Chapter 39: Li Er's Arrangement
The banquet came to an end quietly in a cute dance of the little guy, and the little princess, who struggled to climb up the high platform, was hugged by Li Er, laughing, Xiao Nianwei's zodiac exercise just now made Li Er look very happy. Although Li Kuan brought a bad message, Li Er had just ascended the throne today, and the deployment of troops was not a matter of a moment and a half, so it was not a day and a half, Li Er put down his mind for the time being, and then end this banquet first.
The banquet was over, and a large wave of carriages poured out from the Suzaku Gate, on which were the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and the curfew was not banned, and the people of Chang'an in the distance looked at these carriages and talked about it.
After all the ministers left, there was still a group of people in the side hall of the Lizheng Palace who did not leave at the moment, several tiger generals of the Tiance Mansion, in addition to Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, Duan Zhixuan, Qu Tutong, Liu Hongji, Hou Junji, these people are all here, as well as the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other Wenchen strategists, all here. It can be said that this is all Li Er's henchmen, if it weren't for the Xuanwu Gate, Qin Qiong should also be here, but now he has been squeezed out of this circle, when he went out of the palace gate before, Qin Qiong didn't find the rest of the people's carriage, and his eyes showed infinite regret and longing, but he could only shake his head and smile bitterly and get into his carriage and go outside the palace.
In the side hall, Cheng Yanjin's face also changed, he is also a person who can't hide his thoughts, maybe he doesn't want to hide it, because of this, he has repeatedly done things that make people speechless, and Li Er also wiped his ass every time because he didn't play tricks. In addition to Cheng Biting Jin, Li Shiji was also a little disappointed in his eyes. Although the two of them still don't know what things really were like at the beginning, Qin Qiong has been marginalized by Li Er, which has become an indisputable fact.
Li Er walked in through the door on the side of the door amid everyone's different thoughts. He still attaches great importance to the news handed over to him by Li Kuan, otherwise he would not have left these confidants, these people are absolutely trustworthy to him, he is still a little confident in his knowledge of people, although he said that there is a Qin Qiong, but Qin Qiong is just repaying Li Yuan's kindness, and he has not hurt Li Er's interests. The main reason why the two of them got into trouble to this point was because Qin Qiong didn't want to drag down his brother, and Li Er felt that Qin Qiong didn't fully trust him by himself. So although the two didn't really blame each other in their hearts, they didn't really break up, otherwise it would be impossible for Li Er's temperament to be indifferent to Qin Qiong dangling in front of him these days.
"Guys, I've got a piece of news now. Unknown source. But it's a matter of importance, so I'll leave you behind now, hoping that everyone can work together to see the accurate letter of this news, and how to deal with it! Li Er put down the happy face at the banquet at this time, as if changing his face, it was so gloomy that it seemed to be dripping at the moment, and the conversation between him and Li Kuan at that time was too shocking because the matter was too shocking, so he didn't say the content directly. But the ministers also heard the word "sword soldiers", so they probably guessed in their hearts.
"陛xià. Is there going to be a war? "Eldest Sun Wuji is the first to speak every time, who let his relationship with Li Er be there. remembered Li Er's words at the banquet. Eldest Sun Wuji said with a flash of thought in his heart.
"Auxiliary, it's really about this, and now there are no outsiders here, I made it clear, Kuan'er gave me a message, Jie Lixing sword soldiers, Weishui beheaded the white horse. The meaning of this message must be understood by everyone, the Turks may be coming! Li Er's face did not change in the slightest, and he said very heavily.
"Is it the message given by His Royal Highness the King of Chu? Is this reliable? Li Shiji is questioning the source. This has just been worshiped by Li Erbai as the governor of the state, 900 households, is a rare wise man among the generals, this history followed the three emperors of the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, was leaned on as the Great Wall of the Tang Dynasty. His original name was Xu Shiji, his expression was Maogong, and he was given the surname Li by Li Yuan, and he was known for his resourcefulness and good fighting, and his doubts at this moment aroused the echo of many people.
"Weichen agrees with Brother Mao Gong's opinion, His Royal Highness the King of Chu doesn't even go out of the palace gate, how can he get such important news, but His Royal Highness the King of Chu can't take this kind of news as child's play, although he is young, but His Royal Highness the King of Chu has a kind of maturity in Weichen's view, and he can't figure it out!" Fang Xuanling is strategic, but he is also confused at this time, because the source of this news is really a bit unbelievable.
"I don't believe it either, but I'd rather believe it than believe it! What do you think? It is still necessary to take some precautions, and during this time, spies are sent to the steppe to verify and see the movements of the Turks. Li Er said.
"Your Majesty, I Lao Cheng thinks that the Turks will have to fight sooner or later, so it's better to just press the border now and destroy them!" Cheng Yanjin began to talk nonsense again, anyway, everyone thinks he is a fool, so what if he comes out.
"Yes, my Datang is now worried about the soldiers and horses fighting, simply exterminate the Turks, expand the territory, and it is also a supreme glory to say that we are waiting!" Qu Tutong also echoed.
