Marry Changle in Datang

"The rebellion in Yingzhou is inseparable from members of the Zhang, Wei, and Wang clans. You and other people who contacted foreign clans to cause chaos in western Liaoning have all the evidence. It is lucky that you were not beheaded by Qin Wenyuan, but you are still brazen at the court meeting. I think you have contributed to the Tang Dynasty and don't want to pursue it any more, if you don't know how to do it, don't blame me for not remembering the old friendship, then go to the Highness, and restrain the clansmen so that there will be no more troubles."

The implied threat was undoubtedly a blow to Xiao Yi and the others. He thought that the emperor would consider the power of several families in the court and would have some scruples to criticize Xu Tian, ​​but he still compromised as before, but unexpectedly this was the result.

Feeling disappointed, Xiao Yi and the elders of the Shu family stood up and quietly exited the hall with resentment in their hearts.

Just as the elders of several families withdrew from the hall, envoys from the Khitan Dahe Alliance, Goryeo, Xi Clan, and Mohe begged Li Shimin to issue an order to release the prisoners of war in Liaoxi, promising that all clans would pay huge amounts of gold, jewelry, and the imperial court, and at the same time Several beauties of various ethnic groups will also be presented to the palace.

Li Shimin had already said at the beginning that the envoys of Goryeo would go to the west of Liao to meet Xu Tian to discuss the matter of prisoners of war. At this time, he heard the words of the envoys from all ethnic groups in silence. , As the emperor, you can't go back on your word.

Just when the emperor's old son was a little moved by this, Song Guogong and Shangshu Zuopu shot Xiao Yu to seize the opportunity, intending to stir up the conflict between the court and Qin Wenyuan...

Xiao Yu walked slowly up the main hall before the special envoys of Goryeo and Khitan tribes and said to Li Shimin, clasping his hands.

"Your Majesty! I think that since Goryeo and other ethnic groups are the vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers of all ethnic groups who were captured in the western Liaoning incident will be sent by the imperial court to deal with them together with the envoys of the various ethnic groups. The care and love of the emperor, the importance attached by the court to this matter, made all the vassals grateful to the emperor, all the people returned to their hearts, and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was opened..."

Speaking of this, Xiao Yu secretly observed the expression on Li Shimin's face, and saw a smile on the corner of his mouth, which seemed to be excited, and then said.

"The Lord Shicai suggested that the imperial court send a supervisory envoy to the west of Liaoning. I think it is necessary. Liaoxi is the northeast barrier of the Tang Dynasty. The military and government are all under the control of Xu Tian, ​​​​the envoy of Ping Liao. The responsibility is to make the military affairs of western Liaoning more transparent and open, not to interfere with the military affairs of western Liaoning. Xu Tian is still young, and he is inevitably full of blood. Considering the overall situation, why not do it, I ask the emperor to think twice."

Hearing Xiao Yu talking about setting up a supervisory army in western Liaoning, and thinking about sending personnel to deal with the captives in western Liaoning, Li Shimin finally became a little moved. He glanced at Li Jing, Qin Shiji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other important civil and military officials. It didn't matter, so he opened his mouth to speak.

"Xiao Qing's words are very much in line with my wishes. Then tell me who the imperial court should send to the west of Liaoning to monitor and deal with the captives."

All the ministers in the palace heard the emperor's mention of sending the supervisor to the west of Liaoning, and they all made plans again, thinking about how to make their own people a member of the supervisor's yamen.

The reinstatement of Shangshu Youpushe, and the elder Sun Wuji of Kaifeng Fuyi Tong Sansi stepped forward and bowed their hands.

"Your Majesty! I thought that the former Shangshu's right servant shot, and Feng Bowen, the son of the late Miguo Duke Feng Deyi, was qualified for the post of military supervisor. This son is all-round in civil and military affairs, and he was appointed as a scholar in the Imperial Academy. Many of his articles on state governance are extraordinary. Let this son serve in the west of Liaoning, and he should play a role in supervising and guiding the implementation of the military and government in the west of Liaoning, and I ask the emperor to make a holy judgment."

"No! Although Feng Bowen has some talents, what he said is just talk on paper, and it doesn't have much effect, and this son's qualifications are not enough to take on such an important task. I should ask the emperor to choose another talent!"

Li Xiaogong, Prince of Hejian and Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, flashed out and said loudly.

After Li Xiaogong finished speaking, Kong Yingda was very dissatisfied and spoke to Li Shimin again.

"Your Majesty! A scholar in the Hanlin Academy awarded Bo Wen a profound Confucianism. Going to the west of Liaoning can teach the foolish border people and foreigners to understand the Tang rituals, so that the people in the west of Liaoning can understand whether the world is the king's land, the king and the king. Isn’t it a good thing to distinguish between courtiers and common people? As the prince of Hejian County said just now, the old ministers thought it was biased. How senior is Qin Wenyuan, the envoy of Ping Liao, how can he take on the important task of controlling the officials in the west of Liao? .”

