Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3186 Natural Nemesis
His Majesty Li Er loved and valued Fang Jun a lot, and constantly entrusted him with important tasks, but he repeatedly suppressed his title and official position.

He hopes that Fang Jun will become the pillar of the empire in the future, not a generation of powerful ministers.

However, the meritorious service of the Hexi Great Victory can be said to be the protection of the sky and the effort to turn the tide. If such a meritorious service is not rewarded, let alone whether Fang Jun will be willing, what will the government and the public think?

Zhuge Liang once said that "the palace and the mansion are all one, and whether it is fine or not, there should be no similarities and differences." This is the foundation of governance throughout the ages.As a high-ranking person, the most important thing is to distinguish rewards and punishments, not to treat them differently.Although Fang Jun can understand the good intentions of the emperor, how can he continue to be loyal to the king in the future?

If you don't get a reward for doing meritorious service, who will work hard...

His Majesty Li Er had a headache.

From time to time, the stick made a great achievement, which made him unable to suppress it even if he wanted to. It's really a worry...

Li Ji knew His Majesty Li Er's troubles, so he said: "Your Majesty, it is clear that the Duke of Yue has made great achievements and can be called the pillar of the empire, but he is still young. If he is favored too much, it is not a good thing."

Everyone has selfishness.

His Majesty Li Er's love for Fang Jun was admired and envied by all civil and military officials in the court.Now that Fang Jun has made great achievements again, although His Majesty is still inclined to suppress him, but the rewards are too high, but who can understand the emperor's mind?

In case of being excited, a big reward is made, that would be bad.

Right now, the Jiangnan gentry and Shandong aristocratic families are colluding with each other openly and secretly, forming a faction to jointly attack the Guanlong clan who has been entrenched in the center for many years.The so-called snake can't do without a head. As the head of the prime minister, the imperial nobleman, and the famous general of the Tang Dynasty, the British Duke Li Ji is the "alliance leader" in name. Be willing to bow down.

However, Fang Jun has sprung up in recent years. He is in charge of the Royal Navy and enlisted all the noble families in the south of the Yangtze River and the aristocratic families in Shandong. He tightly controlled the economic lifeline of each family.

It is even more unique in the army, and it is already faintly rivaling Li Ji.

If the emperor rewarded him generously this time, raising his prestige, status, and power to a higher level, Fang Jun's ambition to compete for the position of "Leader" might not be born.

After all, this is just a young man with few weak crowns, his temperament is unstable, and it is inevitable to strive for the top.

If it was true, it would have planted a nail in the alliance between the Jiangnan gentry and the Shandong aristocratic family, causing internal division and mutual struggle for power.

The powerful enemy has not yet been eradicated, how can you achieve great things if you fight among yourself first?

If the current opportunity of suppressing the Guanlongmen clan with the help of the emperor still fails to suppress it firmly, then one day the Guanlongmen clan will surely regain its former glory. Bear the backlash.

His Majesty Li Er stroked his beard and said "Yes", weighing repeatedly in his heart, in a dilemma.

The meritorious service of the ministers is too great. As the emperor, instead of thinking about how to bestow favors and rewards, he tried every means to suppress them. This is extremely rare among emperors throughout the ages. His Majesty Li Er shook his head helplessly.

On the other hand, Changsun Wuji, holding the Chang'an Emergency Report and reading it word by word, was full of loss, depression, and resentment!
The eldest son has been lurking in Goguryeo for a long time, and it took countless efforts to gain the trust of Yuangai Suwen, to be a military counselor, to know the secrets of Goguryeo's internal deployment and deployment of troops, and to pass it back to the army. His Majesty's amnesty, return to Chang'an.

If the peace talks between the two countries can be facilitated, Chang Sun Chong, who is in the middle and coordinates, should be the first to attack. Not only will the return to Chang'an be a matter of course, but it will also be highly valued by His Majesty.

As for whether Yuan Gai Suwen negotiated peace in good faith, in Changsun Wuji's view, it didn't matter at all.When the army reached the city of Pyongyang, Yuangai Suwen had no way to return to heaven. Could it be that he really lived and died with Pyongyang City and was buried with the Goguryeo Dynasty?
Even if Yuan Gai Suwen had the will to die, Changsun Chong and his son conspired to assassinate Yuan Gai Suwen while taking advantage of the chaos, and then his son Yuan boys replaced the Yuan clan, and even the royal family of Goguryeo, how could they talk to the Tang army.

At that time, His Majesty Li Er would not want to lose his troops and waste his supplies, and he wanted to end the Eastern Expedition as soon as possible and return to Chang'an to stabilize the capital. He would definitely not insist on a bloody battle under Ping Rang City, and he would definitely agree to the proposal of peace talks.

As long as the negotiation is successful, no matter what conditions are given to Goguryeo, the first attack will still be Changsun Chong's...

