Chang'an City.

In Li Yuan's study.

Li Yuan, wearing a dragon robe, sat in the study and looked at a letter from Youjing. After reading it, he rubbed the letter paper in the palm of his hand and sneered.

"The dog slaughter in the city also wants to be emperor, and you are worthy," Li Yuan stood up and said disdainfully, "Wang Shichong's previous lessons are still there. The day when everyone betrayed their relatives and relatives are not far away from you."

The right servant of the Shangshu, Pei Ji, and Feng Deyi, the Minister of the Inner History, were on the side. He knew that Li Yuan was resentful of Li Chongjiu's claim to be emperor. The person who was dormant under Li Yuan in the past is on par with Li Yuan today. It is abnormal that Li Yuan has no anger.

Li Yuan asked, "Pei Qing, is there any news coming from Hebei these days?"

Pei Ji said: "According to the news from the secret spy, after two major battles, the Zhao army had just repelled the Turkic invasion for more than a month, and its vitality had not yet recovered. Moreover, the land in Hebei had just fallen and Li Chongjiu's foundation was not stable. Now it seems that he is raising his energy and preparing for his troops. There is no sign of going south for the time being."

Li Yuan nodded and said, "We must not ignore the surveillance of Hebei. We must order the General Manager of Bingzhou Li Zhongwen; General Manager of Jiangzhou Li Chen; and the General Manager of Huai'an Prince Li Shentong, the Ambassador of Shandong Province, to closely monitor Hebei. Once there is any movement of the Zhao army, come and report it to me immediately!"

Feng Deyi bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Li Zhongwen is Li Mi's uncle. Li Mi dares to rebel. It is hard to say whether Li Zhongwen has anything to do. It is probably inappropriate to entrust him to guard the other side now. There are also the children of Zhao County in the court who need to monitor it."

Li Yuan said: "It makes sense, but Li Zhongwen is Sanniang's subordinate. He can rest assured that he can control it."

Li Yuan immediately said: "Now our army is the first to capture Luoyang. I have issued an edict to order Li Xiaogong, the prince of Hejian, to be the general manager of the Jingxiang Road, and Li Jing is the chief of the march. The large-scale warships are arranged along the Yangtze River and attack Xiao Xian along the current, so that he dare not use troops to go north to reinforce Luoyang from Xiangyang."

Pei Ji heard this and said, "Your Majesty is wise. There are Li Zhongwen, King Xiangwu, King Huai'an, and the princesses monitoring Li Chongjiu, while there are Princesses in the south. Li Jing monitors Xiao Xian, and Du Fuwei is used by me. After several attacks, Wang Shichong is already like a turtle in a jar."

Speaking of this, Li Yuan and Pei Ji both laughed.

Li Yuan did have this confidence. With Li Tang's current power, he was able to fight with Zheng, Zhao and Liang at the same time. As long as Luoyang was broken, Wang Shichong would surrender. At that time, the world's tripod had been broken. Li Tang could sweep the world with the momentum.

While the two were talking, the eunuch outside suddenly reported: "Your Majesty, the Minister of the Secretariat Yu Wen and I ask for a visit!"

Li Yuan heard this and said, "Hurry up!"

Not long after, Yu Wenshi entered, but when he saw Li Yuan, he bowed and cried, "Your Majesty, I am guilty!"

Li Yuan couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Yuwen Aiqing, didn't he go on a mission to Luoyang? Why is he guilty? Could it be that something happened in Luoyang? Did the King of Qin suffer a defeat?"

Yu Wenshi said in tears: "Your Majesty. The King of Qin did not suffer a defeat, but the princess and princesses..."

Li Yuan shook his body and sat on the couch. Pei Ji and others stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

"Get out of the way, I can still hold on!" Li Yuan waved his hand and pushed him away. "Although I say, don't hesitate, tell me the truth!"

"No," Yu Wenji also squeezed out a few tears and took out a book and silk from his sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, this is the apology from His Highness the King of Qin. Please check it out."

Yu Wenhua and now placed it on Li Yuan's desk. Li Yuan raised his right hand and held the memorial, while looking at it, his sleeves trembled slightly.

