bastard seizes tang

Chapter 77

Menxia Province, Zhengshitang.

Since the first year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin would come here every day to discuss government affairs with the prime ministers, but Li Shimin's face today is the most ugly.

Just last night, Li Shimin received an urgent letter from Turkic, and he already knew that Xieli rejected his request to welcome the proton back to the country.

Ever since the day Li Ke went north, Li Shimin knew that it would not be easy to take Li Ke back, but he still had some expectations for Zheng Yuanshou's trip to the north, but his hopes were shattered when the news came. up.

Wude has passed, and at the beginning of Zhenguan, it has been half a year since Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor, but during this half year, Li Shimin still lived in the East Palace and failed to enter the Taiji Palace.

As the saying goes, if the name is not right, the words are not right. Li Shimin, as an emperor, always living in the East Palace is not a solution after all.

However, the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan himself refused to let him out of the Tai Chi Palace. Although Li Shimin was the emperor, he was also a son of man, so he couldn't force Li Yuan out of his life.

If Li Shimin wanted Li Yuan to voluntarily give up the Taiji Palace, he still lacked a great achievement, and now Li Shimin even his own parents and children are still in the Turks as hostages, so why talk about merit, Li Shimin will inevitably feel irritable when he thinks about this.

"I'm sure you all know the news about the Turks. The Turks and the Tang Dynasty are no less than the Xiongnu's Western Han Dynasty. The troubles of the Turks will not be eliminated, and the northern line of the Tang Dynasty will be in trouble. Do you have a good plan?" Li Shimin's face was as deep as water, Sitting at the head, looking at the people in the political affairs hall, asked.

The Zhengshitang is usually the place where the prime ministers and directors are located, but today Li Shimin's edict, both civil and military, all the officials of the third rank and above in Chang'an City are here.

As soon as Li Shimin's voice fell, Li Jing, who had recently been transferred to the Ministry of War, got up and said: "Your Majesty, I think that if you want to break through the Turks, you must first win the land of Xiazhou, and if you want to win the land of Xiazhou, you must first kill Liang Shidu. Since the Sui Dynasty At the beginning, Liang Shidu has been attached to the rebellion for a long time, and the minister thought that the most urgent thing is to get rid of Liang Shidu and take back Xiazhou."

Since the establishment of Guanzhong in the Tang Dynasty, Jieli went south several times to Xiazhou, and Liang Shi did not get rid of it. The confrontation between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks will always be passive.

Li Shimin said: "Liang Shidu has been in trouble for a long time. Since the pharmacist said it, he must have been careless."

Li Jingdao: "The talents of Liang Shidu are mediocre, and they can rely on the support of the Turks to rely on Xiazhou's one place to cause disaster. To take Xiazhou, we should start from within."

Li Shimin listened to Li Jing's words, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Be careful, pharmacist."

Li Jingdao: "Master Liang doesn't know the destiny. To resist our Tang Dynasty, he is like a cart with his arms. Although he is a crazy person, many of his subordinates are sober. I have already joined Master Liang's subordinates Xia Governor Shi Liu Min, Sima Liu Lancheng contacted him, secretly discussing to drive a wedge between him and his subordinates, and seize Xiazhou."

Master Liang believed that the Turks were the main ones, and he was willing to be the running dog of the Turks, guarding the south gate for them, but this did not mean what he meant by the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command. How could a man from Shuobei, who is so bloody, be willing to be that Turk? The lackeys let those barbarians ride on their heads and yell at them.

Leaving aside, even Liang Luoren, Liang Shidu's cousin, had a lot of slander against Liang Shidu's trip, but he hadn't broken his face yet.

Datang is the Zhengshuo of the Central Plains, occupying the righteousness, Li Jing ordered people to secretly contact Xiazhou Governor Shi Liumin and Sima Liu Lancheng, and they hit it off, and they had the idea of ​​​​separating Xiazhou from top to bottom and plotting to seize Xiazhou.

Li Shimin listened to Li Jing's words, nodded his head in agreement and said: "What the pharmacist said coincides with what I think, so I will leave this matter to the pharmacist."

"Promise!" Li Shimin ordered, and Li Jing leaned over to answer.

Just as Li Jing's acknowledgment sounded, Chang Tu, who was waiting outside the door, suddenly walked in.

