Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 118
Zheng Yuanxuan was the one who wrote the letter. He told Li Jiancheng in the letter that Li Shuliang, the king of Changping, stubbornly wanted to send troops to attack Zhu Can despite his opposition.In the letter, Zheng Yuanxuan analyzed in detail the military strength of the enemy and us, terrain advantages, and the possibility of victory.

To sum up, Zheng Yuanxuan believed that the chance of winning was very small, and hoped that the crown prince could tell the saint that the saint would order to prevent Li Shuliang from rashly mobilizing troops.

After reading the letter, Li Jiancheng remained silent and circulated the letter to everyone.

All parties have their own interests to protect. Zheng Yuanxuan was pulled out from Taichang Temple by Li Jiancheng with great difficulty and sent out to contact the army. If he is defeated by Zhu Can in Shangzhou, he will have to return to the capital honestly in the future. A Tai Changqing.

And this is not what Li Jiancheng wants.

"If you have any ideas, please tell me."

Wei Ting said bluntly, "If Mr. Zheng did not exaggerate, and Zhu Can really has [-] troops in his hands, then His Highness must immediately enter the palace and persuade the saint to prevent King Changping from attacking Zhu Can."

Wang Gui also said: "I agree with Wei Gong's words, Mr. Zheng's expedition to Zhu Can has achieved some results, and now we must not make mistakes. Otherwise, the sage will definitely blame Mr. Zheng, and His Highness's plan will definitely be in vain. .”

Zheng Shanguo asked puzzledly: "It was King Changping who advocated attacking Zhu Can. Once the army was defeated, why would the sage blame Yuan Xuan?"

Hearing this, everyone was silent for a moment.

This is a kind of tacit understanding that Tang officials all know. The sage prefers the clan generals to lead the army. Once the army is defeated, he will try his best to protect the clan.At that time, the people below must be responsible.

But this kind of thing, in front of the prince, is not easy to explain to Zheng Shanguo.

It can only be said that Zheng Shanguo has not been back to Tang for a long time, and he does not know these twists and turns.

Li Jiancheng reminded: "Father has always favored King Changping."

After saying this, Zheng Shanguo immediately understood.

In fact, Li Yuan not only favored Li Shuliang, he also favored all clan warriors.Both Li Yuanji and Li Shuliang were defeated before, but Li Yuan not only didn't let them take the blame, but also let them take the blame.

"So, Your Highness really wants to stop King Changping." Zheng Shanguo said.

Li Yuan was puzzled and said, "Why did Uncle Changping suddenly attack Zhu Can? I remember that we were still confronting each other in Shangzhou before?"

This question was not mentioned in the letter, and they did not know the situation on the front line, so no one present could answer it.

"No matter what, we must stop the emperor." Li Jiancheng rubbed his temples with a headache.

It's really sad enough to be able to reach out to the army with great difficulty, but something like this happened.

Wei Ting reminded: "Your Highness, all matters in the army should be reported to the saint by the general, but Mr. Zheng told His Highness in private that he has violated the rules. How can your Highness explain to the saint?"

"You're right, Gu almost forgot."

Wang Yu said: "This matter is easy. Since you want to stop King Changping from mobilizing troops, you will definitely offend him. In this case, your highness may as well tell the saint that Zheng Shijun's persuasion has been fruitless, so he can only take this bad strategy. He has to follow the power in a hurry. Please forgive me, saint."

"it is good."

The current situation is urgent, and Li Jiancheng cannot find a better reason than this to explain Zheng Yuanxuan's behavior.

Regarding this matter, Li Jiancheng did not dare to neglect, and after taking a bath and changing clothes, he went to the palace to meet Li Yuan.

The sunlight fell on the yellow paper through the gap in the window. Li Yuan carefully read every sentence on it, and then asked, "Why didn't Zheng Yuanxuan report to me, but wrote to you?"

"Returning to Emperor Father, I feel that Shijun Zheng is worried about the safety of the army, and he has no way to take it into consideration. He made some omissions in his haste. Please forgive me."

Li Yuan glanced at him, but didn't expose him.

Zheng Yuanxuan is the prince's man, and he knows it well.

