Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1946 Li Shimin's Tangle
It is already the end of the year in Chang'an City, and the new year will be in a few days.

Tomorrow, all officials will start to rest.

However, at this moment, a news came from the land of Nanzhao.

On this day, it snowed heavily again in Chang'an City.

It was snowing heavily, making people shiver with cold.

Above the main hall, an official stood up and said, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Nanzhao, saying... that my Tang army has been defeated, and His Royal Highness the King of Shu... His Royal Highness the King of Shu was even captured alive by the rebels."

After the news came out, the entire hall fell into a deathly silence.

From the beginning, they didn't take the rebels in Nanzhao land seriously, but since they dispatched troops, accidents happened one after another.

First, Chen Gu fell ill, and the court had to replace the generals. Now, the Tang army was defeated again, and Li Ke was captured alive.

Then Li Ke is the prince, why was he captured alive?

The situation was not good. After a brief silence, the whole hall suddenly became noisy.

"Damn, hate, these rebels are so rampant, so rampant."

"Whoever says no, should give these rebels a hard lesson."

"These generals of the Tang army are also real, how can they let the prince take risks?"

"........."

Above the main hall, some people are happy while others are sad.

Those who are happy are Li Tai and Changsun Wuji. Although Li Ke is not a legitimate son, he is also deeply loved by Li Shimin. He is also a popular candidate for the crown prince, and his power in the court is not weak.

But now Li Ke has become a captive, so no matter whether he can come back alive or not, he will lose the qualification to compete for the crown prince.

Datang, or in other words, Li Shimin will not let a person who has been a prisoner become a prince, and become the emperor of Datang in the future. This is extremely risky. Li Shimin will not take this risk, and the officials in the court will not will agree.

If he becomes the king, it will be a disgrace to the entire Tang Dynasty.

However, those who were attached to Li Ke became worried.

Many of them are betting their wealth and life on Li Ke. If something happens to Li Ke, they are afraid that they will be squeezed out soon, and it will be difficult for them to be promoted.

Even, he will be demoted.

They didn't want to see this, and when they were worried, they couldn't help feeling some resentment towards Li Ke. Why was this Li Ke so careless? None of the other generals were captured alive, but he, a prince, was captured alive.

Who does he think he is, to take the lead?
In the past, they thought that Li Ke was the best at fighting among the many princes, which was a very good advantage, but now it seems that this advantage has hidden dangers, it is too dangerous.

"My lord, my Tang Dynasty should send people to the land of Nanzhao as soon as possible to rescue His Highness the King of Shu. He is the son of the lord."

When everyone was angry, Li Ke's people began to speak up.

They just wanted to rescue Li Ke right now, and when one jumped out, the others immediately followed suit.

"Yes, although His Royal Highness King Shu was captured alive, we must rescue him."

"That's right, that's right, it must be rescued."

"His Royal Highness King Shu must be rescued, he is the son of the Holy Majesty..."

After all, there is only such a reason, which is probably the only reason Li Ke's people can think of.

However, just this one reason is enough, what father in the world is willing to see his son captured alive and suffer from the enemy?
What any father thinks now is to save his son as soon as possible.

While these people were talking like this, a palace official hurried over and said, "My lord, the rebels have sent a letter."

Hearing that the Nanzhao rebels sent someone to send a letter, everyone was very curious, Li Shimin was a little anxious here, and said quickly: "Bring it to me to see."

The palace servants hastily handed over the letter. After reading it, Li Shimin's eyes froze. Immediately, he looked at the officials and said, "The rebels want my Tang Dynasty to recognize their Dali Kingdom as legal, and they The bargaining chip is the life of the king of Shu, dear friends, what do you think of this matter?"

Li Shimin had tried his best to keep himself calm, but when he said this, people could still hear his trembling voice.

After the officials heard the request of the rebels, many of them frowned immediately.

"Your Majesty, the request of the rebel army is not allowed. The land of Nanzhao was originally the territory of my Tang Dynasty. If we recognize their legal status, it is to recognize their Dali Kingdom. It's not easy."

"That's right, if you don't admit it, they are rebels. I, Datang, can punish them as much as I want, but if I admit it, many things will be difficult to handle in the future."

"Your Majesty, you must not promise them."

"........."

The people in the court said one by one that there will never be a shortage of righteous people in this world. They can sacrifice a lot of things for the sake of righteousness. Of course, the premise is that what they sacrifice is not their own beloved things.

Today's people, whether out of selfishness or righteousness, many of them feel that they cannot agree to the demands of the rebels.

But at the same time, Li Ke's people were against it.

"My lord, His Royal Highness the King of Shu is your son. If our Tang Dynasty disagrees, then His Royal Highness the King of Shu may never come back."

"Your Majesty, so what if we agree to those rebels for the time being. After we save His Highness the King of Shu, we can think of other ways."

"That's right, my lord, don't be arrogant, human life is more important..."

If something happened to Li Ke, all of them would be affected. This was not what they wanted to see.

As they said this, the two sides immediately quarreled.

"My lord, I can't agree."

"Your Majesty, you must agree, His Royal Highness the King of Shu is your son..."

The two sides were talking back and forth, Li Shimin's eyes were fixed, and he couldn't see the expression. At this moment, he was very entangled, and he didn't know what to do.

Don't agree, Li Ke is his own son, he doesn't want to see his son die in the hands of the rebels like this, but agree, that is the whole area of ​​Nanzhao, just lost like this, he Li Shimin He is the sinner of Datang.

It is very difficult for people to choose between public and private, even for a person as talented and bold as Li Shimin, and he can be regarded as a hard-hearted person.

Then his own son.

But if he lost the whole Nanzhao for his son, how would he face his ancestors, what would history say about him?

This is tantamount to cutting the ground.

Shame, this is a shame, Li Ke's shame will continue to become his shame.

Tangled, tangled.

"Father, the King of Shu must be saved."

(End of this chapter)