"Report to Your Majesty, Taichangqing Zheng Yuanshou is asking to see you." Chang Tu went inside and said to Li Shimin.

"Zheng Yuanshou is back?" Li Shimin was surprised when he heard Chang Tu's words.

Chang'an is thousands of miles away from the Turkic Khan Court, and the letter Li Shimin received was delivered urgently by couriers day and night, hundreds of miles away, and it was only delivered yesterday. It took three days to arrive in Beijing, but Zheng Yuanshou had already returned today.

Li Shimin's first reaction was that Zheng Yuanshou knew he had humiliated his mission, so he hurried back to Beijing to plead guilty.

In fact, Li Shimin also knew that it would not be easy for Zheng Yuanshou to go north this time, Li Ke was in Xieli's hands, unless Xieli was really arrogant to the point of inexorability, how could he put back the chips in his hands.

Li Shimin saw that Zheng Yuanshou was so terrified, most of the anger in his heart had dissipated, and he said to Chang Tu: "Sure!"

Chang Tu withdrew, and brought Zheng Yuanshou into the Political Affairs Hall.

"Your Majesty, Zheng Yuanshou, insulted the emperor's order and failed to welcome back the King of Shu. Please punish him."

Li Shimin raised his hand, signaled Zheng Yuanshou to get up, and said, "Jieli is a wolf with ambition, so it's not easy to welcome Ke'er back. Let's not discuss the matter of pleading guilty for the time being, and tell us what you have seen and heard about this trip to Turkic."

Zheng Yuanshou said: "The lower officials are ordered by the King of Shu to rush back to Chang'an, precisely for this purpose."

By the order of the king of Shu?
Li Shimin was surprised when he heard Zheng Yuanshou's words.

Although Li Ke is a prince, in the eyes of senior officials from a family like Zheng Yuanshou, the status of a prince does not seem to be enough to make them obey.

Li Shimin asked, "What's Ke'er doing to you?"

Zheng Yuanshou took out a letter from his bosom, presented it to Li Shimin, and said: "This is written by the King of Shu himself, Your Majesty please read it."

Li Shimin took the letter from Zheng Yuanshou's hand, opened it suspiciously, looked down, and after a few cursory glances, a wave of turbulence arose in his heart out of thin air.

"Father Emperor Yuqi, son-in-law Li Ke first greeted him: son-in-law heard, 'So you know yourself first, and then you know others', son-in-law lived in Turkic for half a year, and he also gained a little from Turkic affairs. The strength of Turkic , In the various tribes of the grassland, the ministers thought that if they wanted to defeat the Turks, they must first divide the tribes. In the northwest of the Turks, there is a tribe named Xue Yantuo in Yu Dujun Mountain."

If this letter came from Li Jingyi or Li Ji and others, Li Shimin would not be surprised besides admiring it, but when Li Shimin thought that this letter was written by his third son, who was only nine years old, he couldn't help feeling a little nervous. Surprised and happy.

The one who was shocked, the nine-year-old boy, had such a sight, and the one who was delighted, the nine-year-old boy was his own son.

"Keming, just take a look, and pass this letter on to everyone after reading it." The gloom on Li Shimin's face dissipated most of it at once, and he handed the letter in Du Ruhui's hands, and said with a smile.

Du Ruhui was the secretary of Li Shimin's army in his early years, and he fought in all directions with Li Shimin, so although Du Ruhui was a civil servant, he also knew soldiers. He read Li Ke's letter carefully, and his expression became excited.

Du Ruhui handed the letter to Fang Xuanling, who was his subordinate, stood up and said to Li Shimin, "The words of the king of Shu are very kind, and I think it is acceptable. Although the king of Shu is young, he has such insights. He can be called a wise man. I congratulate you, Your Majesty!"

Du Ruhui's words reached Changsun Wuji's ears, and Changsun Wuji frowned slightly inadvertently.

Du Ruhui has always been calm, not a bluff, Li Ke's letters can be so admired by Du Ruhui, there must be something extraordinary, Changsun Wuji couldn't help being curious about Li Ke's letters, wishing he could stretch his head to look at them.

　I would like to say that I will be traveling to Xi'an tomorrow due to work. Although the work schedule is very tight, I think I must spare some time to visit the city wall of Xi'an.

　　I don't know why, but Jinyan always calls Xi'an Chang'an, and he just blurts it out, maybe it's a kind of complex.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)