Chapter 174: The Situation Is Urgent and Tepid
The book continues from the above, saying that Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng returned to the dynasty in victory, and captured Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong, the two major separatist arm---ies at that time, in one fell swoop. And Li Yuan, who was overjoyed, also decided to give Li Shimin, Chu Mofeng and a group of generals high-level rewards.
However, once Li Yuan is happy to a certain extent, his brain will not be general, and it is easy to be suspicious, so that after Chu Mofeng wrote a letter not to behead Dou Jiande and dismiss the Tiance Army for the time being, Li Yuan was furious in court, first dismissed Chu Mofeng from all his official positions, ordered his mansion to think about it behind closed doors, and then quickly beheaded Dou Jiande at the instigation of Li Jiancheng and a group of ministers.
After learning that Chu Mofeng was dismissed from his official position, Li Jiancheng and Wenchen were excited, thinking that this time they had finally removed the greatest help from Li Shimin's side, but they didn't know that this matter was not as simple as these people thought.
Just after the news of Dou Jiande's beheading came out, Gao Yaxian, Wang Xiaohu and others from the old department of Dou Jiande could not bear the harsh punishment of local officials, so they fled to Zhangnan County to find Liu Heimin under the command of the original Dou Jiande.
In the Taiji Hall of Taiji Palace, a group of civil ministers and military generals gathered together in twos and threes in the main hall to discuss the rebellion of Liu Heimin, only to see Qu Tutong say to Shi Danai: "Brother Shi, don't worry, Your Majesty has sent someone to summon Grandpa Guo into the palace this morning to face the saint, and after Grandpa Guo arrives, let's discuss how to quickly quell the rebellion." ”
Shi Danai on the side sighed, and then said loudly provocatively: "These people, they can't do much in personnel, and they are making trouble in the back, now it's okay, they have forced others to rebel, and those who have the ability to talk to others about that Laoshizi are also good?"
Shi Danai, who was born in the northwest, was rough and bold, and his voice and personality followed his appearance, as soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence in the hall, and everyone looked at Wei Zheng and the others angrily, and even cursed in a low voice.
And Li Jiancheng, the initiator of the whole thing, hid in the crowd with an iron face and didn't dare to make a sound, originally thinking that he would be silent and wait for Chu Mofeng to come and then speak, but Wei Zheng couldn't hold his breath and said loudly: "Could it be that except for him Chu Mofeng, no one in the entire Tang Dynasty will lead troops to fight?"
As soon as these words came out of the hall, the pot suddenly exploded, and a group of generals from Li Shimin's family discussed it, and Qu Tutong stood up and said loudly: "Lord Wei, I don't dare to agree with your words, it's not that you don't know how to lead troops to fight, but these are two different things at all. ”
Li Yuanji on the side looked coldly at the arguing crowd, thinking to himself, big brother, this is just the beginning, I really thank you for doing such a big sin, it seems that you are really a straw bag. Thinking of this, Li Yuanji stood up and said coldly: "Ladies and gentlemen, this king followed His Royal Highness the King of Qin and the Duke of Qi to fight against Wang Shichong at the beginning of the year, and the officers and men of the whole army worked hard and were not afraid of life and death, in order to be able to quickly get the people out of the war.
As soon as these words came out, the generals laughed loudly, and the Wenchen was about to refute it, and Wang De's long-lost male duck voice came from the hall: "Your Majesty has arrived, there is something to play, and there is nothing to retreat!"
