Man Tang Hong Chapter 0508 Things happened quickly!
The reason why people these days like to travel together is to protect their own safety.
Because traveling these days is far less convenient and less safe than in later generations.
On the road, you not only have to face all kinds of poisonous insects and ferocious beasts, but also all kinds of bandits and bandits, as well as people from various temples, villages, and stations along the way.
If someone discovers you are traveling alone, you are almost certain to die.
Anyone you meet along the way may become the person who kills you.
This is not an exaggeration, but a fact.
Since ancient times, there has always been a saying that a poor family will be rich, so when people go out, they will bring some money with them, and this money is the source of death.
Therefore, these days, on the road to an important pass like Xiaoguan, it is not unusual to have one or two caravans, but it is unusual to have one or two people traveling alone.
"Well done. Notify our people and take your things and return the way you came."
Li Yuanji nodded, gave instructions, and then got on the horse first.
Ma Sanbao immediately called to the others to bring their things, got on their horses together, and started to return the same way.
The Turkic envoys came to Chang'an for an audience this time. They sent a lot of tributes and received a lot of rewards in return. Therefore, the loot for Ma Sanbao and others was quite rich, but it all bore the mark of the Tang Dynasty's reward to the vassal, so it was not easy to get rid of it.
However, this is not difficult for Ma Sanbao and others with the support of Li Xiuning.
So after Li Yuanji let Ma Sanbao and others watch and divide the spoils, he didn't ask any more questions.
In comparison, the return trip was much slower. Because I was carrying a lot of trophies and the bones of the fallen brothers, it took me five days to return to Wulingyuan.
After Liu Che and Maoling parted ways, Li Yuanji appeared in Yuwen's Zhuangzi at the foot of Jiulongtan Mountain.
Just like the first time he came, after seeing the bronze medal, Zhuangzi's steward took the horses away without caring about anything or asking any questions, just like a deaf and blind man.
After returning to Jiudao Palace along the mountain path, Li Yuanji saw Ling Jing talking to Yang Miaoyan as if he was begging his grandfather to sue his grandmother.
"Your Highness, please do your best and let me know. Something big has happened, something big."
Ling Jing bent over and stood in front of Yang Miaoyan, speaking with a pleading look on his face.
Yang Miaoyan and two maidservants stood guard in front of the study door. He smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that I won't help you with the report, but Alang told me that I will concentrate on studying the secrets in the past few days and I won't see anyone."
Ling Jing said urgently: "I really have something important to report. I'm afraid something big will happen if it's over."
Yang Miaoyan hesitated for a moment and then said awkwardly: "Well, I'll go and inform you. As for whether you can see me or not, that's not my decision."
Ling Jing was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Just tell His Highness that a great event has happened in Chang'an City, which is related to the peace between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. Your Highness will definitely meet with you."
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Yang Miaoyan nodded and explained to the two maids beside him. Then he walked to the door of the study and opened the lock on the door with a copper key. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Yuanji with a professional look.
The smell of servants came through the window at the back of the study.
Yang Miaoyan was stunned for a moment, then said happily: "Are you back?"
Li Yuanji jumped out of the window and said "hmm" while packing up his armor.
"You are finally back. If you don't come back, the group of people under your command will force their way into this place."
Yang Miaoyan stepped forward and complained while helping to clean up the soldiers.
When Li Yuanji had almost finished packing the soldiers, he handed over the finishing work to Yang Miaoyan, and then while putting on his regular clothes, he asked: "What happened?"
Yang Miaoyan shook her head and said, "I don't know. Anyway, the day before yesterday in the evening, my father sent someone to ring the bell to summon the officials, and they discussed with them in the palace all afternoon.
That night, all the people under your command gathered at Jiudao Palace, saying they wanted to see you. I asked them what happened, but they refused to tell me. They just said they wanted to see you.
I persuaded them to leave with hard words, but yesterday morning, they came again.
This is the third time today, and judging from their appearance, they are getting more and more anxious."
Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully.
It seems that Li Yuan already knew about his robbery and killing of the Turkic envoys, and so did all the officials.
Come to think of it, the place where he robbed and killed the Turkic envoys was not far from Xiaoguan. There were two caravans passing by during the period. Someone would definitely report the relevant news to the Xiaoguan garrison.
After being inspected by Xiaoguan garrison, he reported to Chang'an.
In this kind of matter, Guard Xiao Guan would definitely use fast horses, and it was reasonable that they would be faster than him, Ma Sanbao and others.
"So what happened in Chang'an City?"
After Li Yuanji put on his regular clothes, he stared at Yang Miaoyan and asked.
Yang Miaoyan stepped forward and while helping Li Yuanji tidy up his clothes, he said in an incoherent manner: "How do I know this? You also know that I don't like to pay attention to these things."
Yang Miaoyan was obviously pretending to be ignorant.
Li Yuanji didn't believe that Yang Miaoyan couldn't guess that what happened in Chang'an City was related to him after seeing his dusty appearance and the horizontal knife with several gaps.
It's just that Yang Miaoyan made it clear that he was pretending to be stupid, so he didn't need to point it out.
