Chapter 932 Going to Honglu Temple (5000 words)
Li Shimin was thinking about how to deal with the peace talks, and he was very upset. Now the civil servants had a lot of opposition, so he could only suppress them. After seeing Fang Xuanling away, Li Shimin sat alone on the ninth floor and remembered Qin Huaidao. If Qin Huaidao was there, then Qin Huaidao would definitely have a solution!
"I really shouldn't have let this kid go to Goguryeo. If this happens, he will definitely have a solution, hey!" Li Shimin sat there and sighed.
A few days later, Li Shimin went to the dynasty, and the civil servants were still discussing this matter. A large number of civil servants opposed it. Li Ji and the others' words were completely useless. Those civil servants prepared words to refute, which made Li Ji and the others very angry. Cheng Yaojin and the others were not in the capital, but in the garrison.
After going down to court, Li Shimin felt even more uncomfortable. After going up to the fifth floor, Wang En came to report.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, came back after writing an expedited letter. The person who reported the letter was waiting outside. Should he let him in?" Wang En looked at Li Shimin and said carefully. He knew that Li Shimin was in a bad mood now and could not be provoked, but he thought that Li Cheng would definitely be happy when he came back from writing a letter, so he plucked up the courage to inform him.
"What are you waiting for? Why don't you let him in!" Li Shimin stared at Wang En and said glaringly.
"Yes, the little one brings him here right now!" Wang En immediately went down when he heard this, and Li Shimin sat there, thinking about what to do next? In a short while, a colonel came in.
"My minister Wang Kun paid homage to Your Majesty on the order of His Highness the Crown Prince and sent a letter of expedited!" The general immediately paid homage and said.
"Huh?" Li Shimin saw that he was a colonel and one of the close military generals beside Li Chengqian, and immediately looked at him strangely. It was logical that a major came to deliver a letter, so why did he send a colonel back?
"Why are you back? But what's the matter with the prince? What's wrong? Is the prince safe?" Li Shimin looked at him anxiously and asked.
"Oh, go back to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is very good. Before I come back, Your Majesty had just landed in Goguryeo and was with Duke Hu. He was very anxious to bring a letter back. Please take a look!" Wang Kun immediately took out the letter he had hidden in his body and handed it out. Wang En immediately took it over and handed it over to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin took apart and looked at it. As soon as he looked at the contents of the letter, Li Shimin knew the operability. It would definitely be the most advantageous to do so.
"Well, the prince asked you to send this letter back, but what else do you mean?" Li Shimin looked at Wang Kun and asked.
"Reply to Your Majesty, there is, Your Highness the Crown Prince said that if the court has a big objection, you will agree. This is the most beneficial to our Tang Dynasty. As long as it is well managed, then we still have a great opportunity to agree to the Goguryeo Peninsula to completely solve the Goguryeo problem!
At the same time, this idea was actually made by Duke Hu. Duke Hu hopes to completely solve the problem of this place. And if they surrender, it will be very beneficial to us. We can also avoid consuming a large amount of supplies. In addition, the soldiers will also bleed and sacrifice less!" Wang Kun stood there and bowed.
"Well, I knew it was this kid's idea. This kid was just taking the whole peninsula. It's OK. When you go back, tell them that I agree and let them go and do it according to their plan. They don't need to worry about other things!" Li Shimin said to Wang En with a smile.
"Yes!" Wang Kun nodded immediately and said.
"By the way, did you see Boping? It's Duke Hu!" Li Shimin looked at Wang Kun and continued to ask.
"I saw that Duke Hu is very good now. He has completely surrounded Pyongyang City. After His Highness landed, Duke Hu will personally greet him!" Wang Kun immediately bowed and said.
"Well, that's fine, okay, you have a break. I will write a letter to take you over later. You still need to work hard!" Li Shimin said to Wang Kun with a smile. When Wang Kun heard it, he immediately bowed and said yes!
Soon, Wang Kun went down, and Li Shimin completely relaxed at this moment. He knew that the opposition of the civil servants was not a problem now. Although it seemed that they had won, the Tang Dynasty won in the end. The entire peninsula would be controlled by the Tang Dynasty. The key is that the whole thing, the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo, the prince, the army and the civil servants all won, and everyone would not lose. This is the best.
After writing the letter, Li Shimin asked Wang En to hand it over to Wang Kun and asked Wang Kun to send it over.
In the afternoon, news came out of the palace that Li Shimin agreed to the negotiations and had sent people to inform Qin Huaidao and let Qin Huaidao negotiate with Goguryeo, and let the people in front of them handle the specific negotiations. In the evening, many ministers asked to see Li Shimin. Li Shimin was very annoyed to them, but they had no choice but to stop leaving. Li Shimin had to summon him, and Xiao Yu and Gao Shilian went to the fourth floor of Chengtian Palace.
"Your Majesty, I don't know the news outside is true. Your Majesty, have you agreed to negotiate with Goguryeo?" After Gao Shilian came in, he bowed and asked Li Shimin.
"Isn't this what you hope for? Why? Are you objecting again?" Li Shimin asked as he looked at them.