I saw Li Yuantie sit on the dragon chair with a blushing face, first glanced at Li Jiancheng resentfully, which immediately made Li Jiancheng shudder, and then said slowly: "Earlier today, I have sent someone to the Duke of Qiguo Mansion to summon Chu Mofeng to enter the palace to face the saint, and it is estimated that he should come at this time." If you have any thoughts, let's listen to what Qi Guogong has to say. ”
Seeing this, Wang De on the side hurriedly shouted: "Xuanqi Guogong Chu Mofeng goes to the palace......" The long voice spread all the way, and after a while, the door of the main hall slowly opened, only to see a thin figure walking in... The little eunuch walked forward quickly and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the little one went to the Guogong Mansion to summon him, but was blocked back by the two princesses, and Her Royal Highness the princess means that since this matter is not the fault of the princess, if the person who made the mistake that day is not dismissed and investigated, he will definitely not let the grandfather enter the palace." ”
After listening to the little eunuch's words, Li Yuan, who was originally full of expectations that Chu Mofeng would be able to come back to solve his worries and problems, suddenly became angry, waved his hand to signal the little eunuch to retreat, turned his head and glanced at Li Jiancheng coldly, and then said lightly: "There are not enough things to do, and there are more things to lose." ”
One sentence suddenly made Li Jiancheng fall into the abyss, and he was about to step forward to defend himself, only to see Li Yuan stand up and say coldly: "Wei Zheng, I ask you, why did you suggest that I behead Dou Jiande that day?"
As soon as he heard Li Yuan be the first to call his name, Wei Zheng secretly said in his heart that it was not good, usually the first person to be pointed out must be the worst death, but the emperor couldn't help but answer, so in desperation, Wei Zheng had no choice but to stand up and say to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since Dou Jiande has been captured, then this person will definitely not serve my Tang Dynasty, since it is useless to stay in custody, why not behead the public to set an example." ”
Who knew that as soon as the voice fell, he heard Li Yuan shouting sharply: "To make an example? Is that why I should behead you to make an example? You, a stupid person, still dare to quibble here, that day Qi Guogong had already analyzed the pros and cons so thoroughly, and you were just chattering, you had to behead Dou Jiande, you said, what kind of heart do you have?" After speaking, Li Yuan stretched out his hand and pointed at Wei Zheng, and shouted loudly: "Are you Wei Zheng my minister or whose minister?"
As soon as these words came out, Wenchen, who participated in the day, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and Wei Zheng knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister is wronged, the minister is dedicated to serving the court, please Your Majesty Mingjian!" and Li Jiancheng on the side suddenly knelt down and said: "Qiqi father, the son is also wronged, the son is ......."
"I didn't name names, I didn't expect your weak self to jump out first. Looking at Li Jiancheng, who was kneeling, Li Yuan snorted coldly and said angrily: "Then you say, why did you try your best to behead Dou Jiande that day? If you can't say it, I will abolish you, a useless person, today." ”
As soon as he heard that his position as the crown prince was going to be abolished, Li Jiancheng hurriedly looked at the group of ministers, hoping that everyone could stop Li Yuan, but these people were not stupid, at this moment Li Yuan was angry, if he spoke rashly, if he said a wrong word, even if he didn't die, he would have to shed his skin, so they lowered their heads and did not meet Li Jiancheng's gaze.
At this time, Li Jiancheng suddenly sat down on the ground, and kept saying in his mouth: "The son is wronged, the son is wronged." ”
On the other side, Li Yuanji looked at Li Jiancheng's appearance at this moment, and suddenly sneered in his heart, big brother, the only weakness of your person is that you are competitive regardless of the occasion, and you always want to suppress the second child everywhere, hey, my brother can only wish you a lot of blessings.
Who knew that at this time, Li Shimin walked out, hugged his fists at Li Yuan and said, "Father Qi, my son has something to say." ”
As soon as he heard that Li Shimin was going to speak, Li Yuan's face suddenly changed, and he said with a smile: "What do you have to do with my son? ”
"Father Qi, since the matter has come out, why don't we talk about bypassing the punishment first, and think about how to deal with Liu Heimin's rebellion again?" Li Shimin looked at Li Jiancheng, who was sitting on the ground, with a faint sense of pleasure in his heart, and then said slowly: "Since this matter has to be handled by Mo Feng, why don't you let Erchen be a lobbyist, first see what Mo Feng thinks, and then you will make a decision after Erchen comes back to report to his father?"
Li Yuan's heart was suddenly very happy when he said this, and he saw Li Yuan walk up to Li Shimin, put his hands on his shoulders and said, "Everyone knows that your two brothers are in the same spirit, and I will leave this matter to you." ”
Then Li Yuan walked to the steps, looked at Li Jiancheng and the other ministers, and said coldly: "Spread my will, the prince Jiancheng is stupid and mediocre and unlearned, and he is ordered to be grounded in the East Palace and not to go out; ”
Seeing Li Yuan flick his sleeves and leave, Li Jiancheng came back to his senses and shouted at Li Yuan's back: "Father Emperor Mingjian, the son is wronged." ”
After the dispersal of the dynasty, Li Shimin knew that the war did not wait for anyone, so he hurriedly rode towards the Guogong Mansion, and kept planning how to persuade Chu Mofeng along the way.
