Chapter 292: Busyness and Restlessness

Just a few days after Tang Cheng returned to the Jiehe River from the Tuduo to build a new camp, the results of the first battle between the Yusuo Department and the Shali Department had already been reported.

It was only in the evening that he ordered a truce on all fronts of Tudo, and during the banquet in the evening, he had already mobilized men and horses to join the 10,000 cavalry of the 10,000 troops outside the Governor's Palace, and the speed did not leave any time for Shali to react.

It was a typical sneak attack.

At this time, the Tuduo Department had not yet been completely bagged, and the main force of the Shali Department was also besieging the crumbling Phuntsok Department with all its might. Although the 10,000 Shali troops outside the Doge's palace had been on the alert to the Misos from the first day they were stationed there, it was not the enemy from the opposite side who were the first to attack them. Until the night when the Sali people officially launched a sneak attack, when the shouts of killing were already in the camp of the Shali Ministry, the Shali lord who was in charge here was still used to looking at the opposite side first.

A piece of calm!

With a calculating and unintentional, it was a dangerous night raid battle, one side sneaked attack, and the other side was still in a dream without defense, and the result was naturally self-evident, when the 2,000 people of the initial camp rushed in with the war horses wrapped in the hooves, the Shali Department in a "chaotic" image finally had large and small heads shouting and trying to gather the "chaotic" head flies of the sergeants to resist, but at this moment, the second wave of 3,000 people in the second wave of the Lisuo Department had rushed in like a "tide", and the horses of the second wave of the Pisuo cavalry were not bound to their hooves, People are still far away, and the sound of thunderous horses' hooves has already surged like a huge "tide".

In the camp, two thousand cavalry rushed back and forth, scattering the slightly gathered Sergeant Sully again; The thunderous sound of horses' hooves outside was getting closer and closer, and at this moment, the 10,000-strong camp on the opposite side suddenly became brightly lit again, and in the light of the bright and extinguished torches, I saw a group of cavalry in full gear rushing out and rushing straight to this side.

The ensuing battle turned into a one-sided massacre, and the two groups of 5,000 people who launched the night attack rushed back and forth, which was really an extremely efficient meat grinder. The 10,000 men outside the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion were monitored outside, hunting and killing the fish that slipped through the net, and even when the commander of the Shali Department tried his best to gather a team of nearly 2,000 people to rush out of the encirclement and rush south to meet the main force, he ran headlong into another 5,000 Yusuo troops hidden nearly 20 miles away.

This sneak attack with a total of 20,000 horses and horses achieved perfect results, except for the negligible three or two kittens, the 10,000 horses of the Shali Department were completely damaged.

Before the battle was completely over, a group of soldiers from there had already entered the Raole Governor's Mansion, which had been sealed for several months, and these people carried away all the bronze drums, jade, and even the carpet in the Governor's Mansion in an orderly manner.

The next morning, when all the fighting was over, the assembled army of 20,000 men withdrew 5,000 men with the utensils of the Metropolitan Prefecture and thousands of belligerent horses to the place of the tent, while the remaining 15,000 men rushed northeast after a short rest.

Almost at the same time that Tang Cheng got the result of this sneak attack, the news of the truce between the Shali Ministry and Phuntsok also came back and forth.

The Phuntsok Tribe, which had narrowly escaped the catastrophe in the crumbling fall, was the same as the Tuduo Tribe, and as soon as the Shali Department stopped in front, they couldn't wait to take the broken tribe to get closer to Tang Cheng as much as possible.

For a while, with Tang Cheng's domo southern grassland as the center, the three remnants of Tuxian, Duomo and Pingcuo leaned together at the extreme density that the grassland could hold, which brought great comfort and a sense of security to the three remnants of the frightened bird.

At this time, the grassland was ownerless, and Tang Cheng took care of the follow-up of the three remnants after the previous war with the identity of the only Rao Le Metropolitan Governor's Sima's "official body", that is, until now, Tang Chengcai, who had been in the grassland for several months, finally deserved the respect and power that Sima deserved.

To appease the three ministries, coordinate the distribution of land in this special period, fully open all trade embargoes, and collect straw and other edible things for livestock in Longmen and even the entire Yanzhou...... Trivia one after another, seemingly never ending; The small friction between the bickering, ripping, and the three is also indispensable dozens of times a day, Tang Cheng is really busy and dizzy during this time, and it is a good pleasure to be able to sleep for three hours in a day.

Fortunately, the loss of population and livestock in the previous battles of the three divisions was very large, and the long winter on the grassland also made the livestock still need to take shelter in the enclosure, which made the nomadic area requirements to be minimized. It also made Tang Cheng finally settle the situation with the cooperation of the patriarchs.

