Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 497

Hearing Li Shan's claim of guilt, Li Yuan's first reaction was, did Pingyang know, and his second reaction was, did Liu Shirang really surrender the Turks?

Princess Pingyang's bewildered expression showed that she was completely ignorant, and the next few words of Li Shan made Li Yuan also be in a trance, also bewildered.

"Association rate?" Li Yuan waved his hand to interrupt Li Shan's narration, "At that time, the association led the army to confront Yuan Junzhang's troops in Mayi, so you dared to pursue Yugushe overnight?"

"Yes."

Li Yuan blinked, so it wasn't Liu Shirang who secretly communicated with Turkic, but you?
Princess Pingyang frowned, and said softly: "Don't be a fool, what's the matter, tell me quickly!"

"Pingyang, don't worry." Li Yuan suddenly remembered something, "Association rate... It seems to appease Yuan Junzhang. Yuan Pu mentioned that this person was also in Mayi, and later escaped in chaos."

"Secretizing the enemy general is a crime for this minister." Li Shan's current personality is...a loyal minister who has no reservations about Li Yuan, the monarch, and he does not hesitate to pour dirty water on himself. After he was captured alive and forced to surrender to Yuan Junzhang, on the way back to Yanmen Pass, I gave him a horse to make him run back to the grassland."

"Secretly communicating with the Turks, this minister has committed two crimes."

"In the battle of Yanmen, the minister linked up with the leader and led his army to move westward. The minister made up his mind and pursued him overnight, and finally captured Yugushe alive."

Princess Pingyang snorted, "No wonder she dared to pursue him all night after the victory..."

Li Yuan adjusted his sitting posture, reviewed the battle of Yanmen in his mind, and suddenly said: "From the beginning to the end, let me describe it in detail."

"That's when Ma Yi recruited Yuan Junzhang."

"Get up, sit down and talk." Li Yuan scolded with a smile: "You are so brave, colluded with the Turks, and privately manipulated the enemy generals, so you don't have to think about being promoted!"

"Father!" Princess Pingyang dissatisfied: "Huiren admits his guilt, it has not yet been confirmed, but he defeated the Turks and captured Yugushi alive. Such a great achievement, why is there no reward?"

Li Yuan raised his chin toward Li Shannu, who got up, "What do you think, Huairen?"

Li Shanqian laughed twice, "Uncle, third sister... how about equaling merits and demerits?"

"Then I want to hear what your culpability is!" Princess Pingyang snorted, "This is an important military and state matter, you can't talk about it in private."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Shan coughed twice, and told the story of Ma Yi Shi Ri from the beginning to the end.

Li Yuan listened attentively, and sighed with emotion from time to time. At the end, his mouth was twisted, "You and Yu She set up brothers, bid farewell at dusk, and behead him at night?"

"Even if we hit it off right away, it still belongs to the enemy country." Li Shan spread his hands, "Yu Sheshi has repeatedly led troops to invade Hedong and Lingzhou, and his hands were stained with the blood of the subjects of the Tang Dynasty."

After thinking for a moment, Li Yuan asked, "Then why put back the association rate?"

"Uncle, my nephew went to Rendai County, which borders Shuozhou, was frequently invaded, and soon lost Mayi..." Li Shan changed his title, "Turks are bound to attack this year, so my nephew wants to find out more about the Turks."

"Oh." Li Yuan understood a little bit, "So you left the association rate for interrogation?"

Li Shan rubbed his nose, and said unnaturally: "I asked Yu Sheshe... There are three crimes for this minister."

"Ask Yu Sheshe?" Li Yuan was speechless. You called him brother and brother, and you even inquired about information. Afterwards, you killed him with a single knife, and used his head to force Yuan Junzhang's entire army to surrender to the Tang Dynasty... Who has a brother like you, it's really down. Eight lifetimes of blood mold!

Princess Pingyang paid attention to the latter sentence, "What is the crime?"

"Little brother inquired about the Turkic internal affairs, Yu Sheshe and the association rate naturally also wanted to inquire about the internal affairs of my dynasty..." Li Shan smiled wryly: "Letting out the internal affairs of the court..."

