Chapter Twenty-Three: The Emperor Has Something to Say
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Gao Chongwen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and muttered:
"Captain Wei is like this?"
It seems incredulous. The staff said it conclusively:
"It's true, and it's not all. The marshal must know that Wei Taiwei's move is a complicity, so Wei Taiwei is afraid that what he has done will be known by the imperial court, and all the officials in Shu who have expired their terms of office will be turned into subordinates, and all the talents they have recruited will not be allowed to enter the court, so that Wei Taiwei can be a general and a general, and he can be as stable as Mount Tai in Xichuan for 20 years. Dashuai, think about it, when you first arrived in Dongchuan, did you want to find a subordinate who was familiar with the situation in Xichuan and couldn't find it? ”
"Why does that gentleman know so much about the situation in Xichuan?"
"My subordinate brother used to be an official in Xichuan, and he died of illness a year ago, and his subordinates once entered Xichuan to transport the coffin of his brother back to his hometown, so his subordinates know a little about the situation in Xichuan."
The staff member paused, and continued:
"The marshal is just making a great contribution, and the soldiers are asking for a reward, why not? If the marshal can't open his mouth, he can not ask directly, just stop the army in Zizhou to rest, I expect that if the court really trusts the marshal, the reward will definitely come immediately. ”
"But the first emperor is the first emperor, and the present is the present. Today, he is much more promising than the previous emperor, and he is not as stingy with money as the first emperor. ”
"Dashuai, think about it, when the first emperor succeeded to the throne, did he also work as hard as he does now? But what happened? It's hardest to guess the emperor's heart, and the handsome man has to think twice! ”
Gao Chongwen didn't say anything, and said:
"Ben Shuai has his own sense of proportion, you go down first!"
The staff thought that he would be appreciated by Gao Chongwen, but he was unwilling, but he had to bow down. He didn't know that Gao Chongwen later said:
"These southern barbarians, the cunning of their minds."
The document that was supposed to be sent out that day was not sent out from Zizhou until the afternoon of the next day, and by this time, the song drafted by Yan Li, the envoy of the Shannan West Road Festival, who had already received the news, had already been on the road.
When "The History of Chunming Dynasty" was first published, Li Yu specially asked Li Jiang to ask for the first few sheets and put them in the imperial study of his Zichen Palace, and looked at himself every day. By the way, since he killed Ju Wenzhen Yang Zhilian, Li Yu moved "back" to live in Daming Palace, and the imperial study was also set up in Zichen Palace. Due to the difficulty of printing (of course, it was extremely convenient in the eyes of people at the time), "The History of Chunming Dynasty" can only be published every half a month, the layout is very small, the content on it is mostly concise and to the point, and the price is not cheap, but because of Wang Jian's insistence, the workmanship is exquisite, and all the people who posted on it are celebrities, so they actually opened the market in Chang'an's rich circle, and it is said that some businessmen in Chang'an bought it and framed it and put it in the living room, thinking that it was a capital to show off. As soon as several prime ministers entered the imperial study, they saw the newspaper on Li Yu's case. But Li Yu obviously didn't invite them to enjoy the newspaper. After they sat down, Li Yu picked up a piece of music from his hand.
"Ladies and gentlemen, take a look."
Li Yu said with a sullen face. It seems that the emperor is unhappy today.
Starting from Li Chun, Du Huangshang, Du You, Lu Zhen, and Zheng Yuqing circulated a piece of music in turn, and some of them had already seen this music, but they still read it very carefully. After a few people watched it, Lu Zhen said:
"Your Majesty, this is Gao Chongwen begging for merit."
Gao Chongwen is the person recommended by Du Huangshang, and now he is asking for rewards for his merits, what does the emperor think? Is Du Huangshang also implicated? Several other people saw it, but they were all thinking about what to say, only Lu Zhen said it after a little consideration. Du Huangsheng was still calm and silent.
