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Chapter 877 The conflict between father and son, Xuan Ye’s heavy burden. It’s the 15th. Please give me your monthly votes. I’ll write a cool post later.

In September of the seventh year of Wude, many major events occurred in the Tang Dynasty.

On the seventh day of September, Emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty issued an order to cancel the establishment of Jiangnan Dao Xingtai.

He transferred Yitong Sansi, Shangzhuguo, Youpushe, the former Shangshu of Jiangnan Province, and Luo Jingcheng, the king of Gusu County, to Beijing to serve as Shangshu of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Immediately afterwards, he ordered the transfer of Wu Guo's wife, the former military commander of Jiangnan Road, and the governor of Suzhou to Beijing as the Minister of Rites.

Du Fuwei was appointed Minister of War.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Li Yuan is trying to cut down the center.

But it was unexpected to disturb the Jiangnan Luo family from the beginning. Only Luo Xuanye said to the King of Qin, "The emperor knows that my sister and I are as close as one family. It's not that he doesn't trust my sister, but..."

Luo Xuanye stopped talking, and Li Shimin was silent. He knew that His Majesty was worried that Prince Gusu and Mrs. Wu would become his helpers to foreign vassals, so he allowed them to come to the capital as hostages.

Li Shimin was silent for an unknown length of time. He put his hand on Luo Xuanye's shoulder. The hand was still warm, but Luo Xuanye could feel it trembling. The hand that had once been invincible with divine arrows across the battlefield was actually trembling.

Li Shimin refused to give in, and loudly said at the same time: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, please ask the Justice Department to investigate, and please your Majesty, please clear my name!"

"Qingyang, I won't let you down, believe me, I just haven't thought it through yet."

Li Yuan only felt upset about this. He was now entangled to the extreme. Reason and emotion, making him the king of Qin and the crown prince, made him irritable. When Yang Wen was working, he did have the idea of ​​establishing the king of Qin as the crown prince.

All the generals in the Qin Palace laughed. It was just a joke. No one thought that it would make trouble in front of the emperor.

He is the Son of Heaven, and the Mandate of Heaven should belong to him. Besides, how can he fight for such a thing on his own?
"How dare you take a swipe at destiny?"

……

At that moment, Li Yuan placed himself on the opposite side of Qin Wang Li Shimin.

But he soon realized that if what Yang Wenqian did was done by King Qin, wouldn't it mean that King Qin could already control the people in the East Palace to do things?
So since we control the East Palace, will there be people from King Qin in the palace?

Li Shimin recalled a person and said with a smile: "Life and death are determined by destiny, how can their evil skills interfere with it?"

Just in time to suppress his arrogance, this net jointly compiled by the emperor, prime minister, prince, king of Chu, and concubines finally trapped the tiger of King Qin firmly in the net.

How to do?
Li Yuan couldn't help but cast his eyes on King Qin who was kneeling in front of him.

After the Yang Wenqian incident, the dispute between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng had completely heated up. Almost everyone understood that the two were fighting, and most people remained neutral because most people were not qualified to enter this battlefield.

After several years of wandering, Li Yuan finally made up his mind.

Li Yuan is not the kind of monarch who speaks his mind, but he cannot tolerate his ministers provoking him so blatantly, especially when this minister really has the prestige to provoke him.

Luo Xuanye put his hand on Li Shimin's hand on his shoulder and stared into Li Shimin's eyes with endless light, "I know that you will never disappoint, so I have followed you without hesitation these years." , no matter what the outcome, I can accept it, even if I give up everything now, we are kings and ministers, relatives, and close friends. "

There are two reasons why he has not really taken action against Qin King Li Shimin for so many years.

Just as he was about to scold Li Shimin loudly, he saw Feng Deyi hurried into the palace, his face full of panic, which successfully interrupted what Li Yuan was about to say.

He had already made up his mind to completely put an end to Li Shimin's idea of ​​seizing the throne.

The ministers asked what the emperor wanted to do?
After hundreds of years of inertia without Luo Shi alive, the current king has become quite arbitrary. Otherwise, people like Yang Guang would have been overthrown long ago.

Li Yuan shouted angrily: "That's enough!"