"How? Datang is now just stable, the treasury is empty, and the people are withering, after this war, do the people of Datang still want to live? Do you know that even if Emperor Yang was brutal in the former Sui, there were still 7 million people in the world when the Sui died, but now? In the eighth year of Wude, there were less than 3.4 million registered households in the world, and where did almost 4 million households go? All of them have been wiped out by these years of war, the young and strong have gone on the march, and the old and weak women and children have also been affected by the war and displaced! Now Datang can't afford to support such a war! "Du Ruhui was worshiped by Li Er as the prince's left concubine, and concurrently served as the head of the household, which is a nail for Li Er to enter the camp of the family, even if he has just taken office, but the number of the entire people in the world is still known.
"So you don't have to fight? So what is the use of us generals? Don't sue me for defending the city, I can't do that well! As soon as he heard that it was not a siege of the city, Cheng Yanjin immediately lost interest, and asked him to defend the city, so it was better to let him go to Zuo Wuwei to train those soldiers.
"It's really unsupportable! The Tang Dynasty has not yet been stabilized, so why should it expand externally? We can only hold on, there is a majestic city between the grassland and the hinterland of my Tang Dynasty, Shuofang City, we only need to send a tiger general to sit there, lead 30,000 elites, and we will definitely be able to hold it for a while, so that we will have time to calmly mobilize troops from the rest of the region to intercept the Turks. The eldest grandson Wuji thought for a while and said loudly.
"The last will go!" Cheng Cheng was reluctant to bite the gold, "But there are people who are willing, Hou Junji is like this, he is very satisfied with his current status in his heart, and he feels that he has not done enough, and he is not worthy of the status given by Li Er now, so he wants to worry about Li Erfen, so he huddles his fists and goes out of the ranks."
"Since General Hou is willing to go, it is the best, with General Hou sitting in Shuofang City, it will be foolproof!" Fang Xuanling spoke up.
"Indeed, General Hou is indeed both civil and military among us, and both strategy and force are the best choice!" Du Ruhui also agreed.
"Since Fang Du and Aiqing both feel that General Hou is the best candidate, and General Hou is willing to go, then the matter is decided!" Li Eryi made a final decision and decided that Hou Junji would go to Shuofang City.
"Okay, now that there is a result, it's not too early, so let's go back and rest!" Li Er waved his hand to dismiss the meeting, and the ministers went back after bowing and worshipping. Li Er stood in this side hall, looking at the dome and not knowing what to think again.
"Come out!" Li Er stood for a long time and then spoke up.
"Secretly meet His Majesty!" A figure appeared, it was the most powerful master by Li Yuan's side, the commander of the dark guard-Dark One.
"The result?" Li Er asked.
"The army is good, but there is a miasma of smoke in the court, many civil servants all have all kinds of actions in secret, many of them have the shadow of those families behind them, the slaves and maids have been tracking for a long time, and it is determined that the five surnames and seven wangs occupy an absolute dominant position in it, and nearly half of the merchants in Chang'an City are supported by them, that is to say, nearly half of the money in Chang'an City flows into these families." Dark One was sent to Li Er's side after Li Yuan made up his mind to prop Li Er to the throne, and obeyed Li Er's orders, this well-known master in the world was sent by Li Er to investigate the private property and supporters behind those Manchu civil and military forces under the court, because he wanted to know which courtiers belonged to those families, so that he could install his own manpower without touching the bottom line of those families, and now Li Er still had to look at the faces of those families. As the saying goes, once a son of heaven and a courtier, Li Er has to control the key departments, otherwise the world may not be stable.
"Dark One, how many of your secret guards are there?" Li Er asked suddenly.
"Including the slaves and maids, there are seventy-five secret guards." Dark One doesn't dare to call himself a miscellaneous family in front of Li Er now, because now Li Er is the object of his allegiance, just like when he was loyal to Li Yuan before, he didn't take Li Er's identity too seriously, so he called himself a slave and maid. These people are dead soldiers, and after allegiance to someone, they don't care much about the rest of them, but only about their masters. Dark One is such a dead man, loyal to Li Yuan doesn't care about Li Er, after being sent by Li Yuan to Li Er's side to be loyal to Li Er, he is dead set on Li Er.
"Then, I want you to secretly form a team, called the 'Hundred Cavalry Division' to supervise the military officials of the heavens, and only be responsible to me, I don't know if it's okay?" Li Er handed over a lot of authority to the dark one, which was entrusted with a heavy task and a test of temptation.
"Slaves obey!" Dark One received the order cleanly, no matter what Li Er asked him to do, he would do things well, this is the mission of a person like him.
"Stand down! By the way, send someone to the Turks to see the situation! Li Er commanded again when he was about to leave.
"Slaves obey!" As soon as the darkness disappeared into the shadows, even without Qin Qiong's cooperation, I am afraid that this skill can touch the camp of the Xuanjia Army! Li Er looked at the disappearing black shadow and sighed in his heart. (To be continued......)