Chapter 132: The Truth Comes Out
The killing of the Tibetan envoys swept through the Nanzhao like a tornado, and also shocked the Tang Dynasty and the opposition, Li Longji received a letter from Gao Zhandao on the third day, in which he recorded the assassination in detail, Li Longji was surprised and excited, Yi Xiangle was the diehard main battle faction of Tubo, and his death was undoubtedly good news for the Tang Dynasty.
Li Longji took the case, he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, strode to the window, looked up at the white clouds, and returned to his youth, 'Huangtu hegemony talks and laughs', and is also the same age as Li Qing, he led the army to bloody the palace, killed Queen Wei who wanted to be the heroine, corrected the Tang Dynasty, and met with Princess Taiping, creating a prosperous era of 30 years.
"What a boy! The eldest husband should be determined to make meritorious contributions to the country. A smile appeared on the corner of Li Longji's mouth, "Since you have the heart to sweep away Tubo for me, then I will fulfill you." ”
There was a slight sound of footsteps at the door, "What's the matter?" Li Longji retracted his mind and asked coldly.
Gao Lishi's voice was low, and he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Li Xiangguo asks to see you." ”
"Pass him in!"
"Yes!" Gao Lishi was about to turn around and retreat, but was stopped by Li Longji again, "You go to Li Qing's house again, and reward his family with 500 horses of silk and 5 million money for me and Yuhuan." ”
Gao Lishi was stunned, who was the emperor talking about, which Li Qing, he was a little confused, but he didn't dare to ask more, quietly retreated, and just arrived at the door, he suddenly reacted, and couldn't help but slap his head. Nanzhao Li Qing, hasn't the emperor been thinking about Nanzhao for the past two days?
Gao Lishi spent his whole life trying to figure out Li Longji's thoughts, Li Longji's every move, an angry smile, a frown, a sigh, he knew the meaning behind this, he seemed to be Li Longji's hand. Move as he pleases, do it at will, many times, some less important things, Li Longji throws them to him to deal with, and he can always handle them properly according to Li Longji's intentions, and never make mistakes. After a long time, the two formed a tacit understanding, and Colliers also became powerful for a while, neither the prince nor the prime minister dared to touch the tiger whiskers of this 'Ah Weng'.
While he went to summon Li Linfu, he was thinking about the emperor's explanation of the affairs and rewarding Li Qing, using his joint name with Princess Yuzhen, which meant that this was a private reward. The significance is extraordinary, in the memory of Colliers. In addition to the royal family, there are few ministers who can receive the emperor's personal reward. This Li Qing will be developed sooner or later, and Gao Lishi immediately decided to go to Li Qing's house in person to announce the decree.
When he went to Li Qing's house to announce that he would work hard, he asked him to go outside the hall to call Li Linfu in, but he was too far away and ran away unhappy, he frowned slightly, and raised his eyes to look around. But he saw a Jin Wuwei officer on duty in the palace rushing over, nodded in front of him and said, "My lord, there is something wrong." Just do it. ”
Gao Lishi was comforted by his 'adult' call, and secretly praised this person for having eyes, and when he saw that he was a little familiar, he immediately remembered, isn't this person the cousin of Princess Yuzhen? He smiled approvingly and said: "The emperor has an order, Xuan Li Xiangguo will come to see you, the old man's legs and feet are inconvenient, you can run for me!" ”
Yang Yuhuan's cousin is naturally Yang Guozhong, but he is still called Yang Zhao, on the second day of Li Qing's departure to Nanzhao, he came to Chang'an from Chengdu, and was recommended by Zhang Qiu and Qiong, he also took the Tai route, but he has Yang Yuhuan's relationship, Yang Yuhuan remembered that when his father died, he had made a great effort, so he said a few good words for him on Li Longji's pillow, Yang Zhao also obtained a soldier Cao Shen military officer in Jinwuwei, and also had the opportunity to be on duty in the palace, he was well-behaved, very good at observing words and feelings, and came and went. After years of hard work in the market, he has the mentality of ordinary people who do not have a small person, and he will not be bound by the rules, he is on duty outside the palace, but he has the courage to sneak into the palace, if he can get a praise from the powerful, it is much more cost-effective than violating the order to beat thirty sticks, Yang Zhao looked left and right, and finally let him find that Gao Lishi came out, and then got a beautiful difference, to ask Prime Minister Li Linfu to meet the emperor.
