His Majesty Li Er prides himself on being decisive in killing, but he never admits that he is a murderous person.
During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, brothers were killed, brothers were killed, and even members of the clan were killed. However, His Majesty Li Er always believed that it was just a way of self-preservation. The struggle for imperial power had no room for tenderness. After all, the supreme power in the world was mixed with
There are too many entanglements, either you die or I die.
When you are in that position and at such an opportunity, all you can do is move with the times.
He is just a king and a loser. How does he have anything to do with morality?
However, while the Xuanwu Sect incident gave him the supreme power in the world, it also naturally caused his reputation to fall to the bottom, and anyone could step on it.
After all, he committed the crime and took it in reverse, which was contrary to the mainstream values inherited by Zongzong for thousands of years. It made those who claimed to stand on the highest moral ground excited and ridiculed him, a brother-killer.
The executioner came to show his purity and elegance.
Where can there be any benevolence and morality?
All the bustle in the world is for profit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit. Tai Shigong's words really reveal the world's situation and reveal the true meaning of the world in one sentence.
As long as Changsun Wuji knows how to give in and understands that imperial power cannot be touched or hijacked, why would he want to bear the reputation of being a murderous hero and being mean and ungrateful?
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Changsun Wuji burst into tears with gratitude on his face, and said with tears: "Your Majesty is generous, how can I be so lucky for you? It's just that in the past, I couldn't help myself, so I had to worry about the pleas of the people around me. After all, without their support in the beginning, how could I be where I am today? However,
Now that the old ministers are getting old and their descendants are gradually withering away, I am really powerless and will no longer care about their affairs."
Not only am I today dependent on the support of the Guanlong nobles, but the reason why your Majesty Li Er was able to fight against the odds and ascend to the throne is because of the Guanlong nobles' unwavering support.
Now that you have secured the throne, you have begun to gather the imperial power and abandon the Guanlong nobles as if they were old shoes. What is the difference between this and killing the donkey?
Don't say it so nice, in the end everyone is just for profit. Although there is love, but in the face of such interests, they are very fragile.
If the abyss is deep, fish will live there; if the mountain is deep, animals will flock to it; if people are rich, benevolence and righteousness will be attached to them.
You are now the Nine-Fifth Emperor, holding the sun and moon in your hands. You want to gather the imperial power in a way that is as gentle as possible, so as not to kill people and make rivers of blood flow.
But does this mean that you are a benevolent person? Not necessarily. It just means that you have the supreme power in the world, and you only consider your life after death. Back then, you killed your brother and your brother to steal this family property, but now you don’t
I am willing to bear the infamy of being the hero of the massacre again, that's all.
Don't think of yourself so noble...
How could His Majesty Li Er fail to hear the unfinished meaning in his words? His face was gloomy, but he was not angry, and he said slowly: "Back then, you and Ruhui, Xuanling were all my humerus, Ruhuitian
He was seriously ill and died early, so he was a little less blessed. However, his descendants and heirs all used him in great importance, so he did not live up to Ruhui's merits.
I won't treat his son badly. It's just that you are a bit of a loser. I treat you more closely than Ru Hui and Xuan Ling. The princess who is married to your family is also my eldest daughter. I am my heartthrob.
What's the result? Alas! Fortune plays tricks on people, so it's okay not to mention the past. I am a person who misses the past, and I will also take care of the sons of the auxiliary machine. They will live with the country forever."
The meaning of knocking in the words is very obvious.
What else do you have to complain about? Indeed, you have made the greatest contribution to the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. I will enshrine the portrait in Lingyan Pavilion to commemorate your achievements. You are ranked first among the civil and military ministers, and you will be named "the first hero of Zhenguan". Your head is firmly established. During the Tang Dynasty, as long as your family does not rebel, you will enjoy first-class honors, wealth and splendor, endlessly.
But am I treating you too little?
After I ascended the throne, I appointed you as the Taifu. The Guanlong nobles behind you were awarded various rewards. It can be said that you have overwhelming power in the court. You were even married to your family. What is the result?
You led that group of Guanlong nobles to form cliques, sell officials and titles for private purposes, and even intervened in the dispute over the reserve position, causing turmoil in the court and chaos in the world. In the end, even my daughter suffered humiliation in your family and had to bear the bad reputation of Heli. !
Have you ever put me, the emperor, in your eyes?!
I am not only your brother-in-law, but also the supreme emperor in the world!
Changsun Wuji also felt sad after hearing His Majesty Li Er's words.
