Wentang

Chapter 705
Most forces are worried that Datang will launch troops in the northeast direction.

Even though they knew that the target was Goguryeo, who knew if they would be wiped out together by beating grass and rabbits. Khitan, Mohe, Baekje and other forces were all startled three times a day.

But there is only one country that is different from them. After the news that the Tang Dynasty wanted to move Goguryeo, the whole country was full of joy. This country is Silla.

The King of Silla is a sensible person, and he knows that Datang pays attention to integrity and righteousness in everything he does.Even if it is a feud with Goguryeo, there must be a suitable reason to send troops.

He was afraid that Datang could not find a suitable reason, or that someone inside would obstruct the dispatch of troops.

So they sent an envoy, saying that with the support of Goguryeo, Baekje captured several of their cities and occupied their land, hoping that Datang would uphold justice.

Datang is indeed discussing what excuse to use.

The main reason is that Gao Jianwu knew very well that he could not do well in Datang, so he had always been very respectful and secretly accumulating strength.It's really not good to just use him with a knife, or what would other vassal states think?
Yue Shan didn't think it mattered, everyone is not stupid, no matter how good the excuse you make, others will know what's going on, just find any reason to send troops.

But other people don't think so, they still want to get their name right.

Yue Shan didn't bother arguing with them, so they could do whatever they wanted, anyway, no one could stop Datang's chariot.

It is others who are arguing, and they all feel that the other party's reasons are inappropriate, and it is better to use their own.

Just at this time, the Silla envoys came to Beijing and presented the letter of credence of the King of Silla.

Well, don't argue with anyone, the best reason is here.

Although everyone knows that Baekje occupied the city of Silla several years ago, so what, this is what the Tang Dynasty needs.

So the imperial court officially issued an edict, reprimanding Goguryeo and Baekje for bullying other countries and disrespecting the Tang Dynasty... Anyway, it listed dozens of crimes and announced that the Tang Dynasty would send troops to seek justice for Silla.

When the news came out, the country of Datang was in full swing.It has only been a few decades since Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, and the tragic scene is still vivid.

Goguryeo is a nightmare in the minds of many people, but their fear is even more than that of Turks.

Although the Tang Dynasty captured Jieli alive and destroyed the Eastern Turks, the people's self-confidence has improved a lot, but they still lack confidence when facing Goguryeo.

Is Datang going to repeat the mistakes of the former Sui Dynasty?

It is not at all to have this kind of thinking. The Tang Dynasty was indeed strong, but the Sui Dynasty was also strong back then. They beat everything and trained the Turks like their sons.

Yang Guangxiong was a talented man. When he was young, he fought in the South and the North and made great contributions to the unification of the Sui Dynasty.After becoming the emperor, he was very ambitious and accomplished, and the people really lived a good life for many years.

Everything changed after the three conquests of Goguryeo.

The current Tang Dynasty is too similar to the Sui Dynasty back then...Of course, no one dares to say this in public, but everyone understands the meaning.The younger generation is fine, but the older generation is terrified.

This situation has long been expected by the court, and the shame brought by Goguryeo can only be washed away with blood.Only when Goguryeo is completely destroyed can the spirit of the people of Tang Dynasty return to its peak again.

But in the face of this situation, the imperial court can't do nothing, otherwise it will be bad to be used by those who want to.

At this time, the verbal role of the Weishui Journal and the Yellow Crane Journal is reflected.

The two newspapers took out a special issue that had already been prepared, and half of the page introduced the history of Goguryeo.He also emphasized that the country's wolf ambition must be eliminated, otherwise it will backfire on the Central Plains.

The other half of the page introduces Datang's national power and combat effectiveness, etc., to enhance everyone's confidence.

These introductions and analyzes have indeed played a big role, at least Shihlin is not so flustered.When the scholars who have the right to speak calm down, it means that domestic public opinion has calmed down.

Besides, in foreign countries, Goguryeo completely gave up at the moment when he saw the edict. Gao Jianwu, who was driven to a dead end, did not sit and wait for death, and began to mobilize the whole country to meet the war.