"No, if this is the case, that is of course the best. Your Majesty is wise. However, I heard that this matter is left to His Highness the Crown Prince and Duke Hu to handle with full authority?" Gao Shilian looked at Li Shimin and continued to ask.
"Yeah, is there something wrong?" Li Shimin looked at them in confusion and asked.
"Of course there is something wrong. Your Majesty, negotiation is a matter of Honglu Temple. For such a big thing, Honglu Temple should send someone to discuss, rather than letting His Highness the Crown Prince and Duke Hu discuss. They are not familiar with the negotiation. Now that Goguryeo wants to discuss, it is said that it is to give us 50% of the land, then our Honglu Temple can have at least two more cities and in addition, we can also obtain other profits.
If His Highness the Crown Prince and Duke Hu were to discuss, they might not be able to get actual benefits. Therefore, please ask Your Majesty to let the people from the Honglu Temple come forward!" Xiao Yu also bowed his hand and said to Li Shimin.
"If the prince and the others can handle it, you don't have to worry too much. I believe them!" Li Shimin heard it and said with a smile, knowing their plans in his heart. Those civil officials also hoped that the officials of the Honglu Temple would share some credit. If they did not participate in the negotiations in this war, then their civil officials would have very little credit. Therefore, they wanted to go to grab the credit, hoping that the officials of the Honglu Temple could stand out.
"The road is long, I'll forget it. Just let them deal with it. I believe they can handle it well!" Li Shimin said with a very firm attitude.
"Your Majesty, if this is the case, what else does the Honglu Temple need to do? Why not cancel it!" Xiao Yu continued to bow to Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to let them talk, whether it is reasonable or not. There are special officials in the court, so why not let them go?" Gao Shilian said objectionally.
"But the road is so long and the front line is still fighting. If the negotiation is inappropriate, we still need to fight. In addition, our army cannot be consumed all the time, and we still need to fight. If the officials of the Honglu Temple go, it may take a lot of time. If we don't do it well, we will miss the opportunity to fight.
So, it is still inappropriate. In addition, I have already made concessions to you. You should know the matters on the front line, so it is better for those generals to deal with them. The prince is here. I believe he can handle it well. Before the prince goes to war, the matter of the Honglu Temple was also handled by His Highness, so there is no problem to hand it over to him!" Li Shimin stared at them and said very unhappily.
"Your Majesty, that's what you said, but the matter cannot be left to others for random handling. Otherwise, the officials of the Honglu Temple should have opinions. Please ask Your Majesty to give a clear explanation!" Gao Shilian continued to persuade Li Shimin and said.
"My idea has been decided and cannot be changed. That's it. Is there anything else? If there is nothing else, you can go back first. I have to read the memorial!" Li Shimin said and stood up, preparing to go to the study to read the memorial. Now there are so many memorials, Li Chengqian is not in Chang'an, and Li Shimin needs to handle it himself!
"Your Majesty, please take back your life!" Gao Shilian said anxiously when he saw Li Shimin leaving.
Li Shimin ignored him and left directly. Gao Shilian and Xiao Yu stood there, anxious, but they had no choice but to leave. Soon, they came out and told the officials about Li Shimin's attitude. The civil officials were very angry and said that they must let the people from Honglu Temple go. Tomorrow they will report the memorial together. The officials of Honglu Temple also said that if they were not allowed to go, they would hang seals and force Li Shimin to change their minds.
On Qin Huaidao and others, there are still fighting everywhere, but Qin Huaidao and others stopped. In Pyongyang City, the treasure king knew that Li Chengqian had come and wanted to go and talk to Li Chengqian, but Yuan Gai Suwen opposed it, and he also got the news. Qin Huaidao said that if he gave 90% of the land, he would agree.
Now Yuan Gai Suwen wants to live but doesn't want to die anymore. He knows that once negotiations are made, the Tang Dynasty will definitely want his own head, but he doesn't want to die yet. Although he is so old, he doesn't want to die just like this, especially now that he sees a little hope and is even more afraid.
So he now wants to re-control the Treasure King, but he also found that it is even more difficult now, because the Tang Dynasty only recognizes the Treasure King, and the other people, the Tang Dynasty does not recognize it, so he dare not kill the Treasure King and the Treasure King. Then all the things discussed before will be invalidated, and Goguryeo will definitely destroy the country.
So, after learning the news in the past few days, Yuen Gaisuwen came to find the Treasure King, hoping to convince him to save himself, and be willing to hand over some of the power, hoping to get his life back to his own family!
"Mo Zhili, don't worry, I won't kill you! Just believe me!" The Treasure King was helpless. Now he just hoped that Yuan Gaisuwen could leave quickly. He wanted to go out to see Li Chengqian. Now many of the city walls outside were controlled by Yuan Gaisuwen's people.
In the past few days, some generals who defected to him were persuaded to go back by Yuan Gaisuwen, so there were very few people following the Treasure King. This time, the Treasure King also made up his mind to kill some generals, and then the Tang army's hands killed some. Yuan Gaisuwen and the generals who defected to him must be killed, otherwise he would not be able to control the power in the future!