Feng Bowen is Kong Yingda's favorite student, how could this old man hear other people's doubts and slanders about this son, when Changsun Wuji suggested that this son go to Liaoxi as a military supervisor, this guy was secretly proud, and he was angry when he heard Li Xiaogong's objection Extremely, it is natural to come forward to win one or two for the disciples.

Hearing the debate among several people in the hall, Li Shimin smiled and said nothing. In fact, it didn't matter who he sent to Liaoxi in his heart. The real purpose was to let Qin Wenyuan know that he valued Liaoxi, and everything had to be under his control.

Li Shimin also had a wishful thinking. The imperial court did not pay a single cent to the west of Liaoning, and specially sent the Xu family to divide troops and spend a lot of money and materials to conquer the west of Liaoning and even the entire northeast region, so as to weaken the power of the Xu family in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. Solving the threat to Datang from the ethnic minority forces in the northeast without much effort is really a clever strategy that kills two birds with one stone.

But he didn't know that Qin Wenyuan already had deep pockets in his chest and a deep belly, so how could the incident in western Liaoning shake the foundation of the Xu family's foothold in this world. Therefore, the cost will be recovered after the initial investment, and the strategy of supporting the army with the government and gradually growing will be implemented with the local resources in western Liaoning and absolute control over the situation.

The old fox said to the little fox, "You have a good plan and I have a wall ladder!"

Seeing that the ministers in the court are still whispering to themselves, Li Shimin speaks again.

"Your gentlemen, do you have any other candidates?"

"Father! My son recommended Yin Jiwen, the former Jingzhaoyin mansion, as the supervisor of the Liaoxi army. Because of the turmoil in Chang'an City, Ji Wen was ineffective. He often reflected on himself at home and regretted it. My son thought that Ji Wen also had a lot of credit for Datang. Why don't father give him a chance to reform himself and make meritorious deeds, and Ji Wen knows Qin Wenyuan very well, so we can get along with each other more tacitly, and hope that father will allow his son to play."

The performance was played in front of the palace of King Li Tai of Wei, and Prince Li Chengqian knelt in the golden throne as soon as he finished speaking.

"Father must not let Ji Wen take office in the west of Liaoxi. My son thought that Ji Wen had committed a serious crime of deceiving the emperor, and he dared to do so at the feet of the emperor in Chang'an City. If he went to the west of Liao, if he colluded with Xu Tian, ​​he would deceive the emperor again. Don't let the father be deceived and not know the real situation in Liaoxi, the performance of the emperor's brother is very inappropriate, and the son should ask the father to judge."

Li Shimin never expected that his son would have disputes in the court over this matter. After thinking about it carefully, Ji Wen was impeached by the prince and lost his official position in Jingzhao Yin's mansion, and he was held accountable by the Ministry of History for a long time. But Wang proposed to let Ji Wen serve as the supervisor of Liaoxi Army. Presumably this guy had some connections with Li Tai, but for a while he felt a little interesting about the scheming between his two sons.

As an investigation of the heir to the imperial power of the empire, Li Shimin encouraged the wisdom of intrigue among his sons. This is the cruelty of natural competition among royal sons. As long as another "Xuanwumen" incident does not happen, it can be tolerated. Children, non-dispute is the biggest criticism. Just think about which dynasty's succession to the throne is not full of blood and rain. As a father, he only needs to ensure that his sons do not kill each other. Just political wisdom.

Li Tai heard what the prince's elder brother said in front of his father, and he felt very upset. He thought that Ji Wen and his eldest grandson Wuji were also part of your prince's party, but he was impeached and thrown away by his disciples who persuaded him to get closer to the Prince Wei's mansion. Officer, during Nuo Jiu's time, Ji Wen really surrendered to him, so he had to let Ji Wen return to the officialdom and let him use him for himself. Now the situation depends on what the father intends in mind, and it will be useless to say more .

If it was as Li Tai thought, when Li Shimin saw that the ministers had no more proposals, and looked at Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Xu Shiji and other important officials of the imperial court, and saw that they seemed to have no intention of participating in this matter, Li Shimin naturally understood what these ministers said. I thought, it’s just that I don’t want the imperial court to send officials to the west of Liaoning to add to the chaos. These old foxes must have guessed their own intentions. Then send it out!
"My intention has been decided to make Feng Bowen the supervisor of the Liaoxi army, to exercise the power of supervising the Liaoxi army and government, and to coordinate and deal with the captives of various ethnic groups. The Youzhou Wei Xiaojie Memorial mentioned that the imperial court sent generals to serve as the chief guards of Gubeikou. , do you have a candidate in your mind?"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Wei Tingdian, the imperial historian, played in front of him.

"Your Majesty! My minister recommends Xue Rengui, Colonel Guoyi, as the chief guard of Gubeikou. This man has been familiar with military warfare since he was a child, and is good at using a Fangtian painted halberd. He is highly skilled in martial arts and is familiar with the art of warfare. People sit in the town, they should be foolproof."

"Li Jing! You are the Secretary of the Ministry of War, do Wei Qing's family mention it?"

