Chapter 848 Depressed middle-aged Li Shimin
Li Muhui chose to travel lightly and return immediately. He also had his own calculations. The things he did in Miaojiang were considered as taking action first and then reporting. Although it was for the court's considerations, if there was a censor who wanted to participate in his lord's contempt, he would still have a braid to catch. Although he was not afraid, it was unnecessary.
The quelling rebellion was discussed by all the civil and military officials of the court and could not get rid of it. Even if he wanted to delay, he could not delay it. Because it was obvious that Li You could not stir up any storms. Let's put it this way, if Li Shimin could hold on to the rumors, no matter Li You, he would throw him away. For a year or two, he would have calmed himself.
Maybe some people may wonder, this is a rebellion. No matter what, I am afraid that I will fight to Chang'an for a year or two?
Most of the people who could have this idea in the Tang Dynasty were only corrupt scholars who only knew how to study. It was only about ten years since the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty. The veterans who Li Shimin competed for the world are still in the army. These people were scattered in Zhechong Mansions and were the main force in the current army. They recognized Li Shimin but did not recognize Li You. Even without this loyalty, one was the emperor who owned the world, the other was the prince who was in a stable place, the other was the father, the other was the invincible General Tiance, and the other was the young boy who was still young. Do you still have to choose this?
If you think you live long, you can follow Li You and have sex.
I won’t talk about the troops, the difference is too great. When it comes to logistics, Qizhou, a land of a state. How much can the food and grass be obtained even if all the food and grass are requisitioned? During the war, the food and grass are bottomless pits, and not enough. At the command of Li Shimin, all merchants dare not transport food and grass to Qizhou. Even if Qizhou has a bumper harvest this year, the food and grass will only be enough for a few months at most, and they will not be able to hold on for half a year.
What's more, Li You didn't understand military tactics, and the talents under him were not very talented at all. The most important civil officials were his uncle Yin Hongzhi, a son of an official from a playboy. What about the military generals? Yin Hongzhi's nephew Yan Hongxin and Yan Hongliang's two brothers were said to be "extremely brave", but compared to the court where there were many powerful generals, these two things were at best at the level of generals.
To deal with them, the court sent Cheng Yaojin, a famously brave and unscrupulous man, to bully people. If he had to be in a match, Wang Hu, the personal soldier under Li Ji, was the one who was guarding the city in Dingxiang with Li Mu and Li Siwen, and he was quite suitable.
This combination of rebellion is exactly the famous saying on the Internet before Li Mu traveled through time: If you give you a chance, you will not be useful!
According to the analysis of the Ministry of War, the best way to suppress the rebellion in the court is to pretend that it was not seen. If this is done, two results will occur. The first is that the King of Qi cannot hide, and the food is gone and he calms down. Another is that he chooses to attack and fight all the way from Qizhou. If he chooses this way, the "rebellion" may end earlier, because if this is the case, the Ministry of War predicts that he may have been defeated by the guards in a certain county after "capturing" two or three counties, due to the consumption of some troops, coupled with the looting, the looting arouses public anger, and local tribes fought back.
If this battle is fought, there is no benefit. Instead, it may be recorded in history books and become a shame for his combat career. Which general is willing to do it during this period?
Even a reckless man like Cheng Yaojin, he wouldn't want to do it, let alone Li Ji and Li Jing?
So Li Mu knew that he could not escape. Even if he dragged him, the court would probably wait for him. You, Li Mu, can't never come back? Anyway, there's no hurry here, just be slow to procrastinate?
All civil and military officials are not in a hurry. How can Li Shimin not be in a hurry? As long as Li You rebelled for a day, it would be equivalent to one hundred and eighty strong men slapped him with big mouths. He sat on the dragon throne, as if he was sitting on pins and needles! Since the news of Li You rebellion reached Chang'an, Li Shimin stopped talking. He really had no face and faced the gaze of civil and military officials in the court!
For three days, he sat in the Tai Chi Palace without eating or drinking, and looked haggard. No matter who said anything to him, he did not react at all.
Therefore, when Li Mu crossed the Minjiang River, he received another letter from Empress Changsun, asking him to speed up his journey. At the same time, he also asked him to write a letter to persuade Li Shimin. No matter what happened, it would be impossible not to eat.
Li Mu had no choice but to write a letter and Fei Ge sent a letter back. He calculated the days. If the pigeon was not surprised, it would fly to Chang'an in about two and a half days. Including the time of flying over, it was a week shorter. I don't know if His Majesty could hold on. If he couldn't figure it out, he would be burping with no sign of starvation. His butterfly, the time-traveling force seemed to have had some strength.
