Chapter 403 Conspiracy is like a ghost, conspiracy is like a flood
"Bang-Bang!!"
Thunder is rolling, lightning is like a dragon, and the majestic ancient capital Chang'an is also trembling under the shock of this rumbling power.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for many people. Changsun Wuji is one of them.
There was no light in the study, and the lightning that occasionally tore the night made their faces very ugly.
He was a teenager, and his eldest grandson Wuji has been following the emperor for nearly 30 years. Today, only today, Li Shimin almost slapped him in the face in public.
In Changsun Wuji's mind, there was always a scene that happened during the evening court discussion... The king of Jin came in a hurry and was kicked back by Li Shimin coldly. At that time, he said - "There is nothing to do with you here."
This short and ordinary sentence is like a dagger blade, straight into the heart of Changsun Wuji.
It is well known that it is because the eldest grandson Wuji hates the former prince Li Chengqian, and Li Shimin's long-loving king of Wei and strongly supports the king of Jin - Li Zhi, so he sits on the dragon chair that doesn't fit him at all, the director of the country.
At that time, when the struggle for the throne was in deep trouble, the emperor even asked Changsun Wuji to announce this decision in public - what a great honor and value!
Since then, Li Shimin has been confined to recuperate and handed over all the state affairs to Li Zhi. In fact, he handed over to Changsun Wuji... Everyone can think of what this means. Obviously, Li Shimin just wants to see what will happen if he really gives the country to Li Zhi, the mediocre and blunt legitimate son in the future?
To put it bluntly, Li Shimin is taking advantage of his time to make a bold attempt, or experiment.
The results of the experiment are obvious to all today.
Li Shimin is not an ordinary disappointment - first of all, the blueprint for hegemony in the Western Regions set a few years ago was strongly opposed by a group of civil servants led by Changsun Wuji. This led to today's situation - Gao Chang fell to Qin Qiong's martyrdom, and Tubo ravaged the national prestige!
Someone hit Li Shimin's sweaty face first!
In fact, Li Shimin is also aware of Changsun Wuji's idea. In the thought of Changsun Wuji, everything is based on and core of Li Shimin. In his opinion, he followed Li Shimin's law of governing the country, followed his path, continued the prosperity and stability of Zhenguan, and let Li Zhi be a king who did not seek merit but nothing, and his eldest grandson Wuji's task was completed.
If you go underground a hundred years later, you can also speak to Li Shimin!
In private, Changsun Wuji's loyalty and support for Li Shimin is absolutely unquestionable; for Yu Gong, he based the rise and fall of the whole dynasty and nation on the word "explain", which makes Li Shimin very angry!
At the time of today's court discussion, Li Shimin pointed to the mulberry and scolded Huai more than once, implying that the literary and martial arts of the Man Dynasty only knew how to welcome his eldest grandson Wuji, and forgot his own duty and ability. This is undoubtedly a thunderous alarm bell for his eldest grandson Wuji!
No emperor, especially Li Shimin, a domineering and capable hero, will easily have a powerful minister in his own court!
However, the current situation is precisely that the civilian group led by Changsun Wuji has firmly grasped the power of the court to speak. Even the generals who lead troops outside must be restrained everywhere - Qin Qiong, who died in Gaochang, is the tragic product of this unbalanced power competition!
If it is not that Changsun Wuji and others hold the power of the court, but Li Shimin is still in charge of the court, then the Western Regions plan he set in his early years will be implemented step by step; in this way, it will not happen under the situation of military situation. Qin Shubao resists the order to rise up alone. The thing will be that the well-prepared army will advance and flatten the small country of Gaochang without suspense; thus, there will be no passive situation and tragic shame as today!
It can be said that today, after paying tribute to Qin Qiong, Li Shimin sprinkled part of his grief and anger directly on the indirect "murderer" of Changsun Wuji!
"Bang-Bang!"
