Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 760: Happened!brilliant!

Just when Li Shimin received Qin Wenyuan's secret report and learned the cause and effect of the war in Yingzhou, and was shocked by the strength of the Qin family army, Zhou Shaofan, the commander of the reconnaissance cavalry department, went to the palace to report that the special envoys and heads of several families went to Chang'an.

Hearing the situation reported by Zhou Shaofan, Li Shimin didn't know the purpose of these people coming to Chang'an City, so he summoned Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Xu Shiji, Cheng Yaojin, Li Xiaogong and other civil and military ministers to discuss in the hall. The general rules and regulations, when the special envoys of several ethnic groups and the elders of several ethnic groups are received in the main hall, there will be some arguments.

"It's late to fall asleep with the sound of tall trees and autumn, when the night comes and the wind and rain are cool."

In Chang'an City in October, the wailing sound of fallen leaves sang the bleakness of autumn. The fallen leaves piled up on the roots of trees, grass in the forest and on the ground were messy but let people appreciate the melancholy beauty of autumn.

The sky sprinkles soft brilliance, and the refreshing autumn wind blows through, which makes people feel clear. Looking at the horizon, distant mountains and nearby forests, the glow of the sun shines on Zhongshan peaks, and the clusters of red, yellow, green, and black scenes are very similar. A colorful oil painting.

Today's Tai Chi Palace is very lively, and there is a lot of hustle and bustle early on. Everywhere, you can see high officials from the imperial court, elders from aristocratic families, and foreign envoys who are greeting each other, all neatly dressed and gorgeous, with smiles on their faces...

After a while, there was the sound of static whips, and everyone was silent, but the Huangmen official shouted loudly.

"The emperor ordered to announce that you will meet in the palace of the Qing family!"

All the ministers heard the emperor's call, and they all filed in according to their ranks. Foreign envoys and family elders formed another line in the main hall, waiting for them to enter the hall, and the eunuch who passed the order shouted loudly.

"If there is something to play, the court will be dismissed if there is nothing to do!"

The special envoy of Goryeo came out first, and Jin Luan bowed his hands and played.

"The special envoy of Goryeo bowed down to His Majesty the Emperor, and my king sent a certain family to impeach Xu Tianwang, the envoy of Pingliao, to start a war. He killed and captured thousands of Goryeo soldiers in Yingzhou, sank several warships of the Goryeo Navy in the sea area of ​​Beisha City, and shot them to death. There are countless sailors. I think Koryo is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and there is nothing wrong with paying tribute to the court for years. How can I be hit like this? Qin Wenyuan's wolf ambition wants to make Koryo pay huge amounts of gold and silver, otherwise thousands of Koryo will be detained. The soldiers have been doing hard labor in western Liaoning for two years. My king asked His Majesty the Emperor to be the master, and ordered Qin Wenyuan to release all the horses and weapons of the Goryeo soldiers. I begged His Majesty the Emperor to deprive Qin Wenyuan of the military and political power in Western Liaoning, and not to send capable ministers who take care of the overall situation to preside over the military and political affairs of Western Liaoning. Big picture."

After the special envoy of Goryeo finished speaking, the special envoys of the Khitan Dahe Alliance, Mohe, and the Xi clan came forward to make a statement. They all accused and impeached Qin Wenyuan for acting recklessly regardless of the diplomatic relations between various ethnic groups and the Tang Dynasty. They also asked Li Shimin to decree to deprive Qin Wenyuan of peace. The Liao envoy took the post and released the prisoners of war of all ethnic groups.

After hearing the foreign envoy's words, Li Shimin sat on the dragon couch and said indifferently.