At the same time, they also encouraged Baekje, Khitan, Mohe, Xue Yantuo and other forces to resist the Tang army with them.

Khitan, Mohe and other forces rejected their proposal without hesitation, but they did not intend to send troops to help Datang, and everyone knew what was going on in their hearts.

Baekje, who used to be ambiguous with Goguryeo, was the most ruthless. They beheaded their envoys on the spot, issued a statement saying that they would not be at peace with Goguryeo, and Gao Jianwu was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Only Xue Yantuo had an ambiguous attitude, neither refusing nor agreeing to send troops, but privately sold a large number of war horses to the Goguryeo people.

No matter how the outside world responds, the Tang court will never stop.

On Thanksgiving Day on February [-]th, Li Shimin ordered Li Ji to be the general manager of the Liaodong Road March. He led [-] Tang troops and [-] subordinate allied tribes to march towards Liaodong.

He ordered Cheng Zhijie to be the general manager of the Pyongyang Road March, leading [-] soldiers from Jiang, Huai, Ling, and Kip to march across the sea from Laizhou to Pyongyang.

With Liu Rengui as the deputy chief of the Pyongyang Road March, he led the navies of Dizhou, Shencheng, and Quanzhou to clean up the Goguryeo warships, marched to Changkou and Kaicheng, and attacked Pyongyang together with Cheng Zhijie.

The specific combat plan has been issued by the Privy Council, and the various ministries cooperate with each other and coordinate with each other.

On the day the order was issued, Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin led their personal guards to head north on a warship.

Just as they set off, they met more than a thousand strong men who petitioned to go north to conquer Goguryeo together. As long as they are allowed to follow, they don't need any credit.

Everyone was surprised, and only after inquiring did they know what was going on.

Some of the ancestors died when Emperor Sui Yang conquered Goguryeo three times. Most of the relatives didn't even find the bones, and they wanted to take revenge.

Everyone was very moved, but the matter was too important for them to decide, so they hurriedly invited Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was also very surprised, and then excitedly shouted that the people's hearts are so sure that this battle must be won or something.Then he ordered that these righteous men be specially recruited to join the army and join the army to conquer Goguryeo.

As soon as the news came out, the army and the people were all excited. They all said that there were righteous men in the Tang Dynasty, and they were more confident in this battle.

When Li Ji and his party arrived in Luoyang, they found that tens of thousands of righteous men had gathered here, all of whom had blood feuds with Goguryeo, and wanted to follow the army northward to die.

Li Ji issued an order as the deputy privy envoy of the Privy Council, ordering the Luoyang Dudu Mansion to distribute weapons and equipment to these martyrs enthroned, and to train with Li Shimin when he arrived.

By the time Li Shimin set off on the expedition in early March, more than 2 volunteers had volunteered to join the war.Li Shimin was deeply moved, and recruited these people into the army to form the volunteer army.

Later, this army made great achievements in the process of Datang's conquest of the world.

Let's not mention this for the time being, let's say that after Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin left, the court began to prepare for Li Shimin's expedition.

First, the prince Li Chengqian was ordered to supervise the country. This is something that everyone has known for a long time and no one finds it strange.

What was really unexpected was that Li Shimin brought out Gao Shilian, who was idle at home, and appointed him as the prince and Taifu to assist the prince in supervising the country.

But when this order was issued, everyone had to say, Gao.

It is a sensitive matter for the emperor to go out and let the young crown prince supervise the country, and it is easy to go wrong.Especially since Li Shimin was still the emperor by mutiny, he would only think more.

If the auxiliary minister is too strong, it is easy to silence the prince and lose the original intention of training Li Chengqian.

If the auxiliary minister's prestige is not enough, he will be seized by the prince... The most fearful thing is that the two will collude.

When Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty went to war against Geldan, he asked the crown prince to supervise the country and let Mingzhu assist the government. What happened to Kangxi?The army rations were cut off, and they were almost burned to death.

Who is Li Shimin, how could he not guard against this, so he promoted Gao Shilian again.

Gao Shilian's own prestige is sufficient, and he can suppress the prince in the court as well as the prince.

