Datang Nongwang

When the news of the death of Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty spread to the border of the Tang Dynasty, the troops stationed in various places and the common people all cried and howled.

Cheng Yaojin, who was sent by Li Yuan to Dangzhou, heard of Li Shimin's death, wished he could order to return to Beijing on the spot.

But the order to return him to Beijing was as silent as the wind in the air.

Cheng Yaojin panicked.

although.

At the age of 61, Cheng Yaojin was sent by Li Yuan to garrison Dangzhou to prevent the Tubo Kingdom from invading the Tang Dynasty when Li Shimin died suddenly.

But even though Cheng Yaojin is 61 years old, his spirit is much better than anyone else.

Even if Li Chongyuan wants to have a one-on-one confrontation with Cheng Yaojin, it is estimated that ten Li Chongyuan may not be able to win Cheng Yaojin.

visible.

Cheng Yaojin's combat strength is really not comparable to anyone.

Within a month after Li Shimin's death.

After hearing the news, Tubo suddenly assembled an army of [-].

One suddenly appeared in the north of Jishi Mountain, and the other in the west of Songzhou.

When Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin and others heard the news, they immediately moved.

The soldiers of Tang Dynasty appeared in front of the Tubo army one after another, as if they were waiting for them.

Seeing that Datang seemed to have been prepared for a long time, the Tubo army wanted to attack Datang, but it turned into a confrontation.

The sudden appearance of the Tubo army also made Datang a little more nervous.

The people on the border began to withdraw inward.

Of course, there are still quite a few people who are willing to stay. After all, Songzhou is their homeland, and even if there is a war, they would like to stay in their homeland.

And some of these people spontaneously became husbands.

The standoff was tense.

He was so nervous that there was a possibility of war if he didn't say a word.

And at the same time.

After hearing the news of Li Shimin's sudden death, some young people in the Western Regions were also ready to move.

Even Mobei, the remnants of the Turkic tribes, and even the tribes of Xue Yantuo in the north who were attached to or attached to the Tang Dynasty also appeared in the anti-Tang movement, bringing together 20 troops, and they all released news that they would invade the Tang Dynasty in the south.

When Chang'an heard about this, the entire court panicked.

No one thought of it.

The death of Li Shimin will cause so many people to jump out and fight against Datang.

Within the imperial court, after Li Shimin's death, internal fighting began.

Some people want to climb up, and some people want to lead the army.

Even a prime minister like Tang Jian began to win over court officials, as if he wanted to divide the power of the Tang court into three.

Yuchi Jingde is in the same line as a group of generals.

Tang Jian and Liu Hongji belong to the same line.

Li Chongyuan belongs to one family.

of course.

Li Ke, who has already ascended the position of prince, is naturally related to Li Chongyuan.

Li Shimin's former fanboy Wei Chi Jingde has also jumped out a lot recently, as if he doesn't like Li Ke at all, and even sings against Li Ke from time to time.

Although Tang Jian and the others do not sing against each other, they are all in a state of you fighting you, we watch, don't speak, and don't attach to anyone.

There was chaos within the imperial court, but Li Chongyuan has been sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.

Li Chongyuan didn't fight, and even seldom participated in the court council.

In the court, Li Ke led a group of courtiers who were attached to him, and fought against the generals of Yuchi Jingde's line every day.

This is not.

There was already a 20 army from Mobei in the northern border, but Yuchi Jingde sang against Li Ke, "Your Highness, the old minister is old, and it is really difficult to lead the army to fight against the enemy. And now temporarily summon the government soldiers to go north, Not to mention the difficulty of the road, you may even freeze to death on the road. Moreover, the remnants of the Turkic tribes have assembled an army of 20, but in fact there are only 6 or [-]. Our soldiers from Lingzhou and other prefectures can also deal with it, and there is no need to send veterans. To fight against the enemy. Besides, Li Shizhong made his first contribution in the battle of the Holy Lord's Eastern Conquest of Goguryeo, His Highness should have dispatched Li Shizhong to go there. With Li Shizhong's talent, he is only a mere remnant of the Turks, and Li Shizhong will definitely be able to repel them."

"Yuchi Aiqing, Li Shizhong has been ill recently, and the Empress Dowager has been ill recently, so it is really difficult to leave Beijing. Please think about it carefully. In the Tang court, only Yuchi Aiqing can take on this important task at present. .” Li Ke said with compliments.

When Li Ke said this, he did not really compliment Yuchi Jingde.

Yuchi Jingde was appointed by Li Shimin as the order of Zhongshu, and he was also a general.

In terms of physical health, although there are some minor illnesses and injuries, it is much better than that of a civil servant like Tang Jian.

The left and right servants shot at the bodies of the two of them. Speaking of which, neither of them was good.

Tang Jian can be a little better, but Liu Hongji is not good, and he has been away from court to recuperate from time to time recently.