Another thunder and lightning. Changsun Wuji trembled gently with a chill, and there seemed to be a layer of goose bumps on his body. Just as he was about to get up and close the window, the door was knocked.
"Has my father ever slept?"
is his second son, the eldest grandson.
"Come in!"
Changsun came in, closed the door, knelt down opposite his father respectfully, and bent down to salute.
"What's the matter?" Changsun Wuji was a little depressed and upset, and said coldly.
"Father, the child knows what happened at today's court meeting." Changsun said carefully, "The child has been thinking for half a night, and he can't sleep. So... come and talk to your father."
"What did you say?" Changsun Wuji said lightly with no expression on his face, "You are a gatekeeper of the city, it's not your turn to talk about such things."
Changsun Xun grinned awkwardly and was speechless for a long time. Since he was kicked out of Baiqi by Qin Mubai, Changsun Wuji has been treating him coldly like this. That matter is a great shame for the eldest grandson family of the crowning Tang Dynasty - the eldest grandson Wuji's son is not as good as Qin Qiong's son. Isn't that what they all talk about?
What's more, Qin Mubai is now a romantic thing with a hundred thousand miles of armor and a famous all over the world; his eldest grandson is still a small gatekeeper of Chang'an. To put it badly, it's just a watchdog at the corner of the imperial city wall.
There is no more difference than this.
"The father is angry, and the child is not trying to talk about anything. It's just... I have an idea to get my father's consent." Changsun said cautiously.
"Tell me." The eldest grandson Wuji said impatiently.
"The child is thinking... Since the overall situation is like this, Your Majesty has turned his favor to the main war faction and Qin Mubai. Why don't we accept this situation for the time being?" Changsun said secretly, "As the saying goes, the mountain does not turn, and people have to bow their heads under the eaves. No matter what we do, we can't resist the will of the emperor, can we?
Changsun Wuji frowned and said, "What do you want to say? Don't beat around the bush, go straight in!"
Changsun Huan took a deep breath and summoned up the courage to arch his hand and said, "What the child means is... At present, why don't we join hands with Qin Mubai and Qiangqiang?"
"What did you say?" Changsun Wuji said in astonishment, "Aren't you always hated him to the bone?"
"Father, there are no eternal enemies or eternal friends in the court, only eternal interests. This is what you taught me!" Changsun said, "In the early years, didn't you also support the King of Qin with Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong, Cheng Yaojin and others, and finally achieved great achievements and sharing grace and glory? After that, the Taoism was different from each other, and the literature and martial arts were not at odds. My father was in charge of the center with Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and others. Later, didn't my father also have anything to do with Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others? ... Now, your majesty is obviously dissatisfied with his father. He wants to begin to weaken his father's power in the court, so as to cultivate a group of military forces led by a group of generals such as Qin Mubai, just to hope to create a constraint on his father, achieve a stable mutual restriction of civil and military, and facilitate himself and future generations to control. The child is thinking that in a few years, the military will look up in the court. And the two most likely to become military leaders are Li Xun and Qin Mubai. Li Xun is indifferent and has a deep plan, and he can't plan with it. Only Qin Mubai..."
Changsun Wuji looked at his son with a complicated look. He was stunned for a long time and speechless.
"Father...what do you think?" The eldest grandson said timidly.
Changsun Wuji took a deep breath, swallowed heavily, and suppressed his anger and said, "Are you asking your father to admit defeat to Qin Mubai?"
"Father, father, it's not like this!" Changsun Wuji said anxiously, "Those who achieve great things are not informal, and those who endure humiliation and burdens are also the work of a man! Why not put the overall situation first? There is nothing more than some private hatred between the Changsun family and the Qin family. With his father's dignity, if he is willing to take the initiative to repair it, does Qin Mubai dare not give his father this face? Besides, Qin Mubai is also an extremely treacherous and powerful person. He seduces the princess, joins the king of Wu, worships Li Jing, and seduces the king of Jiangxia. This brown is enough to see him! - Imagine, which of these people can match your father? If you take the initiative to invite him, does he have the reason not to shake his tail to show his goodwill? In time, if he really takes a step, won't it be convenient for my eldest grandson to have a strong ally? If he is defeated, there will be no loss to me, father!"