Turks!
Hundreds of thousands of troops!
Li Yuan sat up straight all of a sudden, a trace of fear flashed across his face.

Li Yuan angrily reprimanded Li Shimin in front of everyone.

Li Shimin knelt on the ground, held his head high and said: "Your Majesty, I didn't say that, this is a trap!

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji looked at this scene and couldn't help laughing. Now King Qin really couldn't escape punishment.

Fear, omnipresent fear, made Li Yuan decisively reject the idea of ​​establishing King Qin as the prince.

After experiencing Yang Wenqian's incident, Li Shimin has understood that Li Yuan really does not want to pass the crown prince position to him.

The word destiny stung Li Yuan.

In order to bring down Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji have fallen deeply into madness.

On the way back to Prince Qin's Mansion from the hunting ground, everyone was talking about Li Shimin's heroic appearance when he landed safely from the horse, and they all laughed and said, "How did Prince Qin know that the prince and the king of Chu were going to hurt you with untamed horses today?"

Li Shimin had always wanted to ascend to the throne of the crown prince in a normal way, and then legitimately hold the world.

One of them is that he cares about the family relationship between father and son after all, and he doesn't want to touch either the prince or the king of Qin.

The key is that the Central Plains has just been engaged in successive wars and needs to recuperate.

Li Yuan was furious and wanted to speak, but Li Shimin said sharply: "Your Majesty, if you allow traitors to frame me, what are you going to do?"

Please tell me who is plotting against me. "

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji began to use all possible means. Luo Xuanling almost stayed by Li Shimin's side to prevent assassins, because Li Yuanji, a lunatic, could really do that kind of thing. The last time was Qi King Li Xuanba He saved Li Shimin from disaster and is still bedridden now.

"Your Majesty, the Turkic Jieli Khan and the Turkic Khan led hundreds of thousands of troops to invade, and the border crossing is eight hundred miles away and is in danger!"

This son is terrible.

And this sentence has become, "The King of Qin said he has destiny!"

How crazy!

Li Shimin burst into tears when he heard this, with tears covering his cheeks, "Qingyang, Qingyang, if I ever ascend to the world, I will give you the highest honor for a minister since ancient times."

The Turks were the biggest border threat to the Tang Dynasty. Although the Rong and Di were not as powerful as they were at the end of the Han Dynasty due to the division of the East and West Turks, they were still quite terrifying.

Another reason is that the military pressure of the Tang Dynasty is still very high. At this time, it is impossible for him to abolish his martial arts and destroy the God of War of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuan was very reluctant to admit it, but Li Shimin was the cornerstone of his throne, a trump card that he was unwilling to play but had to play every time.

Li Yuan has conferred many titles on various kings in recent years, with the purpose of allowing the royal family to defend the royal family. He is a typical person who only believes in his own people.

He knew that Li Jing was talented, but he didn't believe that in the Tang Dynasty, in any war, the clan would serve as the general manager of the march, and then be paired with a veteran general.

No matter how you say it, Li Shimin is still his legitimate son and one of his own. It is impossible for him to hand over military power to outsiders.

Li Yuan slowly put away his angry expression, walked forward, helped Li Shimin up, and said warmly: "The Turks have invaded. Quickly summon all the ministers to the palace to discuss countermeasures. Erlang, come here. You have been in battle for a long time. Tell me about your experience." Opinion."

Li Yuan's classic law of "Erlang is in trouble, King Qin is in trouble" is still in force. At this moment, Li Shimin was somewhat grateful to the Turks who suddenly attacked the Tang Dynasty. This was the second time that the Turks saved him.

Every time he fell into a disadvantage in a political struggle and had to confront Li Yuan, the Turks would appear in time and give him a glorious record, and then his prestige would grow.

The prince and Li Yuanji simply gritted their teeth. Why did these damn Turks always appear at critical moments?

There was actually not much hatred between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, especially the upper echelons, and they even had a good relationship with some of the higher echelons.

But of course personal relations cannot represent relations between countries. The Turks should fight against the enemy, and the Tang Dynasty should fight back.

But the advantage of personal relations is that there is actually a rather fragile mutual trust between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty.

