Li Mu would choose to travel lightly and return immediately. He also had his own calculations. The things he did in Miao territory were dealt with first and then reported. Although everything was for the consideration of the court, if there was that dog-eating censor who wanted to join him,
Wu Junshang and all, there are still pigtails to catch. Although he is not afraid, there is no need.
The matter of countering the rebellion was something that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty agreed to put on him, and he couldn't get rid of it. Even if he wanted to delay it, he couldn't. Because it is obvious that Li You couldn't stir up any trouble. Let's put it this way
, if Li Shimin could withstand the rumors and ignore Li You, just leave him like this, and he would stop it even after a year and a half.
Some people may wonder that this is a rebellion. If we don't care about it, we might not be able to reach Chang'an in a year and a half?
Most of the people in the Tang Dynasty who had such an idea were only those rotten scholars who only knew how to study. It was only about ten years since the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Li Shimin's veterans who competed in the world are all still in the army. These people are scattered everywhere.
Zhe Chongfu is the main force in the army at the moment. They recognize Li Shimin, but they don't recognize Li You. Even without this loyalty, one is the emperor who dominates the world, and the other is the prince who lives in a corner. One is me, and the other is father.
One is the invincible General Tiance, and the other is a young boy. Do you still have to choose?
If you think you live too long, you can hang out with Li You.
Let’s not talk about soldiers and horses, the difference is too huge. Let’s talk about logistics, Qizhou, and the land of a state. Even if all the food and grass are requisitioned, how much will there be? When fighting, food and grass are bottomless pits, and no amount is enough. Li Shimin gave an order
Next, all merchants dare not transport grain and grass to Qizhou. Even if Qizhou has a good harvest this year, the grain and grass will only be enough for a few months at most, not even half a year.
What's more, Li You doesn't understand the art of war and tactics, and the talents under him - there are no talents at all. Among the civil servants, the only one who can be counted is his uncle Yin Hongzhi, a son of an official with a dandy background. What about the generals? Yin Hongzhi's nephew
Two brothers, Yan Hongxin and Yan Hongliang, were said to be 'extraordinary in martial arts', but compared to the many powerful generals in the imperial court, these two were at the level of partial generals at best.
To deal with them, the imperial court sent Cheng Yaojin, a notoriously brave and foolhardy man, to bully them. If we had to wait a minute, Li Ji's personal soldier Wang Hu was the one who fought with Li Mu and Li
Siwen is the one guarding the city in Dingxiang, he is more suitable.
This rebellious combination corresponds to Li Mu’s famous saying on the Internet before he traveled through time: Even if I give you a chance, you’ll be useless!
According to the analysis of the Ministry of War, the best way for the imperial court to suppress the rebellion is to pretend that it has not been seen. If this is done, there will be two results. The first is that the King of Qi cannot retreat, and he has no food and will stop on his own. The other is that
, he chose to attack and fight all the way from Qizhou. If he had chosen this way, the 'rebellion' might have ended earlier, because in this case, the Ministry of War predicted that he was likely to 'capture' two or three counties due to attrition.
After collecting some troops, and the looting and looting aroused public anger, the local nobles rose up to fight back, and were defeated by the guards in a certain county.
There would be no benefit to fighting this battle. Instead, it might be recorded in the history books and become a shame for one's combat career. Which general would be willing to fight in such a period?
Even if he is a reckless man like Cheng Yaojin, he is not willing to do it, let alone Li Ji, Li Jing and others?
So Li Mu knows that he can't escape. Even if he delays, the court will probably wait for him. You, Li Mu, can't just stay away forever, right? There's no rush here anyway, just take your time?
The civil and military officials are no longer anxious. How can Li Shimin not be anxious? As long as Li You rebels for a day, it is equivalent to having 180 strong men with bows and arrows to give him a big mouth. Sitting on the dragon chair, he feels like sitting on pins and needles!
Ever since the news of Li You's rebellion reached Chang'an, Li Shimin had stopped going to court. He really had no face, facing the eyes of all the civil and military officials in the court!
For three whole days, he sat in the Tai Chi Palace without eating or drinking, looking haggard. No matter what anyone said to him, he had no reaction at all.
Therefore, when Li Mu was crossing the Minjiang River, he received another letter from Empress Changsun, asking him to speed up his journey. At the same time, he also asked him to write a letter to advise Li Shimin. No matter what happened
What's the matter? It's okay if you don't eat.
