Everything that Zhang Zhongjian worries about is also what Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and Li Shan worry about. For this reason, Li Yuan summons Li Shan almost every day, and even allows Li Shan to enter the palace when discussing matters in Liangyi Palace... After all, in recent times, there are no important matters in the court. Overcoming border troubles.
What's more, the two most important places in the border troubles, Daizhou and Lingzhou, are inextricably linked to Li Shan.
This forced Li Shan to rush to the imperial city every morning. It was not that he was afraid of getting up late, but that it was too early... He had to make breakfast himself every day, and it had to be fresh and refreshing, otherwise Eleven Niang would be nothing. appetite.
Entering the Liangyi Hall, Li Shan was a little surprised. There were so many people here today, including Yang Gongren and Xiao Yu from Zhongshu Province, Chen Shuda and Pei Shiju from Menxia Province, Pei Ji and Dou Gui from Shangshu Province, as well as Prince Li Jiancheng and King Qin Li Shimin. Not falling.
What happened?
Otherwise, just to discuss the war, there is no need to summon all the ministers.
"Li Huairen, the heir to the Wei Dynasty, is trusted and favored by Your Majesty, but as Zong Zhengqing, he was absent from the court without any reason." Chen Shuda raised his voice and said, "Please forgive me."
Ouch, Li Shan finally realized that he was going to court today.
Except for Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, everyone is quite old. There is even an old man like Pei Shiju who is eighty years old. He gets up in the middle of the night, stays up outside the imperial city, and then goes into the Tai Chi Hall to continue… ...Finally, we have to come to Liangyi Hall to discuss matters.
You, Li Huairen, a young man in his twenties, sleep comfortably at home, and come directly to Liangyi Hall when the time comes... No wonder even Chen Shuda, who has always had a good relationship with Li Shan, can't bear it.
Li Yuan glared at Li Shan angrily, you must know that I am not too young!
Li Shanqian smiled and apologized, and Li Yuan followed suit and fined him a year's salary before getting down to business.
In the past few days, battle reports from Daizhou and Yanzhou have entered the capital, and the tense atmosphere in Chang'an City has somewhat relaxed. After arriving at Yanmen Pass, Li Daoxuan personally led the cavalry out of the fortress. Although it was a small victory, he killed the Turkic general and forced the Tuli Khan to stop. Besieged Mayi.
On the Yanzhou side, Zhang Baoxiang, a lucky general, suddenly encountered the Turks in the wild, turned defeat into victory, and also killed the Turks general.
Therefore, Li Yuan basically focused all his attention on Lingzhou.
"Huairen." Li Yuan held a memorial in his hand, "I heard that Zhang Zhongjian has an old relationship with Ashina Sheer?"
Li Shan was stunned for a moment, and his first reaction was that this copy... looked so familiar.
The general is commanding the troops outside, but there are traitors reporting from behind... That guy has friendship with the enemy, so he is going to rebel!
After a pause, Li Shan said: "Zhang Zhongjian joined the army in the Sui Dynasty and was under the command of Wang Rengong, the prefect of Mayi. Later, he went through Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang, Gao Manzheng, and Yuan Junzhang. I heard him mention that he went to Wuyuan with Liu Wuzhou. County, maybe you recognize Ashina Sheer?"
Everyone was silent. As Li Shan spoke, he glanced at the memorial in Li Yuan's hand. Well, it probably wasn't Li Jiancheng or Pei Shiju, but an official from other places.
The biggest possibility is that there are two people. One is the acting Duke Li Jing. Xiazhou is not far from Lingzhou. The other is Guo Xiaoke, the general manager of Lingzhou. This guy has a criminal record. He retreated after a setback in the war in Yuanzhou and then wrote a letter of impeachment. ...and finally lost face.
Li Yuan motioned to the palace attendants to hand the memorial to Li Shan, who opened it and read the inscription. It was really Guo Xiaoke... It seemed that Zhang Zhongjian couldn't suppress him.
In fact, most of what Guo Xiaoke said in this memorial was the truth. Zhang Zhongjian, deputy general manager of the Lingzhou Road March, abandoned the Great Wall, then abandoned Lingwu County, and retreated to the Mingsha area to set up camp. The people were crying and the morale of the army was unstable... Guo Xiaoke pointedly pointed at Zhang Zhongjian. I have no courage and dare not fight.
