Chapter 383 The Emperor's illness is slightly better

The chicken feather letter was called the feather letter in ancient times. It was originally written with two-foot-long wooden slips as a book with bird feathers inserted on it to show that things were urgent. When it developed in the Tang Dynasty, the wooden slips were no longer used, and only feathers were inserted on the envelope. The chicken feather letter was generally only used to convey emergency military information, and the chicken feather letter would not be used in ordinary matters.

This memorial in the form of a chicken feather letter has been unblocked. Wang Ping'an opened it and looked at the end of the memorial. He used cinnabar to criticize the handwriting. The handwriting was approved by Li Shimin. The approval was very simple, and he ordered the army to conduct a great show of action to deter it.

Looking at the content of the memorial, it turned out to be the military situation of the Turks. The memorial was very long. To sum up, it was because the Tang army sent troops to plunder Goguryeo during the autumn harvest in Liaodong, causing the people of Goguryeo to flee into the city and there was no one in the countryside. After the Tang army withdrew, tribes near Liaodong all went to take advantage of the situation to rob Goguryeo and occupy the land of Goguryeo.

The Goguryeo people dared to fight against the Tang army, of course they would not be afraid of other tribes. After the Tang army retreated, the Goguryeo army immediately sent troops to drive away the tribes that occupied the land. Because those tribes near Liaodong fought on their own and did not command the unit, they ended up with several major battles and were defeated by the Goguryeo people and fled back to the grassland.

Although they were defeated and fled, the herdsmen in the tribe still grabbed a large amount of property. Fortunately, the enemies were all Goguryeo's army, but as soon as they returned to the grassland, the tribes began to fight each other, you rob mine, I rob yours.

After the chaos and war, many herders of tribes lost their cattle and sheep property. Winter is approaching again. The herders have no winter supplies, and the chaos begins. It is okay for the powerful tribes to say, but the small tribes were broken up, so the herders had to go south to knock on the gates, hoping to try their luck in the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty has always been very experienced in handling such matters, and the more chaotic the grasslands, the better. The defenders from all over the country firmly grasped the pass and did not allow herders to enter the pass. However, the Tang Dynasty also had prefectures and counties outside the pass, but these prefectures and counties could not stand the impact of thousands of herders. The herders were afraid that they could not survive this winter. In order to survive, they could only fight desperately and attack these prefectures and counties outside the pass.

As a result, the surrounding areas of several prefectures and counties were robbed. Fortunately, the herdsmen did not have unified command and were not good at siegeing the city. Therefore, before this memorial was sent, no city was lost, but the situation was not good.

The situation at the border developed from east to west. The closer the winter was, the faster the herdsmen rushed. In order to survive this severe winter, they had to keep searching and looting villages and towns that had not yet received any news. Therefore, they had to run faster than those who reported the news from the Tang army! In this way, they fought from east to west, and as a result, they were in a tight position in the border areas.

This memorial is about this matter!

After seeing it, Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "Isn't this method of plundering for herders a guerrilla tactic? He will fight wherever he is weak, run away after he fights, and change places after he fights, and never stop. He can't catch up if he wants to chase them!"

He looked at Li Shimin's reply and nodded. This reply was good. He let the border army perform with great fanfare. To put it bluntly, it was to scare the wandering herders and prevent them from approaching Chengguan. Although these herders were brave and good at fighting, they were all defeated people after all. They were forced by the coming severe winter and would not dare to stay in any place. Once they saw that the Tang army was prepared, they had to leave.

After finding a piece of paper, he planned to draft the approval first, and then wait for Li Zhi to come and ask him to copy it on it. When he lifted the pen, he couldn't think of a better way to deal with it in the face of this situation. Li Shimin's approval was almost perfect!

He held the pen and thought for a long time before he made an approval, which was a supplement to Li Shimin's approval.

The herdsmen of Turks or other tribes flowed from east to west at a very fast speed, but they would not last long. When the severe winter came, they would definitely stop in one place and could not move forward. When the herdsmen in front stopped, the herdsmen in the back would not move forward any further. This place must be relatively rich, otherwise the herdsmen would not dare to die of cold and starvation, and stay here.

More and more herders stay here. Under the pressure of the severe winter, they will definitely take risks and launch large-scale attacks on the prefectures and counties in this place. At this time, the herders will no longer be angry, and leaders will appear and take them to attack.

Then, this place should be the place where the Tang army gathered, and border troops from all over the country should predict where the place was in advance and make preparations in advance.