"Does Zheng Yuanxuan really think that he can't beat Zhu Can?"

"Father, Zhu Can is extremely cruel. He already feeds on living people, and he has [-] troops in his hands. However, my dynasty has only [-] troops in Shangzhou. Once the emperor's uncle takes the initiative to attack, even if he can win, it must be a victory." Both sides will suffer. At this time, Wang Shichong is watching, how can Wang Shichong take advantage of it?"

Li Yuan put down the yellow paper, picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

"King Changping made a surprise attack on Qinzhou before and defeated Xiqin. It can be seen that he is good at fighting. This time he took the initiative to attack Zhu Can, maybe he also has ideas in his heart?"

"But Zhu Can has [-] troops after all."

Having said that, Li Yuan hesitated for a moment.

This is also true, the opponent still has [-] soldiers and horses, while the Tang army in Shangzhou only has [-], which is a huge disparity in strength.

Seeing Li Yuan's hesitation, Li Jiancheng further persuaded him: "Shangzhou is the southeast gateway of our Tang Dynasty, and we must not lose it, otherwise the pass will be dangerous! At present, our Tang forces are concentrated in Xiliang, Bingzhou, and Hebei. Lost, the consequences are unimaginable!"

Hearing this, Li Yuan was a little worried, he hesitated and said, "But if you rashly call King Changping back, wouldn't you not trust him?"

Li Jiancheng said: "Father just ordered that the emperor's uncle is not allowed to attack without authorization. It is enough to guard Shangzhou. Why should the emperor's uncle be recalled to Chang'an?"

The eldest son's words made sense, which made Li Yuan hesitate.

"What's your father worried about?"

Li Yuandao: "Although Zhu Can has an army of [-] troops, they are only made up of refugees. They don't have enough armor and weapons. How can they be the opponent of my Tang army. Besides, I believe that your uncle will not rush forward."

Li Jiancheng was speechless immediately. He analyzed his feelings for a long time, was it all nonsense?
"Well, let me think about it again, and I will definitely give you an answer tomorrow." Li Yuan said.

Li Jiancheng hurriedly said: "Father, the military situation is urgent. If you are late, you will miss the opportunity to make corrections."

"Correct what?" Li Yuan suddenly became unhappy, his face turned serious, and asked again: "Correct what?"

Seeing that Li Yuan seemed to be angry, Li Jiancheng was worried about the war in Shangzhou, and he didn't know why Lao Li was suddenly upset.

Therefore, he could only say: "My son made a mistake."

"Hmph, you just need to handle the affairs of the court properly. I'm the one who decides what's outside."

"Yes, Erchen understands."

"Go down."

Li Jiancheng pursed his lips and said goodbye.

After Li Jiancheng left, Li Yuan looked at the yellow paper, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it out casually.

Coincidentally, the ball of paper landed under Zhang Jieyu's skirt.

She came in with a jade plate and a jug of fine wine on it.

"Your Majesty is in a bad mood?"

Zhang Jieyu glanced at the ball of paper with winking eyes, said softly, moved lightly with lotus steps, swayed her slender waist and round buttocks, and approached Li Yuan.

Li Yuan didn't speak, leaning on Yanghe.

Zhang Jieyu smiled slightly, her face full of spring.

"If Your Majesty is angry with your ministers and concubines, then the ministers and concubines will go down. Why should you be so angry with your ministers and concubines?"

As he said, he made a gesture to leave.

"Oh, I'm not angry with you." Lao Li said helplessly.

Seeing this, Zhang Jieyu smiled, sat beside Lao Li, poured him a glass of fine wine, brought it to his mouth, and fed him to drink.

After drinking a glass of wine, Lao Li said unhappily: "I have already let him supervise the country, will he still teach me how to do it? I am not greedy enough!"

"Who is His Majesty talking about?"

Lao Li originally wanted to talk about the prince, but when the words came to his lips, he waved his hand, "Forget it, I'm bothering you, just ignore him."

"Then have a drink."

Zhang Jieyu smiled and served Li Yuan to drink.

"Well, it's good to drink, good to drink." Lao Li said.

(End of this chapter)