At this time, when Li Ke was in court, he wanted to send Yuchi Jingde to lead the army to fight, or to resist the enemy. It seemed that Li Ke was complimenting Yuchi Jingde, but in fact he was thinking of Yuchi Jingde. This is the post of Zhongshu Ling.

With so many good generals in the Tang Dynasty, how could he really need Yuchi Jingde to lead the army to the expedition.

Yuchi Jingde has been playing against Li Ke recently, how can Li Ke tolerate him, and he was sent to the expedition just to take advantage of the opportunity.

As for the other two prime ministers.

Another Zhongshu order is Liu Xun, the uncle of the former prince Li Zhi's concubine.

Another waiter is Chu Suiliang who has always maintained a neutral attitude.

Six prime ministers.

The left servant shoots Tang Jian to watch a play, and the right servant shoots Liu Hongji. I don’t know whether he can sit on the right servant for a few months.

As for Yuchi Jingde's Zuozhong Shuling, to put it bluntly, he is the one Li Ke most wants to win when he comes to power.

As for Youzhong Shuling Liuxi, Li Ke didn't take him seriously at all. Even, in Li Ke's plan, Youzhongshuling Liuxi would be removed immediately after Li Ke ascended the throne next year.

On the other hand, Li Chongyuan was Li Chongyuan, the left servant in the province under his door. The person Li Ke was grateful for was also the person he least wanted to lose.

As for Chu Suiliang, one of the right servants under the door, Li Ke knew that he was a man, and never thought of pulling him down, as long as he didn't sing against himself or listen to the tune.

Therefore.

What Li Ke was most upset about at this time was the two servants of Shangshu Province, and Yuchi Jingde, Zuo Zhongshu Ling of Zhongshu Province.

As for whether the north is really going to use swords against Datang, Li Ke is not worried at all.

After he heard the news, at night, he sent someone to bring Li Chongyuan into the palace to discuss the matter.

Li Chongyuan told him.

These remnants of generals and soldiers in the north are not worth mentioning at all.

Even though it is claimed that there are 20 troops going south, and it is winter, those people in the north cannot really attack Datang.

Even, Li Chongyuan said.

The north claims to have assembled an army of 20. Whether it can reach the border of the Tang Dynasty is another matter.

If it was the end of spring, if such news came from the north, Li Chongyuan might still be worried, or he might make Li Ke quickly order to send troops to the north to resist the enemy.

This big winter.

Those remnants in the north are probably hiding in the sheds to avoid the heavy snow. How can they have the energy to invade the Tang Dynasty in the south?

but.

Whether this news is true or not, Li Chongyuan is really concerned.

The war above the court is not over yet.

Although nothing came out of the decision, Li Chongyuan heard about it.

After hearing what happened in the court, Li Chongyuan didn't care. Let Li Ke and the others go to fight. At least Li Ke can understand more and more that to be an emperor, you need to know who the people under him are.

The fight is still going on.

On the Tubo side, because they couldn't stand the cold weather during the confrontation with the Tang soldiers, they finally withdrew their troops.

When the news reached Chang'an, Li Ke's nervous heart relaxed.

Even Li Chongyuan was relieved.

Although Li Chongyuan is not afraid of Tubo.

But he knows that it is really difficult to subdue Tubo in the current season or the current conditions.

Tubo is a plateau area.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can fight, but they seem a little powerless when it comes to fighting on highlands.

Unless you train on the plateau for a long period of time, you may be able to resist altitude sickness.

How about Tubo, Li Chongyuan already had a plan in mind.

Whether this plan can be implemented, Li Chongyuan does not know, but in order to relieve the hidden dangers of Datang's future, this plan must be implemented.

Just after that year, Datang was still resting, celebrating the fifth day of the new year with joy.

However, news came from Tubo that the Tubo monarch, Songtsan Gampo, had died.

This also made Li Chongyuan understand that it turned out that the Tubo Kingdom withdrew from the confrontation, especially because of the sudden death of Songtsan Gampo, so it withdrew from the confrontation with the Tang soldiers.

But after Songtsan Gampo died, Li Chongyuan became more worried.

Li Chongyuan knew it.

After Songtsan Gampo died, his grandson Mansong Mangzan succeeded Zanpu of Tubo Kingdom at the age of 13.

And Gar Dongzan, that is, the family of Lu Dongzan, began to control the future of the Tubo Kingdom, and even began to invade and plunder the neighboring countries of the Tubo Kingdom.

even.

Li Chongyuan knew even more.

After Lu Dongzan took power, a few years later, he would launch a large-scale invasion of Tuguhun.

What's more, after more than ten years, Tuguhun will be wiped out by Tubo, and then Tubo will occupy all the territory of Tuguhun.

"Shande, what do you mean, Tubo must be wiped out, otherwise, my Tang Dynasty is in danger? But I don't think Tubo is that big of a threat, and my Tangbo's threat basically comes from the north?" Li Chongyuan immediately entered the palace after learning the news of the death of Tubo Zanpu Songtsan Gampo, and described to Li Ke the threat of Tubo Kingdom to Datang.

