First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 70
68. Excavating graves and destroying temples
Chang'an City, Daxing Palace, the young acting king Yang You looked at the two old ministers who were arguing in the palace, a little fidgeting, stretched out his hand to stop it, but didn't know how to undo it.

I could only hear Yin Shishi waving a letter in his hand, with thick eyebrows upside down, and sternly scolded: "Li thief is shameless, he is here to deceive people, so what if I dig his ancestral grave? The only way is to dig his ancestral grave. Destroy his family temple, to show our determination to stick to it, and also to get rid of the thoughts of those rats who are greedy for life and afraid of death."

"You..." Facing Yin Shishi's merciless reprimand, Jingzhao Nei Shi Weixuan pointed at Yin Shishi, trembling with anger, "How dare you insult me?"

"What I'm talking about is you bastards who go from side to side and follow the trend. Once something happens, you must be a thief in the city." No matter what the etiquette is, Yin Shishi opened his mouth wide and looked at Wei Xuan's old face in a frenzy. spray.

It can be seen that the veteran Wei Xuan, who was nearly eighty years old, was out of breath and passed out when he was reprimanded by Yin Shishi, the correcting martial artist. .

Yin Shishi cheered up and looked around, "But who else wants to stop me?"

Seeing that no one was making a sound, Master Yin snorted coldly, and was about to leave when he heard a sigh, "Yin Bing, do you think Dai Wang in your eyes?"

Yin Shishi was a little surprised when he heard the sound, "Gu Yi? You want to stop me?"

"Although I am a foreigner, I also know that digging up people's ancestral graves is really harmful to morality, and it was not done by the court of a big country." Wang Jianguo, you are here roaring at the court and threatening the courtiers, what is the etiquette?"

When he heard about Gu Yi, Yin Shishi was so angry that he shook his hand to persuade him to surrender, "Then Li Zhiyun was released only after you arranged it, and Li thief came to confuse people's hearts again. Now the army's morale is not shaken, everything The most important thing is to stick to Chang'an, and I don't care about any virtue."

Seeing that Gu Yi was about to speak again, Yin Shishi immediately became angry, "Gu Yi, don't talk too much, I've made up my mind, you just need to appease the city, and don't care about the rest", after saying that, he strode away.

Seeing this, Gu Yi had no choice but to look helpless, and bowed to the acting king Yang You, "General Yin is worried about the situation of the battle and has no intention of offending, please forgive me on behalf of the king."

Yang You hurriedly stood up, "Prime Minister Gu Jun said seriously, I...I didn't".

At this time, a person in the hall sighed slightly: "Digging the grave and destroying the temple will damage the morality, and you will suffer the backlash of luck, and a catastrophe is imminent."

Hearing this, Gu Yi was furious, looked for the sound, and sternly reprimanded: "Yuan Sili, how dare you speak nonsense to shake the morale of the army?"

That person is Yuan Pei, the secretary of the Taishi Bureau, who is in charge of testing astronomy and determining the calendar. He can account for all changes in the sun, moon, stars, and weather.

Yuan Pei was a little dazed when he heard Gu Yi's scolding, "This is the truth, isn't it just nonsense?"

Seeing that Yuan Pei still didn't understand, he tried to defend himself here, Gu Yi was furious, and bowed to Yang You: "The battle situation is dangerous now, and the morale of the army is not shaken, but this person is here to shake the hearts of the people. The old minister, please report to His Royal Highness, and kill him quickly." This person, with the heart of the army and the people."

Dai Wang Yang You was at a loss, looked at Yuan Pei, and found that he didn't know him, and Gu Yi was an old minister left behind, so he nodded in a daze, and immediately went down to drag Yuan Pei away.

Yuan Pei was shocked, and hurriedly shouted: "Dai Wang, Gu Yi, my elder brother is Taishi Ling Yuan Chong, you can't kill me."

