In the direction of "Songmo" City, he only needs to lead an army of 10,000 cavalry, together with Wu Ping's 4,000 cavalry and Kilisu's 5,000 Turkic wolf cavalry, plus his own bodyguard cavalry of about 20,000 to deal with the Khitan army.
There is more than enough, and Zhao Meng is ordered to lead ten thousand cavalry to maneuver. If a war really breaks out this time, the Khitan will be completely crippled and driven out of Mobei.
In front of the map, Qin Wenyuan had already made some calculations in his mind, and decided on the military preparations for Western Liaoning to be stopped quietly and the political strategy of continuously developing people's livelihood...
In the turbulent situation in western Liaoning, Wei Xiaojie and Feng Bowen jointly issued a memorial to impeach Qin Wenyuan, which was transferred to the capital of Chang'an. Then another memorial was sent to Chang'an by Feng Bowen to report that Qin Wenyuan ignored the overall situation and arbitrarily demanded that all ethnic groups must pay war compensation before being released.
The prisoners of war did not submit the memorial to Zhongshu Ling in order to refuse the construction of the military supervision yamen in western Liaoning. In short, several memorials complained about Xu Tian's fault.
However, there were few memorials from Pingliao Prefecture to report the events in western Liaoning. Only the Ministry of History received a report from Pingliao Prefecture and Feng Bowen made a memorial about the situation where he privately led his entourage to station in Youzhou because he could not bear the bitter cold in western Liaoning.
On that day, the civil and military officials of Chang'an City gathered in the court hall. After the ministers, ministers, generals, etc. reported to Li Shimin on the military and political affairs of the empire, the voice of Mo Hui, the leader of the Dahe clan, sent an envoy to see the emperor.
"Xuan!"
Li Shimin said lightly that the eunuchs around him had already followed the emperor's instructions and welcomed the foreign envoys to the main hall.
But when several clan elders in Khitan costumes entered the palace and knelt down under the golden lanterns, shouting "Long live the emperor" and then stayed flat, one of them, a Khitan man with the air of a superior and a gorgeously dressed Khitan man, began to speak.
"Your Majesty, the noble Emperor, since the Khitan tribes surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, they have restricted their tribesmen from harassing the Han people. However, since Qin Wenyuan took office in Western Liaoning, he first sent troops to kill our Khitan and Xi troops on the line between Yingzhou and Songmo, and captured Khitan and Xi troops.
Thousands of soldiers were used as hard labor in the construction of Western Liaoning, and then the Han people who were sheltered by our Khitan tribe were lured to flee to Western Liaoning by deceiving the public and sent troops to meet them. This caused the population of the Khitan tribes to drop sharply, causing unrest among the tribal chiefs, and there was a tendency to launch troops to attack Western Liaoning.
, in order to worsen the situation, the leaders of Mohui and other villains went to Chang'an as an envoy to beg the emperor to order a thorough investigation of Qin Wenyuan's actions and to restore peace and harmony in western Liaoning."
The Khitan envoy had just finished speaking, and while Li Shimin was deep in thought, he ordered Zhongshu Ling and Shangshu Zuopu to shoot Xiao Yu in the hall and said loudly.
"Your Majesty! Feng Bowen, the military envoy of western Liaoning, reported to the court that Xu Tian, the envoy of Ping Liao, ignored the overall situation and wanted to make the Khitan and other tribes pay huge war indemnities in order to release the prisoners of war of all ethnic groups, and refused to spend money to build the imperial court in Lulong City to set up a military overseer's office.
Regarding the matter, I believe that Qin Wenyuan has already taken control of western Liaoning. With the help of his tiger and wolf army and the Turkic wolf cavalry he has conquered, he has subdued the yamen of several cities in western Liaoning for his use. The emperor must guard against this son's ambition. If he is allowed to develop,
Eventually it became a disaster in the Tang Dynasty."
Xiao Yu's hypocritical face of worrying about the safety of the Tang Dynasty attracted the contempt of Li Jing, Du Ruhui and other important civil and military ministers who had already learned about the good situation in western Liaoning from Qin Wenyuan's letters from Chang'an. Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, Qin Qiong and other important officials from Khitan
From the words of the envoys, I could hear that the Dahe Alliance was afraid of Qin Wenyuan and wanted the emperor to subdue this boy. They all secretly praised the son for being much more brave than his father. At the same time, they were very proud of their son's growth in the Qin army.
