Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 528: Pulp the meat to repair sores
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The night is deep and everything is silent.
Chang'an, this ancient and magnificent capital city, is like a tired giant falling into a slumber of replenishment in the melancholy night, and like a towering Cangshan mountain, before a storm that hits the world. , Seems surprisingly quiet.
Recently, the atmosphere in Chang'an is quite unusual. All the reasons are because of an unreasonable and troubled person, a lot of nonsense at the banquet.
This person just came to Chang'an shortly after offering to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. He wanted to go to the northern court of the Western Turkic Khan.
After returning to the Tang Dynasty, he was given the title of a good county king and enjoyed a treatment superior to that of a state official. This made him a bit overjoyed, the king of the dead. So he drank a few more glasses at the state banquet that Li Shimin hosted him. Because he was unfamiliar with the Chinese principles and the method and the drunken gaffe, he actually regarded the Wei Wang Li Tai who came to the toast as the "prince" in public and offered him a big offering. Indulge in affection for the prosperity and tranquility of the rest of life.
The problem is that King Wei is only King Wei, not a prince!
So on the spot, many people's faces changed, and Wei Wang Litai was even more panicked, so he knelt down on the spot and begged him not to flatter him.
One of the most acute problems of Datang today was finally stabbed through the window paper by an outsider. So some ministers took advantage of the situation to make suggestions to Li Shimin, using ancient metaphors, quotations, long talks, and a lot of troubles. In fact, there was only one meaning-Datang, it should be the crown prince!
The overtones of the ministers are nothing more than: the emperor, your old man is still not clear about the prince, don't you embarrass us ministers? ——You are not in a hurry, but we are in a hurry! Now that the battle is over, it's time to take care of the court's internal affairs. At present, the civil and military forces of Manchu dynasty are faced with the big problem of "standing in team", and no one wants to stand on the wrong team now and be purged in the future!
Li Shimin also knows that paper can't contain fire after all, and contradictions and problems cannot be concealed blindly. It is time to solve the biggest hidden danger and crisis since the Zhenguan Dynasty!
"Within a year."
Li Shimin, for the first time in public, gave a deadline for establishing a crown prince.
This year is also destined to be the most special and important year since the founding of Datang. It will determine the life and death of many people, as well as the future direction of Datang and the fortune of the country.
For this reason, Li Shimin can't sleep at night. After tossing and turning into the middle of the night, he simply woke up and prepared to sit in the study.
Just arrived in the study room, but found that there were lights and people in it. Going in and see, her baby daughter Xiao Sizi is lying on the table and painting something, and there are two Gong E waiting next to her.
"Your Majesty!" Gong E saw Li Shimin and knelt down in a hurry.
"Father!" Xiao Sizi yelled happily, and squeaked into Li Shimin's arms.
"It's so late, why haven't you slept yet?" Li Shimin stroked Xiao Si's head affectionately and asked.
"The emperor can't sleep!" Xiao Sizi blinked her big smart eyes and said solemnly, "The emperor missed her mother!"
Li Shimin was speechless for a while, holding Xiao Sizi and walking to the desk to see what she had just painted.
Originally, Xiao Sizi would be the portrait of the Queen’s grandson, but unexpectedly, the painting was a general riding a horse.
Although Xiao Sizi is ten years old, she has been very intelligent since she was a child and has a great talent, especially in painting and calligraphy. As early as two years ago, when she was eight years old, she was able to imitate Li Shimin's "Fei Bai Shu" calligraphy so vividly that it is hard to tell the authenticity. In the past two years, she has started to learn painting from the painter in the palace, and she has already learned a masterpiece, which is amazing.
Li Shimin just glanced at him, and at a glance he thought who Xiao Sizi was painting.
Because she painted too much. If you have not seen it with your own eyes, it is absolutely unbelievable that this painting is by a ten-year-old girl.
"Good painting, Xiao Sizi." Li Shimin smiled and put Xiao Sizi down and said, "Tell my father, why did you not sleep in the middle of the night and ran to the study to paint his portrait? ?"
