Chapter 402 The halberd of the Xunmen, the Wrath of Longyan

The hall was full of silence, leaving only the breeze passing through the hall with the slight sound of the plain white cloth.

"Master, please take filial piety." Li Shimin raised his head and whispered. His face was tense, and his eyes were red.

"Your Majesty, this... my father is in the spirit of heaven. How can I see your majesty like this? If I agree, I won't dare to see my father under Jiuquan!" Qin Tong burst into tears and choked with his fists.

Li Shimin paused, got up, tore a white plain in the hall with a "sss" and tied it to his left arm.

"Shubao and I are as close as brothers. It is appropriate for brother to die and brother's filial piety. Li Shimin picked up the sacrificial incense and stepped forward. He bowed the incense respectfully and whispered, "What's more, Shu Bao is the good honor of the Tang Dynasty and the martyr of the society. His funeral should be a national funeral! I want to abolish the dynasty for ten days, sacrifice the whole country for him, and all the civil and martial arts of the imperial court will come to mourn!"

"Your Majesty..." Qin Tong, an iron-like man, was already crying and didn't know what to say.

Li Shimin walked to him, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Qin Tong, I know that Shu Bao has always been restrained, simple and extravagant. At this moment, I understand more why you didn't publicly mourn for your uncle. You are afraid of embarrassing those people in the court, aren't you? Because of them, I don't know whether to come to mourn or not, right?

Qin Tong was silent and secretly wiped a handful of tears.

"The weather is blowing... It's my responsibility!" Li Shimin sighed and said, "Many people now think more about interests and future, and forget loyalty and shame. In his life, how generous, righteous, upright and selfless he was. In the end, no one took the initiative to come to the door to mourn - is this still the Zhenguan Tang Dynasty, or my world!!!"

The dragon roared.

The Qin family saw that the emperor was really angry today. His eyes were red and his face was tight, and his body trembled slightly when he pulled up his fists. The eyes when he looked at Qin Shubao's spiritual throne were quite sad and regretful.

"Shubao... You are a hero for a lifetime, Bo Yuntian, sticking a knife in both ribs for your friends. I have always respected you and convinced you. Now, anyone can misunderstand you, avoid you or even slander you, but I am not qualified. Li Shimin stared at Qin Shubao's spiritual position, tremblingly stretched out his hand and gently stroked it, and whispered, "I know why you have to resist the decree to fight for 18 times in a row and run thousands of miles to recover Gaochang; I know even more why you enter the tiger's den alone and passionately sacrifice your life... As a king, you can have a minister like you, big Fortunately, as a man, it hurts to have a good brother like you!"

When the Qin family heard Li Shimin say such words, they were sad and a little confused. Naturally, they don't quite understand the many deep intentions of Qin Shubao's generosity.

At this moment, the closed door of the Qin Mansion was suddenly knocked open. There was a hysterical cry at the door, and two big men and a young man ran in.

Everyone looked out in surprise. The two big men were so un eye-catching. One was as black as charcoal, and the other was as strong as an iron tower.

Isn't it Yu Chigong and Cheng Zhijie, or who?

As soon as the two stepped into the Qin Mansion, they cried uncontrollably, and the young man who followed them was also sad and silent.

"Qin Erge! My second brother Qin!!!"

The two big men rushed into the door crying and rushed into the door. They didn't notice that Li Shimin was present and didn't care about the Qin family. They both lay down in front of Lingshu, kowtowed desperately and cried loudly.

The young man also came in, knelt down on his knees, and kowtowed without saying a word.

The Qin family hurriedly saluted, but the two refused to get up and just beat their chests and burst into tears.

Li Shimin went up, waved his hand to call Qin Tong and others. He squatted down beside the two of them and said, "Jingde, Zhijie, you two are not loyal to your duty in Yuanren Prefecture and County. What should you be guilty of coming to Chang'an privately?"

