Chapter 324: Infiltrating the Cruelty
The Son of Heaven is usually iron at his feet, but the problem is that fortresses are always easy to attack from the inside!
Under the pressure of the Turkic army, all the people in Chang'an City were under martial law, and under such an environment, there is no doubt that the residents of the city were panicked, and perhaps it was precisely because of the infection of this feeling, so when Li Shimin left Chang'an and rushed to the front line not long after, his concubine, Yang Ji'er, the princess of the former dynasty, was unable to maintain her composure in her heart, so she insisted on summoning several nuns and Taoist aunts who were highly respected in Chang'an City into the palace to pray for Li Shimin, and also wanted to take advantage of this move, to soothe her frightened heart at the moment, but her request was mercilessly rejected by Shi Qingyi, who had become the queen.
"At this time, the Turkic army is pressing the border, it is the time when the people are panicking, at this time, as the concubine of His Majesty, he should be calm and calm, in order to appease the hearts of the residents of the city, so that they believe that His Majesty will definitely be able to succeed immediately, not the opposite, let the residents of the city see that even the concubines in the harem have to rely on summoning the people who have attained the Tao in the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism to drive away the fear in their hearts, so as to make the hearts of the people in the city even more shaken!!"
Shi Qingyi fiercely refuted Yang Ji'er's opinion, because the truth is actually as she said: since the army outside the ancient city is pressing, the most important thing in the city is to first appease the people in the city, and secondly, to repair the city wall to defend against foreign enemy attacks, because if you can't appease the people in the city, so that the fear in the hearts of the residents in the city breaks their minds, then these residents in the imaginary despair, they will be very likely to do some great danger that even they can't predict. And this is also the popular unrest and civil strife that often occur in the city during the siege of the city by large armies. Even if there are no spies in the city beforehand, once the inhabitants of the city feel that the city is about to be destroyed, then the inhabitants of the city who have lost confidence in the defenders of the city are very likely to spontaneously launch an attack on the defenders under the will to survive, and this is one of the reasons. As a result, many cities that could have been held out for a longer period of time fell earlier than expected.
Of course, the situation in Chang'an City at this time has not deteriorated to such a point, however, in any case, there must not be any chaos in Chang'an City at this moment, otherwise, Li Shimin, who has already gone to the front line to negotiate with the Turks, will inevitably be under tremendous pressure. Because in that case, even if Jieli didn't have a plan to fight with the Tang Army in his heart before, after seeing the huge hidden danger of the instability of the people of Chang'an City, he would inevitably open his mouth and blackmail Li Shimin on a large scale.
Therefore, Yang Ji'er's idea is really stupid, didn't she see that Wei and Yin, who were also imperial concubines with her, were equally worried, but they didn't do anything? Thus. Although you are the princess of the previous dynasty, the golden branches and jade leaves. But because Yang Jier has lived in the boudoir for a long time and is ignorant of the world, her mind is naturally extremely shallow.
It's just a pity that she gave birth to that good son! Shi Qingyi thought in his heart that although he was still a teenager, whether it was in conversation or knowledge, Li Ke had already shown a heroic temperament that was extremely similar to Li Shimin. Such a Li Ke made Shi Qingyi already have a good impression of him when he was still the princess of Qin. And if Yang Ji'er could ask for the opinion of this son of hers before asking to see herself and ask to summon the Buddhist Taoist master into the palace, then there is no doubt about it. Li Ke would definitely prevent her from doing this......
It is precisely because of Yang Jier's stupid ideas that Shi Qingyi, who has always been extremely kind to people, started a fire for the first time, and when Shi Qingyi reprimanded Yang Jier without hesitation this time, Yang Jier's face could no longer hide his hatred for Shi Qingyi. But so what, Shi Qingyi had long known that the other party had been haunted by the fact that she had seized the position of queen that originally belonged to the other party, so she didn't care.
Shi Qingyi is like this, after Li Shimin left Chang'an, he presided over the overall situation in the palace, and soon, because of Li Shimin's strategy, the Turkic Jieli Khan finally did not dare to risk his life, and calmly made a withdrawal agreement, the news came, the entire Chang'an city of soldiers and civilians were relieved, after all, when the war is approaching, there is nothing more than peace to be desired by the people, Shi Qingyi is also secretly relieved.
However, when Li Shimin was unable to return quickly because he needed to monitor the retreat of the Turks, Shi Qingyi made a decision in Chang'an City without authorization, that is, she wanted to take all Li Shimin's concubines, princes and princesses in the palace to leave Chang'an and go to a royal garden on the outskirts of Chang'an City to relax and relieve the depression she had been feeling for a while.
The reason why Shi Qingyi made such a decision was not a whim, but had his own thoughtfulness, after all, when the Turkic Jieli Khan and Li Shimin reached an agreement to withdraw from the army, according to the consistent suspicious and timid character of the Jieli Khan, as well as the living habits of the steppe nomads, the possibility that the Turks would suddenly tear up the covenant is almost impossible.
In this case, why didn't Shi Qingyi take this opportunity to take all the nobles in the palace to the suburbs for a walk? After all, for some time, due to the impression of the haze of war of the invasion of the Turks, all the people in the palace have been under tremendous pressure, and since the Turks have withdrawn from the army, what are you waiting for to relax everyone's mood?
In particular, Shi Qingyi can use guò to distract and have fun, and declare to all the residents of Chang'an City that the Turks have really withdrawn from the army, so as to stabilize the hearts of the residents of Chang'an City.
After all, just as Shi Qingyi said to Yang Ji'er, every move in the palace will inevitably become the focus of attention of all the soldiers and civilians in the world, and therefore, even at this moment, the residents of the city have many doubts about the news that the imperial court has announced that the Turks have withdrawn, and after seeing that all the concubines in the palace led by the queen are traveling and relaxing, they will inevitably believe the announcement issued by the imperial court at this time......
So in this way, Shi Qingyi easily refuted all the objections and decided to make the plan this time, after all, Li Shimin was not in Chang'an at this time, so Shi Qingyi, as the queen, naturally had the supreme and silent power. (To be continued......)
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