Chapter 654: Surrendering in secret

Changsun Shunde was wearing a light cloth robe, and with his cautious attitude, he could not tell at all that a Guanlong clan was born. He was trusted by Li Yuan and served as the important position of commanding the army. He had just secretly defected to Chen Kefu and immediately made a great contribution. He carefully lagged behind Chen Kefu, bent over and did not dare to get too close to him. "King Chen killed the criminal minister, and the criminal minister came to flee late, and almost put King Chen in danger. I thought I was still afraid of it. I only had a past, but how could I dare to make a contribution."

"Uncle Cong, don't say that. If it weren't for your reminder today, it would be more than a Wang Shichong who fell down at the dinner. If you go out sideways, I, Chen Kefu, have to add me." Chen Kefu held Changsun Shunde's hand, and did not call him his official position, but directly called him uncle according to Wugui's relationship. "Uncle Cong not only saved my life, but also defeated the conspiracy of Li Yuan and his son, and helped to resolve a crisis. Such contributions are common, and no one can be unhappy."

"The criminals only regretted that they were hesitant before and were late to join him, so they dared not take credit for it." Changsun Shunde repeated again hurriedly, with no expression of happiness on his face.

The Special Service Department once conducted a detailed investigation of many civil servants and generals under Li Yuan's subordinates in Hedong, and then made a summary to Chen Kefu. Among the civil officials of Li Tang, Pei Ji, who was born in the Hedong family, still had his relationship with Li Yuan and his constant support for Li Yuan, and naturally ranked first. The second one was Liu Wenjing. In addition to the two top strategists, the rest were Changsun Shunde, Tang Jian, Dou Wei brothers, Wen Daya brothers, Chen Shuda and others. Changsun Shunde was among this group of people, and he was also very trusted by Li Yuan.

Changsun Shunde was born into a noble family in Guanlong and his ancestors were officials for generations. He himself received a lot of good education since childhood and was able to be both civil and military. Although he was not as literary as Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing, and martial arts as Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others, there were few people in the Li Tang army who could have both. Moreover, Chen Kefu knew more than others that Changsun Shunde was indeed a capable person, and ranked 15th among the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion.

Although the top civil and military officials and generals of the Li Tang Dynasty at the end of the Sui Dynasty were only a part of the talented people in the world at that time. The top civil and military officials in other forces were not inferior to them, but they were not able to become the final winners. But time also tested these capable ministers of the Li Tang Dynasty, and they were indeed heroes of the times.

Chen Kefu walked him forward and said to Zhang Zhongjian and others with a smile, "I will introduce you to you. This is the commander of my navy, Zhang Zhongjian, General Guo Xiaoke, who commands the heavy cavalry, and General Lu Shishen, the old subordinate of the king. And these people here are also the young and brave generations of our middle-aged and young army."

Changsun Shunde hurriedly stepped forward to greet the generals, "I have heard of the reputation of all the generals for a long time. I saw you today, I am really lucky to see you for a long time."

Everyone also smiled and stood up and returned the gift, "Good luck, lucky luck luck."

After seeing the ceremony, Chen Kefu held Changsun Shunde's hand and walked directly to the top, letting him sit in the lower left corner.

Such courtesy made Changsun Shunde both excited and slightly uneasy.

Chen Kefu looked at him and felt satisfied. He treated Changsun Shunde like this not only because he was Changsun Wugui's uncle, nor because of his secret message tonight. Those were just secondaries, and the real reason was Changsun Shunde's current position.

Although Changsun Shunde fell to him, everything was still going on in secret, and no one discovered Li Yuan and his son. In two days, Li Yuan and his son would die, and the plan for Hedong would go further. Once Li Yuan and his son died, only the whole Li Tang would be left with Li Yuan's concubines from Taiyuan, Shangdang, and some members of the Li clan. He had to make sure that they would eventually surrender to him, instead of surrendering others.

The heavyweight figures of Li Tang, except for Li Shentong and Li Daozong and other Li clan generals are still in Taiyuan, all of them are here. Once Li Yuan and his son die, it is impossible for him to let Pei Ji, Tang Jian and others return to Hedong. At that time, if Changsun Shunde is sent back to Hedong, it will be important to control the remaining forces of the Li family and capture Hedong.

Chen Kefu took out a hand roll from the table and handed it to Changsun Shunde with a smile.

Changsun took it with some confusion, opened it, followed by surprise, and even more uneasy.

The hand scroll was Chen Kefu's reward for him. He immediately appointed him as the Minister of the Huangmen of the Menxia Province, and promoted him to the title of Marquis of Taiyuan County, with a 3,000 stone of salary and a 5,000 acres of land. He also gave his mother, wife a first-rank imperial edict, and two sons and two seventh-rank military officers, and transferred him to the Imperial Guard to serve.

