Man Tanghong

Chapter 150 Xiao Yu's Persuasion

Li Yuanji was extremely good at doing things. He hid in the Taihang Mountains and never missed a trace of his whereabouts. If they wanted to force Li Yuanji to show up, they would have no choice but to do what Li Xiuning said for the time being.

"If your Highness has any news about His Highness King Qi, please inform the ministers in time."

Xiao Yu cupped his hands to Li Xiuning.

Li Xiuning nodded without hesitation and said, "Once there is news about Yuan Ji, I will send someone to tell you both immediately."

Xiao Yu nodded, led Chen Shuda to bow to Li Xiuning and said: "The minister will leave first..."

Li Xiuning nodded slightly.

Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda got up and left Li Xiuning's residence.

As soon as he went out, Chen Shuda immediately said, "Shi Wen really wants to do what Her Royal Highness said?"

Xiao Yu tugged at his long beard, and smiled wryly, "If you don't do what Her Royal Highness said, what else can you do? Could it be that sending people to Taihang to find it won't work? Taihang is so big, it would be futile for us to send as many people into the mountain as possible."

Taihang Mountain is huge and long, and when Li Yuanji did not show his whereabouts, sending people to look for Li Yuanji in Taihang Mountain is no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

Chen Shuda looked at Xiao Yu and said, "You just believe Her Highness the Princess so much that she doesn't know the whereabouts of His Highness King Qi?"

Xiao Yu asked back: "So what if you don't believe it, she won't say it, can we still use force?"

No matter how you say it, Li Xiuning is also Li Yuan's daughter, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, as ministers, how could they offend her.

Chen Shuda was so stunned that he couldn't speak.

After a moment of silence, he frowned and said, "When we left the capital, the sage specifically told us to hand over the imperial decree to His Royal Highness King Qi, and watch him lead the troops to Luoyang City."

Li Yuan also knew that after he canonized Li Yuanji as General Zhenyao, Li Shimin would definitely see from it that he had regrets.

So after he asked Li Yuanji to take the order, he rushed to Luoyang City immediately.

With Li Yuanji leading the army watching from the sidelines, even if Li Shimin was unhappy, he would not make a big move.

Li Yuan's wishful thinking was tinkling.

But he ignored Li Yuanji's attitude.

If he wanted to use Li Yuanji as a pawn, that would only happen if Li Yuanji agreed.

Li Yuanji didn't agree, so he could only work in vain.

"His Royal Highness King Qi obviously doesn't want to be swayed by saints, what can we do?"

Xiao Yu didn't like to compare Li Yuanji to a chess piece in an open and aboveboard manner, so he could only use the word 'left and right' to describe it.

Chen Shuda hesitated and said, "The sage told me..."

Xiao Yu took a look at Chen Shuda, sighed long and said: "What the sage confessed, we can only take it as confession. After all, if His Royal Highness King Qi doesn't show up, we can't do anything."

Chen Shuda said: "Can't we start from Her Royal Highness?"

Chen Shuda always felt that Li Xiuning must know Li Yuanji's whereabouts.

Xiao Yu glanced at Chen Shuda, and said meaningfully: "How to start, hard ones can't be used, use soft ones? So what if we tried our best to force His Highness King Qi out?

What good is it to you and me? "

Chen Shuda was taken aback.

Apart from fulfilling Li Yuan's order, there seems to be no benefit.

At most, Li Yuan just rewarded them for their hard work by giving them some money, food and land according to the usual practice.

Xiao Yu said earnestly and earnestly: "Since His Royal Highness Qi was forced out, it is of no benefit to you and me, so why should we offend others?"

Chen Shuda looked at Xiao Yu in astonishment.

Is Xiao Yu trying to persuade him to pretend to be deaf and dumb?
Xiao Yu continued to say as if he didn't see Chen Shuda's expression: "The sage loves the prince, Princess Pingyang, King Qin, and King Qi very much.

They made a mistake, and the saint just got angry and didn't really punish them.

So even if His Royal Highness Qi Wang resists the decree, he is still Qi Wang.

If we force King Qi out forcefully, then King Qi will be offended to death.

Princess Pingyang seems to have a very good relationship with King Qi now, and it is very likely that we will offend Princess Pingyang as well.

The purpose of the sage to appoint King Qi as General Zhen Yao this time is for King Qin.

So if King Qi receives the imperial edict and appears in Luoyang City, we will most likely offend King Qin as well.

We offend the three of them at once, and if the three of them make things difficult for us, the saint will only turn to them. "

Chen Shuda frowned.

Li Yuan loves brothers and sisters Li Jiancheng, Li Xiuning, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji, which is known to both the government and the public.

When Li Yuanji was in Chang'an City, Li Yuan jumped in anger, but Li Yuan didn't do anything to him.

If it was someone else, the grass on the grave would probably grow back.

Therefore, what Xiao Yu said was indeed reasonable.

Xiao Yu suddenly smiled, looked at Chen Shuda and said, "Of course, if Brother Zi Cong is under the Prince's family, then it will be assumed that I didn't say anything."

Chen Shuda's face changed drastically, "Shiwen, don't hurt me."

Although the prince is the crown prince, he is only the crown prince.

They are Li Yuan's confidantes, and they can only have one name on their heads, and that is Li Yuan.

They must not favor the prince.

"Hahaha……"

Xiao Yu was amused by Chen Shuda's frightened expression, and laughed out loud.

