"Dong — —!"
When the clock struck the third time at five o 'clock, the clock slowly rang.
A sharp and cold voice sounded in the Political Announcement Hall.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
As the voice fell, the officials hurriedly bowed and shouted in unison.
"Welcome, Your Majesty!"
Under everyone's surprised gaze, Li Shimin slowly walked up the Eight-Step Stairway to Heaven. He sat on the Dragon Throne and waved his hand indifferently.
At this moment, Li Shimin's condition was not good.
After all, no one would be in a good mood after a night without sleep, let alone Li Shimin, who was about to be removed from his heart.
Li Shimin's red eyes swept around indifferently. Then, he said indifferently, "Do you have a report to present today?"
"Your Majesty, this old official has a report to present!"
The moment Li Shimin's voice fell, Wei Zheng hurriedly stepped forward.
Li Shimin waved his hand. Wei Zheng then said, "Your Majesty, yesterday, the envoy from Tubo, Na Ritu, and the envoy from Tuyuhun, Zha Ke, have already settled down in the Honglu Temple. They are now outside the Palace, asking to see Your Majesty!"
"Oh? What are they here for? "
"Your Majesty, do you still remember the drought and the locust plague in Tubo? Because of these two disasters, Tubo is now in the same situation as the Tang Dynasty. They are extremely short of food, and it has become so serious that civil unrest has broken out! "
Li Shimin pretended to be surprised and looked around at the crowd.
The crowd only cared about avoiding Li Shimin's gaze. Li Shimin could not help but secretly despise these people.
In the end, Li Shimin swept his gaze over Yuchi Gong and the other two, asking, "General Yuchi, is this true?"
Yuchi Gong reluctantly walked out of the queue and said, "Your Majesty, what Prime Minister Wei said is true. Not only that, General Li Jing of Youzhou has sent news that Tuli has dispatched 100,000 elites, but his purpose is not pure. According to the news from Longyou Dao, Longyou's border has often been harassed by Tubo's rebels and soldiers. They are so annoyed that many places in our Tang Dynasty have been plundered …"
"Thus, this old general believes that the Turks must have dispatched their troops to take down Tubo!"
Hearing this, all the ministers in the Political Announcement Hall were shocked.
"What?"
"The Turks are simply too ambitious!"
"Your Majesty, send the troops! Attack! "
"No! Right now, our Tang Dynasty is also extremely short of food. If we send troops now, it will only bring a heavier burden to the people! "
When all the old ministers heard this, they could not help but burst into an uproar.
There was no other way. If the Turks really sent troops to take down Tubo, then wouldn't the Tang Dynasty be in imminent danger?
If they did not send troops now, then Tubo would definitely not be able to stop the Turks. Because of the Tang Dynasty's plan against Tubo, they would lose all their property in Tubo!
How could they not be anxious?
But once they sent troops, then the consequences …
Who would dare to think about it?
Therefore, at this time, everyone fell into an endless struggle.
Li Shimin was annoyed and snorted coldly. In an instant, everyone's discussion came to an abrupt end.
"Dear ministers, what do you think now? This time, Tubo must have come because of the 100,000 Turks. Do you think we should help them or not? "
"This …"
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the others were silent at this time because they already knew the result of this matter, but the Emperor was now testing them.
He wanted to test the foundation of these old guys.
Sure enough, after a while of hesitation, the minister of the Ministry of Works said, "Your Majesty, this matter needs to be discussed again. Our Tang Dynasty is suffering from a food shortage at this time, so it's not good to mobilize the troops …"
"Then let me ask you, once the Turks send troops, what should we do?"
"This …"
That person was speechless.
At this time, the officials who had prepared some words could not help but swallow back their words.
That's right.
If we don't help, then once the Turks take down Tubo, the door of the Tang Dynasty will be completely open to the Turks. At that time, the Turks will come and go as they want, and we will not be able to do anything to them!
What should we do?
This is a serious problem.
At this time, another official said, "Your Majesty, even if the Turks really take down Tubo, it does not mean that they will attack our Tang Dynasty! Moreover, now that the Turks are also suffering from a plague of locusts, they should be more in need of food than our Tang Dynasty. Cattle, sheep, and horses are almost out of food. How can they have the energy to start a war? "
Li Shimin wanted to kill someone.
However, he still suppressed the impatience in his heart and asked, "Tell me your opinion!"
Hearing this, that person said, "In fact, to put it bluntly, this is all because of the lack of food. Even if they can start a war against Tubo, in the end, both sides will suffer in the end. Moreover, Tubo does not have food at this time. In this way, even if they take down Tubo …"
Without waiting for him to finish, Li Shimin speechlessly interrupted this stubborn old man.
"Okay, I know what you mean."
Then, Li Shimin rubbed his forehead, looked at Wei Zheng and said, "Prime Minister Wei, you said that Tubo's envoys are here?"
Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said, "They are here, waiting for the summons outside the hall!"
"Summon them!"
"Yes!"
Hearing this, Xiao Guizi waved the whisk in his hand and shouted in a sharp voice, "Summon Tubo's envoys, Na Ri Tu and Tuyuhun's envoys, Zha Ke!"
…
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
