Chapter 403: East Hunting Luoyang

After stopping the sealing of Zen, Li Shimin still felt uncomfortable in his heart, so he decided to hunt Luoyang in the east, leaving Li Chengqian in charge of the country, and Li Ji, the secretary of the military department, as a supplement. The rest of the ministers also followed Dongjia Luoyang.

On the eve of the Eastern Hunt in Luoyang, Chen Quankang found Zhang Yunwen and handed him a piece of information.

This information is about the civil strife in Tuyuhun. It is written that before the civil strife in Tuyuhun, among the major forces in Tubo, the old nobles and the new nobles were busy competing for the position of Tubo Zampu, Yongjing and Subi were busy building the country, and Tang Jing did not declare his own country, but he aimed at Tubo and clearly wanted to seize the position of Tubo Zampu. On the one hand, he fought with the old nobles of Tibet, and on the other hand, he sent troops to Kunlun Mountain and wandered around the Western Regions.

Although they seemed to be very busy and should not have much time to take care of the affairs of Tubo, in fact, the person who came into contact with King Xuan, the prime minister of Tuyuhun, was sent by the Lu family among the new nobles of Tubo.

After Lu Dongzan was left in Chang'an, he has been under the surveillance of the Investigation Institute, and even the cooks, guards and others in the post house are responsible for surveillance. In such an environment, it is absolutely impossible for Lu Dongzan to leave Chang'an. At this time, the Tubo Lu family was headed by Qin Ling, the second son of Lu Dongzan. Lu Dongzan's eldest son died early, and this Qinling successfully inherited the Lu family.

At this time, Qinling was still young, although he was clever and clever, knew how to advance and retreat, and had the image of a hero, but because Lu Dongzan was not left in Chang'an, the small family of the Lu family left the Lu family one after another, and for a while, the strength of the Lu family was greatly reduced. The Tunmi family was originally second only to the Lu family among the new nobles, but since Lu Dongzan was left in Chang'an, they have become the first family among the new nobles, leading the new nobles and the old nobles to compete for the position of Tubo Zampu.

And Qin Ling also knew that his own power was declining, and it was not enough to compete with the Tunmi family, so he happily gave up his position as leader and Taoguang became obscure. However, in private, he was thinking about expanding his power and saving his father. In order to expand his power, he set his sights on Tuyuhun.

Seeing this, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but gasp. Although he has long known that this Qinling is powerful, he is by no means an ordinary person, but now that he has made a move to stir up the civil strife in Tuguhun, he really feels his power.

"Okay, good you Qinling!" Zhang Yunwen said hatefully, "If it weren't for Xi Jun's quick counterinsurgency, the situation in Tuyuhun would be really unimaginable!" Since you have made a move to yin my Datang once, I will also play to move and yin you once! ”

After speaking, he said to Chen Quankang: "Old Chen, you go down first, I will go to Your Majesty first, and see how I can go to the Qinling Tomb once!" ”

Zhang Yunwen first told Li Shimin the origin of the civil strife in Tuyuhun. Li Shimin was also furious when he heard this: "A person who is less than twenty has stirred up such a situation, he is really a bastard!" ”

Zhang Yunwen hurriedly said: "Weichen also thinks the same way. Since this Qinling has already made a move, my Datang will definitely fight back against him and suppress his arrogance. In addition, the development potential of this Qinling is huge, although the power is weaker now, but it has to attract the attention of His Majesty! ”

Li Shimin pondered: "But this Qinling acted cautiously and failed to leave a handle, with this information, the Tang Dynasty can't rely on this to raise a teacher to ask for guilt!" ”

Zhang Yunwen said with a smile: "Datang can't, but Tuyuhun can!" As long as Tuyuhun let out a rumor, saying that after interrogation, he knew that those rebellious ministers and thieves were instigated by Qinling. It is also said that at that time, King Xuan promised Qinling that once it succeeded, Tuyuhun would provide Qinling with two horse farms and a large land. In this way, those old nobles and other forces in the new aristocracy will definitely be extremely jealous of Qinling and continue to suppress its development. Besides, King Xuan led people to flee to Tibet, and now he is settling on the territory of the Lu family. Add this corroboration to the evidence, and those people must be very convinced! ”

Li Shimin's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea, I immediately sent an order to Tang Jian, and asked him to persuade Murong Shunxing to ask for guilt!" ”

At this time, Tang Jian was comforting Tugu Hun, and it was up to him to persuade Murong Shun that he would succeed.

