Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Thinking of Wei Zheng and Restoring the Tombstone, Harassing Goryeo and Plotting Far-reaching Plans

It was March of the 20th year of Zhenguan when Li Shimin returned to Chang'an.At that time, the spring was bright and the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant.After all, the expedition to Korea did not win a complete victory, so Li Shimin didn't have the mood to celebrate, and the capital seemed calm. During the expedition to Koryo, Li Shimin had no female attendants by his side. On his way back to Beijing, officials at all levels were cautious when they heard that Chen Yuanshou was dismissed for offering vegetables, and they did not dare to make mistakes, which made Li Shimin hungry and thirsty all the way.When he returned to the capital this time, facing the colorful beauties in the palace, he couldn't help but feel like a hungry man seeing a pile of delicious food and wanting to munch on it.Ever since, every night is full of spring, as if trying to make up for the shortfall of the previous period.

The so-called extreme joy begets sorrow. After more than ten days of fierce fighting, Li Shimin thinks that the root cause of the disease has not been cured due to the exhaustion and wind and cold during the expedition. In addition, he is forty-nine years old and cannot withstand such tossing, which finally leads to illness.Lying on the sickbed, he called Li Zhi, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others to his face, and said, "From today onwards, all the military and state affairs committees and the crown prince will be executed." Li Zhi refused, and said with tears: "After all, my son is too young to take on such a big responsibility."

Li Shimin sighed: "Zhi'er, I'm so sick, how can I listen to the government? Wait until I get better, and then look at things. I know that the burden of the country is too heavy, and you will have to pick it up one day. With the help of the ministers, you have experienced and practiced, and it will also make some preparations for you in the future." So Li Zhi listened to the government every other day in the East Palace. After the matter was over, he immediately entered the Taiji Palace to provide Li Shimin with decoctions and meals. He was very meticulous and never left Li Shimin's side.When Li Shimin was in class, he saw Li Zhiyuan coming to greet him, and he felt warm in his heart. Now he saw Li Zhi running back and forth, and his heart was moved again. He thought Li Zhi was too cowardly, but now he also began to agree with Changsun Wuji and others. People's "benevolence and filial piety" evaluation.Finally one day, Li Shimin called Li Zhi to him, and with affection in his eyes, he said, "Zhier, it's late spring now, and I have someone waiting here, so don't stay here all day, you can go out of the city for a tour." Well."

Li Zhi shook his head and refused to go, determined to wait by Li Shimin's side.Li Shimin couldn't do it, so he had to set up another courtyard beside the sleeping hall, and let Li Zhi live there. Seeing Li Zhi's filial piety, Li Shimin's heart was filled with warmth, and he felt that his illness had improved a lot. Rehabilitation means rest. Li Shimin lay on the sickbed and thought about the expedition for many times, and his heart gradually calmed down.He felt very energetic that day, so he asked someone to call Li Jing into his bedroom. Li Jing is sixty-five years old this year, he is already old and has lost the suave demeanor of previous years, but his energetic eyes still reveal endless wisdom.

Li Shimin kindly let Li Jing sit in front of the couch, and laughed at himself: "Brother Yao, I feel that my bravery has not diminished in the past, and I always thought that I was still young. But inadvertently, we are all old. You see, I am going to fight this time." Once, after returning to Beijing, he fell ill." Li Jing's mind was like lightning, he knew that Li Shimin's words of self-effacing were obviously insincere.Then he replied: "Your Majesty is as healthy as ever, and it is normal to suffer from minor illnesses occasionally. I believe that Your Majesty will recover after a few days of rest."

Li Shimin called someone to take out a brocade box, and signaled: "This is Korean ginseng. The local people say that it has the beauty of prolonging life. I will ask someone to bring some back to Beijing and give it to all the veterans. Brother Yao, people are eager to make contributions when they are young. , in old age, as long as the body is healthy, it is a great blessing. I have been lying on the sick bed these days, thinking wildly, and finally realized this truth." An eunuch opened the brocade box, and saw several ginseng lying side by side in it. The ginseng was huge and white in color, obviously it was old wild ginseng for many years.Li Jing has been traveling all over the world for many years, and he still knows the goods, so he hurriedly got up to thank him.When he got up, he thought to himself, Li Shimin has always been grand-minded and disdained to talk about the short life of life. After this expedition to Korea, he began to understand life. It seems that there must be a reason.Sure enough, Li Shimin's topic soon turned to the Battle of Koryo. He said: "Before I went on an expedition, I really wanted Brother Yao to go with me, but I couldn't bear you to suffer in a place of bitter cold. I have been thinking about it for the past few days. Brother Yao can go with us this time, maybe the result will be a different situation."

Li Jing said respectfully: "After several years of preparation, Your Majesty will finally attack Goryeo with a combination of water and land. Its army will sweep from west to east, and the boats will attack from the center. Veteran ministers have weighed many times, no matter who will come to this battle. All hosts will adopt this method, which is actually the best policy." "The best policy? But I trapped Xiaoyi with all the people in the world. What is the reason?" "Your Majesty is in the squadron in September, after all, it's because of the cold weather." When Li Jing said this, he suddenly remembered that Li Shimin summoned him not to let him comment on the victory or defeat of this battle, but to ask about the specific military aircraft's disposal, so he pondered for a moment , and said: "That day, King Ren Cheng entered the old minister's mansion to talk about the battle of Anshi. His Majesty did not invade Pyongyang this time because he was delayed too much in Anshi."