"I miss the village chief because of the emperor..." Xiao Sizi's mouth pursed slightly and said aggrievedly, "The emperor wanted to paint a portrait of his mother, but the emperor... can't remember My mother’s appearance has changed. These days, Huang'er has been alone in the Penglai Temple, and even Brother Jiu didn't come to accompany me. At night, Huang'er was lonely and scared and would miss the village chief. When the village chief is here, the emperor is not afraid of anything, so he can be very happy and happy, listen to him telling stories, and let him take me to play with Jiu Ge...Father, where did the village chief go? He hasn’t been for a long time. Come to visit the emperor!"
Some words made Li Shimin feel inexplicably sad. He said in his heart: I have been working hard to be a good emperor and a good father. But in the end, I still lacked care for my children and was a terrible father. Now, Saburo, Qingque, and young slaves can’t tolerate each other because of their brotherhood conflicts; even the innocent Xiao Sizi is left alone...
"Father, why don't you speak?" Xiao Sizi asked softly.
"He... is coming back soon." Li Shimin smiled reluctantly, and said, "Xiao Sizi, when you are a few years older, the emperor will pick you a good horse. Then you won't I will be lonely and not afraid."
The young and careless little Sizi slapped his hands and laughed: "Okay! Let the village chief be a messenger! Huanger, I like him the most!"
"..." Li Shimin was startled at first, and then he burst into laughter, "How can I do that? He is your sister Gao Yang's servant!"
"What does it matter?" Xiao Sizi smiled innocently, and said happily: "I also like Sister Gao Yang, so let me marry the village chief with her!" /
"Haha!" Li Shimin was amused and laughed loudly, "When you grow up, you won't think so."
"Father..." Xiao Sizi suddenly changed his face and pleaded pitifully, "You can let the village chief be my husband? Do you know that the emperor except for the father and brother nine? And the queen mother who doesn’t remember her appearance, there is no one she likes anymore. Now the queen mother is gone, and the father is busy with state affairs all day long. Brother Nine also moved to live in the palace outside the palace. Xiao Sizi is alone in the Penglai Hall. It’s so pitiful, so pitiful... Only the village chief, he loves me the most. By his side, the emperor always feels warm in his heart, just like being with his father."
"Hehe..." Li Shimin stroked Xiao Sizi's head and smiled.
In the smile, there is unspeakable kindness, shame and sadness.
"Father, call the village chief back for you, okay?"
"Okay!" Xiao Sizi slapped her slap happily.
"But..." Li Shimin stood up, took a few steps thoughtfully, and murmured meaningfully, "He may not be willing to come back now..."
The night is getting deeper.
Li Shimin came to Hongwen Hall. Fang Xuanling, the prime minister who stayed on guard for the night service today, was a little surprised to see the emperor visit the Hongwen Pavilion in the middle of the night and hurriedly welcomed him.
"Your Majesty, why didn't you come to Hongwen Hall until late at night?" Fang Xuanling asked.
"My heart is troubled, I can't sleep, so just come out and walk around." Li Shimin said relaxedly, "Xuanling, let me chat with me!"
"Yes..."
The two monarchs and ministers came to the official office where Fang Xuanling usually cooks official affairs. Li Shimin looked around and said, "Xuanling, you are already old. From now on, this kind of night duty shift will be given to young people. Subordinates to do it!"
"It's okay, Weichen is used to it." Fang Xuanling replied with a smile.
"Hmm..." Li Shimin seemed to have a thousand words to say, but for a moment he didn't know where to start. After a while, he was silent for a while, and he said, "What about news about West recently?"
"Return to Your Majesty, after the Khan Yugu from the Northern Court returned to the Tang Dynasty, there was no major news from the Western Regions. There was no major incident in Lanzhou and Luo, everything was peaceful." Fang Xuanling replied, "Yes. On the Liaodong side, Goguryeo seemed to have changed and wanted to join Baekje to use troops against Silla. King Jiang Xia, who had just returned to the Yuzhou Metropolitan Government after his reinstatement, sent me a memorial, asking whether the court needs to respond?"
