Slightly different from the last time Wen Yanbo sent an envoy, the news of the Northern Sui envoy's visit to Chang'an this time did not attract much attention, and the government and the opposition were still immersed in the joy of capturing Jiangling and destroying the Liang State. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This was the biggest victory since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, became a hero praised by everyone in Chang'an.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin held a dragon spear in his left hand and a chaotic shield in his right hand, and jumped on the city wall first, invincible, killing the enemy soldiers on their backs, and the blood flowed like a river, and the ghosts and gods were terrified!"

"Why didn't King Xuanba of Zhao show his might this time, because King Qin was here, King Qin took the lead in rushing into the city, and was besieged by Xiao Liang's eighteen masters, he single-handedly picked thirteen generals in a row, and scared other generals to flee......."

"Let me tell you a secret, His Royal Highness King Qin is Wu Kuixing, the real number one general in the world, and King Xuanba of Zhao was trained by him himself."

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All kinds of sayings circulated on the streets of Chang'an, the more they said, the more mysterious they became, and praised Li Shimin as unique in the world, invisibly, stick to Taiyuan, and sent the Tang army and the Northern Sui to fight together, and the crown prince Li Jiancheng, who annihilated hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops, has been replaced by the halo of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and the soldiers and people of Chang'an have forgotten him.

At this time, Li Yuan, the son of heaven, also issued a commendation order, all the generals who participated in the Jiangling Battle were promoted to one level, the soldiers were rewarded with 20 yuan, and the land was 10 acres.

The general public will not understand the meaning of this canonization, but the important ministers of the court understand that the opening of the government means that the Tang Dynasty will have two power centers, which is obviously the sage's dissatisfaction with the prince and the adoption of checks and balances.

The crown prince Li Jiancheng has already returned to the dynasty, after he briefly reported his work, he put into the heavy government affairs, Li Yuan did not accuse him of sending troops and the Northern Sui Union without authorization, but Li Yuan removed him from the post of Taiyuan stay-at-home, he had nothing to do with the affairs of the state, Li Yuan immediately appointed Li Shenfu, the king of Xiangyi County, as the Taiyuan guard, and the governor of the state, leading the military and political affairs of the state, and Li Zhongwen continued to serve as the secretary of the state and the state.

Early this morning, Li Jiancheng was handling government affairs in the East Palace as usual, and at this time, Wei Zheng walked in quickly, bowed and saluted: "Your Highness, can you hear the news of the annexation of the state?" ”

Li Jiancheng stopped his pen and asked, "What's the news in Bingzhou?" ”

"General Wang Junkuo has been removed."

Li Jiancheng was taken aback, "Where is this news?" ”

"I heard from the Ministry of War, I met Zhao Shilang this morning."

Zhao Cijing, the squire of the military department, is Li Jiancheng's brother-in-law, and the two have an excellent relationship, and Zhao Cijing obviously passed the news to Li Jiancheng through Wei Zheng.

Li Jiancheng was suddenly a little anxious, and the state was his territory, Wang Junkuo had great achievements, was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and was his right-hand man, how could he be dismissed, he hurriedly asked: "What is the reason?" ”

It was Li Zhongwen who wrote to the Son of Heaven, saying that Wang Junkuo indulged the soldiers and ruined the reputation of the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven was furious, so he ordered the military department to remove Wang Junkuo from his post and replace him with Wang Xiaoji, the former governor of the state.

"It's Li Zhongwen again!"

Li Jiancheng was furious, slapped the pen on the table, got up and said, "I went to find the saint, it is simply unreasonable!" ”

Wei Zheng hurriedly stopped him, "Your Highness is angry, this matter is not that simple. ”

"I know it's not easy, but if you want to be dismissed, you will be dismissed, and I can't accept it if you have to give Wang Jun Kuoan such a despicable crime!"

"Your Highness, isn't that what the Holy One meant?"

Wei Zheng's words were like a blow to the head, and Li Jiancheng suddenly woke up, and he finally understood that this was his father cutting off his military power, this time it was Wang Junkuo, and the next one was Wang Bodang.

Li Jiancheng hesitated for a while and said: "No matter what the purpose of my father is, I still have to fight for it, this is too unfair to General Wang, so that the Tang Dynasty will gradually lose the hearts of the people." ”

"I advise Your Highness to wait! The Holy One will soon come and summon His Highness. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Li Jiancheng asked puzzled.

"Zhao Shilang also told me that the Sui army has captured Yulin County and Wuyuan County, and the soldiers are referring to Lingwu County, Your Highness, this matter is of great significance!"

