Chapter 15 Top Secret
"Gone shit luck!"
Gao Lishi glanced at Li Changguo and muttered to himself.
Lingyan Pavilion is an important place in the Tang Dynasty, and how can idlers be qualified to enter, let alone pay homage to the portraits of heroes.
With Li Changguo's merits, he was already able to enter the Lingyan Pavilion, and if he wanted to see the portrait of the hero, he had to fight a few more battles. If you can destroy Tibet, you are qualified to pay respects.
Not to mention, it was Li Longji who personally accompanied Li Changguo to pay homage to the portrait of the hero.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, how many courtiers have had such glory?
It's not shit luck, what else can it be?
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Li Changguo was overjoyed. Many of the twenty-four heroes are his idols, and Li Jing and Xu Maogong are his super idols.
Li Longji also thought that Li Changguo was overjoyed and satisfied because he personally accompanied him. The emperor is to control the life and death of others, and if the emperor's every move can stir people's hearts, it is an extremely happy thing.
"Open the door." Li Longji gave an order, the eunuch responded, hurriedly trotted and walked in the head, opened the door, stood on the side, and respectfully invited Li Longji to enter.
Li Changguo followed Li Longji in, only to see that the pavilion was spotless and extremely neat.
There are many portraits of heroes, real people are high, and the painting work is extremely good, lifelike.
The portrait of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion is the handwriting of the great painter Yan Liben, and the inscription is made by the great calligraphy Chu Suiliang, and it is impossible not to be lifelike.
"Lingyan Pavilion is divided into three layers, the innermost layer is the ministers of Zaifu, the middle layer is the ministers of high merit, and the outermost layer is the other heroes." Li Longji was in good spirits and personally explained to Li Changguo.
Li Changguo's portrait of a military commander was attracted, this person is tall, majestic, although it is a painting, but like a god, people have a heart of admiration.
"This is Qin Qiong!" Li Longji explained to Li Changguo: "Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong are strong in martial arts, Wei Chigong has the merit of saving He, Qin Qiong's courage is not under Wei Chigong, they exchange three whips for two for the world's beautiful talk." It's just that Qin Qiong was injured a lot, and it was difficult to gallop on the field, so he lost to Yu Chigong with credit. ”
Qin Qiong is a fierce general, on par with Wei Chigong, but he has many dark injuries and rarely goes to the battlefield, despite this, he is still among the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, although he is ranked last.
There was a lot of beautiful talk between the two gods, and Li Changguo was overjoyed, and bowed to the portrait of Qin Qiong.
Li Longji saw it in his eyes, and he was very appreciative, and led Li Changguo forward.
I saw the portraits of Zhang Gongjin, Qu Tutong, and Zhang Liang one by one, and came to the middle floor.
There are many fewer portraits on the middle floor, but they are all famous, which makes people admire.
"This is Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo." Li Longji pointed to Li Jing's portrait and explained to Li Changguo: "The Tang Dynasty has a broad mind and can recruit people from all over the world. ”
Li Longji was extremely proud, his head was high, his chest was straight, and he said: "Li Jing was originally Gaozu's enemy, and when he learned that Gaozu wanted to raise troops, he rushed to Chang'an to denounce it non-stop, but he was blocked on the way. Later, he was captured by the Tang Dynasty, according to the law should be beheaded, Emperor Taizong knew that his great talent was extraordinary, and pleaded with Gaozu, Gaozu was broad-minded, pardoned his innocence, and ordered him to be a general, to give him 800 people. Li Jing's first battle, showing his might, thus became a major general of the Tang Dynasty, and worked with Li Xiaogong to pacify Jiangnan and Lingnan. ”
Li Jing's life was legendary, and his exploits were admired by future generations, however, at first, he was loyal to the Sui Dynasty and had a mortal enemy with Li Yuan. Under the mediation of Tang Taizong, Li Jing became a Tang minister and was reused, thus beginning his legendary life.
Later, he and Li Tao made a plan to attack Yinshan at night and destroy the Turks in one fell swoop. Jieli was captured alive, Gaozu Longyan was happy, feasted meritorious ministers, ordered Jieli to dance Turkic dance to help the fun, Cheng Tang Dynasty! Li Longji said as he looked at Li Changguo and said with a smile: "If you destroy Tubo and capture the bearded man alive, I will be like the old ancestor of Gaozu!" ”
This is a great expectation, this is a great honor, Li Changguo was greatly excited, and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the ministers should serve their own death!" ”
"Hmm!" Li Longji was very satisfied with Li Changguo's statement and nodded heavily.
The land of Tubo is the land of the Qiang people in the Qin and Han dynasties, and the Qin Emperor and Han Wu are also helpless, if they can be defeated, it is a miracle, Li Longji's achievements will go to the next level, and he is in a very good mood.
"This is Li Tao." Li Longji pointed to Li Tao's portrait and introduced Li Changguo.
Li Tao is Xu Maogong, resourceful, Li Shimin's military advisor, and is highly admired by future generations. In the end, he was given the surname Li and entered the national surname, so many heroes, only he has such glory.
In the process of the creation of the Tang Dynasty, I don't know how much credit Li Tao made. More importantly, without him, it would be difficult for Li Jing to destroy the Turks.
Li Jing and Li Tao discussed, and finally decided that Li Jing would attack the Turks from the front, and Li Tao would cut off the Turkic road to the north. Yes, Li Jing attacked Yinshan at night, and in one fell swoop took the old nest of Jieli Khan, Jieli Khan could not escape back to the desert, so he could only hide in the east of the province, and in the face of the pursuit of the Tang army, the mountains and rivers were finally exhausted, and he was captured alive for the Tang army at the mouth of the moraine.
