Chapter 299 Li Chengqian's request
Li Zhi looked at Zhang Shigui in surprise. In his impression, Zhang Shigui was Li Shimin's confidant general. In the entire Tang Dynasty, no one except Li Shimin could make him so humble.
Even if one day he became the crown prince, he would treat such important officials with kindness to win his favor.
But Li Chengqian was also surprised at all. The old god was sitting there looking at Zhang Shigui for a long time and not letting him flat. The person in front of him was not the second-rank governor of the Tang Dynasty, but a small eunuch who came to the East Palace to seek eunuchs.
Li Chengqian noticed Li Zhi's gaze turned his head to look at him, and Li Zhi quickly lowered his head.
Li Chengqian turned his head and looked at Zhang Shigui and said with a smile: "Governor Zhang should be calm!"
Zhang Shigui quickly stood up and said, "I don't know, what does the Crown Prince summon me?"
On the way Zhang Shigui came, he was thinking about what excessive requests Li Chengqian would make, so he kept getting up and asked, but after asking, he felt a little abrupt.
Li Chengqian didn't care about his misconduct when he saw that he was not careful, but just smiled slightly and said, "Of course, the Lonely King summoned you for the 30,000 soldiers in Lingzhou."
When Zhang Shigui heard Li Chengqian say half of his words on purpose, he was unable to complain, so he had to bow again and said, "Please tell the prince."
Seeing that Zhang Shigui was about to adjust, Li Chengqian stood up without delaying and walked around the courtyard while occasionally turning his head to look at Zhang Shigui, and slowly said: "The Lonely King is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. Is it reasonable for those soldiers and horses to be transferred by the Lonely King to protect the Lonely King?"
"Reasonable!"
What can Zhang Shigui say about the Tang Dynasty except His Majesty, it is reasonable for you to protect anyone you want to use, but you will always have to return it after use.
"Because Tu Midu didn't know how he knew the whereabouts of the Lone King, the Uighurs divided their troops to surround the Lone King, and you couldn't stop him."
"I am guilty." Zhang Shigui bowed to apologize when he saw the sweat on his forehead.
Li Chengqian looked back at him and continued, "Fortunately, Tianyou Gu Wang and the generals of the Eastern Palace were able to do so, and the Uighur tribes were defeated. In the end, more than 100,000 troops asked Gu Wang to surrender. Can Gu Wang watch without using troops?"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is wise." Zhang Shigui didn't know what Li Chengqian wanted to say in this sentence, so he could only do it perfunctorily.
"The war has been over now, and the Lingzhou Governor's Office has also been replaced by Governor Zhao to Governor Zhang. It's time to think about asking for your 30,000 troops, right?" Li Chengqian said this and stood up and looked at Zhang Shigui seriously.
Zhang Shigui had been bent and dared not look up. He heard Li Chengqian's question and was neither easy to admit, nor did he want to admit it, but he had to say "um".
Li Chengqian didn't care what Zhang Shigui responded, looked up at the sky and turned around, and continued to walk in the courtyard.
After a while, he continued indifferently: "But the imperial court has not yet issued an order to deal with the surrendered soldiers in the Mobei region. The generals led by the Sixth General of the Eastern Palace have to guard the surrendered soldiers for you. What should you do if you want to leave the surrendered soldiers of the Uighurs?"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince"
"Okay! No need to explain, go and ask Fang Xuanling to send someone to take over the surrendered soldiers!"
"Ah! What does the Crown Prince mean?" Zhang Shiwen couldn't help but lit up his eyes. He didn't expect that Li Chengqian would let him go so easily.
"Someone can take over the surrendered soldiers of the Uighurs and the Lone King to withdraw Xue Rengui and Liu Rengui and return the 30,000 troops of the Lingzhou Governor's Office to the Lingzhou Governor's Office. Do you understand?" Li Chengqian's tone was very impatient.
Zhang Shigui was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "I will follow the order, I will do it now."
Seeing that he was about to leave as he said, Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Don't be anxious, the Lone King hasn't finished his words yet."
Zhang Shigui had no choice but to stop again, lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, please tell me."
Li Chengqian just sighed for a long time and said nothing. Finally, when Zhang Shigui was impatient, he said sadly: "These Lingzhou soldiers followed the Gu Wang to Kongdui Valley to destroy Xue Yantuo Khan's tent, and in order to protect Gu Wang Wang and fight with the Uighur tribe soldiers.
