Chapter 650: Imperial Ambition
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After the young emperor's words fell, the Yanying Hall suddenly became quiet and a little abnormal.
It stands to reason that after Li Yi said the words of pro-conquest, whether it was the prime ministers of the Southern Ya or the eunuchs of the Northern Division, they should all rush up at this time and bomb in turn, not necessarily let the young son of heaven quench the blood of this brain and persuade him to take back his life.
After all, the Son of Heaven is crusading, and this is not a good thing for anyone.
But the strange thing is that all the ministers in the Yanying Hall are looking at their noses and noses at this time. It seems that no one has heard the emperor's astonishing words just now, or they have heard only words such as going to the palace to escape the summer.
Li Yi turned his head and glanced at the important ministers, and more than ten ministers were sitting there one by one. Before he came, he had thought about many ways of how everyone would react after he announced his pro-conquest. He estimated that Lu Xi and the others could quote scriptures and come up with a bunch of words from saints to stop them. I also thought that Tian Lingzi, Yang Fugong and others might oppose the ancestral family law. But it doesn't matter if there is opposition, he has already made up his mind to recruit himself.
But now, he has announced that he will be recruited in person, but these ministers have given him a reaction that he did not expect.
"I have made up my mind to conquer Liaodong in person. Ministers, start making preparations as soon as you need to. ”
Seeing the reaction of the ministers, the Son of Heaven felt a little uneasy in his heart. Although he has been the emperor for more than four years, in fact, he has never been in charge of politics before. Therefore, for these prime ministers and eunuchs of the South and North Divisions. They don't care. But now. Seeing their reaction, he was also a little nervous. However, there was still a solemn expression on his face, and he accentuated his tone and announced it again.
The prime minister of the political hall of the Southern Ya, and the chief eunuchs of the Northern Division, although they were very quiet on the surface, were very clear. At the moment, the Son of Heaven looks very calm and calm, but in fact, there must be a volcano in his heart that is about to erupt.
It can be said that since the Son of Heaven has been on the throne for so long, it is the first time that he has opened his mouth to do something solemnly. Especially at the age of today's son, no matter what they say at this time, this young son of heaven will definitely not listen.
In the final analysis, even if you are the Son of Heaven, Li Yi is only a sixteen-year-old boy.
As soon as that rebellious momentum came up, I was afraid that it would become more and more persuasive.
Whether it is the prime minister of the political hall or the eunuchs of the North Division. They are all human-like characters.
None of them wanted to see the Son of Heaven conquer Liaodong in person, but no one came out to oppose it at this time.
The young son of heaven is a donkey. It was possible to appease him and dispel the strange idea of kissing him.
"Yes." Tian Lingzi took the lead in bowing down, no one was more opposed to the pro-Zheng than him, but no one knew Li Yi better than him. Follow him first, make a delaying strategy to delay the time, maybe in a few days, the emperor's own freshness will pass, and he will not mention the matter of personal conquest.
"Your Ministers obey!" The prime ministers of the political affairs hall were led by Lu Xian and Ximen Sigong and other eunuchs to receive the decree.
The Son of Heaven is not as good as ordinary generals, and the Tang Dynasty is not the same, and generals of different levels are also different. There are ordinary generals who go out to fight, there are generals who go out to fight, there are generals who go out to fight, and even there are county kings and princes who go out on the army. And when the Son of Heaven goes on an expedition, the dependence and so on are even more cumbersome.
And in addition to relying on, there are many preparations, the most important of which is naturally to prepare grain and grass, and select elite soldiers and strong generals to accompany them.
In particular, the Son of Heaven had to set up a camp official office to accompany the driver, and important officials from various ministries of Chaoyan had to accompany him, who was responsible for assisting the emperor in handling government affairs.
After getting the approval of the ministers to make a plan for the personal levy, Li Yi couldn't believe that things had gone so smoothly and succeeded. Next, he hurriedly said that everything was simple on this expedition.
It is enough to transfer 20,000 gods from Chang'an, and he also specifically proposed that there is no need for palace people to accompany them, and there are no more than 100 people in the palace. As for the courtiers who accompanied them, they also tried to bring as few as possible. According to his plan, he wanted to send about 30,000 elite soldiers who had been on the battlefield from Hedong, Luoyang, Xuanwu, and Zhongwu to enter Liao.
Tian Lingzi proposed to bring the Shence army as much as possible, but Li Yi didn't seem to like the Shence army very much, insisted on bringing only 20,000 Shence troops, and then transferred 30,000 soldiers and horses along the road to accompany him.
"The edict of my relatives will be announced to the world today, and it will be urgent to notify the king of Andong County with eight hundred miles." Li Yi is now wishing that he could rush to Liaodong immediately tomorrow, and then lead the army to destroy Goguryeo the day after tomorrow, and then destroy the Khitan the day after tomorrow. If there is a chance, it would be best to turn around and destroy Balhae and Silla together. "Before the New Year, I will triumph and celebrate in Chang'an!"
Listening to the words of the young emperor, all the ministers shook their heads secretly. Before he set out on the expedition, he had already calculated the return date, how could this be the work of a real soldier? From here to Liaodong, five thousand miles away, you have to walk a month on the light road. It's already August, and if you want to destroy Goguryeo and then Khitan in just two or three months, and then return to Chang'an to celebrate, the young emperor really dares to think about it.