Two countries that do not trust each other will always point their swords and guns at each other. There is no possibility of peace talks. The only result is that one side will fall.

As long as the balance of power can be maintained between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, they can negotiate peace.

As the ministers entered the palace and sat down, Luo Jingcheng and Luo Xuanjing, as ministers of the six departments, naturally participated in this meeting.

Luo Xuanye and Li Xiuning sat together under Li Shimin.

Just when everyone thought this was a military meeting to discuss how to send troops, Li Yuan directly raised a quite explosive issue, that is, moving the capital.

"From the first year of Wude, Chang'an was too close to the Turks, and the Turkic cavalry could reach the city of Chang'an by marching straight in. As a result, our dynasty was often threatened by the Turks. I thought that Chang'an was not suitable as an imperial capital, and the capital should be moved south to build a defensive line along the Guanzhong line. To prevent the Turks from invading."

As soon as Li Yuan proposed this proposal, Li Yuanji immediately applauded him and said: "My father is wise, but the country's imperial capital has always been in unrest. The world is in panic. How can all the people do their own thing in peace? It is imperative to move the capital."

Although the prince did not speak, it could be seen from his expression that he also agreed to move the capital. Once the capital was moved, we would like to see how the King of Qin would use Turks to kidnap the imperial court.

There was silence in the main hall. The ministers looked at me and I looked at you. Feng Deyi, Xiao Yu, Pei Ji and other old ministers of Li Yuan did not speak.

With politics at this point, no one wants to touch Li Yuan's bad luck.

Li Xiuning wanted to speak, but was held down by Luo Xuanye, who whispered: "The King of Qin is here, don't worry, let him speak."

Luo Jingcheng and Luo Xuanjing looked at the scene in the hall, looked at each other, nodded and shook their heads slightly, and looked at Luo Xuanye. Seeing Luo Xuanye shook his head slightly, the two of them looked at their noses and ears, pretending not to hear anything.

Li Shimin stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, all Xia Zhong have been in the four directions. Under King Su, there are two emperors, Jieli Khan, who is called the emperor because he has been ordered by the sky. Now that your majesty has become the emperor, how can we tolerate it? Woolen cloth?

They moved the capital and labored for the people, but the Rong and Di forced them to abandon the city and the people. Never in ancient times had the emperor or the royal family been so humiliated.

The Sui Dynasty was able to surrender to the Dong Turks, but why could we, the Tang Dynasty, not be able to accept the order from heaven?

I think your Majesty's panic is inappropriate, so I ask your Majesty to provide me with elite troops. I am willing to lead the sons of Tang Dynasty to retreat from the Turks! "

Li Shimin's words echoed in the palace, and as soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Luo Xuanye immediately stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, what King Qin said is absolutely true. Where in the world is there a Central Plains dynasty that was forced to move its capital by Rong Di?

This is only the case when the dead wood is about to lose its destiny. Now our Tang Dynasty is like the shining sun. Losing Chang'an at this time and giving up the place where King Su returned to the ruins to Rong Di is really something that cannot be washed away in the history books. shame. "

Luo Xuanjing stood up. She was wearing the clothes of an aristocratic woman. She was extremely luxurious. The ladies' clothes of the Tang Dynasty women were also open, revealing their delicate collarbones, which were dazzlingly white. There were not many women in the palace, and she was undoubtedly the most beautiful one.

"Your Majesty, there has never been an emperor in this world who never retreated before the battle. I led the Jiangnan ministers to submit to the Tang Dynasty because the two capitals were royal. The Tang Dynasty controlled the two capitals and should have ruled the world. But now it wants to reduce Xijing to the barbarians. Dust?

I think it’s inappropriate, please think again, Your Majesty! "

Does Li Yuan really want to move the capital?
not necessarily.

He and Li Jiancheng are still different. Moving the capital will not benefit Li Yuan, and the Turks are about to attack the city. It is too late to move the capital now, and it will really only waste people and money.

But it is definitely possible to find another way besides fighting the Turks.

The current Tang Dynasty really does not want to fight.

