Man Tanghong

"This plan is very clever, how about leaving it to the old man to handle it?"

After a short period of sluggishness, Shi Wanbao began to take care of everything.

Li Jingguang was already too ashamed to say this idea, and if he was asked to handle this matter, he would probably die of shame, so after hearing that Shi Wanbao was willing to handle this matter, he nodded and agreed without thinking.

Then Qu Tutong and Su Dingfang approached Shi Wanbao with cheap smiles and gave Shi Wanbao all kinds of tricks.

Li Xiaogong even promised on the spot that he was willing to donate [-] volumes of treasures in his collection to Shi Wanbao, so that Shi Wanbao could use them as materials.

Finally, surrounded by Li Xiaogong and others, Shi Wanbao laughed and left the front hall of Wude Hall.

When Li Yuanji returned to the main hall of Wude Hall, it was already noon, and Li Xu took Li Ling, Li Chengye, and their uncle Li Yuanjia to make troubles in the main hall.

Some crane-necked lamps in the main hall were pushed to the ground one after another, and the candles inside were broken into pieces.

But the speed with which they cleaned up was far less than that of Li Xu and the others.

So when Li Yuanji entered the main hall, he saw that the whole hall was full of crane-necked lamps lying on the ground, and candle fragments were scattered all over the place.

The eunuchs and maids on duty immediately came up to plead guilty.

"The servants and others are not serving you well, please punish your Highness..."

Several people knelt on the ground with their heads lowered, and their voices were filled with trepidation, but they were not as trembling as before.

This is also the result of Li Yuanji's tenderness to the people in the hall.

It had been a long time since Li Yuanji took action or personally ordered to punish anyone in the hall.

Therefore, when all the eunuchs and maids in the palace saw him, they were not as scared as before.

This is exactly what Li Yuanji hoped to see.

If, like the previous one, he kept putting heavy pressure on the people in the hall, and shouted and killed them at every turn, then the people in the hall would be scared to death sooner or later.

If there are one or two strongmen among these people, their own safety will be threatened.

The famous Taoist Emperor Jiajing was too harsh on the people around him, and he often used Gong'e's red pills to make alchemy, which caused the palace's women to be unbearable to be humiliated, and they fought against him, almost strangling him to death.

Li Yuanji didn't want to follow in Jiajing's footsteps, nor did he want to be strangled by someone while he was asleep, so he was more tolerant of the palace people.

Only show power, not punishment.

If he wanted to impose punishment, he had to hand it over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so that the one who offended would be the Ministry of Internal Affairs instead of him, and he would not have to worry about being strangled.

So facing several courtiers who pleaded guilty, Li Yuanji waved his hands kindly and said, "It's not like you messed up this palace, so why are you guilty? Get up!"

Several palace people hurriedly kowtowed their heads to express their thanks.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your forgiveness..."

Li Yuanji nodded, without further words, he signaled the palace people to continue to stare at Li Xu and the little fellows, and turned his head to Zhaode Hall.

As soon as he left the Wude Gate of the Wude Hall and before he entered the boundary of the Zhaode Hall, Zhao Chengyong caught up and reported everything that happened at the front gate of the Wude Hall in a low voice.

Li Yuanji was dumbfounded after hearing this.

He never expected that Li Jing, who usually looks very honest, would come up with such a crooked idea when the military officials were discussing how to import more people for the Tang Dynasty.

This caused Li Jing's image in his mind to collapse to the bottom of his feet.

"Are you sure that's what Li Jing said? Shi Wanbao agreed to take care of the matter himself?"

Li Yuanji stared at Zhao Chengyong in disbelief and asked.

Zhao Chengyong nodded with a strange expression.

To be honest, he can be regarded as someone who has seen the world, but this is the first time he has seen a group of bigwigs who can decide the life and death of a small country get together to study this kind of thing.

This shattered his admiration for the bosses.

This also allowed his three views to be further reshaped.

It turns out that the real boss is like this.

I didn't become a boss because my practice is not enough.

When I can practice just like Shi Wanbao and others, discussing things with righteous words, I will probably be able to become a big brother on par with them, right?
"These people are really..."

Li Yuanji felt emotional, and didn't know how to evaluate it.

Who would have thought that a famous person in history would come up with such a silly idea in order to lead the army as soon as possible, in order to win a chance to lead the army.

That is to say, they are eager to fight, eager to go to the battlefield, and eager to make contributions, so they have to come up with such a sinister idea.

Their original intention and purpose are all for the good of Datang, and they are all to expand the territory for Datang as soon as possible.

So no matter what sinister idea they came up with, it was justifiable.

If they were purely slanderous and had no other original intention or purpose, then it was time for Li Yuanji to get to know the group of courtiers under him again.

"It's good for you to know about this matter, and you must not spread it to the outside world, otherwise, it will damage my image of Datang."

After Li Yuanji sighed, he stared at Zhao Chengyong and gave orders.

