First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 5 A Good Minister Chooses the Lord and Serves
Tang Guogong's mansion was brightly lit. Liu Zhenghui was Li Yuan's confidant. After the announcement, he took Gao Chong and walked straight to the middle hall. To Gao Chong's surprise, the hall was full of people, Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing, etc. Most of them were Gao Chong. They all know each other. Looking at this posture, Li Yuan should be discussing something with his confidants, and Gao Chong probably guessed it.

Li Yuan and others who were notified were also in shock. They were discussing the matter of raising troops here. The two deputy left guards who monitored Li Yuan were the first to be resolved in the Li Clan's rebellion, but this son of Gao Junya came to visit overnight.

"Gao Chong pays homage to Tang Gong", Gao Chong recognized that the man with a mother-in-law's face on the first seat was Tang Guogong Li Yuan, and immediately bowed to salute, and then bowed in groups, "Masters, you are polite", when he saw Li Shimin , high-pitched, and looked at it emphatically.

"I don't know why the high school lieutenant came late at night, why?" Li Yuan coughed, and took the lead to speak. He couldn't reach the three of them, and he unloaded his weapon when he entered the mansion. Naturally, Li Yuan didn't take it to heart.

"Back to Duke Tang, if I'm late, I'm afraid that my family and life will be lost," Gao Chong said with a wry smile.
The people in the hall, Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing and others, who are not resourceful, immediately understood Gao Chong's meaning after hearing these words.

"All of you present here are Duke Tang's confidantes. Ming people don't speak dark words. Now the world is in chaos and the king has no way. My father and I want to go to Duke Li and help with great things together." Gao Chong took the package from his relatives and put It spread out and offered, "Wang Wei wanted to be unfavorable to Tang Gong, but he was beheaded. This is a certificate of nomination, and Tang Gong should also verify it."

Hearing Gao Chong's words, everyone was shocked, looking at Wang Wei's head, Li Yuan's Gujing Wubo's face was also a little surprised, defecting?Gao Junya killed Wang Wei?
"Bold and bold, general Wang Lang is a senior member of the fourth rank of the Sui Dynasty. If you dare to kill him, you will be an accomplice to rebellion." It was a slap on the table, blowing his beard and staring and scolding.

Gao Chong shook his head and smiled after hearing this, "This is the end of the matter, Supervisor Pei doesn't want to scare the boy anymore", he said and looked around, "If the boy doesn't come tonight, I'm afraid my father and son will die soon."

"Can you live when you come here?" At this time, a thin, withered, ugly boy with a narrow forehead and sharp jaw sneered. When he saw this person, Gao Chong also recognized him. He was Li Yuan's fourth son, Li Yuanji.

"The fourth son is right", Gao Chong nodded and said: "Even if I come here, I may not be able to live, but it is good that my father can live." When speaking, Gao Chong was neither humble nor overbearing, very composed.

Hearing these words, Li Yuan's face changed slightly, and he and his good friend Pei Ji exchanged a glance, and they immediately understood each other's meaning.

It would be best if Gao Junya could join him. After all, Gao Junya, as the deputy left behind, as the second in command of the Jinyang military, was quite prestigious in several Yingyang military mansions in Taiyuan. Therefore, Gao Junya, the nephew of Duke Gao Jiong of the State of Qi, is also quite famous, otherwise he would not have been sent by Yang Guang to monitor Li Yuan, otherwise they would not have focused on discussing how to deal with Wang Gao and Wang Gao on the eve of the army.

"That's it? Liu Shilong's head?" Li Shimin, who had been watching for a long time, suddenly said.

"Second son has good eyesight." Gao Chong threw Liu Shilong's head on the ground and said with a smile, "This Liu Shilong saw me killing Wang Wei, so I killed him together. As the head of Jinci Township, Liu Shilong dared to conspire with Wang Wei to kill Wang Wei Tang Gong, there is more than one guilt in death."

As soon as this remark came out, Li Yuan and the others froze, and Li Shimin's expression froze, and then he smiled and said, "It's true that the head of the district is worthy of death." He looked at Li Yuan as he spoke, implying that Liu Shilong is no more than the head of the district. and died.