Yu Chigong and Cheng Zhijie came to their senses. They looked up together and were immediately shocked: "Your Majesty!"

"It's me." Li Shimin looked at them.

Yu Chigong stared at Li Shimin and didn't come to his senses for a long time. Then he gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, you are going to condemn me and cut off my head, and wait until I finish sacrificing Second Brother Qin!"

"Your Majesty, Uncle Bao returns to heaven, how can you live alone?" Cheng Zhijie burst into tears and looked at Li Shimin and said, "Although Weichen and Shubao are not compatriots, they are better than flesh and blood!" As early as more than 30 years ago, Weichen and he made an oath to live and die together! Now Uncle Bao is in the hands of the enemy, biting gold... biting gold!"

Cheng Zhijie is already sobbing.

Li Shimin patted his fisting hands, indicating that he didn't have to go on.

"I'm just closer, one step ahead of you!"

Yu Chigong and Cheng Zhijie suddenly burst into tears and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Shubao is your good brother and my good brother." Li Shimin patted the two of them on the shoulder and asked who was the descendant behind them.

Wei Chigong replied that this is Li Zhen, the son of Li Xun. Li Wei heard that Uncle Bao was martyred to his relatives for his condolences, but he couldn't come because he was at the border and shouldered heavy responsibilities, so he sent him to replace his father.

"Li Xun... Although he is happy and angry, he is really a righteous hero!"

Half an hour later.

Li Shimin, Yu Chigong and Cheng Zhijie came out of the mourning hall, persuaded the Qin family to see them off, and walked to the gate together.

The three of them coincidentally saw the twelve halberd of Xunmen.

Staring for a long time.

"Rumble--" Dark clouds are rolling, and a thunderstorm is coming.

"Respect for virtue, know the festival - follow me, go to court!" Li Shimin strode forward, grabbed a thick square halberd with both hands, pulled it up with a roar, and walked away.

Yu Chigong and Cheng Zhijie looked at Li Shimin, who carried a square halberd and strode away and forgot to ride the horse. They were stunned and hurriedly followed.

Today, the emperor carried a square halberd and swaggered through the city and went straight into the palace. Chang'an shook!

On the bell and drum tower of the Wude Hall of Taiji Palace, the two big drums that have only been played in the early morning were hammered by two majestic tiger and lion-like shogundy generals, covering the rolling thunder falling from the sky!

"The upper dynasty!--"

The government and the opposition, shocked!

The big and small ministers rushed to the Wude Hall of Taiji Palace in a hurry under the wind and thunder and lightning.

Entering the Wude Hall, the distruffled ministers were even more shocked! - Li Shimin, the current emperor, who has not appeared for a long time, sat on the dragon chair with white filial piety in his flat arms; and in his hand, he was still holding a handle of black iron casting over the years and faded its original color, Fang Tian painting halberd!

Although he is still a little embarrassed without a crown, Li Shimin is like the young hero who immediately crossed the battlefield 30 years ago. He is full of energy and dragons!

"Hangtow, my emperor, long live, long live..." The courtiers knelt down on the mountain with trembling.

"Bum!"

Fang Tian's painting halberd stopped on the ground, and this sharp shock shocked the whole hall.

"Falen."

At this time, Li Zhi just ran in from the side court in a hurry, and he was still hurriedly sorting out the crooked flat crown. When he saw Li Shimin sitting on the dragon chair, he was stunned and at a loss on the spot.

His Royal Highness Jin Luan, standing with two auxiliary ministers who should have stood on the side of the dragon chair, Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang. The two of them lowered their eyebrows and dared not face the face of the sky, and their faces were very ugly.

"King of Jin, you are the closest to Wude Hall, but why did you come at the latest?" Li Shimin looked sideways at Li Zhi and asked.

"My minister, my minister..." When did Li Zhi see his father with such an image? The current battle also made him a little breathless and said in panic, "My son felt some cold, so he took medicine early and went to bed. I just heard the drum, and then..."

