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

Chapter 1859: Please send troops to Silla to rescue our king
"My father died, I was imprisoned, I prayed for help... Jin Lihong." Li Xuan frowned while sitting on the imperial couch, and said to himself: "Why is it the seal of the crown prince of Silla? Is the seal of the king of Silla not in the hands of the new king Jin Lihong?"

"Your Majesty, that secret letter is a forgery." Qin Dunjiaogan suddenly shouted loudly, his face full of gritted teeth.

"Whether it is forged or not, someone will know." Li Xuan turned to look at the ministers and said calmly: "Jin Qing."

"I am the Right General of Wuwei Guard and Duke of Linhai County, Jin Renwen, and I am here to see Your Majesty." Jin Renwen, dressed in red and golden armor, walked out with a solemn expression.

Qin Dunjiaogan suddenly looked up and looked at Jin Renwen with horror in his eyes.

Why didn’t he see him just now? Why did he return to the court?
"Jin Qing, you are the uncle of Silla King Kim Jung-myeong. Come and see if the prince's seal on this letter is real?" Li Xuan handed the letter in his hand to Xu Lu.

Xu Lu immediately handed it to Jin Renwen.

Jin Renwen took it solemnly, looked at it carefully, nodded solemnly and said: "Your Majesty, yes, this is the seal of the crown prince passed down from generation to generation in Silla."

After saying this, Jin Renwen suddenly turned his head, stared at Jin Yunqing, and asked loudly: "Tell me, how did Zhengming die? What is the current situation of the crown prince? Tell me!"

"Speak!" All the ministers in the hall shouted coldly.

Jin Yunqing trembled suddenly, then kowtowed heavily, unable to utter a word.

Li Xuan sat on the imperial couch, looked at Jin Yunqing, and said, "Special Envoy, although you are a minister of Silla, Silla is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, so you are also my minister. Now tell me the truth, and tell me how King Jin Zhengming of Silla died. I want to know the truth."

After a short pause, Li Xuan said, "Let me remind you that this is the Taiji Palace. If you dare to tell a lie, I will immediately have you cut into pieces and let you experience the pain of being tortured to death."

"Your Majesty!" Jin Yunqing suddenly collapsed to the ground.

"Get up and talk. The king died of old age and illness. Get up and talk." Qin Dunjiaogan couldn't help but grab Jin Yunqing's collar and was about to lift him up, but Jin Yunqing collapsed there and couldn't stand at all.

Li Xuan couldn't help shaking his head and said, "Envoy, why do you have to do this? You are not in Silla, how do you know how the King of Silla died? And if I remember correctly, the King of Silla treated you very well. Why do you have to ruin your reputation for being loyal?"

Qin Dunjiaogan was slightly stunned and wanted to say something, but now, Li Xuan no longer had the desire to listen to him.

He looked directly at Lai Jinyunqing and said in a cold voice: "Special Envoy, you did not come to the Tang Dynasty alone this time. If I ask others now and they tell the truth, you will still be guilty of deceiving the emperor and deserve to be tortured to death..."

"Your Majesty!" Jin Yunqing shuddered suddenly, then bowed solemnly and said, "My king... my king did die of illness, but before he died, he was imprisoned by the king's tutor Jin Zhengwen. Now that the new king is young, the emperor's son is in charge of government affairs behind the curtain, and the king's tutor is supervising the country."

"Kim Jung-moon, Kim Jung-myeong's brother." Li Xuan couldn't help but look at Jin Renwen.

Jin Renwen immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, he is the eldest son of the prince, and he has always been good at managing military power."

"I see." Li Xuan nodded and said, "So, the King of Silla is still imprisoned and may even be deposed and killed at any time?"

"Yes!" Jin Yunqing kowtowed heavily.

"And the King of Silla, although he died of illness, if he had not been imprisoned, he would not have died so easily, right?" Li Xuan stared at Jin Yunqing.

