Chapter 832
When a war begins? Always have to be prepared or face the battle with no choice.
As for the current situation, Tian Lingzi is definitely not for the time when the war begins. He is now staying in Shu, and he thinks it is very good. He doesn't want to follow the emperor who has to touch the stone with an egg when he gets hot. However, he can't watch the emperor touch the stone. Tian Lingzi can maintain his current status, but in fact, he has to rely on the name of this emperor to a large extent. If there is no emperor, his brothers are just ordinary military leaders of the vassal states. No matter what, the emperor is an extremely useful sign in his hand, and he cannot watch him seek death.
"The Long Live Saint is so clear. The old minister also thought that Li Jing's move was a big controversy in the world. Fortunately, the old minister sent someone to inquire about it carefully. It was found that this matter was an alarmist statement from the person who reported the news. Someone in Qin's vassal did propose to support the royal family and the state. It is said that this royal family is the ninth emperor of Dengzhou, King Zhao of Your Majesty. However, this was just a subordinate of Qin's vassal, and Li Jing had directly refused." Tian Lingzi replied.
Li Yan felt a little surprised. Tian Lingzi and Li Jing were incompatible at the beginning, but today Tian Lingzi actually began to speak up to defend Li Jing and argue for him. This was too bizarre. He was shocked and suspicious, but he immediately understood.
Tian Lingzi was giving him a step, because the court could not move Li Jing at all. As long as Li Jing did not do anything too ruthless, the towns would not risk sending troops to attack Li Jing. If he issued an edict to attack Li Jing, no one would respond, and then he, the emperor, would lose all his prestige. He completely broke up with Li Jing, but could not punish Li Jing. The result would be disastrous. If the matter really reached that point, Li Jing might really establish another emperor.
But he was still a little unwilling to give up, and Huang Chao was about to finish. Maybe he could fight with Li Jing. Li Jing had 400,000 soldiers, and he also had more than 300,000 troops in his hands? What's more, if this battle was to start, he was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, Zhuzhen should be on his side.
He looked at Yang Fugong, but saw that he was silent. He asked, "Lieutenant Yang, what do you think?"
Before the emperor came, Yang Fugong had already had a head-on encounter with Tian Lingzi and Ximen Sigong. In addition to Zhang Tai, who was kissing Li Jing, and the others did not discuss with him, the result of a simple encounter between the three was that they did not indulge the emperor's excessive behavior. Not only could they not support the emperor's whimsical behavior and play with fire, they even had to pour a few basins of cold water on him.
Originally, he didn't plan to speak in the hall today, but since he had already asked, he had to come out and replied: "Li Jing is an important minister of the country and a great marshal who is seeking rebellion. He has always been steady and could never do such unfaithful things. This is just someone in the Qin vassal and talks randomly, and has nothing to do with the King of Qin. Your Majesty, Li Jing is about to get married to the 18th of this month, and will marry the daughter of Yu Ju, the commander of Tianping Zhenjie, as a wife. The Yu brothers will marry the daughter of Yu Gui, the governor of Lingnan East Road, Yu Qiu, the governor of Lingnan West Road, Yu Qiu, the governor of Pingzhang, and Yu Cong, each of them will marry one daughter. In addition, Yicheng Jiedu, the governor of Xuanwu Jiedu, and Yang, the governor of Huaixi Jiedu.
Xingmi, Fujian Jiedushi Zhang Rui, Zhendong Army Jiedushi Qian Liu and others all dowry the wives. In addition, the Xiao family of Lanling, Wang family of Taiyuan, Wei family of Jingzhao, Du family of Hedong, Pei family of Qinghe, Cui family of Qinghe, Cui family of Bohai, Li family of Zhaojun, Han family of Qingzhou, all rushed to Hebei to congratulate. In addition, the eastern Bohai Kingdom, Silla Kingdom, the eastern Ying Kingdom, Tatars, Xixi, Qie, Anqing, Sage and other tribes in the northeast also went to congratulate. I heard that even the Arab Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire and other Western powers in the distant Taixi, sent envoys to Hebei to congratulate, and there were also... "
Yang Fugong recited it for half a quarter of an hour in one breath. Li Jing's wedding was definitely a century-old event. The Tang Dynasty, the foreign countries, and even the Western Regions all sent people to congratulate him with great face. The vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, Yicheng and other towns with good relations with Li Jing, all sent dowry tools. Even other vassal states that were not close to each other were sent to pay attention to and witness the wedding.