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A group of ministers led by Du Ruhui and Li Jing were silent. They all wanted to see how Xiao Yu, Changsun Wuji and other court officials would perform, and how the emperor would judge these accusations against Qin Wenyuan.
Seeing that the emperor was still silent, Shangshu's right servant fired. Sun Wuji, the eldest son of Kaifeng Fuyi and the Third Division, once again dropped a piece of news that shocked the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty. It was Wei Xiaojie and Feng Bowen's memorial to impeach Qin Wenyuan.
"Your Majesty! Wei Xiaojie, the governor of Youzhou, and Feng Bowen, the military supervisor of western Liaoning, jointly impeached Xu Tian, saying that Qin Wenyuan ignored the important responsibility of the governor of Youzhou to guard the border and wanted to open the pass to allow his caravans to travel between the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty and western Liaoning.
Tong Tong, Wei Xiaojie refused Xu Tian's proposal for the sake of the safety of the Tang Dynasty, which made Qin Wenyuan so angry that he ordered his personal guards to kill several guards of the Youzhou Governor's Mansion to threaten Wei Xiaojie. These treasonous actions aroused the Youzhou army's opposition.
The indignation of Xu Jun in western Liaoning, and if no sanctions are imposed on Qin Wenyuan, may cause internal strife between the two armies and cause huge losses to Youzhou's city defense force. I thought that the emperor had decreed that Qin Wenyuan should be dismissed from his post as Ping Liao envoy, and Zhang Gongjin, the commander of the imperial army, would be dismissed.
Succession to Liaoxi is the only way to calm the anger of the Youzhou army."
After Changsun Wuji finished speaking, Kong Yingda used the Imperial Academy to offer wine, admonished the official Wei Ting, the Minister of Punishment Li Daozong and other court ministers who disliked Qin Wenyuan. They all jumped out and accused Qin Wenyuan of being ambitious and acting as if he did not care about the life and death of his compatriots in order to achieve his goals.
For those who deceive the emperor, it seems that these rebellious officials should have been imprisoned in the heavenly prison, interrogated and executed at selected times, and made known to the world as a warning to others.
Dear readers, you see that all the great gods in the court are surging like chicken blood at this moment. They are as angry as if the mother-in-law at home had been caught stealing from a traitor. Their eloquent words are all for the safety and development of the Tang Dynasty.
His liver was draining blood, and he wished he could feed a tiger with his body to capture powerful officials like Xu Tian.
Some ministers also brought up the issue of Qizhou's autonomy, as if the emperor of the Qin family would lose the country or the country if he did not overthrow the Qin family. His words were all heart-wrenching words, and they could be as vicious as they wanted.
Li Shimin finally couldn't listen any more and hummed softly to silence the noisy market-like sound in the hall.
After watching the performance of these ministers jumping up and down, the emperor had already seen many things from it. How could Xiao Yu, Changsun Wuji, Wei Ting and other established aristocratic families endure being despised by a new rising force like the Qin family?
Naturally, they wanted to find ways to suppress him, but those ministers in the court who clung to the so-called Five Surnames and Seven Hopes family were actually jealous of the power of the Qin family, so they attacked Xu Tian.
Regardless of whether people were rich or poor at that time, most people had bad natures and wished others were inferior to themselves. This phenomenon was especially true in the officialdom. This was the reason why some ministers in the palace were really dissatisfied with Qin Wenyuan.
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As the emperor of the empire, Li Shimin naturally has different thinking from ordinary people. It is impossible to draw conclusions about things based on one-sided words. Based on his understanding of Qin Wenyuan, this boy has a rebellious personality but is not a random person. He dares to
The Khitan and other foreign tribes were so strong under the pressure that they must have been able to handle it with confidence. As for Youzhou Wei Xiaojie, this guy probably didn't take him seriously at all. According to the intelligence constantly sent back from the Scout Cavalry Division,
It was mentioned that the powerful weapons in the hands of this boy's personal guards were very sharp, and the hidden stakes in Qizhou mentioned several times in recent days that they often heard sounds like lightning strikes in the mountains and forests of "Licheng". It must be that this boy was there.
