civilwarnovels Chapter 246 Infighting
Chapter 246 Infighting
Chapter 246 Infighting
Wei Zheng didn't seem to hear the anger in Li Shimin's tone, and said, "Your Majesty, those people really deserve to die, but if your Majesty gets involved like this, it will only cause chaos in the court! The aristocratic family..."
"boom!"
"Enough!" Li Shimin jumped up and shouted, "This world belongs to me, and I'm afraid they won't succeed!"
If other people had encountered such a situation, they would have knelt in fright. However, Wei Zheng had repeatedly remonstrated and was used to Li Shimin's anger.
"Your Majesty, everything must be done slowly. Now is the time for war, so don't cause chaos in the court." Wei Zheng said.
He was hinting at Li Shimin, I have no objection if you want to deal with the aristocratic family, but there is a war going on now, if you push too hard, it will be bad if something happens.
"You mean to make me subdue?" Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng with a livid face.
"Your Majesty, I don't mean that. It's just that this matter should stop here! It's not appropriate to continue." Wei Zheng said.
Li Shimin also knew that Wei Zheng was right, but he just couldn't bear the anger in his heart.
Li Shimin took a few deep breaths and said: "I will consider this matter, you go down first."
"Your Majesty, a decision should be made early on this matter!" Wei Zheng said hastily.
"I have already said that I will consider it, but if you still come to force me, is it possible that you want to force the palace?" Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng with a gloomy expression.
Wei Zheng said, "Your Excellency, leave!"
He knew that Li Shimin couldn't listen to what he said now, so he planned to persuade him tomorrow.
……
Hou Junji heard the footsteps, without raising his head, he asked indifferently: "How is it? Has the investigation been found?"
"Hui Guogong, the Marquis of Jingyang County sent 2000 people to guard a dangerous pass, and he sent all the others to look for Bai Diezi. The people Cheng Chumo wanted were to lead the way," Hou Qing said.
"Bai Diezi? Why does he want this?" Hou Junji asked strangely.
Hou Qing shook his head and said, "This has not been investigated."
Hou Junji pondered for a while, and said: "Arrange people to continue to investigate, and they must be found out. What does he want Bai Diezi for?"
He felt that it must be of great use for Lin Xuan to find Bai Diezi.
"Yes!" Hou Qing replied.
……
Cheng Chumo looked at the cotton piled up into a hill and asked, "General, isn't this much enough?"
Lin Xuan dragged his chin and said, "If it's hundreds or thousands of times more, I don't think it's too much."
People in Gaochang don't know the function of cotton now, and no one grows it at all. How many seeds can they get by growing these in the wild?
"General, just tell me what is the use of Bai Diezi, otherwise my heart will be scratched like a cat." Cheng Chumo asked.
Lin Xuan smiled and said, "It's for making clothes."
Cheng Chumo was taken aback, grabbed a handful, and said in disbelief, "You take me for a fool, right? Can this stuff be made into clothes?"
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes and said, "Of course it can't be used directly to make clothes, but to be stuffed into clothes to keep warm."
"Keep warm? You have a fur, why do you want this thing? You still say it's a treasure, and you can make great achievements with it, and you've been fooling us for a long time." Cheng Chumo said with wide eyes.
Although he doesn't believe that relying on cotton can make meritorious service, he still has some expectations. Looking at it now, let alone credit, it's all hard work.
"Fur? You have it, do the common people have it? Do you know what ordinary people rely on for warmth?" Lin Xuan said angrily.
There was a famine in the Jin Dynasty one year, and many people starved to death. After the "kind" Emperor Hui of Jin heard the news, he finally realized a "solution" after thinking hard, saying: "The people have no corn to satisfy their hunger, why not eat minced meat?"
Cheng Chumo is simply another version of why not eat minced meat.
"Don't you use sheepskin and dog skin?" Cheng Chumo said as a matter of course.
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes and said, "You're talking about the wealthy people. Do you think all the people have sheepskins and dog skins?"
According to Lin Xuan's understanding, ordinary people's clothes and quilts are made of coarse cloth, filled with catkins, reed flowers, and straw.
They can't resist the cold at all, so people freeze to death every winter.
Only those with better conditions can use sheepskin and dog skin.