"Korean people are dishonest again?" Li Shimin snorted a little annoyedly. "They saw that Datang's military fronts have been stretched in recent years, and they must have no time to look east. He took the opportunity to annex Silla to dominate the peninsula. . In fact, I thought about a few years ago that the imperial driver would conquer Goryeo and help the future generations. But there is always something like this, which is delayed. Now, Li Ji has eliminated Xue Yantuo and smoothed the northern desert, Qin Mu Bai conquered Tubo and flattened the Western Regions, so he just freed his hands to clean up Goguryeo!"
"Your Majesty..." Fang Xuanling hesitated to say something, her expression distressed.
Li Shimin smiled and said: "I know what you want to say. Don't worry, within three years, I won't let Datang have war again. The Northern Expedition, Pingfan and Western Expedition have already let the Treasury The people are suffering. Now if you don’t want to write Wu Xiuwen, Datang’s family will be emptied, and the world will have troubles. If so, even if there are thousands of miles of territory, it will be weak."
"Your Majesty is wise!" Fang Xuanling sighed and said, "At that time, the Han Dynasty drove the Xiongnu from the north to the Western Regions, and the army of the Han Dynasty was prosperous. However, because of the perennial poverty-stricken soldiers, the Chinese people suffered too much. , It also caused a catastrophe..."
Li Shimin's eyes lit up and he smiled and said, "Xuanling, do you have something to tell me?"
"My Majesty, there is no..."
"Haha!" Li Shimin smiled, "Doesn’t you mean the ‘Witch Gu’s disaster’ of Han Wu’s old age?"
Fang Xuanling's face changed slightly, and she hurriedly pleaded guilty, "Weichen did not mean that!"
Li Shimin waved his hand and said with an easy-going smile: "The disaster of the witchcraft in the last years of Han Wu caused the death and suffering of the queen, the prince, and countless ministers. You are not wrong to learn from the past and satirize the present. The East Palace is the future of the country and The foundation, the East Palace is not solid, and the hearts of the people are unstable, which will cause disaster for the country. I know that it is time to choose a prince for Datang."
Fang Xuanling did not dare to speak.
"What is Wei Wang doing recently? I haven't seen him come to court either." Li Shimin asked suddenly.
"Weichen don’t know. Recently, weichen didn’t see King Wei at the Hongwenguan." Fang Xuanling replied truthfully, "Maybe...is sick? Otherwise, King Wei will not come to court. ."
Li Shimin smiled indifferently, "He was born with Donggong's disease!"
Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly, "Since your Majesty knows, why should so many people suffer from this Donggong disease?"
Li Shimin also smiled bitterly, "Why don't I have this disease? This strange disease has been plagued by the Tang court for several years and it has not been cured."
"Your Majesty, please forgive the ministers for speaking out. When you are sick, it is one thing to cure or not to cure; cure or not to cure is another matter. In any case, there is always hope after cure. If you die... "Fang Xuanling stopped.
"Speaking of the point." Li Shimin nodded his head with deep conviction, "Now, I just want to be cruel and treat this disease. But this disease has been stuck for a long time, and it is hard to cure! It takes a few doses of strong medicine; when it is a last resort, even...cut the flesh to repair the sore!"
Fang Xuanling suddenly felt a flick in her heart, and a frightening color flashed in her eyes, and asked carefully, "The powerful medicine your Majesty said refers to..."
Li Shimin's eyes narrowed, his expression became miserable and helpless, he sighed and said, "I, I have always hoped to cure this disease through recuperation and comfort, but I didn't expect it to become more and more severe. We have reached the point of dying illness. If this disease is not cured, the court of the Tang Dynasty will be in chaos, and the world will also be in chaos. All the efforts we have made before and everything we have today will be vanished... …I have to dig the meat here to make up for my illness in the Tang court!"
Speaking, Li Shimin pointed to his chest.
Fang Xuanling's expression suddenly stagnated, and her hands and feet felt cold.
At this moment, a terrible thought emerged in Fang Xuanling's mind—His Majesty the Emperor was going to dig out his own heart... This should mean that among the three, Wei, Wu, Jin, There will be at least two, and they will suffer great harm!
"What a...sucking out the flesh to fill up the sore!" Fang Xuanling sighed deeply, "Your Majesty, Weichen is also the father of people. To make such a decision..."
Li Shimin waved his hand to signal Fang Xuanling to stop talking, he shook his head with a wry smile, "I, is there any other choice?"