Ji Tang

Chapter 602 The Ninth Year of Zhenguan ([-])
On the [-]th, Gao Zhengsheng, the governor of Minzhou and the commander-in-chief of Yanze Road March, delayed his military appointment, and Li Jing went to court to impeach him.

Gao Zhengsheng had a grudge, so he falsely accused Li Jing of treason, which was found to be untrue.

On August [-], Gao Zengsheng was convicted and exempted from the death penalty and exiled to a remote area.Someone said: "Zeng Sheng is a meritorious official of the Qin Palace and should be treated leniently."

Li Shimin heard this and said: "Zeng Sheng disobeyed Li Jing's command and falsely accused him of treason. If these can be forgiven, how can the law be enforced? Moreover, in the Tang Dynasty, we raised troops from Jinyang and had many heroes. If Zeng Sheng can be pardoned, then Everyone breaks the law, how can they be banned? I have never forgotten the meritorious ministers, and it is for this reason that I dare not grant mercy."

From then on, Li Jing closed the door to prevent guests, and even relatives could not meet casually.

Everyone understood Li Jing's actions after thinking about it for a moment. As the number one military officer in the Tang Dynasty, such an action gave him enough face.

But perhaps he was naturally cautious, and this incident also made him wary. Although the emperor had not yet persecuted the hero, he was already in a dangerous situation at this time.

If you don't pay attention, it will be a disaster for the whole family.

Since ancient times, the flying birds have exhausted all their good bows, and the cunning rabbits have died and been cooked by lackeys.Now the Tang Dynasty is peaceful and the people are at peace, and the enemies around it are either destroying the country or surrendering, so what kind of enemies are there?

If I don't know what to do, when I reach the point where I am so great, it will be my own death!

"Great master overlord?"

Li Shimin disdainfully whispered and immediately ignored Li Jing.

Li Shimin wanted to go to the Emperor's mausoleum in person, but the ministers believed that Emperor Taizong was too sad and weak, so they insisted on not going.

Later, he asked the prince to do it for him.

In winter, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the Chuyue tribe sent envoys to pay tribute for the first time. Chuyue and Chumi were both other tribes of the Western Turks.

The Western Turks are a separate branch of the Turks. Since the Turks split, they have rarely interacted with the Eastern Turks. This time they came to the Tang Dynasty, firstly to explore the true situation of the Tang Dynasty, and secondly for the purpose of reconciliation.

The Tang Dynasty was now in great power, and the Western Turks were having trouble sleeping and eating. They would definitely not be able to defeat them, so they could only repair them, and then they sent envoys.

On the 27th, Emperor Taiwu Li Yuan was buried in Xianling, with the temple name Gaozu; he was buried with Empress Mu, and was given the posthumous title Empress Taimu.

On November [-]th, Taizong issued an edict to discuss the establishment of a temple for Gaozu in Taiyuan. Secretary Yan Shigu Shang Biaozhang believed: "The dormitory temple should be located in the capital. In the Han Dynasty, various prefectures and states established temples, which is not in line with etiquette." So they stopped building temples.

On the 26th, Xiao Yu, the Guanglu doctor, was granted the title of Special Advancer and ordered to participate in political affairs.

Li Shimin said: "After the sixth year of Wude, Emperor Gaozu had the idea of ​​abolishing the crown prince but could not decide. I cannot be tolerated by my brothers. I am indeed worried that I will not be rewarded for my merits. Xiao Yu cannot be tempted with benefits, nor can I use benefits to seduce him." Threatened with death, he is truly a hero of the country!"

So he gave Xiao a poem, which said: "The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough wind knows the sincere minister."

He also said to him: "Your loyalty and uprightness cannot be surpassed by the ancients. However, if right and wrong are too clear, sometimes mistakes will be made."

Xiao Yu thanked him again.

Wei Zhengyan: "Xiao Yu went against the will of the public and became isolated. Only Your Majesty understood his loyalty. In the past, if he had not met the Emperor Shengming, it would have been difficult to avoid being convicted."

Since then, Xiao Yu has been one of the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Jing wrote a letter requesting His Majesty to wear regular clothes and come to the main hall to listen to government affairs in accordance with the Emperor's will, but Li Shimin refused.

In late November, Tuyuhun Gandou Khan had been a hostage in the Central Plains for a long time. The people in the country refused to join him and were actually killed by his men.

His son Nuohebo, King of Yan, was established as Khan.

Nuohebo was young, ministers were vying for power, and the country was in chaos.

In December, Li Shimin ordered the Ministry of War Shangshu Hou Junji and others to lead troops to assist; he sent envoys in advance to preach and persuade, and if anyone did not obey the order, he would be punished.

Xuanzhou, Xuancheng, governor's office.Ji Song put down the document in his hand, raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Chang'an without saying a word for a long time.

After a long time, he said to Da Niu on the side: "Has the matter been confirmed?"

"It's foolproof. Lao Liu has been following for a long time and has already figured out the ancient path. Now it doesn't matter much without them."

Ji Song thought for a while after hearing this and said: "In that case, write to Chang'an and ask Ji Lu's relatives to take people to Lingnan."

"Since it has no value, it also has no value of existence. It is time to avenge the original revenge."

"Tell Liu Laoer and Ji Lu that if they run away alone, they won't have to come back."

Hearing what the Marquis said, Daniel was excited. They had long wanted to avenge their past, but when they discovered an ancient road that could connect them to remove body poison, even Ji Lu, who wanted to take revenge, endured it.

With such a big business in the family, an ancient road that had long since disappeared reappeared, and they knew what this would mean.

This is a road to wealth. As long as they control this ancient road, it will be difficult for the Ji family to decline even if they want to.

"In addition, tell Madam to immediately form a caravan, bring silk, tea, porcelain and other supplies, and prepare to set off."

"promise!"

Ji Song didn't care whether he could kill the original group of people.

If this can't be solved, he will doubt the ability of Ji Lu and others.

After Daniel left, Ji Song sat blankly for a long time.

The last time I received news about the fleet was three months ago, from the Anton Governor's Mansion. If nothing else happened, they should have crossed the Bering Strait and arrived in Alaska by now.

Now the fleet can be said to have completely lost contact. If you want to see them, you can only wait for them to come back.

But Ji Song is not sure whether he can safely go back on his word along the way.

When they arrive at a place where the climate and climate are not suitable for them, various diseases will kill them.

"May God keep them safe and sound."

He has never believed in gods and Buddhas, so the only thing he can do now is to pray to the gods and Buddhas all over the sky.
If there were satellites at this time, we could see that in the northern hemisphere of the earth, a fleet of thirteen sailboats was heading south along the coastline.

But this was the coldest time in the northern hemisphere. The only good thing was that they successfully walked thousands of miles south before the sea surface froze.

If it were a little later, they might be frozen on the sea. They had no idea of ​​trying whether the wooden sailboat could be broken by the cold.

Thinking that if Wang Xuance hadn't reminded them, they would have almost gone ashore to repair. If they had really stayed, they would have been left here forever.

What they saw and heard along the way made them truly aware of the dangers at sea.

Not only the climate, but also the sea itself is the biggest danger. Undersea volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, tsunamis, and they even saw a newly formed whirlpool.

Fortunately, the situation had just taken shape and they were more willing to leave, otherwise none of them would be able to escape.

They saw with their own eyes a huge whale that was about ten feet tall and was swallowed alive into the whirlpool. Who knows how they felt at that time.

Anyway, when they reacted, amidst Tang Jian's roar, the fleet fled in the opposite direction with full sail, which was delayed for half a month.

(End of this chapter)