Chapter 371

Qin mubai didn't remember how he left Hongwen hall and returned home under the crowd of a group of people. He was a little tired and in a trance. I should be happy, but I can't be happy.

This time, he really realized what it means to be surrounded by dangers and kill people everywhere. A group of people sitting in a meeting can also decide the fate of millions of people. Although there is no sword or staff, it is better than the battle of all armies.

on the surface, Li Shimin got out of the horse at the last moment and turned the balance which had been completely tilted.

In fact, a little snack can come up with, Li Shimin this is also extremely helpless move!

This cabinet meeting was full of twists and turns. On the surface, it seemed that it was aimed at the Lanzhou war, but the actual core was the struggle for power and position. Chang sun Wuji is the strong side, no matter how complicated the process, but he won in the end.

This also means that the main battle faction is completely defeated, and the struggle between the chaotang party is completely on one side.

Of course, this is the last thing Li Shimin wants to see!

Especially when he saw that Li Tai, the prince of Wei, who had always been highly regarded by him, had also made a downwind weed and stood in the camp of Chang sun Wuji. He was so angry that he was about to be expelled from Hongwen hall.

It's said that the king's heart is unpredictable, but in fact, it's simple. Li Shimin wanted to cultivate a powerful group to help his successor, so as to ensure the Tang Dynasty's safe and stable transition after a hundred years. However, he absolutely did not allow any powerful officials to appear in the court.

It's contradictory, but it's easy to understand.

When there is a court, there is a party struggle. Only when the two forces are equal can the emperor control it. If one side is completely defeated and swallowed, it means that there is only one group of people left on the court. If the horses were united, even the emperor could not control them.

Li Shimin still had such worries. He didn't believe any of his sons could deal with a party of court ministers firmly held together. Therefore, he very much hopes that Li Tai, whom he has always valued. At this juncture, we can show a little strength and spirit, dare to be the enemy of Chang sun Wuji, and dare to stand firmly on the side of the weak main battle faction. But Li Tai is very unpromising violation of the covenant with Qin mubai, the wind blowing weeds general obscene standing in the queue of changsun Wuji.

Therefore, when Li Tai walked out of Hongwen library, everyone could clearly feel Li Shimin's disappointment, even despair!

If after a hundred years, no matter whether the throne is passed to Li Tai or Li Zhi, these two people will not be able to control Chang sun Wuji!

If so, how?

Li Shimin's sorrow is beyond expression!

He needs a grandson. He also had to be on guard against Chang sun Wuji, who trusted Chang sun Wuji and could not do it without reservation. This is not because of the lack of personality, but the identity of an emperor, which determines that he must do so.

Perhaps, Li Shimin's helplessness is the root of his illness this time. He wanted to stay away from the court for a while to see what Datang would look like if he left Datang. Now the result is likely to disappoint him - Chang sun Wuji is able to "unify the river and the lake". He had always valued the king of Wei. Nothing can be done at all. It's not only inferior to Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, but also inferior to Yuchi Jingde, Cheng Zhijie and Qin mubai!

Smooth to smooth, mind to mind, but on the key issues, we must have their own position and attitude, this is the most basic root of an emperor!

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Li Shimin, a little gray and in thick fur, stands at the edge of the window on the top floor of Wude hall, blowing the breeze over Chang'an, and squinting at the distance.

Behind him, there were only Chu suiliang and a eunuch.

"Suiliang Tell me the truth. My son, isn't there any one who has made it? " Li Shimin said softly.

Chu suiliang was stunned and said, "Your Majesty, I have written this sentence in your Majesty's notes."

"Whatever you want." Li Shimin said indifferently, "you don't have to write the following words. I just want to have a private chat with you."

"That tiny minister now, can not be the living Lang beside your majesty, but ordinary courtier." Chu suiliang said.

"Well. You are my nephew. " Li Shimin nodded and said, "tell me, why is Qingque in changsun Wuji's camp today instead of Fang Xuanling and Li Ji?"

"King Wei There must be the trouble of the king of Wei, too! " Chu suiliang said, "prince, a lesson from the past."

As soon as Li Shimin twisted his eyebrows, a trace of anger appeared on his face. He coughed several times and slapped heavily on the edge of the window. He said angrily, "according to what you mean, is it hard to succeed or be overthrown by Chang sun Wuji?"

"The death of Wei Chen!" Chu suiliang was shocked, "Weichen, it's not the intention!"

"Since it's not the intention, why is it a capital crime?"

