"What did you say?" Li Shimin thought he had heard it wrong and was a little confused.

"The minister wants to impeach the prince!" Wei Zheng raised his voice.

Li Shimin frowned and asked, "What crime did you impeach the prince?" ”

Wei Zheng said: "The minister's impeachment of the prince is not effective, and the communiqué is a personal vendetta!" ”

"Wei Zheng!" Li Shimin suddenly glared and said coldly, "Do you know what you're talking about!" ”

"The minister naturally knows that the minister has not drunk and is very sober." If someone else said such things on other occasions, it would feel like a joke, but at this moment, Wei Zheng said it with a solemn face, which meant that every word he said had no way back, that is, the legendary testimony in court.

Wei Zhengyi said solemnly: "During His Majesty's expedition, the prince temporarily took over the government, but two months ago, the military department received the military emergency chapter of Li Hao, the assassin of Tingzhou, and forwarded it to the prince. As he spoke, he raised the piece in his hand in the air.

Li Shimin's eyebrows rose and fell, and he said with a gloomy face: "Present!" ”

Xu Lian hurriedly handed Wei Zheng's recital to Li Shimin, Li Shimin unfolded the recital and looked at it, and when he saw the end, he glared angrily, and his hands were already trembling.

Wei Zheng said slowly: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a personal suspicion with Li Hao, Li Hao's recital suddenly disappeared after reaching the hands of the Prince, it is obvious that the Prince is communiquing his personal vendetta, if Tingzhou is lost because of this, it will be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who delays the fighter, and I hope Your Majesty will punish him severely." ”

"Wei Zheng!" Li Shimin suddenly threw Wei Zheng's song to the ground, and roared, "You dare to be so bullied!" ”

"Your Majesty is cautious." Wei Zheng's face did not change his color, "Wei Zheng is loyal to the country and swears to the death, how dare he bully the king." ”

"You ......" Li Shimin pointed at Wei Zheng and wanted to spray him, but he couldn't spray him, even if what Wei Zheng said in his recital was all true, but his method was too strong, and the prince's personal vendetta was very unpopular, but he asked Li Shimin to punish him severely, that is, to make it known to the whole city, the prince will be the emperor in the future, how can he lose such a big face, how important is the face of the heavenly family, Wei Zheng's behavior is simply a slap in the face of the prince, and by the way, he also slapped Li Shimin's face.

The reason why Li Shimin couldn't scold Wei Zheng was because Wei Zheng occupied the righteousness, everything he said was right, Li Shimin wanted to save the prince's face, it was his own private matter, when private affairs meet national affairs, which is lighter and which is heavy, it is obvious.

But for Li Shimin, the face of the heavenly family is the same as state affairs, and it is also a big thing, which is why he is so angry.

The two monarchs and ministers looked at each other for a moment, Li Shimin temporarily suppressed his anger, and said coldly: "I will severely punish the prince's affairs, but I will not announce the courtiers!" ”

Wei Zheng said slowly: "The reason why the minister impeached the prince is because of the Tang Dynasty, and the monarch is righteous and the people are right, if Your Majesty can make the prince repent and reform, how to deal with this matter is up to Your Majesty to decide." ”

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this, and then he realized that Wei Zheng was actually very aware of advance and retreat, and everything he did, as he said, was for the sake of the society.

At this moment, the Yellow Gate outside the hall came to report again: "Your Majesty, Ran Xu, the squire of the military department, personally sent an urgent battle report for eight hundred miles in Tingzhou!" ”

Li Shimin's heart trembled when he heard this, the battle report from Tingzhou, this shows that Li Hao is still alive? Immediately said loudly: "Hurry up!" ”

"Xuanbing Department's squire Ran Xu's manna hall is here!"

Ran Xu bowed down and stepped into the Manna Palace, and just knelt down to prepare for the mountain call, Li Shimin said directly: "Quickly present the chapter!" ”

Ran Xu was stunned for a while, Xu Lian had already come to him and took the two pieces of music.

