The previous chapter was careless and repeated a paragraph. Lao Gao made a deep discussion with everyone
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Pei Ji came out of the palace and hurried to the Qin Palace. This was also the tolerance of the early Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan did not forbid his sons from interacting with ministers, and even encouraged them to interact.
After the middle Tang Dynasty, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty began to strictly prohibit his children from interacting with ministers, especially the prince and ministers. For example, the Wei Jian case during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was because the prince Li Heng and his relative Wei Jian secretly met on Shangyuan Ye.
It caused the furious Emperor Li Longji and was killed and demoted dozens of people.
In the early Tang Dynasty, there were no such many taboos. More importantly, the world was not yet determined, and Li Yuan needed to rely on the royal family and princes to pacify the world for him.
At this time, Li Shimin already knew about the Sui army's occupation of Huining County. His father called the prince and Pei Ji to the palace to discuss. He also heard about it. Li Shimin was anxious and uneasy. He wanted to know his father's attitude towards this matter.
He was waiting for Pei Ji to come to the door. When Pei Ji rushed to the Qin Palace, Li Shimin immediately ordered someone to take him to the outer study room to meet.
"Are your father going to send troops to Huining County?" As soon as he met, Li Shimin asked impatiently.
Pei Ji sighed slightly, "The emperor has a strong will to send troops. I think he is not trying to maintain the mine veins, but to protect his face."
Li Shimin's heart sank, and his father decided to send troops. Li Shimin did not agree with sending troops to Huining County, and the Sui army would not give up the minerals in Huining County. There must be a battle between the two sides.
Huining County is not as good as the Central Plains. After all, the Central Plains are far away. The impact of defeat is not great. Huining County is close to Guanzhong. Once defeated, it will inevitably shock Guanlong, which will severely impact the morale of the Guanlong people and accelerate the Guanlong nobles' confrontation with the Tang Dynasty.
Centrifugation.
Of course, if you win, it will greatly increase the morale of the Tang army, but how likely is it to win this war? Li Shimin dare not imagine.
But the father had decided to send troops and could not change it anymore. In desperation, Li Shimin had to ask him another question, "Who will decide to lead the troops?"
"Report to Your Highness, led by Li Shentong, the specific troops were mobilized unknown. It is estimated that the army of the inner and Hexi ranks was mobilized, with a total of 30,000 people."
Li Shimin walked a few steps behind his back. Li Shentong has always supported Jiancheng, and Li Shentong has a very good relationship with Princess Pingyang Xiuning, which has made Chai Shao slightly lean towards Jiancheng.
Li Shimin shook his head. "The army in Hexi will not move, it is probably the army of the internal army and Chai Shao."
"What about your highness's attitude?"
Pei Ji was more concerned about Li Shimin's attitude, "Will Your Highness join the war in this battle for Huining County?"
Li Shimin shook his head, "My father didn't let me go to the palace to participate in the interview. In fact, he just didn't plan to let me get involved in Huining County. His father obviously wanted the prince's department to participate in this battle, so I just stood by and watched.
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Speaking of this, Li Shimin showed a sarcastic smile on his lips. "I wish them a victory and a success!"
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In a mule and horse shop in Chang'an City, a bearded shopkeeper was sitting behind the counter with his eyes narrowed and looking at the pedestrians passing by.
This bearded shopkeeper is about 30 years old and is named Pan Wendian. He was once the personal captain of Yang Yuanqing and is now the leader of the Chang'an Intelligence Hall.
He has been in Chang'an for several years and has completely integrated into this world-class city. Even his accent has gradually become the Chang'an Jingyin. He also has a little Guanzhong earth accent.
This mule and horse shop, covering an area of about two and a half acres, is also the location of Chang'an Intelligence Hall. Since the establishment of Tang Feng, the intelligence agency of the Tang army, Chang'an has also strengthened counter-intelligence patrols. A branch in Xianyang County was discovered.
Fortunately, the personnel were evacuated in time and no serious losses were caused.
From now on, Pan Wendian was more careful and would never easily reveal his identity and the store.
At this time, one of his friends walked back with a few donkeys and shouted from a distance: "Shopkeeper, Mr. Feng thinks these donkeys are too old and refuses to take them, so he lets me take them back again."
About an hour ago, Feng Changqing, the Minister of the Inner History, asked his son to come to the store to buy a few donkeys, and the shopkeeper Pan asked his friend to lead a few donkeys to Feng Mansion.
Manager Pan came out and said, "If you don't want it, just take the donkey back into the circle and feed some grass and clean water."
The man was left with no one around, so he quickly stuffed a small note to Manager Pan. Manager Pan understood and arranged for the man to lead the donkey to the backyard. He hurried into the inner room, closed the door, and opened the small note.
There was only one sentence on the note: "The court sent troops to Huining County, with Li Shentong as the main general and Chai Shao as the deputy general, with 30,000 troops."
Manager Pan understood and immediately took a piece of silk paper and carefully wrote an expedited information with a fine pen.
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After the initial negotiations in Yan'an County failed, Yang Yuanqing did not continue to stay in Yan'an County, but returned to Taiyuan, and Xiao Yu also turned around and followed Yang Yuanqing to Taiyuan.
Xiao Yu's arrival was one day later than Yang Yuanqing. He entered Taiyuan City from the west gate. The failure of the preliminary negotiations made Xiao Yu very upset.
His frustration was not because of the negotiation itself. He knew in his heart that the negotiation would not go so smoothly. His worries were from the possibility of the court sending troops to Huining County, which was exactly what he did not want to see.
