Chapter 465

The capital of Chang'an is within the imperial city.

The fourth day of the first month is the day of royal family dinner. In the early morning, the Penglai hall in the back palace of Daming Palace was busy. Princesses and concubines and relatives came to the scene to pay New Year's greetings to the Emperor Li Shimin. Changsun Wuji, a powerful uncle, will naturally be present. It is remarkable that he arrived with Li Tai, king of Wei.

In addition, the four imperial concubines and nine concubines of the harem, who should be present, rarely show their faces openly once a year. Wei Guifei, Yan Xianfei, Yin de Fei and Yang Shufei are arranged according to their seats. However, the appearance of the four imperial concubines together is not as eye-catching as that of a new comer, Xu Hui, one of the nine concubines most favored by Li Shimin recently. It is said that this little girl is very intelligent, erudite, eloquent, and has great attainments in poetry and calligraphy. He was gentle, gentle, virtuous, and generous. He also had political opinions and was able to admonish the emperor. At first, she was just a talented person. Because she was very popular with Li Shimin, she was soon promoted to Jieyu. Later, she was promoted to chongrong. Now she is one of the nine concubines next only to the fourth imperial concubine.

No matter after the establishment, or Li Chu, not only the emperor's family, but also a national event. In ancient China, from the beginning of the emperor, it has always been "the mother is the son". After the death of empress Chang sun, Li Shimin never set up a empress again. The officials speculated that he didn't want to influence the establishment of the crown prince.

Many people secretly speculate that after the death of empress changsun, the palace had no owner. Wei Guifei, who was second only to the empress, was never authorized to take over from empress Chang sun. Although the Wei family is one of the most famous families in Chang'an, the Wei family has never produced one or two outstanding top figures to take charge of the flag. The Du family once produced a Du Ruhui! In addition, Princess Wei's color is weak and she loves to run. In recent years, she has not been favored by Li Shimin, and her sons are mediocre. None of them are in Li Shimin's eyes, and they are not considered by Li Shimin at all. Therefore, people speculate that there is almost no possibility that Princess Wei will be righted in the future. Needless to say, Princess Yanxian has long been out of favor. It is said that Li Shimin still intends to demote her to be a concubine, and Xu Hui will be a concubine. Therefore, Princess Yanxian, who has no one in her family, has been walking on thin ice. There's no possibility of standing up.

The remaining two imperial concubines are Yinde and Yang Shufei.

In recent years, it seems that yindefei, who has always kept a low profile and forbearance, has been on the cusp of the storm, but it's all "negative news". It's a miracle that her daughter marries and her son revolts. Now she can survive in the harem. There is no doubt that the only thing that this beautiful lady has now is the emperor's tolerance for her, the world's pity and respect for her, and the ancient Buddha.

Yang Shufei, the mother of Li Ke, the king of Wu, was left. She is the biological daughter of Yang Guang, the last emperor of the Sui Dynasty. After Li Shimin took him as his concubine, although he was only the last of the four concubines because of his late entrance, he was one of the most respected women in the harem. Even when empress Chang sun was alive, she went in and out of the same chariot with her sisters, almost equal. However, Princess Yang Shufei, a princess who had been subjugated, obviously had no political ambition. For so many years, she has never been heard to be domineering or involved in state affairs. Her low-key and silent, than the Yinde imperial concubine. But for her dazzling son, who often haunts politics and court, she would almost be forgotten.

From this point of view, the four imperial concubines are unlikely to be established. Therefore, people can't help but turn their eyes to Xu Hui, who has been in the limelight recently. They expect that if she can give birth to a dragon for the emperor, she can't rule out the possibility that she will come from behind and be made queen. However, the emperor had several sons who had come of age and were fighting for the crown prince. Even if Xu Hui can have a prince in the future, once the emperor dies, can these orphans and widows survive?

It's no wonder that Li Shimin has not reestablished the post. Well said, I miss empress Chang sun. In fact, he can't make up his mind. This queen, can't stand. Without the queen, the harem would be in chaos. There is no doubt about that.

Why not sweep the whole world without sweeping the whole house? Li Shimin, it's a real headache.

