Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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"Mr. Xun Guo's words are wrong. Whether you are a loyal minister or not is judged by the people of the world. How can His Majesty decide with one word? You are also risking your life to send Xue Yantuo as an envoy. I, Guo Ye, dare to go, but you dare not Go. I am a loyal minister, you are not a loyal minister!"

"You fart! If you are a loyal minister, explain to me what is going on in Xichang?"

"Xichang?" His Majesty Li Er was taken aback, and said, "Duke Xun, what is Xichang?"

"Your Majesty, it turned out that Lord Qin set up a secret espionage agency named Dongchang. Later, you discovered it and were forced to disband it. However, his evil intentions were not dead, and he set up something similar, called Xichang."

His Majesty Li Er's face turned cold, and said: "Is there such a thing?"

"Ask him!"

Guo Ye's thoughts turned, could it be that Zhang Liang really discovered the secret of Xichang?No way... He has definite evidence, so he won't be forced to speak out today. He must have made a small report before His Majesty Li Er.

The greatest possibility is to get some clues, but there is no definite evidence!

This is really a fortune of misfortune!

Unexpectedly, such a run on Zhang Liang would expose a hidden danger!

Thinking of this, he laughed loudly and said, "What do I think it is? Isn't it the West Factory? It's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning!"

His Majesty Li Er said: "No, Lord Qin, I think you should explain clearly."

"That's an easy explanation! Yes, Wei Chen admitted that he thought he had set up an East Factory. However, the West Factory has nothing to do with Wei Chen!"

Zhang Liang said: "If you say it's irrelevant, then it's irrelevant? Could it be that the West Factory just popped up out of nowhere?"

"Of course not. In fact, I know the origin of Xichang. When Queen Yunrong of Tubo rebelled, there was a secret spy agency called Xichang. Although Yunrong had been buried in the sea of ​​fire, Xichang did not follow her. They died together. They must have been recruited by the Tibetans again."

His Majesty Li Er said: "So... Xichang is a secret spy of Tubo? It has nothing to do with you?"

"That's natural. The name is related, not necessarily the substance. Duke Xun is too menglang. Otherwise, you ask him what evidence he has? I'm sure he will show all of it."

"Mr. Xun Guo, is that really the case?"

"Uh... basically the same." Zhang Liang replied with a bitter face.

In fact, he regretted it a little now. He shouldn't have exposed the matter on the spur of the moment without any evidence. In the end, Guo Ye didn't even hurt a single hair.

His Majesty Li Er thought for a while, and said: "I won't mention the matter of Xichang. As for the matter of Duke Xun Guo's mission to Xue Yantuo, it is not appropriate. Duke Qin, I will discuss with you and transfer Duke Xun far away. , so that he can't trouble you. Do you agree?"

"But I don't know where to transfer him?"

"I really haven't thought about it, let's discuss it later."

Guo Ye rolled his eyes and said, "I have a proposal. The attack on Goguryeo requires land and water advances. It is better to send Duke Xun to manage the boat division."

Zhang Liang said: "No, Your Majesty! I can't even fight land battles, let alone water battles! The sea is vast, let alone encountering enemies, even strong winds and waves may kill my ministers. Qin Guogong's words, or Let me die!"

His Majesty Li Er said: "Navy wars are nothing more than the fact that more ships are better than fewer ships, and big ships are better than small ones. It's all based on strength. There is no accident. Our Datang navy is far superior to Goguryeo. Zhang Aiqing doesn't have to be afraid."

"Really? Although Weichen has few books, he also knows the allusion of burning Chibi."

Zhang Liang was so afraid of death, His Majesty Li Er was quite scratching his head, so he could only comfort him: "I know you don't know how to fight, and I will send brave generals to help you, so that nothing will go wrong."

"But……"

"There's nothing wrong with it! The Duke of Qin is willing to take risks and send Xue Yantuo as an envoy. Why don't you even go to the navy? Dangerous? If you're so afraid of danger, why don't you go home and take your child!"

Then, he said sternly: "According to my will, Zhang Liang will be the general manager of the Pyongyang Road March, the prime minister of the Navy, and will go to the Yellow River Battalion to take up his post today!"

"According to the order!"

After solving Zhang Liang's problem, His Majesty Li Er also breathed a sigh of relief.In fact, there are some things that he can't say well.

Xue Yantuo, Guo Ye's envoy who was squeezed out by Zhang Liang, must be unhappy.If you don't give him a sigh of relief, it is inevitable that you will not work hard on this mission.Just for the sake of fairness, Zhang Liang must also take on a relatively dangerous task.

"Qin Guogong, I have satisfied both of your requirements, should I be satisfied?"

Guo Ye smiled embarrassedly, and said, "Actually, there are three requirements for this minister."

"Then the third requirement is..."

"I invite Wei Ting, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, to go out!"

Chapter 1830 Journey of Revenge, Turtle Dove Pleads

"Wei Ting? Why did he provoke you?"

"Of course Wei Shangshu didn't provoke me. However, I heard people say that Wei Shangshu is the son of Wei Chong, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Sui Dynasty. Wei Chong once went to Goguryeo with Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and there is a legacy about Goguryeo. Wei Shangshu Family history..."

Wei Ting said angrily: "So what? My late father allowed Wen Yunwu, so of course he can follow Emperor Sui Yang to go to war. But I am a civil servant, and I have no strength to restrain a chicken. What's the use of sending it?"

"That's not the case. Wei Shangshu, I'm not recommending you to go to war. There is a saying that soldiers and horses go before food and grass are moved. Your family has a long history, so you must be very familiar with the mountains and rivers along the way. Wouldn't it be a good idea to send people to transport food?"

"You're talking nonsense! I'm not familiar with the mountains and rivers there. Your Majesty, can you see that? Qin Guogong is still avenging his own private revenge. Just because Weichen said something nice to Xun Guogong just now, he let me go out!"

His Majesty Li Er ignored him, and muttered: "In that case, let me pass on my will... Wei Ting, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, will be the envoy, and Cui Renshi, the Minister of the Ministry of Households, will be the deputy envoy. All states are subject to restraint, and there must be no mistakes!"

"Weichen..." Wei Ting didn't expect that His Majesty Li Er didn't listen to his words at all. Just as he was about to persuade the emperor to withdraw his order, Fang Xuanling pulled his sleeve and said two words softly - "King Qi "!"

Wei Ting fought a cold war, only then did he realize that His Majesty Li Er obviously sent him to transport food, but in fact he was afraid that Li You would collude with him to conspire against him when he was in charge of the country.So I found an excuse to spend myself.

He knelt down on the ground and said: "My minister obeys the order!"

His Majesty Li Er said to Guo Ye: "I have already agreed to all three conditions, when is Guo Aiqing going to leave?"

"Within three days!"

"Okay! Then I'm here to wish Lord Qin the best of luck and success!"

……

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In fact, the reason why Guo Ye agreed to go to Xue Yantuo as an envoy was not because he was run on by Zhang Liang.

That's what he meant.

Zhang Liang recommended Guo Ye as an envoy, of course he had no good intentions.But the proposal itself is not wrong.

Historically, His Majesty Li Er's first expedition to Goguryeo returned without success. In addition to being unable to attack Anshicheng for a long time, another important reason was that Xue Yantuo took the opportunity to invade.

Now, in order to avoid history repeating itself, this problem really needs to be solved.

But Xue Yantuo is mainly cavalry, coming and going like the wind, how should he solve it?

Send an army to fight?