Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 439 Cui Wei died, and troops were sent to Japan!

Outside Chang'an City.

A team of envoys attracted the attention of passers-by.

This group of envoys was obviously sent by the Tang Dynasty, but those who returned were all dressed in plain clothes, as if they were attending a funeral.

"What's going on here?"

"Hey, wasn't that the envoy team that went to Japan a few days ago?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I recognized them too. They are the envoys going to Japan. Why are they all in this posture?"

"Something's wrong. It's so wrong. Why does it feel like a funeral?"

"Have you noticed that Lord Cui, who was on the diplomatic mission to Japan, seems to have disappeared?"

"Could it be..."

As the envoys' team slowly entered the city, more and more people discovered the situation and started talking about it.

Many people were extremely puzzled as to why the envoys returned from their mission to Japan in such a state.

royal palace.

A eunuch ran into the Taiji Hall in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened."

"How can you behave in such a panic?"

Li Chengqian frowned and shouted, "Tell me, what happened that made you so panicked?"

"Your Majesty, the envoys to Japan have returned, but Lord Cui..."

"what happened?"

"Master Cui is dead!"

The envoy is dead?

This sentence made all the officials present angry.

This was an envoy sent by the Tang Dynasty. How could he die in Japan?

Even if Cui Wei really committed some fault, Emperor Shumei of Japan should have sent an envoy to report it. At the very least, he should have forced Cui Wei back to confront him instead of killing him directly.

"What about the rest?"

"I'm already waiting outside the palace gate."

"Xuan!"

"Send out the Japanese envoy Wu Siyuan to meet you."

As the summons was heard, Wu Siyuan walked quickly towards the Taiji Hall.

Many ministers in the court couldn't help but frown when they saw Wu Siyuan in mourning clothes.

"His Majesty"

Wu Siyuan cried out in grief and immediately knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face.

"Your Majesty, Lord Cui, Lord Cui was killed by the Japanese Emperor!"

"Your Majesty, please make a decision for Lord Cui. Please punish Japan severely to serve as a warning to others!!"

Wu Siyuan's voice was so sad that it made people feel sad.

Li Chengqian took a deep breath and said, "Emperor Shu Ming is so bold that he dared to kill our envoys!"

"My dear Lord Wu, please stand up. I will certainly seek justice for my dear Lord Cui Wei!"

Wu Siyuan wiped his tears and stood up from the ground with a sad expression, but he was still crying.

At this time, the people from the Ministry of Rites asked, "Why did Emperor Shu Ming want to kill Lord Cui? Did Lord Cui do something out of line?"

"ridiculous!"

Wu Siyuan shouted angrily, his scarlet eyes glaring directly at him, "Sir, Lord Cui is dead, why are you still slandering him like this?"

"I……"

"Why do you want to put the blame on Lord Cui? Did he die because of his fault?"

The official from the Ministry of Rites who was rebuked by Wu Siyuan suddenly looked embarrassed, "Then why did Emperor Shu Ming want to kill Lord Cui?"

Wu Siyuan was extremely sad, "Your Majesty, it was Emperor Shu Ming who falsely accused Lord Cui of teasing the queen and staying overnight in the palace. He sentenced him to death and beheaded him in public."

"We all went to Japan with Lord Cui. Don't we know whether Lord Cui has arranged a play with the Queen?"

"It is clear that Emperor Shu Ming despised the Celestial Empire and had long been rebellious."

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for Lord Cui."

Many officials showed strange expressions on their faces.

Flirt with the queen and stay overnight in the palace?

Is Cui Wei crazy? He is playing with someone else's woman on someone else's territory?

but.

Cui Wei went to Japan on behalf of the Tang Dynasty. Even if he really fell in love with the Empress of Emperor Shu Ming, he would not have done such an unwise move.

Fang Xuanling coughed and said, "Lord Cui should not be so dissolute."

Wu Siyuan nodded in agreement, "What Fang Xiang said is correct. It is clear that Emperor Shu Ming has long had the intention of being disloyal. Otherwise, why would he build the nine-story pagoda, and why did he confront and argue with Lord Gao in his early years?"

"Master Wu is going off topic."

Fang Xuanling waved his hand, "But I think that if you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext. Now that Lord Cui is dead, we have no chance to refute what the Japanese say."

Wu Siyuan: "Minister Fang, if Lord Cui really did something so despicable, why don't they dare to confront Lord Cui?"

"It's nothing more than wanting to cut the Gordian knot, kill Lord Cui first, and then throw all the dirty water on Lord Cui."

"His Majesty!"

"The Japanese are bullying Lord Cui because he is a dead man who can't speak!"

Wu Siyuan started crying again, tears streaming down his face. "Your Majesty, the people of Chang'an now all know that our Lord Cui was sent as an envoy to Japan, but was killed by the Japanese emperor. If we don't take any action, how can we be worthy of Lord Cui and calm the anger of the people?"

"I suggest that we send troops to Japan and make Emperor Shumei pay the price for his stupidity!"

