This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chapter 665 Volume [-] Li Er’s Pain

Looking at Xue Rengui walking away, everyone was filled with emotion. In the past, they only admired Xue Rengui for his unparalleled bravery, but now, they actually have more respect for Xue Rengui.

Even Fang Yiai understood now.

"All the officers and men of the Changming Army listen to the order." At this moment, Cheng Chuliang said sternly, "Each of you perform your duties and wait for the return of the general!"

After this battle, Xue Rengui was destined to leave his name in history.

……

As the Changming Army swept the battlefield, Xue Rengui also arrived at Li Chengqian's temporary Chinese army tent under the escort of his own soldiers.

To be honest, Li Chengqian was a little stunned when he saw Xue Rengui's appearance.

Of course, not only him, but also Qibi Heli, Yi Yuanfeng, and even Niu Jinda also couldn't see the situation clearly.

What's the matter?

Didn't it mean that the Changming Army defeated the rebels?
Why did the commander of the Changming Army look like this not long after the good news came?
"General Xue, why is this happening?" Li Chengqian asked with some confusion.

When Xue Rengui heard this, he directly knelt down in shackles: "The guilty minister will die!"

After saying that, Xue Rengui knocked his head to the ground.

Everyone was dumbfounded by this scene, and Li Chengqian was also a little stunned. He couldn't figure out the situation, but he vaguely guessed something, and his eyes towards Xue Rengui also changed.

With a hint of helplessness in his sternness, he gave Xue Rengui a secret order.

Looking at this posture, it is obvious that Xue Rengui resisted the order.

However, considering Xue Rengui's age, he could understand it, but he could not accept it. What if his subordinates were rebellious and disrespectful, even if they were famous generals?

"General Xue was joking." On the side, Qibi Heli saw that Li Chengqian didn't say a word, so he laughed and said, "General Xue put down the chaos in one battle, so what's the crime?"

He knew how much Li Chengqian valued this person, so he dared to smooth things over at this time. Of course, he didn't know that Li Chengqian had given Xue Rengui a secret order. If he knew, he probably wouldn't dare.

Li Chengqian said nothing, and the others looked at this scene with puzzled faces. However, Xue Rengui did not even raise his head and continued: "His Highness had a decree before that the guilty ministers should treat the Western Turks' captives kindly..."

As soon as he heard his words, Li Chengqian's eyes changed.

He suddenly realized something and asked hurriedly: "How did you do it?"

"The guilty ministers will die." After Xue Rengui heard this, he raised his head and said resolutely, "Not long after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, rebellions are rampant. How can we treat them kindly? If we treat the Western Turks surrendered kindly, there will be more in the future. Many people follow suit!

Not long ago, the guilty minister had killed all the soldiers of the Crossbow Miss Bi tribe, leaving no one alive. "

I……

After hearing what Xue Rengui said, everyone was stunned.

The look he looked at Xue Rengui was particularly exciting, who the hell is this person?
Everyone surrendered, and tens of thousands of soldiers surrendered, but you killed them all?
Is this what people do?
Tens of thousands!
Li Chengqian's expression changed again and again, and the look he looked at Xue Rengui changed again, but this time, there was a little more appreciation in his eyes.

"You..." At this moment, Niu Jinda spoke, "How can you deserve tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers? Even if it is wrong to rebel, they are just ordinary sergeants. How can they make the decision?
I have been working in Western Turks for many years and have..."

"The guilty minister will die." Before Niu Jinda could finish his words, Xue Rengui continued with a stiff neck, "Please punish me, Your Highness."

At this moment, Xue Rengui is a millionaire. He doesn't care about this. He only values ​​Li Chengqian's attitude.

"General Xue's words are serious." Li Chengqian changed his previous attitude and said with a hearty smile, "My previous decree was just because ordinary soldiers were just obeying orders. Since they are stubborn and ineffective, I will kill them.

How can I, the king, punish a group of rebels who have contributed to the rebellion of the Ming Dynasty? "

"But that's tens of thousands of lives after all!" Niu Jinda still couldn't figure it out.

He is a good person, a good person in the true sense. If they were just foreigners, he wouldn't think anything of it, but these people are obviously citizens of the Ming Dynasty, which is what he can't accept.

The Tang Dynasty is open to all rivers. They are broad-minded enough to accept every foreigner who sincerely joins the Tang Dynasty. As long as they join the Tang Dynasty, they are the people of the Tang Dynasty.

Niu Jinda also has such a big heart!
"Don't you want me to execute the hero of the Ming Dynasty for the rebellion of tens of thousands?" Li Chengqian's eyes turned cold, "If so, then spread the decree to the world, this is my intention!"

Niu Jinda was speechless, but he could actually tell.

