Chapter 825 Super Poison

After tying the straw man and writing his name, Queen Wang put the straw man under the pillow and planned to find an opportunity, so she went to repair Concubine Xiao Shu.

In the palace, witchcraft was extremely taboo. It was especially popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and even more so in the north. At that time, the countries in the northern Central Plains were mainly established by the Hu people. The Xianbei people popularized witchcraft, and the great wizards and other wizards especially liked wizards.

However, even those who are tying grass must have technical content, such as those who have to be cursed, their hair, nails, etc., or have birth dates. Because this trend is particularly serious, most of them believed in ghosts and gods at that time, so it would be fine to believe in good faith. The worse the better, the scarier the things, the more people they believe in.

Therefore, the royal family has strict regulations, and the birth date and horoscope of the royal descendants is strictly prohibited from leaking. This rule was always preserved when the feudal dynasty ended in the Qing Dynasty. For example, during the Kangxi period, when princes competed for the throne, they used this trick!

If Queen Wang really "searched" the straw man in Concubine Xiao Shu's bedroom, Concubine Xiao would be directly sent to the cold palace and would never be released for the rest of her life. Even if Li Zhi had a cowardly personality, no matter how he didn't want to deal with his wife, he would not be able to tolerate such things.

Ganlu Temple.

Li Zhi and the prime ministers were talking about the Eastern Expedition. This Eastern Expedition was to attack the anti-King of Yingzhou, Li Ke, and the end point would be to completely destroy Goguryeo.

In ancient times, fighting was focused on spring battles and autumn defenses. In spring, the attacks and attacking the enemy country could prevent the enemy from plowing in spring and planting crops, which meant that there was no harvest in a year. In autumn, in order to prevent the enemy from being beaten with red eyes from counterattacking, the army withdrew and defended their own crops. This tactic can consume a large amount of material reserves of the enemy country. For example, in the chaos in various countries during the Warring States Period, this basic tactic was often used.

But for the upcoming Eastern Expedition, the Spring War is no longer suitable, because spring has passed, and when the army gathers in Yingzhou, it is probably already autumn, so the tactics of Spring War and Autumn Defense need to change a little.

Li Zhi sat behind Longshu's case, listening listlessly to the prime ministers' reports.

Ma Zhou is the prime minister of the Secretariat, and planning is his job, so he naturally has to speak first. Ma Zhou said: "Emperor, this Eastern Expedition is probably about to be held for the New Year. The war cannot and cannot be over this year. The old minister made the plan, which can probably be summarized as burning Goguryeo this year and starting the spring next year, and launching a war of attack and robbery."

Li Zhi's thoughts were all about Wu Meiniang, but the east expedition was a big deal, and even if he didn't like to listen, he had to listen. He said, "What about Yingzhou?"

Ma Zhou hurriedly said: "The Yingzhou side is not the focus of the Eastern Expedition, it is just an excuse. The Goguryeo people helped to fight against Wang Xiaoke, and they were extremely guilty. Once our army arrived in Yingzhou, they would recover Yingzhou. This war was basically that our army would win. The problem was that after the Yingzhou was recovered, our army would take advantage of the situation to attack Goguryeo."

Changsun Wuji also said: "Emperor, in the past, when my Tang Dynasty attacked Goguryeo, they used to occupy land as their main purpose, but we are different this time. After launching an attack in autumn, they did not capture the city, but instead burned local crops, destroying all materials outside the city, making it impossible for the Goguryeo cities to survive the winter. In this way, after winter comes, some smaller cities will surrender voluntarily, and the large cities will also be exhausted. When the youth is out of reach, our army will start a large-scale attack, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort. The large-scale occupation of Goguryeo and the land in Liaodong can be allocated to our Tang Dynasty."

Ma Zhou said, "What Lord Changsun said is not that the land in Liaodong was included in the territory of our Tang Dynasty, but that the land of our Tang Dynasty had recovered the lost land of our ancestors, and those lands were originally from our Central Plains."

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "Yes, I'm wrong, and Ma Xiang corrected it right."

Wang Ping'an also stood in the crowd. After listening to the plan, he thought to himself: "There is no need to be so troublesome. In Goguryeo, civil wars are on the rise, and the Tang Dynasty will win no matter how many troops are sent to fight. But then again, it is better to have a careful plan, so that the soldiers and generals can suffer less losses."

He touched his chest and put a small box in his pocket, which contained pills. It was a "super poison" he prepared for Shi Zhongchen. In fact, it was a strong anesthetic. In this era, because few doctors could do surgery, the use of anesthetics was not popular. Although there was Mafei San left by Hua Tuo, most people only heard of its name and did not know that it was actually possible to use anesthetics to fool Shi Zhongchen.