Hear the words.

Many ministers fell into deep thought.

Use military force against Japan?

It seemed like this was the right thing to do, but it felt a little off.

"Your Majesty, many scholars have gathered in the streets of Chang'an, shouting that they want Japan to pay the price!"

Li Chengqian waved his hand, and the eunuch tactfully withdrew.

No one was foolish enough to ask why those scholars knew these things.

Just by looking at Wu Siyuan's attire, you can tell how much attention they have attracted from the people along the way.

Now the people of Chang'an City all know that the Tang Dynasty's envoys were killed by Japan. How could there be no movement?

It's just that it all happened too fast.

"I implore Your Majesty to severely punish Japan as a warning to others!"

Wu Siyuan knelt down and shouted again.

Upon hearing this, some ministers also agreed.

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"Your Majesty, please severely punish Japan to serve as a warning to others!"

"Your Majesty, please severely punish Japan to serve as a warning to others!"

"Your Majesty, please severely punish Japan to serve as a warning to others!"

As ministers spoke one after another, many of them realized that this was no longer the time to pursue right and wrong, but the time to retaliate.

The envoy of the Tang Dynasty died in Japan. Regardless of right or wrong, Japan must give an explanation to the Tang Dynasty!
Otherwise, it will not be enough to quell public anger!

Li Chengqian took a deep breath and said, "Japan is just a tiny country, yet they dared to kill our Tang envoys. This is an unforgivable crime!"

"Preach my will!"

"Order General Su Dingfang to lead 8,000 troops and attack Japan directly!"

"Order guerrilla general Liu Rengui to lead 5,000 troops to assist General Su Dingfang and seek justice for Cui Wei!"

"Where is the Minister of Industry?"

"The minister is here."

"General Su is leading the expedition this time. All weapons and ammunition must be fully prepared!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

"Where is the Minister of Revenue?"

"Chen is here!"

"For this military expedition, all logistical matters will be arranged by the Ministry of Revenue. There must be no mistakes!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

"Announce to the world, Japan killed our envoys, the Tang Dynasty will choose a day to march and crush Japan!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

……

Orders were issued one after another, and the Tang Dynasty machine started to operate.

Especially the common people, when they learned that His Majesty had ordered troops to be sent to Japan to crush it and avenge the envoy, countless people cheered.

How could an envoy from the Tang Dynasty be killed in this way?
This is an insult to the Tang Dynasty!
This is intolerable, Japan must pay a heavy price for this!
Prince's residence.

Sun Qiang told Su Chen everything that happened outside.

Su Chen didn't react much to this.

But I do think the operations of Wu Siyuan and others are quite eye-catching.

In order to ensure the success of the military campaign against Japan, Wu Siyuan and his men returned to the city in mourning clothes, which undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to the people of Chang'an.

This also indirectly prompted many scholars to take to the streets and threaten to flatten Japan.

but.

Su Chen felt that many of these scholars were arranged by Li Chengqian.

No matter what, the use of military force against Japan is a foregone conclusion.

"General Su leads 8,000 soldiers, and General Liu leads 5,000 soldiers. Isn't this number a little too small?"

Sun Qiang said hesitantly, "Although Japan is not very strong, the combat power of its navy cannot be underestimated."

"We have dispatched 13,000 men, but I'm afraid there will be some delays."

Su Chen smiled and shook his head, "It's not a small number. Thirteen thousand people are already enough to take Japan seriously."

Although the Japanese navy is very strong, this strength is also divided into levels and grades.

We cannot say that the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty navy is absolutely top-notch, but with its powerful weapons and equipment, in the era of cold weapons, it would have no problem crushing the Japanese navy.

not to mention.

After the transformation over this period of time, each warship has been equipped with Renyi guns and bomb launchers.

These two things are absolutely deadly to the Japanese navy!

Not to mention, Su Dingfang and his men had been training for so long that every soldier was familiar with the use of the repeating rifle.

Once a head-on battle breaks out, I'm afraid that just a few rounds of artillery attacks would be enough to defeat the Japanese navy and send them fleeing in all directions.

There is no need for close combat!

Even if they really encountered an ambush by the enemy and a close-range fight occurred, those elite soldiers carefully selected from each army would be able to give the enemy a surprise.

"If everything goes well for Su Dingfang and the other two, they can sweep across the entire Japanese country in a month at most."

"My Lord, what if things don't go well?"

"If things don't go smoothly, it's just that the sea wind is blocking the way, and the time it takes to sweep across Japan will be delayed a little."

Su Chen smiled. There was only one result of sending troops to Japan this time.

That's sweep, sweep!

Emperor Shu Ming will be thrown into a cage and sent to Chang'an City, and the territory of Japan will become under the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

Those gold mines and silver mines will eventually become the driving force for the Tang Dynasty's expansion in all directions.

"Okay, never mind that."

"Prepare the carriage and follow me to the palace. It is almost finished."

(End of this chapter)