"Yes." Jin Yunqing said bitterly: "My king was imprisoned and had no medicine, so he died of illness." "The so-called death of illness was actually murder, right?" Li Xuan's voice was very light.

Jin Yunqing kowtowed again and said, "Yes, I don't know the details, but the king suddenly died of illness, and although the prince succeeded to the throne, he is just a puppet. Your Majesty, please send troops to Silla to rescue our king."

Your Majesty, please send troops to Silla to rescue our king.

Li Xuan and all the Tang Dynasty officials in the hall finally got what they had always wanted, and their expressions were immediately excited.

Qin Dunjiao, who was standing by, couldn't help but pounce on Jin Yunqing: "You said..."

With a "bang", Nan Ju, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but kicked him out.

Qin Dunjiaogan lay in the middle of the hall, trying to stand up, but in the end he was unable to do so.

Li Xuan calmly shook his head and said, "Envoy, the King of Silla has been very kind to you, but you treat him like this and remain indifferent to his conspiracy. I don't know why, but your attitude is unacceptable. Come, send the Silla envoy back to the embassy. From today on, he will be dismissed from his post as Silla envoy and replaced by Silla Special Envoy Jin Yunqing as Silla envoy."

"I thank Your Majesty for your great grace." Jin Yunqing kowtowed excitedly, while others felt a little strange. Could the envoy sent by Silla to the Tang Dynasty be canonized by the Tang Dynasty?
"Envoy, since you asked me to send troops to Silla to deal with the King of Silla, I will agree to your request." Li Xuan raised his hand and said sternly, "Pass the order to appoint Andong Protector Li Duozuo as the Chief Military Commander of Andong Road, and send troops to Silla to rescue the King of Silla."

"We obey your orders." All the ministers in the hall bowed.

"Appoint General Jin Renwen of the Right Guard as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jilin Road army. Duke of Linhai County, you will be responsible for transporting food and fodder and appeasing the people. Don't work too hard." Li Xuan looked at Jin Renwen with concern.

Jin Renwen was immediately moved and bowed, saying, "I accept your order."

"Appoint General Qu Chongyu of the Right Guard as deputy commander-in-chief of the Jilin Road march. General Nan Ju of the Right Tunwei, General Yuchi Xunyu of the Right Guard, General Cui Ding of the Left Jinwu Guard, and General Li Rong of the Imperial Guard will be transferred to the position of General of the Right Guard and accompany us on the expedition." As soon as Li Xuan finished speaking, the commander-in-chief bowed and accepted the order.

"Appoint General Linghu Leng of the Right Guard as the vanguard of the army." Li Xuan looked at the main generals, and Linghu Leng, with a stern face, immediately stood up.

"From now on, 30,000 troops will be dispatched from Hebei Province to Andong, 30,000 troops will be dispatched from Luoyang to Andong, and 30,000 troops will be dispatched from Chang'an to Andong." Li Xuan leaned forward slightly and said in a cold voice: "In February next year, I will have 200,000 troops in front of the Andong army to attack Silla and eliminate the King of Silla."

"Yes!" All the ministers bowed.

Li Xuan looked up and said, "Send a message to General Cheng Chubi of the Left Sea Guard. The Left Sea Guard will immediately go out to sea and head to Jeju Island in Silla. They will occupy Jeju Island and use it as a transit point for the Tang Dynasty's grain route."

"Yes!" Minister of War Wang Fangyi stepped forward and bowed.

Li Xuan nodded gently, then looked at the foreign envoys behind him, and said with a stern look: "My lords, go back and tell your rulers that as long as they are vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, I can guarantee that as long as there are problems with their future succession to the throne, I will immediately send troops to ensure that their succession to the throne is orderly and will never let the traitors offend."

"Your Majesty is gracious and benevolent, and a wise man in the world." All the ministers inside and outside the court bowed their heads in unison.

Especially those foreign envoys, they would know immediately that as long as they reported this back to their countries, there would be absolutely no objection in their countries to the Tang Dynasty's military expedition to Silla.

(End of this chapter)