The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Chapter 102 Wei Zheng confronts Li Shimin
Imperial Palace, Tai Chi Hall.

Today's morning court has ended. The news announced by Li Shimin this morning really surprised all civil and military officials.

Although they already knew about Li Chengdao's victory over the Turks, no one expected that Li Shimin would actually take the initiative to mention the matter in the morning meeting, and publicize it vigorously, and even tell the world.

This move made many officials puzzled. Why was King Qin so abnormal this time and took the initiative to encourage His Highness the Grand Sun?

But no one could guess what Li Shimin was thinking, and they didn't dare to make random guesses.

After Li Jing walked out of the Tai Chi Hall and saw Wei Zheng in front of him, he couldn't help but take a step forward and said hello: "Master Wei."

Wei Zheng turned his head, and when he saw it was Li Jing, he bowed solemnly, but didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Li Jing lowered his voice and said with a smile: "Master Wei was surprised by His Highness King Qin's actions? His Highness's spirit is much broader than Master Wei imagined."

Wei Zheng had previously said that Li Shimin was not as narrow-minded as Li Chengdao. Although Li Jing felt very unconvinced, he could not refute it. Li Shimin's announcement today that he would tell the world about Li Chengdao's victory over the Turks finally gave him confidence.

However, Wei Zheng just glanced at Li Jing, smiled faintly and said, "Really? I beg to differ, His Highness King Qin is still disappointing."

Li Jing frowned with some displeasure upon hearing this and said, "Master Wei has too much prejudice against His Highness the King of Qin. This time His Highness praised His Highness Taisun and told the world about his deeds. Is this such magnanimity?" Isn’t it heartbreaking?”

"Li Shuai, could you listen carefully to that edict and what His Highness said today?"

Wei Zheng did not answer, but asked instead.

Li Jing couldn't help but be startled when he heard this. He really didn't pay attention to this matter.

Upon seeing this, Wei Zheng directly read the edict and Li Shimin's praise for the great defeat of the Turks.

All civil servants in the DPRK are talented, and Wei Zheng was born in the imperial examination and has the ability to remember what he has heard.

After reciting it, Wei Zhengcai said: "This edict drafted by the King of Qin obviously exaggerates the contributions of the soldiers and civilians of Youzhou and Jingzhou, and even devotes a considerable part to praising Luo Yi. His Highness Taisun seems to be mentioned everywhere, In fact, there is not much praise.”

"I'm sorry that I can't understand why His Highness the Grand Sun, who has the martial virtues of destroying an entire country and banishing wolves to Xu Xu, cannot be lavishly praised? Instead, His Highness's credit is reduced in such a roundabout way. What does Commander Li think?"

Wei Zheng's words left Li Jing speechless.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin's move is just to cover up his delay in sending troops. Moreover, His Highness Taisun's achievements cannot be covered up. It is really disappointing..."

Wei Zheng sighed, shook his head, turned around and left, no longer talking to Li Jing.

Li Jing stood there blankly, looking at Wei Zheng's back, and opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

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After Li Shimin followed Changsun Wuji's plan, he quickly asked the Ministry of Rites to tell the world about the victory in Youzhou.The destruction of the Eastern Turks was an unprecedented achievement. In the edict, Li Shimin praised the soldiers and civilians of Youzhou and Jingzhou and commended them for their bravery.

As for Li Chengdao, the greatest contributor to the destruction of the East Turks this time, the praise he deserves is reduced. Although he cannot be avoided no matter what, in this edict, nearly half of the credit that originally belonged to Li Chengdao was given to Youzhou. , Jingzhou military and civilians, in short, weakened Li Chengdao's weight.

But destroying a country and sealing the wolf as a slave is such an exciting achievement!
After receiving Li Shimin's instructions, the officials of the Ministry of Rites turned their heads with worry, so they tried every means to choose words and phrases to express Li Chengdao's achievements euphemistically, making it less shocking.

However, even if Li Shimin acted like this, Li Chengdao's achievements are still indelible.

After the edict spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengdao's reputation rose to an unprecedented level, and the whole country celebrated!

Although the Chinese New Year has just begun, upon hearing the news, every household once again decorated the house with lanterns, set off firecrackers, and held banquets, making it even more festive than the Chinese New Year.

After Li Shimin issued the edict, he did not stop. While mobilizing troops, he drafted an imperial edict in Li Yuan's name and ordered people to rush to Youzhou.

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After Li Chengdao massacred the Turks, he did not immediately lead his troops back to Youzhou, but instead began to deal with various tribes in the Eastern Turks.

Although he led the troops this time and defeated the Turkic army and completely destroyed the regime of the Turkic Royal Court, there are still hundreds of tribes of various sizes in the Eastern Turks.

With a population of 80 million, these tribes are very troublesome to deal with.

Of course, by dealing with them, we do not mean to massacre them all. Now that the Turkic monarchy has been destroyed, there is no point in massacring the Turks of these ordinary tribes. It will only increase the killing rate and easily arouse their riots and violence. Resist.

But no matter what, these Turks cannot continue to stay in Mobei, otherwise the wildfire will not burn out, and there is no guarantee that they will become a disaster in the future.

At Jia Xu's suggestion, Li Chengdao led the troops to drive the various tribes of the East Turks into the territory of the West Turks.

The Eastern Turks are generally stronger than the Western Turks. Although the Turkic Royal Court has been destroyed, the strength of the remaining tribes is still not bad, but these people have been frightened by the Tang Army and Li Chengdao, plus Jieli Khan and Tuli Even the Khan was caught, and he didn't dare to make any resistance at all.

He saw the Western Turks' plan to reap the benefits that day and drove these tribes into the Western Turks' territory. In order to compete for land, the already very discordant two sides would inevitably break out into a fierce war again.

Why not create trouble for the Western Turks and weaken their strength?

It's just that the remaining Turkic tribes have a large population, and trophies such as cattle, sheep, and horses have to be collected and brought back to Youzhou, so the overall operation really takes a lot of time.

But with the Jingzhou Army assisting, there was no big problem.

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(End of this chapter)