Zhao Chengyong knew that when this matter got out, it would affect Datang and the people involved, so he nodded in agreement without hesitation.

Li Yuanji thought about it for a while, and then ordered: "You send someone to watch, don't let them go too far, or I can't help them block the news."

"Here!"

Zhao Chengyong agreed again and left the Wude Gate of Wude Palace.

……

outside the palace.

After Li Shentong and others left the palace, they were blocked by a large group of people who gathered in front of the gate of Taiji Palace to inquire about news.

Most of the important officials including Li Shentong had already known the reason for 'slashing' into the palace aggressively.

Now that Li Shentong and others are out of the palace, there is no report in the palace that the things given to the Turks have been taken back, so they are eager to know what the matter itself is like. Li Shentong and others talked to Li Yuanji again. What.

And what they care about most.

Will this matter affect them?

"Uncle Wang, is it true that my Tang Dynasty was blackmailed by the Turks?"

As a member of the royal family, Li Daoli was regarded as a representative and was elected to help everyone ask questions.

Li Shentong glanced at Li Daoli and the group of people behind Li Daoli, waved his hands angrily and shouted: "Go, go, when was my Tang Dynasty blackmailed by the Turks?
Does the little Turk have the guts to blackmail me, Datang?

Have you forgotten that I, Tang Dynasty, just beat up the Turkic people in Gyeongju, and captured the Turkic little Khan and the Turkic Kehe Dun.

If you want to talk about extortion, it is also me, Datang, who extorts Turks! "

Everyone reacted differently when they heard this.

Some people believed Li Shentong's words without hesitation, and communicated with the people around them: "I just said, how could my Datang be blackmailed by the Turkic? The Turkic was a strong enemy before, but since the defeat in Gyeongju, He is no longer qualified to be an enemy of my Datang.

Don't say that they are blackmailing me, even if they bark their teeth at me, it depends on my face. "

"How do you explain the iron pots, cloth, etc. that the Turkic envoys brought back?"

"This……"

"..."

Some people still had doubts in their hearts, and Li Daoli, as the representative, helped to ask them out.

Li Shentong glared at Li Daoli fiercely, and said arrogantly: "The Turkic Kehe Dun was hidden by us, who knows if he still maintains his innocence?
People are talking about this now, don't we have to give them some rewards?
Don't you give money when you go to Jiaofangsi to be happy? "

Everyone was taken aback when they heard these words.

Then the expression became wretched.

"So that's what happened."

"Then this reward must be given, and more will be given."

"I can take out these things, I don't know this Turkic Ke He Dun..."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, the Turkic Kehe Dun is also something you can miss? I am in the Tang Dynasty, how many people are qualified to miss the Turkic Kehe Dun?"

"You mean..."

"I didn't say anything, and you didn't hear anything!"

"understand!"

"..."

Amidst the wretched discussions of the crowd, this matter is over like this.

Even if some people have doubts, they can only choose to believe the official answer given by Li Shentong, the No. 1 military officer.

Many things become strange once they are covered with gossip.

It was originally a matter that everyone was very angry with, but it turned into gossip. After Datang was still taking advantage, everyone chose to give up pursuing this matter openly.

Then happily called friends and began to share this lace news.

So in less than three days, this matter was known to everyone in Chang'an City.

From the initial discussion, everyone turned to guessing who is Turkic Kehe Dun, Princess Yicheng's guest.

Some people think it's Li Yuan, others think it's Li Yuanji, and some say it's Li Shimin without shame.

In short, everyone has their own opinions, and each has its own 'evidence'.

Moreover, the candidates for these guests are all members of the royal family, because other people do not have the qualifications.

Leaving aside Yicheng's status in Turkic, let's talk about Yicheng's status in Datang. Not everyone can see her immediately, let alone anyone can gossip about her.

Because although the former Sui Dynasty fell, the Hongnong Yang family, a branch of the former Sui clan, was still at its peak in the Spring and Autumn Period.

With the support of such a top aristocratic family as the Yang family, and the protection of such a powerful backer as Concubine Yong.

Yicheng is not someone who can be 'bullyed'.

When this incident spread among the men, it was just a gossip, but when it spread among the women, it became strange.

Yang Miaoyan didn't know what method she used, she invited her cousin from the Chengqing Hall, and invited a few widowed women from the clan to wander around the Wude Hall together.

Moreover, Yang Miaoyan would come to Li Yuanji's side from time to time and say some strange words.

"Ah Lang, do you like mature women?"

Inside the main hall of Wude Hall.

Li Yuanji had just tasted the scented tea that Yang Miaoyan brought up later, before he had time to put down the teacup, he heard Yang Miaoyan say this.

Immediately, all the scented tea in his mouth came out in one breath.

Before waiting for a conversation, Yang Miaoyan asked and answered again: "No wonder you don't care about those little girls in the bedroom."

"Cough cough cough..."

Li Yuanji coughed violently until he passed the choking force, then stared at Yang Miaoyan in astonishment and said, "Who did you hear that from?"