Li Shimin nodded and said: "Yes, since Li Shi besieged Anshi in early June, the army has been here for more than a few months. Brother Yao, the city lord of Anshi is really capable, and he can't move my army in Anshi. There are countless battles, and it is considered to have met an opponent." "Your Majesty has a high opinion of the Lord of An City. The Lord of An City is not mediocre, but if he does not have a strong city to rely on, it will be difficult for him to resist His Majesty for a few days. Your Majesty, the old minister heard the King of Ren City say that when our army besieged An City, Ren City Wang, Gao Yanshou and others offered a plan."

"What plan? I can't remember." "They suggested that His Majesty divide his troops to besiege Anshi, then send his troops to the east, and then call Li Daliang to lead the boats to the north, and work together to take Black Bone City. In this way, they will buy time and go straight to the city of Pyongyang. The old minister thought that if His Majesty had adopted In this case, the war may be a different situation." Li Shimin closed his eyes and thought quietly, recalling the scene where the ministers offered advice at that time.He opened his eyes, nodded and said: "I remembered, they did propose this strategy at the time. But Wuji opposed it with all his strength at the time, thinking that I should do a bright move to maintain the dignity of a great country. give up."

Li Jing originally wanted to say that soldiers are cunning, how could it be changed by the emperor's personal conquest?If you want to act brightly, it is a conservative policy after all, so you will lose the effect of winning by surprise.However, he also thought that Li Shimin's temperament was not as good as before, and he didn't want to provoke him too deeply, so he said lightly: "The old minister was not on the front line at the time, so he didn't know the battlefield, so now, after listening to the words of King Ren Cheng, I feel that this matter should be a turning point."

These days Li Shimin was quietly thinking on the bed, reviewing the gains and losses of this battle, his mood was relatively calm compared to the irritable and depressed when he was in class.Over the years, he experienced the death of Wei Zheng and the turmoil of Li You and Li Chengqian, and his mood was disturbed accordingly, so that he made an expedition to Korea.However, after all, he is a wise and wise person, who can realize the deep meaning of it according to the changes of current events and the gains and losses of events, and adjust his mood accordingly.After listening to Li Jing's words, he nodded after a moment of thought, "Senior Brother Yao is worthy of being a master of the art of war. After listening to a few words, he understood the opportunity for victory. Sigh, I have always been good at winning by surprise, why am I so conservative this time? It's because of getting older that he has the fetters of worrying about gains and losses. The commander-in-chief is not Wuji's forte, so why should I use his strategy alone?" It can be seen that Li Shimin said this from the heart, and he has a lot of regrets . Li Jing persuaded: "In this battle of Koryo, our army pulled out ten cities of Koryo and severely damaged its new force, which has shocked the whole country of Koryo. The veteran believes that the goal of this battle has been achieved, and your majesty does not need to think too much." Li Shimin shook his head, and said decisively: "Brother Yao, you know my heart well, if you can't win completely, you will be defeated. If I don't attack Goryeo, I won't let it go. If I can't conquer it, I will definitely not give up. That's what Gai Suwen always said I don’t know what’s good or bad, but at this time, I’m going to be celebrating in Pyongyang, and maybe I’m still bragging about it. Hmph, if I can’t take down Goryeo, I will swear that I won’t be a human being.” At that time, Li Shimin’s intention to attack Goryeo was because Gai Suwen killed the lord and rebelled, and harassed Silla. , did not listen to the call of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin's attack was only to maintain the majesty of the great country; now, in addition to the above reasons, Li Shimin's heart has added infinite resentment, and even has a feeling of being insulted, which is unbearable for him. of. Since Li Shimin returned from the Eastern Expedition without success, although Gai Suwen still sent envoys to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, his words were disrespectful, he was arrogant and rude to the Tang envoys, and he continued to invade Silla.Li Shimin was furious when he heard this, and Gai Suwen sent an envoy to Beijing that day to apologize and pay tribute to gifts and beauties. Li Shimin ordered them to be returned. Since then, Datang has cut off the road of paying tribute to Goryeo, making it clear that Goryeo is the enemy. While rejecting the tribute to Goryeo, Li Shimin reflected on the Goryeo War. As mentioned earlier, during the Battle of Goryeo, thousands of Tang troops died of illness, and their horses and luggage were completely lost. Although ten cities in Goryeo were pulled out and nearly 100,000 households were obtained, they were finally withdrawn. Liaozhou, Gaizhou , Yanzhou has its name, but there is no Tang army guarding it, and it has become a three-way boundary.Every time Li Shimin thought about this, he felt a lot of regret, Wei Zheng's figure appeared in his mind, and he sighed: "If Wei Zheng is here, he