But he also knows that it is not a good thing for the Gao family and the eldest grandson's family to have too much power, and they have been keeping a low profile, so they will not easily quarrel with the prince.

It can be said that he is a person who can not only suppress the prince, but also hold his own and will not conflict with the prince.

Of course, the most important thing is that he is the eldest grandson Wugou's uncle.

With his eldest grandson Wugou around, Gao Shilian would never turn his back on him.If Li Chengqian really turned his back on him, he would also help Changsun Wugou to suppress it.

So to put it bluntly, what Li Shimin really trusted was neither Li Chengqian nor Gao Shilian, but his grandson Wugou.She is also the real supervisor of the country, and Gao Shilian is not the prince, but her.

As for Li Chengqian, if he is an honest supervisor of the country, he is the prince of the country. If there is any thought that should not be there, the eldest grandson Wugou can make him stop in seconds.

Moreover, no one can find fault with the uprightness of his scheme, even Li Chengqian himself is not dissatisfied in the slightest.

Because Gao Shilian is his uncle, is there anything better than that as his own uncle assisting the government?
Fang Xuanling was transferred to Luoyang to sit in the town and accompany the capital.

Changsun Wuji, Ma Zhou and other trusted civil and military ministers all accompanied him, and Yue Shan was no exception.

The date of Li Shimin's expedition has also been determined long ago, in early March.

Yue Shan naturally had to arrange the affairs at hand well in advance, so he didn't have to worry about handing over the academy to Wang Ji.However, he still warned Wang Ji not to provoke the ancient school of thought this year. During the war against Goguryeo, the country should focus on stability.

Wang Ji is also a person who can distinguish between the important and the important, and immediately said that everything will be discussed after the war is over.

Then there was the steam engine factory. Yue Shan was afraid that Tian Shungu would not know how to operate it, so he transferred Yu Zhiming from the academy's business department to be in charge.

And give him the plan about the steam engine factory that he wrote, and let him follow the plan.

Yu Zhiming is one of the old men who followed Yueshan from the beginning, and he is very capable.He has been in charge of the Academy's industry and has rich experience in this area. It is reassuring to entrust the steam engine factory to him.

In the end, it was home. Even though he had repeatedly promised that he would be gilded and would not go to the front to kill the enemy, the old Yue and his wife were still worried, and his mother was in tears.

Compared to Li Lizhi, she was much better. She knew that Yueshan would not be in any danger, and even if she lost the battle, she would definitely be the first group of people to evacuate.

But it would be a lie to say that I am not worried at all. After all, this is a war of destroying the country. Swords and guns have no eyes and everything is just in case...

So she gave Yueshan a talisman to carry with him, and said to wait for him to come back with the child.

Yue Shan's face turned green when he heard this sentence. This sentence is so familiar, its lethality is comparable to Shen Gongbao's "Daoist friends, please stay."

Li Lizhi thought that he was reluctant to part with herself and the child, so she was so excited that she cried.

What else could Yue Shan say, he could only hold her in his arms with complicated emotions and comfort her for a long time.

Soon the day of the expedition came, and hundreds of giant warships were all over the river as far as the eye could see.Watched by the remaining ministers and the family members of the soldiers, they boarded the warship.

With an order, the fleet slowly set sail towards the Grand Canal, and they will go all the way north along the Grand Canal to Youzhou.

Yue Shan stood at the bow of the boat and looked at Chang'an City in the distance. He sighed and looked away until the city became smaller and disappeared from sight.

This is the second time he has left Chang'an, the difference is that last time he had nothing to worry about, this time there are people in the city who he can't let go.

"What, can't bear it? Do you want to stop the boat and let you go back?"

Yue Shan knew who it was without turning around to hear the voice, and immediately smiled: "I think, but the sage disagrees. There is no way, people are born to work hard, and some things can't be avoided even if they want to."

Yuchi Baolin was choked, not to mention how uncomfortable it was, it took a long time to cover her face and said: "Please don't hit us ordinary people again, okay?"

"Haha... Don't be so miserable, the sons of your dignified prince are ordinary people, how do ordinary people live." Yue Shan said.

