bastard seizes tang

Chapter 551
Li Ke has already sat down in the hall, and the six ministers are slowly coming together later, but within a stick of incense, all the people who have passed on to the court have arrived, but there is one person who has not arrived yet, and this person is It is Prince Li Chengqian.

Although this time is not a ten-day court meeting, it is also an important matter summoned by Li Shimin's imperial decree, and it has a lot to do with it.

The thief from the southwest knocked on the side, and the emperor personally recruited him. All the courtiers had already arrived, but Li Chengqian, the prince, was the closest to the ground, but he hadn't arrived yet. Li Shimin looked at the empty seat on the left, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous .

"Where is the prince now? Why hasn't he arrived yet?" Li Shimin finally became impatient and asked the eunuch outside the door.

The eunuch entered the door and reported to Li Shimin: "Returning to Your Majesty, the palace people who went to the East Palace to pass the edict have gone for three waves, and they have not found any trace of the crown prince in the East Palace."

Hearing this, Li Shimin was deeply angry, and asked, "Don't the Crown Princess and the people in the Eastern Palace know where the Crown Prince is?"

The eunuch replied: "I've asked all of them. The Crown Princess, the guard of the East Palace, and the Prince's recorder and living officer don't know where the Prince is."

The crown prince is the crown prince, unlike ordinary princes, every day the crown prince goes in and out, he imitates the emperor, and has a living note as a preparation, even if he doesn't, Li Chengqian should have informed the recorder, but now the eunuchs in the palace have asked all over in the East Palace, but I still don't know where the prince is, which is really breaking the rules.

How can the majestic prince, the foundation of the country, disappear for nothing, how can the officials feel at ease.

Li Shimin slapped the table in front of him angrily, and scolded: "Nonsense, it's nonsense, send more people to find me, and the prince must be found."

"No." Seeing that Li Shimin was angry, the eunuch agreed, and hurriedly sent another person to look for him.

No one else knows where Li Chengqian is now, but Li Ke has a rough idea in his heart. At this moment, Li Chengqian is probably going to another courtyard in the south of the city to meet his heart's desire. Naturally, he took his confidants and went there quietly, how could he tell the crown princess and the living officer that even if the eunuchs turned the East Palace upside down today, they would still find no trace of Li Chengqian.

Although Li Ke had guessed where Li Chengqian was now, he would never say it, but if Li Ke didn't say it, it didn't mean that others didn't guess.

Seeing this, Wei Zheng, the servant of the new crown prince and grand teacher, snorted softly and said to Li Shimin, "If your majesty looks for it in the East Palace, I'm afraid you won't be able to find the crown prince."

Li Shimin heard the words and asked, "What does Xuan Cheng mean?"

Wei Zheng replied: "Although I haven't been in the East Palace for a long time, I still know a little about the prince's habits. Instead of ordering someone to look for it in the East Palace, why don't you send someone to Pingkangfang to have a look, the prince is probably there."

When Wei Zheng spoke, he never cared about the face of others, even Li Shimin in front of him. As soon as Wei Zhengzhi's words came out, Li Shimin's face suddenly became ugly, and he couldn't bear it in front of the officials.

If it was said that Li Ke was humble just now, and he won some face for Li Shimin by calling himself a teacher, then this time Li Chengqian lost back the face Li Ke won for Li Shimin twice.

The dignified prince, disregarding the court meeting, but having fun in the brothel, if it gets out, won't it be a joke to the world.

Tubo kowtowed, Li Shimin was already in a bad mood, but this time the prince made such a incident, Li Shimin's anger became more and more serious.

Li Shimin's face turned livid and he ordered Chang Tu behind him: "You take someone to Pingkangfang yourself, and bring the prince back to me."

Then, Li Shimin said to the people in the hall: "The crown prince is stubborn and makes all the ministers laugh at him. There is no need to wait for the crown prince to discuss the court, let's start."

"No." Changsun Wuji heard the words and agreed.

