First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 210 Zhaoan Lu Chongmao

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In the Changchun Palace, Li Yuan was sitting here, dispatching food and grass, and after hearing the good news of the Meiliangchuan victory and the recovery of Puzhou, he was overjoyed and praised: "The son of the Gao family is really a unicorn", and immediately ordered a reward.

Li Yuan wanted to visit Puzhou in person, but Xia County was still occupied by Lu Chongmao at this time, and it was too close to Puzhou. For safety reasons, all the ministers dissuaded him, so Li Yuan could only continue to guard the Changchun Palace.

Fortunately, Li Yuan didn't go to Puzhou. At this time, Puzhou was undercurrents. Looking at the secret letter in his hand, Gao Chong couldn't help sweating.

"Brother Shubao, who else has read this letter?" Gao Chong looked at Qin Qiong with a serious face and asked seriously.

Qin Qiong also knew that the matter was of great importance, so she shook her head silently, and then asked with a little worry: "As the saying goes, you can't keep close, Youzhi, what are you going to do?"

"Dear?" Gao Chong heard the words and said with a smile: "I am still the son-in-law of a sage. Naturally, I will report the truth. If it is true, I will eradicate the traitors for the country. If it is not true, I will offend the Dugu family at most. Why not be afraid of it."

Qin Qiong blushed when she heard the words, nodded straightly and said: "You Zhizhen is a direct minister, I am ashamed of my brother."

Gao Chong immediately dispatched an envoy to the Changchun Palace with the letter in his hand intact, and handed it to Li Yuan.

Seeing this, Qin Qiong questioned, "Why don't you tell me?"

Gao Chong shook his head, "If I write another letter to explain the reason, it will inevitably contain my personal biases. I just need to send this letter to the sage intact, and the sage will decide what is right and wrong. ".

Qin Qiong sighed straight after hearing this: "Youzhi is not only a direct minister, but also has a meticulous thinking, which is admired by my brother."

It turns out that this letter is a letter written by Dugu Huai'en, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, to the traitor Wang Xingben. In the letter, Dugu Huai'en actually colluded with Liu Wuzhou, intending to join forces with Wang Xingben to capture Yongfeng warehouse, seize all the food and grass of the Tang army, and destroy Baibi Tang. As long as the Baibi grain road is cut off, Li Shimin will be defeated, and then he can send his troops to Guanzhong to destroy Li Tang.

Unexpectedly, Dugu Huai'en was sent by Li Yuan to attack Lu Chongmao in Xia County before he could implement it, and was even defeated and captured. This letter was kept in Wang Xingben's residence in Puzhou.

As for why Dugu Huai'en rebelled, Gao Chong could probably guess it, and Gao Chong even felt that Dugu Huai'en's rebellion was expected in his heart, and it could be said that Li Yuan forced Dugu Huai'en to rebel.

Dugu Huai'en came from an extremely noble background, and was a relative of the three dynasties. Dugu Huai'en's grandfather was the famous Dugu Xin.

Duguxin is one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms of the Western Wei Dynasty. The eldest daughter is the queen of Yu Wenyu, Emperor Ming of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and she is posthumously named Empress Mingjing.The fourth daughter is the mother of Li Yuan, posthumously named Empress Yuanzhen, and the seventh daughter is the empress of Sui Wendi Yang Jian, posthumously named Empress Wen.

However, after Li Yuan ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, his mentality changed suddenly. He was not at ease with his cousin Dugu Huai'en. For the emperor, tell me, will my uncle's son be the emperor in the future?"

Li Yuan's uncle is Dugu Huai'en's father, Dugu Zong. These words scared Dugu Huai'en into a cold sweat, and he was busy apologizing.

After several times of beatings by Li Yuan, Dugu Huai'en became more respectful on the surface, but in private, he had a different thought in his heart. He once said to his confidant Yuan Junbao: "Are there only women in my family who are rich?"