Changsun Wuji meditated for a long time and spit out a turbid breath.
To be fair, Changsun Wuji knows that Changsun Xun's words are very reasonable; but it is really difficult for him to let Changsun Wuji take the initiative to show goodwill to Qin Mubai!
The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change!
If Changsun Wuji has the same mind and temperament as Fang Xuanling, and is not so tough, domineering and greedy and powerful, where will he come today?
"Father, why don't you think about it?" Changsun took advantage of the situation to hit the iron.
"If you want to shake your tail and beg for Qin Mubai for your father, you know, this is absolutely impossible. Don't say that it's the stinky boy of the Qin family. Even when Qin Qiong was alive, he had to retreat when he saw his father!" Changsun Wuji raised his eyebrows and forced his eldest grandson to look at him. He said in a low voice, "If you have a good chance, why do you have to be so embarrassed for your father!"
The eldest grandson's face was embarrassed and he was really embarrassed. His father mentioned the old thing again - in the final analysis, there has always been no gap between the Changsun family and the Qin family. Isn't it his Changsun Huan and Qin Mubai who can't understand it when they ride a hundred times?
"The father is angry, and the child has his own opinion..." Changsun said carefully, "There is no need for the father to come forward in this matter. The child is also a man of military and martial arts. Although he is not a weapon, at least he can ride a fast horse and a hard bow. He can't beat him when fighting in front of the battle! Now, hasn't the Tang Dynasty started a full-scale war with Tubo? Father, please transfer me to Lanzhou and let me endure humiliation and work under the command of Qin Mubai!"
"What did you say?" Changsun Wuji was really angry now. He raised his hand and roared, "You useless thing!"
"Bang!"
With a slap in the face, he firmly threw it on Changsun's face!
Changsun didn't refuse to accept this slap. He didn't dare to touch his face. He still bowed his head and arched his hand and said, "Father, please take care of yourself!" In fact, the child's idea is nothing more than for his father and the long-term future of the Changsun family! It's better to lose ten friends than to set up one enemy. If Qin Mubai really succeeds and succeeds in the future, with the temperament of his villain, my eldest grandson's family will be full of disasters and difficulties! Father, if you are not afraid of evil people, you are afraid of villains! - The child is in Chang'an, and there is nothing left and right. Why don't you go to Lanzhou to fight? First, you can get the glorious linters of the military industry, and on the other, you can also see the opportunity to act!"
Changsun Wuji was still angry and shouted, "Do you guess whether Qin Mubai will throw you in front of the battle and be slaughtered by the Tubo people like a pig and dog?"
"No, no! Definitely not!" Changsun Xun hurriedly said, "I stretched out my hand and don't hit the smiling face. Anyway, I'm also a relative of the emperor, my father and your son!" Moreover, now Your Majesty is quite dissatisfied with his father's opposition to the use of troops in Lanzhou. Isn't it just to take this opportunity to eliminate your majesty's estrangement from his father? With so many birds with one stone, father, you have to think twice!"
These last two sentences can be regarded as the heart of Changsun Wuji.
Indeed, in Changsun Wuji's mind, there is nothing like his "relationship" with Li Shimin. This relationship used to be extremely harmonious, and even Li Shimin said that I have most of the credit of Changsun Wuji; but now, there is a little rift in this relationship, which has to make Changsun Wuji restless and fearful.
If according to what Changsun Wuji said, his eldest grandson Wuji sent a son to work on the front line, whether he can get military industry or not, at least it can show that even if his eldest grandson Wuji has a left-handed political opinion for a while, he can change his mind at any time, and he is still firm and single-mindedly following the pace of the emperor!