It took a starry night and a month's journey. After half a month, Li Mu drove straight through Zhuque Street, and entered the palace gate without stopping. There were no more than three civil and military officials in the court, and there were no more than three people with such honor. Only Li Mu dared to do this.
When he arrived at the gate of Tai Chi Palace, Li Mu was dismounted. Eunuch Gao took it to the bottom of the stairs and saw Li Mu. He quickly grabbed his sleeve: "Mr. Marquis, you are back. If you are later, our family is really afraid of Your Majesty-"
Li Mu's acting skills were also perfect. He screamed sadly and said, "I am late for coming back. I deserve to die. Take me to see Your Majesty!"
Eunuch Gao led Li Mu and rushed to the palace gate. Eunuch Gao helped Li Mu push the door open, but he didn't go in. Li Mu glanced at him, and Eunuch Gao returned a look. Only then did Li Mu suddenly realize that he handed over a yellow object without leaving any trace and flashed into the palace.
The smell of roasted lamb legs permeated the Tai Chi Hall. Li Mu looked at it along the smell and saw Li Shimin sitting on a small stool, barbecuing meat in a copper stove.
There was a small table next to it, with spices, daggers, plates, and a roast on the stove. Li Shimin held one in his hand. He ate very thoughtfully and did not eat it with a feast, but cut it into pieces with a knife and then grabbed it with chopsticks.
His expression was a little stunned, his eyes staring out of the glass window, as if he was thinking about some life problems.
Hearing the creaking sound of the palace gate, Li Shimin turned his head. Only then did Li Mu see Li Shimin's appearance, with a shaved beard and a man who was in a mid-life crisis. It seemed that the men were surprisingly consistent in the matter of decadence.
"You are back," Li Shimin sighed and smiled bitterly: "I have read the Feige's letter, and I've done a good job."
"Thank you Your Majesty to praise you." Li Mu was not polite, and came to Li Shimin opposite Li Shimin, sat on the ground, reached out to pick up the free dagger, and peeled a piece of meat on Li Shimin's lamb leg. Li Shimin looked at him, Li Mu looked at the meat on the plate, hesitated for a moment, and did not pick it up and eat it, but snatched the lamb leg with half of the meat from Li Shimin's hand and chewed it directly.
Li Shimin smiled helplessly, threw down the dagger in his hand, stopped eating, and watched Li Mu eat it himself.
"You already know the matter, and it makes you laugh." Li Shimin sighed again and said, "All civil and military officials in the court are watching my jokes. I am really shameless."
"Oh, why are you shameless?"
"Hmm?" Li Shimin glared.
"I am speechless." Li Mu made a gesture to give himself a mouth and begged for mercy: "I just say it casually, but it is also the truth. Your Majesty, think that all those who have accomplished great things since ancient times have been great and upright, but many things are just taboos for the respected. Historical books are written by winners, and they are all small things. As long as they are solved quickly and accurately, no one will mention them after a few years."
As he said that, Li Mu flattered him: "The descendants will only see Your Majesty's great achievements and trivial matters, how can you compare to Your Majesty's achievements?"
Li Shimin was stunned for a while, his expression became much more lively, and he said, "The truth is indeed interesting, but what does 'Great and Glossy' mean? I didn't understand."
"The great, glorious and righteous are great, bright, and justice." Li Mu gnawed half of the lamb leg and said, "This is not important. Your Majesty, if you leave this matter to me, you will give me a word, "Your Majesty will die, live, and other things will not be worrying about you."
"Die, alive?"
Li Mu's words made Li Shimin fall into a decadent state again.
Li Shimin murmured to himself, "When this happened, Yin Fei felt sorry for me, and she had been seeking death twice. Indeed, Yin Hongzhi deserves to die, and Li You deserves to die. But Yin Fei should not die in my heart. She is very nice to me. I can't say that I have a deep affection and friendship with her, but I have respected each other for many years. I really can't bear to see her seeking a short opinion, but if Yin Hongzhi was to be killed and Li You's rebellious son, Yin Fei would be worse than death. I have a conflict in my heart and it is difficult to make a decision."
