"Haha!" Xia Yu couldn't help but sneer: "Your Highness, I wonder who other than Wei Zheng these aristocratic families have protected?"
"The military advisor knows things like a god!" Li Shimin said sarcastically: "We also saved Kong Desao and Zhang Xuansu!"
"Kong Desao is a descendant of a saint, and Zhang Xuansu is a great scholar of the time. It seems that these aristocratic families also invested some money in Dou Jiande."
Xia Yu couldn't help but laugh a little.
He knew that as long as these aristocratic families took action, there would not be only one chess piece.
After all, Dou Jiande had dominated Hebei before and had a huge reputation, so it was worth investing some money.
Although these aristocratic families supported the Tang Dynasty much more strongly, Xia Yu still felt very uncomfortable knowing that these families were acting like fools.
"Humph, but in the end, they still did useless work." Li Shimin looked contemptuous.
He was also unhappy that these aristocratic families were betting on both ends, but Li Tang still couldn't do without their support, so he had no choice but to keep accounts first and calculate later.
"Your Highness should be wary of these people in the future."
Xia Yu couldn't help but remind him that he originally wanted Li Shimin to take Wei Zheng under his command, but now he has lost his mind.
Anyway, even if Wei Zheng still surrenders to Li Jiancheng, the other party can't win as long as he is here.
After all, no matter how famous Wei Zheng was in history, in the final analysis, he was just a criticizing minister who was "pretending to show off" and could not affect the overall situation.
"You know what you are doing." Li Shimin nodded, but he was very sober: "By the way, who else does the military advisor want to protect?"
Xia Yu thought for a while, and it seemed that Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong had no talents worth looking at. He hesitated and said, "Then Yang Gongqing is barely a general. His Highness may be able to use him."
Li Shimin shook his head and said disdainfully: "This person is quite talented. If he takes the initiative to seek refuge, he can still be used. But now he has been reduced to extreme poverty and cannot be kept!"
The implication is that Yang Gongqing is too loyal to Wang Shichong, which is a hidden danger.
Seeing this, Xia Yu shrugged and stopped interceding. After all, there were many famous generals in the Zhenguan Dynasty, and there was really no shortage of Yang Gongqing.
However, he worked so hard that he could only save one Ling Jing, and the five surnames Qiwang could only save Wei Zheng, Kong Desao and Zhang Xuansu.
The rest of the Xia Dynasty, Zheng Wen and military officials all had their souls returned to the underworld, which makes me feel pitiful when I think about it.
This is really risky to take sides, so you must be careful when choosing your leader!
The two of them were chatting wordlessly when suddenly, the heavy Hui'an Gate slowly opened. Wang Shichong took the lead, and more than 20 Zheng Guo's main civil and military officials filed out.
These people did not wear their usual fine clothes, but were dressed in bleak white clothes. Wang Shichong held a surrender watch and a jade seal in his hands, while the others held thick oral books and yellow albums in their hands.
This is the standard betting procedure in ancient China. It's just a pity that I didn't apologize for it.
Obviously, although Wang Shichong surrendered, he still had some integrity and did not kneel down.
When Li Shimin saw this, indescribable joy appeared on his face: Capturing two kings in one battle, he had achieved such a glorious feat!
The Tang army was also in a state of solemnity, with everyone holding their chests and heads high to make themselves look more heroic.
Wang Shichong held the jade seal and surrender watch with a miserable expression, and his steps were heavy and staggering. This former hero no longer had the majesty of the past.
After a while, he came to Li Shimin and looked at this majestic and proud young King of Qin, feeling very bitter in his heart.
The son should be like Li Shimin. If Li Yuan has such a son, Li Tang will be prosperous!
After losing consciousness for a moment, Wang Shichong slowly knelt down, raised the jade seal and the surrender watch above his head, and said sadly: "The sinful minister Wang Shichong, arrogant and ignorant, ignorant of countless things, actually tried to resist the heavenly soldiers. Now he regrets it and is willing to dedicate everything to Zheng Guo.
The land and population are in the Tang Dynasty. I hope that the Tang Dynasty can preserve my ancestral temple and treat the people well, and the guilty officials will shed tears of gratitude."
Behind Wang Shichong, all the civil and military officials of Zheng Guo also fell down in fear and did not dare to raise their heads.
