, and she was born as a princess. Then Fan Lin is just a barbarian female chieftain, and she is nothing more than a county prince in terms of title!"

"That's not the case. I'm just lamenting that the queen has a sincere affection for Saburo. She still refuses to marry. It's not easy for a woman to pull two children. She can only see Saburo once or twice a year. How can I do that?" the wicked?"

Ying Luonu smiled and said, "The princess is right. Although Fan Lin is the king of Linyi, she is only a housewife of Sanlang at best. Our princess is a regular wife and a big wife. Why bother to be serious with a housewife?"

Lizhi suddenly retched.

"My sister is happy, call the doctor quickly!"

There is a family doctor in Wei Gongbao, and he quickly felt the pulse when he came.

"Congratulations princess, this is the pulse of joy."

"sure?"

"It can never be wrong."

"Can you tell if it's a boy or a girl?"

"Well, it's still a short period of time, so it's not clear yet, but judging from the pulse, the boy may be bigger."

The princess was so excited that she couldn't speak. The other dowry sisters were also happy for the princess and finally became pregnant.

"Hurry up and tell Saburo."

The princess called out, "Let Sanlang accompany the queen well today, don't disturb them for now, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

Several women then surrounded the doctor, chattering non-stop, inquiring about all kinds of precautions to protect the pregnancy and so on, even as impatient as Yingluonu, they even asked how the princess could conceive a child earlier, and even pregnant with a boy.

It made everyone laugh.

In Taiping City, a unique and quiet manor, this is a secret manor of the Queen in Taiping City, where the two enjoy a rare two-person world.

The Queen snuggled into Qin Lang's arms, her face was full of begonia spring, and the sweat was still there, "I really want to stay in this moment forever!"

"Then score twice!"

"Okay, give me another child." The queen's look of letting you pick and choose was exciting.