"I know, but I hope you can talk to Duke Hu, just write my affairs in the negotiation book. I know that the Tang Dynasty hated me to the core, and even made a statement that if it was killed, Duke Hu could keep the safety of their family. So, please ask His Majesty to go to the negotiation this time and take me there. I just dress up and listen to it, and I won't reveal my identity, okay?" Yuan Gaisuwen sat there, looking at the treasure king and asked.
"It's inappropriate. If Duke Hu finds out, it will be troublesome!" The Treasure King looked at Yuan Gai Suwen in surprise and said,
He also knew that Yeon Gassuwen wanted to monitor himself, for fear that he would sell Yeon Gassuwen.
"I believe Qin Huaidao will definitely not find me. If someone else leaked it, I believe Yuan Nanjian will definitely kill his family. I still have this confidence!" Yuan Gai Suwen looked at him and said with a smile.
The Treasure King was shocked at this moment and knew what Yuan Gaisuwen meant. He was threatening himself. If he sold him, he would also kill his descendants. Yuan Gaisuwen would do this and dare to do this!
"Mo Zhili, are you just not trusting me so much? I said I would do this, and how much risk you would take when you go out, it is not worth it!" The Treasure King advised Yuan Gai Suwen and said, looking very sincere.
But at this moment, he really wanted to kill him. He was really called hatred for him. If it weren't for him, Goguryeo wouldn't have become like this. A large number of Goguryeo people were captured in the Tang Dynasty and sold. Now, one day after the negotiations, tens of thousands of people were arrested and left. Now, there are only the elderly, young and children left in many cities. If they continue to drag them down, there will be no one in Goguryeo.
"No, no, no, I don't believe Qin Huaidao. This person is not simple. I am worried that he will deceive you, so I still need to check this matter personally. Of course, you should go and talk about it. I just listen. After I come back, we will discuss countermeasures!" Yuan Gai Suwen explained immediately.
"Hey, why are you so persistent? I have said that I will definitely talk to them about this. Besides, the prince of the Tang Dynasty is now even easier to talk about. There are many things that Qin Huaidao cannot make decisions, and the prince can make decisions. So, this is our good opportunity, why do you want to stop him?" The Treasure King sighed and said to Yuan Gai Suwen.
When Yuan Gai Suwen heard this, he looked at the Treasure King suspiciously. He knew that the Treasure King had a murderous intention to kill him. Isn’t that the same? However, the Treasure King cannot die yet. After the negotiations are completed, he will sooner or later kill him. Choose one from his son to serve as the Treasure King, so that it is easier to control!
"I didn't stop me. I just hope I could go there together. In this way, I could also know whether the Tang Dynasty deceived you!" Yuan Gai Suwen said very persistently. The Treasure King heard it and sat there and thought carefully, knowing that it would be impossible not to let him go. Now that he insisted so, he could only agree.
Outside the city, Qin Huaidao and Li Chengqian were barbecuing meat. It was boring. There was no war now. The following matters will be handled by the division commanders, and they don’t need to worry about them at all. So the two of them just studied eating. Women, they won’t touch them. If they don’t study eating, they will have nothing else to do.
"You two are so leisurely!" Su Dingfang noticed them and walked over with a smile.
"That's right, there is no war now, and those who have captured those prisoners are out, and the division commanders below can do it. By the way, how many prisoners have been sold now?" Qin Huaidao smiled and looked at Su Dingfang and asked, and at the same time cut a piece of mutton with a dagger and handed it to Su Dingfang.
"It's estimated that there are almost 500,000 people, worth 500 guan. It's still going on now. Two days later, more than 20,000 people will go back. As soon as they arrived, they will be picked up immediately. It's very sold!" Su Dingfang smiled and took it.
"Hey, you guys say, can we still capture those prisoners when the negotiations are successful? Then they will be from the Tang Dynasty!" Qin Huaidao looked at them with a wry smile and asked back. Su Dingfang and Li Chengqian also looked at Qin Huaidao. In fact, they also had this test, but selling those prisoners is really profitable. If they continue to sell them, they can earn back all the expenses of the entire expedition.
"You said, what should I do?" Li Chengqian looked at Qin Huaidao and asked.
"Well, if the negotiations are successful, I guess there are still many Goryeo people who follow their treasure king to their place, but most of them will still stay in Goguryeo. In fact, those who have not been arrested, I suggest not to arrest them, keep them. You can't say that there is no population in Goguryeo, but, Your Highness, I have an idea, but it feels very cruel, but it is extremely beneficial for our Tang Dynasty!" Qin Huaidao said with a wry smile. Seeing him like this, Li Chengqian immediately stared at him and signaled Qin Huaidao to continue talking.
"It is right to capture some of the people here. If we move out of China and come here, we will be able to strengthen the control here. As long as we are willing to come, we are willing to let them enjoy the tax exemption of five years. At the same time, each male student will be rewarded with 30 acres of high-quality fertile land and a house. I believe there will still be many people coming here!" Qin Huaidao looked at Li Chengqian and said,
When Li Chengqian heard this, he sat there thinking that if this is the case, the people who do not have much good land can be divided into more land, but here, what can those lands grow in such a long time in winter?
Chapter completed!