Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 304
Li Shimin and others suddenly looked up, and found that the person who pushed the door was Xu Qing, and they couldn't help being stunned.You are still kneeling, which startled Xu Qing, this is the imperial palace, and you, the majestic Prince Qin, knelt and worshiped me, if someone saw this, would Xu Qing still want my head?
Xu Qing hurriedly dodged aside and shouted: "His Royal Highness, Prince Qin, Prime Minister Pei, Lord Xu!"

Those four people stood up, pointing at Xu Qing and cursing with a smile: "You bastard, how dare you stand in front of us for so long, aren't you afraid of losing your life?"

Pei Ji shook his head and said, "You boy, you did a very good job in Cangzhou..."

Xu Qing hurriedly said, "How dare you?" He picked a place where Xu Shiji was nearest and sat down. If he was sitting cross-legged, if he wasn't sitting upright, it would be rude in the eyes of the old school.But Li Shimin and others just pointed at Xu Qing and smiled, shaking their heads.

There was a sneer at the corner of Pei Ji's mouth: "You don't know yet, do you? Don't think that Xu Qing is only a weaker year. The emperor called him back this time, but he directly sealed General Yunhui and took control of Xuanwu Sect."

Xu Qing was shocked, it was unlucky to say Xuanwu Sect here, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, the two "leading actors" are here, although only Xu Qing knows now.When Pei Ji brought this up, he actually planted a depth charge to see what Xu Qing was hiding in his heart.

But he saw Xu Qing said seriously: "Uh, it's true in the imperial decree. Dare I ask Prime Minister Pei, where is the Xuanwu Gate and what is so dangerous about it?"

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were all overwhelmed when they heard it, and they couldn't even find a door. It's thanks to you being the guard, and you still speak so seriously.Xu Shiji didn't know about this, and he was very surprised when he heard it. He looked at Xu Qing and said, "Brother Xu, now you have won the trust of the emperor."

Xu Qing continued to pretend to be stupid: "What kind of trust, isn't it demoted? I was in Cangzhou, a governor, and when I arrived in Chang'an, I belonged to the same family..."

Everyone present shook their heads: "Oh, you are a fool, you are a fool. How can I put it this way? If you become this doorman, most of Chang'an City will also curry favor with you from now on!"

While talking, a eunuch shouted outside: "The emperor is here!"

Everyone hurriedly held their voices and knelt down to the door. Xu Qing also learned how to bow down on the ground.

Li Yuan stepped into the door and left two words: "Pingshen."

When everyone sat up again, it was easier for Li Shimin and the others to sit up. The difference between kneeling and sitting was the difference between kowtowing and not kowtowing. Xu Qing had to struggle and had to stand up.Xu Qing's eyes lit up, he stood up and then knelt down and said, "Minister Xu Qing, take the order back to Beijing and listen to my emperor's sacred instructions."

Li Yuan saw Xu Qing from head to toe, and then he arrived: "Get up, don't gossip, I know what you did in Cangzhou, what you did in Liaodong, don't you brag anymore."

Xu Qing's heart trembled, how did Li Yuan know about his affairs in Liaodong, but in a blink of an eye, Li Yuan, as the emperor, had a large number of troops transferred like Xu Qing, how could he not know?But Li Shimin and the others had different expressions, and they were slightly surprised like Xu Qing.I asked myself: What did Xu Qing do in Liaodong?That was the territory of the Mohe people and the Goguryeo people.

But Li Yuan didn't explain, but said directly: "Xu Aiqing told Xu Xiaozi about today's going to court, maybe he can really help a little with the things he did in Liaodong."

Xu Aiqing was naturally Xu Shiji, I saw Xu Shiji and Xu Qing talking about the various unreasonable demands made by the Turkic servants today, and the fact that all the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were preparing to negotiate peace with the Turkic people and go to war.He also focused on the matter of marrying a princess or not.

After Xu Qing listened, she said oh and nodded.

The air in the imperial study room suddenly became quiet. After a while, Pei Ji looked at Xu Qing and asked, "Is it gone?"

Xu Qing was stunned: "What's missing?"

Xu Shiji reminded: "Just now the emperor said that you can help me a little bit. After listening to what I said, what's your idea? Tell me?"

Xu Qing said again: "I have no idea, this matter is difficult, I'd better ask Prime Minister Pei..."

All the people present shook their heads, thinking that Xu Qing was a young man with a weak crown after all, and usually had a lot of whimsy and whimsy, but he was still inexperienced in national affairs.As Xu Qing said, everyone looked at Pei Ji.

I only heard Pei Ji slowly say: "Your Majesty, I think that the request made by the Turks, such as mutual trade and truce between the two sides, can be temporarily agreed as a measure to delay the army. It will not be too late for the Central Plains to repair it in the future. Only... "

Pei Ji paused, while Li Jiancheng frowned, stepped forward and said, "Father, my son thinks that it is absolutely impossible to marry off Gaomi's sister! Gaomi's sister is the father's own flesh and blood, how can we let her go away?" Marrying a foreign country, suffering from the barbarians! Besides, if we in the Tang Dynasty need a weak woman to trade Gou An, how is it different from that of the Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang and Chen at that time? It is better to fight desperately!"

After listening to Li Jiancheng's comments, Xu Qing thought, this Li Jiancheng is a bit passionate, he has the spirit of the emperor guarding the gate of the country and the king dying for the country.

Xu Shiji heaved a long sigh and said, "With the military strength of our Tang Dynasty, it is not difficult to control and defend, but it is difficult to defeat the Turkic people."

Li Shimin also nodded and said: "That's right, my Tang horses are too weak, and there is absolutely no chance of winning against the Turkic cavalry."

At this time, the imperial study room became quiet again. In fact, everyone was worried about whether they would marry the princess or not.To marry is to bow to the barbarians. How can the prestige of a great country be abandoned like this?If you don't get married, the Turkic people will fight each other, how many people will die when they fall?

At this time, Xu Qing raised his head and said: "In my opinion, the Turkic people's peace request this time is an illusion, and what they want...uh..."

"Oh?" Li Yuan also raised his head. He was dizzy from the noise in the early court, and Li Shimin and others were too concerned about their own calculations. They didn't expect the Turkic man to feint this time.Thinking about it now, the request made by the Turks was just to make the two sides stalemate.

What good would it do him to stand still.

The Turks can justly prevent the Tang people from entering, thus concealing their domestic dynamics.Could it be that the Turks made a big move?
Everyone began to think along what Xu Qing said, but they really couldn't imagine what tricks the Turkic people could have.

Old man Li Yuan knew some inside information, so he thought, would the Turkic people take the opportunity to attack the Dahe family?Or is it about knocking down Liaodong, and then accumulating strength and fighting the Tang Dynasty to the death?

It's not necessary, the annexation of the Dahe clan, or the Bohai state, the Turks can't digest it for a while.The tactic of feigning a shot will not last for a long time. Didn't it expose Datang's weakness?
The other four also bowed their heads in thought, but no matter how sophisticated they were, they were still far behind Xu Qingke's ability to know the future.Finally gave up, and looked at Xu Qing with Li Yuan, only to see him close his eyes and meditate, and slowly said:
"I think that within ten months, Tuyuhun and Xue Yantuo must have some changes. At this time, Jieli Khan will annex Western Turks."

(End of this chapter)