After Wang Ping'an finished writing these, he thought for a while and then wrote it. It doesn't matter if he can't make accurate predictions. He can prepare in one place first and then guide the herdsmen to go. The westward direction of this place is, the better. This will allow the herdsmen to rush on their way. When they arrive at the location, the herdsmen are already trapped and are as tired as they are at the end of their strength. At this time, the Tang army can wait for their work, wipe them out in one go, or conquer them!

After writing the approval, Wang Ping'an was very proud. His supplementary approval was very good. He had the means to win thousands of miles away. He was also considered a genius of Zhuge Liang!

After blowing the ink dry, he began to read the following memorials and replied one by one.

Not long after, a little eunuch brought him a tea and let Wang Ping'an fill his stomach. Wang Ping'an ate a lot, and after finishing the meal, he continued to approve Li Zhi's work alone, and he was very serious and responsible.

After nearly a morning of approval, he finished all the memorials and waited for a long time. At noon, Li Zhi was late.

Li Zhi entered Chongxian Pavilion and saw Wang Ping'an waiting for him. He exclaimed and said, "No sick, you came early today. Have you eaten? Let's have a meal together!"

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "It's still early, it's noon." He stood up, saluted Li Zhi, and smiled and said, "I've been here for a while and haven't eaten yet. I'm waiting to eat with Your Highness!"

Li Zhi was very happy. When he arrived at the table, he saw so many memorials, and his face turned bitter again, saying, "I have accumulated so many memorials in just a few days. When will I go to criticize this? Forget it, let's go to have a meal first. After the meal, I will take a nap and take a rest, and then I will criticize these things!"

Wang Ping'an sighed in his heart. He looked like he had just gotten up, and he had to eat. After he finished eating, he would sleep... It was a good life!

He smiled at Li Zhi and said, "These memorials have been approved, and they have not written them directly. I have made a draft. Your Highness, just copy them on it!" As he said that, he handed the written sheets to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi was overjoyed and smiled and said, "Okay, it's better not to be sick and considerate of the orphans. I know that the orphans don't like watching these things the most. Then let's have a meal later. After the orphans copy these first, they will be fine in the afternoon. Let's go out of the palace to play."

He sat behind the table and copied it one by one in order. Wang Ping'an stood aside and grinddled ink for him.

After copying a few memorials, Li Zhi became impatient and said, "No disease, otherwise you can learn the font of the orphan. When you criticize the memorials in the future, just write them directly on it, so that you can save me from copying one by one. This is too troublesome!"

Wang Ping'an uttered, saying, "This..." I'm a little embarrassed. It's already a foul of the rules when I approve the memorial for you. If you follow your handwriting, let alone the emperor, just the ministers in the court will have to be furious!

Li Zhi thought he was afraid that he would not be able to learn his handwriting well, so he pointed to the words he had approved on the memorial and said, "Look, the handwriting of the lonely is easy to learn, and it is all regular script. It doesn't take you much effort. You can practice it well in a few days!"

Wang Ping'an shook his head and said, "This is not very good. The emperor knows it and will punish the minister!"

Li Zhi thought for a while and said, "That's true!" He lowered his head to look at the draft, raised his head, pointed to the draft, and said, "Look at it without illness. Some of these approvals are long and some are short. The long ones are prone to flaws. Just copy them alone. These short ones are only a few words, and you can write them!"

Wang Ping'an grinned. There was only one long reply on the draft he drafted, and the rest were all small matters, so naturally the reply would not be long. If he followed what Li Zhi said, then he would just copy one of these reply, and the rest would have to be done for him.

"Then, okay! But what if the emperor finds out?" Wang Ping'an said worriedly.

Li Zhi smiled and said, "If you find it, let's say that these comments are oral statements, and you wrote them on your behalf. My father discovered it once, and we won't do this next time. I will work harder and just copy it. If I don't find it, we will keep doing it like this!"

After saying this, if you don’t agree, you will be ungrateful. Wang Ping'an had to nod!

Li Zhi picked up his pen and began to copy the longest reply, which was the one of the border herders. He didn't read the content, and copied it down as the words. He copied it quite quickly and it was done in a moment.

After copying, Li Zhi actually gave up the chair and asked Wang Ping'an to sit on his chair to reply. He himself said, "No sick, you are busy, you are alone, and you have been riding too much in the past few days. I suddenly got idle and I was still a little uncomfortable!" As he said that, he walked out of the hall with his hands behind his back and went to the yard to move his muscles.

