Chapter 371 The Top of the Final South Mountain

Qin Mubai didn't remember how he left Hongwen Hall and returned home under the onlookers of a few people. He was a little tired and in a trance. I should have been happy, but I couldn't be happy.

This time, he really realized what it means to be dangerous. A group of people sitting in a meeting can also determine the rise and fall of tens of millions of people. Although there is no sword and armor, it is better than the melee of thousands of troops.

On the surface, Li Shimin came out at the last moment, trying to turn the tide or arbitrarily, and reversed the balance that had been completely tilted.

In fact, you can come up with a little bit of it. Li Shimin is also a helpless move!

This cabinet meeting is full of twists and turns. On the surface, it seems to be aimed at the Lanzhou War and the matter. In fact, the core is the competition for power and the contest of position. Changsun Wuji was a strong party. No matter how complicated the process was, he won in the end.

This also means that the main war faction has been completely defeated, and the court and party struggle has completely fallen into a one-sided situation.

Of course, this is the last thing Li Shimin wants to see!

Especially when he saw that Li Tai, the prince of Wei, who had always been very valued, stood in the camp of Changsun Wuji. He was really angry that he was about to be expelled from the Hongwen Museum.

It is said that your heart is unpredictable, but in fact, it is simple to put it bluntly. Li Shimin wants to cultivate a strong group to assist his successor to ensure the safe and stable transition of the Tang Dynasty a hundred years later. However, he absolutely did not allow the powerful minister to appear above the court.

This is contradictory, but it is easy to understand.

If there is a court, there is a party struggle. Only the two sides are evenly matched, and the emperor can control it. If one side is completely defeated and annexed, it means that there is only one group of people left in the court. If this faction is united, even the emperor can't control it.

Li Shimin still has such worries. He doesn't believe that any of his sons can deal with a firmly group of courtiers. Therefore, he very much hopes that Li Tai, whom he has always valued, can show a little backbone and spirit at this justation, dare to be the enemy of Changsun Wuji, and dare to stand firmly on the side of the weak main war faction. However, Li Tai was very useless and violated his covenant with Qin Mubai, and stood in the queue of Changsun Wuji obscenely.

So, when Li Tai walked out of the Hongwen Museum, everyone could clearly feel Li Shimin's disappointment and even despair!

If he passes the throne to Li Tai or Li Zhi in a hundred years, neither of them can control Changsun Wuji!

If so, what can I do?

Li Shimin's sadness is indescribable!

He needs Changsun Wuji, and he also needs to beware of Changsun Wuji; he trusts Changsun Wuji, but he can't do it without reservation. This is not because of the lack of personality, but the identity of an emperor, which determines that he must do so.

Perhaps, Li Shimin's helplessness is the root of his illness this time. He wanted to stay away from the court for a period of time and see what the Tang Dynasty would look like if he left the Tang Dynasty. The result at present is likely to disappoint him - Changsun Wuji can completely "unify the world". The king of Wei, whom he has always valued, has done nothing at all. It is not only not as good as Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng's old bones, but even as rough people like Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Zhijie and Qin Mubai!

Smooth to smooth, heart surgery to heart, but on key issues, you must have your own position and attitude, which is the most basic backbone of the emperor!

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Li Shimin, with a pale face and a thick fur, stood by the edge of the window on the top floor of the Wude Hall, blowing the breeze over Chang'an and squinting at the distance.

Behind him, there was only Chu Suiliang and a eunuch who served him.

"Suiliang... Tell me the truth. My son, don't you have a weapon?" Li Shimin whispered.

Chu Suiliang was stunned and arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I have written this sentence in your Majesty's notes."

"It's up to you." Li Shimin said indifferently and said indifferently, "You don't have to write the following words. I just want to chat with you in private."

"Now, the Weichen is not the living man beside your majesty, but an ordinary courtier." Chu Suiliang said.

