Chapter 3: Two Dragons (3)

Everyone present was drunk, even Li Shimin was drunk, but Xu Qing was the only one who was sober. When he was drunk, he would naturally say a lot of drunken words, Li Shimin leaned aside and said to Xu Qing: "I heard that Xu Qing, you went to fight Xue Yantuo, in fact, to understand the matter of my eldest brother being surrounded, uh, I don't mean anything else, just ask my eldest brother if he's okay, right?" ”

Xu Qing shook his head and said: "The prince is in danger alone, and he uses him as a bait to gather Xue Yantuo's people together, so that the ministers can stir up chaos in his troops." Thus establishing the merit of expanding the territory...... Oh, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in good health and all right. ”

"Ahh Wei Chi Jingde suddenly stood up, pointed to the roof and said, "This day is unfair! The land that my soldiers threw their heads and spilled their blood to beat down is not land! On this day, what a 2 injustice! Prince, King of Qin, King of Qin, Prince! ”

Li Shimin seemed to know what Wei Chi Jingde was going to say, and hurriedly scolded: "Jingde, you are drunk, Shubao, you help him down......"

Wei Chi Jingde was dragged away by Qin Qiong, and the scolding voice spread far away, Li Shimin sighed and said: "Jingde him, I just feel sorry for the brave soldiers under him." ”

Xu Qing nodded, and the bones were dry, and the bones were white day and night. As a general, especially in the position of Wei Chi Jingde, he has already realized the way of life from the way of killing. However, Wei Chi Jingde's sadness was useless. Tuyuhun is a piece of fat meat for Datang, but this piece of fat is not easy to eat, and he is not in a hurry to eat it. So, the best thing to do is to finish the business outside the door, close the door, and cook carefully. And Xue Yantuo's piece of meat is not as fat as Tuguhun, but this piece of meat is from the enemy, it is delicious and not expensive, and it must be eaten, so the prince swallowed it in one bite and set up a state and county. What Wei Chi Jingde is powerless to change is what the general trend of this country needs.

Li Shimin dusted off his sleeves and asked Xu Qing: "Then my eldest brother is still settling in Yingzhou and the people have not returned, right?" ”

Xu Qing nodded, and Li Shimin asked again: "Xu Qing, there will be a war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, sooner or later, you are a generalist in civil and military affairs, when do you think the Turks will come?" ”

"According to the habits of the Turkic people in the past, they generally chose the Central Plains to go south after the autumn harvest. I'm afraid this year's big war is also at this time, right? ”

Li Shimin sneered and said, "Xu Qing, this king is not satisfied with your answer. What this king is asking about is the decisive battle between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty. ”

Xu Qing saw that he couldn't hide it, so he said to Li Shimin: "When two smart tigers are fighting, when they are evenly matched, they will not make a dead hand, but if one of them is suddenly pierced by a nail on the ground, then the other tiger will kill him." Now the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, just like these two tigers, if one of them has a problem, it is time for a decisive battle. The so-called self-inflicted iniquity is not allowed to live. ”

The Turkic southward movement occurred every year, but the two largest were the first year of Zhenguan and the third year of Zhenguan. In the year when Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng, Luo Yi and Xue Wanqian rebelled, and the Turks took advantage of this opportunity to go south. Li Shimin mobilized a large army to resist, but was in a weak position, and finally had the famous Weishui River beheading the White Horse Alliance. However, this time Xu Qing of the Weishui Alliance had a new view, after Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng, he forced Li Yuan to take the throne, and in this process, it was actually very unpopular. For example, Li Yuan's people, such as Xu Shiji and Cheng Yanjin and others, are definitely unwilling, but Li Yuan is left with a son like Li Shimin, and no matter how much he tosses, he can't escape the result of giving up the throne to Li Shimin. The veterans chose to protect themselves, neither opposing Li Shimin's bloody massacre, nor supporting, or verbally expressing support. In the end, there was the illusion that all the generals were involved in the Xuanwumen Incident. In fact, in the Xuanwumen Change, except for Wei Chi Jingde and the eldest grandson Wuji, even Qin Qiong did not participate.

The difference between historical materials and history, Xu Qing didn't expect it at first, but what Xu Qing saw and heard here, especially the secret that Princess Pingyang told him, made him think of such a picture in his mind. I'm afraid that if Xu Qing is not there, history is really like this. But the long river of time has obviously branched here.

Before the Weishui Alliance, there were actually many troops in Li Shimin's hands that could not be mobilized, and they were all sent to quell the rebellion or prevent rebellion. In the end, I don't know what method he used to transfer Li Yuan's old subordinates, which was able to block the Turkic southward advance. Later, the high-level generals of the Tang Dynasty also attached themselves to Li Shimin, maybe with Li Yuan's nod, or maybe it was just a good bird to perch on.

Of course, Xu Qing's words actually wanted to tell Li Shimin that if you kid want to do it, you have to weigh the Turks in the north, don't hate the enemy when the time comes.

Li Shimin looked at Xu Qing meaningfully, and said with a smile: "Xu Qing, you have something to say...... That's it, that's it, this king won't ask you. ”

Li Shimin looked up at the sky again, and found that the sky was completely dark, so he arched his hand to Xu Qing and said: "This king has been marching for many days, and he is very tired, thank you Lord Xu for your hospitality, this king will go to rest and leave tomorrow." ”

"Your Highness walks slowly......"

