Ji Tang

Chapter 601 The Ninth Year of Zhenguan ([-])

In the ninth year of Zhenguan, Run, April, middle.

In the battle of Chishuiyuan, Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche led the light cavalry to go ahead and were surrounded by Tuyuhun. Both brothers were shot. After falling off their horses, they joined the battle on foot. Sixty-seven out of ten of the accompanying cavalry were killed or wounded.

General Qi Heli, the leader of the left army, led hundreds of cavalry to the rescue. They fought hard and attacked, and were invincible. Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche were spared death.

Li Daliang defeated the Tuyuhun army in Shuhun Mountain and captured 20 of its famous leaders.

General Zhi lost his mental strength and defeated the Tuyuhun army in Juruchuan.Li Jing led various troops and horses through the Jishi Mountain River source, arrived at Qiemo, and reached its western border.

Hearing that Fu Yun was in Turunchuan and was about to flee to Khotan, Qi Heli wanted to take advantage of the situation to pursue him, but Xue Wanjun took the previous failure as a lesson and insisted that he couldn't.

He Liyan: "Tuyuhun has no fixed location and no city walls. They move with water and grass. If we don't attack them when they live together and wait until they wander around, how can we destroy their nests?"

So he personally selected more than 1000 brave cavalry and marched directly into Turunchuan, followed by Wan Jun and his troops.

The desert lacked water, and the soldiers drank horse blood.

The Tang army broke through Fu Yun's tent, killed thousands of Tuyuhun soldiers, and captured more than 20 livestock. Fu Yun escaped alone, and the Tang army captured his wife and children. Hou Junji and others crossed Xingxuchuan and arrived at Baihai, where they reunited with Li Jing's troops. Reunion.

Murong Shun, King of Daning, was the nephew of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and the legitimate son of Fu Yun. When the Sui Dynasty served Yang Guang, he could not return to Guhun for a long time, so Fu Yun could only make another son the prince.

After Murong Shun returned to Tuyuhun, he was often depressed.Just when Li Jing conquered his country, the people of the country were worried and resentful of King Tianzhu. Murong followed the people's will and killed King Tianzhu, and the whole country asked for surrender.

Fu Yun led more than 1000 cavalrymen to flee into the desert. In more than ten days, the rest of the cavalry dispersed and Fu Yun was killed by those around him.

The Tuyuhun people supported Murong Shun as Khan.

On the [-]th, Li Jing reported that Tuyuhun had been cured.

On the 21st, Taizong issued an edict to restore the Tuhun Kingdom.

Murong Shun was appointed the king of Xiping County and the former Luwugandou Khan.Considering that he could not surrender his people, Li Shimin still ordered Li Daliang to lead thousands of elite troops as his backup force.

On June 25, because Li Shimin had observed the mourning for the Supreme Emperor for three months, the ministers once again requested Taizong to come to the court to listen to the government. The emperor agreed, but the trivial affairs were still entrusted to the prince, who was quite capable of judging government affairs.

From then on, every time Taizong went out on a tour, he ordered the prince to stay in charge of the country.

Everyone has noticed Li Chengqian's performance during this period, and they don't have much objection to His Majesty's arrangement of everyone.

In autumn and July, Liu Demin, deputy general manager of Yanze Road March, attacked and defeated the Qiang rebels.

On the 24th, Li Shimin issued an edict: "The mausoleum of the Supreme Emperor should be in accordance with the scale of Changling, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and must be grand and generous."

The deadline for building the mausoleum was too tight and could not be completed as scheduled.Secretary Supervisor Yu Shinan's memorial to the emperor said: "It is not unfilial piety for a saint to bury his relatives sparsely, but rather careful consideration. Because a thick burial can be a burden to his relatives, the saint does not do so.

Speaking of the past, Zhang Shizhi of the Han Dynasty once said: "There are gold and jade hidden in the tombs. Even if the Nanshan is sealed with copper and iron, there are still gaps." '

Liu Xiang said: "The dead have no limit to their lives, but the country rises and falls. What Zhang Shizhi said is a long-term plan." '

What they said was profound and indeed reasonable.Your Majesty's holiness surpasses that of Emperors Yao and Shun of the Tang Dynasty, yet you follow the example of the emperors of the Qin and Han Dynasties in burying your loved ones with lavish arrangements. I think it is inappropriate for your Majesty to do so.Although gold and jade are no longer hidden, how will future generations know that there is no gold and jade when they see Qiulong being so tall?Moreover, His Majesty is now in mourning in accordance with Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, taking off his mourning clothes for 37 days, but the Qiulong system is only based on the Changling of Han Emperor Gaozu, which may not be appropriate.