What a glory is it to be granted a wife and son, a title, and a title, and a reward for the land and a title. Changsun Shunde knew what he had done. Although he reminded Chen Kefu, he believed that even without his reminder, Chen Kefu must have been prepared. However, for such a thing, he was awarded the title of his county marquis. He knew that Hebei's title would not be granted titles unless he made great contributions, and Hebei's titles were numerous, and there were also a seventh-level title under his county marquis. As soon as he arrived, he was promoted to the eighth-level county marquis, and his honor was too high.

Even if he is the uncle of Princess Chen, he cannot afford such a reward. The more rewards he receives, the more troublesome the next things may be.

Holding the hand roll, he knelt down in panic and resigned, "I have no merits and I really dare not accept such rewards from King Chen. There have always been strict rules for merit rewards. I am a newly surrendered person and a member of the princess, so I dare not set this precedent."

Seeing that he was so cautious, Chen Kefu felt more and more satisfied and smiled and helped him up. "Mr. Changsun really doesn't have to be too much. This time the reward is indeed richer than usual. However, this is not just to reward you for your previous achievements, but the court has an important task to you, so I will simply seal the reward for that task first. After the task is completed, I will not seal it again." Hearing this, Changsun Shunde breathed a sigh of relief and was a little worried. I am afraid that it would not be easy to be able to use the county marquis to do the task of rewarding him. However, since he has chosen to submit to Hebei, he can only take one step at the moment.

"But I don't know what King Chen has to give me, so I will never refuse."

Nodding, Chen Kefu said, "Things are so. In a few days, there will be some changes here. Li Yuan and his son will not be alive again. So I have been thinking for a long time and plan to ask you to take some of the civil and military officials of Li Tang here to transport the coffins of Li Yuan and his son back to Hedong. Go to Shangdang first, and then to Taiyuan. We will not only help with the funeral, but also be responsible for communicating with the disabled forces of the Li family."

"In a few days, will the father and son of the Li family die?" Changsun Shunde was shocked and inexplicably.

Guo Xiaoke said, "At the banquet today, Li Shimin wanted to poison King Chen, but he never thought that at the banquet, Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng had already drunk the three-day poisoned wine he used to murder King Chen. Today, there are two days left, Li Yuan and his son will die."

Changsun Shunde swallowed and turned to look at Chen Kefu.

Chen Kefu nodded, "That's the matter. If he is not kind, I will be unrighteous. Once Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng die, all four sons of his legitimate son were gone. Next, only the fifth son of Chu Duke Li Zhiyun is the eldest. However, Li Zhiyun is only twelve years old, so I hope you can return to Hedong and support Li Zhiyun as the new parent of the Li family, and he will inherit the title of King Tang. Remember, you must not let the Li family become independent or turn to others again. This is very difficult, but it is the only way to do so. In a few days, I will leave Pei Ji and other loyal subjects to Li Tang, and the rest will be up to you."

"As soon as Li Yuan and his son die, the Li family is only Li Shentong, and Li Daozong holds more than 100,000 troops in their hands, so I am afraid it will be difficult to control it at that time." Changsun Shunde said worriedly.

"As long as you stabilize the situation in Hedong for about half a year, the court will be able to draw troops to Hedong. Before that, everything will depend on you. When you arrive in Hedong, you can contact General Wang Rengong, and if necessary, you can ask him to cooperate with you." Chen Kefu said lightly, but he was not allowed to discuss it.

"Yes, I will accept the order." Changsun Shunde responded. He already understood that this was his only way out. If the matter was done, he was the marquis of Taiyuan County and the queen of the princess, and his future prospects would be bright. If this matter was done, it would probably be no future.

Chen Kefu smiled and stood up, "This time I am wronged. After the matter is done, I will personally welcome my uncle and hold a banquet to celebrate. However, before this, I will still have to wrong your identity for the time being and continue to return to the Li family."

Changsun Shunde nodded, gave a bow to Chen Kefu, and retreated out of the cabin.

"Your Highness, isn't it a bit risky to hand over such an important thing to him?" Lu Shishen said to Changsun Shunde's somewhat heavy background.

"We have taken ninety-nine steps in the Hedong matter, and we must not go to the last step. Changsun Shunde is capable, and he was trusted by Li Yuan in the past, so it is very appropriate to send him back. What's more, he is still the uncle of Wugui. Now he has joined us, and there is a golden light in front of him. At this time, he will turn around and ride on the half-sinked broken ship of the Li family?" Chen Kefu said lightly.

A sound of footsteps came, and a guard whispered to Chen Lei at the cabin door.

"Your Highness, the person who interrogated Fang Xuanzao came to report, but he could no longer hold on. He asked someone to pass the message to Your Highness, and he was willing to surrender." Chen Lei stepped forward to report.

"Hahaha!" Lu Shishen and others burst into laughter when they heard this. Fang Xuanzao surrendered so easily made them look more and more contempt for this person. However, Chen Kefu smiled with a glass of wine and said nothing. As early as when he caught Fang Xuanzao, he had already seen that Fang Xuanzao was just a literati who was afraid of death. Now he was willing to surrender honestly, just in his wish, and he was still useful in his place.


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