"Since you feel the wind and cold, you can go back to rest." Li Shimin turned his head and no longer looked at Li Zhi, but looked at Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang under the stage, slowly, but said word by word, "Here, it's nothing to do with you."

"My son obeys the order!"

Li Zhiru was granted an amnesty and left in a hurry.

The night is like the ink wind and the rain, the candle shadows in the hall are twirling, and the figures of the ministers are like a group of demons dancing. It is silent all around, and the ministers have to hold their breath and concentrate for fear of accidentally coughing and bump into bad luck.

"Does anyone know this?" Li Shimin suddenly stood up and spoke. He also took the Fang Tianhua halberd and walked down the dragon chair and walked into the hall.

"This is... Fang Tian's halberd." Many people responded cautiously.

"What kind of square sky painting halberd?" Li Shimin asked in a low voice.

No one answered this time. Everyone bowed their heads and dared not look directly at the emperor.

"Weichen knows." At this time, a thunderous voice sounded, which was Yu Chigong. He shouted, "This is specially designed for the Fangtian painting halberd for Xunmen!"

"You don't just know, they all know it!" Li Shimin suddenly shouted loudly and interrupted Yu Chigong!

Full of deterrence!

After a pause for a long time, Li Shimin said, "Some people even know that this kind of Fang Tianhua halberd, I only let it stand in the only family. It's just that they don't want to say it, or dare not say it, or disdain to say it.

The hall is full of silence, and most of them are panicked. Today, the emperor is obviously not good, and the good do not come. Who dares to anger Longyan at this time? It's probably not a good fruit to eat.

"Weichen wants to say it." At this time, an old but fruity voice sounded lightly.

Fang Xuanling, come out.

Li Shimin turned his head to look at him, turned around and said, "Speak."

"Your Majesty, at this moment, we should put national affairs first and righteousness first." Fang Xuanling said calmly, "The existing letter of war between the Lanzhou Military Daily and Qin Mubai, the governor of Lanzhou, is here to be decided by your majesty himself."

"Let me have a look." Li Shimin threw Fang Tian's painting halberd at Wei Chigong, took the memorial from Fang Xuanling, strode back to the dragon chair and sat down, staring at it.

Everyone held their breath and secretly peeped at the change of Li Shimin's look when he saw the memorial.

I've finished reading it. Li Shimin was afraid of throwing them on the imperial case. He clapped his hands and said, "Well, I've finished reading it. Now, let's make an opinion. Everyone must express their opinions. I don't want to hear you shouting all over the hall. Come on, take care of me!"

Several eunuchs carefully entered with pen and paper and other things, and presented each minister with a pair of four treasures of the study.

"Write it now." Li Shimin said, "Write down your views on Lanzhou. It is mainly aimed at three things, one is how to look at the death of Qin Shubao; the second is how to deal with the front and back attack between Tubo and the Western Regions; the third is that Qin Mubai's blood book has only eight words, 'Xi Rong is not fair, death does not close your eyes!' - What do you think, how do you think of it, and what should the court do to it!"

Everyone was stunned. Many people held the pen and their hands trembled a little.

"Write!!!" Li Shimin roared like a dragon, "If you don't even think about such a thing and have no opinion, what's the use of me waiting for you?" If there are only mediocre people in the Tang Dynasty, how close is the time of death?!"

"I obey the order... Your Majesty is angry!"

The lowest grade of the minister is from the fourth grade, with a total of 136 people, just like the students who participated in the scientific examination, all of them are writing on the desk.

About an hour later, all the "examination papers" were collected and piled up on Li Shimin's imperial case.

Li Shimin didn't say anything. He picked it up one by one and read it carefully.

No one dares to move. The weather is hot, and many people are sweating.

After a long time, Li Shimin finally finished reading more than a hundred examination papers and took pictures on that pile of papers. He said jokingly and sarcastically, "That's good! They are all my great ministers, the social pillars of the Tang Dynasty! Everyone has true insights, and there are also a lot of deafening or enlightening golden words.

