Chapter XVI The Pilgrimage Continued

The two groups of people who were arguing immediately stopped and separated, stood up again, and lowered their heads.

Li Shimin's angry teeth itched and said, "Look at you, when I am a vegetable market here, one by one wearing purple and jade, and a little minister, is it like a general, I am ashamed of you, and all those who make trouble today will be fined for January, eldest grandson Shunde,"

The eldest grandson, Shunde, stood up and responded, "The minister is here!" ”

Li Shimin asked, "Have you seen with your own eyes that Cheng Biting Jin sent Jin Wuwei to oppress the people?" ”

"Your Majesty, no, but the subordinate saw that it was Cheng Bitingjin's lieutenant Chi Baolin who led the troops to beat the subordinate family and the guards, and the subordinate just asked the subordinate to go to the human market to buy slaves, but he didn't expect to meet a gentleman who transferred Jin Wuwei and robbed the slaves that the subordinate wanted to buy."

Li Shimin asked again, "Oh, Cheng Biting Jin, you come out and tell me who is so powerful that can mobilize my Jin Wuwei."

Cheng Yanjin stood up and squeezed his eyes at Li Shimin, he didn't know what the emperor meant, if he exposed Li De's identity, he was afraid of being punished by the emperor. Seeing Li Shimin's inquiring eyes, he knew that he couldn't hide, so he said, "Please forgive your majesty for trespassing, and please report it privately." ”

Li Shimin saw Cheng biting Jin's eyes and had to report it privately, it seems that this person is not small, it can't be the brothers born to his father, thinking about it, he asked Liu San to listen to it and tell him.

Cheng Yanjin whispered in Liu San's ear, and Liu San was also embarrassed after hearing it, and reported back to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, Lu Guogong said that the person who beat Xue Guogong's family is His Royal Highness King Wei." ”

Li Shimin heard it, okay, the third child only went out for two days and closed a county order, which slapped Xue Guogong in the face, although the eldest grandson Shunde is not a good thing, but after all, he is the queen and the uncle of Wuji, don't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, you have to take care of it, and the third child will come back. If you don't say it to your younger brother, your father will definitely support him unconditionally, so you can't do it. After thinking about it, he had a plan in his heart, so he said to the ministers, "Okay, I already know about this matter, and before that, I have one thing to do." Come, please enter the palace. ”

Ministers, one by one, you look at me, I look at you, all of them are in a state of confusion, there are King Wei, King Han, King Wu, King Han, King Qi and other princes, I have never heard of a person called King Wei, it is really a strange thing. On the side of the generals, only Cheng Biting Jin, Qin Qiong knew who it was, and Wen Chen's side was still like that except for the eldest grandson Wuji, who seemed to know it.

Cheng Biting Jin and Qin Qiong squeezed their eyes, saying that they saw that the main lord was coming, and now there was a good show, and he looked at the eldest grandson Shunde with a playful face, and the look on his face fully told him, your trouble is coming.

The eldest grandson Shunde saw Cheng Biting Jin's expression, and his heart suddenly broke out for no reason, the secret road can't be so coincidental, is this still a prince? Immediately looked at the eldest grandson Wuji's calm and relaxed appearance and felt at ease, it was such a coincidence, that is, what is the prince, the old man is the queen of the dynasty, and Zhao Guogong, what are you afraid of.

At this time, everyone was looking forward to seeing a young man of about twenty years old, with a resolute face, a strong figure, walking like a dragon, wearing a golden crown, wearing a dark gold python robe, every step up and down seemed to contain strength, followed by a heartbeat, breathtaking, only to see that he walked to the center of the hall without hurry, and bowed to Li Shimin.

"Minister, Li Yuanba, meet Your Majesty"

This voice exploded in everyone's ears, as if they had heard some fantasy, and they all turned their heads and ears.

Fang Xuanling asked Du Ruhui, "Old Du, do you say this Li Yuanba, is it true or false?"

Du Ruhui thought for a while and said, "You should have also heard that the old mansion of King Qin in Shengyefang was moved in by people from the palace a few days ago. This should be the one."

