Li Zhi said:

"Then you don't have to protect it anymore. The young slave said that with the heart of his father, as long as Liu Xun died, the affairs of Goryeo would definitely stop. ”

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said:

But then the Lord will bear the name of indiscriminately killing his loyal servants for a later season...... Your Highness, we can't bear it, and we can't bear it!

A thousand years to meet a master! ”

Li Zhi said:

"The slightest flaw cannot be concealed. Moreover, Liu Xun's matter, after all, he took it upon himself and had nothing to do with others. Even if the future generations have doubts, it is also a matter of the future generations, why should the world be uneasy because of the empty name of the future generations?

To tell the truth, the young slave came here to persuade the teacher, and wanted to ask the teacher not to protect Liu Xun anymore - after all, compared with the safety of the people in the world, the latter is more important after all.

Teacher, the way of heaven is lacking, and everything is in vain to seek perfection, after all, it is not the way of heaven. ”

Fang Xuanling pondered for a long time before shaking his head and saying with a wry smile:

"Your Highness's words, the ministers and your lords, haven't you thought about it?

But Your Highness, you don't understand...... For those of us...... The name of the Lord, the country of the Tang Dynasty, this is the first important thing, and the other ......

But that's it. ”

Li Zhi saw that he couldn't persuade him, so he shook his head and said:

"Since the teacher insisted, it must have its own reason, and the young slave will not say more."

Fang Xuanling looked at him and smiled for a long time:

"But His Highness only said that there are two roads, and half of them?"

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then hesitated:

"But the young slave thinks that this road seems to be impassable......"

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "You can understand the hearts of the people in the court so far, Your Highness, you have really inherited the ability of the queen's mother...... So, what you have planned, maybe it can become the most common plan? ”

Li Zhi thought about it for a while, then sighed and said:

"In fact, at this time, my father is just angry, if there is Lord Wei at this moment, then everything is easy to say. It's just that he is no longer there at this moment, and his father believes that he is a traitor to the party......

I'm afraid, but it's not good. ”

Fang Xuanling heard about Wei Zheng's matter, thought about it for a long time, and then said in surprise:

"Could it be that His Royal Highness wants to use Wei Zheng's matter to assassinate the Lord? Oh......

If...... If so, it seems possible! ”

When Li Zhi heard this, his eyes lit up, and then he said gloomily:

"But Lord Wei's name behind him has been tarnished at ...... moment."

"If you can dirty, you can clean it."

Fang Xuanling said firmly:

"The old man has his own calculations about this. It's just that you still need to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to say more. ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he nodded and sighed:

"That's very good...... It's just that the matter has come to this point, and I'm afraid that Wei Ting is going to fold it in vain - his father's order has been issued, and he can't take it back. Therefore, the next step is to conquer Goryeo. What the young slave did was just to make his father return to the army a few days earlier. ”

"It's a great blessing to be like this!"

Fang Xuanling was firm, got up and saluted: "Please also ask His Royal Highness the Prince, be sure to take the people of the world and the Tang Dynasty as your priority!" ”

Li Zhi hurriedly got up and replied.

Along the way, Li Zhidu looked at De'an, who was smiling and groaning, and was very embarrassed in his heart.

When he entered the palace and changed his clothes and wanted to go to bed, seeing that he was still smiling, Li Zhi blushed slightly and said:

"What do you mean by laughing at that?"

Dean looked at no one on the left and right, and then said with a smile:

"De'an, congratulations to His Royal Highness, his wish has been granted."

Li Zhi couldn't help but laugh and scolded:

"Do you really want to go to such trouble just for Mei Niang, get rid of Wei Ting and Liu Xun? I just talked to Fang Xiang, and you couldn't listen to half a word?

Although Wei Ting has made military achievements in the Tang Dynasty, he is arrogant and extravagant after all, and he is not a good minister. That's why as early as Wei Zhaorong's incident, I intended to kill him......

