Ji Tang

Chapter 944: People from the Western Regions

After the morning court that morning, Ji Song, who wanted to leave with everyone, was left alone by the emperor.

Following Chen Shou to the back garden, he saw the emperor breaking corn cobs in the cornfield.Wearing a pair of coarse clothes, the eldest grandson is also wearing a turban, which looks quite similar.

He didn't go there, and just ate cakes on the side. He hadn't eaten anything all morning, and he was already hungry.

Well, it’s not bad. This is probably made by the famous Zhang Ji Pastry Shop in Chang’an. I used to eat it often when passing by.Unexpectedly, the emperor was quite knowledgeable and even knew this.

"I said you have no eyesight. Didn't you see me and the queen working in the fields? You don't know how to help, but you actually eat and drink while watching us work? Sooner or later, you will be punished."

Li Shimin kicked Ji Song and was angry.

"You have wronged a good man."

Ji Song looked aggrieved, as if he had been really wronged.

"Hey, have I still wronged you? Queen, you are here to listen, but I don't believe it. This kid can still tell the story today."

Chao Changsun Chao Chao Shou does not believe in evil ways.

"You, why are you arguing with him? It's not like you don't know that this kid wants to stir up trouble even if he's unreasonable. There's no point in getting angry with him."

Regarding Ji Song's shameless skills, Changsun is the one who has the most say.When I used to play with Cheng Qian, Qing Que and the others, no matter what kind of trouble they got into, in the end, it was all other people's fault that this guy got himself out of trouble.

Sometimes it was not easy to cause trouble for him. Now that he heard that the emperor wanted to argue with this boy, the eldest grandson was not optimistic about the emperor's side.

Ji Song didn't care about the two of them singing the double act, and said: "Think about it, you and the empress have explored various methods and methods of corn for the people. How much merit is this? What if I accidentally destroyed you and the empress?" My thoughts have destroyed the idea that is about to be born, and I will not be able to atone for my sin even if I die a hundred times."

"This is nothing. If it delays the promotion of corn, it will be a heinous crime. So I dare not disturb your majesty and empress. How can you say that I am indolent and indolent, and see that you suffer?"

Looking at Ji Song with a serious look on his face, Li Shimin wanted to be angry but didn't know where to be.He and his eldest grandson looked at each other and sighed suddenly.

"That's all. You kid, I don't know where your reasoning comes from. Anyway, I can't defeat you. You win this time. You win."

After waving his hand, Li Shimin had no intention of chatting with this bastard.

"Do you know anything about the Beiting Protectorate?"

Li Shimin asked seemingly indifferently.

But when Ji Song heard this, his heart trembled and he said, "I know!"

Li Shimin was a little surprised. He didn't expect this kid to admit it like this?

"Since you know, why don't you report it as soon as possible? I didn't ask you to be the supervisor to inform them. It would be better if you don't report it to me, but tell Li Jing and the others immediately, what exactly do you want to do? "

"boom!"

Li Shimin slapped the table, anger looming on his face. He must have been afraid that he would not be able to survive if he didn't give an explanation this time.

"My lord is guilty!"

Ji Song didn't make any excuses and directly pleaded guilty.

Not only Li Shimin was shocked now, but the eldest grandson also looked at Ji Song with strange eyes.Wasn't it quite capable just now?Why are you so timid now?This isn't like him!
"What? Isn't what you just said very good? I'm waiting for your excuses. As long as you can convince me, I won't consider letting you go."

"I dare not!"

Ji Song smiled bitterly: "I admit this matter, and it was indeed done improperly. But now Wuying Pavilion and Qilin Pavilion have just been established, and they are still in the process of running into each other. If Li Jing and the others are not aware of this matter, If it comes out, I'm afraid there will be another turmoil in the court."

"Then do I still want to thank you? Thank you for thinking about Datang and me?"

Li Shimin sneered. If others dared to do this, the grass on the grave would probably be three feet high. How could they wait until now?
"Well, that's not necessary!"

"what?"

Li Shimin was furious and kicked him. If his grandson hadn't stopped him, he would have staged a full-scale martial arts show.

"Okay, what can't you say? Don't you understand his temper? He will never do anything that will endanger Datang and you. You should listen to his explanation first before hitting him!"

In other words, this beating is inevitable?Ji Song looked at his eldest grandson who was looking out for you with a confused look on his face, and thought to himself that as the old master said, only women and villains are difficult to raise.