Li Jiancheng also heard about the capture of Yulin County by the Sui army, but he didn't expect it to develop so fast, Wuyuan County was also captured, and most of the Hetao area has been occupied, so the Sui army's next step is to attack Lingwu County or Yan'an County, which is debatable, Li Jiancheng did realize that the problem was serious, and the Hetao was captured.

At this moment, a guard reported at the door: "Your Highness, the Holy Lord has sent someone to summon you, please go to the Wude Hall immediately to discuss important matters." ”

Li Jiancheng nodded and said to Wei Zheng: "Sure enough, Mr. said it." ”

"Will you negotiate the Loop?"

Li Jiancheng shook his head, "The matter of the Hetao is still in top secret, and someone reminded me that the matter of the Hetao is a sore spot of the saint, and it must not be mentioned in public, and I don't think it should be talked about." ”

"Then what is Your Highness going to do?"

Li Jiancheng sighed and said: "I'll go and see the situation first, but I will never accept General Wang's matter like this, I must find out the matter clearly." ”

"Your Highness, let's talk about it when the time comes!"

"I know, I'll depend on the situation."

Li Jiancheng changed his clothes and hurried to the Wude Palace.

There are already more than a dozen important ministers sitting in the Wude Palace, including Xiangguo Pei Lian, Liu Wenjing, Chen Shuda, Dou Jin and Dou Lukuan, as well as Zhao Cijing and other ministers, as well as Li Shentong, Chai Shao and other important military figures.

Li Jiancheng greeted everyone one by one, returned to his seat and sat down, Li Jiancheng's seat was originally in the middle of His Majesty, but Li Jiancheng insisted on treating each other with courtesy, and the seat should return to the ranks of ministers, everyone could not convince him, so he had to agree, now Li Jiancheng's seat is the first on the right, and the first on the left opposite him is the seat of his brother Li Shimin, the king of Qin, because Li Shimin has not returned from the southern expedition, so the seat is empty.

Li Jiancheng was next to Zhongshu Ling Pei Lian, below was Chen Shuda, and below was Dou Jin, and Liu Wenjing was sitting opposite Li Shimin.

This kind of seating order is very particular, the two heroes Pei Lin and Liu Wenjing sit at the head of the ministers, but Pei Lin sits next to the prince, indicating that Pei Lian's status is slightly higher than Liu Wenjing.

Li Jiancheng sat down and asked Pei Lin in a low voice, "What important things are you discussing today?" ”

Pei Lin smiled a little reluctantly, and said vaguely for a while: "Weichen doesn't know very well!" ”

Li Jiancheng couldn't help sneering in his heart, he hadn't seen Pei Lin for a long time, when his father suppressed the military power of the second brother for the Nanxiang Dao incident, Pei Lin tried his best to please himself, and he had to run the East Palace three times a day, and now the second brother was named the general of Tiance, and the government was opened, Pei Lin no longer came to the East Palace, and his people tended to be inflammatory, which was despicable.

At this time, Chen Shuda bowed slightly and smiled: "Your Highness Qiqi, it may be related to the envoy of the Central Capital!" ”

"Zhongdu has sent an envoy again?" Li Jiancheng asked a little surprised.

Chen Shuda nodded, "The Central Capital sent Wen Yanbo as an envoy to come to Chang'an to discuss the division of the spoils after the war, and I heard that it has passed the Pujin Pass. ”

Li Jiancheng's eyelids jumped, he sent Wei Zheng to talk to Zhang Xuan, this was a trivial matter, and it was easy for the two sides to reach a consensus, but Zhang Xuan still wanted to mobilize the army and let the Central Capital send envoys to Chang'an to negotiate, was he really for the spoils of war?

At this time, some guards shouted: "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!"

The side hall suddenly quieted down, and I saw Li Yuan enter the side hall from the small door next to him, surrounded by eight palace maids holding long-handled Luo fans, and the ministers hurriedly got up and saluted, "See Your Majesty!" ”

Li Yuan sat down in front of the imperial case, waved his hand and said, "All the ministers are exempt, please take a seat!" ”

Everyone sat down one after another, and Li Yuan said slowly: "This morning, I received an official letter from the Central Capital, signed by Ziwei Pavilion, appointing Wen Yanbo as an envoy to come to Chang'an to discuss the aftermath of the war. ”

Everyone looked at each other, the news came very suddenly, everyone was not prepared, there was silence in the hall, no one got up to express their position, Li Yuan looked at everyone around, and finally his eyes fell on the crown prince Li Jiancheng, Li Yuan said lightly: "This matter should be the emperor's matter, and it should be solved in Taiyuan, I don't understand how it can involve the imperial court, the emperor, you can talk about it!" (To be continued.) )