Many people took a long breath and secretly wiped their sweat.

"But I'm surprised." Li Shimin suddenly changed his words and said, "Why don't I usually see any of you? Who stands up and strategizes for the country and society like this to solve my problems? ... What I hear the most is 'I am seconded' and 'I am seconded'. It seems that many of you will say nothing but this sentence.

The atmosphere turned sharply, and suddenly became nervous again. It's a pity for the group of ministers who came to the court in a hurry in the middle of the night today. Many of them were already old and weak, but they were forced to follow Li Shimin one after another to play this kind of " roller coaster" thrilling game.

"I'm also surprised. Since you stand here, you are by no means ordinary people. You must have the ability to be talented." Li Shimin said, "How come as soon as you put on this robe and enter the court, you will have no opinions, or are you simply the worm of the grass on the wall? ...Who made you like this? Is it me?"

Many people were panicked and did not dare to respond.

"Tell me. Is it that I have always been narrow-minded, do not accept advice, and abuse to block your words, or do I always be mediocre and stubborn, so that you have no courage and patience, and then enter into loyalty? Li Shimin asked again.

"No..."

"Who is that?" Li Shimin suddenly shouted!

No one answered.

Standing under the hall, Changsun Wuji bowed his head and arched his hand without saying a word. At this time, his face was even more pale.

"Listen to me, remember." Li Shimin pointed to the ministers in the court and said word by word, "I'm not dead, my country can't be messed up!" Never forget that I am your only king! Except for me, no one can decide and change the fate of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Hangtray, long live my emperor, long live!!" The ministers knelt down in panic, and the mountain roared with a tsunami.

The eldest grandson's face was as pale as earth. On his cold forehead, bean-sized sweat rolled down, dripping the Xichuan hundred-flower brocade blanket in front of him.

"It's all flat." Li Shimin patted the "examination paper" on the imperial case again and said, "I have made a decision on the matter of Lanzhou - Fang Xuanling listens to the order!"

"Weichen is ordered to listen to the edict!" Fang Xuanling will stand out and bow to him.

"I order you to be the deputy general manager of the march of Kansai Province, sitting in Chang'an, and the governor's army of Kansai will be transferred to money, grain, horses, armor and other military supplies." Li Shimin said, "Tonight, I want to know how many millet in my Taicang, how many horses there are in Longyou Mu Majian, and how many elite soldiers and Minfu mules and horses can be recruited in the customs. Fang Xuanling, you are the housekeeper of my Tang Dynasty. The battle of Kansai is related to the fate of the Tang Dynasty and should not be underestimated. You have to cheer up and deal with it carefully.

"I have done my best, and I have died!" Fang Xuanling said loudly.

Everyone was shocked in their hearts... The emperor's hand was simply preemptive and fast. He did not discuss the issue of 'Lanzhou is war or peace' with everyone at all, but directly transferred troops and generals!

The universe is arbitrary!

Is the emperor of Wufu Sihai and Kaibang Liding back?

"Wei Chi respectfully listens to the order!" Li Shimin shouted again.

"Weichen is there!" Yu Chi stood up majestically.

"I have instructed you to be the general manager of the march of Jiannan Road, leading 50,000 elite troops south to Sichuan and Shu, leading all the state and county government soldiers in Liangchuan, and guarding Xichuan to counterbalance Tubo." Li Shimin said, "If Tubo comes to attack and kill, you will fight back in time; if you don't come, you will take the initiative to attack westward and make him back to the enemy!" A grain, grass and other things will be transferred by Fang Xuanling to you.

"Jiannan Road..." Yu Chigong was stunned and muttered, "Your Majesty, I'm going to Lanzhou to avenge Qin Erge!"

"Come on, show this memorial to Jingde." Li Shimin said.

