Chapter 857 Early Dynasty (1)
Today is not the day of a grand dynasty meeting, and many officials can sleep well, but important officials like Li Xiu and Changsun Wuji do not have such treatment at all. Instead, they get up earlier than usual. Although there is no grand dynasty meeting, Li Shimin holds small dynasty meetings every day, usually summoning them and Fang Xuanling and other important officials to Liangyi Hall to discuss matters.
Li Xiu usually recommends such a small dynasty meeting if possible. Anyway, he can't express any opinions on some ordinary government affairs. However, he got up early today and then prepared to take a bus to the palace because the bank has already been prepared and is about to start formal operation, and this also needs to be reported to Li Shimin.
When Li Xiu's carriage entered Chang'an City, the east sky had already emitted a faint light, and the sun was probably about to rise. If it were in the past, the gate of Chang'an City would definitely not have been opened at this time. However, with the lifting of the curfew, not only the curfew in the city has been lifted, but the closing time of the city gate has also been greatly shortened. Generally, it is only closed during the two to four periods, and the other periods are open.
The streets of Chang'an City were already very lively in the early morning. Most of the people who came into the city with Li Xiu were carriages pulling goods, and there were also vendors who came to the city to do business, such as vegetables and meat sellers. The stalls on the street were also set up, and the fragrance of various breakfasts also filled the entire Zhuque Street.
Li Xiu got up too early and didn't have time to have breakfast. At this time, he felt hungry. He immediately bought a Hu cake with mutton and walked in the carriage. When talking about the issue of eating in the morning court, a very interesting thing happened in the Tang Dynasty, that is, a foodie minister was too greedy. As a result, he bought a Hu cake when he entered the palace. However, he was seen by an official in charge of the law and discipline, so he was enrolled in a book and lost his official position in the end. This is one of the most painful prices paid by foodies.
When Li Xiu finished eating the Hu cake and the carriage entered the palace, a line of sunrise appeared in the east sky. When he reached Liangyi Hall, he found that Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others had already come, and were discussing some government affairs. However, when Changsun Wuji saw Li Xiu coming, he also showed a surprised expression. However, Li Shimin seemed to know something, so he just nodded to Li Xiu and asked him to sit aside.
"Your Majesty, news came from Cheng Zhijie that he had organized the remaining Dangxiang people and could move to the south at any time, but the road was high and the road was rugged and difficult to move. Most of the Dangxiang people were women and children, and there were probably many people who fell on the road." Fang Xuanling continued to speak at this time. It seemed that they were discussing the handling of Dangxiang's funeral just now.
"The Fang Xiang is a little worried. My Tang Dynasty is becoming stronger and stronger. Many new roads have been built between the states, and there is no shortage of food in various places. It can definitely ensure the needs of those Dangxiang people on the road. So I think it is better to immediately order General Cheng to escort these Dangxiang people to the south!" As soon as Fang Xuanling finished speaking, Changsun Wuji said with a smile.
However, as soon as he said that, Li Xiu next to him couldn't help but silence. Dangxiang Wuzhou is located in the southwest border and wants to escort them to the Dongting Lake area. The nearest road is to cross the Sichuan Basin and go east. However, although Sichuan is a country of Tianfu, it is full of mountains. Even Li Bai has the feeling of "the difficulty of Shu Road is as difficult as climbing to the blue sky". Now Changsun Wuji does not consider these things at all, but directly asks Cheng Yaojin to escort the Dangxiang people on the road. It is estimated that the corpses of the Dangxiang people will be filled with the Dangxiang people along the way.
"I kindly took in these Dangxiang people before, but not only did they not think about the emperor's kindness, but instead stabbed me in the back. It was simply a wolfish ambition. It was worthy of letting them suffer a little. In accordance with the Duke of Qi, he immediately ordered Dangxiang people to set off!" Li Shimin snorted coldly at this time. He was extremely disgusted with Dangxiang people now and wanted to destroy them. Now he could let the remaining Dangxiang people live, and he already felt extremely kind.
Hearing Li Shimin spoke, Fang Xuanling didn't dare to say anything. He silently wrote down Li Shimin's decision and prepared to wait until the court disperses before giving orders. This matter has been concluded, and then continue to discuss the next government affairs. Li Shimin picked up a memorial and handed it to Changsun Wuji next to him and said, "This is a document of request for help from the Silla envoy. It is said that there is something strange in Goguryeo, and it seems that he is preparing to launch troops to Silla this autumn. Silla feels that he is unable to resist, so he asks for help from our Tang Dynasty. What do you think you should do?"
"Your Majesty, Silla is a vassal state of our Tang Dynasty. We should send troops to support each other in terms of emotion and reason. I think it is better to send more troops in the Liaodong area to intimidate the Goguryeo people so that they dare not act rashly!" An old minister with gray beard stood up and said, "This old minister Li Xiu knew him, he was Empress Xiao's younger brother Xiao Yu.
Speaking of which, although Xiao Yu was the uncle of the former Sui Dynasty, he was strict and rigid, upright, and sometimes even more radical than Wei Zheng. He was also from a noble family. Therefore, he began to use Xiao Yu since Li Yuan. However, Xiao Yu repeatedly offended Yan Zhishang, and was dismissed from prime minister six times in his life. A year ago, he was re-empted by Li Shimin again, but he had been dismissed from prime minister three times before, and there would be three chances to dismiss the prime minister in the future.
Xiao Yu agreed to support Silla, which made several other important officials nodded in agreement. After all, Silla was an important piece that restrained Goguryeo by the Tang Dynasty and could not be given up easily.
"I agree with Xiao Xiangzhi's words, but in addition to Silla, Baekje also praised our Tang Dynasty. I think that Baekje can form an alliance with Silla to restrain Goguryeo, so that our Tang Dynasty can save a lot of effort. However, there are also great grudges between Silla and Baekje, so our Tang Dynasty also needs to mediate it!" At this time, Du Ruhui stood up and suggested.
"I'm asking!" As soon as Du Ruhui finished speaking, Li Xiu was the first to jump out to agree, but he didn't have any kindness. Why did Baekje hate Silla so much? It was not because Silla stabbed them in the back and took away a large area of their rich land. If the Tang Dynasty wanted to mediate from it, at least Silla had to let the annexed land be spit out to balance the national strength of the two countries.
"It's rare that you, Duke Yan, take the initiative to express your opinions. It seems that you are very optimistic about Du Xiang's proposal!" Li Shimin couldn't help but smile when he saw Li Xiu speak.
Chapter completed!