Finally, Prime Minister Doulu had the courage to step forward to persuade the emperor to act safely, but he was immediately refuted by Li Yu, who was in a good mood, "Liaodong has 100,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the king of Andong County, and I still have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses accompanying me, do you think that the little Goguryeo and Khitan will not be able to defeat me?" ”
Hearing the emperor's tone, the other people who had wanted to persuade simply sat still.
At this time, the Son of Heaven could not listen to other words.
Finally, the excitement of accompanying the emperor gradually subsided, and the Son of Heaven finally ended today's deliberations in the palace.
After the discussion in Yanying Hall ended, Tian Lingzi and Lu Xian glanced at each other, and the two heads of the South and North Divisions did not leave, but went directly to Hanliang Hall and asked to see the Son of Heaven again.
Li Yi didn't let the two of them wait for a long time, and as soon as he reported the waiter, he came out and invited the two in.
In the palace, several chamberlains were putting on armor for the emperor.
Lu Xian only glanced at it and recognized that this armor was Li Jing's New Year's tribute last year, the Qinglong-style full-body armor.
This kind of armor is extremely gorgeous, and after wearing it, the whole person is wrapped in the armor, up to the head, eyes, nose, and down to the soles of the hands and feet. But the miraculous thing is that the weight of the armor wrapped in this way is much lighter than that of the general's heavy armor, and the hands and feet are lighter, and the defense against bows and arrows and slashing is better.
In Chang'an City, there is a trading house called Sword and Rose, which is Li Jing's Dengzhou trading house, and there are two sets of such armor displayed in it. A set of angular green dragon style, a round Vermilion Bird style, and two sets of armor attracted countless Chang'an people to watch, all of whom wanted to buy and collect. However, those two sets are marked as not for sale and are only for display. However, the firm accepted the order, but the price of the order was very amazing, 10,000 yuan.
However, the high price of Wanguan can't scare away everyone, Chang'an is extremely rich, and I heard that many generals have ordered this kind of armor. Even many families and giant businessmen followed suit and ordered, even Lu brought himself, and after carefully looking at the armor, he also ordered two sets of them at a moment's notice.
However, this set of the Son of Heaven is obviously more gorgeous, directly golden yellow, but it is not gilded, Li Yi proudly explained to him, it is said that this is the craftsman of Dengzhou added several other ores to this steel, and the resulting steel is this gold, and then forged by a special method, the surface is this dazzling gold.
Li Yi put on the whole body armor, and took a five-foot-long two-handed sword from the hand of the attendant, and after holding it in his hand and wielding a set of swordsmanship, the emperor took off his helmet, his face was full of excitement, and he was very satisfied with the armor and sword.
"I know what you're thinking, thinking I'm just excited for a while, trying to be fresh, right?"
"Don't dare!" Tian Lingzi and Lu Xian hurriedly shook their heads and explained.
Li Yi waved his hand, "Of course, I am not just trying to be fresh for a while, this matter is the consequence of my careful consideration. ”
After sorting out his thoughts, Li Yi patiently explained to the two of them: "I have thought about it, the southwest frontier has been stabilized, and the north has long been stable. In this way, the imperial court was left with only one hidden danger in the northeast, so it simply took this opportunity to directly deter Hu barbarians such as Goguryeo and Khitan. Of course, in fact, the current situation in the Northeast, even if I don't go there in person, I think it is enough to have Li Jing here. ”
Tian Lingzi hurriedly said: "Although Li Jing's house is a bit domineering, but the war is still good, at the moment Goguryeo and Khitan are just the end of the road, why do you need to go to your majesty to conquer in person." ”
Li Yi smiled slightly, "Although I don't care much about state affairs, I am still quite clear about the affairs of the court now. In the past, Tian Gong and Lu Gong often made remarks, saying that Li Jing was sitting in Qidi, and he had a lot of dominance, etc. In fact, I still trust Li Jing very much, but in the imperial court system, for example, the marshal cannot be held for a long time, and he usually has to move every three years. At present, Li Jing has been in Dengzhou for three years. ”
Hearing this, Tian Lingzi and Lu Xian were shocked in their hearts, and a sense of surprise arose.
Could it be that they often whispered bad things about Li Jing in the emperor's ear, and finally had an effect? Or did Li Jing not pay tribute to the emperor this time, but only gave the emperor a broken map, which made the emperor unhappy?
But whatever the reason, as long as the emperor really intends to move the place for Li Jing, they will be very happy to see it.
"The conquest of Goguryeo and Khitan is actually just a matter of doing it. What I really plan is still the land of Hebei. The Emperor suddenly said something that shocked the two of them.
Lu Xian and Tian Lingzi looked at each other, and at this time they couldn't understand the young son of heaven.
This young man seems to have suddenly become unfathomable.
The Son of Heaven, who has always only known how to hit the ball and fight geese, actually began to care about the major affairs of the imperial court, and actually had to solve Hebei.
You must know that since the Anshi Rebellion, after the imperial court recruited those rebel generals, this place in Hebei has not really been mastered by the imperial court for more than 100 years. Although the imperial court in the middle has used troops to crusade and pacify, and all kinds of methods have been used, and even the three towns of Hebei have been split into five towns of Hebei, but now, the imperial court can't really control it.
Chen Jingxuan fled back from Youzhou in embarrassment, and thousands of forbidden troops were wiped out in Youzhou, and the court did not talk about this matter directly.
"Is the emperor planning to destroy him by false means?" Lu Xian suddenly burst out. (To be continued......)