Chapter 430: Goryeo is in turmoil

With the gust of autumn wind, the original emerald green flying willow leaves have gradually turned yellow, and the willow leaves are like knives, falling one after another, leaving only the bare branches dancing in the autumn wind.

The chirping cicadas in the willow trees let out their last mournful chirp, as if they knew that their lives were coming to an end.

Whenever Zhang Yunwen walked through the streets and alleys of Chang'an, looking at the crowds of people coming and going, looking at the blue bricks and black tiles, and the high gate of Zhumen, he unconsciously had a sense of unreality.

Counting on his fingers, he is now in his thirties, although he is young among the ministers of the DPRK and China, but a feeling of Feng Tang Yi Lao still lingers in his heart for a long time and cannot be dispersed.

Not only him, but looking around the entire court, there are so many ministers of the court and the central government who have been tempered by the ruthless years. Fang Xuanling has begged for bones several times, hoping to retire from the phase, and Xiao Yu and other old people who were originally in the last years of the wind and candle rarely come to the court and lie at home to recuperate. Even his master, Wei Chi Gong, has sideburns like snow and wrinkles. When he was young, he was injured in battle, and now he is also recuperating behind closed doors. Out of the minister, Li Shimin is also getting old. At the beginning, the King of Qin, who was fighting outside Luoyang City and roaring in Henan, after years of pampering, his small belly has swelled, and his whole body is not as strong as before.

Everything shows that today's Datang is already in an era of alternating between the old and the new.

After Li Zhi entered the East Palace, he behaved well, following the rules every day and handling political affairs in a good way. This made Li Shimin and the ministers quite pleased.

Zhang Yunwen also hung up the position of a guest of the prince of the third grade in the East Palace, but he only went to answer every day, and rarely took care of Li Zhi's specific affairs. Rao is like this, this Li Zhi still often pulls Zhang Yunwen and talks with him about the things he encountered after entering the East Palace, with a trace of excitement and confusion.

Zhang Yunwen knew that the psychological transformation of Li Zhi from an unappreciated prince to the future ruler of this huge empire could not be achieved in a moment.

The battle for the heir that took place in early summer ended with Li Zhi's victory. I'm afraid this is beyond the imagination of Li Chengqian and Li Tai! Originally, the two had been taking each other as opponents, and in order to fight the opponent, they did everything they could to make clinker in the end, but they were picked up by Li Zhi for a bargain, which really responded to Lao Tzu's words: "The husband only does not fight, so the world can not fight with him!" ”

Li Tai was relieved of the three positions of Yongzhou Mu, Xiangzhou Governor, and Zuowu Marquis, and even his title was reduced to the king of Donglai County. All the guests under his account, except for Du Chuke and others, the rest have moved to Lingnan.

As for Li Chengqian, the former prince was relocated to Qianzhong as a concubine.

With the departure of these two people, the original forces of the East Palace and the Wei Wangfu gradually dissipated. The officials who were attached to the two were degraded, and some of the older officials were begging for bones themselves.

And many of the vacated positions of these people were left to Li Zhi. In the near future, presumably Li Zhi will promote a group of his own people!

When the Jingshi gradually calmed down, Zhang Yunwen received a piece of information about Goguryeo.

In Goguryeo, since Yuangai Suwen took charge of the military affairs of Goguryeo, he subdued the king of Goguryeo and the ministers and hundreds of officials by force, and almost made the huge Goguryeo his own world, and became a veritable uncrowned king.

However, this Yuan Gai Suwen was not satisfied with the status quo, but vigorously reorganized the armament and recruited soldiers. Zhang Jian, the governor of Yingzhou, repeatedly caught those Goguryeo people who secretly entered the territory of the Tang Dynasty to buy weapons. In the face of these people, Zhang Jian was unrelenting, killing one by one, but he couldn't curb this momentum, and he couldn't eliminate the greed of those businessmen.

According to the information received from Goguryeo, this Yuangai Suwen had already begun to move his army south.

