A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 178

Changan.

In the early morning, patrolling riders tell the time along the street, and the gates of Fangmen are opened one after another.

A fast horse gallops into Chang'an.

Knight holds a banner in hand.

"Great victory!"

"Sanyuan Great Victory!"

"General Wei Chigong, chief officer of Jingzhou Road, and General Wu Huaiyu, envoy of Zuoqianniu Yashenji Battalion, led [-] light cavalry last night to attack [-] Turks at Longqiao Fort in Sanyuan, killing a total of [-] prisoners. Great victory!
Captured alive, Ashi Dewu didn't sip, special Qin was hot and cold, and the level was lost! "

The banner that the knights held high was actually Lubu, who wrote the great victory of last night.

Marquis Wu, a street shop at the gate of the city, heard this and shouted excitedly, "Damn the thief, this battle was a joyous one, let it go quickly, make way for the victorious envoy."

Xiaowei Patrol Cavalry also personally opened the way for him.

After hearing the good news, Marquis Wu, Xun Qi, Fang Ding, etc. also began to take the initiative to publicize the good news loudly, and immediately passed on the good news to the people in the neighborhood.

East Palace.

Li Shimin is holding an early court.

Shang Shu Zuo Cheng Wei Zheng came out of the class and directly impeached Yu Chigong and Xiao Yu who had quarreled and even fought in the court meeting yesterday, thinking that Xiao Yu was disrespectful to the emperor because he had no bearing of a prime minister and no respect for the emperor.As a general, Yu Chigong committed the above crimes, and he was also disrespectful to the emperor.

"I request that Zuo Pu She Xiao Yu and You Wuhou Great General Wei Chi Gong be dismissed from their official titles, and let them reflect behind closed doors."

"As an important minister of Zijin, I need to set an example for all the ministers, how can I be so disrespectful, how decent is it..."

Wei Zheng was drooling and impassioned.

Li Shimin, however, was a little absent-minded, and would respond with "uh, oh, ah" from time to time. This reaction angered Wei Zheng, and he began to criticize and remonstrate with the emperor.

"If you are not a king, you will be a minister..."

The more Wei Zheng spoke, the more angry he became, and Li Shimin's face became more and more ugly.

Just when the emperor was about to erupt, Zhang Anan, the internal servant, approached the emperor and said softly, "Your Majesty, the palace gate is a victory. Last night, 5000 cavalry led by General Yuchi and Wu Qianniu attacked [-] Turks at Sanyuan Longqiao at night. The people and horses defeated him, beheaded Qianwu, captured Qianwu, captured countless cattle, horses and alpacas, and captured three people including Qijin and Teqin alive..."

When Li Shimin, who was full of anger, heard the news, his eyes widened.

"Hahaha!"

The emperor laughed, hearty laughter filled the entire hall.

"Why is Your Majesty laughing? Could it be that the minister's remonstrance is ridiculous?" Wei Zheng was angry, and asked the emperor with a livid face.

Li Shimin no longer cares about Wei Zheng at this meeting, he waved his hand, "Dear dears, I have some good news to tell you, last night, Yu Chigong won a big victory in Sanyuan, defeating five thousand enemies, capturing three Thousands of people."

"Another lesson for the Turkic wolf cub."

The emperor laughed loudly, even a little proudly.

Wei Zheng stood in the hall, stunned.

He was working hard to impeach Yu Chigong, so here Yu Chigong has made a great contribution?He couldn't help thinking of the last time he impeached Wu Huaiyu, but the next day the emperor rewarded Wu Huaiyu with a mansion, which was still next door to his house.

Li Shimin didn't look at Wei Zheng any more, he treated him like nothing, and ordered the victory envoy to be called into the palace, and directly presented his face in the palace to report the victory face to face.

The envoy Yu Chigong sent back to report the victory was the Marquis of Cucuma County and Shi Weisiren, Commander of the Shenji Battalion. They all said that Yuchi Gong was brave and foolish, with a big belly and no brains. In fact, Yu Chigong was not really brainless.

They sent someone back to report the victory, but they did not send their own son back, but Wei Siren, the son of Jingzhao Wei, who is also the younger brother of Wei Zhaoyi and the cousin of Concubine Wei Gui, who was newly appointed by the emperor.

In the battle last night, Wei Siren followed Wu Huaiyu all the time, and he did his best. Although the eight cavalry of the Wei family kept guarding, Wei Siren was also good at riding and shooting. After all, his great-grandfather was the god of war Wei Xiaokuan, so he also looked at the opportunity Several Turkic soldiers were shot down.