"Your Majesty, I checked last night and this is not the first time this happened. In March of the 11th year of Zhenguan, the grassland Shanshi tribe did not respect their orders and fled westward overnight. The captain of the Mobei Protectorate learned in time and took him with him People wanted to recover him, but the opponent stubbornly resisted, so our army had to rise up to kill the enemy, wounding several people and beheading thousands. In April of the [-]th year of Zhenguan, the school captain was promoted to General Zhaowu for his merit, and commanded three thousand soldiers. Soldiers are stationed in the north."

"In July of the 15th year of Zhenguan, a deputy general of the Monan Protectorate was attacked by Turkic survivors during his inspection. Fortunately, the soldiers fought with their lives, killed all the enemy chiefs, and returned victoriously. The next year, he was promoted to General Zuo Xiaowei of Chang'an and stationed in Lantian."

"In September of the 18th year of Zhenguan, a general in the Beiting Protectorate found traces of the Western Turks while passing through Gaochang, so he followed them. The next day, he got the opportunity to surround and annihilate them."

"September of the 20th year of Zhenguan, Beiting Protectorate"

"Okay, stop reading!"

Li Shimin's face was ashen and he directly interrupted Ji Song's words.

He stared at Ji Song and gritted his teeth and said, "Are you telling me that my soldiers are taking human life seriously? Or are you saying that I can no longer deter them?"

"No, that's not what I meant!"

"Then what do you mean?"

"Because except for the Battle of Liaodong, the Tang Dynasty has not had a major war for a long time. The officers and soldiers want to be promoted, the soldiers want to shine, and the successors want to be ennobled immediately. But the Tang Dynasty simply does not have that many battles to fight. , then what should they do? Apart from taking desperate measures, what else can they do? "

"Your Majesty, think about it, what would you do if you were asked to stay in a place with no wars all year round and no chance of promotion? No one with a little ambition will just sit still and wait for death, Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin was silent, he understood what Ji Song meant!
But even if you understand it, so what?He couldn't possibly let these crazy bastards who wanted to fight look for enemies all over the world, right?Kill people on sight, destroy the country on sight?
I'm afraid that no matter how powerful the Tang Dynasty is, it won't be able to hold on!

"So I suppressed the matter for the time being and asked Your Majesty not to make it public for the time being. Those people are all leading troops. Wouldn't the officers and soldiers know that this is a violation of military orders for such a big matter? No, they all know it. But even so, they still followed suit, and the reason behind this has to make us think twice!”

"The reason why I gave Li Jing and the others three days is to see how many people are involved in this matter. I don't believe that they can accomplish this without the cooperation of people in the court? The documents sent to Chang'an are full of errors and omissions. Don’t you believe they can’t see it?”

"I ask you to thoroughly investigate the previous ministers of the Ministry of War, even people from the three provinces. If this matter does not hurt them thoroughly, my military order of the Tang Dynasty will be a piece of waste paper. If things go on like this, it will definitely turn into a disaster!"

After listening to Ji Song's words, Li Shimin looked a little solemn. He walked back and forth a few times and said in a solemn voice: "Let's put this matter on hold for the time being. We will consider it after a thorough investigation!" "I didn't expect that there would be such a thing in the peaceful and prosperous age. What happened? They all shed their blood for the Tang Dynasty, and they followed me to conquer the world. Who would have thought that they would dare to risk the disapproval of the world for their own selfish desires, and blatantly ignore the imperial court and my military orders."

"I just said that there have been no major battles in the past few years. Why haven't the expenses of the border troops been reduced? Now it seems that they are using the money and equipment that I and the ministers have saved for their own personal gain!"

"It's like a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs, worse than a pig or a dog!"

Whoa!

He swept all the things on the stone table to the ground. Changsun quickly stepped forward and comforted him: "Your Majesty, calm down. It's not worth being angry with these people. Don't get angry."

"Calm down? How can I calm down? Ah!"

"I have worked hard for the long-term stability of the Tang Dynasty, working hard and sleeping day and night. How did they do it? I don't ask them to be selfless, but they must at least abide by their duties, right?"

"But they use the money and food of the court and the people to seek their own interests. How do you ask me to calm down? How can I not be angry?"

He patted his chest and lamented: "I feel sorry for Xuan Ling's white hair, and for Ru Hui's body full of diseases."

"Wei Zheng lost his eyesight for the Tang Dynasty, Uncle Bao was on the sickbed all day long, and Li Jing was still working hard for the Tang Dynasty at his current advanced age. There were also officials from all over the country who made suggestions for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and countless people lived frugally to support them."

"They. How could they do this? How could they do this?"

Li Shimin suddenly turned around, stared at Ji Song, and said fiercely: "Check, check carefully for me. I want to see who is so bold and dares to do anything in this matter."