Li Shimin unfolded the two pieces, looked at them for a long time, his eyes suddenly reddened, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng were shocked when they saw this, and secretly guessed, could it be that Li Hao had already hung up?

"What a Li Shiman! What a Li Shimad! Li Shimin was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and he almost cried.

Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng glanced at each other, what is the situation? Could it be that Li Hao didn't hang up? Is it hanging or not?

Li Shimin finally finished reading the two pieces, if there were waves in his chest, it was difficult to calm down for a long time, and after a long time, Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Pass the order, tomorrow Taiji Palace, court meeting!" ”

Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng couldn't know whether Li Hao hung up or not in the end, and they were a little anxious.

After Li Shimin sent away Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and Ran Xu, he turned his head and asked Xu Lian: "Yin Yuanwei, is there a secret report?" ”

Xu Lian looked puzzled: "Your Majesty, the old slave has just returned from the expedition with you, and just disarmed you, and the prime minister came to see you, and the old slave has not had time to ask." ”

"Hurry up and ask, I want to know more about Li Hao."

"Yes."

That night, Li Shimin sat alone on the Ganlu Palace, looking at one after another secret reports from Tingzhou, his heart fluctuated, like a turbulent sea, the secret report was very detailed, from Li Hao's entry into Tingzhou to cut Cao Tian's corner, to the development of Tingzhou, to fight wits and courage with Cao Tian, and then to Gaochang's attack, Li Shimin did not expect Li Hao to experience so many difficulties and dangers in Tingzhou, he was really very lucky, glad that he sent five hundred right guards to protect Li Hao, and even more fortunate that he sent Chen Bin to Tingzhou with one thousand left guards, Because Li Hao's recital mentioned that it was Chen Bin who saved him and saved Tingzhou.

Li Shimin slowly walked out of the Ganlu Palace, raised his head with his hands high, looked at the stars in the sky, was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed loudly: "God bless me Datang!" God bless me Datang......"

The next day, the Taiji Hall held a court meeting, Li Shimin sat on the throne, glanced at the ministers below, and said slowly: "Gaochang committed my Tang Tingzhou, presumably all the secretaries already know." ”

The ministers did not speak, and Li Shimin said again: "Gao Chang first attacked Tingzhou with 15,000 people, but was broken by Li Hao, the assassin of Tingzhou, who sent a thousand elite cavalry overnight, and fled in a hurry. ”

The ministers were surprised when they heard this, and they were defeated by one thousand and fifteen, how could this not surprise them.

Li Shimin continued: "Later, Gaochang borrowed 50,000 troops from the Western Turks, combined with Gaochang's own troops, 70,000 soldiers and horses, besieged Tingzhou, Tingzhou Assassin Li Hao led 4,000 people, defended the lonely city, did not give an inch, and worked hard for more than three months, and finally waited for Chen Bin to come with 1,000 reinforcements, broke the Gaochang army, and finally relieved the siege of Tingzhou. ”

The ministers were shocked when they heard this, they had indeed heard about Gaochang's invasion of Tingzhou, but they didn't know the specific plot, as soon as they heard that Li Hao relied on 4,000 people to defend the lonely city and fight 70,000 enemies, they suddenly felt like a fantasy, even Li Jing, who was known as the god of war, couldn't help but be moved.

Above the Taiji Palace, there was a lot of discussion for a while, and they were all stunned by Li Hao's deeds, if it wasn't from Li Shimin's mouth, they wouldn't have dared to believe it.

Li Shimin waited for a long time, and suddenly raised his voice, and said: "Summoning Zhuqing over today is to send troops to Gaochang, Gaochang is located in an important town on the Silk Road, and has repeatedly robbed and killed my Tang caravan, ignoring the face of my heavenly kingdom. ”

The ministers were shocked again when they heard this, Li Shimin was going to send troops to attack Gaochang, in fact, Li Shimin had mentioned this matter several times before, but they were all rejected, because Gaochang was too far away, and the Tang Dynasty was still separated by more than 2,000 miles of desert, after all, it was still a geographical factor.

