Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 294
Xu Qing plans to eat and sleep, sleep and eat, do nothing, and celebrate the New Year with peace of mind.But in Taiyuan, a great battle has just come to an end.

In the eighth year of Wude, the Turks invaded Taiyuan.In fact, at the beginning of the year, the relationship between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty was greatly eased. The Turks Ji Li Khan sent envoys to pay tribute, and the Turks and Tuyuhun each invited each other to trade. Li Yuan's choice was to allow it.Tribute and mutual market, a peaceful atmosphere.

However, these are just appearances. In fact, Li Yuan stabbed the Turks secretly.In the same month when Jili Khan sent his envoy to pay tribute, Li Yuan told the great craftsman to build more boats in Wuyuan and Lingwu, and also mobilized the children from Jiangnan to go north to train sailors to prevent Turkic invasion.

Because the land of the Central Plains has been unified by Li Yuan, only the northern Turkic region still suffers from fresh mustard diseases.A good fighter can try to predict who his opponent is in advance. Li Yuan opened up trade with the Turks, not because he was soft, but because the Central Plains lacked horses. He wanted to buy a batch of horses through the mutual market.But later, people in the Central Plains couldn't even buy the worst war horses, only weak and weak horses, but the salt, cloth, and grain that the people in the grasslands were short of could easily buy.

Li Yuan felt that he was at a loss, so he aimed at the two separatist regimes that were vassals of the Turks-Yuan Junzhang who guarded Heng'an in the north of Hedong Road, and Liang Shidu who guarded Xiazhou in the north of Guannei Road.

Ding Si sent Duan Decao, the general of the right military guard, to the land of Xiazhou. At that time, only Liang Shidu was left in Xiazhou to guard.

At that time, the Turks were divided into two parts, the East and the West, the West Turks were far away, and the East Turks were near.In April, Li Yuan chose to marry far away and close to attack, and marry Western Turks.However, Ji Li Khan is not a simple character, he intervenes between Western Turks and Tang Dynasty.The marriage failed in the end.

After six months, Li Yuan began to prepare to deal with Yuan Junzhang, and let Yan County King Li Yi besiege him. He also returned with a big victory, and quietly pulled out the two nails that lay between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty.

At this time in Chang'an City, the most interesting thing is the dispute between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.After the Yang Wengan incident, Li Yuan leaned towards the prince, maintained Li Jiancheng's status as the prince, and tried his best to suppress Li Shimin.From the seventh year of Wude, Li Yuan gradually alienated Li Shimin, and the court ministers also began to stand in line with Li Jiancheng.

However, both public and private, the relationship between Li Yuan and Li Shimin is passable, and what intensifies is the conflict between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

For public speaking, Li Yuan granted Li Shimin troops to fight against the Turks, in case the Turkic relations in the Tang Dynasty were deteriorating, and the Turks suddenly attacked. Privately speaking, Li Yuan often visited Li Shimin, sending warmth and gifts of gold and silk from time to time.At least in the eyes of outsiders, that is, people like Xu Qing who don't understand the undercurrent, Li Shimin is as favored as before.

In August, Li Yuan took out the abolished Guanzhong Twelfth Army again, and asked Taiqing Dou Dan to train soldiers and horses.At this time, the people in the court were full of confidence, no matter what the purpose was, they were discussing how to attack the Turks.It seems that someone is starting this war...

War can best reflect people's hearts, because it is the most realistic, cruel, private, and bloody. Everyone is a real life, and every drop of blood has warmth.After a war, everything is known, brothers are not in harmony, father and son are not close.

At the end of October, Jili Khan invaded on a large scale, and the war broke out in an instant.At this time, Xu Qing was still in Cangzhou, and had just finished handling the refugee affairs in Cangzhou. At this time, the edict ordering Xu Qing to return to Beijing had just left Chang'an.

The Turks invaded Lingzhou, Li Daozong, the governor of Lingzhou, went out, and Zhang Jin led the army, and Li Shentong and Liu Hongji led the troops to defend Chang'an.At the beginning of this battle, neither Li Jiancheng nor Li Shimin was able to lead their troops to the expedition.