Li Linfu waited outside the palace for a long time, and like Li Longji, he also got the report of the killing of the Tubo envoy at the first time, which made him finally catch the handle, of course, he was not dealing with Li Qing, but Wei Jian, who used despicable means to replace Chen Xilie to dominate the Southern Zhao.
"Lord Xiangguo, the emperor is invited."
Since ancient times, the emperor summoned his ministers to speak, where would he use the word "please", originally Yang Zhao was just a messenger, but because of the improper use of words, Li Linfu paid attention to him, he looked Yang Zhao up and down, and saw that he was tall, with a lion nose and phoenix eyes, but he also looked dignified.
"What's your name? But the new land? ”
As Li Linfu walked, he questioned Yang Zhao, who was in a mess behind him.
"Back to the adult's words, in Xia Yang Zhao, he was originally an envoy of Jiannan Province to interview and just entered Beijing, and now he is a Jinwu guard Cao Shen military."
"Yang Zhao?" Li Linfu stopped, turned around and stared at him again, "Is that the cousin of Princess Yuzhen?" ”
'Yang Yuhuan's cousin' seems to have become Yang Zhao's business card, Yang Yuhuan's favor is a foregone conclusion, then his cousin.
Whether it is Gao Lishi or Li Linfu, they all saw the huge business opportunities it contained at a glance, Li Linfu immediately changed his signature smiling face, took his hand and said with a smile: "No wonder I think you are extraordinary when I see it, it turns out to be the Yang family, tomorrow a few colleagues will come to fight the old man's autumn breeze, just in my house, Yang will join the army and come together!" ”
With the favor of Lord Xiangguo, Yang Zhao's waist was almost bent to the ground, and the smile on his face was a little brighter than that of his cousin, and he promised repeatedly, "Xiaguan will definitely come!" Come by all means! ”
He was a little too flattering, and he couldn't help but think that the other one also came from Jiannan to join the army, but he was much more backbone than this person, but he liked such a person.
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"Your Majesty, the old minister thought that Nan Zhao's move to kill the Tubo envoys was very inappropriate, firstly, it had fallen into the reputation of my Tang Dynasty, and secondly, it had opened a bad precedent.
Li Linfu suddenly found that the emperor didn't seem to be listening to him, and swallowed back halfway through his words.
"And what, go on!" Li Longji gently put down the imperial inkstone in his hand, his eyes opened slightly, and a cold light penetrated through Li Linfu's heart, as if he could see his old bottom clearly.
Li Linfu felt that he had made a big mistake in this matter, he took it for granted that after his own rendering, Li Longji would inevitably be very angry, and he only needed to light another fire, but now it seems that this is not the case, the emperor seems to have already known about this matter, and he knows it in more detail than himself.
A thought flashed through his mind, the emperor must have eyeliner in Nanzhao, is it wise to mention this matter again? But the emperor had already asked, and he had to answer, Li Linfu had to bite the bullet and say: "The old minister thinks that even if he wants to kill the Tibetan envoy, he should first note the emperor and get the emperor's approval before doing it." ”
This was said extremely reluctantly, how did he know if Li Longji had approved it? Li Linfu secretly regretted that he had shot himself in the foot today.
