People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1326 From Shi Yushi to Prime Minister

Putting the wine glass flat in front of his eyes, Di Renjie looked at the wine sloshing in the glass and sighed: "If you don't go to the Ministry of Finance, you don't know how heavy the world's consumption is; if you don't go to the Ministry of Finance, you don't know how difficult the world's income is."

Everyone at the table was stunned at the same time, and then they all nodded silently in agreement.

Whether it is the front of the army, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, the Yushitai or the local government, they all manage their own affairs, but even so, they can all see the difficulties of governance.

This is already the case for everything in front of you, let alone looking at the entire Tang Dynasty.

Di Renjie raised his glass, looked at Li Xuan, and said seriously: "Huaiying, here is a toast to the prince. Let's fight. The prince won with a clever trick. I don't know how many soldiers were killed and wounded, how many soldiers were pensioned, and how much food and grass were lost." and the consumption of ordnance, everyone in the household department is in great agreement. Huaiying, on behalf of the colleagues in the household department, thanks the prince for his hard work, please, prince!"

Li Xuan smiled sheepishly, raised his glass, and drank it down with Di Renjie.

Putting down the wine glass, Li Xuan said: "They are all friends of his family, and I don't want to say anything else. In the Battle of Luoxu, there were rivers dividing the north and the south, and the armies were divided. In the end, there was only an isolated city left. The simple method of instigating people's hearts is not worth saying. As for the loss of military supplies and soldiers, it is all incidental. "

"The way to use military force is to attack the heart first and attack the city second. The prince has learned the essence of the art of war this time. Even in the whole court, there are only a few people." Laisui raised his glass, looked at Li Xuan and said: " Your Majesty, please."

Li Xuan looked at him and drank the wine in one gulp, then poured himself a glass and drank it all in one gulp.

"Attacking the mind is the method with the least consumption. When Xuan served in Wuzhou, she worried about food and weapons many times. Therefore, when fighting later, she mostly thought about this. When it came to logic, she actually didn't think so much. After all, Tubo's fields If you fall into my hands first, you will have no worries about food and supplies. As for not attacking the city, it is because I have few soldiers. "

Li Xuan couldn't help but shook his head. Although he looked like he had an army of 70,000, in fact, Tang's soldiers only had more than 40,000 soldiers. The other 20,000 or so were Brenzan's 20,000 cavalry and Supi who were transferred later. And the sheep and the cavalry.

He must maintain sufficient military strength, otherwise once the hearts of Yang Tong, Su Pi, and Brenzan Ren change, he will not even have room to fight back.

……

"So, it was inevitable to divide the troops at that time?" He Yiqiu looked at Li Xuan curiously.

"That's not true." Laisui waved his hand directly and said: "Brother He, don't listen to the prince's nonsense. Brenzan Blade and the Tubo royal family have a hatred of genocide; Queen Subi was sent to the throne by me, the Tang Dynasty. The entire Su Bidu is in my hands, and Yang Tong is completely beaten. Unless there is someone like Lun Qinling, there is no way he can be overturned. "

"Aren't you just worried?" Li Xuan said with a wry smile: "During the Mangsong Mangzan period, although the Gar family had successive ministers of state, in fact, in addition to the royal family, there was also the mother of Mangsong Mangzan's eldest son, Qi Niezhusong. Clan Qu clan.

Although the Qu family was severely damaged by Lun Qinling, the family inheritance is still there, and Qu Mangbuji Lason is also very difficult to deal with..."

"But in the end, he was killed by Bu Lu because of your plot and instigation." Lai Sui rolled his eyes at Li Xuan angrily.

Li Xuan shook her head calmly and said softly: "I originally hoped that they would be able to sneak out of the city to attack, but who would have thought that one summer, they would remain motionless."

Everyone else instantly heard the melancholy in Li Xuan's words.

At the same time, it can also be heard that if the Tubo people really go out of the city to attack, they will immediately fall into his trap.

Subconsciously, everyone looked at Qiu Zhenmu, Zhou Qian, and Su Baotong, who nodded calmly.

Only they know how many traps Li Xuan made under Luoxue City.

