Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 917 The Silence of Mingde Hall!

Before Li Chengqian came out from Beizhen Fusi, he only left one sentence: Han people eat and drink well, so there is no need to ask for confessions, and other people have to take care of their affairs after tearing apart their skins and bones; No matter how much the three of them, Chang Sun Chong, tried to persuade them to stay, it was useless.

On the frame of returning to the palace, Li Chengqian thought a lot, poor people must have something to hate, this is often said, if it has to be used in today's scene, I am afraid it will be reversed.

Because these people are turned into bad people under certain living circumstances, which is not their original intention.It is not others but himself who changed the fate of them or their family members.

During the war that year, Li Chengqian felt that the plan for the Western Expedition was perfect. Even after receiving the imperial decree to stop the attack, he still thought so. After all, the outcome of a war is measured by the results of the enemy and ourselves.

As for how many guards to defend the border, who to keep as generals, and how to deploy defenses, those are issues that Li Jing, the chief executive, should consider. The emperor's slander made the East Palace fall into a dilemma.

He couldn't explain these words to these people, and they didn't understand that the prince who seemed to have a lot of glory was not as beautiful as they imagined back then.Even in the Western Expeditionary Army, more than one person wanted him to be defeated and die, so as to pave the way for his master to enter the Eastern Palace.

Until entering the Mingde Hall, Li Chengqian had been reviewing the pros and cons of the Western Expedition for the Tang Dynasty. From the perspective of the overall situation, whether it was the first armistice or the second Western Expedition, it was of great benefit to the Tang Dynasty at that time It was harmless, and the benefits fought for the country at that time have also been confirmed.

As for the scattered Tuyuhun stragglers who went deep into the hinterland and looted the border residents, it was purely caused by the negligence of the local guards, and had no direct relationship with Li Chengqian at all.But considering that the Western Expedition was written by him, it couldn't start well and end well, which is always a regret in his heart. The only thing he didn't expect was that such a person would be implicated.

This kind of thing often happens on the border. When it is reported through the Ministry of War, it is just a series of cold numbers. If you have not seen it with your own eyes and experienced it yourself, you will not experience that kind of pain and despair.

Yes, it is often those critical periods that change the direction of a person's life. People who have not experienced pain will never understand how blurred the connection between life and death is.

I remember when I went to the battlefield for the first time, when the iron gate was closed, I saw the piles of corpses of the enemy and our army piled up on both sides of the pass on a slope. The disgusting smell of corpses could not be covered up in winter, and the reinforcements were delayed. I realized that Li Chengqian's mood was also very complicated.

A hundred people charged, but the arrows didn't hit themselves, it was because they got into other people's bodies, the glory of the winner finally fell on themselves, but it could have fallen on others in the first place.In the army, anyone who has been on the battlefield once, even if he survives, is considered to have died once.

Others died for you, and if you live again, you should live for others, otherwise you will be sorry for the living and the dead; from the words of those people, Li Chengqian can hear that they just want to use their humble lives for themselves and their loved ones. "Dignity" is just asking for justice.

As the crown prince of a country, Li Chengqian has the responsibility and obligation to protect every citizen of the Tang Dynasty from being persecuted by foreign enemies and corrupt officials. His questioning was not wrong, so he said "I am incompetent" , This is one of the few apologies he has ever made in his life.It's enough to eat and drink for a few days and go on the road comfortably. This can be regarded as Li Chengqian's compensation to them.

As the sun went down, the light in Mingde Palace also dimmed, especially since Li Chengqian didn't allow the palace people to light up the lamps, the inside of the hall was even darker, quiet needles could be heard, and there was an oppressive atmosphere everywhere, which made the waiters Palace people feel a little difficult to breathe.

Creak, creak, as the palace door was pushed open, the eldest grandson stepped in quickly, ordered the maids to light a few palace lanterns, waved them to retreat, stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, everyone It is a mortal with the naked eye, not a god, and cannot see what will happen in the future."

"I have been a criminal officer for many years, and I have dealt with many criminals, and I have seen and heard too many stories. No one is born a bad person; the road is chosen by oneself, and it has nothing to do with the Western Expedition you presided over. Your Highness, don't worry about it." feel guilty."

The reason why Chang Sun Chong came here was not only to state the progress of the case, but also to worry about his cousin. Although Chang Sun Chong had never fought in a war, he had met many generals over the years, and he knew the battles this general fought. The more you owe, the more debts you owe, and this is a debt that will never be paid off in a lifetime.

My cousin's military exploits are so magnificent that no other generals of his generation can match him, and at the same time, he made the senior generals feel ashamed.But the more victorious battles he has fought, the more people he died, and the arrest of these Han Chinese who were deceived by the Tubo people by the inner guards is only a small part of the impact, and it is also the most extreme.

He was really worried that this seemingly cheerful, but in fact stubborn cousin put all these responsibilities on his own head, and competed with himself, sulking, and getting angry. It's not worth it. Done.

Alas, after sighing, Li Chengqian took the tea handed over by Changsun Chong, looked at the empty hall, and said in a deep voice: "You don't need to explain the truth, even Gu knows it.

What Gu regretted was that he was young and didn't think carefully enough. If he could grit his teeth again, he might be able to wipe out Tuyuhun in one battle, and those border residents might not have suffered such hardships. "

"Your Highness, the past is unrecoverable. You don't need to take the responsibility on yourself. Besides, with your influence back then, you couldn't control the entire Tang army. The general can completely bypass you and negotiate peace with the Tuyuhun people. After all, he is the real commander of the army. , what you said doesn’t count.”

The Tang army has a strict hierarchy system, which only recognizes the official position of the marching army, and the soldiers only recognize the commander-in-chief's seal of command. The status of the prince alone cannot change the overall situation, and seeking the opinion of the prince is just a formality , can't be counted at all.

To put it bluntly, the prince was actually a good-looking decoration back then, which is the same as the reason why he presided over the post-war ceremony during the Northern Expedition.This is not like after the Battle of Songzhou, when he led the troops to fight as the commander of the Tang Army, he had complete autonomy and had the right to handle all affairs of the Tang Army outside.

Well, after nodding heavily, after calming down the complicated mood, he immediately asked: "Come on, tell me what you have gained, I know that you don't have the style of a guy with an active atmosphere, you dare not come to the Eastern Palace to make trouble at this time, Isn't it?"

(End of this chapter)