Since his second uncle usurped the world of his eldest uncle's family, and his third uncle's family usurped the world of his second uncle's family, now Dugu Huai'en usurped the world of his third uncle's family, so why not.

Even if Dugu Huai'en discussed with his confidant Yuan Junbao and others, he secretly took refuge in Liu Wuzhou, and used Liu Wuzhou's power to solve Qin King Li Shimin. Guanzhong's soldiers and horses were all under Li Shimin's command. The land of Sanjin and Hedong was given to Liu Wuzhou.

But Dugu Huai'en's troops were reduced after all, so Yuan Junbao suggested to join forces with Puzhou rebel Wang Xingben. Dugu Huai'en immediately wrote a letter to Wang Xingben, but he never thought that Wang Xingben would die so quickly.

Changchun Palace, after Li Yuan received this letter, he was furious, and then calmed down, and immediately issued an order to call Li Xiaoji, Dugu Huai'en and others to come to Changchun Palace as soon as possible.

In the eyes of outsiders, Li Xiaoji and others were defeated and captured. Although they were rescued by Gao Chong, the crime of defeat is unavoidable. It is reasonable and reasonable to recall them to Changchun Palace.

After Dugu Huai'en was defeated and captured, he lost all his soldiers and horses. He felt helpless and had to give up his original plan. Naturally, he could not do it by attacking Yongfeng warehouse. However, there are still hundreds of dead soldiers in Dugu's family, and he will return to Changchun Palace by then. After that, he took the opportunity to assassinate Li Yuan. Once Li Yuan died, Li Tang would be in chaos. With Liu Wuzhou's support at that time, it might be possible to make a career out of it.

"My family is not limited to rich and noble women." In a military tent, Dugu Huai'en had a ruthless expression on his face.

Li Yuan put the letter close to his body, and then praised Gao Junya sincerely: "You have made another great contribution. When the teacher returns to the court, I will reward you generously."

Gao Junya was a little puzzled, and guessed that it must be related to the letter that Li Yuan had read just now, but she just thanked her in a low voice without asking.

Pei Ji's small eyes were full of curiosity, but he had just been defeated and was dismissed by Li Yuan and sent to prison. Although he was reinstated after only two days, after this blow, Pei Ji was indeed much more honest.

"Now that Puzhou has been restored, King Qin and the bandit army are confronting Baibi, but Xia County is still in the hands of bandits. What can you do?" Li Yuan lay on the couch, only Pei Ji and Gao were in this side hall. Junya, Liu Wenjing, and Chen Shuda are just a few people.

Pei Ji turned his eyeballs, and immediately said: "Puzhou is conquered, Qin Wutong can be left to garrison, Gao You has many surprise soldiers, and he has made outstanding achievements repeatedly, maybe Gao You can go to recover Xia County before."

Li Yuan listened to Nian Xu and said nothing, but hesitantly said: "The frontline troops are all dispatched by the King of Qin. It seems inappropriate for me to intervene."

"Your Majesty, the Lord of the World, what's wrong?" Pei Ji immediately shook his head and said.

Gao Junya frowned inadvertently, as if she didn't agree.

Chen Shuda said directly: "Although I don't know about military affairs, since your majesty ordered the king of Qin to take charge of the army, he should not interfere indiscriminately, so as not to damage the deployment of the king of Qin."

This is what Li Yuan was worried about. Hearing this, he immediately nodded and said, "That's the reason. I'm raising food in the rear and don't know the situation on the front line. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, so it's really inappropriate to interfere too much."

At this time, Gao Junya, who had never said a word, suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the Xia County thief general Lu Chongmao was born in a wealthy family and has no official status. Maybe he can send an envoy to Zhao'an to lure him with high officials and generous salaries."

"How can rebellion and rebels be punished?" Pei Ji immediately retorted when he heard this, his expression was no longer as indifferent as usual.

"Liu Wuzhou's general Yuchi Jingde fled to Xia County, if Lu Chongmao is willing to surrender with Yuchi Jingde's head, why not?" Gao Junya said calmly as a mountain.

(End of this chapter)