It's just that I didn't make up my mind at the time. Now that I am in this position, it is the fourth brother who advises that if you want to keep the Tang Dynasty safe, you must belittle Wei Ting...... Although he is there, it will indeed increase the benefits of Wei Guifei, and threaten my East Palace and Mei Niang...... But if he is not an official and an unjust official, with his talents, why should I belittle him?

As for that Liu Xun...... It is his son who has repeatedly disturbed Mei Niang, what does it have to do with him? I'm just because Lord Wei had a last wish before his death, wanting to restore his name, and this Liu Xun is only half-hearted in the name of achieving direct advice, it is really a disaster to invite fame and sell straight - you don't look at this time Uncle Fang Xiang and others are planning for him in every way - in fact, the one who hates this Liu Xun the most is afraid that it is Fang Xiang and his uncle.

If it weren't for Liu Xun's repeated remarks about Mrs. Fang Xiang, how could my father have a joking heart and almost force Mrs. Fang Xiang to death with a jar of poisonous wine? Don't think that I didn't know when I was young—but you know that the wine in the jar of poisoned wine is still the vinegar that the queen mother took me to exchange!

There is also an uncle, because after the eldest sister married her brother-in-law, Huadu is still made from the inside, how many times has Liu Xun been admonished? even gave my uncle a reputation for being a relative of power-and I also heard my mother say that when I was still in infancy, I pretended to be a prime minister, and told my father that my uncle was in power, but it was him Liu Xun.

Even the queen mother is so open-minded, every time she mentions this matter, she is also displeased with Liu Xun in every way, not to mention the uncle who was forced by his sister to ask for resignation because of that incident?

He hates Liu Xun, but he is afraid that he will be the first ...... It's just that his father has been protecting him, and he can't do anything.

Now, Liu Xun is even annoyed by his father - plus he has no one to rely on in the court, and he is only afraid of a matter of a moment - as Fang Xiang said, at this moment, the important ministers are just listening to his father and the emperor, so they don't call him dead......

I didn't do that......"

When Dean heard this, he forced a smile and said:

"Your Highness is very right. This Wei Ting is not disliked by you because he is related to Wei Guifei and will hurt Sister Wu, and it is not because his son has repeatedly bothered Sister Wu, you want to belittle it because you look annoying......

They did it all themselves. Luckily?

Your Highness, you haven't had a good rest these days, so it's better to rest early! ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he was so angry that his teeth itched, so he glared at De'an to have a seizure. But in the end, he felt a little weak, so he had to go to sleep crying and laughing.

However, before going to bed, he still breathed a long sigh of relief, took out a piece of embroidered handkerchief from under the pillow, which was obviously a long time, and looked at it stupidly for a long time before holding it on his chest, closing his eyes and smiling and sleeping.

The twenty-first day of the first month of the nineteenth year of Zhenguan.

Complicated to make Wei Huaizhi play Taizong:

After Wei Ting arrived, he did not inspect the Cao Canal first, so he urged the construction of the ship and transported the rice down.

When the boat traveled to Lusitai, he knew that the canal was closed, and he couldn't get in, he wanted to retreat, and the canal had dried up, so he unloaded the military grain and stored it on the side of Lusitai.

And when the ministers went there, they saw that Wei Ting only knew how to drink and feast with the officials every day, and ignored the business.

Although His Majesty has already set a plan for next year, he is afraid that he will not be able to do so. ”

When Taizong heard this, he was furious, and dismissed his official in the name of dereliction of duty, and replaced him with Li Daoyu, a young eunuch, and sent a decree to serve the imperial Shi Tang Lin Kuaima to pass the decree, and sentenced Wei Ting to prison and dismantle the eastern capital (that is, to bring torture instruments to Luoyang).

Wei Ting entered the Eastern Capital, and Taizong personally tried his crimes. Wei Ting begged for help at first, and said that the deputy envoy Cui Renshi knew that Yunfu had escaped, but he didn't want to get rid of it.