will definitely stop my trip." In fact, before this battle, most of the ministers in the DPRK and China did not approve of the expedition to Goryeo. However, they lacked Wei Zheng's stalking ability and could not change Li Shimin's mind. Li Shimin recalled Wei Zheng's many benefits again. After recovering from his illness that day, he summoned Yan Lide to inquire, "Where is the stele in front of Wei Zheng's tomb?" "According to His Majesty's order, I ordered the stele to be pushed down and destroyed with a heavy hammer. Only a few fragments remained in front of the tomb." "Is the inscription I wrote at that time still there?" "What His Majesty wrote at that time should be hidden in the secretary's prison now." "That's very good. You can go to the secretary's prison to take out this book, then find a beautiful stone, and let a good craftsman engrave it again. Can this be done in three days?" "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I personally went to supervise the construction, so that the craftsmen continued to carve the stone day and night. Three days later, this stele will be presented to Your Majesty." "Well, you hurry up and do it. Also, you pass the decree on your behalf to let Taichang Temple prepare the ceremony for the young prison. I will go to Zhaoling to offer sacrifices in three days." Yan Lide agreed and left. Three days later, Yan Lide really made the stele. Li Shimin led Prince Li Zhi and his officials to Zhaoling. At that time, the Cold Food Festival and Qingming Festival had passed, so it was not time to sweep the tomb.According to the customs at that time, one or two days after the cold food is the Ching Ming Festival, and people generally celebrate the two festivals together.The Tang system stipulates that cold food and Qingming can be given four days off.Li Shimin led a group of ministers to Zhaoling today to pay homage to Zhaoling, but there is actually another meaning. When they arrived at Zhaoling, Li Shimin asked his officials to wait at the foot of the mountain, and he and Li Zhi came to the tomb of the eldest grandson Jiamin. Under the guidance of the staff of Taichang Temple, Li Zhi burned candles and incense in front of his mother's tomb, and then burned paper money to worship.According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, there used to be a fairly complicated set of rituals for the crown prince to pay homage to his mother, but today's ceremony is relatively simple, like ordinary people sweeping graves. Standing in front of his wife's tomb, Li Shimin said silently: "Sister Min, are you okay underground? I am going to Liaodong, and I miss you all the time." His sigh was genuine, and perhaps as he got older, he missed the old love more and more. The father and son stayed in front of the grandson Jiamin's tomb for a while, then turned and went down the mountain. Since Li Shimin issued an edict to allow ministers of civil and military affairs to be buried with Zhaoling, many tombs have been piled up around Zhaoling.On both sides of the downhill corridor, the tombs of civil officials stand on the left, and the tombs of military officials line up on the right.The tombs of Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Su Shichang, Xue Shou, Dai Zhou and others in the Wen Palace are lined up in a row, standing there quietly, as if they are still thinking deeply; among the military officers, the tombs of Qin Shubao, Zhang Gongjin, Li Xiaogong, etc. Tall, still showing heroic qualities.At that time, Taichang Temple sent people one by one to burn candles and incense in front of these people's tombs, and dozens of flames jumped in the mountains to sacrifice their souls. The ministers stood in front of Wei Zheng's tomb at that time. Compared with other tombs, Wei Zheng's tomb looked dilapidated because Li Shimin ordered his tombstone to be erected and his family members expelled.At this time, the people of Taichang Temple took new soil from nearby to cultivate the tomb, and in a blink of an eye they cultivated the tomb to a new look and formed a new tomb. Seeing Li Shimin coming, Taichangqing Lucai hurriedly went to Li Shimin to ask for an order. Li Shimin nodded and said, "Okay, let's start." Therefore, Taichang Temple worshiped Wei Zheng with the ritual of Shaolao.The various ceremonies were quite complicated and took more than an hour. After the sacrifice of the young prison, Li Shimin turned to Yan Lide and said, "Yan Qing, erect that monument again." Yan Lide received the order and hurriedly ordered the craftsmen to dig a hole in front of the tomb. The hole was completed in a short while, and they carefully erected the stele in the hole. Li Shimin took the shovel in his hand, then took soil and sprinkled it into the pit, and said to the officials: "You all, come and add a handful of soil for Wei Zheng." The ministers followed Li Shimin to Zhaoling, thinking that they would come to worship the queen together, but Li Shimin would not allow them to go up the mountain, but let them wait in front of Wei Zheng's tomb.From this point of view, today's highlight is actually offering sacrifices to Wei Zheng.They didn't dare to say much, they all silently picked up soil one by one with their shovels, and quickly buried the tomb. Li Shimin touched the tombstone with his hand, and said to the officials: "I wrote this inscription myself at the beginning to honor Wei Zheng's achievements, but I fell down soon after. Today, when it is restored, do you know its meaning?" The officials didn't know what