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Life in Chang'an Chapter 31 The evildoer files a complaint first

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    In the Taiji Hall of Taiji Palace, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin was discussing government affairs with his ministers, and what happened to be discussed was the marriage between Tubo and Tubo.

    "Your Majesty, Tubo is getting stronger and stronger and has defeated several surrounding countries and tribes. Now Tubo Zanpu is secretly interested in the Celestial Empire and has sent people to propose marriage to Tibet many times. This is a great opportunity to win over Tubo, so Wei Chen believes that Tubo should be allowed to marry him.  Please marry me!" Kong Yingda, a skinny man, stepped forward and said.

    "This is absolutely impossible!" Before Kong Yingda could retreat, Shangshu Zuopu Shefang Xuanling stood up and objected.

    "Prime Minister, the marriage has been arranged for a long time. The marriage between Qin and Jin was well-known in ancient times. In our Tang Dynasty, there were precedents of princesses marrying Turks and Tuyuhun. Why can't they marry Tubo?" Although Kong Yingda is not young anymore,  He still has a fiery temper and does not flinch when facing Fang Xuanling, who is known as the leader of civil servants.

    "Master Kong doesn't know something. It is precisely because Tubo is becoming more powerful and has always shown disrespect to the Tang Dynasty. If we agree to marry the princess to Tubo now, it will only encourage Tubo's arrogance and be detrimental to the country and the people.  "Fang Xuanling was well rested. She was not angry at all in response to Kong Yingda's questioning and explained her opinions very calmly.

    Although what Fang Xuanling said was very reasonable, Kong Yingda was not so easy to persuade and started to argue with Fang Xuanling citing scriptures.  The ministers in the DPRK were also divided into two factions. One faction was led by Yu Zhining, a group of orthodox Confucian scholars, who sang praises for the marriage and supported Kong Yingda, believing that the marriage would help deepen the diplomatic relations between the two countries.  The other faction was dominated by counselors such as Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji who helped Li Shimin conquer the world. They had the same ideas as Fang Xuanling and opposed the marriage with Tubo.

    Both groups were important officials of the imperial court. Kong Yingda and Yu Zhining relied on their large numbers to gain strength. Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji had smaller numbers, and they were usually at odds with each other, but they all held high and powerful positions.  Seniors, everyone's words carry a lot of weight, so the two groups had an evenly matched argument, and no one could convince the other.

    The only people in the court who did not participate in the quarrel were some centrists and the generals. The centrists stood there pretending to be dumbfounded. They agreed with both sides but did not express their stance clearly. They were all slippery old foxes, while the generals were  They hold their shoulders and watch the excitement, and they have no say in what is happening in the court, unless it is time to go to war, then that is the time for them to show off.

    Li Shimin was also torn by the opinions of the two groups. In fact, he also had his own plan. After destroying the Japanese, the only enemy left in Li Shimin's heart was Goguryeo. In the former Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang sent dozens of troops.  Wan attacked Goguryeo, but still ended up defeated.  If he can defeat Goguryeo and complete what the previous Sui Dynasty failed to accomplish, then it will prove that the Tang Dynasty is more powerful than the previous Sui Dynasty, and it will be more logical to replace the Sui Dynasty with the Tang Dynasty.

    But if you want to conquer Goguryeo, you will definitely need to mobilize the entire country's troops.  In this way, we must first appease the countries around the Tang Dynasty to avoid being disrupted by these small countries during the expedition to Goguryeo.  He originally thought that after destroying the Turks in the north and conquering Tuyuhun in the southwest, there would be no rivals around the Tang Dynasty. However, he did not expect that another Tibetan army would emerge. If he and Tubo were to turn against each other now, a lot of Tang troops would be involved.  Come, his desire to conquer Goguryeo is not yet known until how long.

    But if they agree to a marriage, what Fang Xuanling said makes sense. Tubo thought that after defeating several small neighboring countries, it could challenge the Tang Dynasty head-on, and would make provocations from time to time. If it agrees to a marriage now, in the eyes of others,  , is indeed an act of showing weakness, which will not only encourage Tubo's arrogance, but also damage the face of Tang Dynasty.  As a proud emperor, Li Shimin never wanted to exchange his daughter for peace. Although there were princesses married to Tuyuhun and Turkic nobles in the past, they were all actions to win over people after conquering them, and they were completely different from the current nature.  .