"Hmm. Just think that you are my nephew." Li Shimin nodded and said, "Tell me, why is the blue sparrow standing in the camp of Changsun Wuji today instead of standing with Fang Xuanling and Li Wei?"

"The king of Wei... There should also be the grievances of the king of Wei!" Chu Suiliang said, "Prince, a lesson from the front car."

Li Shimin's eyebrows twisted his face with a trace of anger. He immediately coughed several times, slapped him on the window, and said angrily, "What do you mean, is it possible that Chengqian was knocked down by Changsun Wuji?"

"Weichen is sentenced to death!" Chu Suiliang was suddenly terrified, "Weichen, that's not what I mean!"

"Since that's not the intention, how can it be a death penalty?"

"..." Chu Suiliang was speechlessly speechlessly for a while and said for a long time, "Your Majesty, it is often said that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and the rabbit is dead and the fox is sad. Although this is not the case, people's hearts are suspicious after all, and it is difficult to protect the king of Wei's heart. There is no such idea! Therefore... it is also necessary to succumb to the situation and be forced to stand on the side of the Lord and faction.

"Huh..." Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, "Then he is exquisite on all sides. He is really good at seeking good luck and avoiding bad luck. It is well known that he has always been at peace with his eldest grandson Wuji. At present, the eldest grandson Wuji is the one who assists the child slave to supervise the country. I am surprised by his decision. At this time, the most hit should be the blue sparrow. Fortunately, he actually wag his tail and begged for mercy from Changsun Wuji! It's sad! What a tragedy! Why doesn't my son Li Shimin have any bones and blood?

"Papa, Papa, Papa!"

Three slaps in a row, Li Shimin slapped heavily on the window edges, and the gray paint was broken!

"Your Majesty's illness has not healed, please calm down..." Chu Suiliang advised softly.

At this moment, I'm afraid only Chu Suiliang can understand why the emperor is so angry. At that time, Li Shimin used the excuse to recuperate and gave up the dragon chair on the court. On the one hand, it was the intention to test the future of the court, and on the other hand, it also had the meaning of forcing the King of Wei and Changsun Wuji to make peace.

As a result, what Li Shimin didn't expect was that Changsun Wuji unexpectedly entrusted Li Zhi, who had never been on the stage, and would rather risk violating the holy will than make peace with Li Tai. At this time, although Li Shimin was a little surprised and angry, he basically appreciated Changsun Wuji's subjective opinion. Otherwise, he would not have been "sick" for so long. He just wants to see if Changsun Wuji's choice is correct.

At this time, Li Shimin did not give up on Li Tai, the king of Wei. For so many years, Li Tai has been the most suitable successor in his eyes. He really wanted to see that Li Tai stood up at this time, fought with Changsun Wuji, fought out a little emperor's demeanor and momentum, and showed a little pride and courage of the prince to do great things!

Although the party struggle in the court is not a good thing, Li Shimin knows that these contradictions have long existed and have been lurking under the surface of the water for many days. If you want to solve them, it is better to let them explode!

But in this war, the thunder is loud and the rain is small. Although the main war faction has the support of two big names, Li Xun and Li Daozong, and Fang Xuanling's unexpected joining, it is insignificant compared with Changsun Wuji. At this time, Li Shimin extremely expected that Li Tai could stand up and say no to Changsun Wuji. Even if he knew that he would eventually lose, he would lose vigorously and hold his head high.

But Li Tai didn't. He chose to shrink his neck and put it in the crowd, hiding his head and tail.

When Qin Mubai passed by him and sneered at him, Li Shimin saw and heard it from afar.

At that time, he really wanted to rush forward to take Li Tai out, slap a few ear scrapers fiercely, and give him some backbone!

Deep love, responsibility!

Chu Suiliang can fully experience Li Shimin's anger and disappointment!

