Volume 3 Xuanwu Gate Chapter 110 The prince made a move
Since several people came out of the Qi Palace, Li Shimin had a black face all the way, not saying a word, as if he was looking down and thinking about his thoughts.
Wei Chigong has a simple and honest personality, and he is not good at words, let alone has nothing to say.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little dull, Mingyu had the intention to resolve the awkward atmosphere, and asked, "Second uncle, are you still thinking about Fang Cai?" I never thought that the last person who came to relieve the siege would be the prince. ”
Li Shimin sneered after hearing this, and said, "What kind of kindness do you have when you are the crown prince?" In fact, in this whole world, he is the one who is most looking forward to my death! ”
Mingyu was stunned and asked, "Then why did he come here to relieve the siege?" Let Li Yuanji kill us, wouldn't it be better for him to reap the benefits of the fishermen? ”
"Humph! My eldest brother has always taken one step and seen three steps, and he has a lot of worries about doing things. He is only concerned about my power and prestige in the army. At the moment, the crown prince and I are like fire and water, if I die in the Qi Palace, the big and small forces under my command, and many of the martial generals I have single-handedly subdued, will they easily give up? I can't say that there will be people who will make trouble, the situation will be shaken, and the world will be unstable, this is what the prince does not want to see! ”
Mingyu listened to it, it turned out that Li Jiancheng did not rush to stop Li Yuanji with kindness, but for his grand cause, in order to take over the stable empire, he had to let Li Shimin live for a while against his will.
He thought for a while and persuaded, "Anyway, let's get out of danger safely today, the so-called catastrophe will have a blessing if you don't die, and I understand the prince's intentions, he doesn't want to do it to you right away, this is always a good thing." ”
Li Shimin shook his head and said, "I think it should be a blessing and a disaster, not a single line." Look at it, after today's incident, the prince will feel that the fourth child is not as obedient as he thinks, and he will give up the original plan to use Li Yuanji's hand to encroach on my power. Personally operate, speed up the pace of action, if you don't make a move, it is just a thunderous blow. With that, he sighed and was full of worry.
Li Mingyu didn't think so, he knew the trend of history, no matter how powerful Li Jiancheng was, no matter how rampant Li Yuanji was, in the end he was not Li Shimin's defeated general.
Toss, the more fierce you are tossing now, the more fierce Li Shimin's counterattack will be. He slapped the Hongming knife in his hand and said with a smile, "Why should the second uncle worry? The so-called power comes out of the barrel of a gun! In the end, it's not about talking with the knife in your hand! As long as the second uncle firmly grasps the military power, he is invincible! With the Sixteen Guards army in hand, where are you afraid of him? ”
After hearing this, Li Shimin smiled bitterly and said, "Although I have the title of Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses, and I am always in charge of the world's military power, if I don't have the other half of the soldier seal letter given by my father, I can't move the army at all."
What's more, more than half of the generals in the Sixteen Guards are neutral and do not participate in our battles at all.
The remaining generals have basically been co-opted and infiltrated by the prince and the family over the years, even if they are not his people, they have a good relationship with them. ”
No way! This time Mingyu was really surprised!
He had seen Li Shimin in the past when he was in the Tiger Prison Pass, and he had the banner of the majestic and domineering "Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses". When I came to Chang'an this time, I still saw him hanging high in the mansion, so I took it for granted that Li Shimin was still the invincible commander of the three armies in front of the tiger prison and gave an order.
How do you know that he, the world's marshal of soldiers and horses, who is equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the modern navy, land and air forces, sounds good, and has no right to transfer troops in non-wartime, only the right to command. It turned out that it was still the same as in modern times, and it was necessary to listen to the orders of the Central Military Commission before one soldier could be mobilized.
In the Tang Dynasty, the highest position of the military general was the marshal of the soldiers and horses in the world, also called the head of the soldiers and horses in the world, as for how to call it, it all depends on the person who leads the troops, if it is a person in the royal family who leads the troops, it is called the marshal, if it is a foreign minister and a military general leading the troops, it is called the head of a certain road.