"Gaoli, Mohe, Xizu, and Khitan envoys, please tell me why you led the army to the front line of Yingzhou and Songmo. Is it possible that you are all like this on weekdays? Several cities in the west of Liaoning are the frontiers of the development of Liaodong and the entire northeast region. In this land, I want to make all ethnic groups live in harmony and seek a prosperous world together, but you listen to the slander and want to harass Liaoxi to prevent Qin Wenyuan from doing what Qin Wenyuan did, but Qin Wenyuan suppressed it forcefully, causing today's evil results, how do you want to save it? The captured clansmen, I’m afraid it won’t work without some blood! They all blame you for daring to snatch food from the tiger’s mouth without even thinking about what kind of person Xu Tiannai is. , I don’t have much to say, you should go to the west of Liaoxi to meet Qin Wenyuan, maybe that kid can sell you and wait for face, but it’s not certain.”

Li Shimin's remarks were the result of discussions with various important ministers. He seized the opportunity that the foreign army harassed the "Yingzhou" and took advantage of the Tang Dynasty's morality, and used the method of prevarication to return the conflict to Xu Tian for resolution.

In fact, Li Shimin also had the intention of restraining the Qin family's army. The old emperor also wanted to let Qin Wenyuan fall into a war with foreigners and mobilized a large number of Xu's family's troops out of Qizhou to weaken the Xu family's strength, so that Datang could not only deal with foreign troops but also make Qizhou Gradually falling under the control of the imperial court, this is a plan to drive away tigers and wolves, and kill two birds with one stone, so why not do it.

After Li Shimin said this to the foreign envoys, there was an expression of joy and anger that no one could guess. He looked at the courtiers of His Majesty Jinluan with half-smiles, and those sensible ministers knew that it was best not to touch the emperor's mind at this time. However, there are those uninformed courtiers who want to show their talents higher than others.

First, there was Kong Yingda, the Imperial Academy offering wine, who came forward and said that the Tang Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and that foreign countries should adopt a gentle diplomatic strategy and implement a development policy of keeping a low profile. These words of showing weakness in front of foreign envoys have long provoked Cheng Yao A group of military ministers such as Jin and Yuchi Jingde were dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty! My minister thought that what Confucius said about offering wine was inappropriate. Thinking about the outstanding people in my celestial dynasty, when was I afraid of foreign powers? How could I tolerate foreign bullying? That boy Qin Wenyuan once said that those who offend our celestial dynasty will be far away." Zhu, I believe that this is the attitude that the subjects of the Tang Dynasty should have towards foreign nations, as the saying goes, if you are a friend, I should treat you with good wine, if you are an enemy, you will meet with swords and guns, so Qin Wenyuan believes that there is no fault."

The impassioned words in the Great Hall of Qin Shiji, the British Duke, instantly ignited the pride of the civil servants and generals with integrity, and all the ministers agreed that the border generals should be like this when dealing with foreign intrusions.

Amid the agitation of these ministers and Kong Yingda's disapproving and slightly annoyed expression, Zhongshu's servant Xiao Chaoyu made a different voice.

"Reporting to the Emperor, Wei Xiaojie, the governor of Youzhou, impeached Pingliao envoy Xu Tian to pursue the army of the Xi clan, and at Gubeikou ignored the goodwill of the commander-in-chief Qu Tong to persuade him to retreat because of the overall situation, relying on the strength of the Qin family's elite cavalry The cruelty of the methods and the arrogance of the guards at the Gubeikou Pass were beaten to the point of disability. It is obvious that they did not take the other troops of the Tang Dynasty into consideration. For the first generation, I think that it is really impossible to let him continue to be in charge of the military affairs of western Liaoning, so as not to cause the foreign forces who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty to share their hatred and add chaos to the already complicated situation in western Liaoning."

Xiao Chaoyu said that he would present Wei Xiaojie's melody after the completion of the speech.

"This is the memorial of Lord Wei of Youzhou. The Zhongshu Yamen just received it today. Please look over it, Your Majesty."

Eunuch Liu, the eunuch, took the memorial and forwarded it to the emperor. After Li Shimin read it briefly, he frowned and said in thought.

