For a moment, a carriage was parked in front of the Qin Palace. An eunuch ran up. Pei Ji bent over and walked out of the carriage and asked with a smile: "Your Highness of the Qin Palace is here.
Is it?"
"Your Highness is here!" The eunuch bowed and said, "Prime Minister, please come with me."
Pei Ji nodded and followed the eunuch to the Qin Palace quickly.
In winter, the Hehuang area was covered with heavy snow, and it was difficult to move forward, and the cold was extremely cold, so it could not fight again. The Tang army temporarily withdrew to Longxi County. After the Liang Shidu army defeated Xue Rengao, it received strong support from Tuyuhun and temporarily solved the food and grass problem.
We are all raising our energy and waiting for another fight next spring.
It was also because the Sui and Tang dynasties signed a settlement agreement, the Sui army concentrated on taking Hebei east, and the Tang army also had plenty of time to carry out strategic maneuvers, allowing morale to gradually recover and improve before attacking Xiping County, and completely remove the back of Liang Shidu.
prick.
Li Shimin handed over the defense to Liu Hongji a few days ago and returned to Chang'an. These days, except for going to the palace to pay homage to his father, Li Shimin has been studying in the mansion behind closed doors these days, and occasionally some subordinates will come to visit him.
Li Shimin had just sent the eldest Kong Wuji away, picked up the bowl and drank a sip of ginseng tea. At this time, an eunuch outside the door reported, "Pei Xiangguo asked for a meeting!"
"Please come in."
Pei Ji is Li Shimin's most powerful ally in the court. He has a high position and is always valued by Li Shimin. Although Li Shimin did not have a good rest last night and was a little tired, Pei Ji came to visit and he still forced himself to receive the meeting.
After a moment, Pei Ji hurried into the study, unable to control his excitement in his heart, "I am not willing to meet His Highness the King of Qin!"
"Pei Xiangguo, please sit down."
Li Shimin could feel the excitement in Pei Ji's heart. At this time, the maid brought in two cups of tea. When the maid left, Li Shimin smiled and said, "It seems that there is something happy event for Pei Xiangguo?"
Pei Ji picked up the hot teacup and covered his cold hands, laughed and said, "The happy event is not a question, it's just that Bei Yi felt it was interesting when he heard a news. I'll share it with His Highness."
"What news?"
As early as Taiyuan, Pei Ji opposed Li Jiancheng's leadership of troops as the Left Army Marshal. At that time, Pei Ji and Li Jiancheng had a gap. When Li Zhiyun's death, Pei Ji liberated Li Shimin and said that Li Shimin shot his brothers and killed his relatives for justice. This incident completely angered.
After Li Jiancheng was over, the relationship between the two began to be in a bad state. Pei Ji was afraid that Li Jiancheng would be detrimental to him, so he kept secretly supporting Li Shimin to take Li Jiancheng and replace him.
In Pei Ji's view, it was a crucial step to let Li Shimin hold the military power of the Tang Dynasty. At present, Li Xiaogong's allies have been allowed to be promoted through the Tongguan incident, and the promotion of Liang Shidu has not been taken down, so that Li Shimin has completely controlled the military power of Guanxi.
The rumor of Mori Yoshiki this time is the best opportunity. How can Pei Ji not be excited?
Pei Ji stroked his beard and smiled and said, "Sheng Yan sent hundreds of baskets of mountain fruits to the Sui army on the other side. Some people also said that Sheng Yan bought a large house in Taiyuan, and the money for purchasing the house was not paid by him. Your Highness, this is what happened.
When I come to Pujin Pass, I will change my coach."
Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said, "No matter whether this matter is true or not, don't bother whether Pujinguan wants to change the commander. Has Pei Xiangguo considered who made up this rumor?"
Pei Ji nodded, "I have considered this issue. Either it is Sheng Yan's enemy, or someone in Pujin Pass wants to replace Sheng Yan's army, or it is the Sui army's plan to disagree."
Li Shimin smiled faintly and said, "It should be the plan of the Sui army to disagree. If Sheng Yanshi, a member of the prince's clan of the prince, was demoted because of this, the prince would naturally think that it was my cause."
"But……"
Pei Ji hesitated a little, "With the priest's character, no matter whether this matter is true or not, he will definitely not let Master Sheng Yan stay in Pujin Pass again, can we seize this opportunity?"
"What you mean is that no matter whether it was done by the Sui army or not, we should seize this opportunity. Is that true?" Li Shimin glanced at him and asked coldly.
Pei Ji also knew that he was a bit too much. If he had to use it for the Sui army, he would have to sell the interests of the Tang Dynasty. However, Pei Ji's principle of dealing with people is that it is not a husband, and the means are not important. What is important is
As a result, as long as the goal can be achieved, you can use any means.
But Li Shimin's coldness made him unable to say a word for a long time. He sighed and lowered his head. Li Shimin walked a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back. He suddenly turned around and asked, "If Master Sheng Yan is replaced, who do you think is the most important.
Is it possible to take over as the position of Pujin Pass?”
Pei Ji was excited. He understood Li Shimin's meaning and hurriedly said, "The Chief of Fengyi County Xie Shufang is the confidant of the King of Qi. Originally, the emperor wanted to use him as the guardian of Pujin Pass, but the prince strongly recommended Master Sheng Yan, the prince's intention.
It is obvious that you have to control Fengyi County and also control Pujin Pass. If the emperor replaces Sheng Yan, it is very likely that Xie Fangshu will serve as the garrison of Pujin Pass. The second is Chang He, the garrison of Guangtong Cang, who was once Sheng.