Try to make some kind of bigger killer weapon.
With all these news, Li Shimin felt that there were too many secrets hidden in this boy. Fortunately, the Qin family did not covet the Tang Dynasty, and the head of the Qin family, Qin Changqing, almost always acted according to his son's ideas. This boy was a
Idealist, if I don't make good use of his temperament and his unpredictable methods for my own use, wouldn't it be the greatest loss to the emperor of a certain family?
The old emperor had a thorough understanding of Qin Wenyuan. Just as he thought, Qin Wenyuan, who had seen the prosperity of his previous life, wanted the people of the Tang Dynasty to live and work in peace and contentment and all ethnic groups to live in harmony. He did not have much influence on Li Tang's country.
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Seeing that the hall became quiet, Li Shimin smiled and said.
"I have been informed of the request of the leader of the Dahe clan. After I understand the true situation, I will send an order to Ping Liao envoy Xu Tian to restrain his troops. As for what you said about the alliance tribe's intention to launch an army to attack Liaoxi, I advise you not to act recklessly.
You must have the desire to kill, otherwise, once the war breaks out and the people are devastated, you and the Eight Khitan tribes will not be able to bear it."
After saying this, without waiting for the Khitan envoy to express his position, Li Shimin spoke again.
"Xiao Yu, the impeachment of Youzhou Wei Xiaojie and others reported by Changsun Wuji to Qin Wenyuan will be discussed at another time. Please leave your family!"
"Retreat!"
As the eunuch's shrill voice sounded, Li Shimin stood up and left the hall.
Xiao Yu, Changsun Wuji and other ministers saw that the emperor had treated Qin Wenyuan lightly and had no intention of punishing him. His attitude seemed to be quite different from the past. All the ministers, including Li Jing and others, felt surprised in their hearts.
Why is the emperor acting like this today?
After the Khitan envoys left, Eunuch Liu, the eunuch beside Li Shimin, conveyed the emperor's oral instructions again, along with ministers from various ministries and important officials of the second and higher ranks of the imperial court to discuss political affairs again in the Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace.
After receiving the emperor's oral instructions, all the ministers went to the Liangyi Hall to pay homage to the emperor according to their respective ranks.
In the Liangyi Palace, Li Shimin was leaning on the dragon couch, seemingly casual but with a cautious look on his face. When he saw the ministers entering the palace, he bowed and said.
"Please sit down!"
The ministers bowed their hands and bowed, then sat down according to their rank. When everyone sat down, Li Shimin began to speak softly and slowly.
"In view of the sensitive period in western Liaoning, I want to make King Li Xiaogong of Hejian the commander-in-chief of the march in Hebei Province, and lead an army of 20,000 to station in Youzhou to prevent the Khitan army from going south to harass the border, and to find out the killing of the guards of the Youzhou Governor's Mansion and deal with it promptly.
I believe that Qin Wenyuan is not a person who has a habit of killing extravagantly. There must be a cause and effect for this matter. I think that now that my country is stable, it is the time to accumulate strength for opening up the territory. You, your family, should be committed to developing people's livelihood and economy. There is no need to always
Set your sights on Qin Wenyuan, and let that boy take care of the land in western Liaoning!"
"Your Majesty, no!"
"Your Majesty, no!"
"Your Majesty, don't do this!"
As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Xiao Yu, Changsun Wuji, and Li Daozong shouted loudly almost at the same time.
"How about you wait and tell me?"
Seeing the emperor frowning and asking, Changsun Wuji stood up and knelt down and said.
"Your Majesty! I think that the Qin family has obtained Qizhou autonomy. If Qin Wenyuan is allowed to develop in western Liaoning, firstly, it may make the Qin family become a big trend and be detrimental to the country. Secondly, Qin Wenyuan seems to ignore the overall situation and often interact with foreigners and the Goryeo Kingdom.
If a conflict occurs, the foreign tribes will definitely turn against the Tang Dynasty with the same hatred. If the foreign tribes in the northeast and the Tubo and other countries in the west of the Tang Dynasty collude with each other, then the Tang Dynasty will be besieged on all sides. I think the emperor should withdraw based on the overall situation.
