In the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, the reign of Emperor Li Shimin had reached the late stage.

Being an emperor for sixteen years is actually not too long, and Li Shimin's age is not too old to be forty-four, but neither the core ministers of the court nor the emperor Li Shimin himself will think that he can still be in charge of the Tang Dynasty for many years.

The emperor's physical condition he felt himself, and the officials also saw it, and the other conditions were very good, but the emperor who was tormented by the head disease was about to die, and no matter how good the body was, he couldn't resist it in the long run, not to mention that with the increase in age, the situation of the head disease became more and more serious every year.

The emperor knew this, he felt that he was not very old and was like this, so wouldn't those ministers who were older than him be even more unbearable, with this idea Li Shimin began to adjust the officials of the DPRK and China, especially the younger core ministers who could participate in politics.

By the time of April, part of the army that had been retraced from Xue Yantuo had already arrived in Luoyang to receive the review and reward and then marched to Liaodong, and Cheng Chumo, who had freed up his hands, and Su Dingfang's two troops cooperated with Yu Chi Baolin and the sailors to launch a full-scale attack on the remnants of Baekje and Silla.

At this time, the emperor also issued an order for personnel adjustments, appointing Cen Wenwen as the Zhongshu Shilang and in charge of the confidential affairs of the imperial court alone.

Although Cen Wenwen is still four or five years older than the emperor, he is already young as a high-ranking minister, at least much younger than Wu Shi Yan, Fang Xuanling and others.

Not only was Cen Wenwen promoted to Zhongshu Shilang and became the deputy governor and deputy prime minister of Zhongshu Province, but Chu Suiliang, who was also at the same age, was also promoted to a counselor, and he was still in charge of the work of living notes.

This counselor is also an important minister equivalent to the level of deputy prime minister, and Chu Suiliang has also entered the ranks of top ministers.

Compared with Chu Suiliang's little living room before, it is really a heaven and an underground.

But this is the advantage of being in the central government, especially like the living room is to follow the emperor at any time, record the emperor's words and deeds, don't look at the official position is very small, but the importance is extraordinary, it can even be said that the living room is the person who knows the emperor best, more than the queen concubines who share the same bed.

It is precisely because of the importance of living in the room that Chu Suiliang can be promoted so much, and no one in the court has any objections.

Of course, it is not always a good thing to be promoted, just like Chu Suiliang, the emperor promoted him, but then the emperor asked to check the living note, and I don't know if the emperor promoted Chu Suiliang to be a counselor just to give some sweetness and then look good.

Regardless of whether it was because of this or not, the emperor asked to see the living note, and he said to Chu Suiliang: "You are still in charge of the living note, can I see what you have remembered?" ”

Chu Suiliang stopped doing it after hearing this, and replied righteously: "The historian records the words and deeds of the monarch, and records all good and evil things in detail, so that the monarch does not dare to do anything wrong, I have not heard that the monarch can personally read the records." ”

Li Shimin was angry in his heart, thinking that you said this as if I, the emperor, had done a lot of bad things, so Li Shimin asked: "I have something inappropriate, have you also written it down?" ”

Chu Suiliang replied: "The duty of the minister is to write straightforwardly, and he dare not remember it. ”

Li Shimin is even more angry in his heart, but there is no way to take Chu Suiliang, this is the advice doctor he just promoted, people are not only in charge of the living note, but also the senior member of the court, and the imperial history is in charge, if you want to look hard, unless Chu Suiliang is dismissed first, otherwise don't want to see the living note.

You can't even show your anger, otherwise Chu Suiliang knows what the hell he recorded on the living note, in case he can't ask for the living note and gets angry and writes it down, isn't it another black history?

Yes, if you can't come, you can't be angry Li Shimin, who is aggrieved, one day when Chu Suiliang didn't follow, he expressed some resentment to the Huangmen waiter.

As a result, the emperor's complaint was not recognized, and Liu Xun, the servant of the Yellow Gate, replied: "Your Majesty, your words and deeds will be passed on to the world, if Chu Suiliang does not record it, the whole country and the world will always have someone to write it down."

The straightforward point of the meaning is: the emperor, you don't need to look at it, you will remember the good things you have done, and the bad things you have done will also be remembered for you, and you don't want to remember the living notes, you can cover up some of the bad things you have done, the world is not blind, there are always people who can write down those things that you don't want people to remember.

Since this is the case, it doesn't matter if Chu Suiliang remembers it or not, it doesn't matter if you don't show it to Your Majesty, anyway, you can't change the result in any way if you read it.

The emperor was speechless when he heard this, what you said is very right, and I am speechless.

The emperor looked humble and educated, and said, "Aiqing has said a lot, and it is indeed like this."

Then, the next day, the emperor dismissed Chu Suiliang from his part-time position as a living room on the grounds that Chu Suiliang was promoted to a counselor and could not take care of his many official duties.

Grandma's, didn't you let Lao Tzu see it? Aren't you very embarrassed, talking to yourself and writing down a lot of good and bad things about Lao Tzu?

That's good, Lao Tzu said that he didn't convince you, but Lao Tzu could get rid of you, Lao Tzu didn't look at the living note, but Lao Tzu didn't want to see you so stinky and shitty to be Lao Tzu's living room, Lao Tzu didn't like you, Lao Tzu changed you.

In general, Li Shimin's activities in his heart are like this, anyway, Chu Suiliang was dismissed from the position of living room by the emperor, and now Chu Suiliang is safe to be his counselor, and he is no longer qualified to follow the emperor every day to record the emperor's words and deeds, he dares to remember, that is, the crime of leaking the forbidden secret language, and directly demoting the official, just like Wang Qi was demoted back then.

May 17th.

Nearly 70,000 soldiers and horses on land and sea in the Tang Dynasty crisscrossed the peninsula, and the land of Goguryeo extended to the peninsula along the Han River.

In addition, after destroying Goguryeo, he sat back and watched Silla Baekje fight for half a year, Datang was recuperating, but Silla Baekje was sleepy and lacking in people, and the country was ruined, there was a shortage of logistics and materials, and nearly half of the troops were lost.

It took little effort for the Tang Dynasty to fight south, and it advanced all the way to the area south of the Xiongjin River, and it was only slightly difficult to advance after squeezing the armies of Baekje and Silla into the narrow area at the southernmost point.

Because there is no way back, because the trapped area is not much bigger, the relative forces are arranged in all aspects.

But for the Tang Army, it is a little more difficult.

It took more than a month for the Tang Dynasty to capture alive the courtiers and nobles of Baekje and Silla on May 17, and then Silla Baekje was destroyed, and the peninsula was completely incorporated into the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

After that, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin once again issued an order to seal Zen Mount Tai, to keep up with the heavens to report his great achievements in the past year, the threat to the north and east has been eliminated, and the territory is thousands of miles, without sealing Zen Mount Tai, there is really no way to express the emperor's joy.