“……” For a moment, Chu suiliang was speechless and stunned for a long time, saying, "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, when your lips die, your teeth are cold, and when you die, you are sad. Although the truth is not so, but people are suspicious after all, it is difficult to protect the heart of the king of Wei, there is no such idea ah! So It is also a matter of necessity to be forced to stand on the side of the moderates because of the situation. ""Hum..." Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, "then he's very smart. He's really good at pursuing good fortune and avoiding bad fortune. As we all know, he has always been at odds with changsun Wuji. At present, Chang sun Wuji strongly advocates assisting the young slaves to supervise the country. I'm surprised by his decision. At this time, Qingque should be the one who suffered the most. He was so good that he begged for mercy from changsun Wuji! Sad! How sad! I'm Li Shimin's son. Why don't I have any strength and blood? "

"Pa, PA, PA!"

Three slaps in a row, Li Shimin slapped heavily on the edge of the window, and the grey paint was broken!

"Your Majesty is still ill. Please calm down..." Chu suiliang gently advised.

At the moment, only Chu suiliang could understand why the emperor was so angry. At that time, Li Shimin gave up the Dragon chair above the court hall by taking advantage of his illness. On the one hand, he wanted to test the future of the court hall, and on the other hand, he wanted to force the king of Wei and Chang sun Wuji to "make peace.".

As a result, to Li Shimin's surprise, Chang sun Wuji unexpectedly entrusted Li Zhi, who had never been on the stage, out of the ordinary. He would rather take the risk of violating the sacred will than make peace with Li Tai. At this time, Li Shimin was a little surprised and angry, but fundamentally, he appreciated Chang sun Wuji's ideas. Otherwise, he would not have been ill for so long. He just wanted to see if changsun Wuji's choice was right.

At this time, Li Shimin didn't give up on Li Tai. Over the years, Li Tai has been the most suitable successor in his eyes. He would like to see Li Tai stand up at this time, fight with Chang sun Wuji, fight a little imperial style and momentum, show a little prince's pride and courage to do great things!

Although it is not a good thing to fight with the court, Li Shimin knows that these contradictions have existed for a long time and are lurking under the surface of the water. If we want to solve them, we might as well let them break out!

But this war is really thunderous and rainless. Although Li Ji and Li daozong are the two big names of the main battle faction, and Fang Xuanling joined the party unexpectedly, compared with the changsun Wuji party, it is insignificant after all. At this time, Li Shimin extremely hoped that Li Tai would come forward and say no to Chang sun Wuji. Even if he knew that he would eventually lose, he would lose with great vigour and high head.

But Li Tai did not, he chose to shrink his neck and clip in the crowd.

When Qin mubai passed by and sneered at him, Li Shimin saw and heard him from a distance.

At that time. He really wants to rush forward to carry out Li Tai, and slap on his ears to give him some backbone!

The depth of love, the cut of responsibility!

Chu suiliang can fully understand Li Shimin's anger and disappointment!

Originally, it was war or peace in Lanzhou, how to deal with the diplomatic relations with Tubo, and how to manage the western regions, all of which have already had a blueprint in Li Shimin's mind. All his hesitation was due to his lack of a clear understanding of the power balance above the court.

Now he knows. The civil service group headed by Chang sun Wuji almost overwhelmingly defeated the main fighting group. In this matter, no one is right or wrong, only who wins or loses. In Li Shimin's view, his bottom line is not to allow the party struggle in the imperial court to further worsen, there will be a second prince and the Han king, and he does not want a second pillar of the imperial court like Hou Junji to be pulled away.

In a word, Li Shimin has already made up his mind to help, protect and support the defeated party! On the one hand, we can't regenerate the dead people of havoc. On the other hand, we must make sure that the strength of the two sides of the party is equal

When the meeting of hongwenguan was over, people came back home to think for a while. As long as they didn't have a bad brain, they all understood the emperor's two purposes.

So, Qin mubai and a large number of other people, all of them worked hard and painstakingly, and fought with the mentality of looking death as if they were home. In the final analysis, they only played a game similar to "throwing sandbags" with Li Shimin.

As a result, the only one who got hit was Li Tai, the king of Wei!

"I want to see Qin mubai alone. It's going to be secret. You can arrange it. " Li Shimin said suddenly.

"Where is it?" Chu suiliang was very superfluous asked.

But Li Shimin was stunned for a long time, sighed and said, "go out of the palace, it's better to go out of Chang'an City The top of Zhongnan mountain. "

After Qin mubai went home, he fell asleep, and no one cared. When I got up in the middle of the night, I was hungry and sweating. I felt like I had just recovered from a serious illness. When he got out of the room to prepare the servants and arrange the bath and food, he saw that Shuanger's room was still reading the light, and the door was not closed, so Qin mubai went over.

