I don’t know somewhere in the Tang Dynasty.
In a room filled with flowers and green willows.
Several good-looking girls were caressing the Yao qin on the tables, playing the gentle and gentle sound of the qin.
Their faces were mixed with fear and cowardice that were not consistent with the sound of the piano.
Opposite the pavilion, a man lying on the couch was holding a scripture, and a guard in black was bowing beside him.
Around them, a group of people were sitting, some were dressed in rich and noble clothes, some were ordinary, and some were even in rags.
Like various characters, strangely gathered together.
The young man held the scroll in his hand and asked softly, "Is the news true?"
The Heizi guard smiled sinisterly and replied in an old voice.
"Back to Your Highness, the news from Chang'an is conclusive, and the current garrison information in Chang'an has been roughly figured out and will be available in a few days."
The black guard was not masked. He was an old man with a gloomy face, a hooked nose, and thick eyebrows. The corners of his mouth were grinned in half as if they had been cut with a knife. The scars on his face were like cracked rocks.
He smiled like a ghost.
The man lying on the couch in ragged clothes curled his lips and stood up unsteadily, with a dazzling light flashing in his eyes.
"Okay, I have been waiting for many years, and today is finally the time! Now the whole country of the Tang Dynasty is competing in Mobei, and the weather is scarce and the times are hard, Li Shimin, the kid, is overwhelmed."
"Everyone, the so-called merits and demerits must not be ignored, but you must be punished. God has given us such a good opportunity, so we must not tolerate it..."
The young man's sneering face swept around him one by one.
News has come from Chang'an that the war is about to begin. For the sake of the common people, on the fifteenth day of the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty went on a night tour of the imperial city to enjoy himself with the people.
This is a God-given opportunity. Now Chang'an City's military equipment is weak, and the fifteen people of Shangyuan are too arrogant.
Isn't it a great time?
And it’s God-given timing!
The Turks suddenly moved south, and no one could figure out why the Turks would suddenly make such a big move at the beginning of this year.
Li Shimin, a kid whose livelihood has been in ruins for three years, still dares to use the whole country to compete in Mobei!
What is this if not a God-given opportunity? Time waits for no one!
"Your Highness, although there are many people and mixed eyes on this Tang Emperor's night tour, the guards must be tight. Don't move lightly. You must think of a safe plan!"
An old woman sitting next to her said in a deep voice, her voice as hoarse as a broken bellows.
"Don't worry, aunt, this is a complete plan. This plan is just to take the life of Li Shimin!"
A sinister sneer formed on the corner of the young man's mouth, and he continued.
"Now that the young prince is young and weak, several aristocratic families are fighting openly and secretly with the Li Tang royal family. Li Yuan who is imprisoned in the palace must not be so calm and calm, and there are even Turks watching him."
"It is impossible for Tuyuhun and Tubo to just watch and watch as Li Tang's family dominates. Regardless of whether the Tang Dynasty succeeds or fails in this battle, they will definitely take advantage of it!"
"And all this, as long as Li Shimin's life is taken, Li Tang will be in grave danger. Together with Da Ye, we will save countless troubles in the future!"
The young man's analysis made the people around him nod with gleaming eyes.
Everything His Highness King Yan said is true!
Li Tang's only support in the hall now is Li Shimin.
As long as this big pillar of yellow rice is removed, Li Tang will be like a leaky vat.
That day when it started to rain and the wind filled the building, it was just inevitable.
At that time, the great cause of the Central Plains will have a chance of great victory!
At this time, a man with dark eyes and a round waist, wearing a green shirt and fur robe, asked in a deep voice.
"Your Highness, I don't know how to proceed with this grand plan!"
When they are gathered here today, it goes without saying that they can also think of what King Yan analyzed.
However, this big plan must be launched by one person to take charge.
Because now the strength of King Yan
The power is hidden, even if this plan is successful, the Li Tang royal family will definitely find out the truth.
To put it bluntly, you have to do this, but if you do it, you have to cut off one of your hands to avoid future troubles.
And this hand is the scapegoat. Naturally, everyone has different thoughts at this time, and no one wants to be the scapegoat.
What he asked was what everyone wanted to ask.
King Yan, who was called His Highness, smiled coldly. Of course he knew what these people were thinking, and a hint of joking suddenly appeared in his eyes.
He said slowly with a half-smile...
"Don't worry, everyone, I have thought everything through for this plan. My "good sister"... has been hiding her power and biding her time in Chang'an for so many years. It's time for her to help us!" "
That cold tone made everyone present tremble. It turned out that King Yan wanted to push the Thirteenth Princess out. He was really vicious!
But, then again.
The Thirteenth Princess leads the Anchen Division and stands alone. She is the one least involved with King Yan's power.
They have direct access to King Yan, but the forces under King Yan, such as them, have no major disputes.