The more Li Yan heard, his face became more gloomy. He knew what Yang Fugong meant.
Li Jing is now very powerful and very popular, and is more popular than him, the emperor. At least after he arrived in Chengdu, the towns have not been so generous to pay tribute.
What's wrong with this world?
The master is weak and the minister is strong!
He just remembered in his heart that there were eight vassal states that Li Jing had won through marriage, and the Qin vassal states were nine towns. These nine towns, from the northeast to the southeast, almost included half of the eastern part of the Tang Empire.
Li Yanqiang pressed the panic in his heart, calmed down, and turned his eyes to Tian Lingzi and asked, "What do you think of my father?" Although he was increasingly disliked the domineering of the old eunuch Tian Lingzi, he still had a hundred thousand new army of Shen Ce. In addition, he also controlled the three towns of Sanchuan through Chen Jingxuan and several confidant generals. It can be said that Tian Lingzi is now equivalent to the King of Shu, much stronger than his emperor. If he fought against Li Jing, he might be able to use his power. After all, the eunuch and Li Jing were mortal enemies in the past.
Tian Lingzi knew Li Yan’s thoughts very well, but he would never support him at this moment. It was true that he and Li Jing were incompatible, but he would not hinder his judgment due to personal grudges. He is now very satisfied with his life as the Shu King, who is not the King of Shu, and he doesn’t want to collide with Li Jing’s giant dragon for Li Yan’s personal feelings and thoughts.
He lowered his head and thought for a while, and he spoke, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks it's just a misunderstanding. If you explain it clearly, it's okay."
Li Yan stared at Tian Lingzi, very disappointed.
But Tian Lingzi didn't care at all and continued, "If Your Majesty could issue an edict, the old minister promised that Li Jing would never mention supporting King Zhao as the governor."
"What edict?"
"The next crime has been issued, and then a kind decree will be issued. Yu Yan's daughter will be awarded the title of princess, and the other three daughters of Yu's family will be awarded the title of princess. In addition, another edict will be issued to take back the previous titles of official titles to the generals of the Qin vassal state, and even the rewards of Cui Anqian and the five people will be cancelled." Tian Lingzi said slowly.
The expression on Li Yan's face changed from disappointment to anger.
The imperial edict of self-criticism is to let him take on all the crimes and take all the natural disasters and military disasters on himself. In this way, what else can he be the emperor have? What's more, when he ascended the throne, he was still in a young storm, and the state affairs were handled by Tian Lingzi and others. Although he has begun to rule in power, he still can't make decisions on many things. It's like giving up the two capitals and hunting for Chengdu in the west, he has the final say. But now, he has to bear all the responsibilities.
This is barely acceptable, after all, he is the emperor, and the world is in chaos, no matter what, the emperor has the responsibility for this way.
But what is this to ask him to add the title of Princess and Princess to Li Jing’s wife and concubines who are about to enter?
He knew how self-deception was just the so-called proposal of the state-controlled subordinates in the Qin vassal state was. This was definitely controlled by Li Jing, with the purpose of counterattacking the last time he rewarded the Qin vassal soldiers. But now, he was forced to palace and bullied by Li Jing. But they still asked themselves to add the title of Princess and Princess to Li Jing's wives and concubines who were about to enter. This was slapped in the left face. Do you still want him to stick his right face on?
When was the royal princess and princesses so worthless?