"This is Lee Hyo-gong." Li Longji pointed, and then walked inside.
Li Xiaogong is ranked second among the twenty-four meritorious heroes, everyone knows that if there is no Li Jing, where would he have made great contributions? Li Xiaogong's credit is because Li Jing was his assistant and helped him fight down.
The innermost layer is the minister of Zaifu, and the first in line is the eldest grandson Wuji. Among the twenty-four meritorious heroes, the eldest grandson Wuji has the greatest credit, ranking first.
The eldest grandson Wuji is the elder brother of the eldest grandson queen, who is not only an in-law but also a great hero, and is highly admired.
Li Changguo looked at them one by one, and the portraits of Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were all here.
What attracted Li Changguo's attention the most was the portrait of Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng was originally a subordinate of the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and he asked Li Jiancheng to kill Li Shimin, but Li Jiancheng did not take his opinion, and was finally killed by Li Shimin in the "Xuanwumen Incident".
Li Shimin is a bold person with a big belly, not only did he not cure Wei Zheng's crimes, but reused Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng did not disappoint Li Shimin, he spoke out and dared to admonish, and won the trust of Li Shimin, who regarded Li Shimin as a mirror for his own mistakes.
"The rule of Zhenguan" has been famous for thousands of years, and its promoter is Wei Zheng, who committed Yan Zhizhi.
Whether it is talent or integrity, Wei Zheng is enough to be a model for the ages, and Li Changguo bowed deeply to Wei Zheng's portrait.
"Li Changguo, there are so many heroes, the eldest grandson Wuji and their heroes are bigger than Wei Zheng, why do you worship Wei Zheng alone?" Li Longji was a little surprised.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the merit is valuable, but the wind and bones are even more valuable! Wei Zheng's style and bones can be a model for the ages, and the ministers dare not worship it. Li Changguo said very sincerely.
"Hmmm! There is a point in that! Li Longji said with a smile: "Hou Junji has made great contributions to the country, but he has no backbone, and he was finally punished." Among the twenty-four meritorious heroes, there are both great achievements and those who are proud of the eternal bones, and Wei Zheng is the only one! Li Changguo, you should be encouraged! ”
"Thank you for Your Majesty's teachings, and the ministers will keep them in mind." Li Changguo replied loudly.
Li Longji encouraged Li Changguo to be a hero like Wei Zheng, which was a great expectation, and the crown prince Li Heng looked at Li Changguo and was a little jealous. Although he is the crown prince and Li Longji's own flesh and blood, he has never had such high expectations.
"Go to the Secret Room." Li Longji waved at Li Changguo, striding in his head, his steps were brisk, like stepping on hot wheels.
Li Changguo and the crown prince Li Heng hurriedly followed.
The secret room is at the top, heavily guarded, but it is the size of three or two rooms, but there are more than a dozen eunuchs guarding here.
"Your Majesty wants to open the secret room?" The eunuch led by him hurriedly greeted him and saluted Li Longji.
"Of course." Li Longji nodded.
The eunuch brought a bunch of imperial silk with words written on it, and Li Longji explained to Li Changguo: "This is Taizong's handwriting, even if I want to enter, I must use a jade seal." "Take out the national seal and use a good seal on the imperial silk.
The eunuch put away the imperial silk, took out the key, opened the door, and stood by the side.
Li Longji stepped in, and Li Changguo followed, only to see that there were some bookshelves in the room, which were full of boxes. The box should be some years old, but it is extremely well protected and looks like new.
"This is one of Datang's top secrets." Li Longji's face was grim, and he said to Li Changguo: "Li Changguo, if you leave here, you have to forget about it." ”
"Your Majesty, since this is the case, it's better that the minister still doesn't know." There is a saying that "seeing a fish under the water is a bad omen", which means that knowing other people's secrets is not good for oneself, and in this case, Li Changguo does not want to know.
"You don't know, how do you exterminate Tibet?" Li Longji was a little amused and said: "These secrets are not palace secrets, but topographic maps of the mountains and rivers of Tubo collected by the Tang Dynasty. ”
"Really?" Li Changguo's joy is not trivial.
The topography of mountains and rivers does not need to be said for the important surname of a country, everyone understands. Although Li Changguo and the others collected a lot of information about Tibet, they did not have too much. Not to mention, the Tang Dynasty was listed as a top secret, and its value can be imagined.
If we can obtain these materials, we will have a more detailed understanding of Tibet, and the success of exterminating Tibet will be even greater.
"Li Changguo, although your plan is good, it is not a big success, do you know why I agreed?" Li Longji was in a very good mood, waved his right hand, and said very magnificently: "It's because of these secrets." This is the secret of Tubo collected by the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years, as long as it is used well, your plan will be three or four percent. ”
Li Changguo was suddenly excited, clenched his fists, and said, "Your Majesty is wise!" ”
"Princess Wencheng married Tubo, Li Daozong sent her relatives, and secretly led a group of skilled craftsmen who were good at painting to secretly survey the mountains and rivers of Tubo." Li Longji had a smile on his face and said: "Emperor Taizong married Princess Wencheng to Tubo, not only to admire Songtsan Gampo, but also to knock on the door of Tubo and find out the situation in Tubo. ”
Speaking of this, the smile on his face became even bigger, and he said: "Since then, the envoys of the Tang Dynasty can justifiably appear in Tubo and secretly survey the terrain of the mountains and rivers of Tubo, and they have collected so much in the past few decades. ”
Li Changguo was both surprised and excited, and even more emotional: Tang Taizong is really far-sighted, worthy of the eternal emperor!
(To be continued)