Every Turkic soldier that Wei Siren shot off his horse was cut off and his head was cut off. This made Wei Siren present seven heads to the army when he finally credited them, all of which were recorded in his name.

"Chen Shenji Battalion Commander Shi, Hou Weisi of Cucuma County pays homage to my emperor!"

"Excuse me, let me explain in detail about last night's great victory!"

Wei Siren is not only good at riding and archery, but also eloquent. He is a son of a famous family, taught by a famous teacher, and he is very eloquent. Even if he is standing in the hall, he does not have the slightest stage fright, but talks eloquently.

In fact, there were no exciting ups and downs in the battle last night, it was just a matter of charging, but Wei Siren was able to talk about ups and downs, and he did not hesitate to praise the bravery of Yu Chigong, Liang Jianfang, Gao Zhensheng, and Wu Huaiyu. By the way, he mentioned the fact that he cut the seventh level.

Li Shimin couldn't help nodding, and deliberately glanced at Wei Zheng from time to time.

Didn't you just say that Yu Chigong was useless?

Didn't you still cling to Wu Huaiyu before?

Now it proves that I have a good vision and know people and make good use of them.

When the emperor is happy, he will reward the meritorious officials heavily.

The reward is not overdue.

Especially now, rewards are more and more needed to boost morale.

Li Shimin has always been generous with rewards, if he has meritorious service, he will be rewarded. Although Li Shimin is not as good as Li Yuan in this regard, he is definitely better than his cousin Yang Guang.

Li Shimin rewarded Yuchi Gong with [-] pieces of silk and Li Yuanji's property of the Qi Kingdom Department for his great achievements in Xuanwu Gate, so that Yuchi Laohei was listed on the Chang'an Rich List.

"The Zhongshu ordered Fang Xuanling to draft an imperial edict for me, conferred the title of Yuchi Gong, the general of the Jingzhou Road Marching Army, and ennobled Wu Guogong.

Liang Jianfang, the general manager, was granted the title of male of Yanmen County, and Gao Zhensheng was granted the title of male of Yichang County, each with a thousand pieces of silk and two slaves.

Yaqianqi Yingshi, Zuoqianniu Wuhuaiyu was named the founding son of Wenshui County, promoted to the second rank, given a thousand pieces of silk, and rewarded two slaves and maidservants. "

"Shi Weisiren, commander of Qianqi Battalion, was promoted to the second rank, and he was given a hundred pieces of silk."

"Wei Zheng, is my reward appropriate?"

Li Shimin asked Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng did not show weakness, "Your Majesty, I think the reward is too much. Although Yu Chigong was successful in defeating the enemy last night, he still only defeated 3000 Turkic tribes. Among them, there were no more than [-] soldiers. He defeated [-] enemies with [-] cavalry. At best, the battle can be regarded as a mid-range victory,

However, it is too much to directly make the Duke of the country and increase the number of generals. "

"The two generals Liang Jianfang and Gao Zhensheng are just sub-chiefs. Even if they are pioneers, they can only advance to the second rank at most. How can they be knighted?"

"Wu Huaiyu led two hundred Shenji Battalions to join the battle, but why should he be the Viscount of Jin County?

Official titles, national honors, how can they be so indiscriminately awarded, I ask your majesty to take it back. "

Li Shimin chuckled, as if he had expected Wei Zhenghui to say this, he didn't care, and ignored it at all, but asked Fang Xuanling to read the imperial edict written by Dangdian to everyone, and then handed it to the servant in the province to use the seal, Let Shangshu Province issue it.

After these arrangements were made, Li Shimin said to the ministers: "Wu Huaiyu didn't just take two hundred Shenji Battalion Qianqi to make some military exploits last night. Wu Huaiyu made great contributions in offering advice."

He blocked Wei Zheng's mouth with a simple sentence, his words were very clear, in last night's battle, it was Yu Chigong who led the troops, but it was Wu Huaiyu who offered advice, not to mention that Wu Huaiyu also led the charge last night.

Think of good generals when the country is in trouble,
In the current situation, there is an increasing need for a courtier like Wu Huaiyu and Wei Chigong who can truly share the king's worries, not Wei Zheng, a troll who will oppose everything the emperor says.

After the happy Li Shimin finished the morning court, he specially summoned Ashina Simo, Zhi Shili, Ashina Jieer, and Kang Sumi.

