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The next day, around five o'clock, Jiang Zhe was called up, because he had too many things on his mind the night before, and he didn't sleep well all night, so he was woken up at this hour, somewhat annoyed .Seeing that it was still pitch black outside, Jiang Zhe asked angrily, "What time is it? You won't even let me sleep for a good night's sleep?"

He Zhen replied below: "It's time to go back to the emperor."

"Maozheng? Oh, it's six o'clock, but it's not too late. I don't usually get up so early." Jiang Zhe muttered and refused to get up.

He Zhen didn't know what the emperor meant by the six points, but as a great eunuch, he still had to fulfill his duties, otherwise it would be a matter for the emperor to track him down afterwards, so even though he saw that the emperor didn't want to get up, he still had to repeat, "" Your Majesty, today is the day of the morning court."

"Morning?" Jiang Zhe asked subconsciously.That's right, the emperor is going to court, but he has been here for so long, why is he going to court today?

"Yes. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty has an early court on the first and fifteenth day of each month. Before that, it was the funeral of Emperor Mu Zong, so the early court was suspended. Now the funeral has been completed, and today it happens to be the first day of October, so ...But if the emperor is not feeling well, the servants will send someone to inform that it is not early today." He Zhen patiently explained to the new king.

"Don't, don't, don't, get up, go to the court." Jiang Zhe turned over and sat up quickly, okay, if he doesn't go to the court in the first morning after he ascended the throne, wouldn't he be a big fool?

On the Xuanzheng Hall, Emperor Qianwei sat facing south, Zhang Xiao stood on the left, and Baili Hongyu stood on the right.The reason why Jiang Zhe let Baili Hongyu go to court instead of Zhao Neng was to completely cut off the channels for the eunuchs to intervene in politics. Li Gang, the powerful minister above the court, could not move for the time being, but he could still subdue the eunuchs in the harem. of.

After all the officials kneel down and kowtow three times, and shout long live, the court meeting will officially begin.Jiang Zhe looked down and saw that there were a lot of people in the dark, but he recognized Li Gang, Zhang Jinzhong and a few others. He didn't know if there were loyal or good ministers among them. Satisfied people.

After calming down, Jiang Zhe said: "Today is the first court meeting since I ascended the throne, and it is also the first time to discuss the government affairs with all my lovers, so today everyone can speak freely! No matter what you say, I will not blame you . Let’s talk about it, what’s on the show?”

A minister in the front position came out to play and said: "My Majesty, Khitan, Goryeo, Uighur and Tuyuhun sent envoys to congratulate my new emperor on his enthronement. This is the list of ceremonies. The envoys of the four countries are also waiting outside the hall."

Jiang Zhe recognized him as Li Shuzheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and while taking the gift slip from Baili Hongyu, he smiled and said, "The news from them is quite fast, I'll take a look."

Opening the gift list, I found that it was only a special product of each country, and I couldn't understand it for a while. After thinking about it, I must return the gift, so I put it aside and said: "This is your official job in the Ministry of Rites, and it will be done as usual. As for people, Today, the court is gone, and Li Aiqing will arrange another time."

After Uncle Li retired, several officials reported a few auspicious things, one said that a yellow dragon appeared in a certain place, and then flew away, and the other said that a large ganoderma lucidum appeared in a certain place. .

Jiang Zhe really wanted to laugh. Don't these people think they are fools?Okay, you can brag, but I'll see how you lie.So he said calmly: "Okay, I just had so many auspicious signs, I am very happy. Now that Huanglong is flying away, that's fine, the Ganoderma lucidum will come up immediately, and I will take a look at it too." .”

Several ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, the cowhide was too big, where to get that thing, so they could only reply in embarrassment: "The ministers are also rumors, I have not seen it in person."

Jiang Zhe's face turned cold, and he said, "Since it's just a rumor, do you dare to speak auspiciously about auspiciousness and regard me as the one to be deceived?"

Seeing that the flattering hit the horse's hoof, several ministers who flattered quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.

Just as Jiang Zhe was about to reprimand again, Li Gang had already come out of the class to play: "Invitation to the sage, the world prospers, Hetu Luoshu is published, auspicious things have existed since ancient times. All ministers are the children of saints, full of poems and books, how can they Talking about auspiciousness?"

As soon as Li Gang said this, more than half of the courtiers in the Xuanzheng Hall immediately echoed.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhe couldn't help but gasped. It seemed that he still underestimated Li Gang's power a little bit. Looking at this posture, it is possible to force the palace on the spot.

At the moment, Jiang Zhe had no choice but to say in a slow tone: "I don't intend to punish a few of you for this, but you should remember from today that although I am young, I am not an ignorant king. You must serve the king with sincerity. I will not begrudge high officials and generous salaries to those who can really make contributions to the country and the common people; but if you only think about flattering and greedy monarchs every day, I will have no sympathy to speak of." Although these words are open and clear, they are somewhat still There is a sense of helplessness in it.

"The emperor is holy." Li Gang said expressionlessly.

"Your majesty is wise." All the officials chanted in unison.

"Okay, okay. Is there anything else you want to play?" Jiang Zhe couldn't hide his bored tone in his tone.

Taiwei Zhang Jinzhong went out to play again and said: "Report to the emperor, Cheng Guangzhi's department at the border pass sent an urgent military report, and the Western Turkic army took turns to attack the city day and night. Although the Yumen Pass guards had high walls and deep fortifications, they also suffered heavy casualties. , the casualties are exhausted, and we ask for a quick increase in troops and food."

Jiang Zhe knew that many major defeats in history were caused by the blind command of the emperor who did not know how to fight. Moreover, the transportation at this time was very underdeveloped, and the fastest information transmission would take several days. The command to the front also becomes wrong.

