As long as the crimes against the Jiangnan nobles are confirmed and the evidence is solid, even if the Guanlong Group wants to support them in the court, they can't do it. Without the help of the Guanlong Group and Shandong's powerful people, the Jiangnan nobles will be like playthings under Fang Jun's hands.
When it comes to rounding and flattening, the Jiangnan gentry suffered losses from Fang Jun in the past, which has long proven that Fang Jun is also a good player when it comes to playing with a stick...
Dou Dan rolled his eyes, glared at Yang Xu and said: "You are standing and talking without back pain. Fang Jun will naturally not touch you, Hongnong Yang, but we have deep grudges with you. Who knows if this stick will be used?"
Are you crazy? We have more properties in Jiangnan than anyone else!"
Yang Xu said helplessly: "Do you think that someone is making sarcastic remarks? Anyway, this is all what someone said. Do you want to hear it or not?"
He was a little annoyed.
His father was Yang Xiong, the "King of Guan" in the Sui clan. He was deeply trusted and respected by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. In the eighth year of his reign, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo. Yang Xiong accompanied the army and died of illness in the army.
The Hongnong Yang family gradually withered after entering the Tang Dynasty. Their nephew Yang Sixuan is now the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Another nephew Yang Sijing married the great ancestor's daughter Princess Anping. The younger brother Yang Shidao was the most promising of the Hongnong Yang family now and married the daughter of the great ancestor Li Yuan.
Princess Guiyang was appointed Taichang Qing in the early years of Zhenguan. She held the position of servant and had a bright future. Unfortunately, first her son Yang Yuzhi had an affair with his aunt Princess Fangling and was lynched by his uncle Dou Fengjie. Then his wife had a child with her ex-husband.
His son Zhao Jie participated in the "detention case" of Lishan Villa, which angered His Majesty Li Er and threw him away without further use.
However, Dou Dan said that no one would touch the Yang family of Hongnong if Fang Jun moved him. This had nothing to do with the power of the Yang family, but because Yang Xu's uncle Yang Da had a daughter who married the warrior Yun, Duke of Guo, and then gave birth to another child.
He married a daughter named Wu Meiniang and became Fang Jun’s concubine...
Who among the people in Guanzhong doesn't know that Fang Jun dotes on this concubine to an excessive extent and leaves all the family property under her control? She is called concubine and is actually his wife?
But even so, Yang's purpose was still to get close to the Guanlong Group, and he did not flirt with Fang Jun because of the closer relationship. At this moment, Dou Dan, a stupid person, made sarcastic remarks, which made Yang Xu very dissatisfied and naturally a little annoyed.
I thought for your sake and went on to warn you, but in the end I took advantage of my kindness...
Changsun Wuji had no choice but to dissuade him and said: "Brother Yang, why should you be upset? We, the guards, rely on help and we should work together. Don't let your relatives feel unhappy because of a few inappropriate words.
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He also felt tired.
The current situation in the court is in turmoil. As His Majesty Li Er no longer trusts him, the entire Guanlong Group seems to be marginalized. It is no longer the mainstay that can influence the situation of the court like it used to be.
In this case, it is necessary to appease the Jingzhao family and the Hedong wealthy families, and must not cause the Guanlong Group to fall apart. Only by staying together can we compete with the rising Shandong wealthy families and poor students, otherwise they will gradually be cast aside.
They broke up and took away some of the privileges that originally belonged to them.
But where there are interests, there will be struggles. Everyone within the Guanlong Group has its own thoughts and plans. How easy is it to unite them tightly?
Yang Xu did not express any clear expression of comfort to Changsun Wuji. He just nodded slowly and his eyes wandered...
"Dang Dang Dang" there was a knock on the door.
Changsun Wuji frowned and said loudly: "Come in."
An old steward pushed open the door and entered. He first bowed to everyone and said, "Master, a report from the Northern Xinjiang War has just been delivered to the Ministry of War. Guo Fushan, the Minister of War, will deliver it to the palace."
Several people looked tense and asked, "Do you know what's going on?"
The old steward shook his head and said, "We haven't found out yet."
Changsun Wuji remained silent.
Once upon a time, the Guanlong Group controlled almost fifty-sixths of the upper echelons of the Tang army, and the empire's military was fully under control. However, now it is actually impossible to know the content of a battle report from northern Xinjiang. It can be seen that the Guanlong Group is in the army.
How weak is the influence.
If some measures are not taken, I am afraid that the Guanlong Group, which used to be the mainstay of the Tang Dynasty, will be wiped out by everyone...
Just as he was sighing, he heard another noise outside the door. A servant quickly walked in and saluted: "Your Majesty has a decree to summon the master of the family to the palace to discuss the war."
Several people in the room were suddenly moved. A war was about to break out...
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His Majesty Li Er moved to Liangyi Hall and summoned all ministers to discuss matters.
