Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

When Li Shimin was thinking about how to deal with Zhang Gongjin and the people of Suzhou in the hands of the Turks, the servants of the Shangshu shot Feng Deyi and Xiao, the Zhongshuling Fang Xuanling, the servant Gao Shilian, the Minister of the Ministry of War Du Ruhui, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials Sun Wuji, and the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Zuo Chen Wei Zheng, Adviser Wang, Secretary Lang Cen Wenwen and others walked in.Just as they were about to salute Li Shimin, they heard Li Shimin say, "You don't need to be too polite, first read the Yunzhou Express." After speaking, they ignored everyone and began to meditate.

Feng Deyi and others heard about the Yunzhou Emergency Report, but they didn't know the specific content.Therefore, seeing Li Shimin's displeased expression, he didn't dare to persuade him, so he carefully began to read the Yunzhou Express.

The content of the urgent report is very short, but everyone passed it on to each other, and it took a lot of time to read it.Because everyone couldn't believe that Zhang Gongjin, a member of the battlefield, would be confused by the Turks' tricks to lure the enemy, and then let the opponent break through Yunzhou City.

Li Shimin waited for a long time before he saw that everyone had finished reading the urgent report, and asked in a deep voice, "You guys have already read the content of the Yunzhou battle report, tell me how to solve this matter?"

"Your Majesty, the veteran believes that Zhang Gongjin, as the governor of Daizhou, is in charge of the military affairs of several states including Daizhou and Yunzhou, and defends against the northern Turks. Now, the city of Suzhou has been broken, and Yunzhou has been captured by Turks again. It is all because Zhang Gongjin did not understand the enemy's situation and underestimated the enemy. It should be severely punished." Feng Deyi said.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Gongjin should be punished, but not now." Changsun Wuji stood up and said, "Now, the Turks have grabbed enough food and treasures and returned to Yinshan, so there is no need for us to send an army to crusade. The plan is how to save the livelihood of the people in the hands of the Turks and the people who were robbed in Suzhou and Yunzhou."

"Then what's your idea?" Li Shimin asked back.

"My minister thinks that we should send envoys to discuss with the Turks in time, and try to redeem the people of Suzhou to the Tang Dynasty when the Mobei grassland is covered with heavy snow." When they were on the mountain, they had redeemed the people, and they would have to suffer from heavy snow and severe weather that blocked the mountain along the way, and not many of them would survive to reach Suzhou."

After Changsun Wuji finished speaking, Feng Deyi surprisingly did not object.

Because Zhang Gongjin was defeated by the Turks, Li Shimin didn't even threaten to send troops to the Northern Expedition, which made him guess that Li Shimin already had the idea of ​​using money to redeem people in his heart.At this time, there is no need for me to make any suggestions to send troops to Mobei and get into trouble.Therefore, Feng Deyi focused on punishing Zhang Gongjin.After reading the Yunzhou Express, he proposed to severely punish Zhang Gongjin.Zhang Gongjin is not only Li Shimin's favorite general, but also has a close relationship with Changsun Wuji.Therefore, Feng Deyi wanted to take the opportunity of the destruction of the two states to get rid of Zhang Gongjin and eliminate the strength around Changsun Wuji.

"The people of Suzhou and Yunzhou can't ignore it, but Zhang Gongjin, as the governor of the acting state, has allowed the Turks to break through the city twice. At this time, if the imperial court does not take any action on this matter, how can they give an explanation to the people of Suzhou and Yunzhou?" De Yi asked Changsun Wuji, "Not to mention how the people of the two prefectures view the court's decision, I'm afraid that the generals in the army will complain."

Although Feng Deyi's words were intended for Changsun Wuji, the purpose was to tell Li Shimin that if you don't deal with Zhang Gongjin, how will you explain to the people and the generals who are leading the troops abroad?

How could Li Shimin not know this.Although he was still threatening to punish Zhang Gongjin just now, Zhang Gongjin, as his beloved general, made great achievements in the Xuanwumen coup. If he really wanted to punish him, he might not be accepted by everyone, but he couldn't bear it if it was too serious.Therefore, he just wanted to talk about it, but he didn't intend to punish him severely in his heart.He felt that the issue of Zhang Gongjin could be put aside for the time being, and the issues of the people in the two states should be solved first.After this winter, let Zhang Gongjin make some achievements, so that he can make meritorious deeds and make up for his merits and demerits.

However, hearing what Feng Deyi said now, he felt that he had really thought about the problem too simply. Whether Zhang Gongjin would be punished was not only related to the people's opinion of the court in Zhouzhou.It also has something to do with the attitude of the lieutenant generals towards the destruction of the two states.

However, the city of the two states was destroyed, and Zhang Gongjin felt that it was unfair to let Zhang Gongjin bear the charge alone.Therefore, he chose to remain silent.

"Your Majesty, I hope that your Majesty will make a decision on this matter." Fang Xuanling also exhorted, "The most urgent problem for the court to solve is how to resettle the people of the two prefectures. First of all, we must settle their livelihood so that they can survive To survive this winter. Secondly, we must redeem the people of Suzhou in the hands of the Turks as soon as possible. The third is that the imperial court must severely punish the generals who caused the Turkic invaders to break the city. If the imperial court does not do these three aspects of appeasement work, The cities of Suzhou and Yunzhou were destroyed, countless people were killed and injured, houses were burned, and money was robbed, so they will definitely complain to the court."

