You said that this Xiao Yu is already a very humane minister, why bother to fight to the death for those disdainful children in the family? It's okay to argue, at least you have to figure out the whole thing!
However, Xiao Yu was narrow-minded and believed in Buddhism. Mao Dun and his self-proclaimed elegant and arrogant personality made him look down on Xu Tian and other new nobles from the court who were from common people, so much so that he felt resentful after knowing that the younger members of his family were killed by Qin Wenyuan.
In my heart, I wanted to kill Xu Tian.
What Xiao Yu said gave Li Shimin a headache. He cursed Qin Wenyuan in his heart for causing him so much trouble. But what should he do? He had to think of a way to calm down the anger in Xiao Yu's heart.
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The biggest reason why Li Shimin felt that this matter was difficult was because of Empress Xiao. This emperor was also a pervert. He brought the captured Empress Xiao and the emperor's grandson of the former Sui Dynasty from the Eastern Turks to the Tang Dynasty. This guy somehow got along with him.
The former empress of the Sui Dynasty, who still had charm, got together, and now the Xiao family's children were killed, and the person who killed the Xiao family was not only a recognized capable minister in the empire, but also his own son-in-law.
In the court hall, Li Shimin listened to Xiao Yu's memorial and was silent for a while.
"Your Majesty! The ministers believe that Qin Wenyuan is no longer fit to be in charge of Pingzhou affairs. Attacking and killing the Xiongwu Army is an evil act that will cause pain to relatives and pleasure to enemies. The imperial court should send an imperial envoy to Pingzhou to capture Qin Wenyuan and question him, so as to rectify the laws of the Tang Dynasty."
"No!"
At this moment, Du Ruhui said loudly and knelt down under the golden luan.
"Your Majesty! Wei Chen thinks that what Mr. Xiao Yu has said is just a family story. What exactly happened in Pingzhou is not yet known. Qin Wenyuan must have written the memorial. Wei Chen wants the Emperor to send someone to find out the truth of the matter."
After hearing Du Ruhui's performance, Li Shimin immediately asked Sun Wuji, the eldest grandson Wuji, who was the right servant of the minister at the time, Zhongshu Ling, and Kaifu Yitong.
"Has the eldest grandson Aiqing received the memorial from Qin Wenyuan in Pingzhou?"
Changsun Wuji took a few steps forward and took out a memorial from the sleeve of his robe and said softly.
"Your Majesty! Wei Chen has not gone to the Yamen to attend the meeting due to physical discomfort recently. Wei Chen only saw the memorial from Pingzhou yesterday."
With that said, Changsun Wuji presented Pingzhou's memorial. The great eunuch Liu Eunuch received it and forwarded it to the emperor.
After Li Shimin read Qin Wenyuan's memorial, he was furious and said sternly to all the ministers.
"Xiao Yi is so courageous. He dares to resist the decree and start a fight. If what Qin Wenyuan said is true, then he really deserves to be killed!"
"The Emperor must not be deceived by Qin Wenyuan! That boy has always been bold and daring. Is there anything he dare not do?"
After hearing what Li Shimin said, Xiao Yu said loudly.
"See for yourself!"
Li Shimin was angry that Xiao Yu still refused to give up, so he threw Qin Wenyuan's memorial in front of him...
Xiao Yu picked up the memorial in panic and read it, his face suddenly became a little embarrassed. Based on his understanding of the Xiao family's children, Qin Wenyuan's memorial was probably true.
"All ministers, please take a look!"
Seeing Xiao Yu's embarrassed expression, Li Shimin said this to the ministers in the palace.
After hearing what the emperor said, Li Jing and other generals took the memorial from Xiao Yu's hand, and several people crowded together to watch it. It was clear what happened in Pingzhou. All the generals admired Qin Wenyuan for not fearing the power of the Xiao family and for his iron-blooded methods.
Fang Xuanling and other civil servants also came forward to watch. Du Ruhui took the memorial from Li Jing's hand and read it with everyone before passing it to his colleagues who were crowding behind. At that moment, the hall was filled with people and screams of surprise.
