Early in the morning, the army began to march, and Li Hong and Yao Chong and Yao Di separated from the brothers and sisters, because he had to take a small road, and he needed two more days to reach Luoyang, and Yao Chong and Yao Di The two brothers and sisters wanted to go home, and they had to take the big road back to the county seat.

The scene of separation is very bland, because the two are not close friends, and Yao Chong doesn't dare to let Li Hong, the prince, send him, this is the rhythm of death!

Only Yao Di was a little reluctant to Li Hong, hugging the little tiger cub alone, and looking very sad on the side, which made people feel very distressed.

"Xue Qing, let's go!" Li Hongmu sent Yao Chong and Yao Di away, and said to Xue Rengui.

Xue Rengui gave an order, and the army continued to march towards Luoyang.

Luoyang, because the crown prince Li Hong is coming to meet His Majesty the Emperor, the ministers are a little nervous... They are not nervous that the prince will come to Luoyang and will punish them, they are nervous about how to deal with Lu Dongzan.

The current Luoyang court is divided into two opinions on the disposal of Lu Dongzan, the first is to execute, which is the suggestion of Dai Zhide, they think that Lu Dongzan is a heroic figure, as long as Lu Dongzan is still in a day, it is a threat to the Tang Dynasty, and he must be executed, and at the same time, Lu Dongzan is the hope of some nobles in Tubo, and only the execution of Lu Dongzan can make Li Hong better conquer Tubo and make the Tubo people surrender. Another opinion is led by Li Ji, they feel that whether or not to execute Lu Dongzan has no impact on Li Hong's expedition to Tubo, because Lu Dongzan cannot represent Tubo, and besides, Taizong did not execute his great enemy Turkic Khan, Gaozong should execute Lu Dongzan, to prove to the world that the Tang Dynasty has a mind and Gaozong's benevolence. At the same time, he also has a point of view that it is not easy for Li Hong to conquer Tubo now, and the current goal of the Tang Dynasty should be in Liaodong.

The two factions are comparably different because there are two shadows behind the opinions of the two factions, one is Gaozong and the other is Empress Wu.

And the ministers were nervous that when the prince returned to Luoyang, his opinion could influence Lu Dongzan's execution, and the prince's statement was his own position and choice, so the ministers were eager to know the prince's thoughts, so that they could get more reports from it.

The current crown prince Li Hong is no longer what it used to be, and Gaozong is not the Gaozong in history, with Li Hong's support, he did not fall to the point of handing over any power to Empress Wu when facing Wuhou.

Therefore, the ministers, who now have a good impression of Gaozong and the crown prince, still choose to stand firmly on the side of Gaozong and Li Hong.

That's what led to the current bickering between the two sides...

Otherwise, if it was put in the past, when the "Two Sages Pilgrimage" had just begun, Gaozong had the power of Mao, and he was not bullied by worry-free...

It can be said that Li Hong changed his fate through his own efforts, and he also changed the fate of the people around him, just like the fate of Gaozong and the fate of Empress Wu. Because of him, Sun Simiao came to Chang'an City a few years earlier than history to treat Gaozong, so that Gaozong's condition was not only controlled, but also slowly cured, and Gaozong's physical health means that Empress Wu will no longer be as authoritarian as in history...

In fact, history is like this, a little inadvertent action can often change the fate of many people...

The current Li Hong is the source of historical change... And as he grows and expands step by step, his development will eventually change the entire history of Datang and the future pattern of the world. If they lived in Li Hong's time, the people who lived in this era, more than a thousand years later, when they looked at their own country, they would definitely find that what kind of country they lived in was probably a country where the whole world was speaking Chinese, reading Chinese characters, wearing Hanfu and celebrating the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival...

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Li Hong arrived in Luoyang, and as soon as he entered Luoyang City, Gaozong's holy decree arrived. The content of the holy decree is very simple, that is, let Li Hong go to bathe and change clothes, and then take Lu Dongzan to the main hall to meet him. At this time, Gaozong wanted to greet Li Hong in the form of a court meeting, and receive his captive Lu Dongzan in this way.

Although Luoyang City is not as magnificent as Chang'an City, it is also the capital of Datang and is very prosperous.