Isn't that right?
"Tomorrow, go to the palace with my father!"
Rolling yellow sand, the west wind is like crazy.
Qin Mubai Rong's horse wore a helmet and white filial piety, and led a team of hundred horse guards to walk in the huge school yard; the Qin Zishuai flag held high with one arm Zhang Tong was beating and hunting.
More than 30,000 new recruits are conducting their first drill after mixing with the 40,000 field army of Lanzhou Zuoweiwei led by Hou Junji.
With a radius of dozens of miles, the big camp and the big school field, tens of thousands of horses rushed to kill the sky, and the morale was like a rainbow to the sky.
The high morale and neat military spirit are the most satisfying for Qin Mubai; but what worries him the most, and also the most fatal problem is that suddenly there are more than 30,000 horses and tens of thousands of mouths to eat, and the logistics supply is quite tight.
Although the people of Lanzhou have shared the same hatred for the enemy, and most of the people who spontaneously joined the army have brought their own food, rice, clothes, quilts and even horses, they can't let the people of Lanzhou pay all the expenses of the army and squeeze them all out!
Besides, even if it needs to be squeezed dry... Although Lanzhou's economy has greatly, it is not a prosperous and rich place such as Chang'an Xiangyang after all, and the people don't have much oil and water.
It's not just food and grass. At present, in this large camp, more than 90% of the recruits are still wearing colorful military uniforms. In the past, there were only 24 marches, but now at least 30 people are squeezed. In addition, there are weapons, armor and horse flags, all of which are indispensable.
It is in line with Fang Xuanling's words, fighting a war is money and grain. Light with blood and courage, what can you achieve?
Wu Mei Niang's financial resources are already extraordinary, but she has not yet reached the level of wealth of the Zheng family. There was no war or conscription and expansion of troops before, and she, a dominant military businessman, can barely cope with it. Now, it is really impossible for her to support such a huge army and can't raise fat seedlings in the poor.
Seeing that the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the army under his command still lacks logistical support. Qin Mubai really has a headache. In the past few days, he has called officials at all levels under the jurisdiction of the governor's office several times to discuss the logistics problem. The military and civilians in Lanzhou did their best together, and the people almost tightened their belts to live. However, there is still a huge gap in logistics.
The days are approaching day by day.
Qin Mubai has a little idea of "disarmament". But he knew that this was not possible, because as long as he opened his mouth for disarmament, it would greatly dispel the enthusiasm of the Lanzhou people and weaken the morale of the army. At the same time, it would also give people an association of "confidence shaking and lack of confidence".
The general's heart is unstable, and the military's heart is timid!
The bow did not turn back, and Qin Mubai gritted his teeth - dead!
Now, the only thing you can count on is to win quickly, defeat the Chalqinling in one fell swoop, and get food from Tubo!
"In the past, it was all Tubo people doing this kind of thing. Why can't we do it?"
"The army needs to prepare 50% of the armor and the rations in March, that is, go on an expedition!"
"Don't let the group of Tubo barbarians in garqinling look down on our Lanzhou Iron Army and think that we dare not go to war!"
"If you lack knives and guns, you will find someone to share and take turns; if someone dies in battle, you will inherit his armor and avenge him! Tubo's machete is also very well cast. Go and grab it!"
"The barley, milk wine and dried meat of the Tubo army are also very good. Go and grab them!!"
This is what Qin Mubai said to the generals of the three armies. Finally, he said something that made Hou Junji raise his eyebrows and breathe heartily--
"Hou Junji, you have a saying that I really love to listen to - a tiger is not as good as a wolf! Our Lanzhou Iron Army should not be a tiger that occupies the mountain as the king and paints the ground as a prison, but a wild and fierce wolf fighting thousands of miles! If you want to eat meat, you can kill, bite, and fight hard by yourself. Otherwise, it will be a dog that deserves to eat shit!"
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