Chapter 166: Fight or Peace
Chang'an City Qinzheng Palace.
"Hahaha......"
This morning, the adults just stood up step by step, and immediately heard Li Shimin's laughter, since the Tuyuhun war began, Li Shimin has been sullen, and now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have a smile on their faces.
"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, good news has come from the southwest border pass, our army has broken the Tugu Hun Gong tribe and annihilated more than 40,000 enemy troops, which is really a fortunate thing for my Tang Dynasty."
Li Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, received an urgent report from the border pass early, and sent someone to send a copy to Li Shimin, but the court had to report it this morning, after all, there were still some ministers who did not know about this matter, and after listening to Li Jing's words, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
This war was fought in a hurry, unlike the war to exterminate the Turks that year, that time the entire Tang Dynasty had been preparing for many years, and it could almost be said that there was a complete preparation, but this time the army was raised in a hurry, whether it was money or determination, I am afraid it was not as good as one-tenth of that year.
"All Aiqing, please get up! This incident is the result of the intentions of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and the front-line soldiers fought with their lives, so that today's victory was achieved, and the will of the Emperor was passed on, and all the officers and soldiers on the front line were commended, and all personnel were promoted to one level. ”
Li Shimin was long, and these people below also followed, especially those who were fighting on the front line, they also knew that there would definitely be risks this time, but they didn't expect everyone to be added to the ranks.
"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"
Although these people above the court have not been promoted to the rank of knight, but in this case, they must also be called long live.
Li Shimin looked up and saw the crown prince Li Chengqian standing at the front, if it was before, I am afraid that I would feel the diaphragm in my heart, the estrangement between father and son cannot be eliminated in a short time, but because Li Xiang has achieved a series of victories on the front line, if you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, if you don't give Li Chengqian face, then I'm afraid it will be a slap in the face of Li Xiang.
"Regarding the next direction of the southwest war situation, what can your military department discuss?"
Li Shimin is worthy of being a wise man through the ages, after experiencing temporary joy, he immediately changed his words, did not lie on the credit book and ate the old book, but immediately turned to the next step of the strategy, the courtiers are still a little unbearable, according to their ideas, today should be arranged for a big banquet of the ministers, why should they start to discuss the future?
Others don't understand Li Shimin's thoughts, the ministers present are very clear, the imperial court has almost emptied the treasury in this battle, although Li Xiang contributed part of the money, but that part of the money has long been spent, taking advantage of the current situation of a big victory, if you can end this war decently, it will also be extremely beneficial to the entire Tang Dynasty, if you continue to fight, it is very likely that the supply of money and food will not be available, and then the result will be difficult to say.
"Qiqi father, the son thinks that he should take advantage of the victory to pursue, now Tuyuhun is in a downhill time, in the past, they were difficult for us on the issue of business, take advantage of this opportunity now to solve them in one fell swoop, so that my Datang in the next few decades, there will be no war in the southwest border."
Li Shimin obviously asked about the book of the Ministry of War, but Li Tai jumped out at this time, Li Tai was uncomfortable as soon as he went to the court today, everything was on the front line of the southwest border pass, there was Li Xiang's world, and he couldn't do anything in Chang'an City, so he had to show it quickly, so that the emperor would give all his favor to that kid.
"Emperor Qiqi, His Royal Highness the King of Wei is right, Tuyuhun has been inseparable from us all these years, and has been taking advantage of my Tang Dynasty, and now taking advantage of this opportunity, they are already unable to turn over, and they should urgently order the two generals to lead their troops south to directly solve the tumor of Tuyuhun."
The Shaoqing of Honglu Temple was Li Tai's cronies, and after receiving Li Tai's eyes, he immediately began to stand up and advocate Li Tai's conclusions.
"Weichen also thinks that what His Royal Highness King Wei said is extremely true, my Tang Dynasty spends millions of dollars on military spending in the southwest border pass every year, if we can solve Tuyuhun in one fell swoop, then this money can be saved to do a lot of things, and the austerity of the imperial court can also be alleviated."
The officials of the household department also stood up, they did not want to help Li Tai, but the finances of the imperial court have been extremely tight in recent years, even if there is a problem at the border pass, it is difficult for the household department to withdraw money, mainly because of the continuous natural disasters in recent years, the imperial court's taxes are collected partly, and a part of it has to be taken out to relieve the disaster, which is the fundamental reason for the financial tension of the imperial court.
Hearing his subordinates stand out, Tang Jian, the head of the household, frowned, these people should have been infiltrated by Li Tai, even if they are not from the Wei Wangfu now, I am afraid that they will become the people of the Wei Wangfu in the future, and they have not yet expressed their position, so you are so easy to make a statement.
For the ministers of the court, everyone has their own ecological space, and the princes don't care about them, as long as they are not implicated, they can get by, but if you stretch out your hand, then you can only chop off your fingernails.
Listening to the ministers in the court who agreed with his opinion, Li Tai, the king of Wei, was a little flustered, and he didn't feel the dissatisfaction of some ministers at all.
"Xuan Ling, what do you say?"
When Li Shimin said these words, Li Tai also tensed his nerves, even if those people said a flower just now, I am afraid they would not be able to affect Li Shimin's thoughts, Li Shimin asked questions There are only a few people, their opinions are crucial, and they have never changed over the years.
"Although His Royal Highness the King of Wei's opinion is good, Weichen does not dare to disagree......"
Li Tai, the king of Wei, was still happy just now, but now that he heard Fang Xuanling's words, the whole person felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, was there something wrong with him? Didn't my father want to solve the matter of Tuyuhun in one fell swoop? What is Fang Xuanling doing?
"Your Majesty, the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces want to solve Tuyuhun's heart and the ministers can understand, but we also have to look at our actual situation, the current imperial court has less than 800,000 yuan of silver, and more than 200,000 disaster victims have been withdrawn from the grassland and cannot be resettled.
Fang Xuanling's words were like a basin of cold water, splashed on the heads of those ministers who were like chicken blood, including Li Tai, the king of Wei......