At this time, in the Guogong Mansion, Chu Mofeng looked at the four little guys lying side by side on the bed with a smile, it is worth mentioning that Li Yuhu also gave birth to a girl, and Hua Ling'er may have given birth to a boy because of her young and good physical strength, which made the other three girls envious, and Chu Mofeng learned about this matter, and he repeatedly ordered at home, emphasizing the idea of equality between men and women.
After giving birth, the four daughters were not plump under the nourishment of the royal ingredients, but their bodies were still as graceful as they were at the beginning, and I saw Shi Hanshuang walking slowly and said with a smile: "Husband, the children are asleep, I don't know what you are laughing at?"
"It's fun, don't forget that these are all my kids. Chu Mofeng stretched out his hand and took Shi Hanshuang into his arms, his voice was soft for fear of waking up the sleeping child, and said cautiously: "You see that these little guys are really cute, but I don't know what will happen when they grow up?"
"Therefore, our family should teach these children well, so as not to make detours in the future. The husband and wife looked forward to it, but they never thought that in the future, some of the four sons of the Chu family have become famous heroines, some have become miracle doctors with wonderful hands to rejuvenate, and some are hidden in the shadows silently guarding the family, while some people have not been able to get out of prison for half a step because of the rebellion of the prince, but all this is a later story.
Shi Hanshuang looked at these children gently, and then as if he remembered something, he stretched out his hand and patted Chu Mofeng and said, "The most important question at the moment is, is your old man giving the child a name in his busy schedule?
"Well, I'll think about it in the next few days. Chu Mofeng nodded, and brought the Biren in his arms closer. At this moment, the door was suddenly gently pushed open, and I saw Mo Ziyao tiptoe in, and whispered to Chu Mofeng: "Husband, His Royal Highness King Qin has come down, Feng'er and Ling'er are talking together, you should hurry up." ”
Chu Mofeng, who turned around, nodded, walked up to Mo Ziyao and kissed her gently, then raised his feet and walked towards the door. When I came to the study, I saw Li Yuhu and Hua Ling'er chatting with Li Shimin, and when they saw Chu Mofeng coming in, they hurriedly got up and saluted, and then left the study.
"Grandpa Guo is good every day, but he doesn't know that the court is already arguing about Liu Heimin. As soon as Li Shimin opened his mouth, he went straight in, trying to persuade Chu Mofeng from the national level.
"Li Lao Er, you still can't get out of your horns. Chu Mofeng sighed when he heard this, and after motioning for Li Shimin to sit down, he took the teapot and poured a cup of tea and handed it to Li Shimin, and then said with a long sigh: " I protect Dou Jiande, first, so as not to rebel again because Dou Jiande was beheaded, causing his old department to rebel again; second, to keep Dou Jiande, you can take this opportunity to recover the remaining lost territory; third, as long as the rest of Dou Jiande does not rebel, we can free up our hands to clean up Xiao Mo and others, at this time, the Turks frequently attack the border, let Li Jiancheng's fool in front, after quickly pacifying all the civil strife, once he makes a mistake, we will go up again, then you will be a meritorious man in the eyes of your father, hey, I don't bother to say it, please go back. ”
After listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Shimin suddenly realized why Chu Mofeng was so determined to save Dou Jiande's life this time, seeing that the host's family opened his mouth to send off the guests, Li Shimin refused to get up, sat on the chair and said with a smile: "I said Grandpa Guo, the prince is grounded in the East Palace, Wei Zheng is in prison, and the remaining officials involved have all been demoted by one level, are you still satisfied with the result of such a treatment?"
"Oh, how can Your Majesty be willing to deal with your stupid big brother this time?" Hearing Li Yuan's handling order, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but be a little surprised, if this was usual, it was estimated that he and Li Shimin would have been reprimanded, although he didn't care much, but this time it was unexpected.