Changsun Wuji said: "At the beginning of February, Tubo sent 20 troops to attack the border. Han Wei, the governor of Songzhou in the southwest, was defeated and defended the city for help. Li Juzhou rebelled and surrendered, and the situation in Sichuan and Sichuan is critical."

Yanzhou and Nuozhou were the newly established Jimizhou in the west in the fifth year of Zhenguan. They were governed by the local Qiang chiefs, and they were nominally under the jurisdiction of Songzhou, west of Songzhou.This time Tubo attacked the Tang Dynasty, the governor of Yanzhou, Bie Cong, and the governor of Nuozhou took advantage of the wind and surrendered. The bandit army hastened to Songzhou, and Han Wei was caught off guard.

Songzhou is the gateway to the southwest of the Tang Dynasty, and has a great relationship. If Songzhou is lost, the door for Tubo to enter Shu will be opened. If Chengdu is in danger, the entire southwest will be uneasy.

Li Shimin asked: "Maybe it is possible to know exactly why Tubo sent troops this time?"

Changsun Wuji replied: "Tubo's proposal to marry the princess was rejected before, and this time he sent troops with gold and silk, intending to marry the princess."

As soon as Changsun Wuji's words came out, everyone looked at Li Ke, because as early as the beginning of this year, when Tubo's envoy was rejected to propose marriage, Li Ke once said that Tubo's domination of the plateau has become a trend, and this time He didn't agree to get married, and he made preparations for the robbers to attack the border that morning, but the Tang monarchs and ministers at that time had a stereotyped impression of Tubo, thinking that Tubo was just a small border country, so they didn't pay attention to it.

Li Shimin didn't shy away from other things, and when Changsun Wuji's words came to an end, he asked Li Ke: "The king of Chu has warned about this matter. I wonder if the king of Chu has any opinion on this?"

Li Ke said: "In my Tang Dynasty, only the princess can be married, and there has never been a precedent for forcing a princess. My son thinks that this rule cannot be broken. This time, we should not only reject Tubo's invitation with words, but also send troops to repel the enemy. Prove my name as Great Tang."

As soon as Li Kezhi's words came out, the hall was immediately full of voices of agreement, no matter those who liked to fight or those who didn't like to fight, now Tubo came forward to provoke and attack Songzhou by force.

Li Shimin also said: "The words of the king of Chu are very consistent with my intentions. The more Tubo is like this, the more we must not be lenient. Otherwise, everyone will follow suit in the future. How can there be any system?"

Datang is warlike and martial. According to Li Ke and Li Shimin, this battle must be fought.

Since the ninth year of Zhenguan and the destruction of Tuyuhun in the Tang Dynasty, the borderline of the Tang Dynasty has experienced few wars. After three years of recuperation, the treasury and the Ministry of Households have already had some surpluses. Land, with the current foundation of the Tang Dynasty, it is not a problem to want to fight a Tubo.

Regarding the matter of Tubo, although Li Shimin asked Li Ke for his opinion, Li Ke only discussed the matter and did not say much. Li Ke did not say a word about how to conquer and decide the generals. After all, Li Ke was the governor of Bingzhou. He is handsome in the east of the river, and controls the desert, holds a heavy army, and has a high position. He will never interfere in the southwest, so as not to be criticized by others.

The place for the Western Expedition was also quickly selected. General Xue Wanche, the general of the Zuo Tunwei, was in command; Liu Jian was the general manager of the Taohe Army, with a total of [-] troops, and attacked Tubo.

However, although Li Ke didn't speak, the four people who went out this time were very interesting.

Xue Wanche was the marshal of the side road during Li Ke's Northern Expedition; he had been friends with Li Ke since he lost his mind, and he was regarded as Li Ke's disciple; Except for Liu Jian, these four people are more or less related to Li Ke.

The general direction has been set, and the commander of the expedition has also been set. The rest are just trivial matters, which are left to the Shangshu Province and the Ministry of War to decide. When Li Ke was about to leave the palace with everyone, he was called down by Li Shimin alone.

(End of this chapter)