"This is Wei Xiaojie's one-sided opinion. The situation will not be discussed until Qin Wenyuan submits a memorial to explain the matter."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, Li Daozong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, took over the conversation.

"Your Majesty! Qin Wenyuan is a rebellious son. Wei Xiaojie's performance is probably the same. I think it is better to send a supervisory envoy to Liaoxi to supervise the military affairs of Liaoxi, so as to restrain Qin Wenyuan from going his own way. I also ask the emperor to make a decision. "

This guy's words suddenly made some aristocratic families and nobles from the imperial court who saw the promising development of Liaoxi start to think about getting some benefits from the big cake of Liaoxi.

Fang Xuanling secretly thought that this guy was scheming and poisonous, so as to cause all parties in the court to spy on Liaoxi. If Li Daozong and other schemes succeed, the situation just opened in Liaoxi will disappear. With Xu Tian's personality, I am afraid that he will not compromise. He will risk the consequences of offending most of the forces in the court to launch more iron-blooded methods, and even anger the emperor, causing chaos in western Liaoning and chaos in the world.

Duke Wei Li Jing also frowned, he was very worried about Li Daozong's seemingly innocuous poisonous plan, he was afraid that the emperor would agree to this suggestion without noticing, then there would be great chaos in western Liaoning, and even affect the overall stability of the world...

Just as some ministers in the main hall had their own concerns and wishful thinking, Du Ruhui shouted loudly under Jin Luan.

"May I ask if the prince wants to destroy the development pattern that has been formed with great difficulty in western Liaoning?"

Li Daozong's face was gloomy for a moment, and he looked at Du Ruhui angrily and responded loudly.

"What is the meaning of Du Xiang's words? This king is thinking of the Holy Land and the people of the Tang Dynasty. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"It's a good reason to think about the sage and the common people. It's possible that the prince has never thought about the fact that government orders are the most taboo for people to intervene. If the imperial court sends a supervisory envoy to the west of Liaoning to restrain Qin Wenyuan, let's think about who should listen to the decision of the military and government in the west of Liaoning. , if it arouses the resentment of the Qin family army, what does the prince think should be done?"

"Lord Du's words are wrong! Could it be that there are kings in the world, and there are kings and ministers everywhere. Qin Wenyuan is just a warrior. With a little cleverness, he has won the trust of the sage, but this is not what he thinks the emperor is far away. The reason, what the prince mentioned, Xiao thought it was very reasonable. Since ancient times, there has been an ancestral system where the master of the king set up a supervising army in the outer court. Why Qin Wenyuan can't do it here? Is it possible that Mr. Du wants the Xu Tian family to dominate, and the future will not be good Is it over?"

Du Ruhui didn't know how to refute Xiao Yu's harsh words, but Cheng Yaojin said it jokingly.

"Old man Xiao is so open-mouthed, let's talk about which of Xu Tian's cleverness is something you can do. You talk about it lightly, but you don't know that it is these cleverness that have solved many major problems. It's just that you have hatred for Qin Wenyuan and want to vent your personal anger. If you want to say it so high-soundingly, Qu Tong, the guard of Gubeikou, is a member of your Xiao family. As far as a certain family knows, Qu Tong is backed by the Xiao family. Also, Wei Xiaojie, the governor of Youzhou, values ​​him highly. The place where he works often doesn’t value the heroes of the world. He thinks that I am the number one in the world, but in fact he is just a reptile. But it also let this guy know that there are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky!"

"Cheng Laogui don't want to talk nonsense here, talking about Lord Xiao's upright heart!"

Not long after he was reinstated, the elder Sun Wuji, who was able to go to the hall to participate in political discussions, shouted loudly.

After scolding Cheng Yaojin, this fellow bowed his hands and spoke to the emperor again.

"Your Majesty! My minister impeached Cheng Yaojin without any basis and wantonly slandered the ministers of the court and China."

Li Shimin looked at Cheng Yaojin and said solemnly.

