Chapter 700 The Son of Heaven Comes in Person
Lishan Hot Spring Palace is only a hundred miles away from Chang'an.
A fast horse can go back and forth in half a day. When the emperor got up early in the morning, he first rode a horse around Luocheng, the hot spring palace, boarded Zouma Ridge, returned from Xixiu Ridge, passed Zhaoyang Gate, passed Rihua Gate, and went to Jiulong Tang for a bath. Hot spring, and then have breakfast with the eldest grandson empress and princes and princesses in Feishuang Palace.
After drinking a cup of morning tea, he drove out of Jinyang Gate, crossed Wangxian Bridge, and came to the Jiangwu Hall outside the gate of the Xinggong. At this time, Habayashi and others had already finished their morning exercises, and they also started their classes after breakfast.
Li Shimin personally taught them the art of war today.
"In today's class, we will talk about two battle examples for comparison. They are Li Jing's 180,000 army of Dai Guogong's six-way Northern Expedition to the Turks, and Qin Lang's 20,000 Longyou Army of Wei Guogong's 20,000 Longyou Army going deep into the battle of Tuyuhun. It is the battle of destroying the country since I succeeded to the throne. It is a soul-stirring battle, but each has its own characteristics. It is a classic battle, and it is worth studying deeply..."
The emperor turned into an instructor, asked people to take out the sand table that had been prepared, and began to replay the two battles with the Habayashi men, analyzing the details in depth. He said that Li Shimin himself was full of enthusiasm. Li Jing attacked with the momentum of Mount Tai, but It was also a surprise attack to win the victory. Xieli was caught off guard. In the end, Kong had a very strong strength, but he had no chance to show it. He chased all the way, and finally let Datang capture Jieli with a very small cost of casualties, and forced Tuli to surrender. .
Of course, from a tactical point of view, Qin Lang used troops more ferociously. Starting from the Battle of Kushan, one battle after another, one wave after another, drove Fu Yun to flee east and west, and he divided his troops to let Cheng Yaojin Going south, although he was in danger, he also knew how to use troops, and finally managed to destroy Tuyuhun at Yematai...
I took the class for two hours in one breath, but this tactical class was only the beginning, and the two major battles still had too much content to finish.
"That's all for today. After you go back, each of you will write an article about your experience. Next time we will talk about the follow-up!"
Habayashiro was carefully selected by the emperor from among the 600,000 to 700,000 soldiers in the world, all of them are young and strong, especially meritorious fighters with honors, basically they are the deputy standard bearers of the Huochang team , although they are all without official rank, they are also the foundation of the army.
Li Shimin led the army to fight the world, and he knew what this group of soldiers meant best, so he selected young, strong and famous soldiers to enter the capital in turn, and he personally trained them. , will become the pillar of the Datang army in the future.
The Habayashi Camp has now expanded to 5,000 people, belonging to the left and right Habayashi Army, and like the Baiqi Camp, they are the most trusted pro-army of the emperor.
The emperor attached great importance to Habayashiro, and called them his disciples of the emperor, personal servants of the army, and he could even call out the name of each Habayashiro.
Habayashiro has a five-year term. Every year, a new batch of 2,000 people will be recruited, but in the first year, 1,000 people will be eliminated, leaving only 1,000 people. At the end of the five-year period, the military ranks from the ninth rank or the upper ranks will be awarded, and they will be transferred to various armies. Among them, the outstanding ones will be awarded the lower rank of the ninth rank, or the upper rank of the ninth rank, and the best ones will be awarded the rank of the eighth rank.
Although the rank is not high, everyone knows that if he can guard the emperor for five years and accept the personal teaching of the emperor and the generals, after being sent down, he can at least be promoted to a captain of the sixth or seventh rank in less than three to five years. .
This year, the first batch of Habayashiro is about to graduate, and he will be dispatched to the military in various places.
Li Shimin also added lessons, often riding horses and archery together, and even playing polo.
