Body 142 Diplomacy

The crown prince's supervision of the country, that is, the documents sent to all parts of the Tang Dynasty, will be disposed of in the style of the East Palace and the regulations of the regulations.

In addition to the officials of the Prince's Mansion who can temporarily handle the daily government affairs of the court at this time, those who are at the level of prime ministers of the three provinces and six ministries can participate in politics, and officials outside the Prince's Mansion will be temporarily given the names of the officials of the East Palace before the emperor leaves.

In this way, two institutions have been formed to discuss matters together and handle government affairs together. First, it can assist the prince and help the officials of the East Palace to familiarize themselves with government affairs. Second, a certain amount of supervision can be given when handling government affairs headed by officials of the East Palace.

But in general, when the crown prince was in charge of the country, the main government affairs were still decided by the chief officials of the three provinces, but they were issued using the procedures and regulations of the East Palace.

The Chongwen Hall at the head of the Chongwen Hall in the East Palace has long been transformed into a conference room that can accommodate 100 people, and at this time, there are already courtiers who rushed to the door early before dawn.

In the past three years or four years, Li Hong finally got rid of the habit of sleeping lazy, and every day he would be woken up by the summer solstice or light snow when the sky was not dawn, and then Hua Meng and Mangzhong accompanied him to run in the East Palace.

Each time, he had to run for about half an hour, until the clothes on his tired body were soaked, and then he would take a short break and continue to carry out what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince called strength training.

The back garden of the East Palace has also added a lot of new things in recent years, but they are all cold, dead stone locks and discs and other heavy objects, and these are all necessary things for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to exercise strength.

returned to his dormitory, bathed and changed clothes under the waiter of Xiaoxue and Xia Zhi, and then hastily ate breakfast, and began to prepare for today's various matters in the East Palace Council.

Over the years, the most worry-free thing for Xia Solstice and Xiaoxue is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince eats, and he is never a picky eater. From a child to now a tough, sturdy, handsome and masculine teenager, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has basically never been picky about any food. In Bai Chun's secret words: It's the same as a pig, what to eat!

Hurriedly finished breakfast, then snatched Bai Chun, who was dressed in white like snow and looked like a fairy, drank all the milk he was about to drink, and then picked up Bai Chun's sleeve and wiped his mouth indiscriminately, accompanied by Hua Meng and Mangzhong, and quickly walked towards the council hall.

Bai Chun didn't even bother to move, rolled his eyes and sighed helplessly, letting his sleeve be wiped by others, and then put it down.

At the door of the council hall, all the courtiers looked at His Royal Highness the Prince, who came in a hurry, and then under the false voice of a eunuch, after the prince stood firm, he began to salute the prince with an order.

After the salute, everyone was able to slowly enter the council hall only after the prince entered.

On every seat, Li Hong placed a name tag, so it is clear who should sit and where not to sit.

Originally, the officials of the East Palace, such as Xu Jingzong, Shangguanyi, Li Yifu, Yang Sijian and others, naturally needed to move a few seats back after the bigwigs of the three provinces and six departments came over.

Pei Yan, Cen Changqian, Zhang Wenjun, Zhao Renben and other bigwigs of the three provinces naturally sat on the left and right sides of the front.

Next came the officials of the six departments, as well as other officials with the three products under the Tongzhong Shumen, and dozens of people filled the entire council hall at once.

Yang Jiong, Xu Yanbo and others began to put the meeting documents that were printed overnight last night in front of every official, that is, to inform everyone that today's theme will definitely not let you go off topic.

After Yang Jiong and the others finished distributing the documents, the maids took out bright glasses one by one and poured a glass of white water for everyone.

No way, there used to be fresh tea for free, but since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly stopped drinking tea, the tea here has all turned into plain water.

Some officials even privately discussed that this was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saving money.

After the sound of tables, chairs and benches gradually disappeared, Li Hong, who was sitting in the middle of the head, said straightforwardly: "The theme of today's meeting has been sent to everyone, let me remind you before starting the discussion, if there is no way to discuss a reasonable opinion, then everyone should not go out of this door today, when to discuss it, when to go out again, and then disperse." ”

The courtiers were stunned for a while, it was so shameless! This is definitely a suspicion of kidnapping!

But at this time, there was nothing to be done, because there were suddenly two more soldiers from the prince's left guard at the door, looking at the cold expression, I am afraid that except for the prince who can enter and exit freely, the others will not want to walk in front of them.

Li Hong glanced at the audience, looked down at the documents in his hand, and said, "Your Majesty has not given a will now, so you don't have to think about how Your Majesty will decide." Regarding the donation of Goryeo Springs to ask for help from our Tang Dynasty, I think it is just a power struggle within Goryeo, and from the analysis of the newspaper, there is no sign of an alliance with Silla and Baekje, so we don't need to send more reinforcements to Goryeo. Liu In-yuan and Sun In-shi continued to garrison the border between Goryeo and Baekje, and if there was a war, they could join forces with the Goryeo soldiers to attack and defend it, and did not seek to capture Baekje and Silla, but they must not take a step back. Another man was stationed at the royal fortress of Goryeo to help train soldiers in Goryeo. ”

"Your Royal Highness, the minister thinks that this matter still needs to be considered, or should ask Your Majesty's holy will, Goryeo and my Tang Dynasty have always been a strip of water, and when Your Majesty sealed Mount Tai, the King of Goryeo sent a spring boy to accompany him, and now if we stop and do not send reinforcements, I am afraid that the Goryeo Spring boy will question the sincerity of my Tang Dynasty." Dai Zhide darkened his face, looked at the paperwork in his hand, and said to himself.