After the civil affairs were done, Tang Cheng finally returned to his own business, and the remnants of the three armies were gathered under the banner of Sima of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and Tang Cheng naturally became the leader of the coalition of the three remnants.

However, what reassured Tu Duomeng and others was that Tang Cheng had no intention of splitting up the three tribal armies, nor did he interfere in the personnel appointments and dismissals within the tribal armies.

On the Raole grassland, Yu Suo and Shali officially started fighting, Tang Cheng was busy, and Chang'an, the capital thousands of miles away, was not quiet at this time.

In the study room of the Prince's Mansion in the East Palace, Li Longji, who was dressed in light clothes, was talking secretly with Gao Lishi.

Because of the meritorious service in the palace after the abolition of Wei, Gao Lishi was promoted to the post of internal affairs, and his status in the palace can also be called prominent, and now many foreign ministers have to deliberately make friends when they see him, but in the face of Li Longji, Gao Lishi's attitude has not changed at all, and he still maintains the previous respect, "After the princess enters the palace, she is the Your Majesty who met in the Daming Palace, and the princess repeated the old words and persuaded her to be easy to store, as for the reason is still the old words, one has the eldest son, and there is no reason for the third son; The second is that His Royal Highness is still young and can hardly bear the trust of the country."

Since his father ascended the throne, his former allies and blood relatives and aunts have been planning this matter, and he has heard a lot of similar news, although the topic itself is really closely related to his fate, Li Longji did not have a panicked expression, just listened quietly.

"For the princess to mention the old things, Your Majesty is still silent", this is also an old routine, Li Longji knows that his father's spleen and "sex" are really in the same vein as his deceased grandfather "Emperor Gaozong", not only is his "sex" still simple and does not like to be troubled, but also his "sex" is weak, and his silence is already a good indication of his attitude.

However, Gao Lishi's subsequent words made Li Longji's calm face change just now, "Later, Your Majesty Xu couldn't bear the princess's hard persuasion, so he ordered someone to invite King Song and several prime ministers of the political affairs hall over."

Song King Li Chengqi is Li Longji's eldest brother, both a grandson, but also the eldest son, as early as his grandmother Wu was in power, his father was announced to the world when he ascended the throne as the emperor for the first time, and this eldest brother has been cautious for many years, whether it is filial piety to the top or bottom, and the name of the virtuous king has not been passed on in the capital for a day or two. Although his father resigned as the crown prince as early as the beginning of his ascension to the throne, as long as he has not succeeded to the throne for a day in this battle for imperial power, who dares to guarantee that the eldest brother will not change his mind, not to mention that he has the strong support of Princess Taiping in this matter, "Oh! What does Big Brother say? ”。

Seeing that Li Longji was still able to maintain stability at such a critical juncture, Gao Lishi was once again sure that his choice would not be wrong, the one in front of him was the one who really had the bearing of a genius, compared to him, King Song was too cowardly and too careful, maybe for King Song, who had personally experienced the wanton killing of the Li clan by Empress Wu, this throne was not only not worth the eye, but it was a sword hanging above his head.

Gao Lishi's speculation in his heart was not "revealed" at all, and he sat slightly sideways and continued in a deferential tone: "His Royal Highness the King of Song's reply is still the same as that day: 'National security is the first heir, and danger is the first meritorious', although there is a princess next to the princess's hard persuasion, saying that the court and the world have been stable, His Royal Highness the King of Song has never moved, and later bowed down to His Majesty's knees and wept incessantly, please Your Majesty do not touch the East Palace, with the love of all brothers."

Li Longji's frowning brows relaxed, and after a moment of silence, he sighed and said, "The eldest brother's heart is not as good as this palace!" ”。

"The King of Song is indeed virtuous", in this kind of matter, Gao Lishi did not dare to "interject" too much except to retell the scene of the day, and said simply: "Although five of the seven ministers of the political hall who were called are all advocating Yi Chu, but His Royal Highness the King of Song has such a mind, they can't say anything, but Wei Anshi and Song Jing can hold the right words, and the virtues of His Royal Highness are really the best choice for the East Palace. Please issue an edict prohibiting the palace city and the imperial city from talking about the matter of easy storage again, in order to appease the courtiers and the people of the world. Although His Majesty did not ask for it, he also made it clear that it was not easy to save."

At this point, Li Longji finally completely relieved, "Wei Anshi and Song Guangping are not powerful, they really have the backbone of prime ministers." As for the other five people, ......", after glancing at Gao Lishi, he finally said what he wanted to say directly, "It's just a lackey under the Taiping Gate, a clown jumping off the beam, not worth it."

