Chapter 64: The Teacher's Return to the DPRK and the Good News
Putting aside their personal grudges, the other five prime ministers all agreed with Chen Shuda's words.
Pei Ji was born in the Sangquan Pei family, a small family. Liu Wenjing was born in the Liu family in Pengcheng, Xiao Yu was born in the Xiaoliang royal family, a Jiangzuo family, and Dou Kang, needless to say, was in the Guanlong Dou family. As for Yang Gongren, he was from the Hongnong Yang family.
The mud-legged people rebel and must be killed. Failure to kill them is not enough to deter other mud-legged people.
"Okay, choose a day to behead them and show them to the public." Li Yuan ordered.
Be it Du Fuwei, Li Zitong, or Wang Shichong, they are all losers. Life or death does not depend on them, but on Li Yuan.
Immediately afterwards, Dou Kang asked: "Your Majesty, His Majesty the King of Qin captured three kings in one battle and made outstanding contributions. I don't know how to reward him. Several colleagues in the Political Affairs Hall have been worried about this for a long time. Please ask Your Majesty to get one."
idea."
"Not only that." Chen Shuda said: "This successive recovery of the Central Plains, Jianghuai and other places is all the result of the King of Qin. I really don't know how to reward him."
Although the news of the recapture of Jianghuai and other places has not yet come, it does not prevent Chen Shuda from booking victory in advance.
It's coming, it's coming.
Li Jiancheng wanted to tear Chen Shuda and Dou Kang's mouths apart, but he couldn't do it. King Qin's solid military exploits and achievements made him unable to refute. He now felt that what Liu Wenjing said was right, as long as King Qin could continue to go out and wipe out the separatist regimes
The threat from King Qin will become greater and greater.
Liu Wenjing's complexion also became very bad. How should we reward the King of Qin for such merit?
Is it possible to make King Qin the crown prince instead?
Xiao Yu continued paddling without saying a word. He was also a smart man, so he could naturally see the fight between the prince and the King of Qin.
Yang Gongren also worried: "Since the founding of the dynasty, there has never been anyone with such merit as His Highness King Qin, and I don't know what to do."
Li Yuan smiled and said mysteriously: "I already have a draft."
Chen Shuda smiled and asked: "May I ask how your Majesty plans to reward you?"
Li Jiancheng's heart tightened and his ears pricked up to listen to Li Yuan's words.
But Li Yuan didn't say anything, but kept it secret.
"You will know when King Qin's class teacher returns to the court."
The next day, as Wang Shichong, Li Zitong, Du Fuwei and others were beheaded in Chang'an downtown, the news that the Tang army attacked Luoyang and wiped out the East China Sea and Jianghuai spread wildly.
If the people of the Tang Dynasty before just thought that the Tang Dynasty would get better and better, but with the recapture of Dongdu and the deaths of Li Zitong and Du Fuwei, the people of the Tang Dynasty now believe more and more that Emperor Li Yuan will dominate the world.
Similarly, officials who were loyal to the Tang Dynasty would identify more with the Tang Dynasty in their hearts. This is the general trend, the trend of the times, and what the people want.
The Guanlong family who had objections to the royal Li family had to remain silent. Although they were the foundation of Li Tang, Li Tang has now grown into a towering tree. There are some things that they know very well in their hearts and can no longer do so casually.
The Li family was forced.
The emperor and the aristocratic family rule the world together. The emperor is in front and the aristocratic family is behind. Naturally, the emperor is the main one. Otherwise, how could the people who came to the imperial family from the Guanlong family in the past suppress them.
At this moment, both the Dou family and other Guanlong aristocratic families put their tail between their legs and behaved honestly.
After all, the biggest violent machine is in the hands of the Li family, and you have to be cowardly when it's time to be cowardly.
Li Yuan is not Yang You, let alone Emperor Zhou Jing.
From this moment on, the royal Li family and the Guanlong family no longer have a cooperative relationship, but have become a "primary and auxiliary" relationship.
The royal family is the main one, and the Guanlong family is the supplement.
In other words, as long as Li Yuan or Li Yuan's heirs did not learn from Yang Guang, the Tang Dynasty would most likely be able to last for a hundred years.
In March of the fourth year of Wude, good news came one after another.
King Li Yuanji of Qi led his army to sweep the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, while Qu Tutong, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Dou Gui, the general manager of the army, took over the East China Sea and other places.