After watching, when Li Yuan closed the memorial, he was already crying and trembling: "I am fifty-six years old this year, and I am actually a white-haired man who sends a black-haired man. How slight the heavens are to me!"

The ministers knelt down and said in unison: "Your Majesty, people cannot be resurrected when they die. Please beg for the sake of the change."

Li Yuanyi was on the couch, her eyes were a little red and swollen. After closing her eyes and meditating for a while, she suddenly looked at Yu Wenshi.

Li Yuan's eyes were like a knife, holding the memorial in his hand, pointing at Yu Wenshiji, and said sternly: "When Pingyang was in Heyang, why did the King of Qin suddenly summon her to Luoyang?"

Yu Wenshi said, "I heard it is the delivery of military affairs."

"I think I'm going to kill someone by using a knife!"

As soon as Li Yuan said this, the room was covered with coldness, and the ministers on both sides lowered their heads. Yu Wenshu said, "Your Majesty, there is no evidence to kill someone with a knife."

Even Pei Ji, who has always favored Li Jiancheng, said: "Your Majesty, this battle is imminent, so you should not easily suspect the general. Perhaps Wang Shichong deliberately got the news and ambushed Princess Pingyang to make the King of Qin embarrassed."

Li Yuan looked at the ministers and suddenly slapped the table with a bang and said, "Do you all think I am a confused person? It is rumored that the King of Qin intends to capture Luoyang and relied on his own. I ordered Princess Pingyang to go and dispatch troops. He pushed him to stop him and let my beloved daughter die at this time. Isn't it a coincidence that the King of Qin's desire to hold troops is obvious, and he actually disregards the brother-sister relationship."

"I decided to give up his military power and recall it to Chang'an, otherwise it would be a disaster for raising a tiger!"

Li Yuan did this, and even Pei Ji stopped persuading him. He didn't have to do much to do anything for Li Shimin. Anyway, he had already advised him and would not blame him in the future.

"Your Majesty, I have a word!"

Li Yuan looked at it and turned out to be Yu Wen Shiji, and said slightly unhappy: "What do you have to say?"

Yu Wenshi said: "Your Majesty is in a state of rage. Do you think of the disadvantage of changing commanders at the last minute?"

"explain!"

Yu Wenshi said: "There is no evidence whether the King of Qin has to kill someone with a knife. If the King of Qin has nothing to do with this matter, and the death of His Princess has already made the King of Qin very blame himself. Then, if Your Majesty rashly concluded that the King of Qin is related to this matter, wouldn't it be even more wronged that the King of Qin has made the King of Qin feel resentful and hurt the father and son."

"If something happened to the princess, no one wants to see it, but the death cannot be resurrected. It is not only useless to scold the King of Qin. Your Majesty cannot blame the King of Qin at this moment, but instead has to issue an edict to appease the King of Qin to demonstrate the emperor's tolerance. The King of Qin felt guilty and was grateful for the kindness of the emperor. There was no other way except to conquer Luoyang with death. This was better to make mistakes than to make mistakes. If Your Majesty changed the commander at the time of the battle and suspected the King of Qin, he would have to end up being disheartened by the King of Qin and the hearts of 100,000 soldiers in the Eastern Expedition. Under this stimulus, if the King of Qin took the risk, the Tang Dynasty would not only lose Luoyang."

Speaking of this, Yu Wenshi paused and said, "Your Majesty wants the King of Qin to return to his heart, or be disinterested. Do you think that the pain of our Tang Dynasty, Li Chongjiu and Wang Shichong's pleasure are all within your thoughts, and I beg Your Majesty to be cautious."

When Li Yuan heard what Yu Wenshu said, he was suddenly shocked. He immediately stepped forward and helped Yu Wenshu up and said, "It's still Yu Wenren who understands the matter, I almost made a big mistake."

Li Yuan said immediately: "Yuwen Aiqing, you will return to Luoyang immediately and tell the King of Qin that no one would want to do anything about Pingyang. Let him use his troops with peace of mind and conquer Luoyang as soon as possible and return to Chang'an."

After hearing what Li Yuan said, Pei Ji and Yu Wen Shi were relieved.

ps: The second update is here, happy Zongzi Festival for all book friends!
Chapter completed!