The servant picked up the memorial from Lanzhou and gave it to Yu Chigong. He stared at it several times and suddenly laughed loudly: "So it is! Qin Erge gave birth to a smart and good son! - It's natural for his father to avenge his son! Weichen is willing to serve as Qin Sanlang's flank assistant, resisting the enemy in the wild and attacking Tubo!"

"Uh-huh!" Li Shimin finally showed his first smile today and nodded. He said, "Cheng Zhijie listens to the order!"

"Weichen is there!" Cheng Zhijie stood up and hugged his fist and looked at the high Li Shimin with anticipation.

"I will teach you to be the deputy general manager of the march of Liaodong Road, lead 50,000 elite iron riders in Guanzhong, take the northwest to Youzhou, and listen to the order under the command of Wu Wang Li Ke, the governor of Youzhou and the general manager of Liaodong Road." Li Shimin said, "I order you to assist Li Ke and garrison Goryeo."

"Ah, go to Liaodong? Youzhou?" Cheng Zhijie was even more stunned.

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Let Cheng Zhijie also take a look at this memorial."

All the people in the court were shocked and watched Cheng Zhijie open the thick stack of the border pass from Lanzhou.

After watching it, Cheng Zhijie stroked his palm and laughed: "So it is! Weichen Lu is blunt, not as good as your majesty and Qin Sanlang! - Minister, I would like to go to Liaodong to assist the King of Wu! Goguryeo, but he dares to have a half-hearted and uncondolence, he will wave his teacher and attack him, vowing to flatten his land and destroy his country, so as an example!"

Li Shimin nodded and stood up. He cut his hands on his back and walked to the hall. He picked up the square halberd again and said leisurely, "Once, the barbarians of the four directions regarded me as 'Heavenly Khan'. Now, they all think that Tianke Khan is old and useless, but the Tang Dynasty has been down for a long time. As a result, a group of jumping clowns appeared in the world and provoked me. I will let them know what the real meaning of the three words Tianke Khan is; the so-called dynasties are not just wealth and unrivaled people!"

"Come on, take the pen and ink!" Li Shimin shouted loudly and wrote a letter in an instant.

"This is my letter to the great leader of Xue Yantuo, Pearl Khan Yinan." Li Shimin looked around the hall and said awe-inspiringly, "I told him that I had fought a full-scale war with Tibet, the Western Regions and the Western Turks, and I would use troops against Liaodong. At that time, the northern border must be empty and weak. If he has the intention to sweep the grassland to establish his own khanate, this is a good opportunity from God!"

Everyone was stunned and speechless!

"Chu Suiliang, write an edict and send it to Li Xun immediately!" Li Shimin put down the letter to Yinan and said, "I have given him the Turkic hometown of the northern grassland and half of Hebei!" No matter what the Yi man is going to do in the future and how messy the grassland is, I don't care about it. It's all up to him, Li Xun!"

"Weirs respect the order..." Chu Suiliang took a cold breath while carefully responding.

Li Shimin finally sat down slowly and took a long breath.

It's like a person who has experienced a long marathon. He shows a lot of fatigue, but his eyes are still as cold as ice and sharp as a knife.

"I have another will. After the court dispersed tonight, the dynasty will be abolished for ten days. The whole country mourns Qin Shubao... All officials of more than five grades in the two capitals and Jifu land in Guanzhong must go to the Yiguo Mansion to express their condolences! Tentatively, Shubao's clothing tomb will be buried in Zhaoling. In the future, he will retrieve his spiritual remains, and then move to Zi Palace with the gift of state funeral.

"I follow the order..."

"Wow..." Everyone clearly heard Li Shimin's voice, with a tired, helpless and sad sigh.

"Chu Suiliang, I'm tired. You catch the pen for me and write a letter to Lanzhou Qin Mubai. Li Shimin closed his eyes slightly and leaned back on the dragon chair and said, "Tell him to use the army well and don't have any worries. If he is not the opponent of the Chalqin Mausoleum, I will personally propose the master of the country, and praise the abandoned clan!"