Chapter 513

Daming Palace, purple orchid palace.

Today, Li Shimin is here to invite Tubo's descendents, such as LiuZong, Liuzan, etc. together with a group of important officials, such as changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Chu suiliang, all of them are present. Li Shimin's Prince of banquet was Li Tai, the king of Wei.

Li Taishan is a man of letters and good at social intercourse. It is quite appropriate to attend such a public place.

Now, Li Zhi, the king of Jin, who was mediocre and "abandoned" by Chang sun Wuji during the period of national supervision, is less and less seen in public, almost frozen. Li Keyuan was in the remote area of Tubo. Only Li Tai was always with the emperor. He went to court every day, but he was seen on every occasion. Therefore, it is inevitable for all the ministers to speculate that after the alliance between Li Tai and Chang sun Wuji, his chances of entering the East Palace have greatly increased?

However, no one can ignore Li Ke in Tubo. The reason is very simple, now as friends of this group of Tubo people. Li Ke and Qin mubai "invited" them from the plateau. At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were no more than three people who made such remarkable achievements: Li Shimin, who defeated half of Li Tang Dynasty, Li Jing, who was a Turk in Nanding, Jiangnan and Beiping, and Li Ke and Qin mubai.

Although everyone knows that the victory of this war has little to do with Li Ke. But who told him that he was the supervisor sent by the emperor? In terms of merit, the prince of the imperial expedition, merit is the first.

So at this time, although Li Ke and Qin mubai did not return to the court, they had a great reputation and influence in the people and the court of the Tang Dynasty. It's soaring.

Although Li Ke remained in luoxie City, Li Shimin sent a large number of literary officials to help him deal with the aftermath of Tubo. However, the meritorious generals who had returned to the court, such as Li Daliang, Li Junxian, and Qin Tong, Qin mubai's elder brother, were greatly rewarded.

Li Daliang, who had just returned to Korea for three or five days, was promoted to minister of the Ministry of War (second only to Li Ji, the Minister of the Ministry of war, equivalent to Vice Minister of national defense). He also served as the general of Zuowei in the imperial city of Suowei, and his title was promoted from Gonggong of Wuyang county to Gonggong of Wuguo. After returning to Korea, Li Junxian continued to take charge of Baiqi prison, an extremely important military yamen, and served as the general of Zuowei in the rear palace of Suowei Half of the imperial city's imperial army was almost under his command, and his title was promoted from county to state. Qin Tong, on the other hand, was directly transferred from a deputy envoy of Baiqi to a right guard general, one of the 16 guards. He also worked as a supervisor of Baiqi. Even Qin bin, the second male of the Qin family, who did not go to war, was blessed with the great contributions of his two brothers. In addition to the original post of deputy commander of Baiqi, he was transferred to Zhongshu province to serve as Zhongshu sheriff. He became one of the emperor's close aides and became a marquis.

In addition, these people were also rewarded with good land, luxury houses, food towns and gold and silver.

Even these people have been so richly rewarded. What should be the day when Li Kemin and Qin mubai returned to the court?

The courtiers were all aware of the ups and downs of the official sea. They conjectured that Qin mubai, the commander of the Guanxi army, would return to the court when he entered the central government. Although he was still very young and less than 30 years old, the emperor was in command at the age of 16 and ascended the throne at the age of 28. There was no shortage of young heroes in the history of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin has always liked to use young people boldly. If Qin mubai enters the center of the cabinet and becomes one of the Zaifu, there is no doubt that he will have enough strength to compete with Chang sun Wuji!

As a result, there are two distinct parties between the government and the opposition: one is the old faction and civil service group headed by Chang sun Wuji; the other is the new force and military group represented by Qin mubai, Li Ji and Li daozong, and joined by Fang Xuanling.

The two groups now have distinct flags. The flag erected by Chang sun is undoubtedly Li Tai, the king of Wei, while the military group seems to have no choice but Li Ke.

Imperceptibly, the core contradiction of the court finally surfaced, that is, the dispute over the eastern palace has been formally put on the table. Originally, Li Zhi, who had a unique talent, quietly withdrew from the stage of competition. Li Tai and Li Ke are at the forefront again.

And this time, Li Ke already had abundant capital in his hand, enough to let him challenge Li Tai!

But now Li Ke is still in Tubo, and Li Tai is near the water. Can he get the moon first. It may have been in the days when Li Ke still did not return to the DPRK.

Therefore, Li Tai has been quite active recently. He is also aware of the crisis and the urgency of time. He must take the crown prince of Donggong before Li Ke is recalled to Chang'an by his father.

Li Tai is determined to get what he wants now, and he has no choice but to retreat. Li Ke, however, is still wholeheartedly dealing with his plateau affairs, and his most powerful arm, Qin Mobai, has not made any different moves.

The stillness of the two princes formed a sharp contrast. The smoke of gunpowder on the Tubo plateau has not gone away, but another struggle over the Tang Dynasty has been launched.

At the imperial banquet in the purple orchid hall, Li Tai was the first to persuade the drinkers to give orders. The atmosphere was still harmonious. Li Shimin allowed them to keep their original clothes and hair crowns, and respected their diet and language habits. All these details were well done. Although the people who abandoned the sect and praised them could not help feeling indignant and worried about their country's subjugation, they would have nothing to say if they received such kind treatment and courtesy.

In the middle of the banquet, Li Shimin got up to change his clothes. When I got to houtang, I met Li Chunfeng.The Taishi bureau is responsible for compiling and revising calendars, observing astronomy, surveying geography, and regularly reporting to the imperial court the occurrence and handling of disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. But Li Chunfeng is not an ordinary "Taishi". Li Shimin has always treated him differently. Today, he specially waited outside the purple orchid hall. It is estimated that he also had an important report. So Li Shimin went up to him and asked him what was the matter.

