Chapter 73
Autumn in the fifth year of Zhenguan is a harvest autumn.
Since Li Shimin ascended the throne, he worked hard to govern. In the fourth year of Zhenguan, he developed and exploded, destroying the Eastern Turks and bringing Jie Li to Chang'an City to dance.
By the fifth year of Zhenguan, the previous behavior of gritting teeth and cultivating water conservancy was also gained, and Guanzhong ushered in a bumper year. Grain prices also set new lows unprecedentedly.
Logically speaking, Li Shimin should be very happy.
However, the northwest border was unstable, and various urgent memorials came one after another, which completely ruined Li Shimin's mood.
Fang Xuanling: "Your Majesty, Niu Jinda had already written a letter a few days ago. After His Highness the King of Chu arrived in Liangzhou City, the cohesion of the military and civilians has risen to a higher level. It is impossible for the Western Turks to capture Liangzhou City this year. I feel that there is no need for Your Majesty to worry too much."
After the court meeting, Li Shimin asked Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and others to stay and discuss state affairs as usual.
Li Kuan has been to Liangzhou for a month, but the situation in the northwest has not improved at all. Even news has been heard from several surrounding prefectures that Tuyuhun nearby has not been very honest recently, and small groups of "horse thieves" have invaded from time to time. I don't know if these horse thieves are real horse thieves or Tuyuhun people wearing horse thieves' skins.
If he hadn't really wanted to destroy the people's livelihood construction that had just entered the fast lane within the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin really wanted to send a few armies to directly destroy the Western Turks and Tuyuhun.
"What Fang Xiang said is also reasonable. The most urgent task is to accumulate strength. The rebellion in the northwest is only temporary and will not endanger the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. When the treasury is abundant, we will teach them a lesson."
After finally bringing Li Kuan to Liangzhou, Changsun Wuji naturally didn't want the court to provide any help to Liangzhou at this time. If he really wanted people to give them things and things, it might be a reward for Li Kuan.
This is naturally not in line with Changsun Wuji's original intention.
Let Li Kuan go to Liangzhou.
Even if the Western Turks retreated this year, who can guarantee that they will not come again next year?
It would not be so easy for Li Kuan to return to Chang'an City.
While Changsun Wuji was secretly happy that his plan succeeded in his heart, he seemed to support Fang Xuanling in an seemingly fair manner.
"These days, I feel a little uneasy. I am afraid that Li Kuan will cause trouble when he arrives in Liangzhou City." Li Shimin felt a little regretful and shouldn't have sent Li Kuan to Liangzhou.
Although Liangzhou is Li Kuan's fiefdom, the effect of letting other high-ranking officials in the court is not worse than that of Li Kuan. Even if they want children from the royal family, Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong seem to be more suitable.
However, people have already arrived in Liangzhou, and it is useless to regret it any more. I just hope that he will not really make a mistake.
In the face of military and national affairs, even if your son makes a mistake, he must be severely punished.
"Your Majesty, I have seen His Highness's recent performance has improved greatly. I believe that after a trial in Liangzhou, I will become a real pillar of the court."
Fang Xuanling naturally understood Li Shimin's concerns, but he couldn't persuade him too much.
It is because Li Kuan was in disguise in the past, and it is not possible for a short-term change in image to change many people's views.
"I naturally hope that Kuan'er can enter what Xuanling said. But when I think of the situation in the northwest these days, I feel a little scared and always feel that something big is going to happen."
Just as Li Shiming was sighing, a little eunuch led a postman with a dusty face to the entrance of the hall.
"Your Majesty, the eight hundred miles from Liangzhou are urgent."
The little eunuch just finished speaking and found that the people in the room were staring at him in surprise, as if he was about to swallow himself alive, and his legs could not stand.
Fortunately, he didn't need to say anything else, so Li Zhong stepped forward to take the memorial, checked it briefly and handed it to Li Shimin.
Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others looked at each other, and a worried expression appeared on their faces.
Any 800-mile rush is a very urgent and important matter; if it comes from the border, it is even more important, because this often means major military information.
Liangzhou has been tortured by the Western Turks for several months. Now, there is a sudden 800-mile rush. What good things can happen?
Could it be that Liangzhou City was broken?
After Li Shimin took the memorial, he opened his face with nervousness.
I just said I was uneasy, could it be fulfilled so soon?
"This Li Kuan! He didn't obey the order. Do you really think Liangzhou City is Chang'an?" Li Shimin quickly read the content of the memorial, but his mood did not improve at all.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong? Did something happen to His Highness the King of Chu?" Changsun Wuji asked with concern.
Could it be that God is so jealous that something happened to him as soon as I brought him to Liangzhou? Changsun Wuji thought to himself in his heart.
"You guys can see it for yourself!"
Li Shimin threw the memorial on the table and turned around in the hall angrily.
"This King of Chu is too uneasy, right? His Majesty repeatedly emphasized that the Liangzhou garrison should not leave the city easily. How dare he disobey the imperial edict?"
After reading the memorial, Changsun Wuji felt secretly happy.
This memorial was written by Niu Jinda himself, and his private seal was on it. Judging from the appearance, it should have been written by Li Kuan after he did not listen to the advice and left Liangzhou City.
"The Western Turks had at least 20,000 cavalry in Liangzhou, and His Highness the King of Chu had only a few thousand guards. If these people were outside the city, wouldn't they give the Western Turks military achievements to them?"
Wei Zheng has always dared to say anything, not to mention that Li Kuan is just a prince, even the prince and Li Shimin, he would say the same.
"Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to think about the consequences of this matter and prepare a solution to it in advance." Fang Xuanling felt that everyone had already left the city. Even if he rushed over for eight hundred miles, it was two or three days ago.
Maybe when the next news comes, Li Kuan will be captured or something.
So this is, you need to consider how to deal with subsequent changes.
"What to deal with, what is there to deal with! This Li Kuan will let him die at the hands of the Western Turks." Li Shimin was really angry.
If Li Kuan stayed well in Liangzhou City, he would have to wait for another month or two and it would have snowed heavily on the grassland and the crisis would have been lifted naturally.
But now that I leave the city, the situation is completely different.
Whether Li Kuan was killed or captured, it was very troublesome.
If a prince of the Tang Dynasty was killed and the court had not had any movement, it would have affected morale too much; but if he really sent a large army to set off, it would completely destroy his original intention of rest and recuperation, and time might not be enough.
And if Li Kuan is captured, it will be even more depressing.
"Report! Your Majesty, eight hundred miles of speed, and another eight hundred miles of speed came to Liangzhou City!"
Chapter completed!