So far, the Tang Dynasty has taken over vast territories such as Guanzhong, Central Plains, Bingzhou, Jianghuai, Bashu, Longxi, Liangzhou, and part of Hebei.
In the whole world, Li Tang gets eight points!
At present, the remaining separatist forces include Luo Yi in the north who has nominally surrendered, Dou Jiande who is half-dead, Liang Shidu, and Gao Kaidao in Liaodong.
There are Xiao Xian, Lin Shihong and Feng Ang from Lingnan in the south.
In Li Yuan's eyes, these people are all rotten fish and shrimps, and he just wants to deal with them one by one.
In other words, with the fall of Wang Shichong, there is no one who can stop Li Tang. Unless all the separatist forces in the world, plus the Turks, attack the Tang Dynasty at the same time, the Tang Dynasty cannot lose.
Among the good news, there was also some bad news. Luo Yi could not hold Dou Jiande in check for long. Because the news of the demise of Wang Shichong, Li Zitong, and Du Fuwei reached Hebei, Dou Jiande immediately sent someone to contact Gao Kaidao.
To deal with Luo Yi together. The two parties joined forces, but Luo Yi was defeated and could only retreat to Youzhou.
However, Dou Jiande and Gao Kaidao had no power to fight anymore, so they could only give up and watch helplessly as the Tang Dynasty swept across the Central Plains.
Li Yuan didn't care that he failed to defeat Dou Jiande, because with the great victory in the Central Plains, his goal had been achieved.
In the future, we will just spend some effort to send troops to conquer Hebei and regain the lost territory.
In the south, Xiao Mian and Lin Shihong felt chilled when they learned that Wang Shichong, Li Zitong, and Du Fuwei had been annihilated by the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop.
Originally, they had no advantage over the Tang Dynasty, and now they feel that life is even more gloomy.
Tongguan.
The Tang Army of the Eastern Expedition began to return to Guanzhong in an orderly manner, with smiles of victory on the faces of the soldiers. The generals gathered together in twos and threes, discussing what rewards they would receive after returning to Beijing.
Li Zhiyun rode a horse and led the army of the King of Chu, which fell behind. He looked at the long dragon-like soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty and was filled with emotion. This army of soldiers born in the war may not have the same combat power as those of the previous Sui Dynasty.
The army is strong, but it can definitely be tied now.
After all, those who survive the battlefield are ruthless people.
Du Ruhui and Chu Suiliang rode their horses to follow Li Zhiyun.
Most of the time, Du Ruhui and Li Zhiyun talked, and Chu Suiliang listened. When Li Zhiyun joked: "Second brother has made such a contribution this time, I wonder how my father will reward him."
Du Ruhui mused: "It's really difficult to handle."
Although they all look forward to the prince and the King of Qin playing tricks on each other, the problems on the surface have not yet been resolved.
How to reward the King of Qin?
Li Shimin is already a prince, and his royal title "Qin" is the most noble of the four royal titles of Qin, Jin, Qi, and Chu. To a certain extent, King Qin is already the head of all kings.
Further up, there is only the prince.
However, both Li Zhiyun and Du Ruhui knew very well that the emperor would not do such a stupid thing as making King Qin the crown prince.
In comparison, Li Zhiyun was foresighted. He naturally knew what Lao Li would do next, but Du Ruhui did not know.
Chu Suiliang said thoughtfully: "My subordinates feel that the sage may reward the King of Qin with a higher position to highlight the King of Qin's achievements."
"What do you mean?" Li Zhiyun asked.
Chu Suiliang explained: "The King of Qin's lord is already the highest and cannot be granted a title. Now that he has made such great contributions, it would be inappropriate not to grant him a title. Therefore, my subordinates felt that the saint might give the King of Qin a higher position. For example, Taiwei
Something like that, maybe it’s a ministerial order.”
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun looked at Chu Suiliang in surprise.
He didn't expect that Chu Suiliang was so sharp and his guess was quite accurate.
"Deng Shan, not bad." Li Zhiyun praised with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Chu Suiliang quickly expressed humbly: "These are all random speculations by my subordinates. Your Highness does not need to take them seriously."
Li Zhiyun said: "I think the same thing as you."
After saying that, pat him on the shoulder.
Famous ministers like Chu Suiliang are still well-deserved in the end. They may not show their talents for a while, but as time goes by, they will gradually transform.