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

Chapter 269: The ministers are forcing the emperor to have no choice
There was silence in Tai Chi Hall.

Following Jia Xu, Wei Zheng also stood up slowly, raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I think we should set up a Liaodong Protectorate to take over the entire territory of Liaodong."

Immediately afterwards, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui spoke one after another, all with similar requests.

Even the ministers in the DPRK and the Central Government all agreed. In short, Li Chengdao was allowed to accept Queen Deshan into the harem, then establish the Liaodong Protectorate, and slowly take over the power from Silla and control Liaodong.

It is a rare situation that the ministers of the DPRK and China are unanimous in their opinions.

Li Chengdao suppressed the anger that rose in his heart and said calmly: "Silla is already a vassal state of our Tang Dynasty. Now Queen Deshan has given birth to an eldest princess for me, who can take over the power of Silla in the future."

"Why do you all insist on establishing the Liaodong Protectorate and letting the imperial court take over Liaodong?"

"If word spreads about this attack on the vassal country, where will the reputation of the Tang Dynasty come from?!"

Although he had previously thought about whether to destroy Silla and control Liaodong, because of Queen Deshan, he gave up this idea and accepted Silla's surrender, allowing the Silla regime to continue to exist in the form of a vassal state.

But now these ministers of the DPRK and China have united to let him regain the entire Liaodong.

"His Majesty."

Changsun Wuji spoke without changing his expression and raised his head to look at Li Chengdao, "Liaodong is geographically detached, remote but not barren. If Silla is left to exist, it may be infested with tigers."

"Even if Your Majesty allows the eldest princess to take over the Silla regime and allows two, three, and four generations of Silla to stay in peace, what about the five and six generations after that? The Silla royal family, with the blood of the Lee family, is really willing to be my eldest brother. Is Tang Fan a vassal state?"

"Although our Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo and Baekje last year, it was unable to fully control the Liaodong region. But now it is different. The national treasury is full, the soldiers and horses are strong, the main lines of the rail and railway have been laid, and the troops and grain are transported to the major cities in the country at will. It is an important place and we can definitely send troops to take over the entire Silla.”

"Now that Queen Deoksun is coming to Chang'an, it is a good opportunity. Your Majesty only needs to make Queen Deoksun a concubine and bring her into the harem, and then you can justifiably take over the Silla government without losing any soldiers. This opportunity cannot be missed."

Having said this, Changsun Wuji bowed deeply to Li Chengdao and said: "I know that your Majesty loves Queen Deshan and cannot bear to take action. However, I ask your Majesty to regain Liaodong for the great Tang Dynasty!"

After Changsun Wuji paid his respects, all the civil and military officials in the palace bowed down and said in unison: "Your Majesty, please plan for the future of the Tang Dynasty and regain Liaodong!"

All the officials bowed down in unison. This scene was extremely shocking.

But Li Chengdao's eyes were sharp and his expression was very gloomy.

For the first time since he ascended the throne, he felt the pressure from his ministers, but he could not blame him at all.

That's right, he kept the Silla regime only because of his feelings for Queen Deshan. From the perspective of the interests of the Tang Dynasty, Silla could not stay at all.

Civil and military officials jointly put pressure on him. Even as an emperor, he could only compromise before the will of the officials.

This is righteousness!
Only in the face of such great justice can he not show his strength. If he forcibly suppresses the opinions of his ministers, it will only alienate the emperor and his ministers.

And after he was forced to agree, there was no doubt that he would be the first to vent his anger on the leading group of people. He was too familiar with this method.

"Jia Xu……"

Li Chengdao took a deep look at Jia Xu and others lying on the ground.

Today's scene was obviously planned by them, and they were already prepared to bear his wrath.

After a long silence, Li Chengdao stood up without saying a word, snorted coldly, and walked away.

"Retreat!"

After Li Chengdao left, the civil and military officials raised their heads, but all of them looked stunned.

"This... Master Jia, what should we do? Your Majesty does not agree."

The Minister of Civil Affairs looked at Jia Xu and couldn't help but say.

"No, we must ask His Majesty to agree to this matter. We will continue to present the report tomorrow! At worst, we will risk our lives!"

The Minister of War rolled up his sleeves and said with a fierce face, which caused many officials to agree.If there were only two or three officials, they really wouldn't dare to persist, but now that all the officials in the DPRK are standing on the same front, they are full of confidence.

"No need, His Majesty will agree. We can just force it."

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said it confidently.

Changsun Wuji smiled bitterly and said: "Now I have offended His Majesty so much. I am forcing you to do it. This is a big taboo."

"I was so confused that I listened to your plan. His Majesty's silence just now really scared me to the point of breaking out in a cold sweat."

Du Ruhui raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat from his forehead, with a lingering fear on his face.

"But it's exciting, isn't it?"

Jia Xu had a narrow smile on his face.

The ministers were stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

His majesty, who has always been wise and arbitrary, was forced to do nothing, and his face was ashen...

It's really exciting!
……

Li Chengdao was in a very depressed mood. He had happily conferred the title on his daughter, but he didn't expect that Jia Xu's group of people came to him with hundreds of officials from the court. How could he not be depressed?

In the imperial garden, Li Chengdao danced a square-shaped halberd like a tiger in the wind, the cold light shone, and it was extremely sharp.

When he was in a bad mood, he would practice martial arts to vent his feelings.

"laugh--!"

Li Chengdao passed by with a halberd, cutting a rockery two people high into two halves, while he was cursing something in a low voice.

"It's really too much. Isn't the emperor a human being? I am not allowed to have any selfishness at all? These rebellious officials, I have to find a reason to deduct all your salary!"

……

Li Chengdao danced his halberd, but no one around him dared to approach.

This was the first time for most of the palace maids and eunuchs to see Li Chengdao show off his force, and they were all stunned.

It is true that our Majesty killed the fierce generals Yu Chigong and Cheng Yaojin with one force.

Not far away, Feng Li looked at this scene and sighed sadly.

It has been three or four years since he took the throne, and His Majesty's martial arts have not deteriorated at all. It is useless for them to have guards like them. Even if there are assassins, will they protect the assassins from being killed by His Majesty?
While Li Chengdao was practicing his halberd, Queen Deshan happened to take Li Rou for a walk in the imperial garden with her eldest grandson Wugou, Zheng Ran, and Huyanrena.

"What's going on, Your Majesty? Why are you suddenly practicing martial arts in the Royal Garden?"

Zheng Ran said doubtfully.

"Bravo!"

Huyanrena was shocked. Although she knew that Li Chengdao was amazingly powerful, she had an intuitive feeling now.

Queen Deshan was also a little confused. She always felt that Li Chengdao was quite aggressive today and seemed to be in a bad mood.

"I'll go take a look, please wait a moment."

After thinking about it, she handed Li Rou in her arms to Changsun Wugou, and then walked towards Li Chengdao.

(End of this chapter)