At this time, the prime ministers hung up the map, and Ma Zhou began to explain in detail how to launch an offensive in autumn, what the offensive route is, and where to burn first, and after the spring next year, which cities should be occupied first, which is very detailed.

After talking for a long time, the plan was finished, and Li Zhi was yawning all the time.

After Ma Zhou finished speaking, he looked at Wang Ping'an and said, "Not sick, what do you think of me? "

The Secretariat formulates the plan, the Menxia Province reviews the plan, and the Secretariat implements the plan. After Ma Zhou's plan is finished, it is Wang Ping'an's turn to speak. Who told him to be the Shizhong? What he is in charge of is the review.

Wang Ping'an quickly stepped forward, looked at the map, gestured on the map with his fingers, and nodded constantly. After "reviewing" for a long time, he nodded and said, "The plan made by his mentor is perfect. The student wanted to pick on it, but he started to blow it, but he didn't find any flaws!"

The prime ministers laughed together, and Ma Zhou smiled and said, "Don't flatter you just because you are my disciple. You don't have to be inferior to your master. You just say whatever you should say."

Wang Ping'an sighed: "What should be said is that students admire. Students cannot make such a perfect plan. It seems that they have not fully learned the skills of their mentors!"

Ma Zhou smiled and said, "Do you want to learn all my skills? Then why not go to my house after paying every day. I will teach you step by step. Let's start with the "Analects of Confucius"."

Li Zhi didn't want to listen to their jokes and said, "Then do it like this? Uncle, I'll leave the matters of the Eastern Expedition to you. You can do it. I'm tired and I want to go back and rest. If you have anything, I'll talk about it tomorrow!" As he said that, he was about to leave.

Changsun Wuji hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please wait. If the Eastern Expedition plan is ready, you will go to the expedition soon. The preparations are basically done, and only the oath-taking military parade is left. You must preside over this by the emperor."

When he said this, Changsun Wuji's heart was beating wildly. Li Zhi once passed on Wang Ping'an to him that he would let him parade on behalf of the emperor. At that time, he thought Li Zhi wanted to make Li Sujie the crown prince, but now it has become Li Zhong the crown prince. In this way, I wonder if Li Zhi would still let him parade on behalf of the emperor. This is the supreme glory and he doesn't want to miss it.

Li Zhi had long forgotten about the military parade of the Emperor. Li Zhi was a man of noble character. Others broke up bridges when crossing rivers, but he never did such unethical things, because after crossing the river, he could not remember the fact that there was a bridge, so naturally there was no talk of demolishing them.

Li Zhi frowned and said, "Do you want me to preside over the presidency yourself?"

He remembered that the Taimiao incident came, and was really afraid of holding the ceremony. It was too tedious and tiring. He wanted to do rituals with Wu Meiniang, preside over the ceremony, and let him live. If he had worked so hard to be the emperor, he would not want to be the emperor.

Changsun Wuji was very nervous. Seeing that Li Zhi was not upset, he hurriedly looked at Wang Ping'an. Wang Ping'an immediately understood. His uncle was anxious, so he had to solve his problems quickly!

Wang Ping'an said: "Emperor, oathing to go to war is a major event and a top priority. But Goguryeo is a mere country of dung, it seems that you are not qualified to be hosted by the oathing ceremony by the emperor. That's too high to look at Goguryeo!"

After hearing this, Li Zhi nodded and said, "Wujian is right, Goguryeo does not have this qualification."

Wang Ping'an said again: "And my king's army wants to go to Yingzhou first, which is related to the opposition to Wang Xiaoke. No matter what, Xiaoke and the emperor were brothers, if the emperor personally presided over the conquest, from a human perspective, it would be a bit of that... Well, why not just do something like a small matter like a vow to march in the military parade, it would be better to leave it to others!"

Li Zhi nodded immediately, Wuyan was cured, and everything was about me. Li Zhi opened his mouth and said, "Then let Wuyan do it, and I will go to the military parade for me!"

Changsun Wuji stood up with his eyes, what did it do? How did it turn into Wang Ping'an? Did the emperor forget what he had said before?

Wang Ping'an grinned, what's this? Why did you assign me? I'm not interested in this kind of thing, so let those who are interested do it! He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to go there in person for you, but for me, the treasure king of Goguryeo is my godson. I want to preside over this ceremony, which is not right in terms of human nature. It's better to find a transcendent person..."