The main hall in the imperial palace is not as majestic as Chang'an City, but it is not inferior to the royal style.

After Li Hong finished bathing and changing clothes, he walked to the main hall step by step.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here—" As he ascended the jade steps, a eunuch shouted loudly.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come to see you—"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come to see you—"

……

One by one, the sound of transmission reached the main hall and the ears of the high school.

Among the ministers in the main hall, many of them looked awe-inspiring when they heard that the prince was already outside the hall, just like Li Ji...

Empress Wu had an inexplicable smile on her face when she heard that Li Hong had arrived outside the hall, but only those who knew Empress Wu knew very well that the smile on Empress Wu's face was not real, it was more of a kind of killing...

Only Gaozong, smiling.

Because Li Hong is his son and the successor he chose to Datang, the better Li Hong performs now, the more accurate his vision is, and he is also full of expectations for Datang after Li Hong takes power.

Gaozong is no longer much interested in being an emperor, he prefers to pass the throne to Li Hong, be the emperor himself, and enjoy the life of not having an early dynasty, not dealing with government affairs, just eating, drinking and having fun.

"Pass him in!" Gojong said.

"No!" The eunuch in the palace received the decree, so he shouted outside the palace, "Spread the prince to meet you!" ”

"Tell the prince to meet you!"

"Tell the prince to meet you!"

"Tell the prince to meet you!"

……

The sound of the transmission left the main hall again, echoing outside the hall.

The eunuch outside the hall received the order and led Li Hong into the main hall.

Li Hong walked into the main hall, and he felt a depressing atmosphere, this breath came from the ministers in the hall, and also from the martial queen in the main hall.

Li Hong walked to the center of the hall step by step, facing the high-flying Gaozong and the Empress Wu beside her, knelt down and said, "Sons and daughters see the father and the mother." ”

"Flat!" Empress Wu's voice reached Li Hong's ears, and Empress Wu actually spoke before Gaozong, and it seemed so natural, which surprised Li Hong.

"Thank you, father, mother." Li Hong got up and said.

"Prince, this time you were asked to supervise the country in Chang'an City, you led the army to defeat the attack of the Tubo people, and captured Lu Dongzan alive, which really made the queen mother very happy, you did a good job and did not disappoint your father." Empress Wu's voice spread to every corner of the hall, "However, as the crown prince, you didn't do your job, but went to the northwest to fight the Tubo people, this is your mistake, you are the prince, not the general, you should know what you really want to do." ”

"This-" Li Hong had long been prepared for Empress Wu's rebuke, so he was not in a hurry, but calmly admitted his mistake and said, "It's the son-in-law who is reckless, and he asks his father and mother to punish him." ”

"What to punish, you have made such a great contribution, and captured Lu Dongzan, the strong enemy of the Tang Dynasty, it is too late for my father to reward you, how can I punish you." Gaozong didn't give Empress Wu a chance to speak, "However, aren't you going to conquer Tibet?" I think it's too early to reward you, wait until you destroy Tubo and merge the map of Tubo into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and then I will reward you, what do you think? ”

As soon as Gaozong opened his mouth, he determined his clear position, he affirmed Li Hong's merits in this war, and expressed his attitude towards Li Hong's expedition to Tibet, which he was very supportive.

"Thank you, Father." Li Hong said happily.

No matter how difficult Empress Wu tried to make it difficult for him today, as long as Gaozong was still firmly on his side, he could be 100% sure that there would be no big obstacle to what he did. The current Gaozong is not the previous Gaozong, and it is not that a few words from the Empress Wu can be affected.

"Of course, I will not forget the meritorious soldiers this time, I have already seen the excerpts you asked for, and I will reward them as they want, and I will not be stingy with official titles and titles." Gaozong was very happy, and he spoke very domineeringly, unlike the previous decadence.

"Father is wise!" Li Hong smiled, "Father, do you want to bring Lu Dongzan to the palace?" "Bring him up!" Gaozong said, with a strong look of anticipation in his eyes. At the beginning, when he was still the king of Jin, once Lu Dongzan sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, he looked at it from a distance at the banquet, and now he is His Majesty the Emperor, and Lu Dongzan is the prime minister of Tubo, and he can finally look down on Lu Dongzan with the attitude of a victor.

