Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 459

Gao Ming felt that Li Shimin didn't come to Taishan to pray for rain, but he got tired of staying in Chang'an City and took the opportunity to come out to play. Otherwise, he would just go to Chang'an to worship the sky. Why did he come so far to Taishan?
But no matter how much he slandered Li Shimin, he still had to go to sacrifice to heaven, so he could only comfort himself silently in his heart.

"Hey, let's think of it as climbing Mount Tai and exercising!"

Compared with Gao Ming, Li Jing was also very disappointed.

Originally, he thought that he could take this opportunity to leave Gao Ming, so as not to be abused by him when he was drunk, but now that it was Li Shimin's order, he could only choose to accept it, and at the same time comforted himself secretly in his heart.

"This time with His Majesty present, I hope His Highness the Crown Prince can restrain himself a bit!"

Li Jing went to meet Li Shimin with Gao Ming with this good wish, but when they saw Li Shimin at the foot of Mount Tai, Li Shimin's words made Li Jing confused and forced.

"Pharmacist, I heard that you have a son named Nezha?"

Li Ji: "..."

Seeing Li Jing's stunned expression, Li Shimin immediately burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha, I was joking with you, because I also know who caused this."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin immediately glared at Gao Ming, seeing this scene, Gao Ming immediately rolled his eyes.

Blame me?
Gao Ming didn't intend to continue the topic, so he changed the subject with a dry smile.

"Ah ha ha ha... that... old man, don't you want to sacrifice to heaven? It's getting late, so hurry up and sacrifice, we can go back to Chang'an sooner after the sacrifice, I've been outside for several months, My heart is so tired!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the corners of Li Shimin's mouth twitched twice, and then he snorted coldly.

"Hmph, it's only been four months since you went on an expedition. Thinking back to the time when Emperor Taizu and I cavalry from Taiyuan to conquer the world..."

Seeing that Li Shimin had entered a state of eloquence, Gao Ming could only sigh helplessly, and suddenly felt even more tired.

When Li Shimin finished his lecture, it was already a stick of incense. Seeing that there was still some unsatisfied expression on his face, Gao Ming seemed to have thought of something, and immediately cast a sidelong glance at him.

"I said, old man, are you planning to conquer Xue Yantuo personally, but the courtiers disagreed, and you didn't win them, so you just made a fuss about offering sacrifices to the sky and praying for rain, and you plan to use this method to fight against them?"

"Uh……"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin's eyes widened immediately, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face, but then he returned to normal, and glared at Gao Ming fiercely again.

"Hmph, nonsense!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored Gao Ming and turned around to leave.

Seeing the back of Li Shimin leaving, Gao Ming and Li Jing immediately looked at each other, and then smiled knowingly.

In fact, Gao Ming guessed right, this time Li Shimin came to Mount Tai to worship the sky and pray for rain, and there was indeed an element of anger with the courtiers in it.

When the Tang Dynasty went to Goguryeo, Li Shimin really wanted to go to this battle. Unfortunately, he had already given the position of General Tiance to Gao Ming, so there was no reason for him to go to the imperial conquest.

When Quan Gai Su Wen was sent to Chang'an, Li Shimin felt a little remorse in his heart. In fact, he really hoped that he was the one who captured Quan Gai Su Wen.

And when King Yici of Baekje was also sent to Chang'an, Li Shimin's remorse reached a peak.

"It took less than four months from going out to defeat Goguryeo and Baekje. Even I have never had such a record!"

More importantly, in the battle of Wandu City, Huzi's 30 cavalry directly attacked Quangai Suwen's [-] Korean army, and captured Quangai Suwen.

This kind of record also broke the myth of "three thousand breaking one hundred thousand" in Hulaoguan.

Under such circumstances, Li Shimin inevitably had a feeling that "the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and the waves before die on the beach".

Although very pleased, but also very disappointed.

"I'm only 46 years old this year, and it's not yet time for me to be overshadowed by juniors!"

When Li Shimin was in a complicated mood, Xue Yantuo came.

According to the information obtained by Li Shimin, it was Ba Zhuo, the second son of Xue Yantuo's leader Yi Nan, who led the troops to attack Shuofang County in Henan Province this time.

Obviously, this was a premeditated invasion. After receiving the news, Li Shimin was angry and excited at the same time.

The anger is because of Xue Yantuo's betrayal, and the excitement is because he finally has a chance to shine!

Just imagine, the main forces of the Tang Dynasty were still in Goguryeo, and Xue Yantuo took advantage of the unpreparedness of the Tang Dynasty to sneak in. At this time, he, the emperor, stood up to turn the tide and help the building to collapse. What kind of stalwart is this?
Just thinking of this, Li Shimin felt so happy that he was about to pee out.

It's a pity that the courtiers didn't take his urination into consideration, and poured a ladle of cold water on his head.

"If a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, Your Majesty must not easily risk it!"

"Xue Yantuo is like a disease of ringworm and scabies. Your Majesty can send a young general there to calm it down. Why bother to mobilize all the imperial guards to conquer?"

"My lords are right..."

What made Li Shimin even more helpless was that the general jumped out immediately after Wen Chen finished speaking.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the troops to defeat Xue Yantuo!"

"My minister is willing to issue a military order!"

"So does Wei Chen!"

These generals who jumped out did not catch up with the Goguryeo expedition. Now that they had the opportunity to conquer Xue Yantuo in the north, they would not let it go. Their eyes were red from the fight, and they almost did not fight.

Seeing this scene, Li Shimin also knew that he had no chance to go on a personal conquest, so he simply let Guo Xiaoke be the general manager of the Xizhou Road, and took [-] troops to conquer Xue Yantuo. Come to Mount Tai to relax.

In fact, the ministers all know that offering sacrifices to the heavens and praying for rain is only after June. Those who pray for rain before April usually use public funds to eat and drink under the banner of offering sacrifices to the heavens.

However, they did not dare to offend Li Shimin too much, so they maintained a tacit attitude towards his behavior.

This time Li Shimin made it clear that he was here to relax, so he didn't even write a congratulatory speech to pray for rain. When it was time to worship the sky, he stood in front of the incense table and moved his mouth. Anyway, the people behind couldn't hear it. What is he saying.

Just when Li Shimin was about to ask people to remove the incense case and leave, he suddenly found Gao Ming standing listlessly by the side.

Seeing this scene, Li Shimin's face darkened immediately, and he waved to Gao Ming.

"Prince, as the heir of the Tang Dynasty, you should also come up to pray for rain. If you are not sincere, you will not be able to pray for rain, hum!"

"..."

Gao Ming knew that Li Shimin was deliberately trying to punish him, so he immediately became angry. Before he came to the altar, he put his palms together and muttered something.

"I heard that God, you are very arrogant, but don't embarrass me. If it doesn't rain within three days, first smash the Dragon Emperor Temple, and then bombard your mother with cannons."

Li Shimin: "..."

(End of this chapter)