Volume 9 Goryeo Under the Smoke of Gunpowder Chapter 14 The news is coming
Sent away Xue Wanche and his wife who came to ask for peace, Li Kuan couldn't help patting his forehead, this Xue Wanche can be regarded as a famous family, why don't you even have some common sense? And as a general, don't you even know the most primitive means of venting? What a rare pure person like the ice and snow on the top of the snowy mountain, but even so, the booklet he gave him last night didn't work?
"Forget it, this guy is really superb, no wonder he has become a super laughing stock in history!" Li Kuan threw these thoughts behind him, and then began to organize his thoughts, since Jindeman has now completely fallen into the net of their side, then these Silla people will not be slaughtered, but Goryeo and Baekje still can't let go. And Silla had to be restrained.
Chang'an City, has also begun to float snowflakes, it is already the early winter, Chang'an City inside and outside is also a white expanse, countless Wuhou was arranged to the streets and alleys, clean up the streets, from Chang'an City outside the Leyou Plain, this snow-shrouded city is like a huge chessboard, countless streets are like a chessboard on the vertical and horizontal lines, in the imperial city, the tall and majestic government hall is also covered with a layer of white veil, strings of ice cubes hanging upside down under the eaves, like a sharp cone. One by one, officials wearing warm robes were standing outside the Lizheng Hall at this time, waiting for the convening of the court meeting.
"Hundred officials enter the palace!" A small yellow gate announced loudly in front of the palace gate, and under the guidance of his voice, the civil and military officials began to walk towards the steps of the Lizheng Palace, the eldest grandson Wuji walked in the first column, and opposite him was Qin Qiong, the prince of Yiguo, who had not been to the court for a long time.
For Qin Qiong, the only Shangzhu country in the Tang Dynasty now. Even the current head of the Feng family, which has a huge power in the southern Liangguang region and can be called a country within a country, Feng An, who is determined by one arrow and three barbarians, does not have such an honor, and the Chinese military officials are extremely convinced. Because this old general can be said to be the first fierce general of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were many generals in the Tang Army who could fight well. However, there is really no super general who can take the rank of general among the ten thousand armies. At the beginning, when the former Sui had not yet fallen, Yang Guang had the first warrior in the world he canonized - Yuwen Chengdu, under Wang Shichong, Shan Xiongxin was also an unstoppable peerless general, plus Qin Qiong, who was still serving in Wang Shichong's hands at that time, can be said to be the most powerful force among the eighteen anti-kings. Even Dou Jiande, this kind of anti-king, who can only be regarded as a third-rate anti-king, is also extremely powerful, and the Tang Dynasty is dominant, but no one can compete with them. Even if there was Qu Tutong under Li Junzi at the beginning. Duan Zhixuan and others, but there was still a lack of top generals, Feng Ang only stabilized the Liangguang region at that time, did not fight for the world, and after announcing the unification of the Central Plains region, he was loyal to the final winner.
Therefore, at that time, Li Tang was actually at a great loss, because the combat effectiveness of the army under the leadership of a peerless fierce general was definitely more than one step higher than that of the rest of the generals. It was Qin Qiong who saw Wang Shichong's cool face clearly at the most urgent juncture and led the crowd to take refuge in Li Er. only to fill Li Tang's shortcomings, although the general took refuge relatively late, but in the subsequent war, it was for the sake of Datang countless desperate fights. Wandering between life and death several times. After the Tang Dynasty ruled the world, Qin Qiong once said that the blood he had been injured and shed in his life was no less than a few fights. So after the accident in Xuanwumen. He was in a state of semi-retirement directly for physical reasons, and in the first two years, he hung a name in the Ministry of War. But in the course of these years, it has already been transferred to others. So this old general has not been to the court for several years. Seeing him appear among the courtiers this time, all the civil and military officials were extremely surprised.
"The emperor has arrived at the ......" All the officials have entered the palace, and after standing on both sides, a middle-aged chamberlain lifted a bead curtain in the side hall and sang loudly. After that, Li Er stepped out of the gorgeous gon suit.
"Meet the Emperor!" After Li Er walked to the Nine Dragons chair and sat down, the ministers bowed and said. All of them wore fur furs like bears, and it was a little difficult to bend over. There is no kneeling and worshipping, and there is no mountain shouting long live, every qiē is so simple and ordinary.
Long live Shanhu actually originated early in the kidneys, in Taishi Gong's "Historical Records. There is a record in the Feng Zen Book: In March, the East Xingwu clan, Liden Zhongyue Tai Room. The official heard the rumor at the foot of the mountain that there was a cloud of 'long live'. Ask, don't say; Ask, don't speak. So he enshrined the temple with 300 households, and said: Songgaoyi. In other words, in fact, this mountain call is actually a personality cult made by Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and of course it cannot be ruled out that this is the so-called 'servant' who wants to please the Sacred Heart. In any case, in fact, this mountain call long live has been in the court of the feudal dynasty a long time ago, and it has been followed until the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
It's just that the Tang Dynasty is heavily influenced by Hu Feng, and the royal Li family is also mixed with Hu blood, and they don't attach great importance to etiquette and religion, so they are simple and simple on weekdays, and only on necessary occasions, such as: sacrifices, celebrations, etc., will they get out that set of cumbersome rules to dry. Therefore, in this ordinary court meeting, the ministers only need to bow and salute, and then call for greetings.