Speaking of this, Princess Pingyang is completely confused, but an old fox like Li Yuan, who has been in officialdom and has been in contact with Turks for a long time, has found clues from it.

"Yu Sheshe is the youngest son of Chuluo Khan, and the association rate is the youngest son of Shibi Khan, and now the younger brother of Tuli Khan..." Li Yuan muttered to himself, and raised his eyebrows after a while, "Huairen wants to cause Turkic civil strife. ?”

There was a natural look of admiration on Li Shan's face, "Uncle is so clear, it's true."

"Although the Ashina family has a large number of people, since Qimin Khan died of illness, three brothers Shibi Khan, Chuluo Khan, and Jieli Khan have successively ascended the throne. Now Jieli Khan is in power, but the beginning The heirs of Bi Khan and Chuluo Khan are still quite powerful and control many tribes."

"Among them, Ashina Shibobi, the son of Shibi Khan, is the most powerful, and Jieli Khan had to designate him as Tuli Khan. The dispute between the two has been going on for a long time."

"Yu Sheshe is Ashina Momo, and his elder brother is Ashina Sheer, the Turkic general of the First World War in Shandong. The two brothers served Tuli Khan and Jieli Khan."

"Ashina's association is the younger brother of Tuli Khan, and Ashina Yugu's is the only son of Jieli Khan. The positions of these two people can be known without asking."

"Yu Sheshe is the youngest son of Luo Khan. He has the most tribes. Among the Ashina clan, the tribe is second only to the two khans. He died in Mayi, and the association rate rushed back to Wuyuan County as soon as possible to inform... "

Li Yuan clapped the case and said: "Tuli Khan must gather Yushe and set up the old department!"

"That's right, but Jieli Khan lost the opportunity, but he won't just watch Tuli Khan's strength soar." Li Shan nodded and said: "December last year, Wuyuan County was in chaos, and the two Khans under his command The tribes have fought several times, and the situation is already at odds."

Li Yuan got up and took a few steps, with joy appearing on his face, he suddenly stopped, and said with a smile: "No wonder Yu She set himself up in Mayi, Yuan Junzhang came to vote immediately!"

Princess Pingyang is still a little confused, "Father?"

"Chuluo Khan's youngest son died in Mayi, so Yuan Junzhang can't protect himself, and is more likely to get involved between Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan..." Li Yuan nodded at Li Shan, "Huiren, is that so?"

"What your majesty said is true." Li Shan said with a smile: "that night, the minister asserted that the king voted for the Turks, was driven by others, and his life and death were unpredictable. He was appeased by his majesty, a high-ranking official with a rich salary, and the rest of his life will be worry-free."

Hearing such an explanation, Princess Pingyang couldn't understand it even more, "In this way, Huairen admits the guilt..."

"It's a great achievement to disrupt the enemy's country with one word, why should it be a crime?!" Li Yuan laughed loudly and said, "Huiren is boasting about his meritorious deeds. I'm afraid he won't be rewarded?"

But soon, the smile on Li Yuan's face disappeared, and he saw the embarrassment on Li Shan's face.

"Your Majesty..." Li Shan said cautiously: "The minister inquired about the Turkic situation from Yu Sheshe and the association leader, and finally made up his mind to kill Yu Sheshe...but they also asked me about the inside story of the court..."

Princess Pingyang felt that it was a critical moment, "What did you say?"

Li Shanqian took a half step back with a smile, "That day, Yu Sheshe lamented the chaos in Wuyuan County, Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan fought...my younger brother also expressed a lot of emotion, and Chang'an is not much better."

"Leaking the secrets of the court, the minister is really guilty!"

The father and daughter, Li Yuan and Princess Pingyang, looked at each other and understood the words. Li Shan told the Turks about the crown prince and King Qin seizing the heir...but is this kind of thing a secret in court?
In Chang'an City, if you catch a commoner on the street, you can probably tell one, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

Li Shan took another half step back, "In order to eliminate Yushe's establishment and guard against associations, I privately promised to report to His Majesty that Xu Tuli Khan will form an alliance with our dynasty."

Li Yuan's eyes widened, "They agreed?"

"accepted."

(End of this chapter)