Will Ming

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Chapter 650 Six Wanyulou's Troubles

Li Yuan drove all the servants out of the imperial study, including Gao Liansheng, the chief servant.He sat alone in the royal study for a whole night without going out, and he didn't even light a candle.In the thick darkness, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty didn't know what he was thinking, and his motionless appearance was like a lifeless stone statue.

Early the next morning, Nayan Peiji, Zhongshu Ling Liu Zhenghui, Shangshu left servant shot Xiao, right servant shot Yu Shinan, Zhang Gongjin, Duke of Tan, Liu Hongji, Duke of Kui, Gao Shilian, Shangshu of Shen Guogong, Duguxue, Minister of Punishment, etc. The important minister was standing at the door of the imperial study, waiting for His Majesty to hear him.Gao Liansheng, the chief servant, stayed up all night at the door, really worried, he just didn't dare to close his eyes for a while, and led the guards to listen to the movement at the door.

After waiting outside for a long time, the door did not open. Everyone looked at each other and then all their eyes were on Pei Ji's face.Everyone in the court knew the emperor's trust in Pei Ji, and at this moment they naturally hoped that Pei Ji would come forward.Pei Ji gave a wry smile in his heart, straightened his robes and walked to the door of the imperial study, and said cautiously: "My subject, Pei Ji and all the courtiers, please see Your Majesty."

After speaking, he took a step back and waited for the emperor's reply.But after waiting for a while, there was still no sound, and Pei Ji's expression couldn't help but change.He straightened up abruptly and strode over, pushing the door of the imperial study room open with all his might.With a creak, the light from outside spilled into the room, and it suddenly became much brighter.Pei Ji got used to the light in the room, turned around and looked inside, and then his heart tightened.

The emperor leaned back in his chair, his eyes closed and motionless.

"His Majesty!"

Pei Ji let out a cry and ran over quickly.Hearing his exclamation, all the civil and military officials outside were startled, and rushed into the door one after another. In an instant, everyone's face turned white.The emperor sat in the chair like a dead wood, because the light in the room was too dark to see his face, but there was no doubt that this scene was scary enough.Datang is facing an unprecedented crisis, if the emperor is exhausted...

"I'm fine!"

When everyone panicked, Li Yuan slowly opened his eyes, laughed at himself and said, "He fell asleep sitting up."

The emperor can still fall asleep, which seems to indicate that he has figured out something?

Pei Ji looked disrespectfully at the emperor twice, trying to read something from his expression.But it is a pity that nothing can be seen on the emperor's face except haggard.

Li Yuan sat up straight, rubbed his eyes, looked at several important ministers in the court, then nodded and said: "I think it's already past the time of the morning court? Then I will be lazy and won't go to the court today, You all found chairs and sat down by yourself, I still wanted to find you all."

"Gao Liansheng"

Li Yuan looked at the people standing outside, cleared his throat and said, "Go and make me a bowl of round-grained rice porridge, I feel hungry... Wait a minute, even if you think about it, you haven't had breakfast yet, so make more , get some more dim sum, the plate of lotus heart shortbread last time is a new design? It tastes good, pick up some light and delicious ones and send them up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Pei Ji and the others bowed their heads.

"Before the founding of the country, I often ate at the same table with you. Some of you followed me before Huaiyuan Town, and some of you followed me after Taiyuan, but when you marched, you robbed meat in an iron pot. I still remember the days, and I don’t know if the meat at that time was more delicious than it is now. After entering Chang’an City, I haven’t found the meat smell attractive for a long time. It has been three years since I proclaimed the emperor. Think about it. The day when you eat together seems to be still in front of you."

Li Yuan stood up and stretched, walked to the door and looked out against the sunlight.

"I remember I told you when I raised my army in Taiyuan, wealth and honor are never forgotten... I will remember the contributions of each of you and dare not forget. You are all my humerus ministers and the pillars of the Tang Dynasty. I was thinking that if I could reward you with more things, I would give you more, but I was also afraid that you would become arrogant and indulgent, and ruin your hard-won reputation and status... I was thinking too much, without you, I would not be able to climb the dragon Chair, if I don't get closer to you... who else can I get close to?"

"Don't mention it beforehand, just have a good breakfast."

Li Yuan waved his hand, and asked Gao Liansheng to fetch water to wash up.

Pei Ji and the others stood aside and waited. They were all smart people, so they naturally knew what the emperor meant when he suddenly said these words. Now that the Yanyun army is approaching the city, an army of 16 is about to attack the city in an instant. When will the emperor stop winning people's hearts?

But speaking of it, Li Yuan was indeed a bit fickle after he ascended the throne.A series of actions also touched the interests of these courtiers, but because the Tang Dynasty had just established the country, not only the status of the emperor was unstable, but also the status of their courtiers was also unstable, so no one was willing to stand up against the emperor .