The wars in the past few years have caused obvious damage to the water conservancy measures in the world, and the population has also been reduced a lot. Now is the time when everything is waiting for improvement.

Going to war with the Turks at this time will do a lot of harm but nothing good. If you win, you will get nothing. If you lose, you will be in danger of destruction.

...Edict: Make General Tiance and King of Qin Li Shimin the marching marshal, and King Chu Li Yuanji the deputy marching marshal. Together they are the general manager of the Twelve Route Marching Army and attack the Turks.

……

As the general of the Twelve Guards, Li Shimin finally met the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty again.

These soldiers who followed him all the way to conquer the world were in poor condition.

It made him very worried. This was a soldier of the Tang Dynasty that he had never seen before.

Years of war have brought the soldiers' war-weariness to its peak. This is a problem that no one can solve. Ji Zhao also encountered war-weariness among his soldiers during his eastern expedition.

After all, no one can bear the pressure of not being able to go home all year round and being mentally stressed all the time about killing.

People are not iron or machines, and they will continue to work forever unless they input instructions.

Even the rewards of trophies and meritorious service cannot stop this war-weariness.

To make matters worse, with the unification of the world, the role of the army will gradually decrease, and the treatment of the army will definitely decline, which will further reduce the combat effectiveness and willpower of the soldiers.

This is an unsolvable problem, because not all money can be provided to the army. Domestic disaster relief, water conservancy construction and other issues of stabilizing the world are also extremely important.

But can such an army really resist the Turks?
Li Shimin was a little worried.

These are not the only challenges he faces.

Luo Xuanye even said directly: "King Qin, King Chu cannot be trusted, especially if you cannot entrust important matters to him, he will definitely mess it up on purpose."

Li Shimin sighed and nodded, how could he not know?
Li Yuanji had no intention of cooperating with him at all. Li Yuanji just wanted to see his jokes and see the failure of the Tang Dynasty's number one god of war, and then undermine his prestige.

The army has not yet set off for the expedition, but the contradiction between the marching general marshal and the marching deputy marshal is already so great. Who can not worry about the future?

Li Yuan personally practiced it for Li Shimin. In every war to unify the world in the past, Li Shimin always drank the wine of practice with high spirits, and then led the army of the Tang Dynasty to set off with high spirits, and finally won a hearty battle. A dripping victory.

But now he can't see it.

He only saw the fallen leaves dancing in the autumn wind. He only saw the golden leaves piled up into soft piles. The breeze blew by, making a rustling sound. This late autumn picture just matched his mood at the moment. , the bleak autumn wind is extremely desolate.

He turned back to look at Chang'an, his thoughts were misty, but he saw the vermillion towers behind his father, with their cornices, carved beams and painted buildings, resplendent and resplendent. Zhuque Street was bustling with traffic and pedestrians, and merchants gathered in the market. It seemed like another world.

He was now in darkness. There was a single-plank bridge under his feet, and there was darkness on all sides. There was only a little light in the front, which vaguely illuminated the way forward for him.

Ever since Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande were defeated by him, Li Shimin hadn't laughed happily for a long time.

Li Shimin could only keep reciting one sentence, "The road is tortuous, but the future is bright."

Leave Chang'an and go meet the Turkic Khan and ask him to withdraw his troops!
……

After Li Shimin left, Luo Xuanye returned to Chang'an. Yes, this time he went to conquer the Turks, but Luo Xuanye was not there. This was beyond many people's expectations. It was rumored that Li Yuan had another important use for Luo Xuanye.

Luo Xuanjing came to Princess Pingyang's house. When the brother and sister were reminiscing about the past, Luo Xuanjing asked about the prince and King Qin, and said: "Fifth brother, my husband and I want to marry the King of Qin. I don't know if fifth brother can do it." Make peace with it.”

Normally, if Luo Xuanjing wanted to get married to Li Shimin, there would be no problem, especially when Li Shimin was going through a difficult time, powerful foreign aid like Luo Xuanjing and Luo Jingcheng were exactly what he needed.

After all, Li Shimin's base camp was in Luoyang. Li Shimin was prepared to flee to Luoyang and fight against Chang'an if anything went wrong. At that time, Suzhou, which was a land of money and food, would be more important.