Gao Lishi suddenly rejoiced in his heart, no matter which five people were unbearable, but after all, in terms of position, he was the prime minister of the dynasty who was appointed by the Son of Heaven, and as the prince of the East Palace, he commented on the prime minister appointed by his father himself, no matter what, it was inappropriate. Li Sanlang can say this kind of thing in front of him, obviously he officially regards him as a confidant.

After being friends with him for so long, he finally got through this point, how can Colliers not like it? It's just that things like this can be done as long as both sides have a heart, and it is really inconvenient to put them on the table and say it, so although Gao Lishi was excited, his face was still firmly controlled, "What His Highness said is that although my husband has lived in the deep palace for a long time, he has also heard that whether it is in the temples and supervisors of the imperial city or in the market in the city, there are people who attach these five ministers to the five notorious people under the former dynasty's power 'traitor' Wu Sansi, and call them 'five dogs'. The prime minister has done this part, and these five people are really 'unprecedented and unprecedented'."

Li Long basically likes to listen to this, and when he heard Gao Lishi comment on the five people, he dragged the famous sentence of Chen Ziang, a former Jinshi, and it was very appropriate, and there was a burst of laughter at the moment.

After laughing, Li Longji asked in a relaxed tone: "Don't talk about these five dogs!" How has my father been eating and living in the palace recently? ”。

"My husband once heard the old people in the palace of the former minister of Anguo say that since everyone returned to the throne, the diet and living seem to be inferior to the old days, especially since Kong Shilang and others returned to Beijing, there have been constant turmoil in the court, and everyone's diet and daily life have inevitably been affected", speaking of this, Gao Lishi pondered for a while, "A few days ago, my husband also listened to the eunuchs waiting in front of the Taiji Palace to show off their mouths, saying that everyone has not been in a good mood after the next dynasty recently, and has complained several times that the government is tired of trivialities, I can't even get a pen if I want to meditate."

As a son of man, Li Longji naturally knew that his father had a hobby of calligraphy and text exegesis. The inscription of the Jingyun bronze bell in Chang'an City and the inscription of the great-grandmother Yang's Shunling are both from the hands of the father, but these two hobbies are extremely time-consuming, and you need to have a good mood to enjoy the fun.

These news had already been heard from other channels, and at this time, it was confirmed by Gao Lishi, although Li Longji had a worried expression on his face, he was already smiling in his heart.

Knowing the son is better than the father, and in the same way, the son's understanding of the father is also indispensable. In the past 20 years, he has already "felt" the temperament and "nature" of his father, which is actually the best to be simple and impatient with triviality, and even in the process of reading history books many times, comparing those emperors of the previous dynasty, Li Longji has made a very "disrespectful" evaluation to his father and emperor in the bottom of his heart - as far as he is from a royal family with weak family affection, his father is really a good father and a good brother. Because he is not only affectionate, but also has a gentle temperament; But like his grandfather and uncle, he was really not a good emperor, and the reason was also that he was too affectionate, too gentle, and his "nature" was too simple, so simple that he did not even have the enthusiasm for power that an emperor should have. Looking through the history books, how have you ever seen an emperor who took the initiative to give up the emperor's throne twice like his father? Although this kind of "initiative" combined with the situation at the time really had an element of "force" as a last resort, this alone is enough to see the father's attitude towards power.

Thinking of this, Li Longji is full of embarrassment about the inheritance of power of the Li Tang royal family in recent decades, since the great ancestor Emperor Taizong, his grandfather is weak in "sex", and his body is so sick that his authority is controlled by his grandmother, and he once changed Tang to Zhou. Later, although the society was supported, the uncle Zhongzong who had no choice but to succeed the emperor's throne was the same for his uncle, and the final authority was held by the queen Wei Shuren of the day, and there was still no change in his father, and his father was as weak as his uncle and grandfather. After reading all the history books, since the three emperors and five emperors, as a princess and power can reach this point, my aunt is still the first person!

Thinking of this, Li Longji's face suddenly "revealed" a bitter and sarcastic smile.

Seeing that Li Longji was in deep thought, Gao Lishi, who came out under the pretext of an errand, was inconvenient to stay longer after the news was transmitted, so he bowed and went out quietly.

If it was according to the previous practice, Li Longji would definitely send Gao Lishi to the door in person, but he really didn't want to move much at the moment, so he waved his hand and didn't get up, letting his thoughts continue to extend along the path just now.

It's time to wrap up! When this thought popped up, Li Longji's hand playing with Wen Yu's paperweight suddenly tightened, and then a hot thought jumped out uncontrollably: "With my father's 'sex' who is so simple and does not love power, will he come to the Zen position again when he finally can't bear it?" ”。

Note: "husband" in the text is the self-title of the eunuch, and "everyone" is the special name of the emperor in the inner palace of the Tang Dynasty, similar to the "official family" of the Song Dynasty.