It seems that someone is trying to cover up something, or to prevent this
War exposes what should not be exposed.

When Xu Qing was playing in Tanzhou, the Turkic people shot a feint and turned to the bandits in Hedong Road, and the Tang army retreated steadily.

Unable to hold on anymore, Li Yuan asked Zhang Jin to withdraw to guard Shiling, and ordered Qin Wang Li Shimin to send troops to station in Puzhou, just for defense.The governors of Bingzhou and Daizhou attacked the Turks together.At that time, the governor of Bingzhou was Li Yuanji, king of Qi, and Huang Junhan, a veteran on the battlefield, was sent from Daizhou.

In November, Zhang Jin was defeated, and the Turks broke through Shiling, went around to the back of Bingzhou, and attacked Bingzhou alone.The trend of siege and siege was broken.The war took a turn for the worse, and Li Yuan finally let Li Shimin send troops. This was the third line of defense. Once this line of defense was breached, the Turks would be able to smash the Li family's world to pieces.

Sure enough, Li Shimin wasn't just bragging. Once he played, it was difficult for the Turks to make progress.It's a pity that Li Yuan only allowed Li Shimin to garrison, but let several other defeated generals continue to play and besiege the Turks.In addition, Li Yuan used a legendary figure - the military god Li Jing.

Li Jing was stationed in Youzhou, and Li Yuan ordered him to go around the Taihang Mountains, approach Daizhou, and then block the Turkic ass.At this time, Ji Li Khan also noticed something was wrong and acted cautiously.In December, the Turkic invaders from Yuanzhou sent General Zhewei Yang Mao, one of the generals of the Twelfth Army in Guanzhong, to attack him.Yang Mao was just delaying time, and then, Li Yuan asked Qin Wang Li Shimin and the prince to form a joint battle.

Two princes went out to fight, a little army god, and a crown prince. The morale of the Tang army was greatly shaken, and the Turks couldn't bear it anymore. He took a bite of his meat hard.Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng took advantage of the victory to pursue, and also left a lot of Turkic lives, so the battle was a draw.

This war started with a tumultuous start and ended in a hurry.As for why it started, no one can say clearly, obviously the relationship between Turkic and Tang is not bad.If you bully me, I'll tease you too. It was the same way before. Why did the war start this year?

The people behind the scenes did not jump out and take responsibility.

In Chang'an City, Li Yuan rubbed his drowsy head, looking through the reports sent from various places.The lights were dim, and he suddenly realized that he was old, and the standard palace style could not be seen clearly.

Li Yuan threw the report heavily on the ground, and the palace maid and eunuch next to him knelt on the ground.

Li Yuan waved his hand to keep the noise away from him.In the deep palace hall, Li Yuan sat alone, the feeling of a hero's twilight filled the hall. Li Yuan leaned on his dragon couch, recalling the turmoil of his life.

Starting from Taiyuan, he defeated Li Mi without revealing it, entered Chang'an, respected Yang Guang as the Supreme Emperor, and established a small emperor.Yang Guang died, and he sat on the dragon couch.

Then there was the unification and fragmentation of the Central Plains. Enemies were wiped out one by one. It depended on the imminent unification. He suddenly discovered that his neighbor, the Turks, was also so powerful.

Opponents one after another, endless fights, endless fights, and I, Li Yuan, are getting old.

No matter how powerful the Turks were, they couldn't make the wise and brave founder of the country a little bit afraid. What really worried him was the city of Chang'an.

There are two days in the sky, and there will be blood disasters, this is what Yuan Tiangang told him.There is another sentence, the phase of no life, the stars change the sun.

After Yuan Tiangang calculated this hexagram, he drifted away and disappeared.

Li Yuan thought of Xu Qing again, this lifeless man, rubbed his eyes, and wrote:

"Order Luonan County Bo Xuqing to return to Beijing immediately!"