"Cheng Yaojin and step down, don't say anything baseless in the court meeting, if you disagree with what the family said, you can refute according to the etiquette, don't know the rules by laughing and joking."

After reprimanding Cheng Yaojin, Li Shimin said again.

"Everything you say is reasonable. If I accept Li Daozong's words to send a supervisory envoy to western Liaoning, Li Jing, please tell me who should be sent to western Liaoning to take on this important task."

Li Jing didn't expect that the emperor would ask his opinion on this question, for a moment he didn't know what the emperor wanted and fell into a deep thought, he cupped his hands for a while and then expressed his thoughts.

"Your Majesty! I thought that sending a supervisory envoy to the west of Liaoning would not be effective but would cause unnecessary trouble. I thought that the tens of thousands of troops in the west of Liaoning were all composed of the Qizhou Qin family army, and they obeyed their young commander Qin Wenyuan. I can listen to other people's orders, and the Ping Liao envoy Xu Tian's control over Western Liaoning may have won the hearts of the people. From the point of view of the matter, I think that if the court wants to maintain the stable development of Western Liaoning, it should maintain the status quo and ask the emperor to make a decision. There is no one in my heart. Take on the important task of western Liaoning."

Li Jing is known as the military god of the Tang Dynasty, he has his own strategy in his heart, and he can guess the true thoughts of the emperor even with his toes.

What Li Daozong said is actually exactly what Li Shimin meant. The reason why he pretended to ask about it was just "wanting to be a bitch and wanting to set up a memorial arch". Why would Li Jing participate in the debate? This wise military god has long hidden his edges and corners, except for the care he has for Xu Tian on the face of his righteous brother Zhang Zhongjing, he will not easily reveal his sincerity in the court unless the country is in trouble.

After Li Shimin and Li Jing had some conversations, the aristocratic families who had stood in the palace could not wait long. Xiao Yi, the patriarch of the Xiao family, stepped forward to lift up his robe and knelt down.

"Your Majesty! The old minister has the book to impeach Qin Wenyuan, the Ping Liao envoy."

"Xiao Qing's family is flat, why did you impeach Qin Wenyuan? Let me hear it!"

"Your Majesty! The situation in Yingzhou is worrisome if it continues like this. Xu Tian, ​​the governor of Pingliao, used his power to suppress dissidents in conjunction with Zhao Wenxuan, the governor of Yingzhou, and employed a large number of low-level people as yamen officials. This is against the imperial court's policy of selecting officials. It became a disaster, and the Yingzhou Yamen arrested the Wei family, the Zhang family and the Wang family for no reason and confiscated all their properties, and even their residences were also confiscated. Now several families have also been sent to Pingzhou to be imprisoned. Release the innocent people arrested and return their property, and order Qin Wenyuan to protect our legal property in the cities of western Liaoning."

After Xiao Yi finished speaking, the elders of Zhang, Wei, and Wang also knelt under Jin Luan and said in unison, wiping away their eyes and tears.

"Begging the emperor to let us go..."

Li Shimin frowned in disapproval. As for the members of the Zhang, Wei, and Wang clansmen in Yingzhou, he knew the reason for the arrest from Xu Tian's secret performance, and secretly thought that these people with the surnames of the aristocratic families did not know whether they were dead or alive, and dared to lie under Xu Tian's nose. Under the circumstances, it is a great fortune not to be beheaded to collude with foreign clans, but the Xiao family still wants to stir up this muddy water, and dare to bring several family elders to force me to let you go. Do you really think that I dare not touch your Xiao family?

"Xiao Qing's family, do you know why Qin Wenyuan wanted to arrest people with several family names in Yingzhou City?"

"Report to the emperor and the veterans that this is because Qin Wenyuan wanted to eliminate dissidents!"

"Is it really?"

Seeing that Xiao Yi couldn't answer, Li Shimin spoke again.

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(End of this chapter)