"Brother, you are awake at last. What's the matter? Are you sick? Do you sleep like this in broad daylight Frost son concerns of ask a way. "Seeing that you are so tired, my mother is very concerned about you and afraid that it will disturb your rest, so she tells us not to wake you up. By the way, here is a note left by Chu suiliang. He waited for you for a long time, but he didn't let us call you. He left a note late at night

"Chu suiliang?" Qin mubai was surprised to take it over and unfolded it. The beautiful font was Chu suiliang's own handwriting, and the ink was still new. There are only eleven words on it: "waiting for you at the top of Zhongnan mountain tomorrow".Qin Mu Bai twisted his brow, then gave a light smile and burned the paper to the candle.

"Brother What's the matter? Where did the emperor see you? " Frost son curiously asks a way.

"No matter what, I'm too tired to think about those twists and turns! I'll go tomorrow, and I'll know? " Qin mubai said, "I'm hungry. Get me something to eat."

"Well, it's already ready. It's all warm in the pot."

At dawn the next day, Qin mubai, who did not sleep at night and read in the middle of the night, went out of the door early, took a Pipa with him, rode on his horse, and went out of Chang'an to Zhongnan mountain. Came to the construction of more than half of the demon son statue.

At this time, the sky is still early, the top of the mountain is full of clouds, just like a fairyland. The construction workers are still washing and cooking in the distant shed, and it is still early to start. So Qin mubai sat next to the statue and played some pipa.

At this time, Li Shimin still did not come.

"Demon son, I'm here to say goodbye to you." Qin mubai whispered to himself, "I'm leaving Chang'an for Lanzhou. I don't know when I'll be back. But I'll take your ashes with me. You should be with me, right? When I come back from winning, I'll play the lute here for you

So, I played another song Lanzhou Hong.

The construction workers probably guessed the identity of Qin mubai, so they all consciously stood far away, no one came to disturb.

At this time, Qin mubai heard a steady and slow sound of footsteps behind him. When he looked back, it was Li Shimin in thick fur.

"Keep playing!" Li Shimin hid his hands in the cloak and wrapped it tightly. He said with a smile.

"I don't know if your majesty has come to meet me. Please forgive me." Qin mubai got up to salute.

"No need to be polite." Li Shimin sighed a long time and looked up at the statue of demon son. Squinting his eyes, he appreciated the glow and flowing clouds, and whispered: "Biyuan opens the misty brook, Qiling Junxia city. The smoke peak is high and green, the day wave is shallow and deep It's a good place

"Well..." Qin mubai answered softly.

"I've heard about the name of miss Yao'er for a long time, but it's a pity that I've been saving money all the time. I didn't see her, but I went to be an immortal first. It's a pity." Li Shimin said, "mubai, you are still young. There are many things to experience in this world. We have to take it one by one. "

"Don't worry, your majesty. I know it in my mind." Qin mubai said.

"I believe it." Li Shimin nodded with a smile and said, "for a man like you, ambition will not be buried by love. In fact, I have two things to tell you when I ask you to come here for a private meeting today. "

"Your Majesty, please." Qin mubai Gongshou road.

"The first thing is about your relationship with the house." Li Shimin looked at Qin mubai with burning eyes and said.

Qin mubai's brow slightly twisted, nodded and said: "I'm really impulsive. If there's something wrong, I'm willing to be punished, and I'm willing to go to Mr. Fang's place for disposal. "

"A man is a man. Dare to do it. You are good. " Li Shimin nodded approvingly and said with a smile, "but if you do that, you will be too young to see the house. His mind, can accommodate mountains and rivers huge sea, wilt can not accommodate you Qin mubai? In fact, I admire him a little. At first, it was not you, not Gao Yang, but Fang Xuanling who first came to expose the plot between Li Yuanchang and Fang. "

Qin mubai was silent. I think of Fang Xuanling in Hongwen hall, who is very sick but has a lot of voice every word. For the first time, he felt be ashamed!

"Fang Xuanling not only exposed his son's crime, but also confessed to me that he had not taught his adopted son. He wanted to plead guilty to the law or resign to return to the field. I refused him. As a result, he still performed the duty of a prime minister, devoted to the country and sharing my worries. He did not change his position and attitude on major issues because of his personal resentment with you. This is very rare. " Li Shimin sighed deeply, "that's why I said it in Hongwen hall yesterday. I'd rather have my own funeral than have a loyal minister like Fang Xuanling in the Tang Dynasty. "

"Weichen is wrong Wei Chen's action has brought too much damage to Fang Xuanling. But at the most critical moment, he rewarded me with good for bad. Ah... " Qin mubai sighed.