Around the Tang Dynasty, the flames of war were swirling, and the warlords above the court fought for cold guns and hidden arrows. Even in the back palace, the clouds were treacherous and turbulent.

The Tang Dynasty, which has been quiet for more than ten years, has ushered in an eventful autumn.

At today's royal family dinner, Chang sun Wuji, who had never been in touch with each other, and Li Tai, the king of Wei, are now chatting, laughing, living, and enjoying together. Many people see it in their eyes and realize it in their heart. They think that the two people who share the same disease will definitely make peace and make an alliance. Now the military's strength has greatly expanded, and company commander sun Wuji's popularity has been suppressed. Once upon a time when Li Chengqian was still in the East Palace, Li Shimin wanted to make Li Tai an heir. One of the important reasons why he didn't make a decision was that Chang sun Wuji didn't agree.

Now it's a good thing that the uncle and nephew changed their faces faster than turning over a book, and they were in alliance. However, Li Tai has fallen out of favor, and Chang sun Wuji is not as powerful as he was. Can their temporary alliance, which may break up at any time, move the emperor's heart?

After the downfall of Li Chengqian, the court structure, which seems to have been clear, is now in chaos. No one knows who will be the crown prince of Donggong and who will lead chaoban in the future.

Looking at the "family members" who seemed to be in harmony at the banquet, Li Shimin smiles on his face and suffers in his heart. In his view, the two faces of these people where the smile is clearly Yin and Yang, where the mouth is eating meat and wine delicacies, is clearly power and interests.But he can not blame these people, because he is not so? Living in this field of interests is like sailing against the current. Not everyone can be as calm as Yinde princess.

To reach this point, Li Shimin raised his glass and said to Yinde imperial concubine, "I'll drink to you, imperial concubine."

"Thank you, my concubine." Yinde imperial concubine gets up to drink, and sits down after drinking. The wind is still clear and the clouds are light.

Li Shimin sighed. I feel depressed.

In recent days, the frontier authorities have been sending military intelligence reports, both happy and worried. On the other side of the northern prairie, Li Ji reported his victory, telling a detailed account of Xue Rengui's leading the disabled soldiers of the first brigade in Guanxi and his astonishment at erhun's defeat of the barbarians in the first World War. Today, Li Ji leads Wang Shihui of the Tang Dynasty and the nine surnamed tiele troops in the grassland. He has won successive battles against Xue yantuo. It's only one day that he can defeat the enemy and capture the chieftain.

Li Shimin is already preparing to take care of the aftermath of the grassland. At the same time, he also begins to pay attention to Xue Rengui, a once unknown General of the Kansai army. It's said that he made an unconventional decision on the spot. He went all the way north to break the barrier and cut the general. He fought thousands of miles across the desert, and finally saved the strength of the western expedition. After he defeated Xue yantuo, he borrowed tens of thousands of troops from Huihe to help Guanxi recover the lost land. All the grassland departments revered him as God All these are done by famous generals and wizards.

That's good news. The bad news is that Li daozong played in Shanzhou. Shortly after the great victory of magic Moon Valley, Yang pass was lost, Xue wanche died in the war, and Qin mubai had personally led his troops to rescue him.

Li Shimin knew that it didn't matter that Yangguan was lost after the great victory of the magic Moon Valley. The main battlefield is still dafichuan. As long as the situation over there is not out of control, even if Yumen pass and Yangguan pass fall together, the Tubo people on that side will not be able to dominate the victory. What's more, Qin mubai himself led the troops to rescue, and he would be able to turn the situation around and protect his power.

What depressed Li Shimin was the death of Xue wanche. He once said that today (after Li Jing retired), there are no more than three famous generals in this dynasty: Li Ji, Li daozong and Xue wanche. Xue wanche's battle was "either a great victory or a great defeat.". Now, as he said, he lost the pass and died.

Xue wanche is Li Shimin's brother-in-law. Now, Xue wanche's wife, Princess Danyang, the daughter of Gaozu Liyuan, is just in the middle of the table. She is laughing and drinking with everyone. She doesn't know the news of Xue wanche's death.

"Just wait a few days for the Spring Festival. Xue wanche's coffin has been sent to Chang'an. I'll tell her again! " Li Shimin thought so.