Sure enough, Li Longji pondered for a moment, and smiled mildly at Li Linfu: "Chen Xiangguo is very old, he was sick in Nanzhao, I have sent a decree to order him to come back to recuperate, and the main envoy to Nanzhao will be Wei Shangshu, and in the future, Nanzhao affairs will be handed over to Tai to deal with, Xiangguo should concentrate on domestic affairs!" ”
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The carriage, a group of guards protecting Li Linfu's carriage in the imperial city, Li Linfu's face was gloomy, and the emperor's words seemed to be still echoing in his ears.
"Although the killing of the Tibetan mission was excessive, it was very effective against the current situation in Nanzhao."
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"Wei Shangshu is capable and promising, and he has won my heart, and I have decided to seal him with the book."
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"Li Qing, the commander of Guoyi, has made great contributions in the east, and I decided to accept Xiangguo's recommendation last time and ordered him to be an official in the local area."
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Every one of them is good news for Tai, and the dominance of Nanzhao that he has worked so hard to win is just handed over, "Chen Xilie, you let me down!" ”
Li Linfu suddenly felt a burst of annoyance, he should have thought that this person was a useless person, and it would be good to send him a deputy, Yang Shenjin and Ji Wen were both extremely capable people, if any of them went to Nanzhao, the situation would never be like today.
There is also that Li Qing, who cultivated him in vain, and did not even fight for himself in Nanzhao, but helped Wei Jian, Li Linfu sneered, "Li Qing, do you still want to eat back grass?" ”
Just thinking about it, the carriage slowed down, and an attendant stepped forward to report: "Report to Xiangguo, Li Mi, the governor of Yaozhou, has something important to report to Xiangguo." ”
"Yaozhou?" Li Linfu was slightly stunned, his mind changed, and he said, "Let him come over!" ”
Li had just arrived from Nanzhao. He was originally jealous of Li Qing and wanted to find Chen Xilie to complain, but Chen Xilie was addicted to food and sex and refused to see him, and later heard that he was sick. The reason for this is that Li Qing did a good thing, so he took the opportunity to return to Beijing to report on his work, and wanted to smash Li Qing on the back of the head.
Li Linfu glanced at him and saw that he was short and looked obscene. I really didn't like him, but I still smiled on my face and said: "Li Dudu has come thousands of miles and worked hard, I don't know if you have anything important to find the old man?" ”
Hearing Lord Xiangguo's concern, Li was so moved that he almost knelt down, and he choked up in his voice: "People say that Lord Xiangguo loves his subordinates, and this is true, and when the lower officials return to Yaozhou, they must take Xiangguo as a model, always warn themselves, treat the people and their subordinates well." ”
Li Linfu saw that he was off topic. A trace of unhappiness flashed in his eyes, and the henchman next to him saw it. He coughed heavily, and Li was shocked. Hurriedly closed his beak, took out a letter from his bosom, and handed it respectfully with both hands. This man dared to falsely preach the holy decree in the east.
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The Nanzhao government and the opposition were already in chaos, more than 1,000 people of the Tubo delegation were killed, and the Tubo Da Tan died in Taihe City. The sky was undoubtedly falling, and the people who lived near the city gates testified. They saw that it was the Nanzhao soldiers who went to the ground, and they were afraid of the revenge of Tibet, and the two factions of Ge Luofeng and Yu Chengjie accused each other, saying that they were the other party's actions and had nothing to do with themselves.
Pi Luo Ge on the sickbed was furious, and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter, no matter what, he had to give Tubo an explanation, but five days have passed, and the investigator in charge of this case has changed three people, but there is still no clue about the shocking case, but even idiots know that they can kill more than a thousand people in one night, except for those three, who else will there be?
Although everyone knew it, a group of soldiers still searched in Taihe City, as long as there was the slightest suspicion, after arresting it, looking at the posture, it seemed that more than 1,000 people of the Tubo Mission had been killed, just a few small thieves.
In order to prevent the recurrence of the tragedy, the Tang Mission was so well protected that I am afraid that even a bird with a sharp beak will not be able to fly in.
