Volume 1: First Entering the Tang Dynasty Chapter 65: Secrets must not be revealed
After five days of march, Li Xiuning and Lu Chen led a group of soldiers of the Detachment of Women back to Niangziguan.
At this time, both Prince Li Jiancheng and King Qin Li Shimin had received news about the battle in Weizhou City.
At this time, Li Shimin, who had returned to Chang'an Tiance Mansion, looked at the report sent by Tian Liu'an in his hand and couldn't help laughing: "My third sister is really powerful. She took care of Liu Heitao and brother-in-law without a single blow.
I'm afraid you're going to have a hard time!" Putting down the letter in his hand, Li Shimin couldn't help but tease Chai Shao, who was sitting on his left.
Chai Shao and Li Xiuning had a very good relationship, but it was a pity that they had to gather less and stay apart more when fighting for the country. Today, Chai Shao is not only the consort, but also the brother-in-law of Li Shimin, and also the Duke of Huo Guo. He has been granted a settlement of 1,200 households, and
Ren Zhengsanpin was appointed as the Right Xiaowei General.
This time Li Shimin went west to Qinzhou to intercept Jieli Khan head-on. Chai Shao, as the general of You Xiaowei, naturally wanted to accompany the army. Although he was very happy that his wife could achieve such a great victory, he still could not show it on the surface.
When he came out, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Her Royal Highness the Princess has always been gentle and gentle, why did she end up having a hard time?"
"Yes! Yes! Don't let the family scandal be publicized! I think I, Old Cheng, am not afraid of his wife!" Cheng Yaojin, who is already the Duke of Su, said in support,
But as soon as Cheng Yaojin said these words, everyone laughed. Who didn't know that if the entire Tiance Mansion was afraid of his wife, Fang Xuanling was definitely the first, and the second was Cheng Zhijie.
"Okay! Don't be ridiculous! What do you think of Lu Chen, the military advisor in my third sister's army?" Li Shimin coughed a few times, then looked around at everyone and asked.
"This person has the talent to stabilize the country!" Li Chunfeng, who had been sitting aside, said directly. Li Chunfeng, who was dressed as a Taoist priest, had never been very fond of speaking in such meetings of Tiance Mansion, and his current status
It was only a reporter from the Tiance Mansion who joined the army. Normally, a person with this kind of position would not even be qualified to participate in such a meeting. However, no one in the entire Tiance Mansion, including Li Shimin, dared to look down upon this Taoist master.
It is said that "Fang plans to stop everything". When they were in Tiance Mansion, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui had already emerged. Naturally, they also had their positions in this meeting, but their roles were obviously different from Li Chunfeng's. What's more,
Every time before Li Shimin went on an expedition, he would definitely talk to Li Chunfeng in secret, but no one knew what he said. Until Li Shimin ascended to the position of supreme leader, the number of Li Chunfeng's appearances in the court gradually became less and less.
It’s time to study Xing Dou Shu, Zi Wei Dou Shu, Arithmetic Yili and other things with Yuan Tiangang.
Now Li Chunfeng actually said that Lu Chen has the talent to "pacify the country and stabilize the country", which will inevitably arouse opposition from some people.
"I don't think Lu Chen has the talents that Daochang Li mentioned. In my opinion, he is just a little clever!" This time it was Yuchi Gong who spoke, speaking in a arrogant voice, with a rather unconvinced tone.
"Why, you are a blacksmith who knows how to make horseshoes, but you are not convinced by the horseshoe nails? Is this the only thing that you can think of in your dog's mind?" Cheng Yaojin directly teased Yuchi Gong.
Yuchi Gong's original name was Yuchi Jingde, and Yuchi Gong was his given name. Because of his dark appearance and his background as a blacksmith, Cheng Yaojin often called him "Lao Hei" or "Blacksmith".
As soon as Cheng Yaojin teased him, Yuchi Gong immediately started blowing his beard and glaring at Cheng Yaojin, lifting up his clothes and rolling up his sleeves.
"What's the matter? Are you not convinced? Come on, let's practice! Second brother, don't stop him. If he dares to hit me today, I will dare to report to the court and say that Yuchi Gong beat the Duke!" Cheng Yaojin
With an expression of "Hit me!", on the other side, Duke Yi Guo Qin Qiong stopped Yuchi Gong from going over to beat Cheng Yaojin.
Seeing that these generals were making trouble again, Li Shimin could only shake his head helplessly, coughed softly, and signaled that he should stop making trouble. There was still business to talk about. Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong then stopped.
It's a pity that the two of them were still winking at each other, and the others were too lazy to pay attention to these two idiots, so they could only pretend they didn't see them.
"Taoist, why do you say this?" Although Li Chunfeng had a position in Tiance Mansion as a clerk and joined the army, in terms of title, everyone from Li Shimin to the following people called him "Taoist".
"The secret of heaven must not be leaked. I can only say that having this person in the Tang Dynasty will be of great benefit!" Li Chunfeng flicked his fly whisk and said with a slight smile, with an enigmatic look. "My good friend, Pin Dao, should meet with Lu Chen in the near future."
Let’s meet!” Having said this, Li Chunfeng stopped talking.
"This old man talks half of his words!" Seeing Li Chunfeng closing his eyes and concentrating, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help complaining, but Cheng Yaojin didn't dare to go too far, even if he dared to talk to Yuchi
Gong fought with those civil servants, and even sometimes had a heated exchange with Li Shimin, but he did not dare to offend Li Chunfeng.