In this Forbidden Palace, even if it is a family banquet, it is also hierarchical and strict. The atmosphere can not be warm. At most, it is peaceful. Wang gongguiqi and Li Shimin came in turn to congratulate each other on the new year. In private, they were busy pushing cups for each other to exchange feelings. It was not so much a family dinner as a round of political capital exchange.

I have something on my mind. Li Shimin is a little unhappy. After a few drinks, it was tasteless. Just as he was about to change his clothes and go out for a breath, his close servant Huan walked up to him and whispered, "Your Majesty, the Hongwen hall is staying. Chu suiliang said that the front line sent an emergency military report, so he asked to see your majesty."

Li Shimin suddenly thought that Chu suiliang would not have sent the military newspaper to the harem at such a time if it had not been for the major military situation. So he got up quietly and went out. In secret, he asked the attendant to see Chu suiliang in the imperial study of Zichen Hall of Daming Palace.

Soon afterwards, Li Shimin arrived at Zichen hall, and Chu suiliang was waiting outside the imperial study. As soon as they met, Chu suiliang said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there is a change in the west of Xinjiang. It's urgent!"

Li Shimin's heart blocked, "Xijiang? Not guanxi, not Mobei, not Jiannan? "

"Taozhou!"

"Enter the imperial study!"

Chu suiliang sent a military newspaper. Li Shimin opened it and sat down. Just sat down. Suddenly he stood up again.

Chu suiliang looked at the emperor nervously, and the faces of the two changed.

"This How is that possible? " Li Shimin's face, startled and angry, "how did Gar Qinling get to Taozhou?"

"I don't know! However, this is clearly the fact in front of us! " Chu suiliang said hastily, "the city of Taozhou was destroyed, and Taoyang and Lintan counties were slaughtered by blood. There were more than 13000 soldiers and civilians, and none of them survived. The city was burned! After the incident, Yuchi Jingde, the general manager of Jiannan road march, rushed to the rescue, but rushed to the air. Gaerqinling led the troops to withdraw and turned to Puhe Prefecture. Yuchi Jingde led his troops to pursue him, and ordered the troops and horses near the Junfu to take strict precautions against the enemy, so as to prevent garqin mausoleum from attacking Guanzhong! "

"Confused!" Li Shimin suddenly yelled, "Yuchi Jingde how so confused!"

"What's the matter, your majesty?" Chu suiliang was surprised.

"He was led by the nose by garqinling!" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows. In a deep voice, "garqin mausoleum deliberately set fire to kill the city. The purpose is to attract the nearby Jiannan army to rescue him. He is trying to divert the tiger from the mountain!"

"But general Yuchi, I dare not help him! What if garqin mausoleum is still in the nearby bloody city and even attacks Guanzhong? " Chu suiliang was surprised and said, "after the defeat of gaerqinling, he always retreated to qingluoyuan and raided Taozhou. Is it amazing that he still has the ability to mobilize the tiger to leave the mountain and then divide his troops to Sichuan?"

"Not at all. Cut the pass and seize the city. It is not the ultimate goal of the garqin mausoleum. " Li Shimin's face was heavy and he said, "otherwise, he would not go to my hinterland like a moth. Unless he's crazy, can he destroy my Datang with just a few people? "Chu suiliang suddenly realized and said, "so Does he have another purpose? Is he trying to disrupt the western frontier line of our army? "

"He wants to run away!" Li Shimin said firmly, "but. Later, dafichuan pursued his troops, but before, Jiannan army stopped him. He didn't dare to retreat easily! Therefore, he used attack instead of defense to divert our army's attention and lead our troops, so as to gain time and space for his retreat from the camp! "