"I have no objection, the emperor decides!"

Hearing the emperor's question, Li Jing cupped his hands and answered casually. Now that he expresses his opinion on the affairs of the court, he always responds negatively. The court can do whatever it wants. Thinking of the situation in western Liaoning mentioned in Xu Tian's memorial, it is He can guess what that kid will do next with his ass. If Liaoxi wants to develop smoothly, the commerce, trade and people's livelihood between the two places are subject to the shackles of several checkpoints in Youzhou. If Wei Xiaojie dares to restrain Qin Wenyuan intentionally, If that kid doesn't expose the matter to the sky, then everyone will have to recite Amitabha, good, good!
This Xue Rengui is Xie Hong's apprentice and Qin Wenyuan has a grudge against his master, and he is going to serve in Youzhou this time. I hope this kid will not participate in the conspiracy of Xiao Yu and Changsun Wuji to provoke Xu Tian, ​​otherwise, his life will be lost!It's a pity that Datang will be a leading general with all talents in civil and military affairs in the future.

Hearing Li Jing's words, Li Shimin sighed inwardly, how could he not know what Li Jing had in mind, but as an emperor, he often had to do this, being an emperor is also difficult!
"Your family has no objection, so I ordered Xue Rengui to return from the fifth rank to the general of Deyun to be the general guard of Gubeikou. The Ministry of War will make him go to the post immediately, and Feng Bowen will be the leader of the fourth rank. The title is suitable for the military and political supervision of the Western Liaoning, and the Ministry of History will send him to the western Liaoning!"

Li Shimin sent an oral edict above the main hall, and wrote an imperial decree written by a scholar of the Imperial Academy to send people to the west of Liaoning to convey the will. He hoped that Qin Wenyuan, a Ping Liao official, would know the meaning of the court and China, and sincerely unite to do a good job in the affairs of the west of Liaoning.

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After finishing the attack on the foreigners who harassed Yingzhou, Qin Wenyuan handed over some of the confiscated family property to Zhao Wenxuan for the construction of the city, and then emphasized that the defense of Yingzhou should not be given to the foreign enemies. At the same time, he asked the righteous brother to strengthen the training and ideological education of the army under his command, and obtained the consent of the righteous brother to leave several generals of the Qin family army as instructors in the Yingzhou army.

Entrusting the military affairs of Yingzhou to his righteous brother, Qin Wenyuan ordered Zhang Dabao, who had returned to the waters of Yingzhou, to lead two warships back to Pingzhou to complete supplies, and then went straight to the waters of Youzhou and entered the Haihe and Ziya Rivers for patrolling. The Youzhou army displayed The strength of the Qin family's army, and then led the Xu family's cavalry and Turkic wolf cavalry to escort the tens of thousands of prisoners captured in the war back to "Lulong" city where the Pingliao government office is located at the junction of Ping and Yingzhou.

At that time, on the official roads from Pingzhou to Songmo and Yingzhou, laboring builders could be seen everywhere. The official road from Yingzhou to "Lulong" city has been greatly improved. The trees and small hills have all been flattened, and the entire road, whether it is a carriage or a large caravan, can now pass smoothly.

The number of villages along the way has increased, and many young officials can be seen everywhere guiding the local villagers to prepare to cultivate the fertile land that has been barren for a long time. After the cold winter, they can plant various crops on a large scale, and the scene of prosperity is beginning to appear.

Qin Wenyuan was very happy watching all this from his horseback, this was the result he wanted, presumably all places in western Liaoning were already under such construction.

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Sima Yuntian has been exhausted for the past few days since Qin Wenyuan led the army to go out. He sits in the city of "Lulong" and Ping Liao envoys to coordinate and arrange the construction of people's livelihood in several cities in western Liaoning. In a short period of time, he forced a handsome middle-aged Confucian scholar Worrying and haggard.

The nearly [-] wounded who were transferred back during the Battle of Yingzhou were properly resettled, and all the soldiers who died in battle were buried in the ground, while the members of the Zhang family, Wang family, and Wei family who were escorted back with the army were locked up in the barracks to treat them alive. Money is the odds and ends to add bricks and tiles to the construction of Western Liaoning. The biggest difficulty now is the lack of labor, so that the construction of the market in the city of "Lulong" always stops.

Seeing that Qin Wenyuan led the army to bring back tens of thousands of prisoners of war, Sima Yuntian became excited like a sad big fish trapped in the shoal when he saw the tide coming.

Qin Wenyuan handed over all the prisoners of war to Sima Yuntian for arrangement, and ordered Zhao Meng, a strong military general who had been promoted to the fourth rank, to manage the prisoners of war well while continuing to prepare for the defense of "Lulong" city.

Zhao Meng got the order, and led nearly [-] garrisons under his command to divide the prisoners of war according to ethnic groups and disperse them to the construction site assigned by Sima Yuntian to increase manpower to participate in labor. The construction of the "Lulong" city market is finally on the track of high-speed construction.

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