Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1203
"I'm a little hungry. I got up early in the morning to walk the horses first, and then practiced a round of arrows. Feng Lishi, let me prepare some refreshments. The gentlemen have been discussing for a long time. I guess my mouth is dry and my stomach is hungry. It's important to discuss, but you can't be hungry anymore. Let's rest for half an hour."

The atmosphere in the hall was dignified, but the emperor suddenly wanted to eat breakfast at this time.

Feng Lishi responded with a smile, then went to the entrance of the hall and opened the door to let refreshments pass in from outside.

But after a while, some palace servants brought up a cage early.

Feng Lishi stood aside with a smile and introduced to the emperor.

"Sage, this is the fragrant taro roll from Xiangmanyuan. The main ingredients are wonton skin and taro from Lipu, plus raisins from Gaochang and honey from Lingnan."

Looking at it, Luo Cheng found that this little snack was very delicately made. It was actually a deep-fried snack. The taro was steamed and peeled, then filled with raisins, wrapped in wonton wrappers, and then deep-fried until golden. , and then poured honey.

The freshly fried fragrant rolls are indeed very fragrant, golden and slightly burnt on the outside, very crispy to the bite, but the taro filling inside is very powdery and has the sweetness of raisins.

The emperor took a few bites and nodded his approval.

As for generals like Qin Qiong, he took one bite at a time. He ate up four taro rolls on a plate and wiped his mouth.

Even a bachelor like Wen Yanbo, although he ate politely at this time, he was full of praise.

"Sage, this is the gold medal scallion pancake. There are two kinds of salty and two sweet. The salty one is added with Jinhua ham paste, and the sweet one is added with Sanya coconut paste."

Luo Cheng took one and tasted a few mouthfuls. The golden scallion pancake baked like annual rings on the outside is crispy and delicious on the outside, but soft and smoky on the inside. After eating one, it doesn’t feel greasy. It’s really delicate and delicious. .

The third item is the amber walnut cake, but it is made of walnut meat, cuttlefish and eggs, and it is also deep-fried at the end, which tastes good.

Then came the crystal shrimp dumplings with thin skin and thick meat, as well as the smooth and tender chicken feet with black bean sauce, phoenix quicksand buns, and barbecued pork egg tarts.

"The last two are soup and porridge. The soup is stewed chicken soup with Cordyceps flower, and the porridge is double waist health porridge."

All kinds of exquisite snacks were placed on half the table, and finally porridge and soup came.Fortunately, it looks like a lot, but in fact everything is very delicate, but the quantity is small.

For a military general in his prime like Qin Qiong, there are four dishes on a plate, which is not enough to make up a bite.

Come and eat the same thing, if you don’t have these two cups of soup and porridge in the end, it’s really not enough.

The emperor didn't eat much, he only ate a little of each.

"Give these rewards to the guards on duty outside the hall. They have worked hard too. Let them eat while they are hot. These snacks and teas will not taste good when they are cold."

Feng Lishi said, "Your Majesty has rewarded them too much."

After tea and snacks, a cup of hot tea is really comfortable.

"My lords, I am able to taste this delicacy with you today, in fact, thanks to the soldiers who guard the frontier. There are smoke ducts under the walls of this palace, which makes the place extremely warm, but In the frontier fortress, even if it is freezing cold, they still have to patrol the border as usual. The soldiers not only worked hard, but even fought with their lives. Although the battle of Kucha was fought beautifully, the casualties reported by Anxi The number is over a thousand."

"The lives of more than 1000 Kucha and Shunishi people are their lives, but isn't the life of these more than [-] soldiers not their lives?"

"If this battle is not fought well, there may be tens of thousands of lives lost. Think about Yang Guang's conquest of Goguryeo, how many soldiers and strong men died? Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died in other places, and their souls drifted away."

"You all came from the chaos of the Sui Dynasty. You should know that there is no such thing as a quiet time, but someone is carrying the burden on our behalf."

"That's why I always thought that these soldiers on the frontier should be treated preferentially and leniently. In this battle of Anxi, Cheng Yaojin did it. Some people said that he overstepped his authority, but I think this is a war, a big battle. Therefore, it is urgent to follow the authority, so it cannot be regarded as exceeding the authority, nor can it be said that he is good at mobilizing troops."