Deputy General of Master Yan, if the Emperor replaces Master Sheng Yan, Chang He may also be the chief general of Pujin Pass." Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "Don't ask about Master Sheng Yan's affairs, naturally there will be a people's sentiment envoy to report to Master Sheng, you only need to
Do two things, the first thing, Xie Shufang's two brothers, Xie Sili and Xie Yingdeng, were both senior officials in the Sui army. You might as well hint to the emperor. The second thing, I heard that Chang He was afraid of his own house.
The woman was discovered by her wife and forced to drive away. You should find this woman, settle her well, and find a chance to return her to Chang He."
Pei Ji frowned slightly, "Your Highness, it seems that the strength of winning over Chang He like this seems to be a little too weak."
Li Shimin smiled slightly, "The position of the general of Pujin Pass is too thin, I don't like it yet. I will clarify to the emperor's brother about the matter of Sheng Yan. It was not my own, but the separation of the Sui army. As for Chang He
, This person has a grudge against Yang Yuanqing for killing his troops. He dare not surrender to the Sui Dynasty no matter what. You can take it slowly. It is enough to make him grateful to me first."...
Li Jiancheng received a report from Liu Wenjing that there were rumors of Sheng Yanshi, which surprised him. He naturally thought that this was done by the King of Qin, with the purpose of intervening in the Kanto forces and breaking the current balance of power, which made Li Jiancheng extremely
dissatisfied.
Li Jiancheng walked all the way in the palace. He climbed the steps and walked into the side hall of Liangyi Hall, where the imperial study of the Emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty was located.
Li Jiancheng walked to the door and directly instructed the eunuch: "Report to me, I want to see the emperor!"
A eunuch hurriedly entered the room to report, and after a moment, he came out and bowed and said, "Your Highness, the Lord, please come in."
Li Jiancheng said nothing and quickly walked into the imperial study room. In the imperial study room, Li Yuan was just looking at the report of the People's Consciousness Inspection Envoy. The duties of the People's Consciousness Inspection Envoy were mainly to visit the degree of support for the Tang Dynasty by the people of Guanlong. After the Tongguan incident
The prestige of the Li Dynasty was greatly hit, and Li Yuan had to start paying attention to public opinion.
This report clearly records the spread of the Sheng Yan incident in the past few days, which really made Li Yuan feel a little worried.
"Father!" Prince Jiancheng walked in and bowed, "My son has something to say."
"What's up?"
Li Yuan casually put the report on the table and subconsciously covered it with a memorial. Li explained it very clearly to Master Sheng Yan's prince's man.
"Father, it's about General Sheng. I wonder if Emperor An heard any rumors?"
"Oh! You mean that Master Sheng Yan sent Shanguo to the Sui Army. I have heard of it. What do the emperor think about this?" Li Yuan's tone was very plain, as if this matter was not a big deal.
But Li Jiancheng knew his father very well, and he was very cunning and suspicious. If this matter was not solved well, although Master Sheng Yan had no problem now, he would inevitably fall into this matter in the future. Master Sheng Yan was
A general who Li Jiancheng valued extremely, he must not lose and let Master Sheng Yan fall under the rumor.
"Father, General Sheng is a loyal general, and at the same time, he sent Shanguo to the Sui army with both civil and military power. The son-in-law believed that this was to relieve the pressure on the border and prevent the two armies from clashing due to distrust of each other.
He has the style of a famous general, and his son is willing to guarantee him that he will not be disloyal to the court."
Li Yuan laughed, "The emperor is too worried. I have no prejudice against General Sheng. This kind of market rumors is clearly someone maliciously provoking it. I know very well in my heart. The emperor can write a letter to tell General Sheng to make him feel at ease.
Lead your troops and don’t be affected by this.”
The father's statement made Li Jiancheng slightly let go of his heart. He hurriedly said: "Father, this kind of bad spread of rumors is very likely to cause a crisis for ministers, and must not be tolerated. The sons suggest that the matter be investigated strictly and that the rumors must be found.
From the source, severely punish the perpetrators!”
"This is not easy to investigate, and as long as you ignore this kind of rumor, it will naturally disappear in a few days."
Li Yuan had no interest in investigating and dealing with rumors, and his topic changed slightly, "But this incident reminded me that the border guards cannot let the general garrison for too long, and they must be rotated frequently. I am indeed considering changing the guards of Pujin Pass.
He will transfer General Sheng to the capital to defend, haha! It has nothing to do with this rumor."
Li Jiancheng's heart suddenly sank into the abyss, and he said it didn't matter. It was clearly because of this rumor that his father would rather kill three thousand by mistake than let anyone go. Li Jiancheng knew his father too well, but his father did not control Master Sheng Yan.
Directly dismissing one's job is to give oneself face.
Li Jiancheng had no choice but to bow and say, "Since the father has decided to change the general, my son is willing to recommend the general to garrison again."
Li Yuan nodded. As long as Jiancheng did not object to the transfer of Sheng Yanshi, he could also give his son this face. He also knew that Jiancheng refused to give up the military forces in Kanto, and Li Yuan was reluctant to wipe out Liangshi for his second son Shimin.
Everyone also had some opinions. Although Shimin kept saying that it was to restore morale and be safe, Li Yuan suspected that Shimin wanted to use this period of time to consolidate his power in the army, so he was reluctant to attack Liang Shidu.
He really wanted to leave some military power for the prince, so Li Yuan nodded, "Yes, who is the general recommended by the emperor?"
"My son recommended General Xie Fangshu, the commander of Fengyi County, to serve as the garrison of Pujin Pass, or to transfer General He Chang, the commander of Guangtong Cang, to serve as the garrison of Pujin Pass."