"Hmph, don't say it's the swindler, even Mr. Wang and Sun, who shake the morale of the army, he should be punished," Gu Yi scolded with a serious face, obviously Yuan Pei's move out of his elder brother Yuan Chong would not scare Gu Yi, a tough bone .

But the other ministers in the palace were afraid of implicating themselves. After all, these two people are not easy to provoke. One is the stern and selfless law enforcement officer of Jingzhao County, and the other is the lucky minister in front of the saint.

Tai Shiling Yuan Chong is a Taoist priest who loves Taoism, is good at divination, and is good at flattery. In the Southern Chen Dynasty, he was the official secretary and prince Sheren. After the Southern Chen destroyed the country, he catered to Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and lied about astronomy , and cooperated with Yang Guang to participate in the depose of the prince Yang Yong. He often flattered the astronomical phenomenon, so he was despised by Qingliu scholars, but Yuan Chong was favored by Yang Guang.

Outside the city, thousands of Tang soldiers with loud voices have been taking a psychological offensive below the city for several days, yelling in unison, trying to break the morale of the Sui army. It has to be said that it is quite effective. Just when Li Yuan and others were delighted by this.

However, early this morning, the school captain who was sent to make a statement came back to the camp in a hurry, with a look of horror on his face, "Tang... Duke Tang, something is wrong, Master Yin threatened... threatened to destroy Duke Tang's grave."

Li Yuan and others gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army and were planning the attack strategy. Hearing these words, the whole hall could not help but be silent.

"What?" Li Jiancheng and others burst into anger.

Li Yuan's eyes darkened, and he sat slumped on the ground, "How... how dare you do this...", everyone rushed to help, "Hurry up, go to the city."

All the generals were busy mobilizing soldiers and horses, and rushed to the city.

When he came to Chunming Gate, he saw Master Yin leading an army standing on the top of the wall. Li Yuan took a closer look and his eyes were about to burst, "Ah, Yin Bing, I will kill you".

Everyone's eyes were red and they were furious.

Li Shimin patted his horse and rushed out, hoarse towards the top of the wall, "Yin Bing, put down the coffin, I will spare your heir's life."

Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji, Li Xiuning and others also rushed out, all with exposed veins, an uncontrollable anger flashed in their eyes, and their teeth were gnashing.

It turned out that Master Yin actually hung several coffins on the top of the city with ropes. Needless to say, they must be the coffins of the ancestors of the Li family.

"Hahaha, let go?" Yin Shishi looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, "Then you will be fulfilled", after saying that, he waved his hand, "Let go".

I saw the Sui army cut the ropes, and several rotten coffins fell down the city, creating a mess.

"No", seeing this, Li Yuan's pupils dilated, his face turned purple, and he stretched out his hand and shouted hoarsely. Li Shimin and others were shocked and angry when they saw this.

"Let the arrows go", Yin Shishi ordered the arrows to be released, forcing Li Shimin and others to retreat.

Li Yuan was so angry that his mouth was tongue-tied, his hands were trembling, and he pointed at Chang'an City with a distorted expression, "Attack...siege the city, kill Guangyin's family, kill me."

Pei Ji heard the words and immediately ordered, "The whole army is ready to attack the city immediately."

It was decided to attack the city the next day, the siege equipment had already been built, and the army was also ready, so there was no rush.

Li Yuan got on his horse strongly, with anger burning in his chest, fixed his eyes on the Yin Shishi on the top of the wall, and sternly shouted: "The first person to reach the top of the wall will be rewarded with a thousand rewards, and the one who captures Yin Bing alive will be rewarded with a reward of five thousand."

With an order, the messengers rushed non-stop, and the 20 Tang troops stationed two miles away from Chunming Gate poured out of the camp like a tide, forming a formation, approaching Chunming Gate step by step.

There was no suspense in this battle. There were only [-] defenders in Chang'an City. The soldiers had no fighting spirit and the generals had no fighting spirit. It was all suppressed by the loyalists of the Sui Dynasty, such as Yin Shishi.

(End of this chapter)