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Chapter 200 Chapter 208: Two Memorials
"What did you say?" Li Shimin thought he had heard wrong, and was a little confused.

"I want to impeach the prince!" Wei Zheng raised his voice.

Li Shimin frowned and asked, "What crime did you impeach the prince?"

Wei Zhengdao: "The minister impeached the crown prince for his ineffective supervision of the country, and avenged his personal revenge!"

"Wei Zheng!" Li Shimin suddenly stared coldly, "Do you know what you're talking about!"

"Of course I know, I'm not drinking, I'm very sober." If someone else said this on other occasions, it would feel like a joke, but at this moment, when Wei Zheng said it with a serious face, it represented every word he said. There is no way out for a word, which is the legendary testimony in court.

Wei Zhengyi spoke solemnly and said: "During your Majesty's expedition, the crown prince temporarily took over the government. However, two months ago, the Ministry of War received a military emergency memorial from Li Hao, the governor of Tingzhou, and forwarded it to the crown prince. After that, the memorial disappeared without a trace. , the specific matters are all listed in the memorial." He said and held up the memorial in his hand.

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said with a gloomy face, "Submit it!"

Xu Lian hurriedly presented Wei Zheng's memorial to Li Shimin. Li Shimin unfolded the memorial and read it. At the end, his long eyes glared angrily, and his hands were trembling.

Wei Zheng said slowly: "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince has a personal rift with Li Hao. Li Hao's memorial suddenly disappeared after reaching the Crown Prince's hands. It is obvious that the Crown Prince is avenging his personal revenge. If Tingzhou falls because of this, it will be His Royal Highness delaying the battle. Hope your Majesty Severe punishment."

"Wei Zheng!" Li Shimin suddenly threw Wei Zheng's memorabilia on the ground and roared, "How dare you deceive me like this!"

"Your Majesty, be careful." Wei Zheng said without changing his face, "Wei Zheng is loyal to the country and swears to die for the country, how dare he deceive the king."

"You..." Li Shimin pointed at Wei Zheng, wanting to slander him, but he couldn't. Even though what Wei Zheng said in his memorandum was all true, his method was too strong. He couldn't get on the stage, but he asked Li Shimin to punish him severely, that is to make everyone in the city know that the crown prince will be the emperor in the future, how could he lose such a big face, how important the face of the Tian family is, Wei Zheng's behavior is simply a slap in the face The prince's face slapped Li Shimin's face by the way.

The reason why Li Shimin couldn't scold Wei Zheng was because Wei Zheng occupied the righteousness. Everything he said was right. Li Shimin wanted to save the crown prince's face, but that was his own private matter. ,It is clear.

But to Li Shimin, the face of the Tian family is as important as the state affairs, which is why he is so angry.

The two monarchs and ministers looked at each other for a moment, Li Shimin temporarily suppressed his anger, and said coldly: "I will punish the prince severely, but I will not announce it to the courtiers!"

Wei Zheng said slowly: "The reason why I impeached the crown prince is for the sake of the country of the Tang Dynasty. When the king is upright, the people are upright. If your majesty can make the prince repent and reform, how to deal with this matter is entirely up to your majesty to decide."

Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard the words, only then did he realize that Wei Zheng actually knew how to advance and retreat, everything he did, as he said, was for the sake of the community.

At this moment, the yellow gate outside the hall came to report again: "Your Majesty, Ran Xu, the servant of the Ministry of War, personally sent the urgent battle report for eight hundred miles in Tingzhou!"

Li Shimin's heart trembled when he heard the words, the battle report from Tingzhou, does this mean that Li Hao is still alive?Immediately shouted: "Hurry up!"

"See you at the Palace of Ganlu, Minister of Xuanbing Department, Ran Xu!"

Ran Xu bowed and walked into the Ganlu Hall. Just as he knelt down and prepared to shout, Li Shimin said directly: "Submit the memorial quickly!"

Ran Xu was stunned for a while, Xu Lian had already come to him and took away two memorials.

