The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 721

In the early morning of the next day, Li Yuan was promoted to the hall, and all the civil and military officials had finished their visits. Li Yuan announced Liu Jingxuan to the hall.

It was the first time Liu Jingxuan saw the emperor of Tang Dynasty when he was so old. Looking at Li Yuan's appearance, he had big ears, a majestic face, piercing eyes, and a black beard fluttering on his chest. The formation, the ostentation, everything is better than his Majesty King Liang.Liu Jingxuan didn't dare to look more, stood still more than ten steps away from Li Yuan's Longshu case, and quickly cupped his hands to salute, explaining his intention.

With a smile on his face, Li Yuan said some polite words, and ordered someone to set up a seat for him to sit down, and then ordered someone to pass Xiao Mian's letter and a special gift list to the Long Shuan. It will record the gift to Pei Ji last night.

Li Yuan opened the letter and read it again. He frowned first, then his face softened, and he said to Liu Jingxuan with a smile: "Your envoy, Datang and Daliang are countries of good alliance. If Daliang is in trouble, Datang will never sit idly by. Nai The Tang Dynasty has used troops year after year, the country is empty, and there is a shortage of major generals. Sending troops to hunt down thieves is a big deal. I will give you an answer after discussing it. Come, please first invite your envoy to rest in the post."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liu Jingxuan was happy in his heart, at least Li Yuan didn't refuse him face to face, how could he just send troops for such a big matter, it needs to be discussed, so he glanced at Pei Ji after saluting, Pei Ji nodded slightly, Then Liu Jingxuan was led back to the post house to listen to the letter.

Li Yuan sent Liu Jingxuan away and asked Ji all the ministers.

The civil and military ministers competed to kneel and discuss, some advocated sending troops, and some refused to send troops, they were roughly divided into two factions.Everyone said their own reasons, and Li Yuan couldn't decide to pay attention for a while.

From the bottom of his heart, Li Yuan didn't want to send troops, because he had been fighting for years, first with Li Gui, then with Turkic, then with Liu Wuzhou, then with Liu Heita, with the Luo family and his son, with Yang Yong, This is fighting with Liang Shidu, Turkic and Goguryeo and other small frontier states. It has been fighting for more than ten years.

But Li Yuan knew very well that he didn't need Xiao Mian to remind him. He also knew the pros and cons. It took only two years for Yang Yong to destroy all the heroes in the south of the Yangtze River. Now there is only one Xiao Mian left. It's a matter of time, and I'm afraid it won't last even a year. By then, Datang and the rebels will inevitably fight each other, and Yang Yong may be even more difficult to deal with.However, at this time, sending troops to Yang Yong and attacking Yang Yong's men with Xiao Liang, it was a good time to attack Yang Yong, but he felt a little powerless.

When Li Yuan was uncertain about paying attention, the right servant shot Pei Ji out of the class and knelt down to salute: "Your Majesty, I have a book to play."

Li Yuan had wanted to hear the opinions of the two prime ministers for a long time, and when Pei Ji finally spoke, he said happily: "What chapter does Qing have, play it quickly?"

Pei Ji kowtowed: "Your Majesty, according to my opinion, it is better to send troops. Liang Shidu, Turkic, Goguryeo and other small states violated their borders and caused chaos. These are all diseases of scabies, and Yang Yong is my confidant of Tang Dynasty. It only took Yang Yong two years to destroy the Five Kings of Jiangnan. If you miss the opportunity, after Yang Yong destroys Xiao Liang and unifies Jiangnan, it will be even more difficult to conquest. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

These few words were right in Li Yuan's heart, Li Yuan couldn't help nodding, just when he was about to make up his mind to reply to Liu Jingxuan, the left servant shot Liu Wenjing out of the class and knelt down: "Your Majesty, I also have a book to play!"

"Liu Aiqing, don't be polite, let's play quickly."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liu Wenjing stood up, without even looking at Pei Ji, bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise, someone is making lies and deceiving the country. You must not use troops against Yang Yong at this time!"

As soon as this remark came out, the entire court was shocked, and the eyes of all civil and military officials were all focused on Liu Wenjing.

"Why did Aiqing say that?"