The little military strength in Luoxue City was counted on by him.

Even from the very beginning, every step taken by Tubo was planned by Li Xuan.

After the deaths of Qin Ling and Zan Xiruo, there was no one in Tubo who could be Li Xuan's opponent.

But whether it was Lun Qinling or Zan Xiruo, they all died in Li Xuan's hands.

The only chance for the Tubo people was to fight Li Xuan's cavalry at Luoxe City.

But cavalry decisive killing is what Li Xuan is best at.

There are also brave generals such as Hei Te Changzhi, Li Duozuo, Cui Ding and Qiu Zhenmu under his command.

The tragic casualties made the Tubo people unable to hold on at all and had no choice but to retreat.

They held a fortified city and thought they could delay the retreat until Li Xuan suffered heavy casualties during his attack on the city. However, they did not expect that Li Xuan would not attack the city at all.

Instead, they surrounded the entire Luoxue City without much force, and in the end they didn't even have much chance to leave the city.

Smart people can see that the only few passages out of the city are all traps left by Li Xuan. How can they dare to leave the city? But for the whole summer, they have not figured out a way to get out of the city.

In the end, tens of thousands of people were trapped in the isolated city, but there was no outside and no attack on the city. The will to fight had long since disappeared.

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"Don't you even dare to break through?" He Yiqiu looked at Qiu Zhenmu in surprise.

Qiu Zhenmu shook his head slightly and said: "How to break out of the siege? There are traps outside the city, and there are navymen on the river... It is useless to break out of the siege if there are too few people. If there are more people, there will be fewer people to defend the city. Besides, all along, We all left a way out for them. As long as they surrender, they will be safe and sound, so even in the end, they will have a little luck. "

"Perhaps they never thought that the city would be breached." Di Renjie turned around, looked at Li Xuan and asked, "These are strong cities no matter what. Can they really be breached just by the impact of floods?"

"If it was just a flood, it would indeed not be easy. However, for three months, we kept attacking the inside and outside of the city wall with fireballs, plus rolling stones smashed into the wall. The city wall seemed strong, but in fact it was weakened to a considerable extent. , under the roaring water flow, the entire city was in turmoil, and the disharmony..."

Li Xuan raised her hand slightly and pushed, and everyone reacted.

"This is the method of burning mountains." Di Renjie was extremely keen, and then looked at Li Xuan in disbelief, and said: "I'm afraid no one in this world would have thought that this method could be magnified in three months to slowly refine people's hearts. "

Li Xuan nodded slightly, as if this was indeed the case.

Exploring the secret of Li Xuan's breach of the city is probably something that countless people in Chang'an are doing right now.

Including Di Renjie and Wu Chengsi.

Li Xuan's memorial to the court only described the process, but the importance of the methods was directly omitted. Now that Di Renjie is asking, I'm afraid many people are also secretly concerned.

And Li Xuan has already prepared various answers, and this is what she has now.

If someone tries this method, burning stones is fine, but burning a city is such a waste that no one except the country can sustain.

Not to mention that it involves a heavy weapon like a catapult, which is almost impossible.

But if someone really spends a huge amount of money to do something boring, Li Xuan doesn't care. He has various coincidence factors to explain it.

The most important thing is the emperor.

The emperor does not have long left.

……

"So, now, the prince is indeed one of the most handsome men in the army." He Yiqiu turned and looked at Laisui.

"I don't dare, I don't dare." Li Xuan quickly interrupted He Qiu and said, "Pingyang County Duke, Jiang Guo Duke, Pingyuan County Duke, Yan Guo Duke, as well as Beiping County Duke, Liang County Duke, Huo Wang, even if Fuyang County Duke "Mr., they are all the same."

"But who can single-handedly destroy Tubo?" Laisui said one word, and everyone at the table looked at Li Xuan.

"At least Duke Jiang can do it, so can Duke Pingyang, Duke Pingyuan and Duke Yan..."

"Then why haven't they?" Lai Sui turned his head to look at Li Xuan. Seeing that Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, Lai Sui immediately shook his head and said, "It's just a plateau barrier. Older people have basically gone to the plateau."