Li Erxiong stood on the throne, a pair of narrow eyes were not angry and self-assured, three long wisps hung down on the robe on his chest, his shoulders were straight, his arms were naturally drooping and open, his hands were on the armrests of the nine dragon chairs on both sides, these two armrests were pure gold cast hideous dragon heads, the golden eyes seemed to be shining with a stream of light, and the sharp horns were like a long sword piercing the sky, pointing obliquely at the dome of the Lizheng Palace. They had a mouth full of sharp dagger-like teeth, and a red-gold dragon ball spat out from the dragon's head, like the most beautiful pearl. Li Er was on top of it, and a pair of eyes seemed to be about to penetrate everyone in this hall, and after looking around, he spoke: "Everyone, Aiqing, is flat!" The voice was low, but it shook the entire hall, and there was an invisible momentum looking around this the highest power center of the Tang Dynasty.
"Emperor Xie!" It seems to feel the majesty of Li Er, the ministers are much quieter when they reply, this situation, the officials of Chang'an City have become accustomed to it, every ten days to get a day of rest, the rest of the time, are to deal with the busy affairs of the world's largest city in Chang'an City, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are advantages and disadvantages, the advantage is that it is easy to get acquainted with nobles, get the opportunity to rise to the top, of course, it is also possible to offend people who can't be provoked, so that there is no return. Therefore, it is not easy to be a magistrate here, and some people even jokingly said: The seven-rank official at the foot of the Son of Heaven is also worse than the three-rank official who is released outside, only because of whether he can behave and do things! Perhaps this sentence is biased, as if the officials in the capital should be on a higher level than the local officials who are released. It's easy to get partisan and can't be put in the sun, so these words never go out, but are discussed privately by small teams.
"Your Majesty, I recently received an urgent report, this year's cold winter came much earlier, and the people in many places have not prepared food for the winter, so they were trapped at home by the heavy snow and couldn't move, if they were not rescued in time, they were afraid of a catastrophe!" In the imperial history, Cheng Wei Zheng stood up, holding the jade gui, and said fiercely in a purple robe.
"Oh!" Li Er was a little surprised, this snow disaster doesn't seem to be under the jurisdiction of Wei Zheng, why did this guy come out like this. This should be the head of the household, the current Song Guogong Xiao Yu's matter is right, if you want to report it, Xiao Yu should stand up, why is he in a hurry?
"Shengshang, this year's cold winter came early, and all parts of the northern Tang Dynasty did not have the slightest preparation, and many things to keep out the cold were properly prepared, this qiē is the dereliction of duty of the old minister, please ask the emperor to surrender!" At this time, Xiao Yu finally stood up: "Especially Chongzhou, Shizhou and other places close to Goryeo, it is now snowing heavily, I just received an urgent report, and now it is difficult for the people in those places to go out, and if it continues like this, I am afraid it will be ......" Xiao Yu was a little worried.
"The affairs of the people are not the most important, the Holy Grace Sea, as long as the imperial court orders and makes every effort to provide disaster relief, I believe that it is not a problem, but what I am most afraid of now is that Goryeo will raise troops to attack at this time!" Qin Qiong walked out of the queue at this time and came to the main hall and said loudly. He was not untargeted, because as long as the year of the great cold came, Goryeo would definitely raise troops to invade the border, which has been proven in the past years. Because Goryeo is too far behind the Tang Dynasty, whether it is grain output or clothes and cloth, the cold winter and heavy snow that are difficult for the Tang Dynasty to sustain, and the Goryeo people are even more difficult, so they can only go to the Tang Dynasty to loot the materials they need, so as to survive the cold winter.
"What General Qin said is reasonable, Goryeo is indeed a problem for his henchmen, but now that the snow is falling, even if I immediately dispatch troops, I am afraid that it will be far from quenching my thirst! How to prevent it, can you Aiqing share my worries? Li Er also frowned slightly, Goryeo has been eyeing the northeast of the empire, how can others sleep soundly on the couch, Li Er has never given up his precautions and ambitions for Goryeo, but the time has not yet come, the Tang Dynasty can not withstand the cost of the expedition, and is afraid that once the war drags on for a long time, it will fall into the same situation as the former Sui.
"Report ...... Eight hundred miles of urgent report...... "At this moment, the Vermilion Bird Gate suddenly opened, and a red feather was blown into the depths of the city gate cave like a gust of wind. (To be continued......)