Li Chunfeng then said to Li Shimin, "I am near the stars. It is found that there are differences in Nishino. "

Li Shimin asked, "what's the difference?"

"Stars show that Fengxiang in the west wild, there is a female master will chang." Li Chunfeng said.

"When the wind blows in the west, the woman will prosper?" Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said with a smile. "I've just accepted Tubo. The four seas are peaceful and the western frontier is stable. Is there any woman who dares to rebel in the west?"

"It's not the western frontier of Jiuzhou in the Tang Dynasty, but Beyond Kyushu, to the West. " Li Chunfeng's eyebrows sank slightly and said directly. "It should be the western regions."

"Western regions? "Female master?" Li Shimin was even more puzzled, "who would that be?"

"The stars are so mysterious that I can't know all about them." Li Chun said, "in fact, as early as a few years ago, Wei Chen and my elder martial brother yuan observed such a strange star. I remember that year after elder martial brother yuan calculated. Let Weichen once admonished his majesty that there was a female leader, Wu family, who would replace Li Tang in a few years. This is an irreversible number of days. But then the demon star came out, and the star phase changed greatly. This female master... "

"I know that!" Li Shimin said with a smile. "You mean Wu Meiniang, right? ——As a matter of fact, I don't believe in you. However, what things are like is what things are like. I don't want to disturb others any more. But do you mean to say that Wu Meiniang will be king in the western regions when she goes to the western regions? "

"Weichen, I dare not say." Li Chunfeng is the right person. "But destiny is destiny, and it's destiny that can't escape! Although the demon star changed the fate of Tang Dynasty, it can't change everyone's fate! Although Wu Meiniang will not have another chance to replace Li Tang and become emperor. However, she could not get rid of the emperor's order all the time - if she didn't go to the western regions as expected, she would be king

"She's king? You're kidding Li Shimin said with a smile, "now she's just a business woman. She's my general Tang's wife. How can she be called king? ——What does she want to be king for, to be my enemy and to compete with the Tang Dynasty? "

Li Chunfeng's face changed slightly. The second half of the emperor's words were what he really wanted to say, and he expressed his true thoughts. He pondered for a while, said: "I can't see through the secret, I can only look at its outline. The stars show that Fengxiang west wild in my Tang Dynasty is auspicious gospel, there is no sign of disaster. So... "

Li Shimin waved his hand with a straight smile. The world is big. I can't control everything. I wanted to conquer the western regions, but it was mainly to ensure the smooth flow of the Silk Road and the stability of our neighbors. I didn't put it into the territory of the Tang Dynasty. There are many countries with different cultures, and their historical origins and racial distinctions are extremely complicated. I have the ambition to conquer Tubo, but in my lifetime, I don't want to conquer dozens of countries in the western regions. If someone can unify the western regions, they will be classified as one country. This is not necessarily a bad thing for Datang. I don't mind if Datang has a friendly neighbor. It's better than if dozens of neighbors live next door and make a lot of noise all day. Even if this big country turns against Tang Dynasty in the future, it will be easy to handle. Since I can defeat Tubo, I can defeat it once and for all. As for who is going to establish this unified western region power. I don't care! "

After hearing these words, Li Chunfeng was stunned for a long time.

The emperor's ideas and mind are indeed different from those of ordinary people.

"Do you have anything else to do?" Li Shimin asked with a smile.

"There is one more thing for me to do with your majesty."

"Yes. How did you falter today? "

"My elder martial brother, Yuan Tiangang As early as half a year ago, he became immortal. Weichen, it's just recently that he got the news. "

"Oh?..." Hearing the news, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment. He nodded slightly. He didn't say much, just said, "I know."

"I'll leave."

After Li Chunfeng left, Li Shimin paced and pondered for a moment alone. He gradually showed a smile on his face. After a long breath, he said to himself, "I should be content, too!"

Back at the table, Li Shimin continued to exchange cups with Renzong, nongzan and CHENGONG. Inadvertently, he asked Chu suiliang whether he had a memorial to Lanzhou recently?

Chu suiliang replied that he did not. Only half a month ago, I received a memorial from Qin mubai about the transfer of generals and officials under the governor's office in Lanzhou. Please allow the imperial court to give instructions.

"Or Go to Lanzhou and have a look! " Li Shimin seemed to say casually, "if there is nothing important over there, let Gao Yang and Qin's son-in-law go back to Chang'an. I miss them. "

Chu Sui Liang's hands shaking with the wine cup, put down the cup in a hurry, "I will obey you!"

"Well, it's not an edict." Li Shimin said with a smile. "I just want you to have a look. If Qin mubai says that he still has important things to do there, you don't have to speak. Do you understand? ""Yes, I understand..." Although Chu suiliang was confused and didn't "understand" anything, he could only answer in this way.

The emperor has never given such a confused order.

What is "something to do". What is "nothing important"? ——Chu suiliang is quite big. If he goes to Lanzhou, how can he tell Qin mubai?

Li Shimin seemed to see through Chu suiliang's mind and said with a smile: "don't think too much. It's just that Princess de misses Gao Yang very much recently. In addition, after Gao Yang gave birth to lin'er, I and Princess de have never met before, so they want to return to Beijing for a few days. But of course, the premise is that state affairs and military affairs are the most important, right? "

"Weichen knows..." Chu suiliang answered carefully and said: the more the emperor said that, the more he said that he wanted to call Qin mubai back suddenly with ulterior motives. Moreover, he was called back to Beijing in such a private and informal way!

"At such a crucial point, what does it mean for Qin mubai to return to Beijing?"

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