Qin Wenyuan was responsible for pacifying the history of Liao Dynasty, so that the imperial court sent personnel to carry out conciliatory and gentle policies towards various ethnic groups and Goryeo."
"Lord Changsun is just afraid that Qin Wenyuan will be reused by the emperor because of his achievements in pacifying the Northeast. Why do you say it so grandly?"
Qin Shiji on the side couldn't help but retort at first. Now that the Qin family has a third-generation legitimate son, Qin Shiji has already had a huge change in his heart about the development of the family. He fervently hopes that the family will be carried forward in the hands of his nephew and become a family that can compete with the five surnames.
Looking at a comparable aristocratic family and shining a bright light on the Qin family, he will be able to rest in peace a hundred years later. And as his nephew grows up to become more and more powerful, he must be very energetic, and he can no longer be as indifferent as before.
Asked and ignored his nephew's conflicts with others.
After saying this, Qin Shiji continued.
"Although Qin Changqing was autonomous in the military and political affairs of Qizhou, he never coveted the imperial power. He only wanted the people to live and work in peace and contentment under his rule. How could it be detrimental to the Tang Dynasty and the country? This is because Lord Changsun judged a gentleman with a villain's heart and made him out of jealousy.
The shameless tactic of slander is really shameless. Besides, Qin Wenyuan took office in western Liaoning and made great achievements in a short period of time. He made the military and political affairs in western Liaoning work together. How could he ignore the overall situation and leave it alone if the enemy attacked? That's what you said.
The overall situation? This is really unreasonable. How can you, like a frog in a well, know the ambition of a swan? You just rely on your own unknown selfishness to slander others in the court!"
"Qin Shijixiu is not ashamed of his words. There is nothing wrong with what Lord Changsun said. Not to mention that Qizhou has taken control of Qin Changqing's hands and formed an independent jurisdiction outside the imperial decree. Qin Wenyuan caused troubles one after another in several states in western Liaoning in a short period of time.
First, he had several conflicts with the Khitan, Xi tribe, Mohe, and Goryeo who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Later, he seriously injured Qu Tong, the general of the Gubeikou garrison, and killed the guards of the Youzhou Dudu Mansion. How could it be done by someone who had the overall situation in mind?
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Xiao Yu saw Qin Shiji at the side and spoke loudly to Changsun Wuji, who was blushing and swollen. Just when the man finished speaking and looked a little angry, unexpectedly, inappropriate and sarcastic laughter rang out in the hall.
"Hey, hey, hey!"
After the laughter, Cheng Yaojin and Da Chichi said to Xiao Yu.
"This is really an eye-opener for me. When did I, a man from the Tang Dynasty, kill the invading enemy, he turned out to be someone who could say such words regardless of the overall situation? How can I have such an awkward face?"
After saying this, Cheng Yaojin laughed at Li Shimin again.
"Your Majesty! In the future, when foreign forces attack the Tang Dynasty, I will request the Emperor to send Master Xiao, an expert who knows the overall situation, to fight. Just by explaining the overall situation to others, he will be able to scare the enemy.
Don't dare to violate the situation even if you are pissed off. The Kung Fu ministers and other warriors who can destroy the enemy in a few words are ashamed of themselves. Master Xiao is the only one who is following the lead and we should also learn the secret method of using our words to defeat the enemy."
This guy's joking and joking words immediately made all the generals in the palace burst into laughter, and they all looked at Xiao Yu with disdain.
After Yuchi Jingde heard what Cheng Yaojin said, he also got up and started to join in the fun.
"I said that you, Old Ghost Cheng, are really ignorant. When a certain family was young, they knew that Buddhism has the supreme magical skill of preaching. I think that this old man Xiao, who sincerely worships the Buddha, will definitely win the favor of Buddhism and teach this magical skill. We warriors can use swords and guns.
Put away the horse and put it away in Nanshan. From now on, if foreign tribes invade, we will go out with Mr. Xiao. When we encounter the enemy, we will keep talking about it. I think retreating from the enemy must be a matter of words..."