it meant, so they didn't dare to speak. Li Shimin went on to say: "This expedition to Liaodong, I had a lot of advice from the ministers beforehand, but I didn't listen, so I made this trip. If Wei Zheng didn't die, would things still be like this?" Only now did the officials understand what Li Shimin meant. It turned out that the emperor blamed the expedition to Liaodong on the fact that the officials could not be as bitter as Wei Zheng.Some of them thought, if Wei Zheng didn't die and the emperor insisted on his idea, would Wei Zheng really be able to discourage the trip to Liaodong?Na Bigan persuaded King Zhou of Yin, but was killed in the end.From this point of view, whether the admonishment can play a role depends on whether the emperor is enlightened.Although Li Shimin could be regarded as an enlightened emperor, after Wei Zheng's death, his attitude towards accepting advice changed. Recently, Liu Jie, who was the most daring to speak, was bestowed to death. Changsun Wuji said: "Your Majesty's instruction is very true. Since Wei Zheng's death, the ministers lack Wei Zheng's insight and the spirit of bitter advice, so that the court's great government has been damaged. This is the fault of the ministers and others." Li Shimin said: "This is not the fault of the ministers, but my fault. Wei Zheng has repeatedly advised me to rest with the people and not to use their power lightly. I was so angry that I started the battle of Liaodong. I returned to Beijing Afterwards, I reflected on this section many times, and lamented that if Wei Zheng was still alive, I would not have made this trip. Today, I bring you here to worship the spirit of Wei Zheng, and then restore this monument. The two want to use this to tell everyone that in the future, Wei Zheng must be used as an example, and they can be remonstrated with reason, so that I will be less likely to make mistakes." All the ministers were moved when they heard the words.Chu Suiliang respectfully said: "At the beginning of the Zhenguan Temple, Your Majesty feared that people would not speak, and led them to remonstrate. Therefore, Wei Zheng and others dared to rebel against the dragon scales, opened a generation of admonitions, and achieved the prosperous age of Zhenguan. Your Majesty will restore Wei Zheng's stele today. From now on, I will use Wei Zheng as a model, and I will say everything I know, and I will say everything." Chu Suiliang's words were in line with Li Shimin's heart, and he praised: "Suiliang's words are very suitable for me. Wei Zheng said in the early years of Zhenguan, 'If you listen to both, you will be clear, and if you listen to others, you will be dark'. If I don't listen to the words of the ministers, I will Hearing and believing, losing the original meaning of the matter, and making a big mistake. Do you still remember what I said not long after Wei Zheng passed away?" "Using copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes; using ancient times as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs; using people as a mirror, you can understand gains and losses. I try to treasure these three mirrors to prevent my own mistakes. Now that Wei Zheng has lost it, he has lost one mirror. "Li Zhi, who was beside Li Shimin, recited these words aloud. Li Shimin cast an admiring glance at Li Zhi, and said, "That's right. I said at the time that Wei Zheng's death would lose a mirror, but it was actually a bit absolute. I hope that all the ministers are like Wei Zheng, so that there will be many mirrors, and we will be able to prevent it." My fault. Prince, if you can remember this, it will not be in vain for the many days of assistance from the officials." Li Shimin asked Fang Xuanling again: "Xuanling, where is Wei Zheng's wife?" Fang Xuanling replied: "Not long after Wei Zheng passed away, his wife Pei led the family and moved back to Hebei. Now there is no news for a long time." not go down.When Pei was helpless, he had to lead his family back to Wei Zheng's hometown to farm for a living. Li Shimin's face showed guilt, and he said: "Yes, Wei Zheng's tomb is so dilapidated, maybe it's because his family is too far away to clean it. Xuanling, you can send someone to find his family and let them return to Beijing to live The expenses for setting up his family can be allocated from the inner government. You can ask the Ministry of Officials to restore the title of Wei Zheng, and his son can inherit the title. If his son has talents and is worthy of use, he can also be appointed after the assessment." Fang Xuanling bowed and agreed. Li Shimin's words changed the fate of Wei Zheng's descendants.Wei Zheng had four sons: the eldest son Shuyu, the second son Shuwan, the third son Shulin, and the fourth son Shuyu. They were farming at home at this time and had no chance of turning over.Returning to Beijing this time, Shuyu and Shuwan were quickly awarded official positions. A year later, Wei Shuyu was awarded the title of Guanglu Shaoqing. In addition to what Li Shimin did to Wei Zheng, he also regretted Liu Ji's death.Ma Zhou reported to him that day: "I heard that before Liu Ji committed suicide, I asked for a pen to write a letter to Your Majesty." "Where is his book?" Li Shimin asked hastily. "The guard said that there was a strict order and he dared not give him the pen and paper, so the book could not be written." Li Shimin was silent for a moment, then said quietly: "Before Liu Ji died, I think he had a lot to say. Now that people and ghosts have different paths, his