"It also depends on whom to compare with. Compared with you, I am no different from ordinary people." Yuchi Baolin came to the deck and said side by side with him.

"Come on, let's talk about something serious." Yue Shan's expression became serious, and he said, "I heard that you took another concubine?"

"I didn't expect you, the dignified founder of the country, to care about my gossip." Yuchi Baolin said.

"Gossip? Then your gossip news is indeed very attractive, even the ministers of Dali Temple are spreading it." Yue Shan sneered.

Yuchi Baolin suddenly realized something was wrong, and forced a smile: "So Sun Zhengqing told you? I really didn't see that he was such a person."

"Heh... don't you think it's an honor?" Yue Shan sneered.

Yuchi Baolin knew that she couldn't hide it any longer, and said with a wry smile: "I know I'm wrong, can I do it? Isn't it just for the daughter of the people? Besides, I didn't abandon her from beginning to end. Didn't I take her as my concubine?"

Yue Shan laughed angrily, and said: "Isn't she just a commoner girl? Do you still want to say that stepping into a wealthy family is the blessing she has cultivated in her lifetime, and it is the blessing of her whole family?"

Yuchi Baolin didn't speak, but that's what she meant by looking at her expression.

Yue Shan shook his head and said: "Many people will forget their roots and their origins. I didn't expect this person to be you. Ten years ago, you were just a poor ghost who couldn't afford to eat. You only got what you are today because of your father's hard work. life."

"You have only been a powerful person for a few years, and you have forgotten what your father's background was, and what kind of life you lived when you were young."

"Without your father, why would you beg for food in any corner? What is there to be proud of for a person who relies on his father to live a good life? Still look down on the common people?"

Yuchi Baolin's face turned blue and red after being told, and said angrily: "I treat you as a friend and come to you to catch up with you, but I don't want to listen to your bad words."

Yue Shan said: "Friend? No way, my ancestors have been mud-legged for eighteen generations, so I dare not be friends with the son of your Duke."

"Don't bully people too much."

"I'm wronged, how dare my little county marquis bully your Duke's son, no one will believe me if I tell you."

"You..." Yuchi Baolin glared at Yue Shan, wishing she could chop him off with a knife.

Yue Shan didn't flinch, and looked back at him coldly.

After a while, Yuchi Baolin was like a discouraged ball, her whole body collapsed, and she said: "It's okay if I made a mistake, I won't dare again in the future."

But Yue Shan was unmoved, and said: "You are wrong, aren't you just a commoner girl, it is her honor to be able to enter the door of the Duke's mansion."

"Really, I was wrong, I shouldn't force women, I'm not human, okay?" Yuchi Baolin pleaded.

Seeing that he had the intention of repenting, Yue Shan's attitude softened, and said: "I have no objection to your lust, how many concubines you take is your freedom, even if I don't like it, I won't interfere. But I really I didn't expect you to grab it by force."

"Do you know how surprised I was when I heard about this? I couldn't believe that my friend would be such a person."

"I really know I was wrong, can you stop talking?" Yuchi Baolin begged for forgiveness.

Yue Shan seemed not to have heard him, and continued, "I can understand if you are from a family. They are used to being superior and don't treat ordinary people as human beings. You, a person with mud legs, don't treat ordinary people as human beings." people."

"You still have the face to say that it's an honor for her to enter your house. Then if it's your sister who was robbed, don't you think it's the honor of your family to climb up to relatives with powerful people in this way?"

"Forget it, talking about this with people like you will hardly be of any use. I think it's better for you to keep a distance from now on. You take your Yangguan way, and I take my single-plank bridge..."

"Bang." Yuchi Baolin punched the guardrail, and said angrily, "What do you mean? I, Yuchi Baolin, violated the laws of the country and my character is poor, but I didn't do anything to offend you, Yue Shan, did I?"

"Just now you scolded me so much, even my father, did I say anything? I'm sorry for the court and the common people, but I'm not sorry for you. You said you want to break up with me, what do you mean?"

"Are you satisfied with killing me just because I made a mistake this time?"

