Chapter Seventy-Five: Plan Leaked

Fearing that Li Shimin would aim his troops at him, this was also one of the reasons why the family and Confucianism frantically opposed Li Shimin's conquest of Goguryeo, and once Goguryeo was defeated, the Tang Dynasty would no longer have an external threat for a short time.

And there is no external threat, and the major forces opposing Datang in China have played a real fire because of the silver mine incident, and they are fighting inextricably, even if there is a winner in the end, it is definitely a big loss of vitality, and it is not necessary to recover to the peak state in a short time.

There is no external threat, and the internal threat is reduced to the lowest state, which is the best time for the internal purge of the Tang Dynasty - such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if Li Shimin can't catch it, then he will be called His Majesty the Heavenly Khan, the Holy Monarch of the Ages.

Therefore, for the sake of their own future, Confucianism and the family will definitely do everything possible to create obstacles to the Tang Dynasty's conquest of Goguryeo.

This is also the reason why he knew that Li Zhen secretly opened a Wentian Shuyuan and cultivated talents privately, but Li Shimin did not come forward to oppose it, but still supported it.

It is really true that today's civil official group has completely changed its taste, and it needs to be thoroughly purged to inject fresh blood into Datang, otherwise when this wave of weakness passes, the civilian official group will resurge, and Datang will never have such a good time again.

Li Shimin naturally saw this, so the more Confucianism and the family opposed, the more he insisted.

What's more, in the court, although Confucianism and the family control the confidential departments of the Tang Dynasty, the top positions are firmly controlled by Li Shimin, and those who can hold such positions are his henchmen - Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Li Jing, Li Ji, Hou Junji, Cheng Yanjin, Changsun Wuji, Qin Qiong, Wei Chi Jingde, etc.

These important ministers helped Li Shimin to hold the top three provinces and six Shangshu prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, as well as the most important position of the sixteen Wei generals, under their operation, the family did not have much penetration here, and there was once a Wang Jue, but since Wang Jue died of illness three years ago, there is no place for the top family and Confucianism.

And the formulation of the national policy needs the nod of these bigwigs, as long as these bigwigs nod, even if the opposition below is fierce, it is useless.

Therefore, the plan to attack Goguryeo, at the insistence of Li Shimin and with the support of the Korean Chinese martial arts leaders, was finally implemented despite the crazy opposition of the family and Confucianism.

However, the family and Confucianism are obviously unwilling to admit defeat, they may have realized their dangerous situation, the army that was originally assembled to Lingnan actually retreated, and a considerable part of the troops that were originally stationed in the barracks in various parts of the Tang Dynasty began to assemble without an order, and some of the troops mutinied, the soldiers killed the main general, and the generals looted all the supplies, and then hid in the mountains and hid.

"Bastards, traitors, they are traitors, they are all a bunch of traitors and traitors. Quisling. In the imperial study, Li Shimin grabbed a note with blood stains, and was furious, overturning the entire imperial case, and his favorite, the top glass cup that Li Zhen gave him, was also smashed by him.

Several henchmen stood at the bottom, their faces were also gloomy as water, one was ugly, and all of them were holding notes in their hands, although the shapes and materials were different, but the contents on them were exactly the same.

Here's the thing, the family lost a battle at the court meeting, and was suppressed by Li Shimin and his henchmen, of course they were unwilling.

Therefore, on the night after the meeting was dispersed, a large number of carrier pigeons flew out of the houses of the major forces and flew northeast.

Although the defenders of the city shot a number of dead pigeons, despite the large number of pigeons, some of them escaped the range of the bow and arrows and flew towards their intended destination.

When the general defending the city saw the news on the carrier pigeon, he was immediately shocked and immediately reported all the notes to Li Shimin, who was furious when he saw the content of the note, and quickly gathered all his henchmen to discuss what to do next.

When Fang Du and the others saw the note, they were also shocked and inexplicable, the intention of the family was self-evident, that is, to notify Goguryeo and let them prepare - this was what they did not expect, the family and Confucianism would be so crazy, this is really no different from betraying the country.

After venting for a long time, Li Shimin finally settled down: "Ladies and gentlemen, our strategic intentions have been leaked, what do you think we should do next?" ”

"The preparations are done, and if you give up, you will definitely not be able to do it." Cheng Yanjin was the first to jump out and said: "Old Cheng, I only have one meaning, since our strategic intentions have been leaked, then let's blatantly fight over."

In order to hide our whereabouts, our speed was not fast, and we delayed a lot of time, and now that our intentions have been exposed, we simply speed up the march, hurry up, and wait for the army to arrive in Yingzhou, Goguryeo may not be able to react. ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, what Zhijie said is what the minister wants to say." Xu Maogong stood up and agreed: "Actually, we didn't lose anything, just lost a little time, and if we speed up the march at this time, maybe we can really capture Anshi City (the border town between Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty) before Goguryeo reacts, and we can make up for the lost time." ”

"That's what I said, but I hate it in my heart." Li Shimin also knew that what Cheng Yanjin and Xu Maogong said was right, but he was still unwilling: "Most of these bastards are former Sui ministers, I still reuse them regardless of my past suspicions, but how do they repay me?"

Yes?

The strategic plan that was announced at noon today, they will all send it to Goguryeo in the evening, and they will enjoy the Yulu issued by the Tang Dynasty and the food of the people of the Tang Dynasty...... They went to play for their own selfishness, and even went to foreign countries and betrayed Datang secrets...... Is there a me, is there a Tang Dynasty in their eyes, and do they regard themselves as the descendants of Yan and Huang? ”

"If they had regarded themselves as the descendants of Yan and Huang in their hearts, the former Sui would not have perished." Qin Qiong snorted coldly, although he was also born in a family of eunuchs, his father and ancestors were only petty officials and officials, so he had no good impression of the family that set off the chaos in the world at the end of the Sui Dynasty: "I am afraid that in the eyes of these families, the so-called national righteousness and national security are nothing at all, only the interests of their own family are the most real, for the interests of the family, they dare to do anything, let alone sell state secrets, Your Majesty, believe it or not, if you dare to let one of them serve as the governor of Yingzhou, they dare to let the Goguryeo army in, Do you believe it? ”

(End of chapter)