The emperor proudly told them the good news of last night's victory.

"Soon, Ashdoub, Hot and Cold Special Service, and Level Lost Special Service will come to Beijing to meet you,"

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, all in disbelief.

Jieli was in Yunyang, and he sent Ashdev to bring 5000 troops to Sanyuan Longqiao, which was only [-] to [-] miles away, to destroy a village. People are gone?
How can this be?

But the emperor has no reason to lie to them about this kind of thing, right? What can they get by lying to them?
After showing off to them, Li Shimin asked them to send them back to the province and continue to be locked up, but he specially told them to improve their food and provide them with only sheep for three days.

Teqin Ashina was left behind.

"I became brothers with Tuli Khan Shi Bobi a long time ago. He is my younger brother, and you are Tuli's own younger brother. After all, you are also my brother." Li Shimin sat on the couch, feeling a little uneasy. Junjie smiled.

But this smile made me get goosebumps. He was very arrogant when he first came to Chang'an. He felt that the Han people were ravaged by their Turks, and felt superior. , much more honestly.

A few teeth were taken out, and now I can't speak easily, and the bridge of the nose is completely crooked after being pulled out.

Being locked up under the door, I eat vegetarian food and drink porridge every day. I have never suffered this crime before, and I am always frightened by the Tang people. I have never had a good night's sleep. I am really afraid that I will be dragged out and chopped down one day.

Just now I heard that Xieli lost again for a while, and I became more pessimistic, thinking that I might not have a chance to escape from Chang'an City in this life.

Li Shimin chatted with him for a while with a smile, saying that he and Jieli were sworn brothers, and he was considered his brother, and then he was awarded the post of Zhonglang General in the left leader, a house in Chang'an, and ten Turkic slaves as a reward.

"Jian Zhang, I will ask the imperial doctor of Shangyao Bureau to treat General Er Zhonglang's nose, and then fill in the missing teeth with gold."

When Jiesheer was taken out of the palace, he was still in a daze.

Why did Tang Tianzi become more polite to him after winning the battle? Shouldn't he be more arrogant and despise them?

He was brought to Shangyao Bureau by Zhang Anan, and the crooked nose was pinched again by the white-bearded old imperial doctor. The pain was so painful that his face was full of tears. After the old man pinched it, he straightened it again and applied medicine. Another old man, an imperial physician, inlaid five more gold teeth for him.

The old imperial doctor set it up and gave him a bronze mirror.

Jie Jie opened his mouth, a few big gold teeth gleaming, now there is no air leakage, and there is still a little sparkle.

After leaving Shangyao Bureau, he was taken to the West City. In the newly granted mansion by the emperor, all ten rewarded slaves also arrived.

Looking at all this, it seems like a dream.

Sitting in the house, listening to the people outside cheering for the Sanyuan victory, Jiesheer and ten Turkic slaves stared wide-eyed.

Until noon, an official who claimed to be Zuowei Zhonglang General Cui Dunli came and talked with him for a long time.Cui Dunli asked him to write a letter to his elder brother Tuli Little Khan. Cui Dunli would take the letter to the Turkic camp and hand it over to Tuli Khan.

"The special service is here to restore the bridge of the nose first, and after a while, I will send the special service back to the Tuli Khan Camp."

Ashina suddenly realized that Li Shimin was so kind to him because he wanted to contact his elder brother Tuli Little Khan.

"My injury is fine, I can take you to my brother's camp now."

"Let's take care of it first. After leaving Chang'an City, there may not be such a good doctor in the Turkic camp. The special service doesn't want to have crooked noses in the future, right?" Cui Dunli said with a smile.

Ashina felt unwilling, and asked again, "The guard who broke my nose last time and knocked out five of my teeth..."

Without waiting for him to make any excessive demands, Cui Dunli said directly: "That's your Majesty's former celebrity, the envoy of the Shenji Battalion, Zuo Qianniu, and Wu Huaiyu, a male from Daling County. Lingxianzi, Jin second rank, Jiaxun first turn,
His Majesty also said that the previous matter was just a misunderstanding. After Mr. Wu returned to Beijing, let him visit Teqin at that time. I forgot to say that this magistrate is still a genius doctor. If Teqin's nose recovers by then Not very good, you can also ask him to help correct it. "

Cui Dunli told him clearly, don't think that you can handle it if the emperor asks you to write a letter to Tuli, let alone take the opportunity to ask for punishment of Wu Huaiyu, who is the emperor's confidant.

(End of this chapter)