    In fact, in essence, Li Shimin was also a man who was determined to retaliate. The government was so powerful back then because Jieli Khan took advantage of the change in power in the Tang Dynasty to raise troops against Chang'an and forced him to establish the Weishui Alliance.  Forcing the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute to the Turks in gold and silk, this made Li Shimin feel extremely shameful and humiliated. Later, after three years of hard work, he finally sent troops to annihilate the powerful Turks in the third year of Zhenguan. In order to capture Jieli Khan, the army pursued him all the way to the desert.  Bei Cai retired after his success, averting the shame of the past.  Li Shimin remembered Tubo's previous provocations. As long as he had the opportunity and strength, he would never mind destroying another country.

    Just when Li Shimin was undecided, suddenly someone came in from the yellow gate outside the palace and reported that Li Ke and Li Min were bringing helpers to see them.  Li Shimin felt strange. Let's not talk about Li Min. Li Ke was a son who knew how to advance and retreat. He was discussing matters in the palace. Normally, he shouldn't come in and disturb him for no reason?

    "Xiao and the others come in!" Li Shimin said while holding back the doubts in his heart.

    As soon as Li Ke and the others entered the palace, they immediately startled Li Shimin. The ministers who were arguing around them also stopped and looked at them in shock.??These miserable dudes.  I saw Li Ke limping into the hall first, but Li Min was carried in behind him, holding his stomach and moaning in pain. Cheng Hualiang, with his panda eyes, waited with Qin Huaiyu  They were all dressed in beggar attire, with streaks of blood on their exposed skin, which looked very scary.  Also being carried in were Li Xiaojie, Li Jingheng, Yan Bei and others. Because these guys were the weakest, had been beaten the most just now, and looked the most miserable, it was best to pretend to be seriously injured.

    "Father, please make the decision for me and my brothers!" Li Ke was also very professional in acting. He fell to the ground and cried loudly as soon as he came on. The people behind him also cooperated, and asked Li Shimin to do it for him.  They take revenge.  Li Min snickered secretly on the stretcher. Originally, he was worried that these people's acting was too fake, but he didn't expect that all of them were actor-level figures. Even Li Ke, the usually sanctimonious King of Shu, actually shed tears when he cried.  There is no need for eye drops or anything like that. He is definitely a good actor with great potential. It seems that he will need to explore more in the future.

    "Bastard, look what you are all like, get up and answer me quickly!" Li Shimin was also shocked by the miserable appearance of his two sons. He felt hurt and angry in his heart, and saw that he was usually in high spirits.  Li Ke, like himself, could only crawl on the ground and cry. He didn't look like a prince at all. The anger in his heart became even stronger and he couldn't help shouting angrily.

    "I would like to inform my father, it is not that I, Chen, and others have no regard for their manners, but that the Tubo people have gone too far. Not only did they insult my sisters with rude words, but they also took the lead in beating Erchen and others unreasonably. Although I tried my best to resist, I still couldn't.  Still outnumbered, and being beaten like this by them, I had no choice but to ask my father to make the decision and seek justice for my sons, ministers and others." Li Ke cried with tears streaming down his face, but his words were very clear, and he immediately  Li Min recited everything he had planned in advance and put all the blame on the Tubo people.

    Cheng Huailiang and others also shouted loudly, and even rolled up their clothes to let the surrounding ministers see their injuries, in order to win the sympathy of others, causing chaos in the hall.  Their fathers or grandfathers were standing on both sides, and when they saw the miserable state of their sons and grandsons, their faces were full of anger. It was just because of their dignity that they couldn't do it in the court.

    "Shut up! What is going on? Ke'er, please report the details!" Li Shimin looked at the chaotic crowd below and shouted. Then they became quiet and turned to Li Ke and asked.