Li Zhi said: "Chaoran? OK, then let Master Ma go!" As soon as he thought of Chaoran, he thought of Ma Zhou.

Changsun Wuji almost got angry with his eyes. Why did he change it to Ma Zhou again? Why can’t he remember me?

Wang Ping'an secretly glanced at Changsun Wuji and thought to himself, "He won't beat me up, right?" He quickly said, "Your Ma, I think that Master Ma is indeed the best choice, but Master Ma may not be able to get rid of his body. Why not worry about Lord Changsun once, and he will preside over the military parade on behalf of the emperor and preside over the oath ceremony!"

Changsun Wuji thought to himself: "This is still like a human word!"

Li Zhi said oh, looked at Changsun Wuji, and said, "Uncle, you shouldn't want to do such a thing, that's very tiring!"

Changsun Wuji is really about to faint. I don’t want to? I have been waiting for a long time. Can I not want to! He said: "The military parade is really tiring, but the old minister is in charge of the Ministry of War. Such a thing is the responsibility of the old minister..."

Wang Ping'an said on the side: "The military parade is more tiring than drawing lots. Uncle, you are old. Logically speaking, you should not work for you, but this is a national event. You should work harder and share the burden for the emperor!"

Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling also agreed, and both advised Changsun Wuji to take the world as his responsibility. If you don’t work harder, who will work harder? Who can do more work? Who can make you the best!

Ma Zhou sounded funny. Look at what Changsun did. If he didn't let him parade, he would probably jump up! He also said: "Your Majesty, it's best for Lord Changsun to do this!"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Of course, I can rest assured that my uncle can go. Then I will go on a military parade on my behalf!" After saying that, he looked at everyone impatiently, meaning that if it was okay, everyone should do whatever they should do!

The ministers observed their words and expressions and said that it was okay. Only then did Li Zhi leave the Ganlu Palace and ask Wu Meiniang to do the rituals.

After leaving the hall, Changsun Wuji pulled Wang Ping'an and laughed in a low voice: "Wujian, I've been busy these two days and haven't had a detailed discussion with you. That day, Concubine Xiao Shu suddenly attacked, but she was shocked, right?"

Wang Ping'an said: "Isn't that so, I almost scared my nephew's care. By the way, uncle, how did you do it? Didn't you win two sets of gold medals?"

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "Everyone's attention is on the gold medal, so I will do the opposite. There is no problem with the gold medal, and the problem lies in the gold box. I asked someone to do a mechanism under the gold box. After the gold medal is put in, only the will of heaven can be picked up. Other gold medals cannot be moved, so the little prince touched it for a long time. He can only take one piece, of course he will succeed!"

After saying that, he laughed loudly, and was proud of himself. He was insincerely happy when he was in his hands. If it weren't for the fact that this matter could not be made public, he would have to tell everyone that it would be "famous in history."

Wang Ping'an said oh, and he remembered that before Xiao Yu checked the sign, Changsun Wuji seemed to have touched the gold box unintentionally, and probably closed the agency, so the remaining gold medals could be picked up again. After checking the sign, it was naturally "fair" and "just".

Wang Ping'an said: "Our Tang Dynasty is really not short of skilled craftsmen. Such sophisticated machine boxes can be created."

Changsun Wuji shook his head and said, "It's not our Tang Dynasty, it's... Anyway, he already... the weather is very good today. Why don't we have two drinks?"

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "I am not a craftsman of the Tang Dynasty, but he is from a foreign country. It seems that he has been silenced." He said: "I really want to drink with my uncle, but I have to go to General Shi for some things, so I can't accompany my uncle, so I have to treat him!"

Changsun Wuji patted his shoulder and said, "Then you go!" He took Chu Suiliang and the others away.

Wang Ping'an walked around the Ganlu Hall and went to Guanyun Hall. After reporting, he entered the hall. Seeing that Shi Zhongchen's complexion had improved a lot, he was walking around the hall. He said happily: "Uncle Shi, your body has improved a lot!"

Shi Zhongchen sighed in his heart: "I want to do something, but I can't get better. Alas, it's a pity that I can only say that I'm just looking back now. I guess once the matter is done, I will have to collapse and I can never get up again."

Shi Zhongchen asked, "Did you bring that thing?"

Wang Ping'an took out a small box from his arms, handed it on, and said, "I brought it to my nephew. However, this medicine is extremely difficult to prepare, so I have to have a pill. Uncle Shi, this medicine is extremely powerful and must not be used unless it is absolutely necessary!"

Shi Zhongchen opened the box, looked at the pill, then looked up at Wang Ping'an, and said, "It's really effective?"
Chapter completed!