Moreover, being far away in Chang'an, the right time, place and people were favorable, so the blame should be placed on her.
As for "good sister", in the face of such a great cause, how could King Yan care about half-blood relatives.
Although she is vicious, the thirteenth princess is indeed the most suitable candidate and the one they are most happy to see succeed.
The man frowned slightly and asked.
"Your Highness, forgive me for the offence. This plan is almost a sure-fire plan. How can the Thirteenth Princess accept the order happily?"
"Don't worry, General Meng. I have my own way, so that my good sister can happily follow it, and it has nothing to do with us."
King Yan turned around and replied with a sneer, and everyone slowly felt relieved.
As long as it has nothing to do with their wealth and life, then who will die is not a problem that concerns them.
At this time, King Yan turned around and said to the strong man in green and fur clothes.
"General Meng, can the thirty-seven mute dead servants you support help? Don't worry, I will never treat you badly!"
General Meng's eyes darkened slightly, and King Yan had plans on his head.
But with so many pairs of eyes staring at him, no one would be happy to see anyone trying to sneak around. General Meng could only reply in a deep voice.
"It doesn't matter if I can serve King Yan. Although I have raised those thirty-seven mute dead attendants for many years, why not do it for our great cause!"
Only then did King Yan have a normal smile on his face and nodded in relief.
"General, I have great righteousness, and I am never a petty person. I will give you a big gift when I return..."
"Thank you, King Yan..."
General Meng replied slowly with a smile on his face.
It's just a transaction.
Then King Yan turned around, smiled gently, and said to the old woman.
"Auntie, I will trouble you to send these thirty-seven dead soldiers to Chang'an."
The old woman raised her eyes slightly and said in an old voice, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I've taken care of this!"
"Hei Zhi, you will take the lead of these thirty-seven dead waiters. They will be sent to Chang'an and handed over to the thirteenth princess before returning. As for what to say, you should know."
I thought he was going to die, but the sinister-looking old man's eyes suddenly darkened.
But when I heard that he was asked to give it away, I felt relieved.
One of the things about giving away things is that some damned people deserve to die.
For example, it was a caravan that sent this group of people, but when they came back, he could only be alone.
Otherwise, it will be troublesome if trouble comes to their side.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, the old man knows!"
The corners of his mouth were curved into a smile, twisted like an old tree decaying.
Then everyone dispersed, and only King Yan was left in the room.
The old woman's eyes darkened slightly after hearing this, but then she slowly relaxed.
Everyone left for who knows how long.
Only King Yan is left in this room
one person.
"Qingyi, come out..."
From the screen behind the couch, a slender masked figure stepped out.
"Greetings to Your Highness!"
King Yan glanced sideways.
"Has Tang Sufan ever found out clearly?"
"Back to Your Highness, Tang Sufan's parents and grandfather have been found out, but..."
The masked Qing Yi handed over a small seal and said slowly.
King Yan slowly began to look through the pages, and his voice became a little deeper: "But what?"
"Back to Your Highness, Tang Sufan has been away for four years and has nowhere to go. There is really nothing to check..."
"Four years away? Wandering with nowhere to go?"
King Yan looked at the seal in his hand, his eyes darkened.
I do not know how long it has been.
I finally finished reading these more than ten seals.
King Yan's eyes became more intense.
"What a little poetry fairy, what a Tang Sufan!"
"It seems...his parents gave him that thing after all! Humph, what a wanderer..."
"You go back to Chang'an first and keep an eye on the Thirteenth Princess. In addition, after the fifteenth day of the Yuan Dynasty, you have the rest of the people evacuate Chang'an and capture Tang Sufan as well."
Qing Yi frowned slightly and said hesitantly: "Your Highness, Tang Sufan has been knighted and has good relations with the ministers of the court. If he takes action, he may be suspicious!"
King Yan sneered and said slowly.
"Hmph, after the fifteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Shimin died, who would care about this little prince?"
"yes!"
Qing Yi took the order and left as soon as he got up.
King Yan curved his mouth and waved his hand slowly.
"I'm tired of listening to this song, it's time to change..."
Qing Yi nodded slightly, and then in the attic room...
"Your Highness! Spare your life! Spare your life, Your Highness!"
"Your Highness!!!"
"Your Highness!!! My little girl also knows other songs!"
Under the continuous screams, dazzling bright red streaks were sprinkled on the screen that separated the attic.
…
Chang'an City.
Chengqing Hall.
Li Shimin and the ministers frowned deeply and were furious.
Li Shimin slapped the imperial case with his palm.
"These uncivilized foreign barbarians are really hateful! Sooner or later, I will let the iron hooves of the Tang Dynasty step on their land!"
Just today, the military situation was discussed as usual.
Over there, Li Jing had just relieved the siege of Suizhou. As expected, the Turkic general hid 70,000 troops at the border of Xiazhou and Suizhou, preparing to annex Li Jing's army.
