Great Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 207 Chapter 217

The New Year in the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty was the worst New Year for Zuo Ming.

Li Shimin's illness is not only not cured, but his body is getting weaker and weaker. According to Sun Simiao, it is the root cause of the disease that has fallen before. Because the plague broke out all at once, and the anger and anger after the incident, it is difficult to recover.

Not only Li Shimin, Li Chengqian also fell ill during this period, and the reason for this was also caused by overwork.

After Li Shimin fell ill, the burden on Li Chengqian was too heavy. He also had to deal with the reconstruction of Goguryeo and Li Yun's funeral. Most importantly, he could not relax for a moment in the defense of the west and south.

And when he fell ill, the whole of Chang'an suddenly became a mess.

The emperor and prince fell ill, and the third and fourth princes, who were slightly older, went to Australia again. Who will take charge of the overall situation of the Tang Dynasty?

All the ministers are worried and full of worries.

However, at this time, Li Shimin, who was seriously ill in bed, issued an imperial decree, ordering Tang Wang Zuo Ming to be the regent, and to be the prime minister of state affairs while the prince was recovering. In this way, the whole Tang Dynasty was slightly relaxed. tone.

However, not everyone was relieved, but strategists like Changsun Wuji became more worried.

He was really worried that Zuo Ming would seize power at this time, and he could never achieve the absolute trust that Li Shimin's family had in Zuo Ming.

Changsun Wuji is unhappy at home, how can Zuo Ming feel better?Reading books was the most annoying thing in his life, and the memorials were extremely boring, and his scalp felt numb just looking at them.

The most important thing is that he really doesn't understand many things. Unlike Li Chengqian, he has been learning this since he was a child. At most, he can do calculations and recite a few lines of poetry.Those laws and specific defenses made him dazzled when he looked at them.

In desperation, Zuo Ming had to call in a lot of helpers, including the mainstays of the court like Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Tang Jian, Wang Gui, and Gao Shilian, as well as rising stars like Ma Zhou and Chu Suiliang.

For the sake of convenience, he also specially identified a name for this organization, that is, "mini-cabinet".These people are not used to make decisions, all they have to do is to make suggestions on some situations, and then discuss with each other to select the best result and submit it to the regent, who will then review and approve it.

This is a pain for all the courtiers, in addition to completing their own work, they also have to come to the palace to work for a few hours every day.Only Changsun Wuji not only didn't feel bitter, but also enjoyed it, and even urged other small cabinet members not to be late.

Wang Gui is the one who annoys the eldest grandson Wuji the most. He behaves like a Zhou slapstick all day long. In his opinion, the small cabinet was set up by his son-in-law, the regent, and everything should be decided by the regent. Gui, when is it your eldest grandson Wuji's turn to show off his prestige?

But even though he was angry, Wang Gui didn't bother to argue with him, he wanted to pretend to be aggressive and let him pretend, anyway, the real power still fell into the hands of his son-in-law.

After dealing with the matter at hand every day, Zuo Ming went to the East Palace to visit Li Chengqian.Nothing else, just want him to get better sooner.As for Li Shimin, he doesn't count on it, because now he is in a wheelchair.

That plague was too fierce. While killing Li Jing, it also weakened the two strong men, Hou Junji, Li Daozong and Yuchi Jingde, not to mention the sick Li Shimin.

Of all the people who have escaped from the plague, only Li Daozong lives the best, he can walk, jump and run, and reckless people like Yuchi Jingde can't get swords, guns, swords and halberds.

It is really unreasonable to say this, but it is reasonable.Li Daozong is definitely not as brave as Yuchi Jingde, but Li Daozong will enjoy it. Unlike Yuchi Jingde, his life is extremely rough, so the root cause of the disease on the battlefield was not healed.It's okay in normal times, but once the plague hits, the superiority will be judged.

Seeing that Zuo Ming came to see him every day, Li Chengqian was moved and speechless.I don't know how many people in the world want to get that authority but can't get it, but he is lucky, and he looks like he has suffered a huge loss.

Speechless, Li Chengqian simply hid far away and ran to Donghai Road for vacation. Seeing Li Chengqian went to Donghai Road, Li Shimin's mind was also moved.He felt that although Chang'an was good, it was not as comfortable as the life in Dongkaidao after all, and it was not conducive to his recuperation, so he also took Empress Changsun to Dongkaidao.

Both of them traveled quietly. After hearing the news, Zuo Ming was really distraught. The most important thing was that at this time, Gao Changguo came to ask for help.

They are now living in the siege of the three empires of Persia, Dashi, and Tang Dynasty, and they are really in a state of panic all day long.Compared with barbarians like Persia and Dashi, they are actually more inclined to defect to a state of etiquette like Datang.