It's not Lu Zhen's philosophy to say something, to be honest, Lu Zhen has never said how Li Zhen is to his face, but Li Zhen is very afraid of Lu Zhen, and Li Zhen now understands how Tang Taizong felt when he saw Wei Zheng. Since someone spoke, the prince and several other ministers, including Du Huangsheng, nodded in agreement, and Li Yu continued to ask:
"Then what does Lu Xianggong think should be done?"
Lu Zhen said:
"The minister thinks he should be rewarded."
Kindness? Did you hear that right? Li Chun, who was sitting on the side, shook his head suspiciously, in his opinion, it was normal for Lu Zhen to fall into the well now. But seeing that everyone was listening, he quickly retracted his mind.
Lu Yi continued:
The minister thought that Gao Chongwen would be able to restore the entire territory of Dongchuan in a few days, which shows that his people are brave and his subordinates are good at fighting. His Majesty was right to choose Gao Chongwen to discuss Liu Pi. Gao Chongwen's department is a guest army, from Changwu to Xichuan, during which the road is not thousands of miles, if it is other armies, the morale of the generals is afraid that it has long been exhausted, and the high guest army is on an expedition, and loyalty alone is not enough to encourage the three armies, so the minister thinks that the high department should be rewarded. ”
"Those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, Gao Chongwen won the first battle, it is precisely when the morale should be boosted, when the battle is decided in Xichuan, the morale can be drummed but not discharged, otherwise time will pass, Liu Bi has gained a firm foothold in Xichuan, and Xichuan will not be easy to pacify. Your Majesty is now rewarding Gao Chongwen, and the cost is only hundreds of thousands, if this battle drags on, how much more will it cost? I hope that Your Majesty will not treat others with small mistakes, and reward them in time, so that the pacification of Xichuan is just around the corner. ”
Du You opened his eyes and said:
"Prime Minister Lu is reasonable."
Du Huangshang and Zheng Yuqing also agreed. The matter was settled.
Li Chun, who has been silent, said:
"If Gao Chongwen is pampered and arrogant, he has to make inches, and after pacifying Xichuan, he will follow Liu Pi's self-reliance, what should he do at that time?"
Lu Zhen said:
"The minister is sixty years old, generous and simple, thick and young, not a person with bad intentions. At most, they don't know the etiquette and discipline, and they will never cut off their own land. ”
Li Chun then asked:
"It's not that I don't believe in Lu Xianggong, as the saying goes, knowing people and faces but not knowing their hearts, who said that he was a traitor when Wang Mang did not usurp the Han Dynasty?"
Then he turned to Li Yu and said:
"Father, the son thinks that in addition to the reward, he should spur and warn Gao Chongwen."
"Your Majesty, it is a bad habit for military generals to ask for rewards for their merits, but it has become a common practice. If His Majesty launches a large army to monitor, it will inevitably chill the soldiers ahead. The old minister guaranteed his life with his net worth, and Gao Chongwen had no two hearts. ”
Du Huangshang left his seat and knelt down.
Lu Zhen said:
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Du is reasonable, and the minister agrees."
Since this is the case, Li Yu has nothing to say. Immediately ordered the Hanlin scholar Wang Yacao edict.
However, Li Yu still had a gloomy face and said:
"Just after conquering Zizhou, he didn't move, he wanted to raise a thief for self-respect, hmph, if the thief grows bigger and bigger, I don't think his 5,000 soldiers are enough to stuff it inside."
"I thought that Gao Chongwen cherished his soldiers, but now it seems that he has lost his name. As soon as he set out on the expedition, I promised in front of the whole army that as long as the counterinsurgency was successful, I would never be stingy with rewards, he was good, he only recovered Dongchuan, and stretched out his hand to the imperial court. ”
"The country raises soldiers for a thousand days and uses them for a while, but the army does not think about its roots, and is proud of its powerlessness. If this continues, sooner or later, something will happen. The army needs to be reformed! ”