words have to be hidden in the nether world." Ma Zhou listened to his words and knew that he had regretted it.However, when Liu Jixin died, if Li Shimin were to be restored to his official position, it would be impossible, so he did not dare to pursue him further. Li Shimin angered those guards, and called Xue Rengui, "Go and find out immediately, who were guarding Liu Bo at that time? Why didn't they give Liu Ji a pen and paper? If the evidence is true, he will be punished." Liu Ji's death was really a grievance.The history books have written here, praising his talents, such as the so-called "kings and officials" in "Yi".One of them sighed: "Taizong's wisdom is hidden from anger, and his loyalty cannot be asserted above, let alone below? The ancients used words as a warning, but they should be careless!" Should quit! After all, Li Shimin couldn't let go of Goryeo. On this day, he called a group of ministers in the West Nuan Pavilion of Taiji Hall to discuss the matter of defeating Goryeo. Li Shimin waited for everyone to sit down, and said: "Gai Suwen is rude, I have given up his tribute. Our army was hindered in this battle in Anshi and failed to reach the city of Pyongyang, then Gai Suwen must be extremely rampant! I summon you today Come here to discuss the matter of attacking Goryeo again, if Gai Suwen is not captured and brought back to Beijing, I swear I will not return my troops." The ministers looked at each other in blank dismay. Li Shimin was talking about his remorse for cutting Goryeo at Wei Zheng's tomb the day before yesterday. Why did he propose to cut Goryeo the next day? Li Shimin obviously noticed the hesitation of the ministers, and said again: "You must think that my words are insincere! I just restored Wei Zheng's tombstone, and I am going to attack Liaodong again soon. His mind has changed so quickly. Is it like this? No. I Regarding the affairs of the barbarians, we do not advocate the use of force to coerce each other. However, Gai Suwen is very rude. If I ignore him, Gai Suwen will become more arrogant. In this way, when other countries see him, they will definitely despise Datang, so this battle is inevitable " Li Shimin's tone was decisive, and it was difficult for anyone to dissuade him from the idea of ​​defeating Goryeo. Li Shi asked: "Your Majesty wants to attack Goryeo, when will it last?" "Next year. In March next year, our army will arrive in Koryo." Fang Xuanling, Chen Junbin, Yan Lide and others in the seat all showed embarrassment. This time the class teacher lost all their belongings.If the invasion of Koryo begins in March next year, the army will start before the end of the year. Now that the country is full of food and grass, there is no need to worry about it. However, the time for supervising the construction of ships, vehicles, catapults, and crashes is too short. Li Shi has always advocated the attack on Goryeo. After all, he is a military expert, and he also understands that it is difficult to raise all things in the short term. Seeing that the officials were speechless, Li Shimin asked Yan Lide, "Yan Qing, are those boats still in good condition?" "All the boats are not missing, and they are now gathered in Laizhou." Yan Lide replied honestly. "Well, among all things, the construction of boats is the most time-consuming. Now that the boats are not lost, other items are not a concern." Li Shimin asked again: "Yan Qing, the cities of Goryeo are strong, and it is impossible to attack them with catapults and ramming cars." You have participated in the Battle of Goryeo this time, and observed the situation of its city defense nearby, is there any magic way to break through its city wall?" Yan Lide said: "I observed closely that the city was built on a dangerous mountain, and ordinary siege tools are ineffective. It is useless to build more catapults and crash cars. I think about it day and night, but I really can't think of a good way." .” Li Shimin was a little disappointed, and said: "In the past, when I dealt with strong cities, we mostly used the method of besieging the city and not fighting, and chaos will occur when the food is exhausted. In Liaodong, it is very cold in winter, and it is difficult for our army to stay there for a long time. This method is also good. It's out of order." Changsun Wuji scolded: "That's right, Gai Suwen is like a tortoise, relying on its terrain and severe cold to confront our country. If he has the guts, why not fight in the wild?" Li Shi said at this time: "Your Majesty, I think Gai Suwen is really rude. It would not be a blessing for the world if he was allowed to wreak havoc in Korea. However, it is really high-sighted for our country to send a large number of troops to fight against it not long ago. Gai Suwen, I thought it would be enough to send a partial teacher to attack and harass." "Choose partial teachers? How will we harass them?" Li Shimin knew that Li Shimin would not speak out easily, and he must have thought carefully about using partial teachers to harass him now. "It took more than three months for our army to besiege An City. The Koreans are good at building a city against mountains, and they cannot be attacked suddenly. Just as Changsun Situ said just now, Gai Suwen resisted our country with a strong city and severe cold. We should Avoid its long and attack its short." "Well, it is its strong point to resist our country with its strong city and severe cold. What is its shortcoming?" "Your Majesty's personal conquest, the Korean people are