Li Hong smiled, looked at Dai Zhide and asked, "Does it have a lot to do with the fact that Quan boy, Quan boy, Quan boy, and Quan boy are the king of Goryeo?" Moreover, Silla, Baekje, and Wa have all sent people over, so should we simply surrender? ”

"Your Highness, the ministers did not mean this, Goryeo has always helped me to stop the ambitions of the wolf sons of Baekje and Silla, if Goryeo dies, Your Highness has ever thought that Liaodong will be eyeing Baekje and Silla." Yan Liben of the Ministry of Industry also objected, closed the document in his hand and said.

Li Hong held his chin with one hand, looked at Yan Liben quietly, then glanced at the council hall, and asked slowly, "What do you mean?" ”

The Ministry of War now has Ren Yaxiang as the actual secretary, and Liu Renliang was also crowned with the right to participate in politics after repelling the Baekje coalition army that year, and at this time, he sat next to Ren Yaxiang.

"The minister thinks that in order to show the prestige of my Tang Dynasty, it is necessary to send troops in time to suppress the Gaoliquan male cheap and others, and the Liquan boy is the king of Gaoli." Ren Yaxiang said lightly.

"Liu Shangshu, you are most familiar with Goryeo, Baekje, and Silla, what do you mean?" Li Hong sighed and asked Liu Ren.

"The minister also thinks that we should continue to send additional reinforcements to Goryeo, and Liu Renyuan and Sun Renshi are willing to defend it, I am afraid it will be difficult to be a long-term solution." Liu Renliang said solemnly.

Liu Renliang's answer was expected by Li Hong, he had a career as a horseman all his life, and he had lived for war all his life, and it was naturally understandable that he was willing to send troops to Goryeo.

But no one knew that two years later, the Andong Protectorate led by Xue Rengui in Liaodong was set up by the Tang Dynasty, and because the war in the Western Regions was tight, after Xue Rengui was sent to the Western Regions, he lost control of Goryeo again.

Coupled with the restoration policy of the former Goryeo and other remnants of Silla and other relics, Liaodong was lost in the hands of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Hong stretched out his hand to take the paperwork in Yang Jiong's hand, who hurriedly ran in, glanced at it and asked, "General Liu, how many combatable troops does Goryeo have now?" How many people are in the Datang Chen Bing Baekje Office? ”

"Goryeo has 150,000 troops in battle, and my Tang Dynasty now has a total of more than 100,000 troops led by Liu Renyuan and Sun Renyuan." Liu Renliang replied like a stream.

"How many troops are there in Baekje and Silla?" Li Hong asked.

"More than 200,000." Liu Renliang glanced at Li Hong, and instantly understood what Li Hong meant, so he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the battlefield is never judged by the number of troops, and now although my Tang and Goryeo troops have more troops than Baekje and Silla, the Goryeo soldiers have never been good at fighting. ”

Li Hong looked up at the ceiling, then stared at him and said, "Then do you know that a war of attrition has always been a strategic means?" Goryeo is now retaining its strength, and when my Tang Dynasty consumes most of the troops of Baekje and Silla for Goryeo, and when there is a shortage of troops in the land of Anxi of my Tang Dynasty, at that time, if Goryeo opposes my Datang, what are you going to use to suppress Goryeo? ”

Without waiting for the ministers to speak, Li Hong continued to say urgently: "Do you know that whether it is Silla, Goryeo, or Baekje, which one of them is a threat to my Tang Dynasty?" Now that Goryeo is fighting with my Tang soldiers, can you guarantee that one day Silla and Goryeo will not join forces to destroy Baekje? And then turn around and bite us? Baekje is the weakest among the Three Kingdoms, and Goryeo has always been powerful, and now even if there is no Tang Dynasty army, they can be completely invincible! The death of Quangae Suwen plunged Goryeo into a civil war, and it was enough for my Tang Dynasty to deter and live during the Goryeo Civil War and not give the Silla and Baekje coalition forces a chance to destroy Goryeo! Consuming Goryeo, Baekje, and Silla is the best foreign strategy for my Datang! ”

"Your Royal Highness, the two countries intersect with trust in people and establish a country with sincerity, and so on and so on, you will only lose your trust in other countries, and the prestige of my Tang Dynasty will also be accumulated by Your Majesty and will never return." Dai Zhide said with a dark face.

"As long as I don't die, as for who is the king of Goryeo, I don't care, and Datang doesn't care! Whether it is Baekje, Silla, or Goryeo, I don't care if they are deified by my Tang Dynasty or subdued by my Tang forces. As a secretary of the Ministry of Rites, you are a diplomatic mediator, how to use diplomatic means to seek more benefits for my Tang Dynasty from Liaodong is your duty Dai Zhide, not to worry about who is the king and who is the minister of Goryeo. Now that Anxi is in crisis, Liaodong is together, I just need it to continue to be in internal trouble, which is in the interests of my Datang. As for the majesty, morality, and integrity in your mouth, do I need to care about Datang? If you leave halfway through, press CTRL+D to save the current page to your favorites so you can watch it later!