Nowadays, we are the real people who work for Daozu and I work for fish and meat!
Although Li Shimin was well aware of Wang Shichong's outcome, there was nothing strange on his face. He just turned over and dismounted, politely took the surrender watch and the jade seal, and comforted him in a gentle voice: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will save the lives of your entire family."
, my father is generous and kind, and he will not treat you poorly."
"Tomorrow, I will send you and Dou Jiande to Chang'an to enjoy your old age there."
I have to say that Li Shimin did a very good job in the stage work. This has also been the necessary posture of the winner in front of others since ancient times.
Of course, you can't say anything behind the scenes.
"Thank you, guilty minister." Wang Shichong was relieved after receiving Li Shimin's safety promise.
Although he can only be a caged bird in the future, as the king of a subjugated country, it is already good to be a rich man alive.
On the side, seeing Wang Shichong seeming relieved, Xia Yu secretly sneered in her heart: This Wang Shichong really has a good idea. How many of the emperors who surrendered since ancient times had a good ending!?
He scanned the crowd behind Wang Shichong again, but he didn't know who was Huan Fahei.
Xia Yu remembered that this guy almost killed him.
Originally, he thought that after Wang Shichong surrendered, he would find a way to kill this person, but now, he no longer has this idea.
Li Ertong had already decided to eradicate the problem, so why should he bother with it? Why not do it more generously?
"Military advisor." Li Shimin looked at Xia Yu.
Xia Yu came to her senses, quickly dismounted, and waved behind her.
Immediately, Feng Deyi, Gao Shilian, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, etc. stepped forward one after another, and happily received the mouth book and yellow book representing the territory and population of Zheng from the surrenders of Zheng.
These things, after verification, will be the evidence for Datang to govern Henan in the future.
After accepting the surrender, Li Shimin was in a good mood and immediately ordered Chai Shao to escort Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and other people who had surrendered to Qingcheng Palace to wait for further treatment.
Immediately, the Tang army marched into the city with banners flying.
After entering the city, Li Shimin immediately dispatched his generals to capture key areas in the city, collect the rebels, and then went straight to the palace.
He wanted to take stock of the people and property in the palace so that he could receive them.
And Xia Yu led a group of civil servants, holding yellow books and oral books, protected by Li Daoxuan and five hundred winged cavalry, and went straight to Luoyang Prefecture Yamen.
The food shortage in Luoyang was extremely serious. Along the way, people died of hunger all over the place. The survivors were all emaciated and emaciated. They were precarious. Xia Yu had to rush to provide disaster relief.
When they arrived at the Luoyang Prefectural Government Office, all the prefecture officials and officials were waiting in fear to be punished.
Xia Yu didn't waste any time, and immediately ordered them all to be retained, which reassured these people. Then, he immediately issued three decrees:
First, post a notice to calm the people, strictly enforce discipline in the city, and make the people feel at ease.
Second, he was ordered to demote his officials and government officials, quickly go to the streets, set up porridge shacks, and prepare for disaster relief.
Third, let Yuwen Shiji, Fang Xuanling, and Changsun Wuji immediately mobilize a large number of civilians, chariots and horses to drive back to Luocang and quickly transport food into the city to rescue people.
The two veteran generals Feng Deyi and Gao Shilian quickly became familiar with the situation and took control.
As soon as the arrangements were completed, Du Ruhui, who had followed Li Shimin into the palace, rushed into the government office in a hurry and shouted from a distance: "Military advisor, where is the military advisor?"
Xia Yu hurriedly greeted him: "Here you are. Mr. Du, why are you so alarmed?"
Du Ruhui grabbed Xia Yu and said anxiously: "Something remarkable has been discovered in the Puppet Zheng Palace. His Highness asked the military advisor to go quickly."
"But I'm busy with disaster relief." Xia Yu was a little embarrassed.
Feng Deyi hurriedly spoke up and said: "Come on, military advisor. It's enough for me to take care of such small matters. Don't miss your highness's important matters."
"Yes, yes, military advisor, just rest assured." Fang Xuanling and others also agreed.
Xia Yu thought it was right. In front of him was the guy who was known as the strongest Founding Heavenly Group in history. How could such a small thing like disaster relief be difficult to stop these people?