Originally, Lanzhou was war and peace, and the diplomatic relations with Tibet were handled in this way, and how to operate the Western Regions had a blueprint in Li Shimin's heart. All his hesitation is due to his lack of a clear understanding of the power contrast in the court.

Now he is clear. The civilian group, led by Changsun Wuji, almost defeated the main war faction by an overwhelming margin. In this matter, no one is right or wrong, only who wins or loses. In Li Shimin's concept, his bottom line is that he will not allow the court and party struggle to deteriorate further. There will be a second prince and the king of Han, let alone a second court pillar like Hou Junji to be pulled away.

In a word, Li Shimin has already made up his mind that which side is defeated, he will help which side, protect which side, and support which side! The dead who can't go away from the havoc in the court. Second, it is necessary to make sure that the strength of the two sides of the North Korean Party is evenly matched...

When the meeting of the Hongwen Museum was over, after people came home and thought about it for a while, as long as they were not particularly unsavvy, they understood the emperor's intentions.

Therefore, Qin Mubai and a large number of other people tried their best and fought with the mentality of looking at death. In the final analysis, they just played a game similar to "losing sandbags" with Li Shimin.

As a result, the only unlucky person who was hit didn't expect anyone - Li Tai, the king of Wei!

"I want to see Qin Mubai alone. Be secretive, and you can arrange it. Li Shimin suddenly said.

"Where is it?" Chu Suiliang asked a question in a word.

Li Shimin was stunned for a long time, sighed and said, "Get out of the palace, it's better to get out of Chang'an City... the top of Zhongnan Mountain."

After Qin Mubai went home, he fell asleep, and no one paid attention to him. I slept until I got up in the middle of the night. I was hungry and sweaty all over, as if I had been sick and had just recovered. He went out of the door to prepare the servant to arrange bathing and meals, but he saw that the door of the girl Shuanger was still reading the lamp in the room and the door was not closed, so Qin Mubai walked over.

"Brother, you are finally awake. What, are you sick? Are you sleeping like this in the daytime?" Shuang'er asked with concern, "Seeing that you are so tired, my mother is very worried and is afraid to disturb your rest, so she tells us not to wake you up. By the way, here is a note left by Chu Suiliang. He waited for you for a long time and didn't let us call you. In the middle of the night, he left a note and left.

"Cho Suiliang?" Qin Mubai took it over unexpectedly and opened it. The beautiful font was written by Chu Suiliang, and the ink was still fresh. There were only eleven words on it: "Tomorrow, I will be waiting for you on the top of Nanshan Mountain."

Qin Mubai frowned and smiled softly and casually burned the paper to the candle.

"Brother...what's the matter? Where did the emperor meet you? Shuang'er asked curiously.

"No matter what happens to him, I don't bother to think about those twists and turns. I'm tired enough! If you go tomorrow, won't you know?" Qin Mubai said, "I'm hungry. Get me something to eat."

"Okay, I've been ready for a long time and it's all warm in the pot!"

At dawn the next day, Qin Mubai, who didn't sleep at night and read books in the middle of the night, went out early, took a pipa to ride a horse, went out of Chang'an to Zhongnan, and came to the demon statue that was half of the construction.

At this time, the sky is still early, and the clouds on the top of the mountain are overflowing, like a fairyland. The construction workers are still washing and cooking in the shed in the distance, and the construction is still early. So Qin Mubai sat next to the statue and played a few pipa.

At this time, Li Shimin still didn't come.

"Demon, I'm here to say goodbye to you." Qin Mubai whispered to himself, "I'm leaving Chang'an and going to Lanzhou. I don't know when I will come back. However, I will take your ashes with me. You should be with me, right? When the victory comes back, I will play the pipa for you again.

So, I played another song "Lanzhou Hong".

The construction workers probably also guessed Qin Mubai's identity, so they all consciously stood far away, and no one came to disturb them.

At this time, a string of calm and slow footsteps sounded behind Qin Mubai. He looked back and saw that it was Li Shimin in a thick cloak.

