Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2946 The situation is tense

Li Jing is not a fool, and it is impossible for a fool to have such great achievements as him.However, to this day, he has realized more and more how stupid what he did back then. He did not get involved in the struggle for imperial power and watched from the sidelines. Although his wealth and life were safe, it also made the prince and King Qin at that time feel jealous of him. The heart is not human inside and out.

As a result, the Zhenguan Dynasty was squeezed out and left idle for more than ten years.

This means that His Majesty Li Er has a broad mind. If the original prince Li Jiancheng had ascended the throne as the emperor, he would have been bestowed to death many times, and his descendants and family members would also have to suffer...

If it is an idle official, it is okay to stand on the sidelines and retreat during the power struggle, so as not to be affected by the fish in the pond.However, if the level reaches a certain level, with strong power and influence, it is not easy to avoid it if you want to.

For example, in the current situation, although I have lived in the mansion for more than ten years, my influence on the army still exists. The prince can see this, so he shows his kindness to recruit him. How can King Jin not see it? Woolen cloth?

If he politely declines the prince's solicitation, King Jin will come to the door in person later.

Are you still just ignoring and watching from the sidelines as you were back then?

It's not impossible, it's just that when the reserve position has been decided in the future, and even after the new king takes the throne, he has to pray that the new king can have the same broad mind as His Majesty Li Er, and won't mind Li Jing's disdain now...

Fang Jun has a good saying: People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves.

What is Jiang Hu?A place where there are people, interests, and struggles is a rivers and lakes, and above the court is a big rivers and lakes.

As long as you are in it, it is difficult to protect yourself wisely...

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On the first day of March, the entire city of Chang'an was under martial law.

There are still two days left before the day when His Majesty Li Er swore to set off for the expedition. The troops from all walks of life in Guanzhong have gathered outside Chang'an City one after another. The tents stretch for tens of miles. Occupied by the barracks.

In order to avoid someone waiting for an opportunity to make trouble and affect the smoothness of the swearing-in expedition, the yamen guards of Jingzhao Mansion and the soldiers of each yamen are stationed in Chang'an City every ten steps and every five steps. There are not many ruffians who were imprisoned in the prison of Jingzhao Mansion due to private fights between Fang and City in the past two days.

"Hundred Knights" is even more elite.

The checks at the gates of the various cities were impeccable, and anyone who had doubts about their identity would be strictly investigated, and if there was anything suspicious, they would be arrested and interrogated by the "Hundred Knights".

The yamen responsible for public security in Chang'an are busy working day and night, and they dare not be negligent in the slightest. Once a mistake occurs at such a critical moment, it is very likely to lead to a major cleansing of the entire system, and countless people will be implicated.

The busiest is naturally the Ministry of War.

Although the Ministry of War still does not have the right to recruit troops and decide strategies, the logistics work of the entire army is on the Ministry of War. There are already more than 10 troops gathered near Chang'an. The huge amount of food and fodder consumed every day is an astronomical problem. Numbers need to be collected by the Ministry of War from various places, transported, and then distributed one by one.

A slight mistake will cause dissatisfaction in an army, which in turn will cause unparalleled bad influence.

Li Zhi and Fang Jun lived and ate almost at the Yamen of the Ministry of War for the past two days. As Minister of the Ministry of War, Fang Jun naturally had to sit in the middle and be responsible for the final decisions on all matters.As the "Shangshu of the Ministry of Military Affairs", Li Zhi does not have as much power as Fang Jun, but the responsibilities he needs to bear are no less inferior to Fang Jun.Although he thought that Fang Jun would not necessarily take the opportunity to frame him, but many things were on Fang Jun. Human energy is limited after all. What if Fang Jun was negligent for a while and made a mistake?
So he had to stare with Fang Jun.

Li Zhi was sitting in the duty room, looking out the window slightly sideways. There were many people in the yard, and all the officials of the Ministry of War were hurrying with solemn expressions, holding various official documents in their hands, and were in charge of the affairs of the troops around Chang'an. Liaison and material distribution.

The tension and solemnity before the war made Li Zhi, who has always been free and easy, feel a little dry.

This is what the imperial machine looks like after it is running at full speed. Everyone is a part of this machine. It seems bloated and redundant, but it is actually indispensable.The operation deviation of any part will lead to the overall error, even affecting the highest level.