But before King Qin walked out of the door, a little guy hurriedly ran to Xu Qing and said, "Master, there are two posts here, sent together, one will leave after sending it, and another person will stand outside the door waiting for the master to reply." ”

Xu Qing frowned, took it and took a look, the first one was an invitation, looking at the name of his subordinates, it turned out to be an invitation from the crown prince Li Jiancheng. Li Jiancheng invited Xu Qing to the East Palace to attend the banquet, and there was another small invitation attached to it, which was the post of the crown princess inviting Xun Xueer to drink tea.

When is the prince coming back?!

Xu Qing secretly glanced at Li Shimin and found that he didn't pay attention to himself, but went straight to the mansion. Just now, Xu Qing told Li Shimin that the prince didn't come back, isn't this a slap in the face? However, Xu Qing has been staying in his own house for the past few days, and he has not stepped out of the door, and it is indeed understandable that he does not know the news outside. Xu Qing thought that the prince should also come back with the front foot, and the back foot would send someone to invite Xu Qing, otherwise Xu Qing would not have known at all. Since it's going to the East Palace, let's go, anyway, Li Yuan is next to him, and I'm not afraid of what he says or thinks.

However, there is another post, who is from?

Xu Qing saw that this post was a worship post, used to introduce himself, and the owner read the introduction, so he could decide whether to accept it or not, and who to send to receive it. But on the simple worship post, the words "evening waiter" were written, followed by "Cangzhou Governor Shi Zhanzeng".

Oh, it's Zhan Zeng, how did he come to Chang'an. Hey, by the way, he's been an official for a longer time than my students, so he should have been to the ministry to report on his work. He has never served as a Beijing official, and he has no house in Chang'an, so he should have come to stay. Xu Qing asked his subordinates to clean up the main hall, and he went to the backyard to prepare a private room, and also put down dried fruits and vegetables, but there was no wine.

This season, there are many mosquitoes outside, and Xu Qing has people lighting mosquito repellent coils and covering them with gauze tents. In this way, you can enjoy the coolness outside the door without worrying about mosquito bites.

After a while, a person came over, still wearing regular clothes, and when he saw Xu Qing, he quickly knelt down and bowed: "Xiaguan Zhan Zeng, meet the Marquis of Xuanping." ”

"Hurry up, what do we two need for those clichés?" Xu Qing hurriedly went to help him up, these days, he also misses those old friends in Cangzhou very much, the two of them looked at each other, Xu Qing said again: "You came to Chang'an this time, are you here to report to the ministry?" ”

Zhan Zeng sighed and said, "Well, it's a pity that after the debriefing, I don't know where to arrange me......

Xu Qing thought for a while and said: "Not long ago, the imperial court defeated Xue Yantuo, I'm afraid there is still a lack of thorn history there, you have a long history, don't be promoted there." ”

Zhan Zeng nodded and said, "Xiaguan still wants to be the assassin in Hebei or southern Hebei, and I also ask Lord Xu to help me." ”

There are many big families in Hebei, and Xu Qing's chess game is very deep there, so he naturally wants to get someone to serve there, so he promised to go to the ministry with him tomorrow.

"I wonder if Cangzhou has been affected by the locust plague?"

"Thanks to Lord Xu's blessings, and thanks to Lord Xu's support, Cangzhou has not been affected by the locust plague at all. It was because of Lord Xu's strategy that food prices fell in advance. ”

"What about other states and counties? No one has done evil, has he? ”

"Well, at first the people suffered a loss, but then the price of food plummeted, and the people were safe. Doing odd jobs, or by planting melons and vegetables, can also survive until after the autumn harvest. However, in this locust plague, many people fled to Cangzhou with their families. The population of Cangzhou skyrocketed for a while. "Hehehe, more people are good, more people are powerful."

"Lord Xu, there is another thing, after the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce developed, the clan was forbidden to participate, so they organized a chamber of commerce by themselves. The Qinghe Cui clan took the lead, and the other clans took shares, which seemed to be opposed to our Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Don't worry, Cangzhou's geographical location and institutional advantages are not something they can reverse by learning a little skin." Xu Qing said with a smile: "Those clans, they are tossing blindly, they can't see the good of others, and they refuse to change their own thoughts, so they can't become atmospheric." Especially that Cui Shi, after you go back, you have to treat them for me. ”

Zhan Zeng was hungry, Xu Qing let him finish his meal and was ready to arrange for him to rest. But Zhan Zeng said: "Lord Xu, in fact, I went to the Ministry of Officials to report on my work in advance, and there is actually an important thing to tell Lord Xu." ”

"Oh?" Xu Qing suddenly, the officials report on their work, it is generally autumn, Cangzhou is far away, and there is no need to come in this summer in advance, so early to come, it must be a major and confidential matter. Xu Qing asked: "Could it be the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce, uh, or is there something wrong with the Bohai Kingdom in Liaodong?" ”

"Lord Xu, the god is also! I did come with news from them. Zhan Zeng's voice was lowered and said, "But it's not that there's anything wrong, it's that they found an opportunity to make a lot of money......