Li Mu had no choice but to write a letter and send it back to the flying pigeon. He counted the days and found that if nothing happened to the pigeon, it would fly to Chang'an in about two and a half days. Including the flight time, it was a week later, and he didn't know that your majesty
Can you hold on? If you don't figure it out, you'll starve yourself to death. It seems like the butterfly you're traveling through time has a little too much strength in fluttering.
It was a month's journey under the stars and night. It took only half a month to arrive. Li Mu drove straight through Zhuque Street and entered the palace gate without stopping. There were no more than three civil and military officials in the dynasty who had this honor. Those who dared to do this were...
Li Mu alone.
When they arrived at the gate of Tai Chi Palace, Li Mu dismounted. Eunuch Gao went to the bottom of the steps and saw Li Mu. He quickly grabbed his sleeve and said, "Master Marquis, you are finally back. If you were later, our family would really be afraid of Your Majesty."
he--"
Li Mu's acting skills were also superb. He screamed sadly and said: "I came back late. I deserve death. Take me to see your Majesty quickly!"
Eunuch Gao led Li Mu and hurriedly came to the palace gate. Eunuch Gao helped Li Mu push the door open, but he did not go in. Li Mu glanced at him, and Eunuch Gao returned a look. Li Mu then suddenly understood and handed over the door without leaving any trace.
A yellow object passed by and entered the hall.
The smell of roasted lamb legs filled the Tai Chi Hall. Li Mu followed the smell and looked over, and saw Li Shimin sitting on a small stool, grilling meat on a copper stove.
There was a small table next to it, with spices, daggers, and plates on it. There was one roasting on the stove. Li Shimin was holding one in his hand. He ate very thoughtfully. He did not bite into it with great enthusiasm, but cut it into slices with a knife and then used it.
Eat with chopsticks.
His expression was a little dazed, his eyes staring out the window, as if he was thinking about some life issue.
Hearing the creak of the palace door, Li Shimin turned his head. Only then did Li Mu see Li Shimin's appearance. He looked like a man experiencing a mid-life crisis with his unshaven beard. It seemed that men were surprisingly consistent when it came to decadence.
"You're back," Li Shimin sighed and smiled bitterly: "I read Fei Ge's letter, and it was pretty good."
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty." Li Mu was not polite, came to the opposite side of Li Shimin, sat down on the ground, reached for the free dagger, and cut a piece of meat from Li Shimin's leg of lamb. Li Shimin looked at him, and Li Mu looked at it.
The meat on the plate hesitated for a moment, and instead of picking it up to eat, he took the half-cut lamb leg from Li Shimin's hand and started to eat it directly.
Li Shimin smiled helplessly, dropped the dagger in his hand, stopped eating, and watched Li Mu eat by himself.
"You already know the matter, and it makes you laugh." Li Shimin sighed again and said: "The civil and military officials in the whole dynasty are watching my joke. I am really shameless."
"Oh, why do you want to lose face?"
"Huh?" Li Shimin glared angrily.
"I made a mistake." Li Mu pretended to give himself a mouth, and begged for mercy: "I said it casually, but it is also the truth. Your Majesty, please think about it, since ancient times, all those who have achieved great things are all great and honorable, but there are many things that the Lord has done.
It’s just a taboo. History books are written by the victors. These are all trivial matters. As long as they are solved quickly and accurately, no one will mention them after a few years."
With that said, Li Mu flattered him: "Future generations will only see your majesty's great achievements. What are the trivial things compared to your majesty's achievements?"
Li Shimin was confused for a while, his expression became more lively, and he said: "The truth is indeed interesting, but what does 'Great Guangzheng' mean? I didn't understand it."
"The great and the righteous are great, bright and righteous." Li Mu gnawed half of the leg of lamb and said: "This is not important, Your Majesty, this matter is left to the minister, you just say, those who want to die, those who want to live
, Your Majesty does not need to worry about other matters."
"Dead or alive?"
Li Mu's words made Li Shimin fall into a state of decadence again.
Li Shimin murmured to himself, "After what happened, Concubine Yin feels sorry for me and has sought death twice. It is true that Yin Hongzhi deserves to die, and so does Li You. But Concubine Yin should not die in my heart.
She is very good to me. I cannot say that we have a deep affection for her, but we have treated each other like guests for many years. I really can’t bear to see her commit suicide, but if I want to kill Yin Hongzhi, and that treacherous son Li You, Yin
My concubine is worse off than alive. I am conflicted and find it difficult to make a decision."