Luo Xuanye pondered for a while and then said: "The only eldest daughter of King Qin, Li Lizhi, is given to his brother's eldest son. King Qin once promised Xiao Liu that he would marry a daughter to his son.

But now, King Qin's second legitimate daughter has not yet been born, nor has Xiaoliu's son. King Qin does not know whether he will have another daughter in the future. This matter of getting married is a bit difficult. "

This is a very embarrassing and realistic question, and it is normal to want to get married.

But Li Shimin was lucky to say that the Changsun family couldn't have unlimited children, so how could there be so many daughters for Luo family to marry.

In fact, marrying a concubine is not a big problem. The Luo family doesn't value this. Many of the women they married in the past were daughters from ordinary families.

But since it is a marriage, the importance Li Shimin attaches to the princess is very important.

Changsun's daughter is of course in the first row.

And marrying the daughter of the Changsun family is also because the Changsun family is an excellent person, and her daughters are generally not bad.

Luo Xuanjing thought for a while and then said to Li Xiuning: "I have to ask the princess to help my sister to give her advice to see which princess or noble girl should be married. In Chang'an City, my sister is not comfortable with these families after all. familiar."

Li Xiuning smiled and said: "I will take care of some small things, but A Jing, why don't you ask for my daughter to marry your son?"

Luo Xuanjing and Luo Xuanye said in unison: "The ancestral teachings say that those with the stigmata should not marry. If the stigmata is one, they are like a family, so how can they marry?"

Li Xiuning suddenly realized that he didn't understand some of Luo's internal rules.

After they chatted for a while, Luo Xuanye frowned slightly and asked, "Fifth brother, this time King Qin goes on an expedition, His Majesty won't let you accompany the army. He said that he has other important uses for you. I think something is wrong."

Luo Xuanye lowered his face and said, "Your Majesty knows that I am King Qin's best friend, so he is unwilling to let me join the army.

There must be something going on, but he is the king's father. As long as he doesn't touch the bottom line, there is nothing he can do except to come in with troops to cover up the water and the ground. Moreover, His Majesty will not go too far towards me. "

Li Xiuning said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, as long as I am here, nothing will happen to your husband. Moreover, we are not Erlang after all, and my father will not deal with us husband and wife."

Although he said that, what exactly did the emperor want Luo Xuanye to do?

The answer was soon revealed.

A new appointment for Luo Xuanye came out from Shangshu Province.

There were indigenous rebellions in Lingnan and they frequently attacked surrounding states and counties. Li Yuan sent Luo Xuanye as the general manager of the Lingnan Road march, leading Guangzhou, Gangzhou, Shaozhou, Xunzhou, Chaozhou, Kangzhou, Duanzhou, Xinzhou, Fengzhou and other Lingnan provinces. Dozens of state militaries.

He also ordered that after the turmoil in Lingnan Road was quelled, Luo Xuanye served as the supervisor of Lingnan Road, the governor of Guangzhou, and the governor of Guangzhou to control Lingnan.

This appointment is difficult to evaluate.

There is nothing to say about the Lingnan Road Marching General Manager. He is the commander of one party, and the other general managers must be under his control. He has the highest power to suppress the rebellion in Lingnan.

Li Yuan did not add a Li clan king to Luo Xuanye, which proved that he really believed in Luo Xuanye.

But who would believe that Li Yuan really wanted Luo Xuanye to quell the chaos?

The following appointments include a total of three official positions. Lingnan Road Supervisor. This position had a resounding name during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, called governor. This is an official position for supervising officials. The two-level system of prefectures and counties is definitely difficult to manage. So there were inspectors.

Although the Tang Dynasty now has a three-level system of Dao-zhou-county, it is administratively a two-level system of prefectures and counties. The Dao level is very weak, with only supervisory power. The Tang Dynasty has not yet experienced the abolition of history and the establishment of animal husbandry. At the state level, , what really comes into play is Luo Xuanye's second official position, governor of Guangzhou.

After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, there were several special positions.

Taiyuan, the land of Longxing, is now called Bingzhou, and it is also the first line of defense against the Turks.

Yizhou, known as Tianfu, is also the granary of Guanzhong.