"No matter who it is, I want him to be in a dilemma of life and death!"

"Sir, take the lead!"

Ji Song left, but Li Shimin still couldn't calm down for a long time.

This incident was beyond his expectation. No wonder the imperial court has made slow progress in assimilating foreign races in recent years.They worked hard in the court to make plans, and the decrees they finally came up with were completely destroyed by these people.

With their approach, those foreign races would become obedient people even if they could not afford to rebel.Do you still expect others to be grateful to you?

If things go on like this for a long time, these bastards will accumulate grudges to a certain extent. They will turn around and leave, but they will leave a mess for the court.

The grudge has been forged and it is impossible to resolve it.In the end, it had to be a fight to the death. The court and even him, the emperor, were swayed by these people.

Even though we know this is a trap, we still have to kill to stop killing. In this way, won’t there be a war?Isn’t military glory coming soon?Are you afraid that you won't be promoted?
Bastards, all fucking bastards!
Three days later, just when Li Jing wanted to report the matter with a livid face, he was stopped by the emperor.Later, he was left alone, and no one knew what he said.

At this time, in front of the Tingzhou Governor's Mansion, which was far away from the Beiting Governor's Mansion, a businessman who was obviously a foreigner came.

According to the past, such a person was not qualified to see the Governor at all, but when this person took out a wooden sign with a pine wave pattern and a "郕" character on the back, it caught someone's attention!
"Who are you? Why do you have this token?"

Wu Liu'er looked at the person who came with a solemn expression. He looked to be in his twenties. After repeated observations, he was convinced that he had never seen this person before, but this person was holding Ji's unique token.

This token cannot be faked because all the tokens circulated are cut from the same piece of thousand-year-old ginkgo wood. It is impossible for others to imitate it.

"Xi Qi has met the general!"

Wu Liu'er was stunned, his surname was Tan?Are you from the Ji clan?But I’ve never heard of Ji’s clan members having a foreign appearance?
"I am Ji Cheng's son!"

The visitor said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Wu Liuer reacted instantly and suddenly realized, "Are you the son that Uncle Cheng left behind in the Western Regions?"

"But at your age"

No wonder Wu Liu was hesitant. If he remembered correctly, Cheng Shi's son was eighteen or nineteen years old, but he looked to be in his late twenties.

"I can't help it. I'm too anxious. What can I do?"

Xi Qi was a little helpless. After speaking, he took out his household registration. Wu Liuer took a look and saw that he was really only 19 years old.

In fact, with the token and knowing about Ji Cheng, Wu Liuer could already confirm that the person in front of him was one of his own.It's just that I can't believe it. I didn't expect that there are people of my own tribe thousands of miles away in Tingzhou.

After Wu Liu'er was arranged to get married by Mrs. Ji, he settled his family in Haowei County.And after Ji Song came back, he became a member of the Ji family's surname, because the original ones were all girls of the Ji family.

The year before last, he was appointed by the imperial court to be the commander-in-chief of the Protectorate of Beiting. He had 5000 people under his command. He was considered a powerful figure in the Protectorate. With Ji Song's connections, he did not cause trouble for him blindly.

As soon as I came out of the Duhu Mansion to discuss matters, I heard that someone was looking for me. I didn't expect that it was the heir that Uncle Cheng left in the Western Regions.

There is no discrimination against the Ji family. As long as the parents admit that this is his child, it will be included in the family tree.After all, there are still too few people in the Ji clan.

But after so many years, there are only a few of them. Although I have never seen them, I have heard of them when I was in Zhuangzi.

"Why did you come to see me?"

Wu Liu'er said curiously.

Xi Qi didn't say anything, but pointed to the sky. Wu Liu'er was stunned, and looked up to see the majestic falcon appearing in the sky.

Is this falconry?

Seeing Cheng Qi smiling and nodding, he no longer had any doubts!

"I want to meet the Governor in person and report something important!"

Wu Liuer did not hesitate this time, nodded and said: "You come in with me!"

Guo Xiaoke had just seen off the generals and was preparing to handle official business when he heard that Wu Liu'er had come back and brought someone with him, saying he wanted to see him.

"Go tell them, I'll be here later!"

Guo Xiaoke was a little surprised. Of course he knew Wu Liuer's background, and he also knew some of the things he was taught by Ji Song.After so many years, I never expected that the young boy in the army would become his own general.

Wu Liu'er is a steady person and knows how to adapt, so he can use it quite easily.But he has always been relatively silent, but this time he brought someone to find him, which is a bit strange!
He thought as he walked forward, he wanted to see who was coming to him?Do you still want to go through the back door?

(End of this chapter)