"He is right about things and not about people, which is the same as Wei Zheng." Li Shimin smile, smile a little proud, said, "I have always been very glad to have Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng such a loyal minister. Mubai, you don't have to blame yourself. You're a bit aggressive, but you're right. On the contrary, I appreciate your courage and uprightness. I used to be frivolous when I was young. It is understandable that if anyone hurt my relatives or friends or women, I would not take any chances. Fang Xuanling, he can understand. Don't look down on his mind. "

"Well..."

"Mubai, I have something to ask you for help..." Li Shimin said suddenly.

Qin mubai was stunned and said, "Your Majesty, please command me."

"In the future, if one day. I left before Fang Xuanling, so I ask you to protect him. " Li Shimin finished, turned to look at Qin mubai, eyes very seriously, said, "can you promise?""Yes." Qin mubai looked back at Li Shimin's eyes and said positively.

"Thank you." Li Shimin, with a slight smile, turned his head and squinted at Shanxia in the distance. He said leisurely, "this is also the time when empress Chang sun is dying. Instructions to me Be sure to keep Fang Xuanling

After hearing this, Qin mubai was stunned for a long time, and said with emotion: after the eldest grandson Fang died a few years ago, did he have such foresight? Did she realize that Fang Xuanling would one day be rejected by his elder brother, eldest sun Wuji and others?

What a wise and intelligent woman is the empress Chang sun who lies quietly in Zhaoling? No wonder, Li Shimin has never forgotten her!

"Second thing, I want to show you something." Li Shimin takes out a fold and hands it to Qin mubai.

As soon as Qin mubai got it, he was a little surprised. This memorial is a special one for urgent military information at the border. He is too familiar with it!

It was a military emergency report in Lanzhou. Moreover, it is his father Qin Shubao's own handwriting - blood!

Qin mubai was stunned after reading it!

It turned out that as early as six days ago, Qin Shubao had already started to fight against the order and fought back against the Tubo army, and Gaochang was out!

He wrote a letter of blood before starting the army, and was willing to bear the crime of resisting the order. He Pro unified the army and left Xue Wanjun and Xue wanche to guard Lanzhou base camp. He set up 20000 elite soldiers to attack Gaochang from afar. He only took two deputy generals, Xue Rengui and Yu wenhongtai!

Li Shimin looked at the distance and stood still. His face was a little tense.

"Your Majesty, this..." Qin mubai didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Chu suiliang brought it to me yesterday morning. Company commander sun Wuji doesn't know yet. " Li Shimin said.

Qin Mu Bai immediately pinched a cold sweat. What a disaster it would be if this military newspaper appeared at the meeting of Hongwen hall! In this way, the discussion is not whether to send troops to Lanzhou, but how to punish Qin Shubao and a group of generals in Lanzhou!

"Do you want to ask, since your father has already attacked, why do I send a marriage envoy to Lanzhou with Princess Wencheng?" Li Shimin said.

"Well..." Qin Mu Bai had to nod.

"Ah..." Li Shimin sighed helplessly and said, "that's because the people who died in the front line are already dead. I don't want to see another one on the court die in my own hands."

"I understand..." Qin Mu nodded and said softly, "Your Majesty, in fact, you are the most difficult."

Li Shimin picked the corner of his mouth and said with a slight smile, "it's not easy to be a minister, it's even more difficult to be a king. Now that I have become the emperor, I have to shoulder such responsibilities. I have nothing to say about my duty. You too, mubai. When you go to Lanzhou, your pressure is not small. Your father must have his reason to resist the order and send troops. But now that he has done so, he has left the handle behind. You see, how can you find a way to make it? In addition, it is not so realistic to step down Tubo and western regions after all, and alliance is the inevitable outcome. Now that we have gone to war, "peace through war" is the only way out. You are not afraid of war, Lanzhou soldiers are not afraid of war, but the Tang court is afraid! "

"Weichen, I understand..." Qin mubai sighed deeply. "Don't worry, your majesty. When Wei Chen goes to Lanzhou, he won't let his majesty down or embarrass him. "

"Good. With these two words, I can rest assured. " Li Shimin smiles and says, "there's one more thing I want to tell you. I've decided to let Li daozong, king of Jiangxia, be his daughter's wedding envoy and go to Lanzhou with you to manage the wedding ceremony. He left the post of governor of Youzhou. I've decided Temporarily transfer Li Ke back from Koguryo to fill the vacancy. Anyway. The Korean Peninsula is peaceful for the time being. There's no need to put my prince in the Koguryo palace and let others keep him as a hostage. "

"Weichen knows." Qin mubai gave a gentle answer, but his heart moved: Li Ke, after taking such a big detour and taking such a big risk, finally achieved the goal of "going out to avoid disaster" and had a corner The "acting governor" of the Youzhou metropolitan governor's office is not small in official position and power

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