But after thinking about it, I can understand that I just regained the lost land and declared that the world was decided, and then Liu Heimin rebelled, and no one had face on his face, thinking of this, Chu Mofeng smiled slyly and said: "It turns out that it is because your father can't hold the face on his face that he will deal with that idiot." ”
"My grandfather, for whatever reason, this war is urgent, and it would be best if it could be wiped out in the first place. Seeing that Chu Mofeng still looked cynical, Li Shimin was anxious, grabbed Chu Mofeng's hand and said, "For the sake of you and my brother, forget about this matter!"
Seeing Li Shimin's true feelings revealed, Chu Mofeng didn't want to persecute him too much, but after thinking about it, this time this kid suffered Li Jiancheng's loss again, and suddenly became angry, and said angrily: "Cheng, because we are brothers, this time for the sake of your Royal Highness King Qin, this matter will be revealed, but ......"
Speaking of this, Chu Mofeng changed his words and said coldly to Li Shimin: "If you continue to have the illusion of being a brother and a brother and a brother to your stupid brother, then I will write to Your Majesty to resign from all official positions and move my family out of Chang'an, because I can't joke with the lives of my family and several families and even those who have always supported me, and I'm not joking, I hope you can do it yourself, you go, I will go to the court early tomorrow morning." ”
Li Shimin nodded silently when he heard this, turned around and walked towards the outside of the study, and when he was about to reach the door, he only heard Chu Mofeng say slowly: "As for the removal of the Tiance Army, it is imperative, don't let Your Majesty refuse again." ”
Li Shimin nodded, hurriedly left the Guogong Mansion, and was about to leave for the palace to report, Li Shimin just left, Li Yuhu then arrived, and saw that Chu Mofeng was the only one in the house, and asked in surprise: "Husband, where is the second brother?"
"Let's go, go back and report to your father. Looking at the little wife in front of him, Chu Mofeng sighed from the bottom of his heart Fortunately, this girl did not enter the big dye vat of the royal family, otherwise I don't know what it would become.
At this time, Hua Ling'er also walked in, smiled at Chu Mofeng and Li Yuhu and said, "Husband, Ling'er wants to borrow Sister Feng'er, the child is a little hungry when he wakes up." As soon as he heard that it was a question about the child, Li Yuhu instantly turned into a light hero, rushed to the door of the room step by step, grabbed Hua Ling'er and ran towards the place where the child was sleeping.
Looking at the distant figures of the two wives, Chu Mofeng couldn't help laughing, and then closed the door directly, slowly opened the covered map, and scanned back and forth on the map with a solemn gaze.
In the early morning of the second day, a group of officials stood in the main hall waiting for Li Yuan to arrive, at this time, the door of the main hall was suddenly pushed open again, and everyone turned to look, only to see Chu Mofeng walking in slowly in court clothes, and kept greeting everyone. 、
As soon as Qu Tutong saw Chu Mofeng coming, he hurriedly greeted him, held his hand and asked, "Grandpa Guo, are you going to the dynasty today?"
Seeing Qu Tutong staring at him directly, Chu Mofeng hurriedly smiled and said: "Qu Shangshu, the prince of the country is not the daughter of the yellow flower, you are staring at the prince like this, and the prince of the country is not a person with a habit of breaking sleeves." ”
"Raushzi's habit of breaking sleeves, Grandpa Guo, the old man is also a serious person, look at what you said. Ben Chu Mofeng made a joke, and Qu Tutong suddenly let go of Chu Mofeng's hand embarrassedly.
I only heard Chu Mofeng deliberately raise his voice and said: "Qu Shangshu, yesterday His Royal Highness the King of Qin came to me, saying that someone had done another sin and couldn't get the end, it is said that it was Liu Heimin's house, who was not good at growing vegetables in Zhangnan County, and played the trick of rebellion. ”
Hearing that Chu Mofeng was going to go out again, a group of generals cheered with joy, and suddenly the hall was like a vegetable market, which made the Wenchen next to him dare to be angry and dare not speak, his own master and boss were not present, and none of the people below dared to take the lead.