The quilt that Lin Xuan had just covered was made of sheepskin. It kept warm, but it was too heavy.
Of course, those lords' families have sable furs, or things that are stuffed with duck down, cashmere, etc. in silk woven cloth.
For them, cotton is not very useful, but for ordinary people, cotton is a life-saving thing.
Cheng Chumo's eyes lit up and said, "I understand."
"Now that you understand, don't go on looking for Cotton, and remember that no one else can tell this matter except the few of you," Lin Xuan confessed.
He was worried about what Hou Junji would do when he found out.
"Yes!" Cheng Chumo was full of energy now.
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Qu Wentai looked terrified, looked at the ministers below, and said, "Tang Jun has already arrived, what should we do now?"
"Your Majesty, don't panic. We have already sent people to the Western Turks to ask for reinforcements. We just need to resist for a while." The Prime Minister said.
Although he was already disappointed with Qu Wentai, he didn't want to watch Gaochang destroy the country.
"Yes, yes, General, how can you resist the Tang army?" Qu Wentai asked.
The general said: "Your Majesty, when the Tang army breaks through Tiandi City, the hidden troops will not move. We don't need to do anything now. We just need to wait for the reinforcements from the Western Turks to come. If we attack from both ends, the Tang army will definitely be defeated."
Qu Wentai was overjoyed, and said: "Okay, when the time comes to defeat the Tang army, the king will give you a lot of rewards."
If Tang Jun could be defeated, no one would dare to provoke him in the entire Western Regions.
The Prime Minister was shocked and said, "Your Majesty, no."
Qu Wentai said, "President Guo, what did you say?"
"Your Majesty, after the Tang army broke through Tiandi City, the hidden troops did not move. It is very likely that they want to attack the Wangcheng directly. Now it is time to call all the troops from other places to the Wangcheng." The Prime Minister said anxiously.
He didn't think that Western Turk would send someone here. He said that before just to comfort Qu Wentai.
Based on his understanding of Qu Wentai, if Qu Wentai knew that the Western Turks would not send troops to support him, he would think about how to escape.
The general mocked: "I think the courage of the Prime Minister was frightened by the Tang army. If all the troops from other cities were transferred to the capital, wouldn't it mean that all those cities were handed over. Moreover, the Tang army is cunning. If they ambush them what to do?"
"The general is right, you can't give up the city."
"Yes, if you withdraw your troops back to the capital, it will be troublesome if you are ambushed by the Tang army."
As soon as the general finished speaking, other ministers echoed.
Guo Xiang blushed and pointed at them, cursing: "It is because of you that such a disaster has been found, and you are still bewitching the king here."
"There are hundreds of people in those cities, and dozens of people are few. Can they defend the Tang army when they attack the city? In this case, it is better to call them all back to defend the royal city."
He doesn't count on the reinforcements from the Western Turks. The only hope now is to gather all the troops from all over the country to defend the capital.
Qu Wentai hesitated and said, "What about the other cities?"
The Minister of State said: "Your Majesty, the Tang army's laborious expeditions did not bring much food and grass. If all the troops and food and grass from other cities are gathered in the king's city, the Tang army will not be able to attack for a long time, and they will naturally retreat. Those cities are still your king's."
"The Prime Minister is right." Qu Wentai nodded repeatedly.
Seeing that Qu Wentai agreed with the prime minister, the general hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, how many reinforcements are needed at the earliest from the Western Turks? If all the troops are summoned to the capital, the Tang army will attack immediately. In case they cannot defend..."
He knows Qu Wentai very well, he is extremely timid, and his heart is higher than the sky.
Sure enough, Qu Wentai swayed again when he heard the general's words, and said, "Yes, yes, yes."
The Prime Minister's face was livid, and he said: "Your Majesty, the Tang army is less than a hundred miles away from the king. If the Tang army is not recalled, if the Tang army does not attack other cities, the king will be in danger."
"Needless to say, send an order immediately to order all soldiers and horses from other cities to come to the capital." Qu Wentai said incomparably.
For Qu Wentai, nothing is more important than his life.
No matter what, it is always right to call people to the capital to protect him.
Thanks to Ai Feifei and Iron Blood Wang Feng for their monthly tickets.
Thanks for the 51 stone reward.
(End of this chapter)