I hope that your majesty can build a mausoleum three ren high for the Supreme Emperor in accordance with the book "White Tiger Tongyi". All the utensils and systems used will be saved and simplified. These engraved stone tablets will be erected next to the mausoleum. In addition, he will write another one and hide it in the ancestral temple. Future generations will follow his example forever. "

After the memorial was submitted, Yu Shinan did not receive a reply for a long time.

Yu Shinan went to the hospital again and believed: "The emperors of the Han Dynasty built mountain tombs immediately after they came to the throne. Some constructions took more than 50 years. Nowadays, it is difficult to achieve the results of decades in a few months."

Li Shimin then passed Yu Shinan's memorial to the relevant departments and asked them to discuss and deal with it in detail.

Fang Xuanling and others discussed: "The Changling Tomb of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was nine feet high, and the original tomb of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty was six feet high. Now nine feet is too high, and three feet is too low. We request that the scale of the original mausoleum be six feet."

The emperor readily agreed.

On the [-]th, the emperor issued an edict: "At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, all systems were in their infancy, and the ancestral temple system was incomplete. Now that the emperor's divine master is to be moved into the ancestral temple, the etiquette officials should discuss it in detail."

Zhu Zishe, an official who advised the emperor, asked for the establishment of Sanzhao and Sanmu but left the throne of the first ancestor empty.

So the Ancestral Temple was built, and the distant ancestors Chong'er of Hongnong Mansion and Gaozu were added to the temple, as well as the original four gods: Duke Xuanjian, King Yi, Emperor Jing and Emperor Yuan, making a total of six chambers.Fang Xuanling and others discussed that Liang Wuzhao King Li was the ancestor.

Zuo Shuzi Yu Zhining argued that Wang Ye was not directly inherited from Li and could not be regarded as the ancestor. Taizong followed his opinion.

That month, Dangxiang invaded the state.

When Li Jing attacked Tuyuhun, he bribed party members with generous gifts to serve as guides.

Tuoba Chici, the leader of the party, came to the army and said to the generals: "The Sui Dynasty people are not trustworthy and always plunder us. Now if your soldiers and horses have no intention of harming me, I request to provide you with food and grass; if Otherwise, we will occupy a dangerous position to block your advance."

The generals made an alliance with him and let him go back.

Li Daoyan, the marching general of Chishui Road, marched to Kuoshui. Seeing that Tuoba Chici was unprepared, he attacked him secretly and captured thousands of cattle and sheep.

This angered the Qiang people and occupied Yehu Gorge, preventing Li Daoyan's troops from advancing.Tuoba Chici attacked and defeated Li Daoyan, killing tens of thousands of people, and Li Daoyan's troops retreated to Songzhou.

Fan Xing, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, was delayed in the army because of his stay, and many of his soldiers fled and were lost.

On the 22nd, both Li Daoyan and Fan Xing were convicted of this crime and were exempted from the death penalty and exiled to the border areas.

The emperor sent envoys to express condolences to the generals during the great battle, but Xue Wanjun refused to break the contract and boasted of his achievements.

He Li was very angry. He drew his sword and wanted to kill Xue Wanjun. The generals rescued Xue Wanjun and stopped He Li.

After Li Shimin heard about this, he asked Qi He Li, and He Li explained the details. Taizong was furious and wanted to remove Xue Wanjun from his official position and grant it to He Li. He Li refused and said: "Your Majesty dismissed Xue Wanjun because of me." Xue Wanjun's official position, those Hu officials didn't know the details, and thought that His Majesty valued the Hu people and despised the Han people. They spread the lies and there were bound to be more fights. It also made the Hu people think that the generals were all like Xue Wanjun. It would mean that they despised the Han people."

Li Shimin listened to his words and did not deal with Xue Wanjun.

Soon, Qi Heli was ordered to serve as the guard officer of Xuanwu Gate to inspect the school and camp.He also married his daughter, the head of Lintao County, to him.

(End of this chapter)