Yue Shan looked at him quietly, and when he finished speaking, he suddenly smiled and said: "It seems that you really listened to what I said, and there is still hope."

"What do you mean?" Yuchi Baolin asked angrily and puzzled.

"Knowing your mistakes can make things better. You can regret it intentionally and we are still good friends." Yue Shan patted him on the shoulder and said.

"However." He said suddenly and seriously: "I hope you will remember that this time is not an exception. If there is another time, I will send you in personally, and even the saints will not be able to stop you."

Yuchi Baolin almost jumped up and said, "You won't come for real?"

"Do you think I'm joking?" Yue Shan asked back.

Yuchi Baolin shook her head, and said with some regret: "Actually, I regretted it a long time ago. I didn't dare to see you for a long time because I was afraid that you would get angry."

"I'm really angry. If it weren't for you being my friend, I would have gotten you in a long time ago. What kind of woman does the son of a dignified prince want, but he robbed him by force. Not only have you forgotten your roots, but you are also stupid." Yue Shan hated Iron is not steel.

"I don't know what happened at that time, it seemed like I was possessed by a demon. She is not particularly beautiful. There are a lot of people in Jingzhong who are prettier than her, but I was attracted by her." Yuchi Baolin said.

"Sperm is on the brain, sex makes a smart marriage." Yue Shan said disdainfully.

"Go back and comfort the girl's family and treat her girl well." Yue Shan said.

"Don't worry, I've already settled them down," Yuchi Baolin said hastily.

Yuchi Baolin's matter sounds complicated, but it's actually very simple. He took a fancy to a woman from a folk family and wanted to take her home as a concubine, but she refused because she didn't want to climb such a high branch.

It was too easy for the son of the Duke of the Kingdom to punish an ordinary citizen. He found a random crime and arrested the girl's father to be sentenced. The girl had to marry him obediently.

This kind of thing can't be hidden from people.

Several censors even impeached him, but Yu Chigong's status in Li Shimin's mind was too high.

Besides, such things as robbing civilian girls are not considered a problem at all in the eyes of the emperor, so it just passed.

Dali Temple wanted to investigate, but the girl's family saw that the uncooked rice had already been cooked, and it would not be a good idea to fall out with Yuchi's family, so they pinched their noses and recognized it.

The sufferer has admitted, so naturally there is no way to investigate.But Sun Fujia, who was dissatisfied, still told Yue Shan about it.

Yue Shan was naturally very angry and wanted to talk to Yuchi Baolin all the time.It's just that Yuchi Baolin kept avoiding him.

It was not until today that we met, and we had the conversation just now.

In fact, Yue Shan didn't know that Captain Chi Baolin was not a good bird in the original history.

During the period of Li Zhi, he forcibly robbed the women of the people and was impeached by a big boss.Li Zhi wanted to protect him, but the boss directly said that there was him but not me.Li Zhi saw that there was no way to end it, so he could only be dismissed from office.

Even if it wasn't for the influence of Yueshan's crossing, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to participate in so many wars, and his life can be said to be mediocre, relying on the kindness left by his father Yu Chigong for a lifetime.

When Li Zhi died, Wu Zetian would not take care of Yuchigong's achievements, and Yuchi's family would simply disappear.

In this life, under the influence of Yue Shan, he was sent to work abroad, and he has accumulated a lot of credit for the war against the Turks.Among the second generation of founding nobles, he is considered outstanding.

Li Shimin had a particularly good impression of him. This time, Yu Chigong personally recruited Yu Chigong to stay in the capital, so he appointed him as his personal guard.

Everyone knows that Xungui acts as a personal guard, as long as there is no fault, it is a great achievement. This time he can be said to be lying down to receive the credit.

It can be said that as long as Yuchi Baolin does not make mistakes in this life, her official career will definitely be much smoother than in her previous life.

After talking about this matter, the atmosphere between the two of them improved a lot, and they began to change the topic to discuss this war.

Yuchi Baolin must have heard something, and asked in a low voice: "I heard that you made a military order to destroy Goguryeo in a month, is it true or not?"

(End of this chapter)