At this time, Li Yuan slowly walked up the steps in Wang De's voice of 'Your Majesty has arrived, something to play, and nothing to retreat from', and after Li Yuan sat down, he suddenly saw Chu Mofeng looking at him with a cheap smile at the bottom of the steps, and couldn't help but say in a somewhat joking tone: "Aren't I dazzled?" Wang De, take a look for me, the next person is Chu Mofeng, the Duke of Qi?"
Wang De's mind was full of thoughts, why didn't he know what Li Yuan meant, and after pretending to look at it, he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I am very happy, it is indeed the Duke of Qi Guogong who has gone to court." ”
Hearing this, Li Yuan smiled and said to Chu Mofeng: "Rare guest, I haven't been to the court for a long time, why do you have time to come today?"
"Your Majesty, Weichen came today only for two things, first, to quell Liu Heimin's rebellion, and second, after the rebellion is quelled, the Tiance army will be dismantled, and Your Majesty will agree. ”
"The first thing I want to say is that I am counting on you to be able to send troops to punish this traitor. Seeing Chu Mofeng's old matter brought up again, Li Yuan couldn't help but say with some displeasure: "But why do you insist on dismantling the Tiance Army?"
"Your Majesty, after this matter is pacified by Liu Heimin, I will allow the ministers to tell your Majesty in detail, now thieves are rampant, and the ministers are afraid of delaying the warplane, and I hope that Your Majesty will allow the ministers to select the commander and generals, and choose the day to go out to share the worries of Your Majesty. Chu Mofeng saw that Li Yuan asked again and again, and hurriedly diverted the topic.
"Spread my will, Chu Mofeng, the Duke of Qi, will resume his official position from today, allow him to transfer troops and send generals, and lead the army to quell Liu Heimin's rebellion on a certain day. Seeing that Chu Mofeng brought the topic to the matter of counterinsurgency, Li Yuan thought that he had let him out of the mountain in order to quell the rebellion, so he hurriedly asked Wang De to draw up a decree.
Chu Mofeng, who received the holy decree, hurriedly spoke: "The minister must live up to His Majesty's trust, and Liu Wei will not return to Beijing if he does not give up his oath." ”
Seeing that Li Yuan gave the order, Chu Mofeng also accepted the order, and the generals behind him secretly rejoiced in their hearts, this general is finally back, which also means that the military exploits will follow one after another.
Looking at the smiling generals under the stage, Li Yuan realized that the backbone of these people's hearts was none other than this thin young man standing in the audience, and this person was collected by himself in Jinyang back then, thinking of this Li Yuan also laughed.
The long-term gloom of the court was swept away because Chu Mofeng was still in the court, only to hear Chu Mofeng turn to the group of ministers and say: "The Duke of China hopes that you can fully cooperate when the army begins to move, as before, if you ......."
Seeing that Chu Mofeng was about to say cruel words again, Li Yuan was afraid that these people would also secretly stumble Chu Mofeng after hearing about it, so he immediately coughed lightly and took over the conversation and said: "If there is a person who neglects his duties and is passive and slack, I will definitely not forgive him." Retreat. With that, he got up and walked towards the apse.
After Li Yuan left, Li Shimin stepped forward and said to Chu Mofeng, "Congratulations to the Duke of Qi. Congratulations to the Duke of Qi, this time the Duke of Guo can lead his troops to the expedition again. ”
I saw Chu Mofeng glance at him angrily and said, "There is a fart, and fighting is not about eating, drinking, and having fun, but then again, do you still have money that you haven't paid off for me?"
Li Shimin raised his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly covered his mouth and said, "It's bad, why did you forget about this, you can go back to the house with me to get it later." ”
Chu Mofeng nodded, dragged Li Shimin towards the outside of the palace, and when there was no one else around, Chu Mofeng whispered: "Go back and draw up a list of generals to go on the expedition, and give it to me as soon as possible, this time we are busy again." Li Shimin nodded, and pulled Chu Mofeng towards his mansion......
As the saying goes, you don't leave your brothers when you fight, and look at Chu Mofeng's dispatch of troops to fight against Liu Heimin, and then look at Li Shimin's high achievements and the Heavenly Ce Mansion, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......