The killing of the Tibetan delegation had a particularly drastic impact on the situation in Nanzhao, as if a table was suddenly missing a leg, and it was inevitable that it would overturn, and it dealt a heavy blow to the confidence of Ge Luofeng's supporters, so that Ge Luofeng had to consider a way out, and just three days after the incident, he secretly ordered another general who supported his army, Luo Feng, to lead 20,000 troops into Lishui (present-day northern Burma).
Another direct consequence of this incident was that it severed the ties between Tibet and Nanzhao.
After the rain, the temperature of Nanzhao rises rapidly, the first two days of continuous drizzle, cold and damp, a rain into winter, people wear thick winter clothes, but when the sun shows a smile, the women of every household begin to rummage through the cabinets, looking for the thin clothes of summer.
This day was the fifth day after the incident of the Tibetan Mission, the whole city of Taihe City was still under martial law, the night was deep, the streets were filled with mist, soldiers patrolled back and forth on the streets, and the dreary night sky hid murderous intentions. The medical officer Wu Yulin was returning from the palace in a horse-drawn carriage, he was in a good mood these days, Pi Luo Ge's illness gradually improved under his careful treatment, he already had a way to suppress the onset of toxins in Pi Luo Ge's body, as long as he controlled it, and then found a way to extract the toxins from his body little by little.
Of course, this is the capital of his promotion and wealth, and he will never tell other medical officers what kind of illness His Royal Highness the King is born of, precisely because he has a good sense of property rights protection, this afternoon, Queen Nanzhao officially promoted him to the chief physician, and is fully responsible for the king's illness.
'The spring breeze is proud', Wu Yulin's carriage is running fast, he closes his eyes and proudly plans his future, now that he has established himself in Nanzhao, it is time to bring his family over, and he will send someone to Yibin County tomorrow.
Wu Yulin almost laughed out loud, he can actually send someone now, the carriage gradually galloped to his neighborhood, his house is in the westernmost part of Taihe City, is a small courtyard with two entrances, seven or eight houses, and now only he and a maiden who waits for him Nanzhao.
The desertion on the street and the military investigation still made Wu Yulin's joy gradually disappear, and he had also heard about the situation in Nanzhao, he had always thought that it was none of his business, he was just a famous doctor who saved lives and helped the wounded, but now that he has been promoted, he feels that there is a responsibility on his shoulders, and he should also consider national affairs, such as governing the country and leveling the world.
The door of the house was ajar, the maid did not come to greet him, and the original way of physical celebration had to be canceled, Wu Yulin was a little annoyed, since he became an official, he should have an official appearance, and he decided to teach this Nanzhao woman a good lesson tonight.
Entering the guest hall, the lady was still not there, the lights in the room were faint, and they were about to go out, he hurriedly found an oil pot to fill the lamp, the light immediately brightened, and then found a wick to replace, at this time, he suddenly found that a person was sitting quietly on the chair by the door, wearing a white robe, wearing a head, Wu Yulin seemed to have bumped into a ghost, he was so frightened that he retreated again and again, "Hey! He cried out, "Who are you, what are you doing in my house!" ”
The man smiled slightly, "Did the famous witch doctor forget about me when he was promoted?" ”
The voice was a little familiar, Wu Yulin took a closer look, it turned out to be his old friend Li Qing, he changed his clothes, and he didn't know him.
"It turned out to be the order of Li County, I thought it was the little thief who killed the Tibetan envoy who ran to my house!"
He suddenly remembered that his maid was gone, stared at him suspiciously, and asked, "You can see the woman in my room."
Li Qing smiled, "See, I've already ordered someone to send her to a safe place." ”
"A safe place?" Wu Yulin is a little confused, isn't his home safe enough? He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Could it be that Li Xianling is looking for me, is there something wrong?" ”
Li Qing nodded slowly, "That's right, I just wanted you to do a big thing for me." ”