The breakfast is actually very simple, with sticky japonica rice porridge and several large plates of exquisite dim sum, all of which taste very good.Sweet but not greasy, it is very comfortable to eat with japonica rice porridge.But in fact, everyone feels uncomfortable after eating. Who cares about the taste of dim sum at this time?

But Li Yuan's appetite seemed to be very good, he drank two bowls of japonica rice porridge in one go, and ate four or five yuan of dim sum before he stopped, wiped his chopsticks and put down his chopsticks.

"I am full?"

Li Yuan asked.

"I am full."

The crowd answered.

"Well!"

Li Yuan stood up, strode to the map hanging on the wall behind the desk, pointed to the location of Chang'an City and said loudly: "I am full, and you are all full, then you are ready to fight with me!" !"

He smiled boldly and said, "Jiangshan is my country, and Chang'an City is my Chang'an City. If I'm still in the city, no one can come in without my permission!"

That night, the emperor wanted to understand one thing.

The reason why he was depressed in the first half of his life was because he was too indecisive.And many troubles after proclaiming the emperor are also because of his own indecision.If things continue like this, the Tang Dynasty will really be in crisis. Even if Li Xian fails today, there will be Wang Xian, Zhang Xian, and Zhao Xian who will come out to make trouble in the future. Now that the inevitable time has come, why bother to think about it? Best of both worlds?

Just fight, either break the city, or go out and pick off the heads of those rebels.

……

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Xie Yingdeng walked into Li Xian's big tent quickly, saw Ye Huaixiu and others also nodded, and then said to Li Xian, "The defenders on the city wall have been mobilized, and a lot of soldiers have been added. A few hours ago, there were quite a few Tang soldiers walking back and forth on the city wall, and the minister looked closely with clairvoyance, and they should be adjusting the bed crossbow... It seems that Li Yuan is planning to defend Chang'an City to the death."

Li Xian nodded and said: "If you don't fight to the death, you are not Li Yuan. Besides..."

Thinking of when Pei Ji came yesterday, Li Xian smiled and said: "Pei Ji is an extremely smart person, and he has clearly moved his mind. He knows that he will win alone, and he really doesn't have enough confidence in Li Yuan. But he is by no means He needs to wait and see, he will not make up his mind until the momentum is clear. No way... Maybe he put forward many harsh conditions for Gu in front of Li Yuan after he returned, just to force Li Yuan made up his mind. Only when there is a fight, Pei Ji and others can see the situation."

"Li Yuan is indecisive. If no one forces him, he can't make up his mind to fight to the death. He probably wants to delay to see if reinforcements can arrive in time, or to see what Gu is planning. After Pei Ji went back, he obviously said something that stimulated Li Yuan, and overnight, Li Yuan made up his mind that no matter what conditions Gu asked him, he would not talk about it again."

He walked to the edge of the big tent and said with some emotion: "The time for wrangling has passed."

"A quick decision is also beneficial to us."

Xu Shiji stood up and said: "Although the Tang army in Taiyuan is blocked by us, it is impossible to rush to rescue Chang'an City within two months. Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong also separated some elites from Chang'an City. Speaking of which, Li Yuan mobilized eight soldiers when he put down Li Shimin's rebellion. There are 9 horses, and now there are no more than 6 people in Chang'an City."

"But Chang'an City's defenses are strong, and the bed crossbows are sharp enough. Besides, those big families in Chang'an City don't know what the lord's attitude is. I'm afraid they will stand by Li Yuan this time."

"The reason why Gu waited for a few days..."

Li Xian pointed to Chang'an City opposite and said, "It's because there are too many heavy crossbows on the walls of Chang'an City, almost every twenty steps. There is no shortage of food in the city, and relying on the strong city defense, it is not impossible for 5 people to hold on for a year or so."

"There are more than a thousand pieces of boulders collected by the sailors alone for the catapults in the past few days. Just storm the North City, and within a day they can smash all the bed crossbows on the wall of Chang'an City. It would be best if the spies could cooperate with the inside and outside, but Li Yuan must be extremely well guarded, and Gu can't pin all his hopes on the spies, they might find a chance to attack before they see it."

"It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven. Li Yuan transferred the person who was buried the deepest away from the Taiji Palace. Otherwise, it would be just right to act in his status. Although we have a lot of gunpowder, it is shocking in terms of power. The effect is far greater than the actual effect. When it comes to using gunpowder to break through the city gate, it is still too difficult..."

Xu Shiji said: "The siege vehicles brought by the navy have been assembled, and they are higher than the city walls of Chang'an City. As long as the bed crossbows on the city walls are cleaned up, a group of soldiers from each battalion