Fang Xuanling thought that one day he heard the servant say such a thing, but he didn't take it to heart, guessing which prince was out of the palace to live temporarily, but he didn't think it was actually this one.

"It's still Lao Du, you think deeply, in this case, it must be true. Could it be that the vision in the sky above the Taiji Palace one day was in response to this matter. ”

Du Ruhui nodded meaningfully and said, "This time, my Tang Dynasty will be of great help to the Turkic war, and the Turkic invasion is imminent, with the monster-like force of the king, tsk"

Li Ji and Li Jing muttered, "Duke Wei, you said that this Li Yuanba, who was killed by thunder, can still come back from the dead, this is really unheard of."

Li Jing stroked his beard and said, "The world is so big, there are no surprises, not to mention that Your Majesty also said that it still depends on King Wei's master, Ziyang Zhenren, this method is really strange." What's more, you have forgotten the vision of the Taiji Temple that day."

Li Ji knew in his heart, and Chi Gong, the captain of the carriage, grabbed Cheng Biting Jin and said, "Okay, you Cheng Biting Jin, there is such a great god, and you still pull out a certain child to do something." ”

Cheng Yanjin chuckled and said, "Say that you are a black charcoal head, I don't know anything, you are still not convinced, I don't take this opportunity to say it, can the prince know who helped him, I am helping your family Baolin to invite merit, you didn't hear that it was King Wei, and his legs are a little thinner than His Majesty." ”

The eldest grandson Shunde can't care about what Cheng Biting Jin said, his side has long since regained his previous calm, if he didn't have to be afraid of other princes and nobles before, then this living monster-like legendary figure is not something that his eldest grandson Shunde can provoke, even if he adds the queen and the eldest grandson Wuji, this is Li Shimin's younger brother, the son of the emperor Li Yuan and Empress Dou, but he is worth much higher than the princes born to those concubines later. , thinking of Li Yuanba, who is the world's best in force. The eldest grandson Shunde sweated like rain, his back was wet, he didn't dare to mention it anymore, he hoped that everyone would forget him, forget this joke, he couldn't afford to provoke this murderer, and as soon as he turned around, he hid behind the crowd.

Li Shimin introduced to the minister, "I believe that the vision that happened in the Taiji Hall a few days ago is known to you, that's right, my third brother, Li Yuanba was favored by God and came back from the dead, so today I want to correct my third brother's name, and Li Yuanba, the king of my Tang Dynasty, is back." Come on, announce the edict! ”

Liu San stepped forward and took out the edict and sang, "Fengtian carrier, emperor, system said: The ancients established a kingdom, so Wei Jingshi." Feng Zhuzi so respect the temple. The thatched soil is awarded and made as a feudal screen in the imperial room; Tong Gui favors the tin, and the macro belt is in the Wang family. Jiayu Ye's Fu Rong, En Chonglian; The distribution of Yan Tianhuang is courteous and pro-friendly. The grand ceremony is rewarded, Xinlun is the lord, the third son of the emperor, my own brother, now the heavens favor, blessed by nature, filial piety is in nature, and the son has no loss; The meticulousness of the cardinal is the strength of force. This Fenger is the king of Wei, Dai Enlun is in Yishi, and Shang Kexin is in the family; Solid rock in the future, especially the eternal reputation. Oh yes! ”

Li Shimin went on to say: "Another edict will be made by the subordinates. Feng the third brother as a hussar general, allowed to recruit troops on their own, a unique army, its main general, the resurrection thanks to the hands of the third brother teacher, Feng Ziyang Zhenren for the Tang Dynasty to protect the country and show the saint Zhenren, in Chang'an site to build a concept of protecting the country, in order to show its merits. ”

"Minister, Li Yuanba, thank Your Majesty for the reward."

"King Wei, there is Sun Shunde, the head of Xue Guo, who reported that Cheng Biting Jin privately transferred troops to come out for you, and injured the servants and guards in Xue Guogong's mansion, but there is such a thing."