Wang Ping'an shook his head helplessly, so he had to sit down, simulated it on the paper several times, practiced Li Zhi's handwriting, and then carefully copied it and approved the memorial for Li Zhi.

Li Zhi is lazy and his fonts are ordinary, so it is not difficult to copy, but if you want to copy them at once, the time is not enough. Wang Ping'an had to practice it on the paper several times before he approved a memorial, and then he wrote it on the memorial. In this way, the time spent will be more.

After a while, Li Zhi came back and said, "Not sick, why haven't you finished the approval yet?"

Wang Ping'an was sweating all over his head and thought to himself: "It's still slow. If you're faster, you'll be showing off!" He said: "If you want to copy all the memorials, it will take at least one hour. I'm afraid you'll make mistakes!"

"It will take an hour!" Li Zhi frowned and said, "No disease, now you know how hard you are. It takes too long to comment on these memorials. If you are alone, you will have a headache!"

Wang Ping'an nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, thank you for your hard work. I didn't know it before, but now I have a deep understanding!" He said this, but thought to himself: "This is also called hard work? You don't have to think about it, you just rely on copying, and it's still called hard work. Then, I'm a coolie!"

Li Zhi turned around two circles on the ground with his hands behind his back and said, "I'm going to have a meal, so I won't be with you anymore. You're busy with your meal. After I've finished eating, I'll come to see you!"

Wang Ping'an hurriedly said, "Otherwise, your highness will eat here. If you encounter something you don't understand, you can ask you anytime!"

Li Zhi said, "You save up all the things you don't understand, and when the orphan comes back, we will answer them together!" As he said that, he turned around and left. Halfway through, he felt embarrassed, as if he was using Wang Ping'an as a donkey.

He turned around and said, "After Gu finished the meal, I will bring you some good dishes to reward you!" After saying this, he still felt that it was not very helpful, so he said, "Why would Gu ask your cousin to come and let her accompany you?" This time it was always interesting!

Wang Ping'an was startled, but don't, the fewer people know about this kind of thing, the better! He hurriedly stood up and said, "I dare not bother my cousin. I'd better copy it alone. Be quieter and copy it faster!"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Okay, then let's do it. He is so kind to treat it as a donkey's liver and lungs!" He made sense. He carried his hand and left the palace.

Wang Ping'an had to sit down again and then become a donkey!

After a long time, he still had not finished his memorials, and Li Zhi did not come back. It was already past noon and the sun turned west and arrived in the blink of an afternoon.

Ganlu Temple.

Li Shimin was also approving the memorial, and Shi Zhongchen was with him. In the past two days, Li Shimin's condition has improved slightly and he no longer had any heartache, but he couldn't say it was completely cured. He still felt a little chest tightness and ache, but it was not as serious as before.

Picking out a few memorials from the pile of memorials, Li Shimin said, "Go and send them to Zhier, so that he can quickly approve them and send them back. The memorials sent in the past few days will be handed over together. He has been taking care of the conference in the past few days, but the serious things have been delayed."

Shi Zhongchen took the memorial and defended Li Zhi: "Your Majesty, the prince is busy with the Olympics and has made a lot of efforts. This is also a serious matter!"

Li Shimin nodded and said, "I asked someone to send these memorials to him, and today's work will be done today."

Shi Zhongchen hurriedly agreed and walked out of the hall with the memorial. He wanted to send it to him, but he looked back at the emperor. The emperor was reviewing the memorial. What if he saw something unpleasant again and started to get sick? He had to take care of him!

He looked at the little eunuch and palace maid standing outside the hall, and suddenly found someone and waved, "Mei Niang, come here."

There were dozens of eunuchs and palace maids standing outside the hall, all of whom were standing upright and afraid to leave. Suddenly, General Shi Da greeted Wu Meiniang, he turned his head secretly and looked at her. Everyone's eyes were full of jealousy, and many people even thought in their hearts: "This little bitch, finally got involved General Shi Da!"

When Wu Meiniang heard Shi Zhongchen calling her, her heart was pounding. She usually used a lot of effort to curry favor with Shi Zhongchen. Shi Zhongchen was also very "concerned" about her, but this was also because she was originally a concubine, but she usually called her Wugong people. She never used this way today, so she called her Meiniang!

Amid the jealous eyes of everyone, she lowered her head and came to Shi Zhongchen, and heard Shi Zhongchen say, "You go to the East Palace and send these memorials to the prince."

After a pause, he said, "When you come back, go to Xitai again. If Wang Ping'an is there, ask him to come to our house." Then he gave a few more instructions.
Chapter completed!