Chapter 21 If I want to kill you, how can you stay in your head

"The current situation in Chang'an, Guanzhong, is different from the information we have received. You must explain to the great Jie Li Khan!" Bu Lugen felt the cold coldness on his neck, and looked at Yu Wen and the sharp murderous intent in his eyes. He finally became timid. Although the words were stiff, his attitude became softer.

Yu Wenhe said lightly: "You know, this is just an illusion!"

"Illusion?" Bu Lugen said suspiciously: "These big cakes in Chang'an cost only two cents. You can drink wine and eat meat at will. This is what you call hunger all over the world?"

Bu Lugen's words were like a sharp dagger, stinging Yu Wenhua and the softest part in his heart.

Food war is Yu Wenhe's most proud masterpiece. Due to drought this year, food harvests are inevitable. As early as last year when Fu Gongyou rebelled, Yu Wenhe guessed that the problem of the rebellion of the Jianghuai Army would be the same as the rebellion of Liu Shishen in Hebei.

On the surface, Liu Shishan and Fu Gongyou were ambitious, but in fact, the origin was that Hebei aristocratic families and the Jianghuai aristocratic families were bargaining with the court. In the end, this matter was still on the table to negotiate.

So at that time, Yu Wenhe and the Guanzhong clans secretly cooperated. At that time, Yu Wenhe's plan was that Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng were both defeated, and the throne was in the end Li Yuanji was cheaper. In this case, the Tang Dynasty would become like the Eastern Jin Dynasty and become a puppet of the aristocratic clans. The emperor was just a Bodhisattva in the temple and a decoration. The court's power, military power and financial power were all in the hands of the Guanzhong clans.

Yu Wenji's plan was good, but the result was beyond his expectations. Li Shimin failed. Chen Ying stepped forward and stopped Fang Xuanling and Duan Zhixuan from taking down the Nanya and controlling the Political Affairs Hall. As the prisoner army that Li Shimin was preparing to control Chang'an, he was strangled in the bud before he could form an army.

Li Shimin failed and Li Jiancheng became the new emperor. Yu Wen and the Guanzhong clans had to use the tricks to short the grain market. Three or four million people from the Li Tang court were hostages, forcing the court to give in to the Guanzhong clans, forming a political pattern in which the Tang Dynasty prime ministers of Guanzhong came out of Guanzhong.

However, Chen Ying was even more sensitive than Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling. He also used tricks and was also planning to arrange the Guanzhong clans when they were deploying the Guanzhong clans. The result was good. The Guanzhong clans suffered a great loss and suffered heavy losses.

The current prosperity of Chang'an and Guanzhong have established the flesh and blood of the Guanzhong clan family, which made the Guanzhong clan family not only resent, but also even more hated. They naturally did not dare to launch a mutiny, but they did some tricks in secret. For example, the Eastern Turks lacked food, and they supported some food, while the Eastern Turks lacked weapons and armor, and they could provide these help.

Yu Wenji is with this purpose to cooperate with Bu Lugen. As long as Jie Li Khan can use his own strength to break through Lingzhou, go down Lingzhou, and go straight into Guanzhong, it will be unobstructed.

Bu Lugendun scoffed at Yu Wenji's promise and smiled disapprovingly: "Everyone can say good things, but although we Turks are barbarians in your eyes, they are definitely not fools!"

Yu Wenji said: "What do you want?"

Bu Lugen said lightly: "Five million kilograms of steel, or 100,000 sets of iron armor, and 100,000 horizontal knives..."

Bu Lugen suddenly spoke up and asked for equipment that could arm 200,000 troops. The value of these equipment had long exceeded the financial support of the Guanzhong clans. If the Guanzhong clans did not work in the grain market and suffered heavy losses, they could really get the money and grain. However, at this time, not to mention the equipment of 200,000 troops, they could not even get the equipment of 100,000 troops or 50,000 troops.

Yu Wenhe shook his head and said, "This is impossible. Our biggest concession can guarantee you that after you break through Lingzhou, all prefectures and counties can be handed over to you intact after you break through Yuanzhou!"

Bu Lugen shook his head and said, "It's the same thing as giving or not giving. Even if we don't give, we Turkic warriors can use the knife in our hands to rob it!"

"Give it?" Yu Wenhua and his eyes flashed with murderous aura, staring at Bu Lugen with a wolf-like gaze, and sneered: "I am willing to give it to you, you can get it, but I am not willing to give it to you, you can't even get a grain of food. When the time comes, you will still be unable to move forward!"

After half a day of dispute, Yu Wenhua and finally agreed to supply Jie Li Khan with 30,000 sets of armor and equipment for 30,000 troops.

...

The servant maid from the East Palace, under the command of Zheng Guanyin, busy arranging the Yuan banquet.