After that, Li Shimin strode to the screen behind the imperial study, ordered someone to take the military and political geography map of western Xinjiang, put it on the map, pointed his hand to Taozhou, and said, "look! He won Taozhou. Yuchi Jingde, who stationed troops in Songzhou, must come to rescue him, because this defense area belongs to him. As you said, if this place is broken down now, in case garqin mausoleum sends troops to the two capitals in Guanzhong, Yuchi Jingde will be responsible for his death. At the same time, when there is a fire in the backyard, Lanzhou will also shake. Dafichuan and Lanzhou will move along the whole line. They will have to turn from attack to defense, and the center of gravity of their forces will turn to the hinterland of Taozhou. You see, as soon as Taozhou was broken, the western frontier of the Tang Dynasty collapsed. Whether it was Guanxi or Jiannan, all the previous strategic plans were broken! Although the possibility of gorqin mausoleum killing to Guanzhong is very small, it has to be prevented. The two capitals in Guanzhong will also be in a state of panic! "

Chu suiliang's face was too tight to breathe. When he just received the military news, he knew that the situation was very serious, but he didn't expect that it would be so serious. Now listen to the analysis of the emperor, his heart is suddenly in the jump - Duwei rib to the emperor! It's a lightning strike. Just like a sharp knife into the heart of the Tang Dynasty, really powerful!

"This kaerqin mausoleum!..." Li Shimin clenched his teeth to spit out these words, and his face became more and more dignified and severe. After a moment's pause, he asked, "it's like Hou Junji, isn't it?"

Chu suiliang vaguely heard the meaning of being bad from Li Shimin's words!

"My Lord, it is Hou Junji."

"He guarded dafichuan and held down the remnant of the defeated army in garqin mausoleum. How could he let him slip away from under his own eyes?" Li Shimin didn't roar. But every word is as sharp as the ice sword.

Chu suiliang's heart is cool - murderous! Your majesty Kill!

Li Shimin cut his back with one hand and pointed to the military and political geography map, pondering. Chu suiliang did not dare to say anything, but said in a soft voice, "Your Majesty, will you inform the Prime Minister of the cabinet to hold an emergency military meeting before the imperial court?"

Li Shimin didn't seem to hear it. He was still looking at the map with a grim face. His fingers moved slowly on the map, and he said: "take down Taozhou. He can turn to Hezhou to continue the slaughter, or cross the Taoshui River straight behind Lanzhou, or turn to attack minzhou, and take the city as a basis to fight against Yuchi Jingde's troops who came to rescue, or even point to Qinzhou to kill Guanzhong and endanger the two capitals. Taozhou extends in all directions, with both land and water. How can Qin mubai and Yuchi Jingde, such a military hub, not pay attention to it? "

Chu suiliang didn't dare to talk. On military attainments. Li Jing was the only one who could keep pace with the emperor in this dynasty. He is analyzing the situation of the war, and few people can get in touch with him. But Chu suiliang vaguely heard the emperor's recitation, and seemed quite dissatisfied with Yuchi Jingde and Qin mubai!

"Boom!"

Li Shimin slapped Chu suiliang on the map and made a hole in the parchment map!

"We must wipe out the garqin mausoleum! Otherwise, the damage will be endless! " Li Shimin said in a deep voice, "now, he's like a flea in winter, sneaking into people's thick fur. How hateful!"

"Your Majesty, will you inform the Prime Minister of the cabinet to hold an emergency military meeting before the imperial court?" Unable to offer any useful military advice, Chu suiliang had to repeat his words.

Li Shimin gave a pause. This time, he seemed to hear it. He said: "first, we must strictly keep the news, so as not to cause people panic and confusion in Beijing and Beijing. The military conference before the imperial court could not be held for a while. It was spring vacation, and most ministers were visiting relatives for the holiday. In this way, you can call Chang sun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Li Daliang and Li Junxian to me. These people are either in the imperial city or in Chang'an. "

"Yes

"Wait!" Chu suiliang was about to leave when Li Shimin called, hesitated for half a moment, and said, "and the king of Jin and the king of Wei, call together."

Chu suiliang was a little surprised and did not dare to say more. He answered the promise and left in a hurry.

Li Shimin took a breath, breathed out deeply, looked at the big map with a hole in it, and said to himself, "in this case, we can attack Taozhou and reverse the situation. Garqin mausoleum is really a military genius Qin mubai and Yuchi Jingde, what can I say about you? "

"However, this move by the garqin mausoleum is also a good grave digging for Tubo!" Li Shimin's eyes were cold. "Do you want to die? ——I want you. Only death, no posterity

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