Li Ji, Cen Wenwen, Ma Zhou, Li Daozong, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, Li Daliang, Changsun Wuji and other civil and military ministers entered the hall one after another. When they sat down respectively, they saw a copied battle report on the table in front of them.
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In the tenth month, Xue Yantuo led hundreds of thousands of elite troops from Tongluo, Pugu, Huihe, Mohe and Fei across the desert and stationed themselves at Baidaochuan. He could whip his whip south and invade Shuozhou at any time!
The military situation is urgent and the situation is like fire and water.
But after everyone in the palace carefully read the battle report, they all unanimously focused their attention on that strong young figure...
Everyone here is an important official of the imperial court, and everyone has some information channels in the palace. The story that just happened in the palace has already been conveyed to everyone's ears. Everyone has mixed feelings about Fang Jun, the most famous person in the dynasty.
In my heart, I can't tell what my feelings are.
But there is always one thing, I admire you for sure.
Regardless of anything else, the fact that he could make the emperor furious every once in a while, and then nothing happened afterwards, makes people admire him from the bottom of his heart.
If someone else had angered the emperor like this, it would no longer be a matter of losing his official position, but he might have been whipped to death by the emperor...
His Majesty Li Er looked around, and finally looked at the extremely obedient and obedient Fang Jun with lowered eyebrows and lowered eyes. He gritted his teeth and asked: "Northern Xinjiang War Report, Fang Jun, as the Minister of War, tell me how to deal with it?"
Although Fang Jun had just been pardoned from the death penalty, he could not escape the crime of living. His Majesty Li Er issued an order to whip him fifty times. Fortunately, he only received a dozen whips. Guo Fushan hurriedly went to the palace to present the report of the Northern Xinjiang war. Even so, more than a dozen whips were given.
The beating also made his buttocks and back burn...
Hearing this, he moved his body a little, grinned in pain, and said: "Your Majesty, what was sent to the Ministry of War together with the battle report was a secret letter sent by the Ministry of War to be carefully prepared within Xue Yantuo, saying that just before Xue Yantuo sent out troops
Soon, the regent of Goguryeo, Da Mo Li Zhi Yuan Gaesu Wen, sent his eldest son Yuan Nannan to various tribes of Xueyantuo. He also brought heavy money to visit the Tongluo, Pugu, Uihe, Mohe, Lin and other tribes. Later, Xueyantuo sent troops.
It can be seen that Goguryeo promised certain benefits and the two parties colluded with each other in an attempt to delay my plan of the Tang Dynasty's Eastern Expedition."
Everyone was stunned. No wonder the news of the Tang Dynasty's Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo has been very popular in the past two years. The army was mobilized to recruit grain and crops. Even the common people knew that Goguryeo had not moved. It turned out that such a big move was suppressed silently.
Zhao'er...
In fact, this trick is quite effective.
Some of the elite troops of the Tang Dynasty had just returned from fighting the rebellion in the Western Regions. They were stranded and depleted and their morale was low. Some of them were guarding the rebels in Yizhou, Qianzhou and other places. Some of them had already sadly gathered in Youying and were ready to attack Goguryeo eastward at any time.
Xue Yantuo raised troops to invade the country at this point in time. The troops in Shuozhou were weak. They could only mobilize those who had just marched westward to suppress the rebellion. Naturally, the combat effectiveness was inevitably low. Whether they could withstand the impact of Xue Yantuo's tribes was really unknown...
Only by gathering the strength of the whole country to resist Xue Yantuo's invasion, otherwise the entire Shuofang area would be trampled by Xue Yantuo's horse hooves, which the Tang Dynasty could never bear.
In this way, Goguryeo can naturally relieve the pressure and breathe a sigh of relief, and even the thunderous Eastern Expedition of the Tang Dynasty will suffer changes due to this.
I have to say that Goguryeo's strategy of "surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao" was indeed very clever.
It seems that the sticks are not all of the same kind...
In any case, the Tang Dynasty must not sit back and watch Xue Yantuo invade the border and ignore it. Baidaochuan is close to Shuozhou, which is the key point in the northwest and the key to the north. Once Xue Yantuo's cavalry breaks through Shuozhou and drives straight in, the endless plains in the Hetao area will suffer.
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In history, Huns and Turks entered the Central Plains from here countless times, burning, killing and looting, causing turmoil in the Central Plains dynasty and heavy casualties among the people...
His Majesty Li Er's face was calm and showed no signs of anger. He glanced around at the ministers and said calmly: "My beloved ministers, how do you think we should respond?"
The Ministry of War can be in charge of the construction and distribution of weapons, as well as the promotion and demotion of officers, and the deployment of troops. However, no matter how powerful it is, it cannot have much say and decision-making power in the military aspects of a super battle.
No matter how big the Ministry of National Defense is, it cannot be bigger than the Military Commission...