Li Shimin sighed and said, "There is the rebellious son of Li You--" Li Shimin gritted his teeth: "How dare he be, how dare he have such thoughts! He is just a concubine son, how dare he think about the throne! Even if I am not satisfied with the crown prince, there is still the King of Wei. Even if the King of Wei is not successful, there are also the child slaves. Even if I don't use the legitimate son, he is not the longest among the concubine sons. It is not his turn, how dare he have such delusions?"
"It's all that guy Yin Hongzhi!"
Li Shimin cursed: "I shouldn't have been ruthless back then and advised my father to keep him. I should have killed all the young and old men in the Yin family! I should have let him lose his sons and grandchildren! I have a problem with raising a tiger, and I have seen it today!"
Li Mu secretly curled his lips and thought to himself, after all, don’t he want to excuse his son? Li You, like that, even if he doesn’t have such an uncle, he is not a good thing.
But seeing that Li Shimin is so miserable now, don’t tell the truth.
Li Mu took the second leg of lamb, blew it, and then started to bite it, asking, "Then your Majesty, are you alive or dead? You make a decision early, so I'll do it early."
Li Shimin looked at Li Mu hopefully and said, "If I want him to live, can I do it?"
"What can't be done about this?" Li Mu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are the emperor. All the lands of the world are kings. Life and death are all based on your wishes. Whoever you let live will be able to live."
"But all the civil and military officials in the court-"
"Let them talk?" Li Mu said without hesitation: "Those who seek fame and gain fame directly will fulfill their wishes, and killing a few people will calm down."
"No." Li Shimin waved his hands repeatedly and said, "This matter has become a laughing stock. Li You will have more than his death. If I favor him, what should the people in the world say about me? No, absolutely not. If Li You can rebel, he will have more than his death."
"Then you're going to die." Li Mu immediately changed his mind, but he had a lot of negotiation: "If Your Majesty does not want to bear the name of killing your son, I will take the blame. But Your Majesty has to write a note for me. If someone attacks me with this in the future, I will have something to say."
Li Shimin glared at him, could he write such a note? If he wrote it, it would be better to kill it yourself.
"Or..." Li Mu guessed the idea and said, "I think of a way to make the King of Qi die from loss, do you see?"
"I won't look!" Li Shimin was so angry that he said angrily: "I hope you can help me think of an idea. I didn't expect you to see my jokes like those treacherous guys!" Li Shimin's eyes were red and he said: "I know that Li You committed a damn crime. But he is my son after all. I have sworn that he will never be stained with blood from relatives. I don't ask to bypass Li You and demote him to a commoner, and let him find a place to live with his mother. I won't have such a small request?"
"Your Majesty, don't tell me about this." Li Mu smiled bitterly, "I don't count on what I said. I didn't shirk it. You also know how popular I am. The relationship was not very good, but now I have offended the Cui family of Boling and Cui family of Qinghe. I'd better not say anything, you've found the wrong person."
"Then who do you think I'm looking for!" Li Shimin became anxious and said, "All civil and military officials in the court were watching my jokes. Even the ordinary man Wei Zheng didn't even make a fuck on the grounds that foreign ministers were inconvenient to participate in royal affairs!"
Li Mu said helplessly: "Then like this, Your Majesty, I will bring people back alive first. Whether it is dead or alive, you will decide. If you drag this down for a day, you will be passive for a day. Should you quell the rebellion quickly and put the matter down before you talk about it."
Li Shimin sighed and said, "There is only this now." After pausing, he said, "Just bringing that kid Li You back alive, kill everyone else!"
"Yin Hongzhi has family, too-"
Li Shimin glared and asked, "Do you still need me to repeat it? You said it yourself, I feel very sorry for death by the ravine!"
"Larn." Li Mu finished eating the legs of lamb, picked up a towel and wiped his hands, and echoed: "I am also very sorry. I have left. The journey to Qizhou is not close. I am afraid I will not be able to come back before the New Year."
Li Shimin said dejectedly: "Go, Hou Junji has prepared food, grass, soldiers and horses for you. Go find him, go and go back quickly."
"I'm leaving."
Li Mu turned around and walked to the door. Li Shimin suddenly called him again: "Child, how about it?"
Li Mu turned around and looked at each other. Li Mu smiled and said, "Mother and daughter are safe, the child is very healthy. I am anxious to come back. The mother and mother must be later. If His Majesty wants to see it, it will be fine if the Queen sends someone to stay in the palace for a few days."
Li Shimin hurriedly said, "I just asked, there is no other meaning."
Li Mu also said: "I have no other intentions, Your Majesty, I will leave."
Chapter completed!