Li Shimin unfolded the two memorials, and after reading them for a long time, his eyes suddenly turned red. Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng were startled when they saw this, and secretly guessed, could it be that Li Hao had already died?
"What a Li Shikuang! What a Li Shikuang!" Li Shimin was so excited that he couldn't help but almost cry.

Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng looked at each other, what's the matter?Did Li Hao not hang up?Did it hang up or not?

Li Shimin finally finished reading the two memorials, and felt as if there was a turmoil in his chest, which was hard to calm down for a long time. After a long time, Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "I will pass on the order, and tomorrow will be held at the Taiji Hall!"

Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng couldn't know whether Li Hao had died in the end, and they were a little anxious.

After Li Shimin dismissed Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and Ran Xu, he turned to Xu Lian and asked, "Is there a secret report from Yin Yuanwei?"

Xu Lian looked puzzled: "Your Majesty, this old slave just came back from the expedition with you, and just after I unarmed you, the Prime Minister came to see you. I haven't had time to ask you before."

"Quickly ask, I want to know more about Li Hao."

"Yes."

It was night, Li Shimin sat alone on the Ganlu Hall, watching one after another secret report from Tingzhou, his heart was ups and downs, like the surging sea, the secret report described in great detail, from the moment Li Hao entered Tingzhou to plan Cao Tian's corner From the development of Tingzhou, to the battle of wits and courage with Cao Tian, ​​and to the invasion of Gaochang, Li Shimin never expected that Li Hao would go through so many difficulties and obstacles in Tingzhou. Xiaowei went to protect Li Hao, and was even more fortunate to send Chen Bin to Tingzhou with a thousand left guards, because Li Hao's memorial mentioned that it was Chen Bin who saved him and Tingzhou.

Li Shimin walked out of the Ganlu Hall slowly, raised his head with his hands behind his back, looked at the stars in the sky, was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed: "God bless my Tang! God bless me..."

The next day, there was a grand court meeting in the Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin sat on the throne, glanced at the officials below, and said slowly: "I believe that Gaochang violated my Great Tang Tingzhou, all the ministers must have known about it."

The ministers did not speak, Li Shimin said again: "Gao Chang first attacked Tingzhou with [-] people, but was defeated by a thousand elite cavalry sent by Li Hao, the governor of Tingzhou, and fled in a hurry. .”

All the ministers were amazed when they heard the words, and how could they not be surprised by defeating [-] with one thousand.

Li Shimin continued: "Later Gaochang borrowed [-] troops from the Western Turks, combined with Gaochang's own troops, [-] soldiers and horses, and besieged Tingzhou. Li Hao, the governor of Tingzhou, led [-] people to defend the isolated city. After staying for more than three months, Chen Bin finally waited for a thousand reinforcements to defeat Gaochang's army and finally relieved the siege of Tingzhou.

All the ministers were shocked when they heard the words. They had indeed heard about Gaochang's invasion of Tingzhou, but they didn't know the details. When they heard that Li Hao was defending the isolated city with [-] troops and fighting against [-] enemies, they immediately It felt like a fairy tale, even Li Jing, known as the God of War, couldn't help being moved by it.

In the Taiji Hall, there was a lot of discussion for a while, and they were all stunned by Li Hao's deeds. If it wasn't from Li Shimin's mouth, they wouldn't believe it even if they were killed.

Li Shimin waited for a long time, then suddenly raised his voice, and said: "The purpose of calling all the ministers here today is to send troops to Gaochang. Gaochang is located in an important town on the Silk Road. It has repeatedly robbed and killed my Tang caravan, and ignored my face in the kingdom of heaven. I have long wanted to attack, but now Gaochang is intensifying and invading our country, which is tolerable or unbearable!"

The ministers were shocked again when they heard that Li Shimin was going to send troops to attack Gaochang. In fact, Li Shimin had mentioned this matter several times before, but they were all dismissed, because Gaochang was too far away, and it was only more than 2000 miles away from Datang. The desert is still a geographical factor after all.