After dealing with this matter, Zhang Yunwen was about to leave the palace, Li Shimin suddenly said: "Yunwen, this time I hunted Luoyang in the east, visited the people along the way, and his guards blamed it, and handed it over to Jin Wuwei and Yulin Army, you will select the elite of those scouts in Beiya, gather them and stay by my side!" ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard this, he bowed down: "Oh! ”

Since Li Shimin handed over the responsibility of personal protection to himself, Zhang Yunwen naturally had to do his best to get things done. Therefore, it took a day to select 200 elite soldiers from the military police battalion and the scouts of the Fourth Army of the Northern Ya, and spent a day explaining some basic defense knowledge. At this time, there were still two days before Li Shimin got up to hunt Luoyang.

Although I don't know how long Li Shimin's eastern tour will take, it is estimated that it will not be very long. First, Li Shimin was not worried about Li Chengqian, so he left Li Ji in Chang'an. Second, it is Na Xue Yantuo. Zhang Yunwen clearly remembered that in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, Xue Yantuo took advantage of Li Shimin's eastern tour and went south to Monan, and the soldiers were directly designated to Xiangcheng.

Knowing that Zhang Yunwen was going to travel far away, whether it was three wives or two children, they were reluctant to let Zhang Yunwen leave. Especially Wang Yan, who had just given birth to a baby boy for less than a month, Zhang Yunwen was about to leave temporarily, which really made her sad.

In August, Wang Yan gave birth to Lin'er and named Zhang Che. This made the old man Wang Qu, who lived in Zhang's house, very happy, and happy all day long. In order to celebrate the birth of this child, Zhang Yunwen had another feast. This time, with the help of the Wang family, it was very smooth. It's a pity that Li Shimin didn't come to this banquet, but just sent someone to send a congratulatory gift.

Zhang Yunwen soothed with kind words, accompanied her in Wang Yan's room and looked at Xiao Zhang Che, and it took most of the day to calm down Wang Yan's emotions.

On the day of departure, Zhang Yunwen was wearing black iron armor, and after reluctantly saying goodbye to his wife and children, he went out with his head held high.

When I came to the outside of the palace, I saw that the palace was guarded, and the guards were holding spears and watching the people closely.

Zhang Yunwen asked two hundred scouts to wait outside the palace and entered the palace himself.

As soon as you enter the palace, you will see a series of carved dragons and phoenixes, and the richly decorated carriages are parked in front of the wide hall, and the horsemen of the Taxi Residence are putting on their horses.

When I entered the palace, I saw the palace maids carrying boxes and walking out from time to time, probably carrying these salutes into the carriage.

Seeing this, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but feel a little big, it seems that the scale of this East Hunt is very large!

In the Taiji Palace, Zhang Yunwen met the officials who would accompany Li Shimin. Almost all of them are first-grade to fourth-grade officials, and those fifth-grade officials who want to join this ranks are not yet qualified.

greeted all the officials, and then waited for Li Shimin's arrival.

After almost a quarter of an hour, Li Shimin finally came to the main hall with Empress Changsun and a concubine Yang. Li Shimin said with a smile on his face: "Ladies and gentlemen, today is the day to set off for the Eastern Tour, and please board the car and set off with me!" ”

"Whoa!" The ministers in the palace already knew that it was today, and they were not surprised when they heard the words, so they all bowed down and replied.

Li Shimin walked out of the hall with Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang first, and the ministers followed.

All the way to the carriage carved with dragons and phoenixes, Li Shimin sent Empress Changsun and others to the car, and said loudly: "The Tang Dynasty is a martial arts country, how can I sit in the chariot, come here, bring me over!" ”

Li Shimin didn't take the car, and those ministers didn't take the car either. The military generals and those young civil officials were easy to say, but when a little old man like Xiao Yu, who walked tremblingly, also patted his chest and shouted that he wanted to ride a horse, Li Shimin suddenly couldn't cry or laugh. Looking at Xiao Yu's appearance, it is still a question whether she can get on the horse!

On the steps of the palace, Li Chengqian took the remaining officials to see Li Shimin and other officials leave.

Li Shimin sat on his horse, looked at Li Chengqian and said: "The crown prince is in charge of the country, but you have to listen to Lord Li's advice a lot, and don't act arbitrarily again!" ”

Li Chengqian, Li Ji and other officials behind him looked at Li Shimin and took a long look.

Li Shimin lightly slapped the horse's buttocks, and the horse took a step forward and walked forward slowly.

The wide and thick red lacquer door of the palace gradually opened, and a group of knights holding flags slowly walked out of the palace.