When Taizong heard this, he despised Wei Ting, but he told him and had to punish him, so he dismissed Wei Ting and Cui Renshi, and ordered Wei Ting to serve in the army as a white-clothed person (that is, an ordinary person without any official position).

When the court heard about it, it was known that Taizong wanted to conquer Goryeo, and he had already made a decision, and they were all worried.

……

The second day of the second month of the 19th year of Zhenguan.

Cangzhou Assassin Shi Xi argued that he had embezzled more than 1,000 taels of silver (that is, the meaning of embezzling more than 1,000 taels of silver - I'm not sure about this number, but I used it when I saw such a statement), and he should be beheaded according to the law. According to the advice of the ministers, Taizong issued an order, and sent the envoys to the execution ground to watch in person and behead them in public.

For a while, the officials were cautious and did not dare to be delusional.

The third night of the second month of the nineteenth year of Zhenguan.

Xianren Palace is in the palace.

Li Zhi was dressed in a bedrobe, looked at the secretary passed by Xuanling outside the palace, and sighed for a long time:

"I still can't see it."

Dean said:

"Your Highness......"

"Fang Xiang still wanted to protect Liu Xun, and even told me that he would ask Lord Wei Chi to ask his father to stop the expedition...... Alas! They all say that I am soft and kind. But look at it now, over the years, the room has become more and more soft and kind to me. ”

Li Zhi shook his head and smiled bitterly, lit the note on the lamp, burned it and threw it in the brazier on the side.

Dean said:

"But De'an thinks that this Lord Wei Chi may ......"

"Lord Wei Chi is indeed my father's favorite courtier. But this father's anger is not something he can understand. is still the same sentence, either restore the name of Lord Wei, and compare the two, the father will naturally dislike Liu Xun, or belittle or punish, it is a matter of the future. Either kill Liu Xun directly, and the father will go out this time, so he will naturally accept it when he sees it, and he will not insist on rushing in......

Therefore, this Liu Xun must die at the hands of his father. It's just that the prime minister has always been reluctant to give up his father's reputation. ”

De'an was puzzled: "If you don't have the reputation of the lord, then you can follow His Royal Highness and restore the name of Lord Wei?" ”

"This plan is too difficult, after all, it can only be done when the father's march is blocked. Moreover, the affairs of Lord Wei are all good because of Xu. The reason why Yu Suiliang did this was only because his uncle didn't like Lord Wei. It's still difficult for Fang Xiang to get along with himself on weekdays, let alone compete with his uncle?

He didn't want to offend his uncle. ”

Li Zhi shook his head: "His fear of his uncle and the Guanlong Yilord behind his uncle has become a disease—otherwise, he is only afraid that with his talent and loyalty, he is really more suitable than his uncle to become the first assistant of the ministers." ”

When Dean heard this, he was also silent.

February 12, 19th year of Zhenguan.

Taizong told the world that he would personally lead a large army from the eastern capital of Luoyang to conquer Goryeo.

On February 17, the 19th year of Zhenguan, Taizong issued another edict to Chaozhongdao:

"After I sent troops from Dingzhou, the crown prince ruled the country, and the ministers should do their best to assist."

From time to time, Kaifu Yi and the third division captain Chi Jingde played:

"Your Majesty personally conquered Liaodong, the prince was with Dingzhou, Chang'an and Luoyang were empty, and the ministers were afraid of Yang Xuangan (the first to rise up in the last years of the Sui Dynasty to rebel, everyone will know if you read the previous article.) ).

In addition, Goryeo is only a small country on the border, which is not enough for His Majesty to do the work himself, so the ministers ask to use the last division (an ordinary army) to levy it, and it can be destroyed. ”

Taizong didn't listen, and took Jingde as the head of the left horse army, so that he could join the army.

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he secretly sighed in his heart that Li Zhi knew that the opportunity had come, so he decided to follow Li Zhi's plan in order to stop the campaign.

……