Many of them died for their country and many were disabled. The Lone King felt unbearable whenever he thought of these people. Now the Lone King wanted to return them to the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion, so he wanted to hold a requiem ceremony for the soldiers who died for their country in Lingzhou.
You are the Grand Governor of Lingzhou and have prepared things for the Lone King these days. When the army returns to Lingzhou, the Lone King will personally burn incense and worship."
"I obey the order!" Zhang Shigui's voice was low when he heard Li Chengqian mention the soldiers who died for his country, and obviously he was really sad, and he was also a little moved.
"Okay! You can do so many things to do with the Lone King!" Li Chengqian said with an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth.
When Zhang Shigui heard this, he was as if he had received a general amnesty and quickly bowed and said he was retreating.
Li Chengqian looked back at Li Zhi, and saw his eyes flashing, so he walked to the table and said lightly: "Zhi Nu, I see that you have been getting much better in the past two days. Do you want to go out for a walk?"
Li Zhi looked at Li Chengqian's calm expression and shook his head quickly. He knew in his heart that the reason why Li Chengqian asked him to watch from the side was just to let him know the difference between the two.
"Okay, then you go back and rest." Li Chengqian said lightly.
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In the office of Fang Xuanling in the front courtyard of the Lingzhou Governor's Office, Zhang Shigui and Fang Xuanling knelt on both sides of the small table, and told Fang Xuanling in detail about his situation when he saw Li Chengqian.
Fang Xuanling frowned and turned her head to look out the window, wanting to know what Li Chengqian wanted to do.
After a while, Fang Xuanling turned his head to look at Zhang Shigui, who looked anxious and said, "Governor Zhang, why did Your Highness the Crown Prince ask me to order?"
Zhang Shigui anxiously heard this, "My Duke Liang, you are in charge of government affairs now. Your Highness the Crown Prince will not let you give orders. You can't alarm Your Majesty for this little thing again, right?"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince can also give orders from the Eastern Palace!" Although Fang Xuanling couldn't figure out what Li Chengqian sold in the gourd, his instinctive vigilance made him not want to participate.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Shigui jumped up from the seat and shouted: "Duke Liang, Mr. Fang, and His Highness the Crown Prince have agreed to return the 30,000 troops from the Lingzhou Governor's Office. Why are you ruthless here?"
"I'm not this." Fang Xuanling also anxiously raised his arm to explain.
But Zhang Shigui had been frightened by Li Chengqian for a long time, and now he was furious when Fang Xuanling shoved him away. He immediately interrupted him and said, "Duke Liang, if you don't give orders, then the governor can only go to find His Majesty. Anyway, he can't ask His Majesty to orders." He paused at this moment, lowered his head and leaned close to Fang Xuanling and whispered: "If His Majesty now gives orders to generals outside the Eastern Palace, His Majesty might not be happy."
Fang Xuanling was shocked when he heard this. If he didn't order Zhang Shigui went to see Li Shimin or Li Chengqian later, he would definitely not have any good results.
Fang Xuanling thought about this and said in his heart: It’s so dangerous!
Fang Xuanling didn't dare to refuse anymore, so he quickly sat down and picked up the pen to write an order, then picked up the order and blew it gently, and handed it to Zhang Shigui expressionlessly.
Zhang Shigui took it over with some shame and said with a smile: "Thank you, Duke Liang."
Fang Xuanling snorted and dropped his face aside when he heard this. Zhang Shigui didn't say much to him and walked out embarrassedly when he saw this.
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Zhang Shigui took Fang Xuanling's note and sent Li Simo to take over the task of observing the surrendered soldiers of the Uighurs. While walking, he thought to himself that Fang Xuanling was also sinister enough.
Now, the soldiers and horses that arrested the surrendered Uighurs were not only from the Lingzhou Governor's Office, but also from the Turkish troops. Now Fang Xuanling directly sent Li Simo to inspect the surrendered Uighurs, which was equivalent to taking the soldiers and horses of the Turkic troops from Li Chengqian.
But what he didn't expect was that the day after Li Simo took over the arrest of the Uighur surrendered soldiers, the Uighur leader Tu Midu and his nephew Wu He were both killed in the military camp. For a moment, the morale of the Uighur surrendered soldiers was in chaos...
Chapter completed!