I am a dignified emperor and have been bullied by Li Jing. I have to please him like this. This is too much!
If only that was the case, he would still accept it.
But Tian Lingzi, the dead eunuch, actually asked him to issue an order to take back the previous order to reward the Qin soldiers.
This was simply asking him to eat the shit he pulled back. There was nothing more disgusting than this. If he did this, he would really surrender to Li Jing. He knew that the old eunuch Tian Lingzi was very smart. He saw the true core intention of this incident at a glance.
Everything started because he wanted to balance Li Jing, which started with that edict. So in the end, Tian Lingzi proposed it back to the edict, cancel the edict, let him slap himself in the face, and then Li Jing won the whole battle. From then on, the Qin vassal soldiers must have no one to the court and the emperor, and they would feel that they were played with and played with by the emperor. From then on, they would follow Li Jing with a heart of the Qin vassal soldiers. Li Jing could take this opportunity to further win over the hearts of the Qin vassal soldiers.
"Never!" Li Yan finally couldn't bear the anger in his heart. "Never, it's impossible, unless I'm dead!"
Tian Lingzi said without rushing and slowing down: "There are still a few days left before Li Jing's wedding. If Your Majesty issues an edict tomorrow morning and uses the fastest horse, you should be able to deliver the edict to the wedding scene on Li Jing's wedding day. It's still morning, and Your Majesty has one more day to consider."
Li Yan's eyes were almost spitting out of fire. He stared at Tian Lingzi, "What if I still refuse to issue this edict tomorrow?"
"Then after Li Jing's wedding, he might immediately support King Zhao as the governor!" Tian Lingzi said coldly, with a hint of warning in his tone. If things really reached that point, it would be very bad for him. In order to stabilize the situation, he, Li Jing's enemy, had to put some pressure on the emperor. Thinking of this, Tian Lingzi suddenly felt that all this was very absurd and ridiculous, but sometimes, this was the case.
Li Yan stood up and threw her sleeves away.
The ministers also withdrew from the hall, and Chen Jingxuan followed Tian Lingzi, "Why should we work hard for Li Jing like this? The emperor wants to compete with Li Jing, why don't we sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight?"
Li Yan has been very close to the Yang brothers recently, but he is getting more and more distant from their brothers. Of course, the person who sells cakes knows. And he also knows that Li Yan reused the Yang brothers, and Yang Fuguang has also worked very hard recently to win the support of several vassal states in the Central Plains, win over 200,000 to 300,000 troops, and even directly control a elite soldier of tens of thousands of people. This is the reason why Li Yan gradually became angry and full of confidence. The rise of the Yang brothers also made Tian Lingzi brothers feel extremely threatened.
"Some things can be done, some things can't be done. Although we are mortal enemies with Li Jing, the current situation is that Li Jing and us are separated by thousands of miles apart, and the waters of water will not interfere with the rivers. On the contrary, the Yang brothers are really our strong rivals. Originally, letting the emperor fight with Li Jing is indeed good for us. But you only see one, not the other. Li Jing is not the Li Jing's original marriage now. You have also seen how big the scene is? To put it bluntly, that scene is even bigger than the Tian family."
"What does this mean? It means that Li Jing has become a climate. If the emperor is patient, he might have destroyed Huang Chao and rely on the mutual checks and balances between the vassal states, and at least he can save the imperial court. But if the emperor is so anxious as he is now, then Li Jing will really have to establish another emperor. By then, the emperor will suffer the consequences, but we will lose the biggest card in our hands. Without the emperor, our brothers' lives will be far worse than they are now. Therefore, brothers, I don't care about the emperor. The key is that this involves our wealth and life. We have to sell Li Jing a few coolies."
Chen Jingxuan nodded and understood a little.
"Will Your Majesty agree to issue those three edicts?"
Tian Lingzi narrowed his eyes slightly, "Give him a day. Although he is sometimes a little stubborn, he will eventually understand the situation and know how to surrender."
Chapter completed!