In the past, Li Zhi didn't regard the Eastern Expedition as a great event. People around him always regarded the Eastern Expedition as a kind of "victory at the beginning of the flag, success will come soon", which made Li Zhi also think that it was just a "goshawk war". Fighting the Rabbit" is also a war, the strength of the two sides is very different, knowing that when the Tang Dynasty soldiers arrive, Goguryeo will collapse in an instant.

Only now did he realize what kind of danger such a national war meant to the empire. The whole country rejoiced at the victory, and since then there was no strong country in the surrounding area, but if it failed, perhaps the end of the former Sui Dynasty would be Datang's tomorrow.

After taking a sip of tea to moisten his throat, Li Zhi looked at Fang Jun, who was sitting at the desk opposite him, writing at his desk and constantly reviewing documents, and couldn't help but ask, "Brother-in-law, this Eastern Expedition will surely be victorious, right?"

Fang Jun raised his eyes and glanced at him, did not reply, and continued to review the documents in his hand.

He already has some understanding of Li Zhi's habits, and he often switches between "Yue Guogong" and "brother-in-law" perfectly.When addressing "Yue Guogong", it means that business is done without any human relations, while when addressing "brother-in-law", it means getting along with relatives, and you can speak casually.

This will allow him to occupy a favorable position everywhere.

What a cunning little guy...

After completing the review of the official document in his hand, he closed it and put it aside, then picked up a copy from the top of the pile of official documents on the desk, opened it to look at it, dipped the brush into the inkstone, thought for a while, and said: "Compiling and reading History books, has there ever been a battle of victory in this world? There are countless cases of victory with less. Even in this corner of Goguryeo, the soldiers of the former Sui Dynasty poured out the whole country, didn’t they return with their halberds smashed into the sand and feathers? So Sun Tzu said, "Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of life and death, the way of life and death, must not be ignored."

Li Zhi hesitated for a moment, and said, "Isn't it? The reason why the Eastern Expedition failed in the former Sui Dynasty was because Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered violently, and he was arrogant and arrogant and did not take Goguryeo seriously. That's why he was defeated because he underestimated the enemy. Now the Tang Dynasty With one heart and one mind, the whole country went to war, and they attached great importance to Goguryeo, so how could they repeat the mistakes of the previous Sui Dynasty?"

"Ah!"

Fang Jun laughed, stretched his brush, Your Excellency, took a sip of tea, and said, "Your Highness, have you read "Sui Shu?"

Li Zhi nodded.

Fang Jun clicked his lips, and said tactfully: "The so-called 'It is better to have no books than to believe in all books', especially history books, you can carefully study the way of the sage king, but you can't blindly believe it is true. You need to know that history books have always been written by The latecomers compile the history of the losers, and the victors compile the history of the losers, how can it be absolutely objective?"

Li Zhi frowned: "Other history books may contain the editor's personal wishes, but only the "Historical Records" and "Sui Shu" do not. It is rare in the ages, how can the situation that brother-in-law said happen?"

Fang Jun held the teacup, shook his head, and sighed: "As long as you are a human being, you will have emotions and desires, and you will have personal likes and dislikes. Human beings are not sages. No one can be completely objective. This is impossible."

For things like history books, just look at them. Real things never appear in history books.

Not to mention the "Historical Records", which is known as "the swan song of historians, the "Li Sao" without rhyme", there are too many subjective assumptions in it, and too many personal emotions are mixed; Are the clank and iron bones absolutely authentic and credible?
not necessarily.

It is true that "Sui Shu" promotes the fine historiographical tradition of upholding the straight script, and there are fewer critics and taboos.Wei Zheng is upright and upright. The biographies he presided over the compilation have fewer musical styles and are not taboo for the venerable.For example, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was "severe" and arbitrary, "displeased with poetry and books", "darker than the avenue", Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty's hypocritical appearance, "killing flesh and blood, slaughtering loyal and good people", etc., are all written truthfully, without any taboo.

Not necessarily fair, however.

A work represents the core idea of ​​the author.Wei Zheng is an aide of Prince Yin Li Jiancheng. After the "Xuanwu Gate Incident", he became a representative of His Majesty Li Er's team who is characterized by loyalty and direct advice. Such a person has a strong temperament and hates evil like hatred. How can he treat things with a normal mind? look at?
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