This is really what Li Chengqian meant, but they didn't know it before, but now, Xue Rengui took the initiative to take the blame on himself, presumably with the intention of taking the blame for Li Chengqian.

After all, killing tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers and spreading the news back to Chang'an is not a glorious thing after all.

Of course, now that Li Chengqian said this, he was not sure.

But he really realized that Ming Dynasty was murderous from top to bottom!
They slaughtered one before, and now another. In this rebellion, the Ming Dynasty killed hundreds of thousands of people before and after. To put it bluntly, they killed all the Western Turks.

"Your Highness is joking." On the side, Qibi Heli, who had regained his composure, smiled and said, "I think General Xue killed him well. After all, our Ming Dynasty was founded not long ago, and there are many ethnic groups in the country. If you rebel, you won't have to pay a heavy price." If the price is high, it is inevitable that Supi, the Tuyuhun remnants, and even our Tiele tribe will be disloyal in the future!

This time, it is very good to kill the chicken to scare the monkey! "

"General Qibi's words are reasonable." Yi Yuanfeng also said hurriedly, "That's the truth. Although the old minister is a survivor of Tuyuhun, who can say clearly about this kind of thing? If we all die in the future, something will really happen. Treason, it is inevitable that such a thing will not happen, only absolute deterrence can suppress everyone's ambitions!"

In fact, they understood clearly that this was definitely what Li Chengqian meant, but they didn't care. As far as they were concerned, they really didn't have any ideas or ambitions. It was really worth it to reach their level in this life. .

Of course, they also knew that Li Chengqian was 100% trying to beat them up by doing this.

The Ming Dynasty, a multi-ethnic empire, had to vaccinate everyone in advance.

However, they felt no guilt, and when they said these words, they did not feel any psychological burden.

Niu Jinda was speechless for a moment. He finally understood that he and they were not in the same group, either in terms of origin or way of thinking.

But what can he say now?

Obviously, everyone present didn't care.

What can a guy like him who has not integrated into the core of Ming Dynasty do?
"Come here, unshackle General Xue!" Li Chengqian ordered hurriedly, regardless of his attitude.

Looking at Xue Rengui now, the more I look at him, the more satisfied I become.

The secret order he gave to Xue Rengui at the beginning was to deal with the loss of the crossbows. As everyone thought, he really needed to kill to deter the possible Xiaoxiao, and only in this way could he weaken the strength of the Western Turks. After this battle, The Western Turks have not been able to make any waves for at least 20 years.

This is also his purpose.

What Huairen, do you need it?

No matter what era or nation we are in, we will always fear power but not morality.

Of course, that doesn't mean he doesn't play Huairen's tricks.

Huairen, that's for the people.

Facing a group of arrogant and powerful generals, Huairen is just having fun?
"Why need others." At this moment, Qibi Heli walked out with a smile and said, "General Xue's victory in quelling the rebellion is due to the country. The old minister has the shamelessness to untie the shackles of the general himself!"

With that said, he really got started.

Li Chengqian looked at this scene and said with a smile: "Come here, let's have a banquet. Today, I will celebrate General Xue!" In fact, at this time, he could completely handle Xue Rengui a little and finish the show, but he He didn't do this. To be honest, he didn't care what the people in Chang'an thought of him?
He didn't expect that Xue Rengui would take the initiative to take the blame. If he didn't want to let down Xue Rengui's good intentions, he would even want to make the truth public.

Of course, the more he behaves like this, the more unpredictable he becomes.

……

Zhenguan 13 years, May.

Chang'an City.

Li Er has been quite proud of himself recently.

With the complete fall of Goguryeo, he finally completed the unfinished ambition of the previous Sui Dynasty. Thinking back to the beginning, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo several times and was criticized for wasting people and money, but he actually completed the Jin Ou intact. How could he not be arrogant?

And with Changsun Wuji returning to the court, Fang Xuanling, Wen Yanbo and others have taken a back seat. Now his control over the court is getting stronger and stronger. How can he not be complacent?

Now, the only person who can give him a headache is Li Chengqian.

It's not that he must be wary of his son. He is quite satisfied with his son's achievements, but as a father, the last thing he wants to hear is that the waves behind him in the Yangtze River push the waves ahead.

"Your Majesty, Duke Liang Guozi made a detailed plan for Chang Ke." Next, Changsun Wuji said while holding a memorial of Fang Xuanling.

When Li Er heard this, he became interested.

Chang Ke, this is what he has been looking forward to, this is his weapon to weaken the nobles.

"What do you think of the auxiliary machine?" Li Er took the memorial from the chamberlain and examined it carefully before asking.

Changsun Wuji laughed when he heard this and said: "Liang Guogong is really a great talent!" First he praised Fang Xuanling, and then Changsun Wuji said, "I have also carefully studied and judged it. If we look at the details of Liang Guogong's plan, I will definitely Tang Wenjiao is on the rise!"