After listening to his explanation, Mingyu suddenly thought of a very serious question, listening to him say this, he has the right to have no soldiers, and the forces in the DPRK and China do not occupy the slightest advantage, what kind of confidence does he have, and where did he get the manpower to launch the Xuanwumen Change? In the end, the heads were rolling, the blood flowed like a river, and the whole thing was decided in one fell swoop?
Could it be that the Xuanjia Army, which has less than a thousand people, is it just relying on it? But Li Jiancheng's crown prince Liulu alone has a scale of 3,000 people, plus Li Yuanji's subordinates, and their sixteen guards wearing a pair of pants. There are always 18,000 people in total, right...... These people are not vegetarians, they are not comparable to the patchwork rabble under Dou Jiande.
At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers were mighty, and there were no rice buckets in the Tang army, all of them were elites who fought old battles!
No matter how elite the Xuanjia Army is, with one enemy and ten, I am afraid that it may not be able to have a good result even if it is all fought out!
Wozh! Second Uncle, this change of Xuanwu Gate is simply a copy of the opening of hell difficulty!
Could it be that I traveled over and changed the original trajectory of history? The ending of the Xuanwumen Revolution is destined to be rewritten by my arrival? Thinking of this, Mingyu also sighed and stopped talking.
All the way back to King Qin's mansion with his head down, and as soon as he entered the mansion gate, he saw the small stone they were picked up by the guards.
The eldest grandson had already heard the guards report the origin of these children, and when he saw the ragged appearance of these children, his compassion was greatly moved.
He instructed his servants to bathe them first, change them into clean clothes, and instructed the cook in the room to cook some food for them.
Dozens of children have not eaten enough for a long time, and they have long been hungry, smelling the aroma of food, their eyes have become green, and they are drooling vigorously.
The eldest grandson was afraid that they would break his body, so he had to tell the cook to boil some hot porridge to warm his stomach first, so as not to suddenly eat his empty appetite, and the children had no moderation, and it was possible to survive to death.
The eldest grandson is kind-hearted, and after becoming a mother, he can't see the miserable situation of these children, and every time he meets a beggar along the street, he has to reward some silver.
Seeing such a tragic situation, the already angry willow eyebrows were upside down, apricot eyes were round, and at this time he was holding the youngest girl, scolding the people of the Evil Tiger Gang for losing their conscience, while constantly wiping tears.
Seeing Mingyu and them coming back, the eldest grandson wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "Erlang, this group of wicked people is inhumane!" Kill it! ”
Li Shimin smiled bitterly, pointed to Yu, and said, "Why do you still use me to come forward, those people have already been killed by this kid, and even the corpses have been burned to the ground!" ”
The eldest grandson was stunned, she never expected Mingyu to be so ruthless as soon as she made a move, and said in a lost voice, "All, kill them all?" Mingyu is still a child, how can he kill people! ”
Mingyu was most afraid that the eldest grandson would talk to him again, so he hurriedly explained, "The matter is urgent, it has to be like this!" Besides, those beasts are really not a thing, and it would be cheaper to kill them! Then he recounted in detail what the group had done.
Although the eldest grandson believes in Buddhism, he is not the kind of person who is pedantic, and after listening to it, he is also angry, his face is frosty, his silver teeth are clenched, and he said angrily, "Good kill!" Happy! To kill the wicked is to do good! It's rare that you can say something so reasonable! ”
Li Shimin asked Mingyu: "Then what are you going to do with these children?" Do you send it to an orphanage? ”
Mingyu shook his head, told his worries, and said to Li Shimin, "Second uncle, I plan to leave them in the mansion, but I don't know if it's okay?" ”
When Li Shimin saw the miserable appearance of these children with yellow faces and thin muscles and flesh and bones, he was also moved by compassion and sighed, "The fourth child is really evil!" That's it, just stay in the mansion, our Qin Wangfu is not short of these dozens of people to eat! ”
When the eldest grandson heard what Li Shimin said, he was shocked again, and asked, "Fourth?" Why did Yuanji get involved again? I haven't asked you how you went to talk to the fourth child? Why did you delay coming back for so long? ”
Li Shimin sighed and told his eldest grandson what had happened. The eldest grandson also had no lack of political wisdom, and immediately understood the grim situation he was going to face.