As soon as Li Shimin's voice fell, Cen Wenwen suddenly came out and said: "Your Majesty, Gaochang and Chang'an are thousands of miles away, and there are two thousand miles of sand moraines as a natural barrier. ”

Qin Qiong frowned when he heard this, and said: "Your Majesty, Gaochang offended my Tang Tu and killed my Tang Min, the crime cannot be punished, the ministers please fight and swear to destroy Gaochang!" ”

Li Shimin nodded and said: "The matter of sending troops to Gaochang, I have made up my mind, and you don't need to persuade you anymore, I am here to ask you about how to send troops this time." ”

At this time, Kong Yingda suddenly came out of the queue and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the old minister does not approve of sending troops to Gaochang!" ”

Li Shimin frowned and said, "Kong Saijiu, didn't you hear what I said?" ”

"The old minister heard." Kong Yingda's face did not change and said, "The holy monarch listens to both, the faint monarch believes in it, His Majesty is the king of the holy Ming, you should listen to the advice of the ministers, and the old ministers oppose sending troops to Gaochang." ”

Li Shimin was very annoyed, very annoyed, sent troops to Gaochang, even the most difficult Wei Zheng did not object, but this old teacher jumped out and chirped crookedly, it is simply unreasonable, his intention to ask for Gaochang has been decided, not to mention revenge, just for the Silk Road, he must destroy Gaochang, this will have a huge impact on the economy of the Tang Dynasty, money is a good thing, a country has money, the country can be strong, the people can be rich, these things are not in the scope of Kong Yingda's consideration, he only has the sage avenue in his eyes.

So Li Shimin began to play a scoundrel: "I don't want to listen to advice today, let's retreat from Kong Sacrifice Wine." ”

"The old minister must say!" Kong Yingda said righteously, "The old minister thinks that what Lord Cen said in the Zhongshu Ling is extremely reasonable, and it is really unwise to send troops to Gaochang, waste the treasury in vain, and put the army in danger; The old minister also thought that the small country of Gaochang did not know the reason, but because of the desolate location, it was difficult to educate, the ancient saying goes, the siege of the city is the bottom, the attack of the heart is the top, His Majesty wants to attack the city, why not attack the heart, spread the emperor to the barbarians, make it reasonable, is to stop the fighting, avoid misery, but also can raise the national prestige of my Tang Dynasty benevolence and righteousness, so that all nations surrender. ”

I have to say that Kong Yingda, the old master, is really an old pedant, and he has a lot of truths, and the ministers present listened to his words, and suddenly felt that he was very reasonable, and couldn't help but nod their heads and agree with his point of view.

If Li Hao was present, he only wanted to ask one sentence, that is: "What if the other party doesn't cooperate?" ”。

Kong Yingda's words seem to be quoted from the classics, and the big truth is flying all over the sky, which sounds very convincing, if Gao Chang doesn't cooperate, he will be confused.

Li Hao's vision and insight are very high, after all, he has more than 1,300 years of wisdom and experience beyond the Tang people, but everyone present did not, including Li Shimin, Li Shimin was very angry, Kong Yingda actually shouted with himself in person, and the most annoying thing was that the ministers present actually listened to his words.

"Righteousness! Righteousness! Li Shimin had already gotten out of anger and roared angrily, "It's righteous to Gao Chang!" Who will be benevolent to my Tang people! Who will be benevolent to the people of Tingzhou! ”

As he spoke, he suddenly grabbed a piece of music from his side and threw it at Kong Yingda, smashing it directly on Kong Yingda's face, then raised his hand and pointed at Kong Yingda, and said sharply: "This is the eight-hundred-mile urgent military chapter sent by Li Hao, in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military front, you read it to me!" Say it out loud! ”

It was the first time for the ministers to see Li Shimin make such a big fire, even if Wei Zheng and Li Shimin hurt each other before, Li Shimin just glared at most and roared his throat, and he had never smashed anyone with a concerto, this time it was obviously a thunderous rage.

Kong Yingda was also a little frightened by Li Shimin's appearance, so he picked up the recital and read it.

