Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 114
The capital of the Li Dynasty, Shenglong Mansion.

The government center of the entire Le Dynasty, in the Nanhua Palace, the civil and military officials of the Le Dynasty gathered here.Li Weining, the king of the Li Dynasty, sat at the head, listening to the officials' reports, his face revealed a sound of lamentation.

"My lord, I conquered the cloud army and returned to the country a few days ago! The [-] army, more than [-] casualties, and more than [-] people were lost on the way home... Your lord, after this battle, our court There is no longer any power to resist Yunguo!" The official who stood up to speak said with tears in his voice.

"My Majesty, the prefect of Laizhou reported. A small army of the Yun Kingdom scattered into our court, harassed the prefectures and counties everywhere, burned down the government treasury, and lost countless losses for more than a month!" Another official stood up. road.

Li Weining lowered his head and sighed softly:
"Masters, the most urgent thing is to allocate armaments, rectify the troops, and hold the line of defense! If the Yun Kingdom attacks, this Shenglong Mansion is the capital of the kingdom, so we must defend it!"

After Li Weining finished speaking, an official stepped out immediately, knelt down in the hall, and said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, I want to impeach Taiwei Chen Feng! He lost his army and lost his general in the battle of Yongzhou. Before that, he took a risk and tried his best to persuade the king to send troops. As a result, my last army lost so much that it was no longer able to resist Yunguo. This man is a disaster for the country and the people. , not killing, it is not enough to calm the anger of the government and the public!"

As soon as these words came out, the Nanhua Palace froze for a moment.

Immediately, several officials stood up and said with awe-inspiring righteousness:

"Senior ministers and others! Taiwei Chen Feng, who was determined to take risks, insisted on fighting with Yun Guo's soldiers and horse waves, causing the situation to deteriorate. Please order the punishment immediately!"

"My lord, punish me immediately!"

"Please punish the king, so as to comfort the hearts of the government and the people!"

Li Weining frowned upon hearing this, and said:
"Taiwei Chen Feng, although he has made many mistakes, he must not attribute all the crimes to himself! This matter will be discussed later. The most urgent thing is to strengthen the defense line as soon as possible to prevent the Yun Kingdom from attacking!"

Even though Li Weining said so, there were still a few officials who were unwilling to let go, and retorted:

"Your Majesty, at this time, the government and the people are so angry. If you don't give an explanation, how can the army and the people work together to protect our country?"

"The ministers and others know that the king cherishes talents, but the matter of Taiwei Chen Feng needs to be decided as soon as possible!"

Facing the advice from all the officials, Li Weining, who had seemed a little weak before, frowned at this moment, and said coldly:

"Everyone wants to take the Taiwei alone at this time, so who will guard our country's defense line?"

As soon as these words came out, the officials who were aggressively trying to punish Chen Feng suddenly stopped.

Li Dynasty's national power is not as good as Yun Country!

Previously, the government of Yun Kingdom was corrupt and the frontier defenses were lax, but the Li Dynasty took advantage of a lot.But since Wang Xiao came to power, he rectified the frontier army and trained soldiers and horses.After that, the Li army had few victories against the Shangyun army.

Taiwei Chen Feng is already recognized by the government and the public, and there are few generals who can resist the attack of the Yun army!

Convicting him of a crime can certainly give an explanation to the government and the public, but there will be no one who can resist the Yun army from now on!
Having said that, the few people who insisted on Li Weining to punish Chen Feng just now couldn't help but quiet down and stop talking.

"Okay, now that the country is in such a state, you gentlemen, don't think about anything else! The most important thing is to recruit young men, form an army, and prevent the cloud army from attacking!" Li Weining said in a deep voice.

After hearing the words, all the officials had no choice but to submit to orders.

After sending all the officials away, Li Weining rubbed his head with a headache, and said to the feminine eunuch beside him:
"Pi Hui, is the news true?"