The most important thing is that at the end of the memorial, Guo Xiaoke mentioned that Zhang Zhongjian personally wrote the archery book and intended to invite Dubu Khan to speak in front of the battle formation, which was suspected of secretly communicating with the Turks.
"The army retreats..." Li Shan looked at Li Yuan strangely, and then at Li Shimin, "Didn't we discuss this before?"
Zhang Zhongjian ordered the main force of the Tang army to retreat. The whole process lasted for more than half a month. It is impossible for Chang'an not to know that Li Yuan, Li Shimin, Li Shan, Dou Gui and others had discussed it again and again, and they did not feel that Zhang Zhongjian did not dare to fight, but wanted stability. .
Li Yuan nodded slightly, "There is indeed a relationship between Zhang Zhongjian and Dubu Khan?"
Li Shan was a little helpless. Later generations said that Cao Mengde was the most suspicious. In fact, no superior was suspicious. After the founding of the country, Li Yuan encountered rebellions... almost every year. Just two months ago, there was one. It's Yang Wenqian.
Although Zhang Zhongjian was practicing archery in public, how could Li Yuan really feel at ease?
"Your Majesty, I am guilty." Li Shan felt unhappy, "I have an old relationship with Dubu Khan."
"Huairen!" Li Shimin shouted softly, "You are so stupid. Why are you saying such angry words?"
Li Shan grinned and lowered his head. Indeed, these were angry words... Li Yuan doubted Zhang Zhongjian. That was because Zhang Zhongjian now had nearly 50,000 troops, but Li Shan stayed in Chang'an.
Li Yuan didn't take it seriously. On the one hand, he believed in the loyalty of this minister. If he was not loyal, why would he take two risks to save him?
On the other hand, Li Shan is playful in small things, but always steady in big things. He talks eloquently with few omissions, almost like an old man, but this time he seems to have some teenage habits.
Seeing the smile on his father's face, Prince Li Jiancheng felt extremely regretful. If he had known about this, he should have tried his best to win over Li Huairen... At that time, all the counselors in the East Palace unanimously recommended that Li Huairen befriend Li Huairen, but there was no need to win over him, because Li Shan was a direct descendant of His Majesty, and Li Shan did not want to He stood in line to get involved in the fight for his direct descendants, and His Majesty did not want to see his direct descendants taking a stand.
But who would have thought that the situation would change so quickly?
It has only been a little more than a year since the battle at Tiantai Mountain last year. The East Palace is not in a state of decadence, but the situation is over.
Pei Ji, who had been silent until now, glanced at Li Jiancheng, and thought to himself that if the prince had won over King Wei Si in the early years, he might have had a chance to give it a try... Since the incident at Renzhi Palace, although Pei Ji did not do it deliberately, he did so intentionally or unintentionally. He was alienated from the East Palace, but even so, his authority in Shangshu Province was almost gone. There was Shangshu Ling Li Shimin above him, and there was Shangshu Shangsheng right servant She Dou Gui below. The most important thing is that Li Yuan, who had always been friendly to him, also wanted to Alienation.
Li Shimin broke the silence with a smile, "I remember that Huairen and Dubu Khan spoke more than once in front of the formation, outside Guantao City, outside Mayi, and yes, also outside Guji Town."
"Outside Guji Town, Huairen was talking to Jieli Khan and Ashina She'er, secretly using the bed crossbow. It is said that Jieli Khan's calf was broken?" Dou Gui also said with a smile: "This time Dubu can't Khan refused to talk in front of the battle, maybe because he was afraid that Zhang Zhongjian would plot against him again?"
Li Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Huairen..."
As soon as the words came out, someone from the palace loudly announced, "Your Majesty, Xue Yuan is here to see you."
Everyone's expressions changed slightly. Xue Yuanjing is the Huangmen Minister of Menxia Province. Chen Shuda and Pei Shiju are both in Liangyi Palace. Tang Jian, another Huangmen Minister, is now the Chief of Lingzhou Road Marching Army. Therefore, Xue Yuanjing must be here to see you. Report on the important memorial just received.
(End of chapter)