busy fighting, and they have not been able to farm since last year; we have conquered ten cities in a row, and harvested all the grain in the city. As a result, there are no people in the west of Gaoli'an City, the cities are depressed, and there is an extreme shortage of food. Your Majesty If we can send two sided divisions, all the way from Laizhou to cross the sea to attack and harass, and all the way to self-operate the state to harass its borders, so that they will be exhausted and have no time to grow food, within a few years, their hearts will be separated, and they can win without fighting." After listening to Li Shi's suggestion, Li Shimin and the officials thought about it for a while, and thought it was a good idea. Li Shimin looked at Gao Yanshou and said, "Gao Qing, what do you think of this plan?" Gao Yanshou replaced Tang Jian as the Minister of Honglu. He was sitting in the back row. He got up and replied, "Li Shangshu's plan is really ingenious. After a few years, the Goryeo Kingdom will be ruined. But in this way, the people of Goryeo will suffer unspeakably." , I am originally from Korea, so I can't bear it." Li Shimin asked Gao Yanshou to sit down and said: "By the way, I forgot that you are from Korea. It is too cruel to ask you like this. It is not wrong for you to have such a heart of forgiveness. However, you are now an official of the Tang Dynasty." , you should focus on the big picture and not be confined to the small. You should see that it is a blessing for the people of Goryeo to suffer for a few years and get rid of the tyrannical Gaisuwen rule." Li Shimin said this, showing that he must Ke Gaoli's determination. Gao Yanshou remained silent, thinking in his heart that if Li Shimin adopted this strategy, after two years, Koryo would be in dire straits.Looking at the right time again, Datang dispatched heavy troops to attack on a large scale. Goryeo could not resist this fatal blow.He thought of Gai Suwen again, he made a fatal mistake in being an enemy of Datang.It is very appropriate to use the mantis arm as a cart to describe it. Li Shimin looked at the officials and said: "Do you think that choosing a partial teacher to harass Goryeo can be used?" Fang Xuanling is sixty-nine years old. In recent years, Xu is getting older. He has been suffering from minor illnesses and looks a little haggard. He took the lead in answering: "Li Shangshu's plan is a bit cruel to the Korean people, but it is very cruel to me in the Tang Dynasty." It is indeed a clever plan to send a partial army to attack and harass the country without touching the foundation of our country, which is a fatal blow to Koryo. If Gai Suwen is sensible, he can stop attacking Silla and repair with our country, so that there is no need to go to war. It is really a blessing for the people.” Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "Fang Si Kongzhai is kind-hearted, thinking that Gai Suwen can stop attacking is really too optimistic." Li Shimin interjected: "Wuji is right. Gai Suwen has such a heart that even ten bulls can't pull back. We will send a partial teacher to harass him. After two years, I will go to conquer him personally. Capture Gai Suwen." Fang Xuanling had always been disapproving of Li Shimin's personal conquest of Korea, but now he heard that Li Shimin wanted to personally conquest again, so he remonstrated: "Your Majesty, the world is in peace now, and only Korea is the only one to be punished, and Your Majesty wants to personally conquest, I think it is impossible." Li Shimin got up and walked in front of Fang Xuanling, stroked his back and said: "Xuanling, I understand what you are saying, and I also know that there is no need to be angry with Gai Suwen, but since I am about to decide the affairs of the world, I cannot give up halfway. Gai Suwen is rude to me. Seeing that our country is difficult to conquer its city, he must be even more arrogant. I can't swallow this tone, and I have to subdue him. Xuanling, don't persuade me again." Ma Zhou, Chu Suiliang and others also had the idea of ​​persuading Li Shimin, but seeing that Li Shimin was determined to win, they dared not persuade him any more. Li Shimin saw that the officials were silent, so he said: "Forget it, this matter is settled like this. Li Qing, I will appoint you as the general manager of the Liaodong Road Marching. You can choose 3,000 elite soldiers from the country and go to Yingzhou to join Zhang Jian. Go to harass the border of Koryo; then give Cheng Mingzhen the chief commander of the Qingqiu Road march, with more than 10,000 soldiers, sail from Laizhou across the sea by boat." Li Shi got up to receive the order and asked, "Please indicate the time for the expedition, Your Majesty." "You can reach the front line at the end of the year, and when the weather warms up in March next year, you can split up. Li Qing, you will be in charge of the two divisions. When you enter the territory of Koryo, don't insist on attacking the city. You can divide into small groups. The troops harassed everywhere, burned the city and burned the food whenever they saw it, which made Gai Suwen tired of coping." Li Shi bowed and agreed. The country of Koryo never had a peaceful day. Tang Jun's erratic tactics made Gai Suwen confused at first, but when he understood Tang Jun's intentions, he finally had no good way to deal with it, so he had to let it go. Li Shimin also asked Chen Junbin to be the envoy to prepare grain and grass, and to solve the problem of long-distance