Chapter 27: Who Makes Your Majesty Lose Money?
Xiao Yu and Pei Lin ignored the wind and snow, and went straight to Li Jing's 100,000 army camp along the way. The bumpy carriage almost broke up the two old skeletons. After a lot of time, he ran through several states and counties, and at first Xiao Yu could still understand how many he counted.
Within a few days of the journey, Xiao Yu's whole person was depressed. Pei Lin is much better, he is not as energetic as Xiao Yu at the beginning, and he is not as depressed as Xiao Yu at the end of the journey.
"Two adults, thirty miles ahead is General Li Jing's camp."
Pei Lin patted Xiao Yu and said, "Wake up, it's time to get there." ”
"This sin is over, you said that Your Majesty is too, why are we tossing it. Which one of the cabinets is not younger than us, not stronger than us. Xiao Yu remembered at this time and complained about Li Chengzong.
Pei Xiao said in a deep voice: "You are really repetitive, when you first came out of Chang'an. Didn't you tell me that Your Majesty still trusts the two of us. It is a great grace not to tell the cabinet about such an important matter, but to hand it over to the two of us. Now it's another rhetoric, what kind of human nature do you say? ”
"It's not a contradiction! Your Majesty is right to trust us, and that's a good thing. Shouldn't we be allowed to go out and send some young people to do these things without us being punished? "It's not that Xiao Yu can't stand it, but Li Chengzong doesn't need to let go of so many subordinates, it will be very bad for you to toss your father-in-law!
Ten miles away from the camp, Li Jing led the generals to wait early. His palms were sweaty, Li Jing was not afraid of tens of thousands of horses and thousands of troops, but he was not afraid of it now. There was no movement in the court, and Xiao Yu and Pei Lin left Chang'an before they got the news. The departure of these two people from Beijing must have been ordered by Emperor Li Chengzong. He who received the will. What good can this be?
Seeing that Li Jing was about to come forward to salute, Pei Lin helped him up first and said, "General Li Jing doesn't need to be polite. Hurriedly ordered the troops and horses, and His Majesty ordered the army to withdraw to Taiyuan. ”
"Withdraw to Taiyuan? Why so, and where is there another war? Li Jing's reaction was that there was a great chaos in the Tang Dynasty, and there might be some place where thieves started to be small. Only then did he have to recall himself and go back to quell the rebellion.
"General Li Jing doesn't need to think about it, just obey his orders." Xiao Yu said. While taking out Li Chengzong's holy decree. There should have been a set of processes, but Xiao Yu was also exempted and gave it directly to Li Jing. After looking at it. Li Jing sighed, raised the handsome tent and explained to his subordinate generals.
Shan Xiongxin was in a trance, and at first Pei Lin and Xiao Yu both said something to Li Jing, but he couldn't hear it. The two were welcomed. Li Jing hurriedly raised the handsome tent. What's going on? Could it be that Your Majesty sent these two people to supervise the army, and it is not right! These two ministers are people of great weight, and the prison army should not come to them.
Li Jing saw that everyone was together, and said: "Your Majesty's will is here, so that my 100,000 troops will return to Taiyuan as soon as possible." ”
"Go back? Then we didn't come for nothing, how can this ????" Su Dingfang said quickly, but Wang Xiaohu kicked faster. This is not Li Jing's order, this is what His Majesty said. Are you against? Where did you have the guts to object?
Wang Xiaohu glared at Su Dingfang. The two understood.
Su Dingfang stopped talking, and Shan Xiongxin stood up. said: "I don't know what other orders Your Majesty has besides letting us go back." ”
This is to ask what exactly Li Chengzong means. The emperor, who has never suffered losses, can't let the Turks go like this! It's been more than six months since the men and horses went on the expedition, and nothing has been done. What to do when you go back? Let's go back and eat!
Li Jing opened the holy decree and read it carefully, but there was nothing else to explain! This turned to look at Pei Lin and Xiao Yu.
"Your Majesty intends to make peace with the Turks." Pei Lian's words can be a thunderbolt.
"Peace?" Shan Xiongxin shouted, isn't this the return of the tiger to the mountain?
Li Jing also took a sharp breath and said in a deep voice: "How can this be? The Turks are now suffering from a great wound, and in the coming year I will be able to break them with 100,000 troops. Eradicate the troubles in the north in one fell swoop and ensure the stability of Datang for a hundred years. ”
As soon as these words came out, Pei Lin and Xiao Yu exchanged glances. What does Li Jing mean?
"Negotiation of peace is an expedient measure, and Your Majesty knows that the Turks will not be destroyed, and the northern Xinjiang will not be at peace. It's only a matter of time before it is destroyed. Xiao Yu said.
"General Li Jing, let's quickly prepare the troops and horses!" Pei Lin urged. Ice and snow, who is willing to delay with you for a moment longer.
Another plot? Li Jing knows that this snake will be bitten by a snake if he doesn't die, and now that he is gone, he doesn't know when the next time will be. The Turks obviously have one breath left, just one breath!
"Alas! The generals listened to the order, and the army returned to Taiyuan. General Li Jing gave the order, and the generals took the order.
"Why should General Li be like this, you don't have to worry, there is no possibility of a resurgence of the Turks." Pei Lin said.
"Why? The front scouts often came to report that the Turki Khan was like crazy, regardless of the ice and snow. Jieli Khan has a big posture of falling trees and scattering on the side, and once this winter passes, he will not be able to unify the Turks. No matter who is destroyed, the unified Turks are not easy to deal with. Li Jing analyzed.
Xiao Yu said: "It's not good to deal with, you know better than the two of us." But Your Majesty's thoughts, the two of us know better than you. You are the leader of the army, can you not know how much the daily cost of the 100,000 army is? Just eating and drinking every day is a lot of money, what is your majesty's temperament? Do you think Your Majesty will let the Turks go so easily? They made our Tang Emperor lose a lot of money, which is still a big deal. ”
Li Jing hurriedly said: "This is not business!" ”
Xiao Yu smiled: "It's not business, don't tell me!" Our Emperor His Majesty is this temperament, and everything must be counted as a loss. Your Majesty will not do anything that is at a loss, and whoever makes Your Majesty lose money will never end well. ”
After saying this, Li Jing was stunned.
What do you mean by that? Is this implying to yourself? If you regard the Turks as an opponent in the business field, then you are not the big treasurer under the emperor Li Chengzong. This time, I, who was the shopkeeper, did not get a profit from the opponent, but lost a lot of money, which is also a sin! Li Jing secretly said in his heart that it was not good.
Li Jing said tentatively: "I don't know if Your Majesty has anything else to explain to me?" ”
"To you? Your Majesty will come with his own will, so there is no need to hurry. But don't worry, Your Majesty has always valued you, and it's a big deal to scold a few words. Pei Lin said.
Xiao Yu secretly sighed that Pei Lin was not a thing, and he obviously already had a will in his body. This old boy didn't take it out, but deceived Li Jing. I don't know what I'm afraid of, don't look at Li Jing as the commander of the 100,000 army, he doesn't have the ability to rebel. Besides, he really didn't say anything in the will, didn't he just let Li Jing return to Beijing immediately to report on his work!
Li Jing thought about it carefully, and since following Li Chengzong, he has been cautious. There's really nothing wrong with that, only this once. Thinking about it like this, he was at ease. (To be continued......)