Li Ke didn't quite believe it.

Li Ke didn't believe Li Chongyuan's words very much.

In Li Ke's mind, Tubo had been defeated by the Tang Dynasty, and Tubo simply did not have the strength to fight against the Tang Dynasty.

But Li Chongyuan knew the harm of Tubo.

In the nearly 300-year history of Datang.

After the An and Shi Rebellion, the national power of the Tang Dynasty began to decline seriously, and the Western Regions were out of control, and the north was even out of control.

Even, by the end of the late Tang Dynasty, Tubo had already extended its hand to the Longzhou area of ​​the Tang Dynasty.

Where is Longzhou?
That's the old house of the Li family.

But Li Chongyuan couldn't tell the direction of the future in a few years, decades, or even a hundred years, so he had to talk about the style and characteristics of the Tubo people to Li Ke again, "Your Highness, do you know the customs of the Tubo people? , that is to kill people and eat meat when they see them. You know, the Tubo people are warlike, and all the people on the land occupied by them have become slaves. The power of life and death belongs to the chieftain and landlord of the Tubo people In your hands. Could it be that His Highness wants to see me, the people of the Tang Dynasty, become the meat of other people's mouths?"

"Are you telling the truth?" Li Ke couldn't believe it.

It's not that Li Ke has never seen Tubo people.

The Tubo people Li Ke met were basically envoys to the Tang Dynasty.

But Li Chongyuan has heard too much news about Tubo.

Li Chongyuan didn't respond well, and pointed to Wang Li, "Your Highness, you can ask Director Wang a question or two, and you will naturally understand."

How Li Ke will choose, Li Chongyuan doesn't know, but what should be said has been said, and after a confession, he left the palace.

a few days later.

Li Ke summoned Li Chongyuan again.

even.

Chu Suiliang was also summoned, as well as some officials who had attached to him in the early days.

After the questioning, Li Ke seemed to have made a very important decision, that is, in his lifetime, Tubo must be destroyed, and Tubo would never be allowed to treat the people of the Tang Dynasty as cattle and horses, and he would never even be allowed to treat the people of the Tang Dynasty as food in their mouths .

Shangyuan Festival is very lively.

Li Chongyuan took a son and a daughter to play in Chang'an City on the Shangyuan Festival.

As for Li Ke's ascension to the throne tomorrow, it was not Li Chongyuan's turn to worry about it, and it was even less his turn to give advice or talk too much.

Because it is still in the period of national mourning.

The enthronement ceremony was much simpler than Li Shimin's enthronement.

and.

Li Yuan was still alive, and Li Ke's ascension to the throne basically acted according to Li Yuan's words.

Since Li Yuan was taken to Chang'an by Li Chongyuan last year, Li Yuan has never returned to Lizhuang.

There are too many state affairs, and it is chaotic.

Li Yuan seemed to know that he could not leave Chang'an at this time.

Although he does not leave Chang'an, he has always lived in Li Chongyuan's mansion and is based in Chang'an.

The night of the Shangyuan Festival is the most lively night in Chang'an City since there was no curfew for half a month.

And this night, some people are happy and some are worried.

even.

Others are making a fuss in their own homes.

This is not.

Li Zhi, the former prince, was deposed as prince by Li Shimin before his death, and his title was also reduced to prince of the county by Li Shimin.

Lost virtue, and it is the great virtue lost.

Behind his father's back, he got involved with a woman in his father's harem in private. No one can bear it, let alone Li Shimin.

What happens after death is beyond anyone's control.

But if you messed around like this before you died, then you can't blame yourself for trying to die.

When the sun rose slowly the next day.

In the city of Chang'an, the Imperial Army was dispatched everywhere.

In the Taiji Hall in the palace, and on the Taiji Square, all the officials in Beijing are here.

"The enthronement ceremony begins." Under the announcement of a servant, all the officials knelt down and bowed to Li Zhi who was walking slowly.

After Li Ke formally dressed in imperial clothes and sat on the throne, all the courtiers knelt down again and said, "All blessings, my lord."

From then on, with the help of Li Chongyuan, Li Ke finally sat on the throne of the Great Tang Emperor.

After worshiping Taimiao.

Envoys from various countries entered the palace and knelt down to worship the new emperor of Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin passed away last year, and Empress Changsun died at the same time as Li Shimin last year.But this year when Li Ke ascended the throne, although he wore a dragon robe and imperial uniform, he still needed to hang a white onyx to show his respect for the late emperor, and said that he was still in the mourning period.

After the envoys from various countries met with the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ke shouted to the courtiers, "I am enthroned as the Khan of the Great Tang Dynasty. From today onwards, I hope that all the lovers will govern well and assist me in the Great Tang Dynasty. "