transportation. For this reason, more grain transportation vehicles should be built; Yan Lide was also asked to continue to supervise the construction of warships, so that the warships were continuously gathered in Laizhou. For boat masters.In this way, on the one hand, Li Shimin sent two groups of Tang troops to harass Goryeo to achieve the goal of gradually ruining it;It is conceivable that the next campaign will be much more violent than the first. After discussing the matter of Goryeo, Gao Yanshou played again: "Your Majesty, the Silla Kingdom came to envoy yesterday, and I hope that Your Majesty will receive it." Li Shimin thought that Silla's envoy would come to sue Goryeo and Baekje for attacking, so he asked Tang Dynasty to send rescue troops, so he said: "Gao Qing, today's matter has been decided, you can tell the Silla envoy in detail, so that They shrink the battle line, rely on the fortified city to resist Goryeo, and don't take the initiative to attack. After two years, I will conquer Goryeo and return the Silla land it occupied." "After returning to Yamen, I will convey your Majesty's decree to the Silla envoys, so that the Silla king will command the subjects to fight against Goryeo and Baekje tenaciously, and survive these two years." "That's right, that's it." "The Silla envoy also brought another person, but it was the envoy of Japan, who asked for a face-to-face." "Japan? I remember that our country sent envoys to this country a few years ago. Because of the envoys, the two countries have never communicated again. Well, I can see him." "Your Majesty, the Japanese envoy proposed that the emperor wants to send a large number of envoys to Tang Dynasty." "Send an envoy to the Tang Dynasty? Just come, what's the mystery?" At this time, Xiao Yu stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, I guess that the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty came from the envoys sent to the Sui Dynasty." "Send Sui envoys?" "Before the Sui Dynasty, Japan did not have good relations with our country. Most of the Chinese classics and artifacts it introduced came from Baekje and other countries. In the 15th year of Japan's Emperor Suigu, his Prince Shotoku was in a relationship with the Baekje people. During the contact, I read many Chinese classics and yearned for China very much, so I sent Ono Meizi and others to send Sui envoys to Japan, accompanied by Baekje envoys, and arrived in Chang'an in the fourth year of Sui Daye. Emperor Yangdi received Ono Meizi and others at that time, and promised Japan can send more envoys to the Sui Dynasty. Later, China encountered war and the Sui Dynasty destroyed the Tang Dynasty, so Japan wanted to send Tang Dynasty envoys again." "What is the purpose of Japan sending Tang envoys to our country?" "Sister Ono came to Chang'an at the beginning, and she kept saying that the purpose of coming to China was to seek Buddhism. In fact, her pursuit of Buddhism was true, but more people came to learn about our country's calendar, literature, official system, laws, etc., which covered everything. Then Prince Shotoku established the crown and promulgated the law shortly after Ono's sister finished her studies and promulgated the law, which was based on the Sui court's regulations, thus modifying his court's crown and government office. compilation." "Well, Japan lives in the middle of the sea, but it is very far-fetched to yearn for the style of China. By the way, they want to learn our culture, can they understand Chinese characters and Chinese?" "Long before the Wei and Jin Dynasties, "Thousand Characters", etc. were introduced to Japan through Le Lang and the Han people who brought Fang. The Japanese gradually began to use Chinese characters and became proficient. So far, Japan has no own characters. The upper echelons of the court all use Chinese characters, and their songs and poems and records of historical events are all written in Chinese.” Li Shimin was silent for a moment, then turned to Gao Yanshou and said, "Gao Qing, you can arrange a date, and I will meet them. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty spent more than 30 years in poverty, exhausting China, and got very little. I don't want to take anything. Japan actively asked I think it is a good thing to send envoys to China, and it can reflect our spirit of virtue." At that time, due to the strength of the Tang Dynasty and the development of transportation, the prestige of the Tang Dynasty spread far and wide, and its charming culture swept the world.The princes and rulers of the four corners of the world all come to pay tribute, and the nine barbarians look at each other in the road.Those who are enemies of Tang Dynasty like Gai Suwen are actually very few. Gao Yanshou bowed and agreed, and played again: "On the day of Yuanzheng this year, because His Majesty was not in the capital, the rulers of various countries came to congratulate and did not see His Majesty's face, and felt deeply regretful. Recently, the heads of the northern ministries heard that His Majesty returned to Beijing, They gathered in the capital again and asked for a face-to-face saint." Hearing this, Li Shimin looked at Li Shidao: "After the death of Khan Zhenzhu, Xue Yantuo experienced the battle of Shuofang, and he has declined. The situation in the north has changed since then." Li Shi replied: "Your Majesty has a great plan. From then on, Xue Yantuo will be expelled into the Northern Wilderness, and he will not dare to provoke again." In