Man Tanghong

Chapter 221 Fu Gongyou Finally Rebelled

Ling Jing nodded solemnly, "I understand..."

Immediately, Ling Jing wrote down every word of Li Yuanji's advice in the reply letter to Su Dingfang.

After finishing writing, Li Yuanji asked: "How is my father negotiating with the Turkic envoys?"

The Turkic envoys have been in Chang'an City for several days, and they have also talked with Li Yuan for several days, but there is no result yet.

Mainly Turkic people have a bit of a big appetite.

Offering a little bit of broken fish gelatin, Li Yuan was required to release the Turkic envoys detained earlier, and Li Yuan was also required to marry a princess of the Tang Dynasty to be the Kehe Dun of the Turkic Khan.

Li Yuan felt that the Turkic people were purely wishful thinking, so he rejected the Turkic people's request.

But the Turkic still refused to give up and negotiated with Li Yuan.

When Ling Jing heard this question, he suddenly laughed, "The Turkic people promised to bow their heads to my Tang Dynasty and donate [-] war horses and [-] cattle and sheep to my Tang Dynasty every year."

Li Yuanji was taken aback, when did the Turks change their sex?

Ling Jing didn't wait for Li Yuanji to open his mouth, so he smiled and explained to Li Yuanji: "The Turkic people seem to be in trouble now. The saint probably got the news from Changsun Shunde, so he has a very tough attitude towards the Turkic envoys. .

The Turkic envoys threatened to send troops to the Tang Dynasty. The sage said bluntly that there is no need for the Turks to send troops. Our Tang Dynasty can take the lead in marching to the Turks in autumn.

The Turkic envoys were frightened, so they could only bow their heads to my Tang Dynasty, and offered tribute to my Tang Dynasty every year. "

Li Yuanji suddenly realized, after thinking for a while, he pondered and said: "I think the Turkic envoys came here to pay tribute to their ministers."

Ling Jing mentioned that the Turkic people were willing to donate [-] war horses and [-] cattle and sheep, which reminded Li Yuanji of the history that shortly after Li Shimin ascended the throne, Jieli Khan led hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops to Weishui River.

In the end, Li Shimin led Liuqi to persuade him to quit.

After retreating, he also offered thousands of horses and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep to Datang.

It is known as the alliance of Weishui in history.

In order to persuade the Turks to retreat, Li Shimin promised Jieli Khan a huge sum of money that Jieli Khan could not refuse.

It is reasonable for Xieli to give Li Shimin some gifts in return after retreating.

But based on Li Yuanji's understanding of Xieli, Xieli is not a person who knows how to reciprocate, nor is he a generous person.

It's impossible to give Li Shimin a gift in such a decent way.

Otherwise, Xieli would not use fish gelatin as a gift this time to ask Datang for the imprisoned envoys and the princess of Datang.

After all, isinglass is only worth a few dollars compared to thousands of horses and sheep.

Therefore, Xieli's reciprocal gift, which is decent, was most likely decided in advance.

Listening to what Ling Jing said now, it should have been decided when the Turks asked Datang for peace this time.

That is to say, even without the influence of Li Yuanji and there was no unrest within the Turks, the Turks would still offer cattle, sheep and horses.

The Turks have always had the upper hand in the war against the Tang Dynasty. If there is no special reason for the Turks, it is impossible for the Turks to offer cattle, sheep and horses to the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, in addition to unrest within the Turks, I am afraid there are other things happening.

"I also feel that the Turkic envoys seem to be eager to bow their heads to my Tang Dynasty."

Ling Jing also felt that the Turkic envoy's reaction was a bit unreasonable.

Li Yuanji glanced at Ling Jing, but did not speak again.

If his guess is correct, last year's winter, the Turks probably suffered from white disasters.

The Turks urgently needed time to recuperate, so they bowed their heads to the Tang Dynasty to prevent the Tang Dynasty from taking the opportunity to send troops to the Turks.

This matter is just his guess, and Datang also needs time to cultivate vitality now, so it is not easy to launch large-scale troops against Turks.

So he can only pretend that he doesn't know anything.

Seeing that Li Yuanji had stopped talking, Ling Jing didn't say anything more, and continued to deal with government affairs.

Until noon, all the government affairs were dealt with.

Yang Miaoyan and Chen Shanyi appeared in the hall with some meals.

Li Yuanji ate a little with Ling Jing.

Yang Miaoyan prepared the dishes for Li Yuanji herself, and when Li Yuanji was almost done eating, she suddenly said: "Ah Lang, Mrs. Wang has a cousin who came to Chang'an City recently, and he intends to study in Taixue, but he can't find a way. So I asked the mansion.

Mrs. Wang is not good at talking to A Lang, so I can only speak to A Lang. "

The Mrs. Wang that Yang Miaoyan said was Wang Ruan who was sleeping with her a few days ago.

Li Yuanji didn't pay attention to this matter at first, but just asked casually, "He has real talents and practical learning, what's so special about him?"

Taixue is an institution of higher learning in the Tang Dynasty, not a literacy class.

Therefore, most of the students who study in Taixue have some talents, or are outstanding.

Entering Taixue is only for further study, but also to become an official through Taixue.

Yang Miaoyan thought for a while, and said slowly: "If you are talented, you should have some, otherwise it is impossible to go to the Taixue to study. What is outstanding...

It seems to have a lot of guts. "

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, "If you are courageous, why don't you go to Taixue and serve as a soldier in the mansion?"

Datang is now in the stage of entrepreneurial development, and he values ​​Wu Xun more than civil servants.

Therefore, under the same status conditions, Wu Xun's voice is much greater than that of civil servants.