    Li Ke felt that the effect was almost there, and Li Min also secretly gestured to him, meaning that it was up to him to perform now.  So he stood up and wiped away his tears and told the story in detail. Of course, he made some small changes, such as specifically emphasizing the description of the Tubo people's arrogant posture. The Tubo people were the first to take action, especially the triggering  The insulting words of the Tang Dynasty princess that were used in this group fight also turned into a direct provocation in Chinese by the Tubo people in his mouth, without any regard for the majesty of the Tang Dynasty.

    "Bang~" Li Shimin punched the dragon case in front of him angrily, and roared furiously: "You Tubo boy, how dare you despise me, the Tang Dynasty, do you really think that the Tang Dynasty is weak and can be bullied?"

    "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the tiger and wolf troops of the Tang Dynasty to defeat Tubo in one fell swoop, and capture the Zanpu boy alive and sacrifice it to Your Majesty." Cheng Yaojin and other generals who were afraid of the world were clamoring, one after another since they defeated Tuyuhun the year before last  Finally, they haven't moved for a long time, their bones are almost rusty, and they wish they had a big battle to fight now.

    "Your Majesty, calm down. Although Tubo is disrespectful to me, the Tang Dynasty, now is really not a good time to start a war!" Seeing the generals going crazy, Fang Xuanling was afraid that Li Shimin would also go crazy if his brain got hot, so he jumped out to persuade.

    "What Mr. Fang said is true. The battle with Tuyuhun the year before last year has consumed more than half of the Tang Dynasty's treasury. Now that the Tang Dynasty has a large army, but no money and food to help, it is really difficult to start the war easily!" Wei Zheng also stood up and said.  Other ministers also gave advice one after another. Except for the generals, almost no one agreed to go to war.

    After Li Shimin roared a few times, he also knew that now was not the time to start a war with Tubo, but he couldn't get rid of the bad breath in his heart, so he couldn't help but said angrily: "The Tubo child has deceived people too much. Don't mention the marriage again, and cancel the marriage."  Tibet¡¯s border market prohibits Tibetans from entering our territory of the Tang Dynasty!¡±

    Fang Xuanling saw that Li Shimin had given up the idea of ??starting a war, so he no longer persisted. Although the cancellation of the mutual trade would also cause losses to the Tang Dynasty, the losses would be greater for Tubo, which could not even provide its own iron weapons, so it was a way to vent his anger.  Method.  Kong Yingda, a stubborn old man, wanted to say something more, but was stopped by his friend Yu Zhining. Changsun Wuji had been silent since Li Min and the others came in. He squinted his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking.

    What was supposed to be a good morning court meeting was turned into a mess by Li Min and the others. Li Shimin no longer wanted to discuss matters and was about to leave the court with a wave of his hand.  But at this moment, Jinwu Guards?? Yuchi Baolin came to report that the Tibetan ambassador was making trouble in the city. Now that he has been arrested, he came to ask for instructions on what to do.  But there was no mention of the tragic situation in which all the Tibetan people were beaten to death.

    Li Shimin was furious and shouted loudly, demanding that all the Tubo people be imprisoned in the sky prison.  Yuchi Baolin responded loudly, and then walked out backwards, but when he went out, he did not forget to glance at Li Min and the others, and Cheng Huailiang secretly gave him a thumbs up.  Yuchi Baolin often hangs out with Cheng Huailiang and others. Li Min also met him at the Five Kings Banquet last time. However, as a captain of the Jinwu Guards, he happened to be on duty today, so he was not able to attend the banquet.  I didn't expect that something like this would happen today, and he would be able to help.  Anyway, he doesn't have anything to do with it. After all, he only arrests people, and no one asks him whether the arrested people are injured. Even if they are investigated in the future, he will not be held responsible.

    After dealing with the Tubo people, the morning court dispersed. Li Shimin named Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Li Jing and other important civil and military officials to stay.  Cheng Huailiang and the "wounded" were also taken care of. Li Ke and Li Min wanted to evacuate with the large army, but they didn't expect that Li Shimin called their names. Regardless of their "serious injuries", they actually killed the two brothers.  Stayed.  Li Min screamed in his heart that something was wrong, maybe he would be in trouble this time?

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