"En." Li Shimin felt relieved after listening to Fang Xuanling's analysis, and sighed, "Xuanling is right, he wants to give an explanation to the people of the two states." Then he glanced at everyone "About resettling the people of the two prefectures, it will be implemented in the previous method. The food needed by the common people can be temporarily mobilized from the nearby prefectures, and the temporary houses for the winter must be built by the prefects of the two prefectures as soon as possible. About how to deal with Zhang Gongjin , the Ministry of War drafted an article and submitted it to me."

"I obey the order." Du Ruhui, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, replied.

"As for the peace talks with the Turks and the redemption of the people in Suzhou, do you have any good candidates?" Li Shimin continued.

Just now, only Changsun Wuji, Feng Deyi, and Fang Xuanling made their suggestions, and the others remained silent.At this time, when Li Shimin asked about the envoys sent to the Turks, everyone chose to remain silent.It's not that they don't want to recommend, it's that they don't have such people in their hands, and they don't dare to recommend their own people.

The mission to Turkic, to put it nicely, is to represent the emperor on behalf of the Tang Dynasty to save the people of Suzhou.However, the purpose of this peace talks is to take money to redeem people from the Turks, which is a thankless thing.If during the peace talks, the price you offered did not meet the requirements of the Turkic people, and if they did not release them for a long time, causing the looted Suzhou people to die too much at their hands, then who should bear the responsibility? Woolen cloth?It must be your fault, and the people will not understand your difficulties because you are arguing with the Turks on money.If the price you pay is too high, the redeemed people will think of the good of the court and will not be grateful to you, but the people of Datang will say that you are weak, and give away the money of Datang for nothing under the threat of Turks. to the Turks.

Based on these two points, Feng Deyi, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others were silent, and they did not dare to recommend their own people to be the peace negotiators.

Li Shimin saw that everyone was silent, how could he not know what they were thinking.Therefore, his face became very gloomy.He glanced at Changsun Wuji, who was advocating peace talks beside him, and asked in a deep voice, "Auxiliary machine, you have been persuading me to make peace with the Turks to discuss the issues of the people in Suzhou. I don't know if there is any favorite candidate."

When Changsun Wuji heard Li Shimin asking himself, he began to feel troubled. Although he proposed the idea of ​​peace talks with Turks, he really didn't have any candidates.However, he glanced at Li Shimin, who had a gloomy face, and felt ruthless, "Your Majesty, why don't you ask everyone to recommend you tomorrow morning?"

After hearing Changsun Wuji's words, Li Shimin knew that he was evading.However, Changsun Wuji is a person who advocates peace talks. If he can't name a candidate for peace talks, others will not recommend them.

Therefore, Li Shimin was silent for a moment, "According to the meaning of the auxiliary machine, in the morning tomorrow, all the officials above the seventh rank in the capital will be informed to discuss matters in the Taiji Hall." Then, he waved his sleeves, ignored everyone, and walked out of the Liangyi Hall.

Fang Xuanling and others knew that Li Shimin was angry, but there was nothing they could do.Who would do such a thankless thing?Even if I am willing to recommend talents, there is no suitable candidate.

Everyone glanced at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

The issue of Liangyi Hall about the candidates for the Turkic peace talks spread like wildfire to the East Palace, and it also spread to the Palaces of King Han, King Wei and King Qi outside the palace.

When Li Chengqian heard the news in the East Palace, he excitedly said to Wang Renbiao and Cui Zhiji, "What do you think about Gu suggesting that Zhao Jie should use Turkic envoys for the peace talks?"

When Wang Renbiao heard Li Chengqian's words, his face changed suddenly, "Your Highness, absolutely not."

"What's wrong, this is a good opportunity to show my heart to my father." Li Chengqian said excitedly.

"Your Highness, although the Turkic envoy represents the emperor, it represents the Tang Dynasty. However, no matter whether the negotiation is successful or not, the people will not forgive a person who gave the Tang Dynasty's money to the Turkic people." Wang Renbiao said hurriedly . "Besides, neither the grandson Shangshu nor the important ministers in the court recommended others. Therefore, the emperor will ask all the ministers to recommend them in the court tomorrow. It can be seen that the position of the peace talks is indeed a thankless job. If this is the case, why should we fight for it? ?”

"Oh." Li Chengqian nodded and said, "What you said makes some sense, but wouldn't it be cheaper for King Han?"

"The King of Han will not recommend his people." Cui Zhiji said affirmatively, "With the King of Han's intelligence, how could he fail to understand this? So, this humble minister has an idea to attack the King of Han."

"Speak quickly, quickly." Li Chengqian asked eagerly when he heard that Li Ke could be hit, "What is the idea?"

Cui Zhiji glanced at Li Chengqian, carefully put it in his ear, muttered for a long time, and saw Li Chengqian nodding his head from time to time to express his agreement.After Cui Zhiji finished speaking, Li Chengqian couldn't help laughing, "Zhiji, you have a good idea. Li Ke has been favored by the emperor many times. Let's see how they end up tomorrow." There was a burst of laughter.

Also in Prince Wei's mansion, Li Tai said to the king in his study, "Teacher, regarding the candidate for the Turkic envoy recommended by the government tomorrow, what should I do?"

"Your Highness, why should we participate in such a thankless task as an envoy to Turkic?" Wang said with a slight smile, "Is Turkic Jieli so easily satisfied? Since he plundered