Gojong was proud because it was his son Li Hong who captured Lu Dongzan.

The reason why Lu Dongzan has today's fate is only because he has a super son, a hero-like son...

"Chuan Lu Dongzan-" The attendant in the hall shouted, and the voice spread outside the hall again, and after a while, I saw two thousand cow guards escorting Lu Dongzan to the main hall. said that it was a charge, but in fact, it was to bring Lu Dongzan to the main hall. Lu Dongzan wants to meet Gaozong, how can he be allowed to meet him as a prisoner? Therefore, when Li Hong was bathing and changing, Lu Dongzan was also bathing and changing, and now he has changed into a refreshing dress, plus the hair that can be dressed up, but he is not as embarrassed as before, and he has a bit of a Tibetan appearance.

Lu Dongzan walked into the main hall and stared at Gaozong like this, looking at it for a while, he didn't mean to give a salute.

"Bold Lu Dongzan, when you see Your Majesty, you still give a salute." Li Ji shouted and reprimanded.

Lu Dongzan turned a deaf ear to Li Ji's words, but looked at Gaozong and said, "Unexpectedly, I still lost to you." ”

"Actually, you already knew that you would lose to me, didn't you?" Gojong smiled, he smiled happily, laughed happily. Because he won Lu Dongzan, because of his enemy, the enemy he hated and gnashed his teeth.

During his tenure as the prime minister of Tubo, Lu Dongzan did a lot of things that were unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty, and these things happened when Gaozong was in power.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is an enemy of Gaozong.

"I didn't expect you to win me like this, I'm really a little unwilling!" Lu Dongzan's voice was a little lost, he thought that in his life he would achieve the goals that the previous Tubo kings and ministers had not achieved, including the goals that Songtsen Gampo had not been able to achieve, but after he was captured by Li Hong, he found out that he had not lost face in the previous Tubo kingdoms and ministers. He was captured, and he was also the son of Gaozong, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and a man who was less than sixteen years old was still there.

A child who was less than sixteen years old used only a few tens of thousands of troops to destroy his 200,000 elite horsemen and capture himself alive.

Lu Dongzan still doesn't understand where he lost.

"There's nothing unwilling, if you lose, you're defeated, you should understand this truth, you don't need me to explain it to you, right?" Gaozong replied with a smile. To be able to see Lu Dongzan in this environment and on such an occasion, he really didn't expect it. When Li Hong's battle report reached his jade case, when he saw that Li Hong annihilated 200,000 elite horsemen in Tubo and captured Lu Dongzan alive, Gaozong couldn't believe that his son could do this, and he also cleaned up his own enemy, Lu Dongzan, who was once arrogant to the extreme.

"Needless to say, I understand." Lu Dongzan said, "I came to Luoyang this time, I just wanted to see you, and now that I see you, my wish has been fulfilled, what do you want to do!" ”

After Lu Dongzan finished speaking, he closed his eyes and no longer paid attention to Gaozong and the ministers.

Gaozong knew that he had finished talking to Lu Dongzan, so he asked Qianniuwei to escort Lu Dongzan down.

"It's too hateful, too arrogant, Your Majesty, such a person must be executed, otherwise it will be difficult to vent the anger of the people." Dai Zhide said. Lu Dongzan didn't give a salute to Gaozong in the hall just now, and he didn't see himself as a picture of the attitude, which made Dai Zhide very dissatisfied, if anyone can treat His Majesty the Emperor like this, then it's worth it?

"Yes, I have to kill him." Another minister came out and said.

"Your Majesty, you can't, Lu Dongzan is the prime minister of Tubo, we can't behead him because of his rudeness today." Li Ji hurriedly objected. Because Li Hong blocked his way back, now he can only follow Empress Wu to the end. So he has now become the vanguard of the Empress Wu, as long as Gaozong puts forward any opinions, the Empress Wu does not agree or is not satisfied, he will be the first to stand up against it, and he is more active than the former hardcore Xu Jingzong of the Empress Wu.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Lu Dongzan is indeed too polite today, but killing him like this may not be too much... will be gossiped by others, saying that we are Datang and have no bearing..."Xu Jingzong also said. As Empress Wu's number one confidant, although his current position in Empress Wu's heart is not as good as Li Ji, he still has not forgotten his duty and still maintains the dignity of Empress Wu within the scope of his ability.