Li Shimin sighed and added: "And that rebellious son Li You -" Li Shimin gritted his teeth: "How dare he, how dare he have such thoughts! He is just a bastard, how dare he think about the throne! Even if I am dissatisfied with the crown prince,
Then there is the King of Wei. Even if the King of Wei is not successful, there are still child slaves. Even if I don't use my legitimate son, he is not the longest among the concubines. It is not his turn, how dare he have such delusions?"
"It's all Yin Hongzhi!"
Li Shimin cursed loudly: "I should not have been soft-hearted and persuaded my father to keep him. I should have killed all the young and old men of the Yin family! I should have let his Yin family have no descendants! Raising tigers is a danger, I have seen it today!"
"
Li Mu secretly curled his lips and thought to himself, after all, didn't he want to excuse his son? Li You was not a good person even if he didn't have such an uncle.
But seeing how miserable Li Shimin is now, it's better not to tell the truth.
Li Mu took the second leg of lamb over, blew it, then started to chew it, and asked: "Your Majesty, are you alive or dead? You should make up your mind early, so that I can go to work early."
Li Shimin looked at Li Mu hopefully and said, "If I want him to live, can I do it?"
"There is nothing impossible about this," Li Mu said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are the emperor, and everything within the four seas is the king's land. Life and death are all based on your will. Whoever you let live will live."
"But the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty——"
"Let them talk about it?" Li Mu said nonchalantly: "In order to gain fame and reputation, and to directly gain fame, we will fulfill their wishes and kill a few people and it will stop."
"No." Li Shimin waved his hands repeatedly and said: "This matter has become a laughing stock. Li You died unjustly. If I favor him, what will the world say about me? No, absolutely not. If Li You can rebel, he will die unjustly."
"Then he will die." Li Mu immediately changed his mind: "If your Majesty does not want to bear the name of killing your son, I will take the blame. But your Majesty has to write a note to me. If someone attacks me in the future, I will have something to say.
.”
Li Shimin glared at him, could he write such a note? If he did, he might as well kill himself.
"How about..." Li Mu speculated on his intentions and said, "I'll think of a way to make King Qi die from the loss. What do you think?"
"I won't look at it!" Li Shimin became angry in embarrassment, "No." Li Shimin waved his hands repeatedly and said: "This matter has become a laughing stock. Li You died unjustly. If I favor him, what will the world say about me? No, absolutely not. Li You can rebel,
He deserved his death."
"Then he will die." Li Mu immediately changed his mind: "If your Majesty does not want to bear the name of killing your son, I will take the blame. But your Majesty has to write a note to me. If someone attacks me in the future, I will have something to say.
.”
Li Shimin glared at him, could he write such a note? If he did, he might as well kill himself.
"How about..." Li Mu speculated on his intentions and said, "I'll think of a way to make King Qi die from the loss. What do you think?"
"I don't want to see it!" Li Shimin became angry with embarrassment and said
"No." Li Shimin waved his hands repeatedly and said: "This matter has become a laughing stock. Li You died unjustly. If I favor him, what will the world say about me? No, absolutely not. If Li You can rebel, he will die unjustly."
"Then he will die." Li Mu immediately changed his mind: "If your Majesty does not want to bear the name of killing your son, I will take the blame. But your Majesty has to write a note to me. If someone attacks me in the future, I will have something to say.
.”
Li Shimin glared at him, could he write such a note? If he did, he might as well kill himself.
"How about..." Li Mu speculated on his intentions and said, "I'll think of a way to make King Qi die from the loss. What do you think?"
"I don't want to see it!" Li Shimin became angry with embarrassment and said
"No." Li Shimin waved his hands repeatedly and said: "This matter has become a laughing stock. Li You died unjustly. If I favor him, what will the world say about me? No, absolutely not. If Li You can rebel, he will die unjustly."
"Then he will die." Li Mu immediately changed his mind: "If your Majesty does not want to bear the name of killing your son, I will take the blame. But your Majesty has to write a note to me. If someone attacks me in the future, I will have something to say.
.”
Li Shimin glared at him, could he write such a note? If he did, he might as well kill himself.
"How about..." Li Mu speculated on his intentions and said, "I'll think of a way to make King Qi die from the loss. What do you think?"
"I don't want to see it!" Li Shimin became angry with embarrassment and said
"No." Li Shimin waved his hands repeatedly and said: "This matter has become a laughing stock. Li You died unjustly. If I am partial,