Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 722 Unexpected!Mess!
Qin Wenyuan led the army back to Licheng without any danger. After settling down his mother and other family members, he called his boss Ma Yuntian to have a secret talk with Qin Changqing in the mansion. The Mo family lived there. Before the mansion was built, Mo Fei and her second uncle Mo Yazi both lived in the Xu mansion, and the people accompanying the Mo family lived in the mountains around the "Xuanyuan" together with Li Kuang's artisans who returned at the same time. In houses built by craftsmen.

After a few days of rest, Qin Wenyuan invited his father to call the generals of the Qin family army and senior officials in the governor's office to discuss matters in the Grand Marshal's Mansion in Licheng. The audience waved their hands in front of a huge map to signal them to listen quietly.

"Everyone, I invite you to come here today because I have something to discuss. For the greater development of Qizhou, Qin decided to submit a petition to the imperial court for Qizhou to establish a vassal mansion and govern Jizhou, Cangzhou, Yunzhou, Weizhou, and Haizhou. There are [-] prefectures within the state, including Chongzhou, Qingzhou, Yizhou, Dizhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou. In this way, Qizhou can slowly develop to the northeast until the area with fertile water and grass at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. To the east, you can find Dengzhou Establish a military port, develop a naval force to radiate Silla and control Jeju Island, form a strategic depth that can be advanced, attacked, retreated, and defended, and create a foundation for us and future generations. Do you have any suggestions?"

Looking at the "E"-shaped area centered on Qizhou on the map Qin Changqing pointed out, all the officials opened their mouths and couldn't believe it. It takes a person with great ideals to dare to think so.

"It's incredible, it's incredible!"

In fact, this is what Qin Wenyuan thought after he returned to Licheng and had a long talk with his father. Combining with the current situation, Qin Wenyuan believed that the imperial court would inevitably cause an uproar after receiving Licheng's memorial, but the emperor finally had to follow the current situation of the Tang Dynasty. Compromise due to the fact that there is no power to look east. After all, if there is a force that can guarantee that the northeast of the Tang Dynasty will not be invaded, why not do it, and this force has no intention of competing with the Tang Dynasty for the world. What it wants is a different surname to be king.

All the civil and military personnel in Licheng bowed and said loudly after taking their eyes off the map with difficulty.

"I am willing to follow the generalissimo to expand the territory and follow the descendants of the Xu family to the death!"

Qin Changqing was satisfied with the officials' statement, and ordered everyone to sit down and continue talking.

"This is my son's plan. For a period of time to come, the Xu family's army should act according to my son's military order. The governor's office will issue a notice to the entire Qizhou from now on. Before the end of the year, we will open a department to select useful talents to enrich the local governments. The selected people, rich or poor, high or low, as long as they have good conduct can sign up for the exam, everyone, work hard for our lofty aspirations!"

After saying this, Qin Changqing paused for a while before speaking.

"Sima Yuntian will join the army at the Marshal's Mansion from today onwards. He will be in charge of coordinating various documents between the Xu family's army and the Governor's Yamen, and participating in the planning and decision-making of major military and political affairs in Qizhou."

After Sima Yuntian heard the appointment of the Generalissimo, he got up and bowed deeply with the officials in Licheng and said.

"Sima will serve in the Qin family together with his colleagues today, I hope you will take care of me in the future!"

Seeing Sima's humility and politeness, the Licheng officials felt a little fond of Sima. The counselor who knew that this person returned to Licheng with the young marshal already knew it, and then heard Qin Changqing's words that today's events were the plan and countermeasures advocated by Qin Wenyuan. For the appointment of this person, it must be that this person is not an ordinary person, so the Xu family father and son reused him, and he had some expectations for Sima Yuntian for a while.

Licheng's political environment is clear compared to the Tang court. A new government without the influence of aristocratic families and various forces makes judgments based on the actual situation rather than taking care of anyone's interests when dealing with major military and political affairs. Either way has its advantages and correctness. Only from this point of view, Licheng's development plan is much more advanced than the policy implemented by Datang.

After receiving the support of the officials in Licheng, Qin Wenyuan began to prepare for the construction of the navy wharf. First, he used the fishermen in the coastal waters of Qizhou to inquire about the specific situation on the line from Laizhou to Dengzhou. It is to support Xu Tian and express his position that he will try his best to help at that time.

After doing the preparatory work for the establishment of the naval division, Qin Wenyuan sent a large number of military scouts to Jizhou, Cangzhou, Yunzhou, Dizhou, and Haizhou to learn about the government officials and city defenses in various places. The imperial court finally rejected Licheng's request, and he will use force to force these state capitals to obey the Qin family's command.

Qin Wenyuan knew that in a few months, the East Turkic Jieli Khans would cause chaos in Taiyuan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places. The Tang Dynasty would send Tang Lian, the Duke of Ju, to negotiate, and at this time Li Jing would take advantage of Tang Lian to negotiate with Jieli. With very few chances, the Tang army attacked the East Turkic troops and won a complete victory, forcing Jieli Khan to flee to the front line of Yinshan.

