Chapter 51: Going or Not Going
Your Majesty is critically ill, so enter Beijing quickly!
The simple eight words made Pei's heart thrill.
Pei took the urgent edict of this golden lacquer and fire seal, and thought about various possibilities in his mind. He even thought about a rebel army emerged from a corner of the mountain and the troops were coming to the city.
I never thought that Li Longji was critically ill.
For the emperor, birth, old age, sickness and death are a taboo.
If it weren't for the critical moment, it would be impossible to send such a taboo urgent edict.
"How is that possible?"
Pei is very clear about the direction of history. Li Longji is definitely the longest-lived emperor. He is still with Yang Yuhuan at the age of 60.
In his later years, he was under house arrest for his son Suzong and was depressed. Even so, he lived to be 78 years old and died of illness in the Shenlong Palace.
Li Longji is less than fifty years old and is only fifty years old. How could he be critically ill?
"I..." Pei Zheng planned to order and immediately entered Beijing. His heart was inexplicably jumped. He grabbed the dead in his hand and sat down on the side.
This urgent edict was written by Gao Lishi, and it was covered with Li Longji's red lacquer seal, which was definitely not fake.
Because of his success and fame, Li Longji became lazy and was tempted by the king and Yang Jieyu. He was a little addicted to pleasure, but he was definitely not degenerated to the point of beacon playing with the princes.
In other words, Li Longji is now terminally ill and may die of illness anytime and anywhere.
Pei suddenly found that he had some fear of Chang'an...
One day the emperor and another day the minister!
Now he has the troops in the four towns, and his military achievements are outstanding and his reputation is outstanding.
Along the way, I relied on the strange emperor's character, Li Longji. If it were other emperors, even if it were an emperor like Li Shimin, Liu Xiu, and Zhao Kuangyin who did not kill meritorious officials would not tolerate his existence.
Once Li Longji really died of illness and the new emperor ascended the throne, his position would be embarrassing.
Li Longji never cultivated his own son, and the prince had no sense of existence and was like a decoration in the temple.
The prestige and connections accumulated over the years are ten streets higher than the current Prince Li Yan. If you go to Chang'an, what if you really meet Li Longji's death and the Tang Dynasty changes its ownership, can you really return to Liangzhou safely?
If it were Pei who had traveled to Chang'an alone for more than ten years ago, he would naturally be free and easy. But now he has children, daughters, and his wife. These people are his pillars and fatal weaknesses.
Pei knew very well that he had good connections, but he had more enemies. He just had power and no one dared to provoke him. Once he fell, all kinds of cats and dogs would definitely flock to the top and put the blame on others.
I fell down, my mother, two wives, Xiaoqi, Xiaoba, and Pei Sanlang would have a good life?
Over the years, I have dealt with many things impartially and offended many villains, especially many psychopathic eunuchs and eunuchs.
They are morally unethical...
After thinking about it carefully, Pei's body sweated heavily.
But thinking about the little things he has been with Li Longji over the years, Li Longji may have many problems, such as being competitive, wary, conceited, and even using people as relatives, but he has nothing to say to himself.
Without Li Longji's unconditional trust, how could he gain today's status without a family background?
"If there really is that day, I will share the glory with Jingyuan."
"I have a quiet distance to guard the border and protect the temple. There are foreigners in the world. Who dares to be arrogant? I should be in Chang'an from afar and rest assured."
"So what about Arabia? I regard you as the commander and lead my Tang Dynasty troops to the west, stepping on Damascus, pushing the territory of our Tang Dynasty to the extreme Western Black Sea, making our dynasty more powerful than the time of Emperor Gaozong in the past."
...
Li Longji's words and sentences are like thunder.
Pei suddenly stood up, not to mention that Li Longji was not dead, even if Li Longji had passed away, Chang'an himself would have to go.
It is not only the righteousness of the monarch and the subject, but also the kindness of promotion along the way.
As a later generation, Pei Wuzhen wanted his minister to die, and he immediately wiped his neck and committed suicide.
But he has the most basic sense of gratitude as a person.
Li Longji's support and blessings all the way are all kindness, and Pei dared not forget it.
It's reasonable and reasonable, you should meet for the last time...
Pei did not set off immediately, but wrote a letter to Wang Zhongsi, Feng Changqing, Gao Xianzhi, and Pugu Huaien, and called Yuan Luqian and Li Linfu nearby and gave them a secret letter to them.
Yuan Luqian and Li Linfu both changed their expressions and exclaimed in surprise: "Your Majesty is critically ill?"
Yuan Luqian looked shocked and couldn't believe it, it felt like the sky was falling.
At this moment, in Yuan Luqian's heart, Li Longji was an excellent king and an emperor who could be compared with Li Shimin.
The same is true:
Li Shimin rose in the great turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty's victory over the world, with military merits first. Although the Xuanwu Gate Incident left an indelible stain, after he ascended the throne, he worked hard to govern the rule, and had a miraculous Zhenguan rule inside, destroying the Turks, Xueyantuo, Tuyuhun, and Gaochang outside, recapturing Liaodong, defeating the Western Turks, and reopening the Silk Road. The achievements of civil and military affairs were remarkable.
And why is Li Longji inferior?
He also rose in times of danger, first killing the Wei family, Zong Chuke and Wu family remnants, and then pacifying the peaceful dictatorship. Then he used wise ministers to create the Kaiyuan prosperous era. Because he stood on the shoulders of giants, the Kaiyuan prosperous economy was even better than the Zhenguan period.
Generals such as Xue Ne, Pei, Zhang Shou, and Yang Sixu were appointed to the outside world, fighting south and north, recovering the lost territory of Jiuqu in Hexi and Liaodong, defeating Tubo many times, destroying the Turks, destroying Tuqishi, and restoring the Anbei Protectorate, regaining the jurisdiction of the land north of the Great Wall.
Silla, Baekje, Japan, Linyi (now Vietnam), Nibharu (now Nepal), Phi Kingdom (now Myanmar), Terracotta (now Thailand), Zhenla (now Cambodia), Sri Vajra (now Sumatra, Indonesia), Holing (now Java, Indonesia), India (now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh), Lion Kingdom (now Sri Lanka), Dashi (now Arabia), Persia, Byzantine and other countries all came to visit the Hajj to recreate the glory of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Empire.
Li Longji's achievements in the first half of his life were not inferior to Li Shimin at all, both now and in history. Some people even think that it is only a matter of time before Li Longji surpasses Li Shimin to become the most outstanding emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Such a virtuous king and lord are critically ill. Yuan Luqian, who is loyal to the emperor and patriotism, cannot accept it for a while, and his eyes are a little red.
Li Linfu was full of thoughts about the changes that resulted from Li Longji's death and his vested interests.
Such a big event will cause great changes in the world and your own interests will be greatly affected.
"Ship Pei!"
Sudden!
Chapter completed!