"Since you don't know, then call Ling Jing in and ask."
Li Yuanji said with a smile.
Yang Miaoyan finished packing her clothes, rolled her eyes at Li Yuanji and said, "I think you should light the incense first and smell the sweat on your body before talking."
Li Yuanji lowered his head and sniffed. There was indeed a smell of sweat on his body. The smell was very bland and was almost invisible due to the scent of incense on his clothes. However, since Yang Miaoyan reminded him, he had better smoke it.
Immediately, Li Yuanji put some incense into the incense burner without hesitation, and then lit the incense with Yang Miaoyan's expression like "You are trying to collect natural things".
Soon, the smell of incense filled the entire room.
The smell is very light, with a light woody fragrance, not pungent, and smells good.
Yang Miaoyan twitched her nose and sniffed carefully, and after confirming that there was no smell of sweat, she nodded with satisfaction and left the study.
Not long after, Ling Jing came in.
As soon as they met, Ling Jing saluted quickly and hurriedly shouted: "Your Highness, something big has happened. The Turkic envoy was robbed and killed. There are 356 people in the whole group, and no one is alive."
Li Yuanji was pretending to be holding a book with wonderful illustrations on one side. After hearing Ling Jing's words, he slowly raised his head and looked at Ling Jing in shock.
Ling Jing said quickly: "Now everyone in the government and the public are speculating on who did it. The saint has sent people from Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Honglu Temple to Xiaoguan to investigate.
This is not the key point. The key point is that the Turkic envoys were robbed and killed in the Tang Dynasty, and no one survived. If this matter spreads to the Turks, the Turkic Jieli Khan will definitely seek justice for them."
Li Yuanji put down the book and frowned.
Ling Jing continued: "It can be expected that the Turks will soon invade in large numbers, and now everyone in the government and the public is discussing how to deal with this matter.
I have no idea, so I would like to ask Your Highness to make a decision."
Li Yuanji frowned and said, "First tell me what you think."
Ling Jing cupped his hands and said: "I feel that whenever the Turks come to fight, the Tang Dynasty will definitely fight. But I don't know who should fight and who should take the lead."
Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong, Li Xiuning, Li Shenfu, Li Shiji, or someone else.
At the critical moment when Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were fighting for the throne, it was critical who would fight the Turks and who would lead the war against the Turks.
Let Li Shimin go, the chance of winning is undoubtedly the greatest, and the cost is undoubtedly the highest.
So even if Li Yuan agrees, Li Jiancheng will not agree.
If Li Jiancheng was allowed to go, it would be easy for Li Shimin to steal his home, so Li Jiancheng would not go no matter what.
The remaining Li Xiaogong, Li Shenfu and others may not be able to stop the Turks' massive invasion.
Li Xiuning was a girl, and she repeatedly contradicted Li Yuan. Even if Li Xiuning had the ability to fend off the Turks, Li Yuan would not be able to hand over a large number of troops to her.
As for Li Shiji, Li Jing, Su Dingfang, Chai Shao and others, they were all outsiders and did not conform to Li Yuan's usual tendency of favoring nepotism. Therefore, even if they were capable of blocking the Turks, Li Yuan would not let them take charge alone.
Therefore, it is very important who should go and whom should be recommended to the court.
If you make the wrong choice, you may be forced to take sides.
Even if you choose the right one, Li Yuan may not be able to use it.
The most important thing is that the people in the Qi Prince's Mansion can only have one attitude in the court, and that is the attitude of Qi Prince Li Yuanji.
If Li Yuanji does not express his position, the people in the family cannot express their position blindly, otherwise they will not take Li Yuanji seriously and they will be alienated.
No matter who works for such a person, there will be no good fruits.
Therefore, Ling Jing and others had to ask Li Yuanji to give him an attitude when Li Yuan urgently needed them to give him an attitude.
"Then who do you think is suitable to lead this war?"
Li Yuanji stared at Ling Jing and asked again.
Ling Jing hesitated and said: "I think... Your Highness is the most suitable!"
There is no doubt that in the absence of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, and the others either cannot take on the important role or can't reassure Li Yuan, only Li Yuanji can take on this important task.
Let’s not talk about whether Li Yuanji can afford a large amount. In terms of making Li Yuan feel at ease, except for Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, no one can compare with Li Yuanji.
As long as Li Yuanji takes the initiative to ask for help, Li Yuan will not hesitate to put the war against the Turks in his charge, and will transfer all the generals in the Tang Dynasty who are good at fighting to his account.
In the past, Li Yuan had no choice and didn't know which of his generals was capable, so he could only send a son-in-law and a less accomplished left son of Yuwen Xinfu.
Now Li Yuan has a choice, and he also knows that the general under his command is capable, so he can provide his son with an invincible and invincible auxiliary left team.
For example, Qu Tutong, Li Shiji, Li Jing, Huang Junhan, Su Dingfang, etc., if his son needs what he needs, he can equip his son with that. If it is not enough, he can send them to his son together, and he can do it.
This is the arrogance of Emperor Wu De who completed the great unification. He has the qualifications and the ability to equip his son with the most luxurious lineup of assistants and left-wingers in history.