As soon as Li Shimin's voice fell, Cen Wenwen suddenly came out and said: "Your Majesty, Gaochang and Chang'an are thousands of miles away, and there are two thousand miles of sandy moraine as a natural barrier. If a heavy army is sent out to conquer, it will waste the treasury, let alone go to the land. The soldiers and horses are exhausted, and it is easy for Gaochang to take advantage of it, I hope your majesty will think twice."

Qin Qiong frowned when he heard the words, and came out and said: "Your Majesty, Gaochang violated our Tang soil and killed our Tang people. This crime cannot be punished. I invite you to fight and go out to fight, and swear to destroy Gaochang!"

Li Shimin nodded and said: "I have made up my mind about sending troops to Gaochang. You don't need to persuade me any more. I am here to ask you how to send troops at this court meeting."

At this time, Kong Yingda suddenly came out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the veteran does not agree to send troops to Gaochang!"

Li Shimin frowned and said, "Kong Jijiu, didn't you hear what I just said?"

"The old minister heard it." Kong Yingda said without changing his face, "The sage listens to both, but the foolish one trusts. Your Majesty is a wise king. You should listen to the advice of all the ministers. The old minister opposes sending troops to Gaochang."

Li Shimin was very annoyed, very annoyed, even the most difficult Wei Zheng did not object to sending troops to Gaochang, but this old schoolteacher jumped out and complained, it was unreasonable, he was determined to conquer Gaochang, not just for revenge, Because of the Silk Road, he must destroy Gaochang. This will have a huge economic impact on the Tang Dynasty. Money is a good thing. Only when a country has money can the country be strong and the people rich. These things are not in the hands of Kong Yingda Within the scope of his consideration, he only had the Dao of Saints in his eyes.

So Li Shimin began to play a rogue: "I don't want to listen to advice today, so Kong Jijiu should retreat."

"The old minister must say it!" Kong Yingda said righteously, "The old minister thinks that what the Zhongshu Ling Cen said is very reasonable, and it is unwise to send troops to Gaochang, waste the treasury, and put the army in danger; the old minister also thinks, Gaochang is a small country that doesn't understand why, because it is located in the wilderness, and it is difficult to educate. There is an old saying that, attacking the city is the bottom, and attacking the heart is the top. Since your majesty wants to attack the city, why not attack the heart, and spread my emperor's teachings to the barbarians, so that Its rationality is to stop fighting and avoid burning charcoal, and it can also promote the national prestige of the Tang Dynasty's benevolence and righteousness, and make all nations submit."

I have to say that the old master Kong Yingda is indeed an old pedant, and he made a lot of sense. After hearing what he said, all the officials present suddenly felt that what he said was very reasonable, and they couldn't help nodding their heads in agreement with his point of view.

If Li Hao was present, he only wanted to ask one question, that is: "What if the other party doesn't cooperate?".

Kong Yingda's words seemed to be citing classics, full of great truths, and sounded very convincing. If Gao Chang didn't cooperate, he would be confused.

Li Hao's vision and knowledge are very high. After all, he has more than 300 years of wisdom and experience than the people of Tang Dynasty, but everyone present did not, including Li Shimin. Li Shimin was very angry. Kong Yingda challenged him face to face. What's more, the ministers present actually listened to his words.

"Renyi! Renyi!" Li Shimin was out of anger, and roared angrily, "Gaochang is benevolent! Who will be benevolent to the people of Tang Dynasty! Who will be benevolent to the people of Tingzhou!"

As he spoke, he suddenly grabbed a memorial from his side and threw it at Kong Yingda, hitting Kong Yingda directly on the face. Memorial, read it out in front of civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty! Read it out loud!"

It was the first time for the ministers to see Li Shimin get so angry. Even when Wei Zheng and Li Shimin hurt each other before, Li Shimin would at most just stare and shout. He had never hit anyone with a memorial. angry.

Kong Yingda was also a little frightened by Li Shimin's appearance, picked up the memorial and read it.

This is Li Hao's military memorial, which mainly tells the history of the battle, lists Gaochang's crimes, and nominates those who have made meritorious deeds. The city is stable, no one panics, everyone endures the hunger silently, quietly starves, and dies quietly, because the people know that there is no food in the city, if there is a panic, the enemy will know, and at that time, Tingzhou is in danger."