"Then play!" Li Shimin hid his hands in the cloak and wrapped it tightly and smiled indifferently.

"I don't know if your majesty has come to welcome you. Please forgive me." Qin Mubai got up and saluted.

"Don't be polite." Li Shimin sighed, looked up at the chubby demon statue, squinted and admired a burst of glow of clouds, and whispered, "Biyuan opens fog, Qiling Junxia City. The smoke peak is high and green, and the waves are shallow and deep... It's a good place!"

"Uh-huh..." Qin Mubai answered softly.

"I have heard about the name of the demon girl for a long time, but it's a pity that I haven't seen her go to the immortality first." Li Shimin said, "Mu Bai, you are still young. There are still a lot of things to go through in this world. You have to bear them one by one."

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry. You naturally know it in your heart." Qin Mubai said.

"My letter." Li Shimin nodded with a smile and said, "People like you will not be buried by their ambitions. In fact, I asked you to come here for a private meeting today. There are two things I want to tell you.

"Your Majesty, please give me an instruction." Qin Mubai arched his hand.

"The first thing is about your feud with the Fang family." Li Shimin looked at Qin Mubai with burning eyes and said.

Qin Mubai frowned slightly and nodded, "Weichen is indeed impulsive. If there is anything wrong, I am willing to be punished, and I am also willing to go to the housekeeper's place for disposal.

"A man dares to be a man. You are good." Li Shimin nodded with approval and smiled, "But if you do this, it's too small to see Xuanling. His heart can tolerate the huge seas of mountains and rivers. Can he tolerate you, Qin Mubai? In fact, I admire him a little. At first, it was you, not Gao Yang, but Fang Xuanling who came to expose the conspiracy of Li Yuanchang and Fang Yuai.

Qin Mubai was speechless. Thinking of Fang Xuanling, who was sick and sick but loud word by word, he felt for the first time... ashamed!

"Fong Xuanling's righteous destruction of his relatives not only exposed his son's crimes, but also confessed to me the crime of not teaching his adopted son. He wanted to plead guilty or resign to return to the field, and I refused him. Therefore, he still performs the duties of a prime minister and faithfully seeks the country to share my worries. It is very rare for him to change his position and attitude on major events because of his personal resentment with you. Li Shimin sighed with deep emotion, "So yesterday I said in the Hongwen Museum that I would rather spend my own funeral than the Tang Dynasty without a loyal and upright minister like Fang Xuanling."

"Weichen knew it was wrong... Weichen's behavior brought too much harm to Fang Xuanling. But at the most critical moment, he rewarded me with kindness, ah..." Qin Mubai sighed.

"He is right and not right, which is the same as Wei Zheng." Li Shimin smiled and smiled a little proudly and said, "I have always been very lucky to have loyal ministers such as Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng around me. Mu Bai, you don't have to blame yourself. Although you are too radical, you are right. On the contrary, I appreciate your blood and openness very much. I have also been frivolous when I was young. It is understandable that if someone hurts my relatives, friends or women, I will not be compliable. Fang Xuanling, he can also understand. Don't underestimate his heart.

"Hmm..."

"Mu Bai, I have something to ask you for help..." Li Shimin suddenly said.

Qin Mubai was stunned with surprise and said, "Your Majesty, please order."

"In the future, if there is a day when I go before Fang Xuanling, then... I ask you to protect him." After Li Shimin finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Qin Mubai, his eyes were very serious, and said, "Can you agree?"

"Can." Qin Mubai looked back at Li Shimin's eyes and said affirmatively.

"Thank you." Li Shimin smiled slightly, turned his head and squinted at the mountain glow in the distance. He said leisurely, "This is also the instructions I gave when the Empress Changsun was on her deathbed... Be sure to protect Fang Xuanling."