"Your Majesty, my Majesty. On the surface, my Tang Dynasty is strong and powerful, but in fact it is full of dangers. My heart is not dead. The Xitu has just been appeased. The **** has joined forces with the border small states to invade the south and help them even more. All the Liang Liang divisions went south to threaten the capital. I have been fighting for years in the Tang Dynasty. The national power has been consumed and the people are miserable. Now we use troops on two fronts, and the outcome is uncertain. It is hard to get rid of the burden of Yang Yong. How can we treat Yang Yong again? What about using troops bravely? This is the theory of subjugation. Some people ignore the interests of the country after receiving private bribes. Don't listen to slander, Your Majesty."

"Liu Wenjing, you are spitting blood, who are you referring to Sang and Huai? Today you make it clear, who took bribes?" Pei Ji couldn't hold back anymore, pointing at Liu Wenjing and shouted.

Liu Wenjing sneered, "Who is so-and-so clear in his heart, if there is no ghost in his heart, how could he become angry? I thought I was very careful about what happened last night, but if you want people to know, you have to do nothing!"

Pei Ji knelt down for the second time and said: "Your Majesty, my minister is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and the sun and the moon can learn from it. Liu Wenjing is dissatisfied with the favor of my minister, and she is dissatisfied with her majesty by staring at her in private. Please punish Liu Wenjing for falsely accusing the minister. .”

Liu Wenjing also knelt down: "Your Majesty, please punish Pei Ji for his crime of colluding with foreign envoys."

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"Okay, okay!" The two wanted to continue arguing, but Li Yuan interrupted them, "Now that the country is facing a crisis, I will discuss military affairs with you, but as prime ministers, you are doing it for your own sake." May, accuse each other, how decent!"

"My minister is guilty! My minister is guilty..." The two kowtowed quickly, not daring to say any more.

Li Yuan saw that the court was divided into two factions headed by Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing. One faction advocated sending troops, and the other advocated not sending troops.

Back in the East Palace, Concubine Yin De, who was as beautiful as a flower, greeted her with a smile, and helped Li Yuan take off her robes, put on palace clothes, brought bird's nest porridge, and flew back and forth in front of Li Yuan like a bird, Li Yuan's mood improved. He took her into his arms, and just after being fed two mouthfuls of porridge by her, a eunuch outside shouted in a unique tone: "Princess Pingyang is here!"

It turned out that a year ago, Qin Wang Li Shimin led Li Yuanba and Luo's father and son to conquer the Turkic and Goguryeo allied forces. Chi, and Chai Shao stayed in Beijing without going out.

Li Xiuning heard about Xiao Liang's condemnation of the emissary at the son-in-law's mansion, and came with Chai Shao, but they came too late, and Li Yuan had already retreated, so she followed to the East Palace.Chai Shao didn't dare to trespass, so he had to wait outside the East Palace.

Li Xiuning didn't care about this, before the eunuch finished speaking, Li Xiuning came in with a sword and accompanied by all the maids. Concubine Yin De hurried out of Li Yuan's arms in a panic. The bird's nest porridge in her hand spilled out of the bowl and almost spilled on Li Yuan. The serving maid hurried over to help, took the bowl and wiped off the dirt on the ground.

Concubine Yin De knew that Li Yuan doted on this daughter the most, her little face blushed and quickly changed into a smiling face.Sure enough, Li Yuan was not angry at all, he smiled more sincerely, and said softly: "Ning'er, why are you here?"

Li Xiuning didn't even look at Concubine Yin De, as if she didn't exist, said to Li Yuan, "Father, I heard that Xiao Liang sent envoys, and asked us to send troops to help. I don't know what Father's plan is?"

"Oh, Ning'er knows it too. Since that's the case, I'd like to hear Ning'er's advice." Li Yuan stroked his beard with a smile.

"Father, in Ning'er's opinion, this time not only will we send out troops, but we will also send out heavy troops!"

"Oh? I would like to hear the details."

"Father, isn't this a clear thing? Yang Yong has now become a climate, and he has wiped out the five kings of the south of the Yangtze River, and gained a large area of ​​land. He is even more arrogant than before. How long will it take if we don't attack him at this time? Taking advantage of Yang Yong's body In the south of the Yangtze River, we happened to send troops to the south, and Ning Er is not talented, so he is willing to lead the army to conquer this thief!"

Li Yuan was overjoyed when he heard that he likes bloody children the most, so he immediately made up his mind and said to Li Xiuning: "Okay, Ning'er's words are just what I want. The front of me is printing the vanguard officer!"

"Thank you, Father." Li Xiuning saluted and withdrew, gritted her teeth in her heart, and said, Yang Yong, you wait, this time my old lady has to settle accounts with you, not to avenge the humiliation several times, and swear not to be a human being!

(End of this chapter)