"Your Majesty! Sun Wuji, a minor minister, has detained Qin Wenyuan's memorial to be heard by heaven. His intention is wrong. If he urgently reports the military situation at the border, wouldn't it delay the war opportunity and put the army and people of the Tang Dynasty in a disadvantageous situation?"
Cheng Yaojin hurriedly jumped out to attack Changsun Wuji first. Yuchi Jingde and many other generals knew that urgent reports from the border to the court were very important. If someone withheld the memorial and did not issue it, this would offend the generals' hearts.
taboo.
Li Jing, Yuchi Jingde, Xu Shiji, Chai Shao and other military generals in the imperial court came out one after another to report that Sun Wuji had neglected his duties and had evil intentions.
Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and other civil servants also disdained Changsun Wuji's obvious suppression of Xu Tian. This official just wanted to drag out the news from Pingzhou to make the emperor listen to Xiao Yu's story without knowing the true feelings. How could such despicable actions be
Although physical discomfort can be evaded, who with a discerning eye would not know that Changsun Wuji wanted to conspire with the Xiao family to frame Qin Wenyuan?
Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling, as the chief civil servants of the Tang Dynasty, how could they allow such absurd things to happen in the court.
"Your Majesty! I am reporting that Sun Wuji, the eldest son, is in charge of Zhongshu Ling, but he has deceived the emperor."
Changsun Wuji heard many important officials from the imperial court participating in his performance, and then he realized that in order to please Xiao Yu, he had made such a low-level mistake by relying on Li Shimin's favor and the power of the Changsun family in the court. It was also his fault that he did not think too much.
Believing what Xiao Yu said, the two families teamed up to suppress Qin Wenyuan.
At this time, this guy no longer cared about his own face, and knelt down under the golden luan and said with tears on his face.
"Your Majesty! It's all because I am too lazy to do political things that I left the border memorial until today. I know that I am guilty and please punish me."
How could Li Shimin not know the tricks Changsun Wuji was playing? He just didn't expect that this guy would cooperate with an established family like Xiao Yu out of hatred in his heart. This touched his bottom line. As the emperor of the empire,
What he fears most is that aristocratic families will become one to control the government, but this is a threat to the imperial power and there are many uncertain factors.
"Changsun Wuji! You are so brave. You dare to withhold the memorial sent to me at the border gate. It is really hateful. I am exempted from the order of Zhongshu. The servant of the right minister is sent back to the house to think about his mistakes. He has to be summoned and cannot go to the palace to discuss matters.
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After Li Shimin gave his oral instructions, Changsun Wuji was on the edge of a knife this time. No one would plead for him at this time, including Xiao Yu, who was silent and silent.
Seeing that no one in the hall spoke, Li Shimin said again.
"Go to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of History to send personnel to Pingzhou to investigate the murder of Xiongwu Army and Xiao Yi. After the investigation is clear, we will discuss who is responsible and retreat from the court!"
[To be honest, I have been using the Huanyuan app recently to read and catch up on new books. It allows me to switch between sources and read aloud with many sounds. .huanyuanapp is available for Android and Apple.]
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After speaking, Li Shimin stood up and retreated to the inner palace.
After the civil and military ministers in the main hall waited for the emperor to leave, the ministers who were friends with each other formed a circle and still talked secretly about what happened in the palace today. Xiao Yu had a gloomy face and whispered to Wei Ting, Wang Yuting, Zhang Gongjin, Changsun Wuji and others, not knowing what to say.
Then they left the hall together.
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Qin Wenyuan learned about what happened in the court a few days later from the information reported by Chen Laosan. Qin Wenyuan smiled and did not pay much attention. In his heart, all conspiracies were just like chickens and dogs in the face of strength, and not worth mentioning.
, and besides, he didn’t have the energy to quarrel with these ministers who ate too much and had nothing to do all day long. The news that Masan sent back from Songmo City already made him even more interested.
