Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1199
The Battle of the Western Regions shocked the Central Plains.

Since the Western Regions and the capital Luoyang are really far apart, the Kucha Kingdom goes west to Luoyang for 280 miles.In particular, there are many deserts and Gobi deserts along the way, making the road difficult.

Therefore, when the war in the Western Regions reached Luoyang, it had already lagged behind for a long time.The imperial court had just received a report that the Anxi Patrollers fought against the Kucha army, and when Monk Xu defeated the [-] troops with five hundred, in fact, in the Western Regions, Monk Xu had already defeated the more than [-] troops of Xiang Nali of the Kucha Kingdom.

By the time the imperial court received Monk Xu to defeat the ten thousand troops in Kucha, Liu Heifu had already led Ashina Mishe and Ashinasheer to capture the city of Yiluolu, the king city of Kucha.

When the imperial court learned that the capital of Kucha had been broken, Cheng Yaojin had already led an army to slaughter more than [-] Rat Nishi people in Yingsuochuan...
The seriously lagging intelligence information and the rapid changes in the situation in Anxi made it difficult for the imperial court to make decisive orders.

So in the end, Emperor Luo Cheng simply asked the Privy Council and the Ministry of War not to interfere with Anxi for the time being, and let Cheng Yaojin and the others go.

Even when the news came that Cheng Yaojin slaughtered more than [-] members of the Rat Extermination Nishi Department, a large number of impeachment memorials demanded Cheng Yaojin's dismissal, and even when he was asked to come back for investigation and questioning, Luo Cheng didn't say anything.

The front line is fighting, and it is still a battle of destroying the country. How could the emperor change his commander at this time.Regardless of whether Cheng Yaojin is right or wrong, since the battle is going well now, let him finish the battle.

After the battle of the Western Regions was finally settled, Luo Cheng waited for a while.

At this time, the history of the war in the Western Regions was already very clear on the Central Plains side, and more censors wanted to impeach Cheng Yaojin, and even some prime ministers began to propose to transfer Cheng Yaojin back to the court.

The Xuanzheng Palace discussion is a more and more important imperial meeting recently. The only people who can participate in the Xuanzheng Palace discussion are the chief officials of the Zhengshitang, Hanlin Academy, Privy Council, Yushitai, and the secretary who is the emperor's personal assistant. The three supervisors, the Provincial Secretary Supervisor, the Provincial Internal Attendant Supervisor, and the Dianzhong Provincial Dianzhong Supervisor, can also attend.

In addition, even the generals of the guards and the ministers of various ministries and supervisors of temples who do not worship prime ministers are not eligible to participate. If there are issues involving them and they are called, they will only attend the meeting.

Outside the Xuanzheng Hall.

The internal servant Feng Lishi stood on the porch, with his hands in his sleeves, he looked at the sky from time to time.

"Tomorrow will be New Year's Eve, and the day after tomorrow will be the Dazhengdan Dachaohui, and it will be the sixth year of Kaiyuan, but why hasn't it snowed yet?"

A eunuch next to him hurriedly said, "That's right, it's really strange that there hasn't been a single snowfall this winter."

"There have been a lot of rumors out there recently. There are all kinds of rumors. I even heard that there are supervising students in the Imperial College linking this non-snowing incident with Dudu Cheng's massacre in Anxi City."

Feng Lishi sneered, "It's nonsense, Dudu Cheng's battle in the Western Regions has only been fought for a long time, and it's already winter before the start of the battle today, so there hasn't been a single snowfall."

"Yeah, those scholars always like to talk about it."

"It's almost time to discuss the matter. Don't talk about that, cheer me up. I'll wait for you later. I'm going to pay my respects to the saint, and respectfully invite the saint to come over." Feng Lishi said.

As the chief of the palace province, he is an eunuch, but because he can assist the emperor in disposing of secret documents, his power has greatly increased. Although the right to dispose of secret documents is not exclusive to him, the secretary supervisor and internal servant supervisor also have the right , but after all, they can also touch the secrets. Compared with the past, they just do some odd jobs in the palace, which is different. The three supervisors are now called half alike.

It was still only daylight.

But the Zaifu have already arrived one after another.

Those who can participate in the discussion of the Xuanzheng Palace are all qualified to ride horses in the palace specially granted by the emperor, and veteran officials like Zhang Xutuo even get the qualifications to ride chariots in the palace.

Feng Lishi went to meet the emperor, and then returned to the Xuanzheng Hall. When he saw the prime ministers coming, he said to the two young eunuchs and several eunuchs, "Let's go to meet them."

The first to arrive were Secretary Supervisor Wang Gui and Internal Attendant Supervisor Wei Bokuang.

These two, like Feng Lishi, were close ministers of the emperor, but they were civil servants after all, so they were no worse than Feng Lishi in the palace.

"Mr. Feng has come already?"

"Well, our family is in charge of chores, so naturally we have to come early, and the two chief supervisors also came very early."

Wang Gui, who was born in a well-known Wang family in Taiyuan, is the grandson of Wang Sengbian, Minister of the Southern Dynasties.Wei Bokuang, the grandson of the famous general Wei Xiaokuan, is also the father of Emperor Xinna's Wei Nizi, and also the uncle of Xinna's Wei Gui.

Jingzhao Wei's and Taiyuan Wang's are both famous families. Although they are not as good as before, they are both from famous families and they are indeed very talented. Because Wang's daughter and Wei's daughter are both in the emperor's harem, they are now serving as Take this important post of supervisor.

"Everything in the palace is ready for discussion." Feng Lishi said to the two with a smile.

"Thank you Mr. Feng."

"It's all my job, as it should be." Feng Lishi laughed.

Wei Bo Kuang said, "Today's discussion is mainly about the war in the Western Regions. I don't know what the tone of this meeting is. Has Mr. Feng met His Majesty, has His Majesty revealed anything?"

"Just now our family paid tribute to the sage. The sage is practicing archery. He only said that he will come to discuss matters on time, and he didn't say anything else."

Wang Gui said, "I don't think this meeting will be easy to hold. The most troublesome thing is how to deal with Cheng Yaojin. If His Majesty doesn't speak, it will be difficult to get results."

Feng Lishi said softly, "Recently Dudu Cheng has provoked controversy in the court, but His Majesty has never expressed his position on this matter. Our family thinks that this has actually expressed his attitude."

Wang Gui was thoughtful, "Thank you, Mr. Feng, for reminding me."

"Our three supervisors are also His Majesty's close ministers. In a meeting later, we must not reverse what His Majesty intends." Feng Lishi said, as the heads of the three provinces, they naturally cannot be compared with the court, but since As a close minister of the emperor, he naturally had to have the same attitude as the emperor, and even had to fight for the emperor.

"In any case, the battle in the Western Regions really demonstrated the prestige of our Great Qin, and deterred those who were ready to move. Not to mention, after this battle, our Great Qin added three more counties in the Western Regions. This is a good thing. The imperial court expands its borders and expands its territory, and spreads its might to the Western Regions!"

"That's right, Cheng Yaojin didn't ask the imperial court to mobilize troops and horses, increase food and pay, and they alone wiped out the rebellious Kucha and Shunishi. This is a great achievement."

The three of them are also human beings. The emperor did not express his position on Cheng Yaojin's impeachment memorial recently, but the emperor did not express his position, which actually showed the emperor's attitude.As the emperor's close ministers, especially those who can assist the emperor in handling secret memorials, they are actually people who understand the emperor's thinking better.

"Okay, let's set the tone at the meeting later," Weber said reassuringly.There are some things that it is not good for the emperor to stand up and say it himself at the beginning, but they can.

(End of this chapter)