However, Fang Jun's stick turned the impossible into possible, and forced a big victory from what the ruling and opposition parties believed to be a defeat.

Tens of thousands of Tuyuhun cavalry collided in front of Youtunwei's firearms, and their heads were smashed. Tens of thousands of people were wiped out.

Changsun Wuji's concern at this moment is not how Fang Jun fought this battle, and how powerful the firearms are, but that after this battle, Youtunwei won a complete victory. All crises are resolved.

Although there are still frequent wars in the Western Regions, and hundreds of thousands of man-eating locusts are generally invading the territory, but it is far away from Chang'an, so we can calmly arrange arrangements and not be as passive as before.

As for Liaodong, since the Hexi crisis has been resolved, even if it is delayed for a few days, it will not affect the overall situation.

His Majesty Li Er can march calmly and besiege Ping Rang City. It is not so urgent whether the two countries negotiate a peace to end the Eastern Expedition as soon as possible.

Among them, if Yuan Gai Suwen repeated a little bit, with His Majesty's stamina, the peace negotiation would fall through immediately, and he would order a fierce attack on Ping Rang City until the Goguryeo City was destroyed.

Changsun Chong led the negotiation to seize the opportunity of the first attack, and naturally disappeared.

Although it is a great achievement to pass on the Goguryeo army's defenses to the emperor in the city of Ping Rang, it is a great achievement, but how does this compare with the feat of leading the peace talks?

Even if His Majesty Li Er did not break his promise and pardoned Chang Sun Chong for his crimes and allowed him to return to Chang'an, there would definitely be criticism from the ruling and opposition parties, at least those censor officials would jump out and question him.

However, if Changsun Chong was able to lead the peace negotiations, causing the capital of a country to be captured without bloodshed, and the entire country attached to the Tang Dynasty, who would dare to question such a feat?
Thinking of this, Changsun Wuji gritted his teeth with hatred: Fang Er, a bastard, seems to be at odds with his own son, and he won't win sooner or later, but at this time, he won at this time, cutting off Dalang's great opportunity to establish a great honor. nemesis...

Sure enough, His Majesty Li Er stroked his beard and said: "Since the danger in Hexi has been lifted, it is not so important whether the Eastern Expedition will end quickly. In this way, we can start a peace negotiation with the abyss thief, but the army cannot stop the attack. The speed at which they captured Borai City and robbed them across allowed the army to cross the Yalu River and head straight for Pingrang City."

Although they are all temporarily in contact with Yuan Gai Suwen, tentatively discussing the matter of peace, but negotiating peace with Yuan Gai Suwen in a hurry to end the Eastern Expedition is completely different from negotiating peace with the least sacrifice to obtain the greatest inspiration.

The former inevitably had to accept some favorable conditions for Yuan Gai Suwen, while the latter completely took the initiative, whether it was a fight or a peace, it was under the sole control of Tang Jun.

Changsun Wuji had a bit of bitterness in his mouth, but he could only nod his head and said: "Here! After the old minister went down, he wrote a letter to Gouzi, asking him to discuss with Yuan Gai Suwen. After reaching a certain consensus, His Majesty will appoint special personnel to communicate with Goguryeo. Contact."

Even so, he worked hard to promote peace without losing hope...

His Majesty Li Er is naturally aware of Changsun Wuji's thoughts, so he took a sip of tea and said to Changsun Wuji kindly: "You don't need to bother with the auxiliary machine. Since I promised to give Changsun Chong an amnesty once he made great achievements, I will allow him Returning to Chang'an, how can you renege on your promise and get fat? Be at ease."

The meaning in the words is "Even if Chang Sun Chong's contribution may not be so outstanding, but I will relax my hand." Magnanimous, benevolent.

How could Changsun Wuji not understand?
I was a little moved in my heart, after all, what my son committed was the serious crime of "rebellion". In all dynasties, it would have been the capital crime of beheading, and there is absolutely no reason for amnesty.

Then he got up and knelt down at the feet of His Majesty Li Er, tearful and grateful, and said: "The old minister has no way to teach his son, and he has no place to be ashamed! Fortunately, His Majesty is magnanimous, and the eldest grandson and his family should do their best to be eagle dogs forever! "

"Hey! Why is the auxiliary machine like this? The law is nothing more than human feelings. I watched Chang Sun Chong grow up, and I naturally knew that his original intention was not to assassinate the king. For the sake of the opportunity, how can you be stingy with an amnesty? Get up quickly."

I reached out to help, but my heart was a little tired.

This brother-in-law has been insidious all his life, calculating people's hearts, but he is also a stubborn character. He has gone through countless ups and downs for so many years. When he was driven out of the house and had to beg for shelter under Gao Shilian's family, he never shed a tear. But recently In the past few years, he cried bitterly in front of himself from time to time.

If I knew today, why did I do it at the beginning...

(End of this chapter)