"Indeed, Liang Guogong is attentive." Li Er nodded when he heard this, but then quickly said, "But there is still something wrong with this place."

With that, Li Er pointed to the memorial and said, "There are still some shortcomings here. As I said before, the cultural and educational levels of different places are different. If we take a comprehensive ranking, it will be unfair to some places. If we allow off-site scientific examinations, , that would also be unfair to local students..."

Li Er talked about this issue for a long time and explained it in great detail.

Changsun Wuji heard the words and kept nodding in agreement.

Of course, he had actually seen this loophole a long time ago. It was all unspoken rules. Only a newcomer to the officialdom could write a perfect memorial.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Taohe County." At this moment, a chamberlain came in.

Hearing this, Li Er put down the memorial and said, "Pass it."

Following a drake's voice, a messenger hurriedly walked in.

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty put down the civil strife not long ago. Xue Rengui, the leader of the Changming army, killed tens of thousands of people and captured tens of thousands of people. Now the Ming Dynasty..."

Li Er was not surprised when he heard what he said before. He naturally understood the Ming Dynasty's military strength. It was just about quelling chaos and could not cause much trouble.

Those guys in the Western Turks are just hitting an egg against a stone.

But when he heard that Chang Ming's army had killed tens of thousands of soldiers, he was surprised.

The intention to kill is too heavy.

"Xue Rengui?" Li Er muttered after hearing this, "Is it Xue Rengui who escorted Chang Le back to Chang'an?"

"It is this man," the messenger continued.

"What a murderous intention!" Li Er stood up and looked at Kanyu Tu behind him. After a long time, he turned around and said, "Is it his intention or Gao Ming's?"

He wanted to figure this out.

You know, even he didn't have such a murderous intention back then.

It's enough to rebel, and that's all it takes to kill the culprits. How can there be such a thing?
"Based on what we know now, it should be Xue Rengui's own intention." The messenger said, "There is news that the King of Ming Dynasty had ordered Xue Rengui to treat the Western Turks kindly, but Xue Rengui did not respect the order and made his own decisions. He ordered his subordinates Fang Yiai, Yao Da, Shusun Yu, Cheng Chuliang, Li Jingren and others to kill tens of thousands of soldiers who had lost the crossbows.

He also escorted the soldiers of the Duolu tribe to watch the execution.

It is reported that the scene at that time could be called a purgatory on earth, and the soldiers of the Tuolu tribe dared not speak out in anger.

Nowadays, it is difficult to hear a voice of opposition in the entire Western Turks. Some people in Western Turks even call Xue Rengui the messenger of hell.Xue Rengui's name can even stop children from crying at night in Western Turks. "

"Huh." Li Er snorted coldly when he heard this.

He had an impression of Xue Rengui, and he had the intention of recruiting him back then, but now his impression of this person was extremely bad.

Waving his hand, Li Er immediately asked the messenger to retreat.

He knew that there must be more detailed news from the Secret Service, but it just hadn't arrived yet.

Of course, this does not mean that the Secret Intelligence Department is not efficient, but that the Secret Intelligence Department always collects all the information before sending it back.

"What do you think of the auxiliary machine?" After the messenger left, Li Er looked at Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji didn't know Li Er's attitude, so he could only say matter-of-factly: "If we only look at the incident itself, I feel that Xue Rengui is decisive in killing and is a general and a great talent."

"That's true." Li Er nodded when he heard this, and said, "The Ming Dynasty was not long after the founding of the country, and the country was already complicated. At this time, we should really use heavy rules to deal with the rebellious people.

However, do you think Gao Ming will order Xue Rengui to treat his subordinates kindly? "

He didn't believe it.

As the saying goes, a son is better than his father, so he knows best what Li Chengqian is.

If Li Chengqian didn't issue an edict, he would understand. But if you still come up with an edict, who are you fooling?

"This..." Changsun Wuji did not dare to say anything on this issue.

Obviously he didn't believe it either, but the words couldn't come out of his mouth.

Li Er let out a long sigh, feeling even more melancholy in his heart.

This kind of Li Chengqian is not what he wants.

The intent to kill is too heavy!
He only had a few sons, how could he not be worried?
With Li Chengqian's current strength, who among his other sons is his opponent?
Although he killed his brother and forced his father back then, why did he want his son to follow his own path?

At this moment, Li Er was in a variety of moods.

He didn't know what to say or what to do.

"I hope not." After a while, Li Er murmured to himself.

I hope not, I hope all this is really done by the audacious Xue Rengui...

　I'm going to see a Chinese medicine doctor tomorrow morning for treatment. Good night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)