When Zhang Yunwen saw this information, he couldn't help but groan slightly, this Goguryeo attacked Silla, and Silla asked the Tang Dynasty for help, which was the direct reason why Li Shimin personally conquered Goryeo. It seems that a large-scale war is about to start again.

When Zhang Yunwen informed Li Shimin of this information, Li Shimin was silent for a moment with a gloomy face, and then laughed loudly.

"Haha, this Yuan Gai Suwen is actually ready to do something to Silla! The lord of Silla will definitely ask for help from my Tang Dynasty, and when the time comes, my Tang Heavenly Soldiers will be able to go out of Yingzhou, recapture the land of Liaodong, set foot on Pyongyang, destroy Goryeo, and snow the shame of China! ”

Zhang Yunwen was silent when he heard this. Emperor Yang of the former Sui Dynasty conquered Goryeo three times, lost millions of soldiers, and countless Han sons buried their bones in Liaodong. After Emperor Yang, at the time of Gaozu, the Central Plains was still in turmoil, and it was difficult to withdraw to avenge the revenge. In the early years of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty was restless, and at that time, the king of Goryeo was still obedient, and Li Shimin was busy with the four razors, and secondly, he really couldn't find an excuse to fight against Goryeo. Third, Goryeo is also a large country, and the soldiers of a poor country have more than 500,000 soldiers, and it takes several years to prepare for war with such a country.

Now, after wars and wars, on the grassland north of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Yantuo's strength is not to be feared, and there are no empires and tribes as powerful as the Eastern Turks on the grassland. To the south of Datang, it has always been very quiet. It is worth mentioning that when the leaders of Lingnan such as Feng An, Li Guangdu, and Ning Zhenchang died one after another, Li Shimin directly appointed local officials such as Assassin Shi and County Commander from Chang'an to directly control Lingnan in his own hands, instead of the original way of being recommended by the big leader and appointed by the imperial court. To the west of the Tang Dynasty, Tuyuhun weakened, the civil war in Tibet was difficult to solve, and there was only one Western Regions left. However, when Guo Xiaoke was appointed as the protector of the Western Regions, under his leadership, the Anxi Protectorate began to expand, and thousands of Long March athletes crisscrossed the Western Regions, causing all countries in the Western Regions to bow down. And the new khan of the Western Turks treated the Tang Dynasty quite deferentially, so the Western Regions had no worries.

Under such circumstances, an upright reason was sent to the door, how could Li Shimin not be tempted?

After pondering for a moment, Li Shimin said: "Now Goryeo is just making pre-war preparations, and I am afraid it will take some time before the real war starts. During this time, my Datang army also needs to prepare. In addition, Yoonwen, you still have to continue to pay attention to the situation in Goryeo Silla. At the same time, the center of gravity of the investigation institute was shifted to Goryeo Silla and Baekje. I hope to get detailed information when I go to Goryeo in the future! ”

Zhang Yunwen waved his hand: "Oh! ”

The news of Goryeo's march south to gather a large army soon spread among the courts. None of the ministers of the DPRK and China had a good impression of this Goryeo, so many people wrote to suggest that Li Shimin issue an edict to question Goryeo.

Hearing this suggestion, Li Shimin smiled coldly: "That Goryeo is thousands of miles away from my Tang Dynasty, what should he do if he ignores this edict?" ”

The minister who made the suggestion was immediately speechless, did he continue to issue an edict to ask?

And that Taichang Cheng Deng Su proposed to increase the garrison in Huaiyuan Town to coerce Goryeo, Li Shimin said: "Mencius said: 'If people from afar are not satisfied, they will cultivate Wende. 'I've never heard of adding one or two hundred troops to the Absolute Domain!' ”

When Deng Su heard this, he also retreated.

Li Shimin stood up and said loudly: "I should draft an edict to warn Gaoli, if you are not satisfied, you will raise an army to attack it!" ”

When the ministers heard this, they looked at each other, and some of their eyes flashed with excitement, others with worry.