Chapter 40 thirty-nine

Li Shimin sighed: "Oh, the gangsters have a passion, how many people can see the whole situation and understand the general situation?" Fan Xin said: "Please don't blame the people, Your Majesty, after all, there are so many people thinking about this country. The hearts of the people are available! I implore the emperor not only not to promote ministers, but also to demote ministers, so as not to damage the prestige of the emperor and boost the morale of the people. Sooner or later, we will defeat powerful enemies and make the country strong." Li Shimin said Very moved, he helped Fan Xin up and let him sit on a stool.Then Fan Xin remonstrated with Li Shimin. This time, Xieli led his troops back because it was not long before the reunification of the various ministries in the grassland, and the hearts of the people were not unified.However, this person has great ambitions, and he will definitely not be reconciled.The time God left for Datang is running out. If you don't try your best from now on, it won't be long before a truly unified prairie cavalry goes south again, and Datang will never have the chance to come back to life again!

Li Shimin looked shocked, looked at Fan Xin for a long time, and said after a long time: "I know your eyes can see very far, but I didn't expect to see so far!" Jieli retreated, and Li Yi in Jingzhou was the one who felt the most unhappy.He had been expecting Li Shimin and Jieli to fight to the death, but this situation never happened.Li Yi and the generals analyzed the situation. Everyone believed that Xieli had already retreated, and Li Shimin could free up his hands to deal with him. The situation has not yet settled down, so he withdrew to Yanliao. Li Yi accepted the advice of the generals, and quietly left the camp and entered the east, because he held a trump card in his hand - Li Chengqian, the eldest son of the emperor, and he felt very at ease along the way.At this time, Li Yi had already been pacified in name, and Jingzhou belonged to his line of defense. He left the line of defense without reporting to the court. The son was in the hands of the opponent, so he was really afraid of throwing a mouse, so he had to order Cheng Zhijie to command his troops to monitor him all the way in the name of rushing to help Chai Shao.

Before leaving, Cheng Zhijie visited Feng Deyi.It turned out that he was secretly ingratiating himself with Mr. You Pushe, hoping that the other party could marry a princess for his son.Cheng Zhijie was born in poverty, so he had to go to Wagang Mountain to become a bandit. Later generations gave him the title of "Devil of the World" Cheng Yaojin, and various folk tales portrayed him as a carefree and reckless man.In fact, in the official history records, Cheng Zhijie was a very scheming person, especially after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, he, a character from a humble background, was able to get along like a fish in water in the court that valued the family. Higher "emotional intelligence" is associated.

When they arrived at the Feng Mansion, seeing Feng Deyi, Cheng Zhijie shouted at each other, making Feng Deyi feel very at ease.Feng Deyi is an old bureaucrat who has seen the world. Cheng Zhijie came to bid him farewell when he was about to raise an army, and the thoughts in his heart were self-evident.Feng Deyi didn't turn around, and told Cheng Zhijie directly that Concubine Yang had promised to give Princess Qinghe to Cheng Huailiang, the eldest son of Cheng.This really made Cheng Zhijie feel elated.Concubine Yang's daughter has the blood of the emperors of the two dynasties, which has saved the Cheng family a lot of face!Cheng Zhijie couldn't stop bowing to Feng Deyi to thank him, the friendship between the two became closer, and they talked more, and they talked about the battle ahead.

Feng Deyi told Cheng Zhijie: "The emperor sent you to monitor Li Yi. This is not an easy task. This person has always been capricious. You must be careful." Cheng Zhijie grinned: "Don't worry, my lord, I am Cheng Yaojin. Who is he? Others are afraid of him, Li Yi. Will I be afraid of him? If he dares to harm the court, I am not a vegetarian." Feng Deyi waved his hand: "Don't let you be the devil king of Wagang Village! Temper, if you take the initiative to provoke something, it will not hurt the Zhongshan County King who is a hostage in Li Yiying. In the future, as soon as your son marries Princess Qinghe, he will become the brother-in-law of the third son of the emperor. , if something goes wrong with the eldest son of the emperor, people will talk about your selfishness!"

Cheng Zhijie looked at Feng Deyi, pondering the meaning of the words. Master Feng's words were very righteous, but the tone made Cheng Zhijie taste the opposite - if he wanted to pick something, Li Chengqian might be killed. Li Yi was killed, so the East Palace should belong to the Changsha County King, and the daughter-in-law he married back was not an ordinary princess, but the sister of the State Crown Prince.Thinking of this, he cupped his hands to Feng Deyi: "Your Excellency, I understand what you mean!" He had already made up his mind in his heart to tangle with Li Yi. Four days later, a dispute broke out between Cheng Zhijie's subordinates and Li Yi's Zuoying.When the news reached Chang'an, Li Shimin immediately called his ministers to discuss countermeasures.Feng Deyi looked heartbroken, and cursed repeatedly: "This Li Yi! He is really a capricious villain, and he is really a scum of the gentry." Changsun Wuji glanced at Feng Deyi, trying to catch it from the other party's eyes. What happened, he said calmly: "Your Majesty, Cheng Zhijie only has 30,000 people, I'm afraid he can't stop Li Yi." Li Shimin hesitated for a moment: "Quickly spread my decree and call Li Jingbei to attack Li Yi!" De Yi hastily stopped him: "Your Majesty, absolutely not, the King of Zhongshan County is still in Li Yiying's camp. Wouldn't this be putting the eldest son of the Emperor to death!"

Changsun Wuji said from the side: "Lord Feng, you can't just let Li Yi be like this. Fortunately, he has left Jingzhou now, if he is allowed to return to Yanliao, this battle will have to be fought for many years. "Eldest Sun Wuji's words touched Li Shimin. Although he couldn't bear to think of his eldest son Chengqian, he had no choice but to beat him right now. He gritted his teeth and ordered: "That's it! Abandon the lives of tens of millions of people in the world with their lives! De Yi, your pen is fast, go and draft a call to appeal to Li Yi!" Feng Deyi fell to his knees with a thump, pretended to be sad, and sobbed: "Your Majesty, it was the minister who sent the king of Zhongshan County into Li Yi's army. Once this article is published, the eldest son of the emperor will never survive. How can I be ashamed?" Ah!" Li Shimin said sadly: "I don't blame you, this is all my own idea, who made him the eldest son of the emperor!"

Back at the Hongwen Palace, Feng Deyi spent a whole morning carefully concocting a proclamation.His calligraphy has always been famous, and because he is in the high position of the right servant, he plays a very important role in the court. Therefore, when he put down the pen in his hand, all the officials behind him made a flattering sound.They all praised Feng Deyi in unison, as worthy of being a master of writing, he wrote a thousand-word grand essay in one go! A voice came from the side: "Let me also read and read." When everyone looked back, it was Changsun Wuji who came over.Changsun Wuji leaned forward to take a look, and nodded again and again: "Well, it's really good, no wonder even the emperor's enthronement edict has to be written by Mr. Feng! The master's handwriting is extraordinary! It won't take two days, I'm afraid the court will The crown prince is about to be established, and this edict is indispensable and I must invite you to come out." Feng Deyi looked at Changsun Wuji, pondered the meaning of his words, and said in his mouth: "My lord, the most urgent thing is to save the king of Zhongshan County. , and the rest will be discussed later.”