Li Ji's words are not heavy, and with Xu Jingzong's words, this weight is heavy.

Seeing that the two bigwigs had spoken, the ministers of the martial arts party in the main hall all spoke out, opposing Dai Zhide's proposal and refuting the execution of Lu Dongzan.

The people of the Wuhou line opposed it, and the people of the liberal Gaozong line supported it.

Suddenly, two distinct camps formed on the main hall.

Of course, there are also many neutral officials, such as Li Hong's descendants such as Zhang Jizhi and Li Qiao, and some officials in the Qingshui Yamen who are not in the stream, and then the rest are the children of the imperial family, their attitude is very ambiguous, neither helping Gaozong nor opposing Empress Wu.

"Prince, Lu Dongzan was arrested by you, what is your attitude?" Suddenly, just when the two sides were arguing, Empress Wu suddenly opened her mouth to ask Li Hong's opinion. Empress Wu hadn't spoken since she was interrupted by Gaozong just now, and now as soon as she spoke, she began to target Li Hong again. Because Li Hong's words now decide whose side he should stand on, if it is Gaozong's side, Li Hong and her will be enemies in the future, she will treat Li Hong as an opponent, if Li Hong stands on her side, he will fall out of favor in front of Gaozong, and Li Hong's future prospects will be very worrying.

Therefore, what Empress Wu is saying now is actually forcing Li Hong to make a statement. She wanted to see what Li Hong's attitude was, she didn't have an ambiguous attitude like Li Hong all the time. At the same time, she also wants to see how many people in the DPRK and China are supporting Li Hong through Li Hong's attitude today, and how many people are Li Hong's descendants. In the future, Li Hong will be her enemy, and if she deals with Li Hong, she can't help but start with Li Hong's descendants...

As soon as Empress Wu said this, both sides of the dispute turned their eyes to Li Hong, wanting to see the prince's attitude.

"Hong'er, tell me what you think!" Gaozong also moved his gaze to Li Hong and said.

Li Hong did not hesitate, but replied loudly, "Father, if you think he should be killed, we will execute him, and if you think he should not be killed, we will imprison him." ”

"Why?" Gaozong asked curiously.

"Because, you are the son of Datang when you resume sailing, and you have the power to execute the enemies of Datang." Li Hongyi replied rhetorically, "Don't say it's Lu Dongzan, it's the problem of Tibet, you can also decide it with one word." ”

Li Hong's words are very domineering, this is supporting Gaozong, it is firmly supporting Gaozong, and it is maintaining imperial power.

After listening to Li Hong's words, the ministers were all stunned. Because it was the first time they had seen such His Royal Highness the Prince, domineering, daring to firmly express his position, and very assertive.

Gaozong nodded slightly, he was very satisfied with Li Hong's answer.

Oh, yes! He is the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, Lu Dongzan is now a prisoner of the Tang Dynasty, a prisoner, what does he want to do with Lu Dongzan, does he need others to point fingers? Thinking of this, Gaozong said sharply, "The prince is right, don't argue about this matter anymore, I know what to do." ”

"Your Majesty-" Li Ji was about to speak, but was stopped by Gaozong, "British Duke, you don't have to say anything, I know what to do." ”

If it had been placed in the past, Gaozong would have respected Li Ji very much, because Li Ji was also his humeral minister and the most trusted person he relied on. However, through Li Ji's previous compromise on the issue of eldest grandson Wuji, and his ambiguous attitude when he fought for power with Empress Wu, now he has completely fallen to Empress Wu, and Gaozong's feelings for Li Ji have also changed, and he no longer looks at Li Ji as before, because he feels that there are many people in the court who can replace Li Ji, and these people will be better done by Li Ji...

Li Jibi scolded Gaozong, and stopped talking. And when the ministers saw Gaozong's attitude, they knew what Gaozong was thinking now, even if they were the confidants and hardcore of the Empress Wu, but when they saw that His Majesty the Emperor's attitude was so tough, they no longer insisted.

In this way, after Li Hong returned to Luoyang, he participated in a court meeting, a different and significant court meeting...