Li Shimin had simply been prepared in advance. Suizhou and Xiazhou were fighting back and forth, and the Turks were already on the verge of retreat.
Qin Qiong and Chai Shao's army had already penetrated directly from Jinhe Road and surrounded Li Jing's army in the opposite direction.
Li Daozong's 30,000-strong army also advanced into the Turks from Lingzhou in the northwest.
As long as the siege of Suizhou is solved, the Tang Dynasty's competition in Mobei will just be a matter of routine.
At this time, the Tang Dynasty had mobilized its entire country to attack the Turks.
Tubo and Tuyuhun sent envoys, making it clear that they wanted to take advantage of the situation!
Two conditions were also proposed.
First, we need to open up the market and relax control over salt and iron, allowing free exchange of salt and iron between the two countries.
The second request is to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty, who has already become a good friend of the Qin and Jin Dynasties.
To put it bluntly, if you obey, everything will be fine.
If you don't obey, don't blame the two of us for secretly making trouble and communicating with each other.
You, Emperor Tang, will not be able to sit on the throne.
Opening up the market for negotiation is not impossible if there is a normal salt and iron transaction between the two parties.
But in recent years, most of them have been used for smuggling. If it is opened next year, wouldn’t it mean that smuggling to other countries has been put on the bright side?
As two major strategic materials, salt and iron will be exported to the two countries without any control.
delivery.
Isn’t it like being an enemy and waiting for other countries to become stronger?
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to open up the market.
When asking to marry the princess, Tang Sufan just asked Fang Xuanling to refuse on the grounds that the princess was young and not suitable for marriage.
The result was as if they had done a survey.
What is young?
Don’t you have a princess? At the age of sixteen, she married with integrity.
Isn’t he talking about Princess Li Lirou of Yuzhang?
And Rou'er has already made an engagement with that brat Tang Sufan. Isn't this nonsense?
But it can't be said. Once it is said, there will be a burst of noise and opposition in the court.
But now that the Tang Dynasty is fully armed, the war has begun, and it cannot be taken back even if it is wanted.
Tubo and Tuyuhun are just waiting for you.
He, Li Shimin, must suffer this big loss.
Because the Tang Dynasty today no longer has the ability to deal with these two "good neighbors" of the Tang Dynasty.
It can be said that there are internal and external troubles, and the daily consumption of armaments is like an astronomical figure, and disaster relief in Henan, Hedong, Shandong (east of Mount Wei), and Hexi is still a big mouth.
Memorials from various places are flying to Chang'an City like snowflakes, but even if Li Shimin continues to roll out policies over the past few months, it will still take time.
Once it fails to comply with the wishes of these two "good neighbors", Datang will never be able to face the situation of being "surrounded by enemies on three sides".
Li Shimin's eyes were deep, and he slowly calmed down the anger in his heart, scanning the faces of the confidants in front of him.
"Auxiliary machine, what do you think? What's the sound above the court?"
The reason why Li Shimin asked his few caring brothers to hold a meeting first.
I just know that the several major families in the court will definitely communicate with each other and maintain a favorable attitude.
After all, although this matter is easy to say or not, it can ultimately solve the current urgent problem.
Anyway, the girl she is marrying is not their daughter, so naturally it has nothing to do with her.
Changsun Wuji's brows suddenly sank. He didn't expect the words to be thrown directly at him.
As the leader of the Longzhong family, how can he deal with it?
Agree.
No matter what the nobles wanted, they must have lost their voices.
But object.
The Changsun family is not left alone either.
As the saying goes, it's like fighting a wolf with a stick, but both sides are afraid.
"Your Majesty, this..."
Changsun Wuji looked bitter, changed his mind, and said again.
"In the opinion of a humble minister, everyone in the court must have their own opinions for and against, and open to the market. This is indeed a big matter. From a long-term perspective, it is equivalent to cutting meat to feed wolves. But at the moment, our country, the Tang Dynasty, is weak and has to accept this. What a constraint..."
Li Shimin turned his head angrily,
I asked you to give me advice, not to ask you to do Tai Chi.
But Li Shimin knew that Changsun Wuji was the only one who could not speak in this matter.
The salt and iron business of that family has long been in full swing, and the salt and iron business of the Guanzhong family is in their hands.
The little part occupied by the imperial court was really pitiful.
For the aristocratic family, this is a huge meat pie.
The amount of salt and iron transactions these aristocratic families reach with other countries every year is unimaginable. Once the salt and iron restrictions of several countries are broken, they will be the first to bear the brunt and can also make a wave of windfall.
And it can also turn from darkness to light, and the proper meat is left in front of you.
But when marrying a daughter, if someone already knew that someone was going to steal his wife, Tang Sufan would not dare to hesitate.
Wait, Tang Sufan?
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(End of chapter)