Inside the Taiji Palace, there are many swords and guns, the doors are closed heavily, and there is silence.The strong wind carried the heavy snow, and in the aisle, eunuchs and court ladies hurried past with their clothes too tight.The red walls and white tiles, the majestic palace, looks a bit dull, making people breathless.It's just that the people who live here seem to have already gotten used to this kind of life and are at ease.

Tai Chi Hall, the power center of the entire Tang Empire, has six provinces, six ministries, one platform, nine temples, five supervisors, sixteen guards, and four armies.The central organization of the Tang Dynasty was called "three provinces and six ministries". In fact, this only refers to the civil affairs of the foreign dynasty. The so-called three provinces refer to "Shangshu Province, Menxia Province, and Zhongshu Province". The prime minister is Shang Shuling.In the ninth year of Wude, the Minister of Shangshu was Li Shimin, and the left servant of Shangshu She Peiji and the right servant of Shangshu She Xiaoyu were in charge of Shangshu Province.

The head of Menxia Province was originally called Shi Nei, also known as Na Yan, but in the ninth year of Wude, he should be called Shi Zhong.In the old system, the prime minister often discussed affairs in Menxia Province, so Menxia Province was also called Zhengshitang.There are two servants, but now Gao Shilian, Chen Shuda, and Li Yuanji are named, and the former two are actually in control.Menxia province is mainly to review the feasibility of government orders. Since the menxia province discusses matters and the servants participate in the deliberations, as long as the menxia province has passed the discussion, it can be promulgated.Therefore, Menxia Province has great power, but in fact it is controlled by the emperor and Shangshu Province each with a trusted aide.

Gao Shilian is Li Shimin's confidant, while Chen Shuda is controlled by Li Yuan.There are many servants and ministers in Menxia province, the servants are the first rank of Xu Qing, and they are equal to Xu Qing.Xu Qing is the governor of the fourth rank, the uncle of the fourth rank, and the general counselor of the fourth rank. In fact, he is the fourth rank. This size is comparable to the difference between three twos and one two in a card. There is no one two, but you can choose one of the two, and no one will choose a two.

Among the so-called three provinces, Zhongshu Province is a bit shorter than the other two provinces, but it is only the drafter of the imperial edict. It seems to be the source of water, but in fact it is the end of water.If others don't discuss things clearly, how dare you draft an imperial edict casually?In the final analysis, Zhongshu Sheng is just a senior secretary desk.It took another 200 years for Zhongshuling to be promoted to the second rank, and the scarlet robe was changed to a purple robe, and he was called the right minister at that time.

Now there are Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui as Zhongshuling, Zhongshuling has another duty, which is to train Shangshuling.The minister of internal history is also on the same level as Xu Qingping.

When seeing Shang Shu Ling, he should be honored as Da Zai, the servant should be called Shao Zai, and Zhong Shu Ling should be called Ziwei.Fengge.Doctor Yushi, known as Xiantai, is comparable to Xu Qing, while his subordinates are a head shorter than Xu Qing.There are also various ministers, also known as Shaozai.The Ministry of Secretary, the Ministry of Dianzhong, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Nine Temples only serve the royal family.There are also five prisons, which are respectively in charge of education, espionage, making utensils, developing new weapons, and surveying water conservancy.

In terms of official positions, only the official officials of the three provinces and six ministries, and very few deputy officials are higher than Xu Qing.But the official position is different from the rank, the Beijing official is more expensive than the foreign official, for example, a small servant of Wenxuan of the Ministry of official affairs, but only the fifth rank, but no matter how old your foreign official is, you are still a small official, so you can wait as long as you are asked to wait.Those with titles are more noble than those without titles, so Xu Qing pulled back a round here.There are also generals who hold military power, which can no longer be measured by grades.Generally speaking, in Chang'an City, except for Lord Hou, Lord Gong, and the three high-ranking officials, no one could make way for Xu Qing.

At this time, Li Yuan was eager to call Xu Qing back, but it was only a trace of obsession, just like Sun Houzi insisted on having a golden cudgel, it felt solid in his hand.

(End of this chapter)