For a courageous person, it is far easier to fight for wealth immediately than to study for wealth.

Yang Miaoyan smiled bitterly and said, "Then I don't know."

She also didn't understand why Wang Ruan's cousin wanted to take the narrow path instead of the Tongtian Avenue.

Ling Jing interjected subconsciously, "Probably he doesn't want to use the name of Prince Qi's mansion to become an official."

As a young man, he has never experienced the dangers of society, has never been beaten by society, and his heart is always higher than the sky.

It is also reasonable to not want to climb up through nepotism, but just want to rely on one's true talents and learning to win a fortune.

Li Yuanji also came here when he was a teenager, and he understood the temperament of young people, so he smiled immediately: "Since he doesn't like my Qi Palace, let him go to Taixue to make a breakthrough."

It is still very easy for Prince Qi's mansion to insert a person into Taixue.

Both Wang Ruan and Yang Miaoyan spoke, and Li Yuanji had no reason to refuse.

"Then I will thank A Lang instead of Mrs. Wang."

Yang Miaoyan said with a smile.

Li Yuanji waved his hand and didn't pay attention to it.

For others, it's a thing.

It doesn't matter to him.

After all, Taixue was run by his family.

After finishing the meal with Ling Jing, Li Yuanji ordered someone to send Ling Jing out of Wude Hall.

Yang Miaoyan talked with Li Yuanji for a while, then returned to the bedroom, and told Wang Ruan about Li Yuanji's promise to let Wang Ruan's cousin go to study in the Imperial Academy.

Wang Ruan thanked him for his kindness, while Yang Miaoyan said that it was just a trivial matter, so don't worry about it.

If Li Yuanji didn't allow her to intervene in affairs outside the house, she wouldn't need to ask Li Yuanji about such trivial matters.

After Wang Ruan thanked Yang Miaoyan and sent Yang Miaoyan away, he immediately sent someone out of the palace to meet his cousin.

To be precise, it was her cousin, and her cousin's father.

Her cousin didn't want to enter the Taixue through nepotism. It was her cousin's father who, after learning that she had flown up a branch, put down his face and begged her to find a future for his son.

She has no children, so she has no way to make the officials of Taixue give her face, so she can only ask Li Yuanji.

Ever since, under the permission of Li Yuanji, a half-grown boy surnamed Wang and named Xuan Ce, under the persecution of his father, reluctantly entered the Imperial Academy and became the youngest student in the history of the Imperial Academy. .

Li Yuanji didn't know that a guy with a great reputation, because he entered the imperial school, was stamped with his seal by the imperial school.

Li Yuanji continued to pretend to be sick in Wude Hall.

After Li Yuan's 'negotiation' with the Turkic envoy was completed and he sent someone to send the Turkic envoy away, several fast horses, carrying a letter flag on their backs and hanging a Taiping plaque on their waists, broke into Mingde Gate.

Li Yuanji was thinking of Fu Gongyou, whom he was thinking about, and finally turned against him.

Fu Gongyou proclaimed himself emperor in Danyang, and the name of the country was Song. The old palace of the Chen Dynasty was used as the palace, and hundreds of officials were set up.Soon after Fu Gongyou proclaimed himself emperor, Zhang Shan'an, the governor of Hongzhou, also turned against him.

Fu Gongyou immediately sent someone to lobby Zhang Shan'an, recruited Zhang Shan'an, and appointed Zhang Shan'an as the Daxingtai of Southwest Road under his command.

After recruiting Zhang Shan'an, Xu Shaozong and Chen Zhengdao were dispatched to attack Haizhou and Shouyang respectively.

Haizhou and Shouyang were attacked.

When Li Yuan got the news, Lei Ting was furious.

Immediately, an edict was issued to let Li Xiaogong lead Li Jing, Huang Junhan, and Li Shiji to attack Fu Gongyou.

But before the decree came out of the palace, it was taken back.

The reason is because Qu Tutong said "inadvertently" that "Li Xiaogong controls too many soldiers and horses now".

Wei Zheng, Wang Gui and others all felt that this was an opportunity for Li Jiancheng to catch up with Li Shimin in terms of military achievements, so they all asked Li Jiancheng to write a letter to volunteer.

But before Li Jiancheng wrote the letter, someone in Li Jiancheng's palace persuaded Li Jiancheng.

Inviting a tassel to fight this time, although he can gain some military merits, no one knows how much time it will take.

Li Jiancheng lives outside, and Li Shimin lives in Chang'an.

If Li Jiancheng goes here, it is very likely that he will return with a good reputation, but at the same time, Li Shimin may also take the opportunity to seize the crown prince.

Li Jiancheng died down in an instant.

When Li Yuan was about to send other people to pacify Fu Gongyou, he suddenly found that there seemed to be no commander under his command who could be trusted by him.

Li Shimin and Li Yuanji, who were available among the sons, fell ill, and Li Jiancheng revealed to him that he was too busy with government affairs to take time off.

Li Yuan sent someone to find Li Shentong and Li Daozong.

Li Shentong smiled wryly and said to him, "It's okay for me to be a pioneer, but I don't have the ability to be a commander-in-chief."

Li Daozong told him without hesitation, 'Uncle Wang is not good at supernatural powers, let alone me'.

Li Yuan suddenly didn't know who to send.

He is not willing to devolve the military power.

Because he can't trust anyone with the surname Li.

Just when Li Shimin's people were about to tell him that although Li Shimin was ill, he could barely fight.

Li Xiuning was fully clothed, led Ma Sanbao and others, appeared in the court hall, and took the initiative to ask for a fight.

(End of this chapter)