After the battle at Tiantai Mountain, many officials from the Tiance Mansion began to enter the court. Ling Jing was now a member of the Ministry of Personnel, Wailang. Although his rank was not high, he was the most powerful figure in King Qin's Ministry of Personnel.
Li Shimin's governance ideas are quite different from those of Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng. This is most prominent in the employment of personnel. Key positions are difficult to handle, but the deployment of low-level officials is always in progress. The main executor is Ling. Respectfully.
However, this time in the Renzhi Palace, Ling Jing's main identity was an official of Tiance Mansion and an aide to King Qin Li Shimin. He was not very involved in the official department. After all, this was the most critical moment.
"I heard that when His Highness went to Hulao, he left King Qi to lead the army to besiege Luoyang?"
Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji were both surprised by Ling Jing's question, not because they asked King Qi, but because Ling Jing mentioned the Battle of Hulao, a battle in which the Xia Kingdom, second only to Li Tang in the world, lost all Everything, and Ling Jing is Dou Jiande's adviser.
Therefore, no one in Tiance Mansion ever mentioned the Battle of Luoyang Hulao in front of Ling Jing... not even Du Yan, because this guy was Wang Shichong's official minister.
Although Fang Xuanling on the side was confused, he immediately explained: "In name, he is the King of Qi, but the actual commander of the army is Qu Tutong, Duke of Jiang."
Ling Jing nodded, "King Qi was defeated in several battles. He had neither courage nor knowledge in Renshou Palace last year..."
"It's just a few hundred rioters." Changsun Wuji shook his head and said, "And they are led by Li Sixing and Yu Wenshao."
"But Your Majesty, King Qin is in Fangzhou..."
Li Shimin thought for a moment and then asked: "Did Mr. Ling notice something?"
"I haven't noticed any difference." Ling Jing shook his head, "It seems to be calm now. If nothing unexpected happens, His Highness will be in charge of the East Palace this year, but I'm afraid the prince will not sit still and wait for death. Yang Wenqian, the governor of Fangzhou, is a disciple of the East Palace, and King Qi is also with the East Palace. Make friends with the prince."
In fact, from the fourth year of Wude to the battle of Tiantai Mountain last year, the King of Qi did not have a good relationship with the prince, but simply relied on the East Palace to check and balance the line of King Qin.
Li Shimin nodded slightly, "Ling Gong has thought carefully, but Sanhu has already set off, and he was appointed by his father."
After a few simple words, Ling Jing stopped asking questions and instead pondered in his heart. He also knew that even if King Qin was present at the time, or even himself, he would not be able to stop him... After all, King Qi had a reason. And I have no reason.
But in this way, King Qi took away half of the Qianniu Guards on the left and right, which made the defense of Phoenix Valley weaker... Ling Jing began to worry that Li Shan would not arrive in time.
After eating the meal in the palace, Ling Jing walked out and turned to look northwest. Fan Shiyi took his personal guards and walked there in person. The road was quite rugged and could not accommodate the large group, at least the concubines. , It is difficult for the prince to move forward alone.
And the road is not short, it takes almost twenty miles to see Jushui. If things cannot be done at Renzhi Palace, this is an alternative retreat, but how can I tell you?
How do you explain that you have arranged a retreat?
Li Yuan had no way to explain, and Li Shimin had no way to do it. In any case, he was also an official in the Tiance Mansion and an aide to the King of Qin. He hid it from the Lord... Although he was arranging a retreat, it was difficult to get recognition.
More importantly, Li Yuan may not have thought of it, but Li Shimin can definitely think of Huairen. Even if Cui Shiniang is really pregnant now, Huairen can no longer explain it.
how to explain?
Explain that you discovered something unusual, so you arranged an escape route, and then sat at home and watched the show?
The timing was definitely not right. Ling Jing walked out in annoyance. If the news sent by Huairen was confirmed, Renzhi Palace would launch on July 15th, which is tomorrow. Calculating based on the distance, Huairen would at least be We won't get the news until tomorrow night or the morning after tomorrow.
It took another day to get to Renzhi Palace from Chang'an, and it took two or three days to rush here. Can we still arrange a boat in Jushui?
Such nonsense made Ling Jing feel that Li Shimin was not that stupid.
Even if rebels come to attack Renzhi Palace, and King Qin and Chai Shao can hold on to Phoenix Valley for a few days, and then escape through the mountain road... then how can they explain how the news got into their hands?
The rebels are surrounding Phoenix Valley, can Li Huairen still be able to send messages thousands of miles away?
Well, I heard Huairen say once that in a thousand years, there might really be news traveling thousands of miles away.
Ling Jing thought that he would have a good discussion with Li Shan later. He had discovered before that Li Shan's plans were often linked to each other, with foreshadowing in the front and arrangements in the back.
Although it is clever and the rewards after success are large, if there is a problem at one point, it is likely to lead to the loss of the whole game... The previous battle in Jingzhou is an example. If it were not for good luck, Li Shan could only set up camp. , waiting for the Turks to retreat after the cold weather.
"Ling Gong." Su Dingfang approached quietly.
"Dingfang." Ling Jing nodded and whispered, "I'm afraid something is wrong."
"King Qi?"
"Um."
Ling Jing explained the worries in his heart. Su Dingfang had no expression on his face, but Ling Jing didn't feel disappointed either. This aspect was not Su Dingfang's strong point.
But the next moment, Su Dingfang shook his head and said: "This was an accident, and it was definitely not the plan of King Qi and Feng Lun."
"What?"
Su Dingfang explained: "Since half a month ago, King Qi has left the palace every day to ride and hunt, and only returns at dusk. This should be a sign of escape at any time. Ling Gong mentioned before that Chong'er is at peace outside."
Ling Jing was stunned and suddenly realized that it was indeed true. Since Li Yuanji had plans to escape at any time, he would not use this method to reduce the number of troops stationed at Renzhi Palace.
This must have been an accident. According to the plan, Li Yuanji... Although I don't know what he wanted to do, he should have escaped in the past two days.
After thinking about it in his mind for a while, Ling Jing said cheerfully: "King Qi is an accident, but the hungry people are in chaos, is it an accident?"
Ling Jing was able to easily connect the rebellion of the hungry people with Du Yan, Feng Lun, Rong Jiusi, King Qi, and Zhao Yuankai. He had a vague feeling that even if King Qi hadn't taken away half of the Qianniu Guards, Renzhi Palace would have been destroyed. The defense may not be safe, otherwise there would be no need for King Qi to escape early.
But it was difficult for Ling Jing to make an accurate judgment as to whether the rebellion by the hungry people was an accident...because if it was not an accident, then it should not be an accident if King Qi led the troops to put down the rebellion.
What happened in Yijun County?
If the current Li Shan were to look at this matter from God's perspective, he would only be dumbfounded. The whole matter happened in Renzhi Palace, Chang'an, and Yijun County, from the seventh year of Wude to the present, at the most critical moment. , the incident proceeds in a wrong way.