Hearing this, the eunuch named Pi Hui cupped his hands and said:

"Your Majesty, this matter has been verified many times. The reason why Grand Master Chen Feng returned in a big defeat is because the new king of Yun Kingdom personally led the army to ask for help. He rode alone in the battle, showing his cultivation in the realm of a land fairy! "

When Li Weining heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he frowned and said:
"There are many new kings in Yunguo? I remember that he was only fifteen or sixteen years old!"

"Yes, Xiao Cheng, the new emperor of the Yun Kingdom, is the No. 11 son of the former Emperor of the Yun Kingdom, the only legitimate son born to the late empress, who just turned fifteen this year!" Pi Huigong said.

Xu was afraid that Li Weining would not believe it, so he quickly added:

"This matter has been confirmed, absolutely true!"

Hearing this, Li Weining stood up and muttered:
"A 15-year-old land fairy! A 15-year-old land fairy...Could it be that the successive emperors of the Yun Kingdom also have a way to gather fortune?"

Hearing the words, he lowered his eyebrows and said in a low voice:
"My servant has already gone to investigate! It's just that the law of luck is a secret of our court, and Yun Kingdom should not know it!"

"Then how to explain? Eighth-level masters who are fifteen or sixteen years old, although rare in a hundred years, should be there after all. Gu also recognizes such a big ninth-level master, and he can only be regarded as a genius! The year-old land god, if he hadn't used the method of luck to seize the power of the country, why would he have such a cultivation base..."

Seeing that Li Weining became more and more excited as he spoke, Pi Hui hurried forward and comforted him:

"Your Majesty, don't be so excited! I don't know if this method of fortune is true or not, so it can't be true!"

Li Weining shook his head firmly, and said:

"The law of fortune must be feasible! Otherwise, the one in the ancestral temple..."

"Your Majesty, speak carefully!" Pi Hui's heart skipped a beat and he interrupted hastily.

At this time, Li Weining also woke up suddenly, with an extremely complicated expression on his face, he shut up and didn't speak anymore.

The entire hall fell into silence.

At this moment, a palace attendant suddenly ran in, knelt down and said:

"Your Majesty! Lord Fengchang Ruan Ti and Lord Zongzheng Aohou Li, please see me!"

Hearing the names of these two people, Li Weining frowned visibly.

Really what to say, what to come!

Li Weining took a deep breath, regained his composure, and said in a deep voice:
"Xuan!"

"Yes."

Not long after, two people, one tall and one short, wearing the official uniforms of Jiuqing, stepped into the hall together, and slightly cupped their hands towards Li Weining, saying neither humble nor overbearing:
"Meet the king!"

Li Weining looked at the two of them, concealed the irritability and disgust in his heart, and smiled warmly:

"The two adults are not serving in the ancestral temple, how can they have time to visit Gu?"

When the two heard this, the slightly shorter man stepped forward, with a cold and rebellious face, and said in a solemn voice:
"Your Majesty, subject Ruan Ti, by the order of our ancestors, come here to reprimand you!"

Li Weining looked at Ruan Ti's appearance that he didn't take him seriously at all, and couldn't help feeling great hatred in his heart.

But Li Weining at this time, regardless of what he thinks in his heart, he can only suppress his temper in front of Ruan Ti.

With Pi Hui's support, he stood up, walked in front of Ruan Ti, knelt down on one knee, lowered his head to hide the coldness in his eyes, and said respectfully:
"Ancestor please teach me!"

Ruan Ti looked at Li Weining kneeling in front of him, as if he was used to it, accepted the gift calmly, and said in a deep voice:

"The defeat of Yongzhou has weakened the country! The battle at Xiushan has damaged the young and strong, and consumed countless national power. Taiwei Chen Feng, the main battle is unfavorable, he should be severely punished, and there will be no mercy!"

Li Weining heard the words, but quickly raised his head and said:
"Ruan Qing, Chen Feng cannot be punished! You are also clear about the reason! No one in the country has his prestige and ability..."

Ruan Ti raised his eyebrows, with an indifferent expression, interrupted:

"These words, please ask the king to explain to the ancestor in person!"