A sense of urgency that can't wait motivates Qin Wenyuan's dream of galloping the battlefield to lay claim to a world and build an ideal country.

After staying in the mansion for a few days, Xu Tian led [-] cavalry and [-] infantry into Yunzhou to forcibly take over the management of the Yamen. He wanted to deploy in Yunzhou to resist the possible threat to Licheng from the imperial army. , After talking with the officials of the Yunzhou Yamen and the generals of the city defense battalion, all those who are willing and agree with the governance of the Qin family will stay and continue to be appointed, and other officials are free to come and go.

After resolving the Yunzhou incident, Qin Wenyuan left Captain Xu Shiqing to lead one thousand cavalry and three thousand infantry to strengthen the city defenses and assist the Yamen to control the chaos in Yunzhou, hoping that officials selected by Licheng will come to Yunzhou to help the current The head of the yamen improves the people's livelihood and other political affairs here.

After finishing the affairs of Yunzhou, Qin Wenyuan led the remaining [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to continue to march towards Chongzhou City, and successfully captured Chongzhou without the city defense knowing what it was. city.

After leaving some soldiers in Chongzhou, Qin Wenyuan continued to march towards Haizhou, but the situation changed after capturing Haizhou.

At that time, the governor of Haizhou City was Yang Xinzhi, a subordinate of Li Tai who was renamed the King of Yue. Relying on his strong background, he sent some officials and aristocratic families of Haizhou to oppose Qin Wenyuan. Yang Xinzhi showed his head to the public, and quickly stabilized the turmoil in Haizhou by Qin Wenyuan killing a group of officials and wooing a group of Haizhou officials with iron blood and Huairou. Haizhou finally fell into the hands of the Qin family.

During the last few months of the second year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Qin Wenyuan used a sneak attack method to bring several prefectures in the south of the Tang Dynasty into the scope of the Qin family's governance, forming a barrier to defend Qizhou. From then on, there will be no threat to the southwest of Qizhou The forces of the Xu family...

At the same time when Li Shimin received the request from Qizhou to establish the vassal mansion, the Henan Daoxingtai yamen reported that Qin Wenyuan forcibly seized several states and flew to the court like snowflakes.

After Li Shimin received two memorials, he knew that something had happened. With the thunderous anger towards the Qin family, he summoned a group of ministers in the Tai Chi Hall to discuss how to deal with the sudden situation.

After the officials in the hall knew the truth of the incident, they were furious. They all declared that the Qin family forcibly segregated several states and wanted to rebel against the Tang Dynasty.

Looking at the ministers in the hall, no one could come up with a reasonable and effective method. Li Shimin finally tasted regret in his heart. He really shouldn't have suppressed Qin Wenyuan like that and made him leave Chang'an!This kid is too daring to act and does not take the overall situation of the court into consideration and only does what he thinks is right. However, some ministers in the court are still colluding with Guanlong and the aristocratic families in Shanxi and Shaanxi to plan their own rights and interests. Tian's vision and pattern are not comparable to theirs. They usually think highly of themselves, but they are useless at critical moments.

While Li Shimin was muttering and thinking angrily, Fang Xuanling came out and said.

"Your Majesty and humble ministers viewed Qin Changqing's memorial to show that the Qin family had no intention of rebelling against the Tang Dynasty, and what they wanted was nothing more than rights. Qin Wenyuan's son led the army to capture several states in Henan Province. It is not easy for Qizhou to obtain a strategic and in-depth plan. He has such insight at a young age. As for the memorial that intends to place several states in Hebei Province under the jurisdiction of Qizhou at the same time, the ministers do not understand the intention of the Qin family. Was it Qin Wenyuan's idea? Could it be that he wanted to defend to the north to compete with the Turkic cavalry for the fertile land under the Yin Mountain?"

Just when Fang Xuanling finished speaking and was about to say something more, Li Jing quickly took over his topic and started talking.

"The emperor and the ministers want to ask the emperor's associate ministers to unfold the map report."

After hearing what Fang Xuanling and Li Jing said, Li Shimin seemed to have some ideas, so he ordered the eunuch to erect a bracket in the main hall to hang the map on it, then got up and got down to the Golden Luan Hall in front of the map.

Li Jing marked the area claimed by the Qin family in an "E" shape on the map and said.

"Your Majesty, please see that the title of Jizhou and Weizhou claimed in the Qin Family Memorial is just a blindfolded trick used by Qin Wenyuan to bargain with the Emperor. His real purpose is to take Cangzhou and Dizhou in the north. Under the jurisdiction of Qizhou, Cangzhou, Dizhou, Qingzhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou are connected in a line, and then this son is determined to establish a navy in the coastal area or go north into the grassland or even Koryo, or east Gusilla and Jeju The purpose of establishing a maritime territory on the island is not only military, but also to open up commercial routes between the sea and the north. If such a plan succeeds, how prosperous the economy of the Qizhou jurisdiction area will be. It is the Qin family army that is even stronger, I admire this son for his ambition and skill!"

