Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty: Please say long live His Majesty

Chapter 126: Green Bird, The Editing of the Book of the Later Han Must Be Careful! (First Update)
"Your son obeys the order." Li Chengqian bowed solemnly to the emperor on the imperial couch, then turned to look at Shange who was kneeling in the hall. His face became visibly cold.

If he wanted to marry a Tang Dynasty princess, Xueyantuo would be a good match.

"Emissary." Li Chengqian looked at Shange indifferently and asked, "If I remember correctly, the Xueyantuo sent 200,000 troops to the south of the desert in early August."

"Yes!"

"That is to say, in June, you had already started notifying the various tribes in Mobei to assemble, right?" Li Chengqian said lightly. When Shange was still confused, many generals in the hall suddenly looked up, looked at Li Chengqian in surprise, and then glared at Shange fiercely.

"Yes!" Shange was still a little confused.

Because what Li Chengqian said was correct, they did notify the Khans of the various tribes in Mobei in June, and it took them a month to gather their troops and march south to fight.

"That is to say, in May, or even in April, you had already received the news that the emperor was going on an eastern tour to Luoyang, right?" Li Chengqian's eyes gradually turned cold.

Shange was about to say something, but then, not knowing what he thought of, he suddenly shut his mouth.

"It's not surprising to know that my father is on an eastern tour. After all, the entire Tang Dynasty knows about it." Li Chengqian's eyes quickly turned cold. He looked up at the ministers in the hall and said angrily, "But you actually know how long my father plans to stay in Luoyang. This is something I don't even know."

It was normal for the emperor to tour the east, but sometimes the tour lasted for a month, sometimes for three months, the duration was not fixed.

For example, this year, the emperor set out from Chang'an in March, then went to Luoyang, and in May, the emperor appeared in Taiyuan again.

Without prior notice, even Li Chengqian didn't know where the emperor would appear tomorrow.

"So, tell me who it was that gave you the secret information and informed you of the emperor's location?"

Li Chengqian suddenly flew into a rage and shouted, "Tell me, who was it that colluded with you, spied on the Emperor's whereabouts, and then plotted to mobilize the army? Are you going to attack the Turks today and march on Chang'an tomorrow? Tell me."

After Li Chengqian finished speaking the last word, Shange suddenly trembled violently, then bowed his head heavily to the ground without saying a word.

Now everyone knows that there must be something fishy going on here.

In other words, someone among the high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty was tipping off the Xueyantuo people.

The faces of all the court officials immediately darkened.

"I also want to know the answer to this question." The emperor's voice, suppressed in anger, came from above.

Shan Ge in the hall just bowed his head heavily to the ground, saying nothing and trembling.

The emperor shook his head and said disappointedly, "How can such a disloyal country allow my princess to marry? How can such a disloyal country become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty?"

"Your Majesty!" Shange suddenly looked up, his eyes full of horror.

The emperor's eyes were terrifyingly cold.

……

Li Dejian and the officials from the Honglu Temple moved quickly. Soon they returned to the Liangyi Hall from the Weiguo Mansion with a bunch of things.

But at this time, they discovered that the atmosphere in the entire court hall had become terribly cold and solemn.

Li Dejian stood in the hall, bowed earnestly, and said, "Your Majesty, I have found the seal of the Little Khan that the Xueyantuo envoy mentioned, but... it was damaged in the battle. I beg Your Majesty's forgiveness."

"Huh?" The emperor looked at Li Dejian in surprise.

The Minister of the Honglu Temple beside him quickly handed over a small black box.

Zhang Ananda took the box, opened it, took a look at it, and then placed it in front of the emperor.

A broken golden seal suddenly appeared before the emperor.

Li Shimin picked up the golden seal, a small Khan seal, which was covered with more than a dozen clear knife marks.

The most important thing is that it was split into two halves diagonally from top to bottom, and there was only a little bit of Tiele script left on the seal on the base.

Let alone Li Dejian, even if Li Shimin came to see it in person, it would be difficult to recognize that this was the small Khan seal of Xueyantuo.

"Your Majesty," Li Dejian bowed earnestly and said sincerely, "The fighting on the battlefield was fierce. I was slashing with my spear and blade, and I didn't care about anything. In the end, I only found this half of the seal. As for the rest, it may be left on the battlefield... If the messenger still wants to find it, I can tell him where I killed Datushe."

What is the point of only caring about killing people? What is the point of "where to behead the magnanimous person?" The ministers in the hall just felt funny.

On the contrary, Shange was kneeling on the ground, and his face became darker with every word Li Dejian said.

Behind the ministers, the Censor Wang An wanted to speak several times, but finally hesitated and took his steps back.

Many things today are different from what we agreed upon before.

Now, not only Li Dejian could not recognize this golden seal, but even few officials from the Honglu Temple and the Taichang Temple could recognize it.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible to impeach him in the original way.

As for other methods, Wang An was not prepared.

On the Danbi, Li Chengqian's eyes seemed to casually sweep across the imperial censors, and Wang An, with a conflicted look on his face, immediately caught his eye.

Li Chengqian snorted in his heart, and his eyes swept over Chai Lingwu. Chai Lingwu looked calm and there was no sign of anything unusual.