For Gaochang Kingdom to vote, Zuo Ming naturally readily agreed. They are really not suitable for another war now, but how can Persia and Dashi be better?

In the case of 90 against more than 200 million, he still exchanged the lives of more than 40 for nearly 90 soldiers from the two countries. He could not believe it. With such a result, Persia and Dashi would not tremble. fear!

Sure enough, when a team of [-] troops marched towards Gaochang, Persia and Dashi chose to give in temporarily, but then they sent someone to send the letter of credence, and wanted to have a game with Datang.The bet is their existing land of Gaochang Kingdom, the winner will take the results of the loser, and the loser will go home and eat shit!

They didn't mean to seek Gao Changguo, and neither did Zuo Ming.Because no matter what, from that day on, there was no need for Gaochang Kingdom to exist.

The gambling method proposed by Persia and Dashi is actually a bloody beast fight.For this reason, they also dug a huge deep pit in the center of Gaochang State.

The Persian emperor and the Dashi emperor were proud. They not only showed up in person, but also brought a large number of spectators. These people wore gold and silver, and they were obviously nobles.

The one who saw Datang came was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, and the group of Persians and big cannibals burst into laughter, scolding Li Shimin for being so courageous that he actually let a child take the post.

Zuo Ming definitely couldn't understand what they said, but he had already guessed nine out of ten by looking at their expressions.

"A few bad words, are you laughing at you! Later, I will let you lose your crotch!"

With a scornful look in his eyes, Zuo Ming said with a mocking smile, and then sat down on the king's seat.

And all the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty also showed a touch of contempt and ridicule at those aliens.The two countries are still victorious against one country, and they really can't figure out what these guys have to be proud of.

Although they were defeated in the Tang Dynasty, it was in a one-on-two situation, and there was still a Uighur threat to the north at all times.If not, how could these so-called empires be big enough to hold their teeth?

At this time, the Persian Emperor and the Dashi Emperor knew that this young man did not come to serve as a post, but that he was the rumored Prince Regent of the Tang Dynasty.

They had heard of Zuo Ming's name before, but they really didn't expect him to be so young. They were all curious at the moment, and the two started talking cordially.

"Okay! Okay! If you want to do it, go home and do it slowly! Lao Tzu and everyone are here, so let's figure out how to do it!"

Seeing that person yelling and yelling, Zuo Ming felt uncomfortable for a while, so he patted the table and said loudly.

The translators of the two empires must not understand what "getting the foundation" means, so they only translated the second half of the sentence.

Seeing how impatient he was, the two emperors laughed mockingly again, and then the Persian emperor said, "The method of fighting is very simple. Each of us has ten beasts and a hundred warriors. Warriors, your warriors against our beasts, whoever has more fighters and beasts left in the end will be considered the winner! Oh! By the way, one beast can defeat ten warriors!"

Hearing this, Zuo Ming suddenly sneered, "You two bastards, you really have a good plan! It is said that one person will produce ten beasts and one hundred warriors, but you are two against one, isn't it equivalent to a battle?" Twenty beasts and two hundred warriors?"

Zuo Ming saw through the trick, both of them smiled triumphantly, and then said narrowly, "You can't say that, although we are allies, we still have to fight for the land, so in order to show sincerity, we The two sides will fight in advance, and we will fight you separately after we decide the winner, what do you think?"

Looking at their twinkling eyes, Zuo Ming must have ghosts in this way, but he still nodded.

Sure enough, seeing him nodding, the two emperors smiled even more proudly, and then clapped their hands together.And as they clapped their hands, the cage mechanism below opened with a click, and a large group of majestic lions were thrown out.

The ten lions seemed to have been hungry for a long time, so when they got out of the cage, they looked at the crowd above and drooled all over the floor.

After that, Zuo Ming saw a group of food warriors walking over with no expression on their faces.

Apparently, those lions were war beasts of Persia.

Looking at the lions below, the warriors of the Dashi Empire calmly chose to abstain, and when they said abstaining, they also looked provocatively at Zuo Ming in the distance.

Seeing this situation, Shen Ding's clenched fists made a crisp sound, and the eyes of Ming Quanyi and the others were extremely cold.

These savages are really deceiving people too much. It is clear that they want to target Datang together.

"Oh! What a shame! I never thought that the soldiers of my Great Food Kingdom would be so cowardly. It really makes everyone laugh. I will definitely teach them a lesson later!"

Pretentiously speaking, the emperor of Dashi Kingdom gave those soldiers a thumbs up in front of everyone.It was as if Zuo Ming was blind.

(End of this chapter)