Zheng Guanyin looked at the densely packed palace servants in front of her, and felt dizzy.

Zheng Guanyin frowned in displeasure and said impatiently: "Fourth brother, tomorrow's banquet won't require so many servants. All the maids who come to your house to help can go back."

Li Yuanji smiled and said, "I'd better stay for a few more days and wait for the banquet to come and talk about it. This is Your Majesty's first banquet for all officials, and it's also the first banquet for Li Jing, so I can't be careless."

Zheng Guanyin lowered her shoulders in a deflated manner and sighed helplessly.

Li Jiancheng was originally planning to appoint Chen Ying as the Grand Marshal of the Jingbei Army and command the main force of the 12 guards of the Tang Dynasty. He cooperated externally, including the Liangzhou General Administration Office, Lingzhou General Administration Office, Hedong General Administration Office, Andong General Administration Office, and the Western General Administration Office, preparing to go north to fight against the Turks and resolve the historical problems left over from the Turks once and for all.

However, Chen Ying refused this appointment and recommended Li Jing as the Grand Marshal of the Jingbei Army and Horses. All the troops in the world, including himself, were allocated to him.

Li Jiancheng thought that Chen Ying might have been worried that he had made too many contributions and was afraid that he would be too successful in his master, so he gave it to Li Jing. Li Jiancheng thought about it and decided to agree with Chen Ying's proposal, which of course was also a protection for Chen Ying.

In fact, Li Jiancheng also wanted to be a bad person. Of course, Chen Ying did not want to be the Marshal of Jingbei, but he knew his abilities. Not everyone was the god of war Han Xin, and not all generals could command dozens or millions of troops.

Leading tens of thousands of troops to stand alone, Chen Ying was absolutely unambiguous, but let Chen Ying be responsible independently. From the Western Regions to Andong, on the front line that lasted thousands of miles, the 16th Guards and 16 armies totaled more than 300 Zhechong Prefectures, and more than two-thirds of the field troops in the Tang Dynasty were really not something Chen Ying could command.

Li Jiancheng ordered Li Jing to return to Beijing to report his duties, which was actually a discussion of the Northern Expedition. When Li Jing arrived, Li Jiancheng set up a banquet to entertain all civil and military officials.

The palace supervisor held the list and shouted the officials' names one by one, and said in a slight manner: "Duke of Wei, Grand Marshal Pei Ji, came to the palace!

Pei Ji and Shi Shi walked into the hall."

Pei Ji bowed to Li Jiancheng and said, "My minister Pei Ji, pay homage to Your Majesty!"

Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "The old prime minister is exempt from gifts! Watch the seat!"

The eunuch of the Yellow Gate led Pei Ji to the case and sat down.

The palace supervisor sang again: "Duke of Song, Shangshu's right servant, Xiao Yu went to the palace!"

"Duke Liang, General of Cavalry, General Chen Ying, General of Zuowu Guard, came to the hall!"

"Duke of Wei, Liangzhou General Manager, champion general Li Jing came to the palace!"

...

Li Jing entered the hall, and all the ministers gathered together to sit in order.

Li Jiancheng looked at the ministers coming, held up a wine cup and said, "I will hold a banquet today, and all my dear friends can drink!"

All the officials raised the wine cup with a bang.

All the officials laughed and sang.

Yuchi Jingde, whose face was flushed, shook his feet and stood up, stretched out his fingers and said, "The titles and positions of a certain family were all driven by his Majesty with one sword and one sword. You are a slave of the three surnames, with a humble official position and a shallow title. You are an old man who deposed the King of Qin and a pardoned criminal. What qualifications are you? At the banquet, sitting on the head of a certain family?"

Yuchi Jingde threw the wine cup and rushed towards Fang Xuanling.

Li Daozong came out of the slanting sect and hugged Yuchi Jingde.

Yuchi Gong fisted Li Daozong with a black eye.

Li Jiancheng, who was eating vegetables with a smile on his face, was furious and threw the chopsticks to the ground.

Li Jiancheng roared: "Li Anyan, take Yuchi Jingde to the Heavenly Prison and wake up and sober up."

Li Anyan, who was in charge of the hall's guard, hurriedly commanded the warriors in the hall and went forward to lock up Yuchi Jingde.

Yuchi Gong drank so much that his relatives refused to recognize him and punched the warriors in the hall.

Li Yuanji looked as if he was watching a good show and gloated.

Chen Ying looked at this scene and lamented in his heart.

Yuchi Gong knew how much he was drinking. He said that even if he drank a glass of wine, he would not lose his composure. The only explanation was that there was something wrong with the wine.

Seeing that Yuchi Gong dared to resist arrest, Li Jiancheng was angry. Yuchi Gong gave him a lot of wine to save his face. Li Jiancheng slapped the table and was about to order.