The former Jiangling, now Jingzhou, is an important place to control the Yangtze River.

And Yangzhou to the north of the Yangtze River. Although it is now dilapidated, there is a Grand Canal. In addition, due to the need to suppress the old construction industry south of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou is recovering.

In these four states, the Tang Dynasty set up the Grand Governor here, which was a very high-level official position. The level was equivalent to that of Shangshu Zuopu She and the General Manager of the Sixteenth Guards. It was the second rank.

The only ones above this are the Shangshu Ling of Li Shimin and the Shangshu Ling of Daxingtai of Shaanxi Province. All other official positions are below this!

You can imagine the horror of this position!
Needless to say, in the current Tang Dynasty, the crown prince and the King of Qin are Li Yuanji, the governor of Jingzhou, Li Xuanba, the governor of Yizhou, and Li Xiuning, the governor of Bingzhou. It can be seen from this that this official position is for the prince. They use.

Under the great governor, there is the governor. This is a typical military attache who is in charge of the military, but not just the military of that state. For example, the governor of Suzhou is in charge of the military of the entire Jiangzuo Wuyue homeland, and the military of other states is controlled by The Suzhou Dudu Mansion came to take charge.

The same is true for Luo Xuanye's Guangzhou Governor. Once he loses this official position, he can mobilize half of the troops of Lingnan Road on a regular basis. Although the strength of Lingnan Road is only a few thousand, it is quite impressive.

The last official position, the governor of Guangzhou, is a political officer, in charge of the government affairs of Guangzhou. This official position is nothing, after all, Guangzhou does not have a maritime economy now, and it is a remote area.

Guangzhou is a typical Xiazhou, and the governor of Guangzhou is equivalent to an official position below the fourth rank.

Luo Xuanye was the second-grade general manager of Zuo Qinglong Guard, and he did not despise such an official position, but the governor of Guangzhou plus the governor of Guangzhou, plus the supervisor of Jiangnan Province.

Government affairs, military power, and supervision are all in the hands of one person. Luo Xuanye was in Lingnan, and whoever he asked to die would die.

From this point of view, it seems that Li Yuan really wants Luo Xuanye to go to Lingnan to do something important and calm the border areas to avoid chaos.

But Luo Xuanye didn't think so, and most people didn't think so. "Your Majesty wants to transfer me out of Chang'an. He thinks it's not good for me to stay with King Qin, so he transferred me far away from Chang'an." Show up, don’t show up next to King Qin and the prince.”

Soon Li Xiuning got wind of the news, frowned and said coldly: "Husband, someone secretly reported you to instigate a relationship between the Crown Prince and the King of Qin, so my father had the idea of ​​​​mobilizing you to leave."

Upon hearing this, Luo Xuanye couldn't help but laugh and said: "In that case, I would also like to thank Your Majesty for transferring me, and for transferring me with such honor."

Li Xiuning thought for a while and then said: "I will go and persuade my father to take back his life."

Luo Xuanye said calmly: "Your Majesty will not take it back, at least not now."

If it had been anyone else, even Luo Xuanling, Li Yuan would have killed him directly.

But Luo Xuanye was special after all. Those memories of the past flashed through Li Yuan's mind. Wen Gong hadn't appeared for many years, but Li Yuan still couldn't forget that sacred person.

He really wanted Wen Gong to give him some opinions, preferably to support his approach.

……

After Li Shimin went on the expedition, Luo Xuanye also embarked on his own journey, but there was a blazing fire in his eyes, sputtering out from Shen Han's eyes.

His Majesty!

Even if you let me leave, everything will not stop.

With the military flags flying, Luo Xuanye headed all the way to Lingnan. No one knew what he was thinking.

A carriage slowly and swayingly arrived in Chang'an. There was a person in the carriage.

It's Luosu.

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If you want to do well, you must sharpen your weapon. This is called taking the master of the world to achieve great power and blessing. This was not the case in the Tang Dynasty. Gaozu used Taizong to hold the sword, Tai'a held it upside down, and gave Taizong the handle. How can he be lucky? ——"Tongjian·Tang Ji"

(End of this chapter)