I think back then, the Guanlong nobles gave all their support to you, but how many Guanlong disciples went into battle and died on the way to charge? Blood and corpses paved your way to the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Don't you deserve to be rewarded based on your merits? Is it worth it?
As a result, you now use Jiangnan nobles and Shandong aristocratic families to suppress Guanlong, intending to eliminate Guanlong's power from the court. Isn't this chilling?
However, he knew His Majesty Li Er's temperament. If he bowed his head and surrendered, he must be thinking about some old feelings, but if he just argued with reason, he would definitely not end well.
He wiped away his tears and said sadly: "After returning to Chang'an, I also followed the example of Liang Guogong and traveled in the forest to enjoy the family happiness. As for those Guanlong children, I can't care about them, and I don't want to care about them. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. The older generation has conquered the country, but they only know how to enjoy themselves and not make progress. In the end, they are dilapidated and declining. Who can blame them?"
When His Majesty Li Er heard this, he was immediately pleased and said: "It is best if the auxiliary commander can think like this. Although I am not a merciful sage, I am definitely not a mean and ungrateful person. As long as the Guanlong disciples can honestly serve the country How can I treat you poorly? After all, I was once a member of Guanlong, so I am naturally much closer to my own children than others."
What he hopes most is that Changsun Wuji can give up his identity as "Guanlong leader", retreat bravely, and stop intervening. Like Fang Xuanling, who writes books and talks about it, how happy it is to live a leisurely life and have a posthumous name. ?Why get involved in the court battles and go against him, the emperor?
Again, as a last resort, he didn't want to be cruel to the Guanlong nobles and ruin his reputation...
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Heavy rains for several days caused the Yanshui River to surge, and the river water had overflowed the river embankment. Fortunately, the Yanshui River was low-lying, and the river banks on both sides were higher than the river embankment, so there was no danger of the Tang Army's camp being inundated with river water.
Once the camp is flooded, the entire camp will be soaked in the river water, which will not only make the soldiers susceptible to diseases, but more importantly, it will affect the morale of the soldiers.
Hundreds of thousands of troops came in an endless stream from the direction of Jian'an City. The camps became larger and larger, and they were densely packed all over the mountains and plains, showing the strength of the Tang army.
His Majesty Li Er called all the generals to the central military tent and said with a sad face: "The heavy rain has been falling continuously for many days. What should we do?"
Goguryeo's "Liaodong Great Wall" was not in name only. These mountain cities were built on the mountains. They often had cheap terrain and strong walls, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack. Nowadays, the Tang army is attacking more cities. They use gunpowder to blow up the local city walls, and then rush in through the gaps.
Nothing goes wrong.
However, heavy rain made gunpowder useless, so if you wanted to attack the city, you had to rely on soldiers to attack it.
The city of Anshi has thick walls and is backed by mountains. There are more than 200,000 defenders in the city. The defender is a famous general like Gao Huizhen. There are sufficient troops and convenient transportation. If you want to break it, you can only use human lives to fill it.
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How many people will die?
His Majesty Li Er was reluctant to bear it. This was already expected to be the last battle after the founding of the Tang Dynasty. After the war, most of the soldiers put their swords and guns in the treasury and released their horses to Nanshan. How could he bear to let these war-experienced sons of the Tang Dynasty
The bones are buried in Liaodong, but the soul cannot return home?
But if it continues to be delayed, the heavy rain will not stop for some time. The longer it is delayed, the more unfavorable the war will be to the Tang Dynasty. If Pingrang City cannot be captured before winter, won't it mean that the same mistakes made by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty will be repeated?
This is absolutely not allowed!
All the generals are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time and have extremely rich battle experience. They naturally understand the urgency of the current battle situation and understand why His Majesty Li Er is so worried.
Yuchi Gong said loudly: "Your Majesty, why do you need to do this? The worst is to attack in the rain! Gunpowder can indeed blow up the enemy's city wall, allowing the soldiers to easily break into the enemy's city and reducing casualties. However, the heavy rain has not stopped for many days, and the battle cannot be delayed.
We serve the king, why should we fear death? Please give your Majesty the order to fight to the death! I am willing to lead my soldiers to attack Anshi City!"
He was angry and impassioned.
Cheng Yaojin, Xue Wanche and others served as the vanguard of the army and successively captured several cities and made great achievements. Zhang Jian, Cheng Wuting, Cheng Mingzhen, Qiu Xiaozhong and others had been organizing the army in Youying Prefecture for two years, and their achievements were not small.
He was the only one who had not made any achievements since he had accompanied the army from Chang'an to this expedition.