The crown prince is about to take action personally, and the situation is not optimistic. This is not the time to waste time for trivial matters.
The male protagonist is outside the female protagonist, and the eldest grandson, the hostess, is the top priority to arrange family affairs, and at this critical time, ensure that the palace cannot go on any errands, which will affect Li Shimin. Thinking of this, the eldest grandson looked upright, and hurriedly led the maids back to deal with the affairs of the mansion.
Next, Li Shimin was about to discuss with the generals and confidants of the Tiance Mansion how to deal with the prince, and Mingyu couldn't get involved.
In addition, he hadn't closed his eyes for nearly two days and one night, so he was really embarrassed, so he left these children to the chief of the chamberlain, Lao Wang, to arrange and go back to the room to rest.
I slept until three o'clock the next day, Mingyu stretched his waist, got up and washed up.
After practicing boxing in the courtyard for a few times, after the activity started, the bones of the whole body "crackled" and burst into a loud sound, and I only felt that my whole body was comfortable and full of energy.
When I came to the front hall, I met Li Shimin having lunch.
Mingyu went over to give Li Shimin a salute, and when he saw that his eyes were red and his face was tired, he couldn't help but ask with concern, "Second uncle, did you stay up all night?" It is still important to pay attention to the body. ”
Li Shimin nodded, his face couldn't hide his exhaustion, and replied, "I discussed with Xuanling and them all night last night, and I rushed to the court before I had time to eat breakfast, and now I have just come back." It was just right that I ate breakfast and lunch together. ”
Mingyu asked, "Can you negotiate a good countermeasure?" ”
Li Shimin shook his head and sighed, "Before we can negotiate a good charter, the crown prince has already launched. Early this morning, the imperial history Tang Lin impeached Henan, Hebei and other places, the local area was not quiet, and the officials were ineffective, resulting in frequent banditry and panic, and the people were panicked, so they asked the imperial court to appoint a prestigious prince to go to the place to pacify. ”
Mingyu asked, "But you sent the second uncle?" ”
Li Shimin nodded and said, "Almost, as soon as this statement came out, the prince's faction proposed to let me go, is the reason?" It used to be the hometown of Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong, and only I can deter lawlessness. ”
After hearing this, Mingyu said in his heart, this is clearly to force Li Shimin to leave Chang'an and kick him out. He asked, "What did the emperor say?" ”
Li Shimin slammed his fist on the case, and said angrily, "Father neither agreed nor refuted, but just said that he should think about it." But I think there is a good chance that I can't avoid this. Ay! At this critical moment, but to leave the Beijing Division, wouldn't it be settled to come back? It's annoying! Hateful! ”
Mingyu persuaded, "Actually, in my opinion, the second uncle's departure is not necessarily a bad thing." ”
"Huh? What are you going to say? Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and asked.
Mingyu thought for a while, organized the language, and said, "Since the prince has already made a move, why do we have to go toe-to-toe with him?" Guanzhong is his territory, with the full support of the Guanlong family, it is deep-rooted, and we naturally can't fight. However, whether it is martial arts or the use of soldiers, we all pay attention to avoiding the real and attacking the weak, so why do we have to attack the enemy's strengths with our own shortcomings? Datang is not limited to Guanzhong, Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, aren't they all Datang? He Li Jiancheng hasn't reached the point where he covers the sky with one hand, right? ”
The more Mingyu spoke, the more energetic he became, and he talked eloquently, and then said, "Henan and Hebei are the territory that we have personally killed, and nine out of ten of the officials there are appointed and promoted by the second uncle, and they are born with the brand of King Qin, and they are close to the second uncle in their hearts. Why should we care about the gains and losses of this city and place with the prince? It is necessary to look at the whole world, follow the line of grassroots units, and surround the cities with the rural areas. At that time, as long as the officials of various states and provinces support the second uncle and jointly write a letter to support the second uncle, are you afraid that you will not be able to fight against the prince? I'm afraid that even His Majesty has to weigh the weight of it? ”
After Li Shimin listened, his eyes lit up, he didn't eat anymore, he grabbed Mingyu's hand and walked out, "Go!" Go to my study, call Xuan Ling and Keming, and tell me in detail! ”