After looking at the map and listening to Li Jing's story, Li Shimin was also shocked by Qin Wenyuan's strategic thinking. He really didn't expect this kid to have such a promising plan. Then he turned and looked at the ministers around him, feeling a sense of disappointment in his heart. Feeling bored, he returned to the dragon couch and sat upright without saying a word.

Seeing that the emperor is like this, Yuwen Shi and Zhihuang must be regretting what happened to Qin Wenyuan. At the same time, they are also reviewing in their hearts whether the conspiracy with Changsun Wuji and others is beneficial to the Yuwen family. Thinking of the hatred with Qin Wenyuan It's just because his son's martial arts were abolished and he didn't reach the point of life-and-death enmity. How could he be so confused that he got into the bandits of some old ghosts and even provoked the hatred between Master Shande and Qin Wenyuan?

Thinking of this, Yuwen Shiji regretted it for a while, and couldn't help looking at Wei Ting and others.

Wei Ting and others saw Yuwen Shi and looked at them, and mistakenly thought that it was not good for Qin Wenyuan to make him wait to play the book, so they made eye contact with each other and came out to stand in the hall together, Wei Ting said loudly.

"Your Majesty! My ministers and others have a book to play."

Seeing that it was Wei Ting, Zhang Gongjin, and Wang Yuting who came out to speak, Li Shimin endured the impatience in his heart and spoke.

"Let's listen to what you want to play!"

"Your Majesty, we believe that Qin Wenyuan led the army to occupy several states in Henan Province. It is a treasonous thing. The imperial court should immediately summon a large army to attack the Qin family army in Licheng, capture the whole family of the Qin family and copy and kill them to rectify the imperial court. Establishing an image of the empire as not afraid of anyone's threats and rebellion, and at the same time deterring those generals who lead the army from having the idea of ​​violating the imperial court's will."

"Wei Ting! Tell me who is obedient to the imperial court's will. The old man was in Luozhou at the time, but he ordered Qin Wen to return to the Far East. Before that, he just wanted to meet this son, so he drank and said goodbye before the two armies confronted each other. You don't hate each other when you die in battle, how do you know that we, iron-blooded men, have clear grievances and grievances, unlike you, who are kind and scheming in the dark corners, what a fucking bunch of villains."

Wei Ting had just finished playing with the emperor, but unexpectedly provoked Cheng Yaojin to be furious and shouted in the hall.

Ever since Cheng Yaojin returned to Chang'an after drinking with Qin Wenyuan in the city of Luozhou when he got a little drunk and received an order to release Qin Wenyuan back to the east, Cheng Yaojin was always proud of the fact that he had a good meal and chatted with this boy before the two armies. I didn't expect that Wei Ting would dare to say something in front of the emperor today. He just wanted to say that I, Lao Cheng, and Qin Wenyuan had selfishness and let the water go. Then you said it clearly, so why bother to insinuate, it is shameless.

"Cheng Yaojin! Who are you calling a villain? Others are afraid of you, but Zhang Gongjin is not afraid of you. That day, I was waiting to stop Qin Wenyuan at the emperor's will, but I didn't see you leading the army to go. Instead, I had a drink with Xu Tian in Luozhou. Who knew you What kind of heart is An, what is it if you are not in violation of the order, the emperor did not pursue your violation of the order, it is the grace of heaven, but how dare you coax me here?"

"Old Zhang! Let your mother fart, like you, a villain who has been beaten to death by Qin Wenyuan several times, if it weren't for my old Cheng and Yuchi Heizi who rescued you, you would have been killed by Xu in front of the Qin Mansion in Chang'an City." Damn it, I still hear you beeping here today, just because of your wolfish heart that knows how to repay you, my old Cheng said that even if you are a villain, you should not be wronged..."

"Enough! It's really an eye-opener for you two to be so presumptuous in front of the palace. Today I summoned you to discuss how to deal with the two memorials, not to see you two making a fool of yourself in front of the palace. Zhang Gongjin, Cheng Yaojin Each of you will be punished with a one-year salary as a punishment, and if the two of you don’t have serious words, go down and listen to what others have to say.”

Seeing He Yaojin and Zhang Gongjin facing each other in front of the hall and uttering obscene language, Li Shimin couldn't help being extremely angry and reprimanded loudly on the dragon bed.

Hearing the emperor's reprimand, Cheng Yaojin and Zhang Gongjin hurriedly fell to the ground to plead guilty, after the emperor announced the punishment, they still glared at each other and retreated into the hall without daring to speak again.

(End of this chapter)