This is Li Hao's military recital, mainly to tell the course of the war, list the Gaochang crimes, and at the same time nominate meritorious people, etc., one of the contents is written: "Within three days, more than 100 people died of starvation in the city, but the city was stable, no one panicked, all silently endured hunger, quietly starved, and passed away quietly, because the people knew that there was no food in the city, if there was panic, the enemy army would know, at that time, Tingzhou was in danger." ”

Translated into the vernacular, it is: Within three days, more than 100 people in the city starved to death, but the people of the whole city were very quiet, no one panicked, silently starved, and then died quietly, because the people knew that there was no extra food in the city, and it would be useless to make trouble, but to cause panic, if the enemy knew, then Tingzhou would be in danger.

When Kong Yingda read this paragraph, all the ministers in the Taiji Hall showed solemn expressions, either respectful or sad, as if they saw the picture of hundreds of people silently starving and then quietly dying, and some people had even begun to secretly wipe their tears.

Kong Yingda read Li Hao's recital, he also felt quite a lot, he thought about it carefully, and thought that what he said was correct, because it was the truth left by the sage, and it would never be wrong, but he felt that Li Hao's recital was also correct, Gao Chang was indeed very hateful, he should be beaten, he suddenly was so contradictory, what went wrong.

Li Shimin saw that all the ministers of civil and military affairs were silent, knowing that Li Hao's recital had already worked, and took out a recital, and said: "This is Li Hao's request to send troops to recruit Gaochang, it is very brief, but it expresses my ambition as a Tang Dynasty man, Wei Zheng, you have the spirit of Haoran, this recital, you will read it." He said that he would hand over the recital to Xu Lian, and Xu Lian held the recital and gave it to Wei Zheng.

Wei Zhengzhan glanced at the concert in a hurry, and suddenly his face was shocked, and then his face was full of solemnity, and he read it aloud: "The king of the Holy Ming is above, and the micro-minister Li Hao has spoken in China, and there have been thousands of generations of kings, but there are only a few who have been famous through the ages.

The Qin Emperor pacified the troubled times, fixed the eight famines, and covered the eternals; Han Wu destroyed the Huns, the town **, the name of the world.

However, Weichen alone pushed the Tang Dynasty Emperor, the prosperous era of Wenzhi, Wuding Kyushu, the Tang Dynasty soldiers arrived, and the four seas were ambushed, so all the states came to the court, bowed their heads and called the ministers, called my emperor Khan!

Today, there is Gaochang, the country of projectiles in the Western Regions, with less than 100,000 people, greedy and ferocious, cutting off the Silk Road, committing my Tang soil, and guarding Tingzhou with 20,000 people, 4,000 soldiers, and rejecting 70,000 Huma in Tingzhou's female wall.

My emperor governs the country with filial piety, and serves the world with benevolence and righteousness, but the word benevolence and righteousness, Hu Yi did not understand, the people of the border areas of the Tang Dynasty were devastated, or there were people who wanted to educate Hu Yi with the words of the sage, but they did not know that the barbarian race, did not obey the way of the sage, watched the territory of the Tang Dynasty for a long time, hated to replace it, and the good, then thought it was weak, and its momentum became more and more rampant, and in the long run, the Tang Dynasty was in danger.

The wolf nature is evil, even if it is cultivated by a high monk, it is difficult to move the habit of eating meat, and it is reasonable in this world.

Weichen is not talented, does not have the ability to drink horse wine springs, and does not have the merit of sealing the wolf, but a brave heart, can show the sun and the moon, Gaochang slaughtered my Tang people, invaded my territory, Weichen is willing to break the three-foot Qingfeng, please fight out of the division, the horse leather shroud, the liver and brain smeared on the ground, but also to ten swings and ten decisions, reopen the Silk Road, and build a merit for my emperor for all generations.

The king of the Holy Ming, when the inner saint and the outer king, the civil rule is inside, the martial rule is outside, and those who offend my Tang Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away! ”

After reciting the chapter, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all solemn, no one spoke, and the needles in the Taiji Hall could be heard.