the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Khan died of illness, and his son Domi Khan succeeded him.This Domi Khan was impatient and jealous, he abandoned his father and noble ministers, and devoted himself to being intimate with him.He saw that Li Shimin led an army to expedition to Liaodong, and thought that his country was empty, so he led his cavalry to attack Shuofang. Before Li Shimin left, he had already considered that Xue Yantuo might invade the border, so brothers Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun led troops to station in Xiazhou to prepare for Xue Yantuo.Domi Khan led his troops to Shuofang, and Xue Wanjun led his troops to confront them. As soon as the two sides fought, the Tang army was defeated and immediately lost.Entering the territory of Xiazhou in this way, Duomi Khan suddenly saw a large number of Tang soldiers appearing on both sides, the leader was Xue Wanche, Fang Wu fell into the trick of the Tang army to lure the soldiers, and hurriedly ordered to return to the army, Xue Yantuo's soldiers were defeated, and rushed back six hundred Yu Li. Domi Khan was unwilling to be reconciled to this defeat. He deceived the Tang Dynasty's Eastern Expeditionary Army and came to invade the border again.Li Shimin heard the news on the way to the class teacher, he was still ill, and said angrily: "Crazy boy, are you bullying me that the Tang Dynasty has no soldiers?" Li Shimin issued an imperial order from his sickbed, asking Li Daozong to send troops from nine states, including Shuozhou, Bingzhou, and Daizhou, to town Shuozhou; ; Xue Wanche and Qibi He Lifa Lingzhou, Gyeongju and other five state soldiers to town Lingzhou; and Lingzhi lost his mind and defeated the Turkic soldiers in the two states, echoing Li Daozong. Li Shimin then ordered Li Shi to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to go deep into Turkic territory from Yanmen Pass, and then marched to Yu Dujun Mountain, forming a high pressure on Xue Yantuo.Li Shimin also sent seal letters to Huihe, Tongluo, and Xijie tribes, asking them to assist the Tang army in besieging Xue Yantuo.This is why Li Shimin chose to return to Beijing from Taiyuan when he was in class. The Tang army stationed in Yudujun Mountain disturbed Xue Yantuo's country. In a day, some people often said that "Tang soldiers have arrived", which caused great chaos among the ministries.Domi Khan was terrified in his heart, and he led thousands of riders westward one day and one night, but was discovered by the Huihe tribe, who attacked and wiped them out. Domi Khan was killed in the rebellion, and his men were also beheaded. When the people of Xue Yantuo heard that Domi Khan had been killed, some of them went west in fear, and some of them went to Yudujun Mountain to surrender to the Tang army.In this attack, Li Shi didn't fight Xue Yantuo, but he won without bloodshed. It was extremely easy.He submitted a form to Li Shimin, requesting that Zhenzhu Khan's brother Tumozhi be registered as Yite Wusuo Khan, and Li Shimin will play it.After Li Shi'an settled the matter in the north, he led the army back to the country. Because this battle is so easy, it seems to have no response in the country.However, the significance of this battle was far-reaching. After the war, the chiefs of the northern tribes all came to the capital to ask for a holy face. Li Shimin nodded in agreement, and asked Gao Yanshou to deliver the decree to hold a banquet in Tiancheng Hall tomorrow to meet these tribal chiefs. In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin built Yong'an Palace on Longshouyuan in order to allow the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan to escape the summer heat.Before Yong'an Palace was completed, Li Yuan had passed away, so Li Shimin changed the name of Yong'an Palace to Daming Palace.Tiancheng Hall is the main side hall of Daming Palace. It is about forty-two feet long from north to south, nearly twenty-six feet wide from east to west, and one foot five feet high. It is a majestic building.为了显示大国威仪，李世民近来接见使臣或举行大型宴会，多选在这里。 是日天成殿内张灯结彩，漠北十一部落酋长在赞礼官的引导下，缓缓进入殿内。他们迈入殿门，就听悠扬的燕乐声扑面而来。 殿内的西南角，此时排满了一帮乐师，他们手持八音之具，在那里演奏宫廷燕乐。太常卿吕才立于乐队之侧，专注于乐工演奏的细微之处。 燕乐是在宫廷宴饮的场合演奏的音乐。唐依隋制，定九部乐为宫廷燕乐，即是清乐、西凉、龟兹、天竺、康国、疏勒、安国、高丽、礼毕。李世民去礼毕，增燕乐，及侯君集攻破高昌后，又令吕才将高昌乐整理，增加其中。如此，贞观年代的燕乐就成为十部乐。 诸酋长入殿之后，燕乐声戛然而止。这时，只听通事舍人大喝道：“皇上驾到。”就见李世民乘舆而至，他旋即入座，众人叩拜行礼，三呼万岁。李世民说了声：“都平身吧。”诸酋长在赞礼官的导引下归入自己的座位。 这时，吕才指挥众乐工一边丝竹齐鸣，舞步翩跹，一边依一定的方位次第鱼贯进入殿中；然后各部依次就座，循序奏技。 李世民眼光柔和，举盏道：“众爱卿，难得你们长途跋涉入京，来吧，请饮尽此盏。” 三巡过后，回纥酋长菩萨起身道：“天可汗在上，臣受众人之托特来请旨。” 李世民凝日注视菩萨，只见他须白如银，身子有些佝偻，不禁叹道：“唉，岁月不饶人啊！朕初见你时，你尚在壮年，精神堪旺，不料这些年过来，你也满头白发了。” 菩萨躬身道：“臣须发皆白，可见老之将至。人到了老年，也就怀上了心事。” “你有何心事？” “人若到了老年，定思养育之事。臣怀此心事，惶惶不可终日。” 漠北诸部中，如今薛延陀部已经星散，其下以回纥部势力最强。菩萨现在提起养育之语，李世民不禁奇道：“回纥部众二十余万人，有胜兵数万，你又何愁养老之事呢？” “臣等部落虽完好，然居于漠北，离京城太远，犹水中浮萍一般。薛延陀不事大国，暴虐无道，自取败死，部落鸟散。臣等愿从此归命天子，愿赐爱怜，乞置官司，养育臣等。” 菩萨说到这里，其他十部酋长皆在席上立起身来，齐声道：“请天可汗垂怜臣等，及早设置官司。” 李世民现在听明白了菩萨等人的意思，原来他们想归入大唐州府建制，如此就彻底成为大唐的臣民。其心中大喜，因为自古以来异族来降，多是迫于威势，不像他们这样主动来归。 李世民哈哈大笑，示意众酋长落座，然后对菩萨道：“你说得如此可怜，朕若不照准，即是不垂怜你了？” 菩萨复立起身道：“臣临行之时，鄙部众人让臣带来一句话。” "What words?" “愿得天至尊为奴等天可汗，臣等子子孙孙为天至奴，死无所恨！” 李世民不禁动容，这番言语，谅菩萨难以当场编造出来。 陪宴的房玄龄、长孙无忌、马周、褚遂良等也同时立起身来，齐声向李世民请求道：“乞陛下能遂诸酋长之志。” 李世民目视李治道：“太子，你以为呢？” 李治答道：“儿臣以为，此十一部落愿永为大唐臣民，并非坏事，乞陛下照准。” 李世民沉默片刻，抬头对菩萨等人道：“太子如今代朕理事，他既然答应你们，朕就从其意。太子，此事要抓紧来办。” 诸酋长起身离座，向李世民拜伏谢恩。 后数日，李世民诏命下。诏以回纥部为瀚海府，仆骨为金微府，多滥葛为燕然府，拔野古为幽陵府，同罗为龟林府，思结为卢山府，浑为皋兰府，斛薛为高阙州，奚结为鸡鹿州，阿跌为鸡田州，契苾为榆溪州，思结别部为林州，白霫为真颜州。令其酋长为都督、刺史，并赐给其金银缯帛及锦袍。 漠北之地先有东突厥逞强，后有薛延陀为乱，现在诸乱皆平，诸部正式成为大唐的州府，从此漠北之事尘埃落定。 后数月，李世民又在漠北置燕然都护府，授扬州都督府司马李素立为都督，统辖瀚海等六都督府、皋兰等七州。