Laisui pointed out the core point of this episode in one sentence.

If Li Xuan had not solved the problem of the plateau barrier, it would have been impossible for the Tang Dynasty to have so many stable soldiers to fight on the plateau.

Maybe they were completely defeated in the Battle of the Plateau between Shangyuan and Yifeng years, and they didn't even have a chance to take back Fuqi City.

"The right time, the right location, and the right people." Li Xuan sighed softly, feeling an inexplicable sadness in his heart, and then killed the sadness in an instant, then looked at Lai and said: "So, is this the conclusion reached by the Ministry of War? "

"Yes!" Laisui nodded and said: "Master Shangshu asked the Ministry of War to make a summary of the war with Tubo in the past few years. After everyone discussed it, they came up with the results and then submitted them to Your Majesty... It can be seen that the prince does not seem to know anything about it. ”

"Informed?" Li Xuan suddenly smiled bitterly and couldn't help but shake his head.

Li Xuan knew Ouyang Tong's temperament best. How could he say anything to him about this kind of thing.

However, a trace of joy flashed through Li Xuan's heart. With the conclusion reached by the Ministry of War, others would not think anything more.

This is a good thing for him.

After all, he still wants to use the trump card here.

Chang'an is a city that is taller and more solid than Luosu. If you want to break it, it cannot be solved by simply using siege methods.

……

"That's right." Di Renjie looked up at Li Xuan and asked, "Since the prince has opened the palace, who will hold the post of chief historian of the palace?"

There was a trace of hesitation on Li Xuan's face and he said: "According to the regulations of the imperial court, the king can appoint all official positions in the government, except for the long history, so yesterday, the memorial was submitted to Zongzheng Temple, and it happened to be announced today. But the strange thing is , Zong Zhengqing did not mention this matter today. "

"Could it be that His Majesty hasn't decided yet?" Di Renjie looked at Li Xuan worriedly.

A few years ago, Li Xuan did not have an heir, King Peng, so he did not open a mansion, so he made all the decisions in the mansion himself.

Now that he has opened a mansion, although the official position in the mansion is recognized by the court and he also bears the salary, he has also stepped in at the same time.

Among them, the appointment of a long history is the main one. A long history can control everything in the palace.

The Tang Dynasty had no shortage of people and had a long history of reporting on royal family rebellions.

When Qi King Li You conspired to rebel, he was reported by Qi Wang Changshi Quan Wanji, and Quan Wanji was dismembered by Li You in anger.

Afterwards, Li You raised an army, but his own soldier Cao Shenjun launched a mutiny and captured him alive.

There was also Li Yun, the king of Jiang. He was falsely accused of treason by Zhang Junche, who joined the army. But in the end, Li Yun died of fear and committed suicide, and Zhang Junche was falsely accused and executed.

"In the early years, Xuan thought that Zhang Gong would concurrently serve as the chief historian of the palace. After all, Zhang Gong had strict governance from the governor of Changzhou to the governor of Fanzhou, so it was natural for him to concurrently serve as the chief historian of the palace. But there is no result today. I want to come. There are changes.”

Li Xuan shook his head slightly. Now that he has become the General of the Right Guards, the central government's monitoring of him will probably be even stricter. How could Li Xian's crown prince Zuo Shuzi be made the chief historian of Prince Peng's palace?

"If it's not Mr. Zhang, who could it be?" Di Renjie asked cautiously.

"I don't know. His Majesty Qiangang made this matter arbitrarily. I'm afraid it will be difficult for others to interfere." Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "Let's forget about this matter and wait for the result. By the way, Yuanzhi, when will uncle go to Pan?" Zhou takes office, do you want to return to Beijing? "

Li Jinxing was transferred to the post of governor of Changzhou and governor of Changzhou. Naturally, his team would fill Changzhou.

Li Xuan transferred everyone he could. As for Yao Yi, the emperor indeed transferred him to be the governor of Panzhou.

"It will take half a month to return to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit." Yao Yi nodded to confirm.

"That's good. I should also be going back to Pengzhou at that time, so we can go together."

(End of this chapter)