Translated into the vernacular is: Within three days, more than a hundred people in the city starved to death, but the people in the city were very quiet, no one panicked, starved silently, and then died quietly, because the people knew that there was no redundant food in the city. If the food is gone, it will be useless to make troubles, but it will cause panic. If the enemy knows, then Tingzhou will be in danger.

When Kong Yingda read this passage, all the officials in the Tai Chi Hall showed solemn expressions, either respectful or sad. They seemed to see the picture of countless people starving silently and then dying quietly. Some people even started to secretly wipe away their tears.

After Kong Yingda read Li Hao's memorial, he was also quite touched. He thought carefully and thought that what he said was correct, because it was the truth left by the sage, and it would never be wrong. However, he also felt that Li Hao's memorial was also true. That's right, Gao Chang is indeed abominable, he should fight, he is suddenly conflicted, what went wrong.

Seeing that all the civil and military ministers were silent, Li Shimin knew that Li Hao's memorial had already played a role, so he took out another memorial and said, "This is Li Hao's memorial to requesting troops to conquer Gaochang. The ambition of a man in the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng, you have a noble spirit, this memorial is up to you to read." After speaking, he handed the memorial to Xu Lian, and Xu Lian presented the memorial to Wei Zheng.

Wei Zhengzhan took a quick look at the memorial, and suddenly his face showed shock, and then his face was full of solemnity, and he read aloud: "The sage king is above, and the humble minister Li Hao said that China has lived for thousands of years, and how many generations of kings have been counted. However, there are only a few people whose names have lasted through the ages.

Qin Huang pacified the troubled times, settled the eight wastelands, and made great achievements through the ages; Han Wu destroyed the Xiongnu, towned Liuhe, and his name will last forever.

However, the humble minister alone promoted the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. In the prosperous age of Wenzhi, Wu Ding Kyushu, where the Tang soldiers came, the world fell, so all nations came to the court, bowed their heads and proclaimed their ministers, calling them my emperor Khan!

Today there is Gaochang, a small country in the Western Regions, with a population of less than [-], greedy and cruel, cutting off the Silk Road, and invading our land in Tang Dynasty, with humble ministers guarding Tingzhou, bringing [-] people and [-] soldiers, and rejecting [-] horses at the female wall of Tingzhou , The fierceness of the war, although a thousand words cannot express it.

My emperor governs the country with filial piety and subdues the world with benevolence and righteousness. However, the Hu barbarians do not understand the word benevolence and righteousness. The way is to spy on the vast territory of the Tang Dynasty for a long time, wishing to replace it, and to be kind to it, it will be considered weak, and its power will become more and more rampant. If things go on like this, the Tang Dynasty will be in danger.

The nature of wolves is inherently evil, even if they are taught by eminent monks and great virtues, it is difficult to change the habit of eating meat. This is the most reasonable thing in this world.

I am not talented, I have no ability to drink horses and wine springs, and I have no merits to enshrine wolves as Xu, but with a heart of courage, I can show the sun and the moon. Gaochang slaughtered my Tang people and violated my territory. I am willing to hold three feet of green Feng, please go out to fight, and let the horse shroud your body in leather, and your brains will be smashed to the ground. You must also make ten decisive moves, reopen the Silk Road, and build a meritorious service for my emperor.

The king of sages should be the sage inside and the king outside, the rule of literature is inside, and the rule of martial arts is outside. Anyone who violates the heavenly power of the Tang Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away! "

After reading the memorial, all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were in awe, no one spoke, and needles could be heard in the Tai Chi Hall.

　I made up a self-made teacher's statement, so let's just wait and see. Anyway, I think that although the words are clumsy, the momentum is acceptable.Since the teacher's statement takes up a lot of words, this chapter is a 4300-word chapter, let alone I cut corners.

　　Since many readers voted for the monthly ticket yesterday, Huajian was embarrassed not to add an update. There is another update today, and it will be updated on time at [-] pm. Well, there are no manuscripts in Huajian, so take it easy.

　　
　
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