Li Weining's words froze, then he lowered his eyes and said in a muffled voice:

"Okay, Guzi will go and explain to the ancestor!"

Ruan Ti nodded, stepped aside slightly, cupped his hands and said:
"In this way, I will report the truth to the ancestor!"

Li Weining was aggrieved, bowed his head and said:
"Yes!"

When Li Weining was supported to stand up, Zongzheng and Aohou Lihu took another step forward, cupped their hands and said:

"Your Majesty, by the order of the ancestor, I came here to ask for offerings! This year's offering, the ancestor specially explained that there are three pieces of Buhuashen ice, five pieces of Whale King's gelatin, and eight taels of dragon musk. As for the fire-weaving golden toad, jade The three kinds of noodles, the bird and the colorful snow lotus, can be supplied as in previous years."

Hearing this, Li Weining's heart skipped a beat, an unknown fire shot straight into his forehead, he almost couldn't hold it back, and broke out on the spot.

He gritted his teeth, suppressed his anger, and said:

"Aohou, it is difficult for the court to maintain the front line. Now that there are so many offerings, how can Gu get them all together? Please ask Aohou to explain a few things for Gu Haosheng in front of the ancestors. Sentence!"

When Aohou Lihu heard the words, his mouth moved, and then with a look of embarrassment on his face, he said:
"Your Majesty, there is nothing you can do! Perhaps only the Majesty can go there in person to make the ancestor change his words!"

"you……"

Li Weining was about to have a fit, but when he saw Li Hu in front of him, he also showed embarrassment and entanglement.

The anger in his heart suddenly dissipated powerlessly.

The two people in front of me are just the speakers of the one hiding in the ancestral temple, just like me, they are also involuntary!
"Gu, I got it! Please take a message to the ancestors. Tomorrow, the orphans will go to the ancestral temple and explain to the ancestors!"

When the two heard the words, they nodded immediately, bowed to Li Weining, turned around and left.

Watching the two leave, Li Weining stood still for a moment, and then turned to the eunuch beside him, speaking in a deep voice, and said:

"The doubling of offerings this year must have damaged the fortunes of the country, causing the ancestors to retaliate! As long as..."

He didn't finish his words, but the confidant at the side was already clear in his heart.

He supported Li Weining with both hands, and said in a low voice:
"Your Majesty, no matter how you plan, Bi Hui will help you..."
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The southwestern hinterland of Xia Kingdom has become a mess at this time.

From time to time, some prefectures and counties were breached by people, and after a lot of damage, the bandits left.

There are different stories about these gangsters.

Some people said that this was caused by disorderly soldiers, overstepping the title system, besieging cities and counties, and plotting rebellion.It is also said that this is the cavalry of the Yun army who went deep into the hinterland, killing people and destroying the city in order to avenge the invasion of its territory.

The two pieces of news couldn't tell the truth from the fake ones, which confused the officials of the prefectures and counties in the southwestern states, and they couldn't figure out what happened.

But under such a situation, all places have stepped up vigilance, summoned Ding Qingzhuang, and strictly guarded the city to prevent the bandits from taking advantage.

Diao Wenxuan looked at the closed city gate in front of him, sighed softly, and said:
"Hey, these cities are so tightly guarded that they can't be fooled into it! Your Majesty, why don't we go back now! Anyway, we have smashed five cities in a row in the past few days, and turned the big cities around the Yangtze River in Xia Kingdom upside down. It should be enough!"

Xiao Cheng also knows the truth of accepting when he sees a deal. After all, the city of Xia Kingdom is heavily guarded now. It would be a bit of a dream to attack the city with only a thousand cavalry like him. He nodded and said:

"Okay, today is..."

In the middle of speaking, Xiao Cheng raised his brows suddenly, pointed the horsewhip in his hand, and said:
"Wait, there seems to be a chance!"

　Gan!I just sent a message to ask for leave, and the leader also approved it.

　　Today's condition is really bad, especially the connection between the plots, I can't write it at all!

　　Go to bed first, and get up early tomorrow morning to continue working.I don't believe it anymore, I can't pay the bill?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)