Besides, he really didn't dare to say that he understood the war. Although he had read some books on it, he didn't graduate from a military academy after all.So Jiang Zhe decided to humbly ask for advice, and asked, "What knowledge does the Taiwei have?"

Zhang Jinzhong said boldly: "I am a rough man, I don't have much knowledge, I know that the territory of the Celestial Dynasty is not lost, and anyone who makes trouble will be beaten."

It seems that there is still blood in this piece of loyalty, Jiang Zhe nodded with satisfaction and said: "Then according to the captain, how should we fight this battle?"

Zhang Jinzhong said without hesitation: "The 25 troops from the Beijing Battalion will form the Central Route Army, and the Guannei Road and Jiannan Road will send [-] each to form the east and west wings. Together with the garrison of Longyou Road itself, there will be [-] people in total. In a pincer attack, the Western Turkic army is claimed to be only [-], and it can be won in a single battle."

Jiang Zhe hadn't spoken yet, when a minister came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, I think that this move by the Taiwei is absolutely unacceptable."

Jiang Zhe was taken aback, and asked, "Who are you?"

The minister replied: "The minister is Li Min, Minister of the Household Department."

"Tell me why this is absolutely unacceptable?" Jiang Zhe became interested. Does the Minister of the Household Department know how to fight?

"As the Taiwei said, there is a massive attack from all directions, and the deployment of military supplies is absolutely impossible. There is a folk saying that you can't build a house without mountains of rice and mountains, and the national proverb that you can't fight without mountains of gold and silver!

In the 25th army, there are 20 small servants transporting food in the rear, plus other personnel on the food transport road, adding up to 60 people. Calculated on the basis of 12 rations per person per day, rice and noodles will be consumed every day For six thousand shi, it would cost three taels of silver per shi to transfer grain from Guannei and Hedong to the front line. If the grain was transferred from Huainan and Jiangnan, it would be doubled.

Calculated in this way, at least 8000 taels of silver are needed every day, and 54 taels a month. This does not include the wages of the food delivery workers. If calculated, it costs at least a million taels of silver every month.

The existing silver in the treasury is less than 200 million taels, and disaster relief and mausoleum repairs are still needed. In a word, the emperor and the ministers cannot afford this money. What Li Min was talking about was spitting, but after talking about it, he might really get angry, and his tone seemed very hard.

Jiang Zhe's spirit immediately came up. This Li Min himself didn't pay much attention when he read the resumes of hundreds of officials, but judging from his performance, at least he is a capable official. This person needs to be paid attention to.After thinking for a while, he asked, "According to Aiqing, how should we fight this battle?"

Li Min straightened his neck and said: "The minister is in charge of the household department and is only responsible for money and food. He doesn't know anything about marching and fighting, so he dare not make rash comments, but the Taiwei's method is absolutely unworkable."

Another minister came out to play and said: "Huang Jingtai, the censor of Zuodu, the capital of the minister, inspectorate, reported to the emperor that Mr. Li's words are really cowardly and detrimental to the country. The Western Turks have been our dynasty's foreign troubles since ancient times. I have never stopped harassing and plundering our borders since I was appointed as the Dingding Ding. They are insatiable thieves and robbers. I can no longer tolerate such thieves. I beg the emperor to make up his mind to fight the thieves.”

Jiang Zhe shook his head slightly in his heart. The censor's slogans were louder, but they were just shouting slogans.Do you think I don't want to fight? Just now the Minister of the Household Department said that if you have no money, you can't afford to fight.But Huang Jingtai has this kind of integrity, so he can't suppress it, so he said: "What is Aiqing's good strategy to defeat the enemy?"

Huang Jingtai said loudly: "It is the duty of the generals to protect the border and kill the enemy. It is beyond my power, but I think that the rampant thieves must not be tolerated."

Jiang Zhe has the desire to kick him in his heart, so just keep shouting slogans with your brother.Look at Li Gang's two sides slightly closed underneath, with a calm and composed look. Although he is not very willing, he still has to ask him: "What do you think of Li Xiang?"

Li Gang said slowly: "Negotiate peace."

"Negotiate peace?" Jiang Zhe was a little conflicted in his heart. He came from a modern society and knew too many unequal treaties. There is no equality at all in the alliance signed after this kind of people hit the doorstep.

"Yes. It's peace negotiation." Li Gang still had a calm expression.

"Tell me your reason." Jiang Zhe gritted his teeth and said.

"Western Turkic troops are strong and strong, people are like wolves, horses are like tigers, but our military sergeants are mostly neglected in the battle formation. In the past, there were few victories in the confrontation. This time, our army has resisted the Western Turkic army for more than a month. It is a good time to negotiate a peace. And the West Turkic people just want some money and stuff, just give it to him."

When he said this, apart from Zhang Jinzhong and several generals, all the ministers in the court and China echoed him.

Although Jiang Zhe was very resistant to the negotiation, but seeing that the ministers of the DPRK and China unanimously advocated peace, it was difficult for him to agree.Moreover, he is not an angry youth without a brain, and he also knows that according to the current situation in the Tang Dynasty, it is indeed better to negotiate a peace than to fight hard, so he said: "Then according to Li Xiang, who is suitable to go to negotiate a peace?"

"I recommend Master Huang, the censor of Zuodu." I don't know if Li Gang deliberately punished Huang Jingtai.

Jiang Zhe also wanted to see if Master Huang really had the backbone or only chanted slogans, so he said, "Just follow Aiqing's play. Huang Aiqing, I hope you will go this time, and don't miss my expectations."

The emperor has spoken, and Huang Jingtai can't say no, isn't that not a decree?All I could say was: "I'm in charge of the decree. I dare not lose my Tang Dynasty's state system and the emperor's dragon prestige when I go here."

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