The main thing is that this guy is too evil. Who knows what tricks he can use to punish you to the point of crying without tears. Cheng Yaojin, this kind of person, still has self-awareness. It is better not to offend him if he can, regardless of Cheng Yaojin.
Yaojin looked like he was not stingy, but he was clear about who he could offend and who he couldn't offend.
"Since the Taoist Master said so, let's take it slow!" Li Shimin sighed and said.
Hasn't Li Shimin thought about recruiting Lu Chen? He has, but Lu Chen is now the military counselor of the Women's Army. It seems a bit unreasonable for a younger brother to compete with his sister. Moreover, his brother-in-law is still helping him here. This is straightforward.
Just poaching people, Chai Shao couldn't justify it. Li Shimin could only keep this thought deep in his heart, hoping to see Lu Chen one day. If Lu Chen wanted to come over and help him, wouldn't his sister do it?
Don’t have anything to say?
"By the way, Tian Liu'an wrote a letter saying that in this battle in Weizhou City, more than 30,000 surrendered troops were captured. What do you think?" Li Shimin lowered his head and glanced at the letter on the desk in front of him, and asked as he looked at the civil and military personnel.
What is the cold weapon fighting? The number. Although there are also elite soldiers and strong generals. For example, the three thousand Xuanjia army under Li Shimin are one to a hundred. Three thousand Xuanjia is worth one hundred thousand. That is not a joke.
Yes, but this kind of soldiers is also expensive to raise. You must know that the logistics support of the Tang Dynasty was not as rich as modern times. It was really made of trucks and trucks of copper coins. Even Tiance Mansion, a big company with a big business, could only
It would be impossible to raise three thousand Xuanjia troops according to the standards of the Xuanjia army.
Therefore, fundamentally, whoever has more people still has the final say. Therefore, the more than 30,000 surrendered troops in Weizhou City are just a piece of fat. Whether it is Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin, whoever eats these people will be weakened in disguise.
The opponent, and between the positive and negative, it is equivalent to having 60,000 more troops than the opponent.
How could Li Shimin not be jealous of the more than 30,000 surrendered troops? In the same way, the prince Li Jiancheng, who was sitting in Youzhou and had not yet returned to Chang'an, also received the report, so naturally he also wanted to attack the more than 30,000 surrendered troops.
But now there is also a problem, that is, the more than 30,000 surrendered troops were captured by Li Xiuning. Even though Tian Liuan is managing it now, to be honest, this great victory was attributed to Li Xiuning. To be more direct, the entire victory was attributed to Lu, the counselor of the Women's Army. It was planned by Chen, otherwise there would be no more than 30,000 surrendered troops. I am afraid that at this time, Weizhou City is still fighting fiercely and blood is flowing like a river!
Therefore, how to distribute the more than 30,000 surrendered troops depends on Li Xiuning's face. Not to mention the emperor Li Yuan ordered the distribution, in order to take care of his girl's mood, it is estimated that Li Yuan will directly assign the more than 30,000 surrendered troops to Li Xiuning. .
Naturally, someone would remind Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng of this matter, and the person who reminded Li Shimin was naturally Fang Xuanling, and the one who reminded Li Jiancheng was Wei Zheng.
"Your Highness, I'm afraid that if you want to win these more than 30,000 surrendered troops, you need the approval of Princess Pingyang!" As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Fang Xuanling, who was at the bottom of the table, saluted and said. After all, his official position at this time was not that of Shangshu Zuo. Pu She, Liang Guogong, was only a clerk of Tiance Mansion who joined the army. From his position, he was not qualified to participate in this meeting. Being able to participate in the meeting was approved by Li Shimin, so his position was behind the civil and military officials.
"Wouldn't His Majesty directly issue an edict?" Changsun Wuji was the one who asked Fang Xuanling. As Li Shimin's uncle, his position was naturally at the front of the civil and military circles. Changsun Wuji's words naturally meant to let him Li Shimin wrote to Li Yuan asking for the surrender of these troops.
"Brother Auxiliary Machine, this is wrong!" Because at this time, Changsun Wuji was only the North Road Marching Signer, and this official was given by Li Yuan. He had no position in Tiance Mansion, and to be honest, his official position Not as good as Fang Xuanling, but he was able to get a front position because he was Li Shimin's uncle, so Fang Xuanling didn't mean to be dismissive by calling him "auxiliary machine".
"If this great victory was achieved by His Highness King Qin, and His Majesty bypassed His Highness and directly issued an order, saying that the surrender of the troops was directly taken over by the Crown Prince or Princess Pingyang, how would His Highness feel in his heart?" Fang Xuanling continued without being humble or overbearing. , but did not speak too clearly, "If my prediction is correct, the ownership of these more than 30,000 surrendered troops will probably depend on a word from Princess Pingyang! I believe that His Majesty's decree will be issued soon." Come on!" After Fang Xuanling said this, he stopped talking and returned to his duties. However, everyone present was a human being, and no one could understand what Fang Xuanling meant.
"Keming, what do you think about this matter?" Li Shimin looked at Du Ruhui. Since he had Fang Xuanling's "plot", Du Ruhui's "break" was indispensable.
"Back to Your Highness, I also feel that what Xuan Ling said is true. The current plan is to send people to Niangzi Pass as soon as possible. After all, the Crown Prince is currently in Youzhou, which is closer to Niangzi Pass. I'm afraid something will change if it is too late!" Du Ruhui said with a salute.