……

On the imperial couch, the emperor's gaze fell on Shange. He said calmly, "This is a trophy that Li Qing and the other soldiers brought back from the battlefield with untold hardships. If Xueyantuo wants to take it back, he can exchange it for 300 war horses. I will also give you the head of Dadushe."

The corner of Shange's mouth twitched slightly. What did he say? Did he really think he wanted the small Khan seal?
It is even more impossible to ask him to exchange three hundred war horses.

However, if he fails to get back Datushe's head, the Khan will skin him alive.

Shange barely hesitated, kowtowed deeply, and said, "I obey your command!" "Also, tell Yinan." The emperor's expression turned completely cold. He stared at Shange and said, "Tell him that if he still wants to be a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, he should behave himself. If he doesn't want to, just tell me, and I will help him destroy the Xueyantuo."

"The Xueyantuo will always be a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty and will never have the slightest second thought." Shange immediately kowtowed vigorously.

"Prince!" Li Shimin didn't even look at Shange. He turned to look at Li Chengqian and said directly, "You should keep a close eye on the Xueyantuo affairs in the future."

"Your son obeys the order!" Li Chengqian bowed seriously.

Many sharp-minded courtiers in the hall could not help but look up in surprise and look at Li Chengqian.

If they listened correctly, the emperor would grant the prince the power to mobilize troops against the Xueyantuo when the emperor was not in Chang'an.

Those who could think of this were basically ministers who knew that the emperor was preparing to declare war on Goguryeo.

When the emperor attacked Goguryeo, Xueyantuo would certainly be ready to take action.

Giving the prince great power in advance is to suppress Xueyantuo's ambition in advance.

"And, Li Qing." The emperor turned his head and looked at Li Dejian, saying, "Li Qing, in this battle, you killed the enemy commander and seized the commander's seal. I hereby decree that Li Dejian be given 300 pieces of high-quality silk. Send it immediately to the residence of the Duke of Weiguo to make him happy."

The emperor finally couldn't help laughing.

Under the Danbi, Shange's face was extremely ugly.

Li Jing, Duke of Weiguo, was the god of war who once destroyed the Eastern Turks and Tuyuhun.

"Your Majesty, I bow to thank you for your grace!" Li Dejian immediately bowed.

"Okay, let's adjourn the court." The emperor didn't say anything else and stood up directly from the imperial couch.

"Your Majesty, we respectfully bid you farewell." The ministers immediately bowed.

Li Shimin glanced at his ministers, then looked at Zhangsun Wuji: "Wuji, come here."

"Yes!" Changsun Wuji immediately bowed. He knew that the emperor had noticed the connection between Xueyantuo and Tubo.

Now we have to be wary of their connection with Goguryeo.

……

Chai Lingwu took a deep breath, then stood up, glanced at Shange, and couldn't help but gritted his teeth.

Although he did not take direct action in this incident, he was the one who planned the entire thing.

Originally everything was planned, but he really didn't expect that Xueyantuo would dare to come and ask for the princess.

Do you really think that anyone can learn from Tubo?

Go to war with the Tang Dynasty, and after losing the war, ask to marry the princess.

Don't you see that the reason why Tubo is Tubo is because there are insurmountable mountains and plateau miasma between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. It would cost a lot for the Tang Dynasty to destroy Tubo, and it would not be easy to succeed.

But what about Xueyantuo?
What are the Xueyantuo? The Tang Dynasty’s cavalry can easily kill them in the northern desert.

Several grassland tribes affiliated with the Xueyantuo have now been forced to withdraw from the Xueyantuo alliance through persuasion and fighting by the Tang Dynasty.

What is left of Xueyantuo.

Even the country of Xueyantuo was established because of the enthronement of the Tang Dynasty.

Without the Tang Dynasty, there would be no Xueyantuo.

How stupid.

One asked for a princess, the other colluded with the traitor. The emperor was wary and disgusted with them to the extreme.

Fortunately, the person arranged today did not come forward to impeach them, otherwise, they would have been regarded by the emperor as traitors who betrayed the Tang Dynasty and colluded with foreign countries.

"Qingque!" Li Chengqian's voice rang out among the ministers, immediately attracting their attention.

The emperor retired from court, and after he left, the next was the prince.

Li Chengqian and Li Tai walked side by side among the ministers.

Li Chengqian didn't look at Shange. He nodded to Li Dejian, then looked at Li Tai and said gently, "Qingque, I heard that the editing of the Book of the Later Han has come to an end. However, editing the Book of the Later Han is not easy. I understand this very well. You need to be more meticulous!"

"Your Majesty, I will follow your instructions." Li Tai's expression changed slightly, but he bowed in an instant.

Although Li Tai did not know the details of today's events, he knew that today's events were a conspiracy arranged by Chai Lingwu against Li Dejian and even the prince.

However, this plot did not succeed.

He even felt that the prince seemed prepared.

Now that the matter is over, the prince's revenge has come invisibly.

The compilation of "Book of the Later Han" was initiated by the crown prince, but when the Prince of Wei's palace was in Luoyang, it did not go through the crown prince at all, but directly proposed to the emperor to compile it. There may be an intention to steal the credit here.

If some things are not said out loud, then nothing will happen. But now that they are said out loud, the ministers can't help but feel a little disgusted.

After all, no one would want to take away the credit for someone else's achievements, even if that person is a prince of the current dynasty.

Especially this person is the prince of the current dynasty.

(End of this chapter)