Chen Ying stood up quickly, picked up a basin of clean water, and watered Yuchi Gong's head.

Yuchi Gong shivered with excitement and looked at Chen Ying inexplicably.

He was about to argue, but Chen Ying refused to let Yuchi Gong speak and cursed: "Yuchi Jingde, have you been urinating too much? Get out of this general!"

Yuchi Gong followed the situation and asked the two samurai in the hall to carry them out of the hall.

After Yuchi Gong's fuss, the banquet could not continue. In just a moment, the entire hall was ruined by Yuchi Gong and the warriors in the hall.

All the ministers said goodbye one after another, and Li Jiancheng left the seat angrily with a face.

Chen Ying took advantage of the inattention of everyone and prepared to pick up the wine that Yuchi Gong drank and check the results. Unexpectedly, when Chen Ying came to the table before Yuchi Gong, he found that Yuchi Gong's jar had fallen to the ground at some point, and the wine was spilled on the ground all night.

Chen Ying pretended not to pay attention to slipping on the ground, and casually dipped the wine on the ground with his sleeve.

Wei Zheng's eyes were bright and he quietly walked up to Chen Ying and asked in a low voice: "Is there any problem with the wine?"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "Of course there is a problem. Don't you know what kind of alcohol tolerance Yuchi Jingde is!"

As he said that, Chen Ying pulled off the sleeve that was stained with wine and handed it to Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng then rubbed his fingers on his sleeve and put his fingers into his mouth. After a while, Wei Zheng's face changed drastically and he murmured: "Aconitum, Alan Star, Sheep's Pill (also known as Huang Dujuan), Aconite, Horse Money... What a domineering phantom medicine!"

Chen Ying pushed Wei Zheng and said, "Hurry up, go see Your Majesty. If you are late, you will be troublesome!"

However, when Chen Ying met Zheng Guanyin, he realized that Li Jiancheng had actually gone to the Heavenly Prison of Dali Temple in anger.

Chen Ying and Wei Zheng's faces changed drastically, and they hurriedly said, "Let's go to the Heavenly Prison of Dali Temple!"

...

In the Heavenly Prison of Dali Temple, Yuchi Jingde, who was covered in grass-patching, looked a little dazed. At this moment, when he saw Li Jiancheng coming in, he quickly lowered his head.

Li Jiancheng didn't say anything, but just paced back and forth in the cell.

Yuchi Jingde couldn't help but burp.

Li Jiancheng glared and shouted in a stern manner: "Do you still drink it? Do you want to bring you a few more jars of wine?"

Yuchi Jingde looked embarrassed and continued to lower his head, saying, "A family lost their composure in public and disturbed His Majesty's banquet. He deserves to be punished for death..."

Li Jiancheng looked at Yuchi Jingde, and apologized unwillingly, and snorted coldly, "Do you feel wronged?"

Yuchi Jingde quietly looked up and glanced at Li Jiancheng. When he found that Li Jiancheng was still frost-faced, he quickly lowered his head and said, "I dare not.

Li Jiancheng said with a grudge: "Do you know the story of Liu Bang, the founding hero of Han Emperor Gaozu, and Han Xin?"

Yuchi Jingde shook his head and said, "I... know a little."

Li Jiancheng said lightly: "The King of Yan Zang Tu was beheaded by Liu Bang on charges of treason in the year when Liu Bang became emperor. Han Xin and Liu Bang were arrested the second year when Liu Bang became emperor. The same charge was also an attempt to rebel. Five years later, he was executed in the Chang'an Palace by Empress Lu and killed the three tribes of the whole family..."

The more Yuchi Jingde heard it, the more he felt something was wrong, and stared blankly at the weeds on the ground.

Li Jiancheng's speech was getting faster and faster, and the murderous aura in his voice became stronger and stronger: "There are also King Xin of Han, King Lu Wan of Yan, King Zhang Er of Zhao, Chen Xi of Xiahou, King Peng Yue of Liang, and Yingbu of Huainan. After Liu Bang killed Peng Yue, he chopped his body into meat sauce, and sent people to all the princes and tasted it with the heroes..."

Yuchi Jingde raised his head uneasily and looked at Li Jiancheng and said, "Did Your Majesty remember the promise you made to the brothers in Chenjiabao Mansion that night before Xuanwu Gate?"

Li Jiancheng did not answer Yuchi Jingde, but continued, slowly paced in the cell and said: "In the past, when I read history books, I always felt that Liu Bang and Liu Xiu, the entrepreneurial masters, were too cruel and ruthless in their attitude towards meritorious officials. I always warned myself that I would not do this in the future. But now, I have slowly understood their mood. Treating meritorious officials like that may not be their original intention."
To be continued...