Chen Shuda glared at Xiao Yu angrily.

He probably understood what Xiao Yu meant.

Xiao Yu just let him follow the rules, without making too much effort.

Anyway, if Li Yuanji didn't show up, no matter how much effort they made, it would be useless.

Xiao Yu's attitude towards this matter is slightly different from when he left Beijing. It should be that when he went to see Li Xiuning just now, Li Xiuning's words touched Xiao Yu.

There is good and bad in this matter.

The good thing is that Xiao Yu can change his attitude because of Li Xiuning's words.

It shows that in Xiao Yu's heart, he still misses the old love, and if he associates with Xiao Yu, he can feel at ease a lot.

The bad thing is that he and Xiao Yu failed to complete the task assigned by Li Yuan, and Li Yuan will definitely punish them.

However, compared to being targeted by Li Shimin, Li Yuanji, and Li Xiuning, Li Yuan's punishment seemed insignificant.

It's not their fault that they did or didn't finish the task that Li Yuan gave them.

Li Yuan wouldn't kill them for this matter, at most he just scolded them and punished them with salary.

"Then according to the meaning of Shiwen, what should we do now?"

After Chen Shuda understood Xiao Yu's thoughts clearly, he glanced at Xiao Yu and asked.

Seeing that Chen Shuda had already understood his thoughts, Xiao Yu smiled and said, "I'll pass on the letter to the saint, and you go to read other edicts?"

Chen Shuda nodded thoughtfully.

No matter how you say it, Xiao Yu is Li Yuan's relative, and he is friendly with Li Yuan.

If he were to report the matter to Li Yuan, even if Li Yuan was angry, if he wanted to get angry, he would not be too angry.

"Then follow what the time says."

Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda discussed it properly, and returned to the place where they stayed together.

Xiao Yu began to write letters to Li Yuan, explaining the details of Wei Zeguan, and Chen Shuda ordered the accompanying officials from the Ministry of Rites to make preparations and began to announce the decree to others.

The heavenly official of the Ministry of Rites ordered people to set up the guard of honor and informed Li Xiuning.

Li Xiuning immediately took Li Zhongwen and others to set up an incense case outside Weizeguan Yamen.

Chen Shuda led the heavenly officials of the Ministry of Rites, holding the imperial decree, and rushed to the gate of Guan Yamen amidst the sound of drums.

After Li Xiuning and others knelt down on one knee.

Chen Shuda began to read the imperial decree.

Li Yuanji is not here, so let's start with Luo Shixin.

Chen Shuda read each letter one by one, and Luo Shixin, Li Zhongwen and others stepped forward one by one to express their gratitude.

In addition to changing their official titles, Li Yuan also gave some of them some houses, fields, mules, horses, and servants.

For a newcomer like Su Dingfang, who has no place to live in Chang'an City, Li Yuan generously bestowed him with a large mansion, land, mules and horses, and thousands of servants. .

There is no way to hand over the house, land, etc. on the spot, so they can only be given to Su Dingfang and others in the form of documents.

After Su Dingfang and others returned to Chang'an City, they only needed to go to the relevant yamen with the documents, and they could receive everything that Li Yuan rewarded.

In terms of rewarding meritorious soldiers, Li Yuan attached great importance to it, and sent many people to watch over it, but no one dared to covet the rewards of the soldiers.

Especially for someone like Su Dingfang who was conferred the title of Duke of the State, who was able to attend court meetings and meet Li Yuan in person, no one dared to covet his rewards.

After the decree of the award was read out, Chen Shuda withdrew the guard of honor from the angel, and Wei Zeguan erupted in joy.

In the previous battle at Weize Pass, everyone in Weize Pass contributed, so everyone had a share in Li Yuan's reward.

Li Yuan's reward was very rich this time, so the soldiers were very happy.

While the soldiers were rejoicing, Li Xiuning ordered another three-day celebration, and the cheers of the soldiers became even louder.

Immediately, there was no need for anyone to order deliberately, the people of the Huotou Army and a group of strong men unloaded the wine and meat loaded on the cart, and began to burn the meat and share the wine.

The soldiers got together in groups of three or four, while drinking and eating meat, they happily shared the rewards they had received with their colleagues.

Someone did a little statistics. This time, Li Yuan added the title of one Duke, two Dukes, one Duke, two Marquises, four County Marquises, and eleven Counties. , 66 county sons.

There are countless other rewards.

It can be said to be quite generous.

When rejoicing up and down Weize Pass.

Luo Shixin, Su Dingfang and others found an excuse, got together and rushed to the courtyard where Li Xiuning lived.

In this battle of Weizeguan, the biggest hero is their lord Li Yuanji (Li Yuanji is the head of Weizeguan, and all the credits of Weizeguan can be said to be Li Yuanji's share).

But when the decree of the award was read out, Li Yuanji was not there, and the angel who announced the decree did not announce the decree about the reward for Li Yuanji. Luo Shixin and others felt something was wrong.

So instead of celebrating heartlessly like other soldiers, they approached Li Xiuning to ask him a question.

Three Dukes of the State, a Duke of the County, and a few uncles came to the door together.

Naturally, Li Xiuning would not be negligent, so she asked Luo Shixin and the others to sit down, and ordered them to serve the wine and meat before opening their mouths slowly.

"You came to me because you want to know why the angel didn't read out the decree about rewarding Yuanji, right?"

(End of this chapter)