"Back to Your Majesty, when the courtiers went to the West Market to buy a few slaves, and were about to pay for the contract, the butler of the Xue Guogong Mansion stepped in and wanted to rob it, and also said that the threshold of the Gongfu of other countries is high, and the background is strong.

"Oh, so arrogant, Xue Guogong, is what King Wei said true?"

The eldest grandson Shunde went to the third, trembling at Li De and hugged his fists and said, "The subordinates don't know that it is His Royal Highness King Wei, so they listened to and believed the lie of the evil slave, and almost slandered His Highness, please forgive Your Highness, and the subordinates will go back and kill him with a rod to make the prince angry." ”

Li De snorted and said, "This king, but I can't afford it, since it is a subordinate who is clever and clever, then it will be disposed of, this king will not be angry with you Xue Guogong, however, this king is also a royal family, but to persuade Xue Guogong, as the so-called upward and downward effect, the housekeeper is chiseled, rampant, I am afraid that it is not arrogant for a day or two, why should we be a relative of the emperor, we should respect our identity, not be arrogant, you must know that our royal family is a model of the Tang Dynasty, but you can't lose your face." Implicate family members. Xue Guogong thought so. ”

How dare the eldest grandson Shunde nod vigorously, "Lord, it is reasonable, it is the subordinates who lack discipline, and in the future, they should set an example and thank the prince for his teachings." "Which anger in my heart, the old man can be your father, and he was taught a lesson by your kid in front of the ministers, and the old face was lost, and he secretly reminded not to rely on the name of the eldest grandson without scruples, obviously you slapped a certain face, and you are so righteous and righteous, okay, the old man admitted it this time. You wait for the old man, there will always be a time to retaliate against you.

Li Shimin saw that the eldest grandson Shunde confessed, and then said, "What King Wei said is right, you and other relatives of the emperor should set an example for the country, and in the future, you must restrain your subordinates and don't do evil." ”

The eldest grandson Shunde should have retreated, Cheng Yanjin saw that the eldest grandson Shunde was deflated, and he was indescribably happy, if it wasn't for the court meeting, he would definitely pull everyone to drink wine and eat meat, this old thing was finally cleaned up.

After Li Shimin finished handling the government affairs, he said to the ministers: "According to the report, under the leadership of Jieli, the Turks have been expanding westward, constantly collecting the population and resources of the Western Regions, what do you think?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said, "It seems that the Turks have noticed that my Datang has been recuperating and preparing for war with the Turks, otherwise it will never actively expand." ”

Du Ruhui then said, "Lao Chen guessed that the Turks were preparing grain and grass and accumulating strength, in order not to let the Tang Dynasty be prepared, they would soon launch an attack first, and hit us by surprise, Your Majesty must not be on guard, Lao Chen suggested notifying the northern states to prepare for war, especially in Hexi, Yunzhong and other important places. Even if the Turks attacked, they would not be given any supplies. ”

Fang Xuanling said again, "Your Majesty, the disaster has just receded, and it is difficult to raise enough food and grass for the army to fight for a long time, but if a small number of foot soldiers and elite cavalry can be used to support the March war, the old minister suggested supplementing the tactics of war to supply grain and grass." ”

Li Jing followed and echoed, "Your Majesty, in addition to preparing for war, the old minister suggested that you can send a detailed work to explore the Turkic movements, once you know the way to attack, we can ambush them in advance, wipe them out, and keep the enemy out of the country, my Tang Dynasty is not the time for the first year of Zhenguan, the army is now reorganized, the armor is complete, the morale is strong, and the battle will be won." ”

Li Shimin happily stood up and said, "Okay." From now on, the government will prepare to mobilize the people, prepare for the preparation of the war, and send an edict to all the passes to be strictly guarded, and Li Jing of the military department will take the lead in sending a detailed work to go deep into the Turks, listen to the Turkic movements and prepare for the Turkic war, and plan the strategy and tactics of the troops. Later, it was reported to me that the training of soldiers should not be slack. ”

All the officials replied in unison, "Yes."