Songmo City Guards Prince Tao was originally General Ningyuan of the Sui Army. After surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court conferred the rank of General Xuanwei on the fourth rank and was in charge of the military and political affairs of Songmo City. The city's defenders were composed of veteran generals of the Sui Army and refugees who had joined the army in recent years.
There are about 10,000 people in the army. Various ethnic groups are mixed in the army. There are many gangs of lower-level officers. The overall combat ability is low, but privately they have a close relationship with the Khitan cavalry.
Songmo City has a dangerous terrain, bordering Pingzhou to the southwest and Yingzhou to the south, forming a triangle in western Liaoning.
In the second year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Mohui, the leader of the Dahe clan, the leader of the eight Khitan tribes, led his tribe to attach themselves to the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin followed the traditional Khitan customs and gave flags and drums to Mohui, recognizing Mohui as the leader of the Khitan alliance, allowing him to command the Khitan tribes on behalf of the Tang Dynasty.
, However, although the eight Khitan tribes are an alliance, each of them focuses on the interests of the tribe. They can fight together when dealing with foreign tribes, but they manage internal affairs such as hunting and production independently. The leader of the alliance does not have much power. On the contrary, he is subject to various
Such restrictions made the Tang Dynasty's jurisdiction over the Khitans actually of little significance.
Wang Zitao has a high self-esteem, often does not take the world's heroes seriously, and does things arbitrarily. It is precisely because the loose alliance of the Khitan gave him the opportunity to secretly ally with the Great He family under the banner of the Tang Dynasty.
Some Khitan tribes under his banner colluded and turned Songmo City into a smoky mess, making the people miserable.
Knowing this situation, Qin Wenyuan had a rough idea of the situation in Songmo City, and concluded that the best way to completely resolve such a place and put it under his command was to remove Wang Zitao and disband the Songmo City garrison.
The idea of making it a people thing.
On this day, at the Yamen of the Pingzhou Governor's Mansion, Qin Wenyuan summoned all the generals in the army and assigned them strategies to carry out operations in Songmo City.
"Ma San! Go to Qizhou quickly to convey our military order. Dozens of Confucian scholars selected from the transfer department will go with the warship to Pingzhou to listen to you. After this is done, you will go to Songmo City to hide the message."
"I will not receive the order!"
After Masan took the order, Qin Wenyuan continued.
Tomorrow, the Japanese governor wanted to lead eight thousand cavalry to Songmo City. Kilisu Gu, Cheng Chumo, Qin Huaiyu, Yuchi Baolin, Fang Yiai, and Luo Shixin followed. Sima Canjun was in charge of the city's defense, and Zhao Meng led the garrison in the city to assist and hurry up.
In the construction of various places in Pingzhou and Lulong City and surrounding cities, the top priority is to focus on the development of people's livelihood in Pingzhou, so that the people can live in their own homes, have their own land for farming, and have their own business as soon as possible. This requires Sima Junjun to supervise the Yamen
, any official who acts negligently will be dismissed from his post and imprisoned for questioning.
The generals ordered everyone to prepare for dispatching troops tomorrow. Sima Yuntian and Zhao Meng stayed in the mansion to drink tea and chat.
Talking about future development, Sima Yuntian seemed to have thought of something and put down the tea bowl in his hand and spoke slowly.
"Xiaotian! A lot of money has been spent to build Pingzhou this time. Do you want to consider setting up a large caravan to go to the various tribes in the grassland to trade, and sell various items produced in Qizhou to the tribes for high profits? This can also provide
The future market in Lulongcheng will have an early commercial effect, and will also revitalize the trade routes between Hebei Province and Liaoxi Province. The concerns are at the various passes along the line from Youzhou to Pingzhou. If the soldiers guarding the passes are exploited layer by layer, it will be
It is very unfavorable to our idea of developing commerce."
After listening to what Sima said, Qin Wenyuan pondered for a while and took over the topic.