"Well, I'd like to thank you all for that."
After saying goodbye to everyone, Xia Yu took her personal guards and rushed to the palace with Du Ruhui. On the way, she curiously asked Du Ruhui: "Master Du, what happened to make you and His Highness so nervous?"
Du Ruhui had a weird look on his face and hesitated to speak. He smiled bitterly and said, "I don't dare to tell you. I'd better see for myself when the military advisor arrives."
So mysterious? Xia Yu was stunned and became more and more curious.
After a while, Xia Yu and the two went straight into the palace.
I saw that the palace built by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty with huge sums of money was so magnificent and luxurious that it made people think it was a palace in the sky. It was amazing!
Du Ruhui led Xia Yu to a palace. Outside the door, Zhang Ananda was guarding him as if facing a powerful enemy.
"Commander, His Highness is waiting for you in the palace." Zhang Ananda saw Xia Yu coming, stepped forward to greet him, said softly, and pointed to the room.
Xia Yu nodded and stepped into the house. When she turned around, she saw that Du Ruhui had not followed, and she became more and more confused.
"The military advisor is here, please sit down quickly."
In the room, Li Shimin was sitting, his face livid and angry. There was a large carved lacquered wooden box in front of him, but the mouth of the box was sealed.
"promise."
Xia Yu sat down aside and couldn't help but said: "What's the matter with Your Highness, why are you summoning me in such a hurry?"
"Combatant, please take a look." Li Shimin silently pushed the wooden box.
Xia Yu was really anxious. The group of people were all playing charades. It was not fun at all, but she had no choice but to push open the wooden box. There were hundreds of letters inside!
Moreover, the envelopes were blank and contained no information.
So weird!?
Xia Yu was stunned. Generally, there is some information on the envelope, such as so-and-so’s personal greeting and so-and-so’s greetings. It is rare for it to be blank.
He was even more confused, so he picked up a letter, took out the letter, and opened it to read.
The text was very short, only a hundred or so words. Xia Yu glanced at it and finished reading it, but his face immediately turned gloomy.
Immediately, he went on without stopping and quickly opened a dozen letters in a row.
Finally, Xia Yu stopped, unable to remove it anymore, but her face was as angry as Li Shimin's.
Because these letters were all written to Wang Shichong, but the owners were all high-ranking officials and generals of the Tang Dynasty.
There are even people in the army.
The contents of the letter are either a secret conspiracy to provide intelligence to Zheng Guo, or they are both covert and end-to-end, leaving a way out for themselves.
You said, Li Shimin could read such a letter without gritting his teeth, and Xia Yu could read it without gritting his teeth!?
So despicable!
So shameless!
"Military advisor," the young and energetic King Xiao Qin said with a look of hatred on his face: "Tell me, do you want to pursue such a shameless thing? Do you want to report it to your father?"
"No!" Although Xia Yu wanted to agree, she thought for a moment and shook her head: "These things are too involved. If pursued, the government will be in chaos, and His Highness will be hated by countless people."
"So, my suggestion is: find an opportunity to declare in front of everyone that you have not read the contents of the letter, and then burn it to show that you will never pursue it!"
Li Shimin's eyes narrowed: "The military advisor asked Gu to learn from Cao Mengde?"
"Yes." Xia Yu nodded and persuaded: "Anyway, Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong have been destroyed. Our Tang Dynasty has swept the world. These people have no chance to sit on the wall anymore. Your Highness, why not show your kindness and give these people a
A chance to change.”
Then, he lowered his voice: "As long as these people still have any conscience, they will be grateful to His Highness. In the future-"
Xia Yu stopped talking and spoke to smart people without saying anything in detail.
Li Shimin pondered for a moment. He was also stunned just now. Now that he thinks about it, it would be more appropriate for Xia Yu to handle it this way. The Tang Dynasty was just established and there was no room for chaos.
"What the military advisor said is true, so let's do it."
Perhaps, this is a good thing for him and a good opportunity to win people's hearts!
…
That night, Li Shimin, one of the ministers in the assembly, celebrated the recapture of Luoyang. At the same time, he also took out the wooden box and explained the origin of the letter.
Then, in the complicated eyes of countless people who were stunned, happy, and confused, all the letters were burned.