No matter what kind of person Li Yuan was, he was as motionless as a mountain, with an expressionless face. For a long time, the atmosphere was a little quiet for a while.

I saw Gao Chong's expression was indifferent, standing in the hall with his head held high, facing everyone's scrutiny, he didn't show any panic at all, but in fact Gao Chong was desperate in his heart, just coming through the soul, he was facing life and death crisis, even if he inherited After Yuan Gao Chong's literary and martial arts strategy, Gao Chong is still a little uncertain at the moment, but he does not regret it. Compared with being slaughtered and desperate, it is undoubtedly the best decision to join the Li clan.

After a long while, Pei Ji just twirled his beard, leaned over slightly, and looked at Gao Chong calmly, "Is this what your father meant?"

"Now, Supervisor Pei thinks there is a difference?" Gao Chong pointed to the two heads on the ground, "Wang Wei wanted to harm Mr. Tang because he attempted to commit a crime. I killed him without the relevant judicial permission, right? Killing the imperial court official?" Gao Chong took out Gao Junya's handwritten letter from his arms, "This is my father's handwritten letter, please read it, Mr. Tang."

As he spoke, he looked around at the crowd, "If this is the case, and the princes are still timid and doubtful, then the prophecy of "Li Shi is the Son of Heaven" is nothing more than that." When everyone heard this, their expressions changed.

"What a son of the Gao family, with a personable demeanor, quite like his father's "Little Zhou Lang"." After reading the letter, Li Yuan no longer concealed it, clapped his hands in praise, got up from his seat, and personally led Gao Chong into the room. The seat said, "Don't blame your nephew, this is a big matter, so you must be careful."

"Duke Tang's words are serious, how dare you kid?" Seeing Li Yuan's generosity and closeness, Gao Chong would not hold it up. He hurriedly replied, but secretly admired him, his father's letter was really powerful.

After taking his seat, before Gao Chong could speak, there was a high-five applause, and Li Shimin walked down from his seat with high spirits.

At this time, Li Shimin also had a wide forehead and thick eyebrows, and a slightly raised beard on his face. Although his complexion was still immature, he couldn't hide his demeanor. table up.

"Brother You, you are so courageous. We are old acquaintances. I also admire your father's character and talent. Uncle Qi Guogong is even more outstanding. He conquered Turks in the north and destroyed Chen in the south. The harm, since this is the case, then you and I will go to Beijing hand in hand to support a new monarch and reshape the court." The young Li Shimin was full of spirits, stepped forward from his seat, and said angrily, pulling Gao Chong's arm.

Seeing the impassioned words of the idol, Gao Chong suppressed his excitement at the moment, saluted heavily, "Second son is strong".

Gao Chong didn't feel ashamed about defecting to the Li Clan. After all, living in troubled times, such an approach was not shameful, and taking the initiative to defect was at least more honorable than being captured and surrendering.

Moreover, Gao Chong asked himself that he didn't have the ability to dominate the troubled times, so Gao Chong dared not even think about asking him to compete with heroes like Li Shimin and Dou Jiande.

It's not that Gao Chong underestimated himself, but because of the influence of his growth environment and modern thinking, he didn't have this potential. What's more, no matter what Li Shimin's personal virtues are, at least as the leader of the empire, Li Shimin is qualified. He established the Great Tang Dynasty. The unprecedented dignity of the empire.

Seeing Gao Chong's sincere words, Li Shimin was even more delighted, "A good minister chooses the master, since Brother You has entered this door, there is no need to have other worries. In the future, we will fight side by side to restore peace to the people of the world." Prosperity".

It has to be said that at this moment, Gao Chong was really moved. All the princes in the hall, from Tang Guogong Li Yuan to the servants who served him, on the eve of the army, Li Shimin was probably the only one who had this great wish.

"The second son is so strong, Gao Chong leads the horse and pedals, and this life will never be equal to each other," Gao Chong said with a deep breath.

(End of this chapter)