"Chen Laosan and Kang Maidi are preparing to form a large caravan. As for the caravan passing through Youzhou and arriving at the first-line pass of Pingzhou, after I resolve the matter in Songmo City, I'm afraid I will have to go to Youzhou in person.
I'll meet with Wei Xiaojie to negotiate. Now let's do the things in front of us first. I don't think Wei Xiaojie dares to deliberately embarrass me by not giving me the Xu family's face."
The next day, after Qin Wenyuan finished practicing the "Heart Sutra", he came to the military camp fully clothed and saw that Cheng Chumo and others were already fully clothed and lined up in front of the troops.
The order to set off sounded, and all the troops moved upon hearing the order, facing the bright color on the horizon and heading out of the north gate of Lulong City to embark on the journey.
Flags are flying, horses' hooves are beating, and dust and smoke are billowing all the way!
Xu Tian was surrounded by all the brothers. Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin, and Fang Yiai started chatting all the way out of the city, chattering like sparrows in the mountains.
Cheng Chumo's two boys, Wei Chi Baolin and Fang Yiai, were stunned and said "beep beep" to make their eyes filled with anger. He wished they could send these guys back to Lulong City to harm other generals.
But this guy didn't realize it, and didn't care whether others liked it or not. He kept telling the story about Yuchi Baolin and others losing face in Chang'an City as a joke.
Yuchi Baolin said angrily.
"Cheng Dasha! If you keep talking about the dirty things that young men did in Chang'an City, believe it or not, I will beat you to death."
"Yuchi Xiaohei! I'm afraid of you, but the ax in my hand doesn't hurt you. If you don't have time to fool around and rely on your martial arts skills, the most you can do is scare that stupid boy in the second room."
"Who the hell are you calling a fool...! Believe it or not, I will go back to Chang'an City and tell your father about you."
"Second Fang, you idiot! Why don't you talk nonsense? When did I peek at a woman taking a bath? It was Yuchi Xiaohei who asked me to watch her together. You kid watched her more intently than anyone else."
Murphy, who was closely following Qin Wenyuan, suddenly heard some boys saying something about peeping at a woman taking a bath. He blushed and pointed at a few people with his riding crop and cursed softly.
"Auntie, I will kill some of your scoundrels. When I go back to Chang'an City, I will tell some of my uncles to deal with you and other scoundrels."
"Ah...! Sister, please don't tell me and my dad about this. This is just something we joke about, but in fact we didn't see anything."
"Still saying...still saying!"
Murphy blushed and scolded.
Qin Wenyuan and Qin Huaiyu laughed "haha" on the sidelines, but Luo Shiyi started sarcastically and joked.
"You three bastards woke up early like cocks, and you actually had the nerve to bring this matter up without fear of being laughed at."
When the three boys heard Luo Shiyi's teasing words, they all scolded Luo Shiyi in their hearts. If they weren't afraid of Murphy being with the army, they would have said many things that they shouldn't have said aloud.
After a burst of laughter, Cheng Chumo and the others finally calmed down, and the entire army began to accelerate forward under the clear sky.
At noon, the entire army had entered the "Kuan City" boundary and began to rest and replenish food and grass in an open area. Wu Ping, who had arrived at "Kuan City" earlier, led hundreds of cavalry to greet them.
From Wu Ping's words, Qin Wenyuan learned that Wang Zitao had recently sent troops to harass the new Turkic tribes protected by Ashisusi. For the time being, Qin Wenyuan listened to the generals' advice and asked Wu Ping to lead 4,000 cavalry to strengthen the defense of "Kuancheng". Hearing Ashisusi's request for help
, Wu Ping immediately led his army to outflank Prince Tao's army from the right wing, forcing them to retreat and no longer dare to attack the Turkic tribes.
Hearing what Wu Ping said, Kilisu Gu was furious, stood up and said to Qin Wenyuan, cupping his hands.
"Lord! When Qili requested to attack Prince Tao's army, he led his troops as the vanguard to kill the enemy."