Qin Mubai was stunned for a long time after listening to it and sighed in his heart: After the eldest grandson who died a few years ago, he had such a far-sighted vision? Has she long realized that Fang Xuanling will one day be tolerated by his own brother, Changsun Wuji and others?

What kind of wise and intelligent woman is the eldest grandson queen lying quietly in Zhaoling? No wonder Li Shimin has been thinking about her so far!

"The second thing, I want to show you something." Li Shimin took out a fold and handed it to Qin Mubai.

Qin Mubai was slightly surprised as soon as he got it. This kind of memorial is a special book for the urgent memorial for the emergency military situation at the border. He is so familiar with it!

Expand it and take a look. It is indeed the Lanzhou Military Emergency Report, and it is the handwriting of his father Qin Shubao - the blood book!

Qin Mubai was stunned after reading it!

It turned out that as early as six days ago, Qin Shubao had already resisted the order and counterattacked the Tubo soldiers and went out of Gaochang!

Before he rose up, he wrote a bloody letter. He was willing to bear the crime of resisting the decree and personally led the army to go on an expedition. He left Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche to guard the Lanzhou base camp. He picked up 20,000 elite Yue riding light soldiers and attacked Gaochang from afar. He only took Xue Rengui and Yuwen Hongtai, two deputy generals!

Li Shimin looked at the distance and stood still, and his face was a little tight.

"Your Majesty, this..." Qin Mubai didn't know what to say for a moment.

"This was brought to me by Chu Suiliang yesterday morning. Even Changsun Wuji doesn't know yet. Li Shimin said.

Qin Mubai suddenly pinched a cold sweat. What a disaster it would be if this military newspaper appeared at the Hongwen Hall meeting! In this way, what needs to be discussed is not whether Lanzhou will send troops, but how to sanction Qin Shubao and Lanzhou's generals!

"Do you want to ask, since your father has attacked, why did I send a wedding envoy to Lanzhou with Princess Wencheng?" Li Shimin said.

"Uh-huh..." Qin Mubai only nodded.

"Oh..." Li Shimin sighed helplessly and said, "That's because the people who died on the front line have died; I don't think that anyone else on the court will die in the hands of their own people."

"I understand..." Qin Mubai nodded and whispered, "Your Majesty, in fact, you are the most difficult."

Li Shimin picked the corners of his mouth and smiled and said, "It's not easy to be a minister, and it's even harder to be a gentleman. Since I have become this emperor, I will bear such a responsibility at the same time. There is nothing to say about it. You too, Mu Bai. You are under a lot of pressure when you go to Lanzhou. If you don't accept the order of a foreign emperor, your father must have a reason to send troops against the decree. But since he has done this, he has already left the handle. It's up to you. How can you find a way to complete this scene? In addition, flattening the Tibet and the Western Regions is not so realistic after all, and the peace alliance is an inevitable outcome. Now that we have gone to war, 'mighting with peace' is the only way out. You are not afraid of war, Lanzhou soldiers are not afraid of war, but the Tang Dynasty, afraid!"

"Weichen, I understand..." Qin Mubai sighed deeply and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Weichen went to Lanzhou and would not disappoint your majesty or embarrass your majesty.

"Good. With your two words, I will be relieved. Li Shimin smiled faintly and said, "There is one more thing I want to tell you. I decided to let Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, serve as his daughter's wedding envoy and go to Lanzhou with you to deal with the marriage. He left a vacant position as the governor of Youzhou, and I decided to transfer Li Ke back from Goguryeo for the time being to fill this vacancy. Anyway, it is peaceful on the Goryeo Peninsula for the time being. I can't put my prince in the palace of Goguryeo and let others keep him in captivity like a hostage.

"Weichen knows." Qin Mubai arched his hand and answered gently, but his heart moved: Li Ke, after taking such a big round and taking such a big risk, finally achieved the purpose of 'going out to avoid disaster', and did he have a corner of place? ... The 'acting governor' of Youzhou Metropolitan Government, the official position and power are not small! ......