Like Li Shimin, Xiao Yu opposed the war broke out with the Sui army for Huining County, because once the war failed, it would affect the stability of the entire court and seriously shake the military and people in the Guanlong area.
If the court is smarter, it should be loud and the raindrops are small, and the troops should be sent, but don’t really fight with the Sui army and find a reason to end the dispute.
Xiao Yu sighed in his heart. It is estimated that the emperor would not accept his suggestion and would definitely send troops to retake Huining County. Then the Sui army would not give up, and a war would inevitably be inevitable.
Xiao Yu, with more than 20 guards and entourages, entered Taiyuan City from the west gate. As soon as he entered the city, he felt that the atmosphere was different. The city gate was crowded with people, as if he was fighting to see an official notice, and there was still standing next to the notice.
Two soldiers on duty were holding spears in their hands and carrying horizontal knives on their waists.
At this time, Xiao Yu suddenly found a wooden cage hanging on the city wall above the notice, with three heads in it, all very fresh, as if they had just been killed today.
"Go and see what happened?" Xiao Yu ordered a follower.
The followers squeezed into the crowd and ran back for a moment and said, "Reporting to the prime minister, it seems that the Wang family brewed private wine, and the number is huge. Wang Xu's son and two nephews are the main culprits and have been beheaded. In addition, the Wang family's farm, shops and restaurants are all
He was confiscated and confiscated. I heard that even the royal palace was quashed last night, and all the money and food were confiscated."
Xiao Yu sighed secretly. Even if the Wang family is completely finished, without property as a backing, the Wang family will be divided and cannot be maintained. This is the first Shandong family that Yang Yuanqing has dealt with. It is done by borrowing a private wine case.
Glossy and grand.
At this time, Xiao Yu suddenly remembered an important matter and was shocked and sweated coldly. He remembered clearly that Wen Daya came to appease the Wang family by orders. Since the Wang family was confiscated, what was the situation of Wen Daya?
He looked back at the three heads, without Wen Daya. He waited for a moment, and rushed into the city with a whip of war horse. He must first find out Wen Daya's whereabouts.
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The case of the Wang family's alcohol ban was officially closed after Yang Yuanqing came back last night. The three Wang brothers were killed for the mastermind of the alcohol ban, while Wang Xu and his brother Wang Su were conspiring to be demoted to the people and imprisoned for three years.
The other royal party members were also punished differently due to their different performances. Those who firmly followed Wang Xu were sentenced to criminals for drinking and were imprisoned for three to five years. Those who were willing to repent were demoted to official positions and demoted to county officials.
The Neiwei Prison is located in the backyard of the Neiwei Yafu. It covers a large area of land and is made of bluestone. It has more than 20 prison cells and can be detained for more than 100 people.
The dungeon was wet and cold, the light was dim, making it look terrifying. At this time, there were very few people in the prison. The Wang Xu brothers had been transferred to Dali Temple Prison to serve their sentences, and there were actually only two people in the entire cell.
One is Wen Daya, the other is Liu Xuanmao, the minister of Dali Temple. At this time, Liu Xuanmao had already known that Wang Xu encouraged them to oppose the Central Plains Campaign because of the request of the Tang Dynasty, which made him quite regretful. He went to Wang Xu.
The big deal.
Liu Xuanmao did not want to rebel against Sui, he just paid more attention to the interests of the Hedong clan. Yang Yuanqing's capture of the Central Plains not only burdened the court, but also caused a great escape from the manor labor force.
It was for this purpose that Liu Xuanmao firmly opposed the Sui army's attack on the Central Plains, but unexpectedly he was exploited by Wang Xu.
Just as Liu Xuanmao was sitting in prison in a daze, a sound of iron chains came from the end. The iron gate was opened. Liu Xuanmao immediately stood up, pressed his face tightly against the iron fence, and looked at the gate as much as possible.
From a distance, dozens of soldiers guarding Yang Yuanqing walked over quickly. Yang Yuanqing walked with his hands behind his back, calmly walking.
Liu Xuanmao was stunned for a moment, slowly retreated, sitting on the couch, and his heart was in a mess.
At this time, Yang Yuanqing stopped in front of the iron fence and looked at Liu Xuanmao with some pity. Liu Xuanmao's father Liu Shu died in the palace chaos for four years. At that time, Yang Yuanqing was still a sixteen-year-old boy, who was in danger of the world.
It was a big deal that saved Yang Guang's life, while Liu Shu committed suicide by taking poison.
Yang Yuan admired the knowledge of the Liu family and his son very much, especially Liu Xuanmao, who had outstanding knowledge and abilities. It is precisely because of this that Liu Xuanmao was able to hold an important position such as the Minister of Dali Temple.
"Have you not considered it clearly yet?" Li Yuanqing smiled gently.
Liu Xuanmao bit his lips and lowered his head and said, "Although I know my mistakes, I have made very profound mistakes and I dare not ask Your Highness for forgiveness."
This is Liu Xuanmao's implicit confession of his faults, and he incited more than 60 people to sign the signature book.
Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "I just need Envoy Liu to be lost and will return, and I will still reuse Envoy."
"Hey!" Liu Xuanmao sighed, "Your Highness, I know I am wrong."
Yang Yuanqing wanted to say this and nodded immediately, "Since you know your mistake, I will appoint you as the chief minister of Changping County and work hard again! Try to become prime minister early."
Liu Xuanmao was moved, his nose was a little sour, and he bowed in a trembling voice and said, "I thank your highness for your kindness!"