"The only point is that he killed tens of thousands of people. Should he kill so many people? Indeed, in fact, it seems that there is no need to kill so many people, especially for the women, children, old and weak of Shunishi, and for the people of Kucha. Cleaning up afterwards was unnecessary, but in the long run, Cheng Yaojin's choice was not wrong."

"When I was in Goguryeo, I killed more people than Cheng Yaojin. People in Goguryeo called me a human butcher and god of murder. Did I regret it? No regrets. I bore the name of this human butcher, but what I got in exchange was the imperial court's treatment of Liaodong. The control is that there will be no more wars and bloodshed outside the pass. Is it worth it? Worth it! If you do it again, I will still be this person and kill him!"

"That's why I think Cheng Yaojin's massacre of Rat Extermination Nishi's Department is not wrong, and he liquidated Qiuci, and he is also right. When the Great Qin entered the Western Regions and was defeated, Shu Nishi and Qiuci both sent troops to fight against Qin. Finally defeated, defeated. But how long has it been? They rebelled again, if I, Great Qin, do not punish severely, then the Western Regions will never have peace in the future."

"More than [-] people were killed, and hundreds of thousands of Kucha people were sold into slavery. Is it cruel? Ruthless. But remember, they are not Qin people! They are all enemies of the Great Qin. Don't show kindness to the enemy. , kindness to the enemy is cruelty to us. It is true that Cheng Yaojin slaughtered the city, but he killed all the enemies of my Great Qin, you must remember this clearly. "

"I know that scholar-bureaucrats don't like warriors, especially warriors who kill people, but if there are no warriors guarding the border and defending the country, even though the world is big, it may not be able to place one of your desks. Minister of the Empire. What is the court?"

"The imperial court is the emperor's organization for governing the world. To govern the world, there cannot be only civil servants, but military commanders are indispensable. But similarly, to govern the world, there cannot be only warriors and no civil servants. The combination of civil and military is like the blending of yin and yang, which cannot be neglected. The difference is only the responsibility. They are different, each has its own job."

"Cheng Yaojin, for the sake of Daqin, bears the infamy of human slaughter. This is a loyal minister."

Luo Cheng turned his gaze to Wen Yanbo, "There's no need to quarrel anymore, things can be disputed, but it's taboo to oppose because of opposition, just make it clear. Cheng Yaojin has made great achievements. He called Cheng Yaojin to Beijing and awarded him Deputy envoy of the Privy Council!"

"Your Majesty, there is no vacancy for Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council!" Wen Yanbo said.

"Da Lin, if there is no vacancy, I will add one. I think that the Privy Council currently has one principal and two deputy officers, so we can have one principal and four officers. Cheng Yaojin was called into the capital and promoted to the position of second-rank deputy envoy of the Privy Council."

The emperor didn't say that the fourth deputy envoy would be appointed, so no one asked any more.

At this moment, the emperor looked at Feng Deyi again.

"Be stable after the war. After Cheng Yaojin returns to Beijing, Xue Wanche can be the governor of the left, and Pei Xingyan can be the governor of the right. Then Xiao Yu will be the political envoy of the left in Anxi, Feng Deyi will be the inspector of the left, and then Changsun Wuji will take over. The position of Yushi Zhongcheng."

Feng Deyi was stunned.

He never expected that he would be expelled from the center of the court suddenly. Although Yushi Zhongcheng was only the deputy chief of Yushitai, he had an important position.In the Sui Dynasty, the Yushi doctor was only from the third rank, and the Zhongcheng only had the fifth rank.But now the emperor classifies the three platforms of the Sui Dynasty as Yushitai, and there are three courtyards under it.Doctor Yushi is the second rank, which is the same rank as Zhongshu Shilang, and Yushi Zhongcheng is also from the second rank, which is one level higher than the six ministers.

Although there is no peace and order, he still has to enter the Xuanzheng Hall to discuss matters and become the minister of the Imperial Council.

But now, he was directly demoted to Anxi as an inspector. This is only a third-rank position, and it is still far behind the power position of Yushi Zhongcheng.

This is obviously derogatory.

(End of this chapter)