"I went hunting in Zouma Ridge in the afternoon, and I went for a horse walk in the morning, and found a big wild boar running on the road."
It was agreed to go hunting in the afternoon, and the emperor had dinner with Habayashirou.
Wang Lin, the head of the front office, came over, "Zhaijia!"
"What is it?"
"The matter that the family asked the slaves to investigate has already come to fruition." Wang Lin handed over a memorial, and Li Shimin put down the steamed cake in his hand and picked it up to look through it.
The emperor finished watching quietly, expressionless.
"I see."
The emperor then finished eating the steamed cakes and the haggis soup in the bowl, finally got up, and said to the officer Habayashirou beside him, "I can't go hunting in the afternoon, let's do it another day."
The emperor rode his horse across the Wangxian Bridge, entered Miyagi from Jinyang Gate, and went directly to the Seven Saints Hall.
"Have you found out everything?"
Li Shimin's face became gloomy, and he looked at Wang Lin.
"The servant girl received the order from Zhaijia, and immediately asked the Dianqian Secretary to conduct a thorough investigation. Quan Wanji deceived Zhaijia. Ma Zhou, the imperial historian, explained the situation to the prime minister and the prince at the Eastern Palace ruling meeting, and asked Li Haode The retrial of the case, and the investigation into whether Zhang Yungu followed the law in private."
"But Quan Wanji didn't listen to Ma Zhou's order, secretly disguised himself and left the city, ran out of the hot spring palace to file a complaint, and deceived the family."
Li Shimin's eyes widened and he was very angry.
"Bastard, Quan Wanji deceives the emperor, how unreasonable it is!"
When he thought that he had listened to Quan Wanji's one-sided words and ordered to kill Zhang Yungu, a loyal and capable Dali Temple Prime Minister, Li Shimin regretted it very much. And he mistrusted Quan Wanji's words, turned a small case into a big conspiracy case, dismissed two prime ministers, and demoted several important ministers. At this time, I am afraid that a big storm has already set off in the central capital.
The emperor clenched his hands into fists.
"Get up and drive back to Beijing immediately!"
Li Shimin is no longer in the mood to stay here to soak in the hot springs. Although this hot spring was expanded and renovated by Pai Yan Liben and Jiang Xingben after this year, it is indeed comfortable to live in and the hot springs are also pleasant, but now he can't go on.
"Quan Wanji, I want to tear him into pieces!"
The emperor issued an order to let Empress Changsun take Wei Wang Li Tai, Jin Wang Li Zhi and Princess Changle to stay in Lishan Palace for vacation, while he took Habayashiro to ride straight to the capital.
Baili Road, the emperor rushed all the way, just like on the battlefield in the past, it only took more than an hour to kill back to Chang'an.
The sun, moon, and star three-star flag is also the military flag of the Tang Dynasty, but the sun, moon, and stars are added with the head of the golden dragon flag, and there is also the Kowloon Changyu, which is only available when the emperor travels.
Usually, two Taichang flags are planted on the emperor's golden chariot, but today the emperor often travels on horseback, so two Habayashiro each hold a Taichang flag and follow behind.
The Son of Heaven is here?
Why are there all Habayashi riders?
What happened?
Reminiscing that a branch of Habayashiro returned to Beijing just yesterday, and today even the emperor came back without court personnel, Jin Wuwei was very shocked.
They quickly emptied the people in front of the city gate, and opened the gate in the middle of the five gates at the south gate of Chang'an City.
The emperor rode his horse roaring past without stopping.
The emperor suddenly returned to Beijing, and the news quickly spread throughout Chang'an.
Wang Kai, who saw the emperor on the way, didn't care about the hard work, and hurried to Chang'an again, and personally summoned the prince to the palace to meet the saint.
At the same time, the servants went out everywhere and went to various yamen to summon the prime ministers to face the saint.
Li Shimin, who hurried back to Chang'an, entered the palace without even taking a sip of water.
is ready to deal with the aftermath personally.
Fortunately, I met Wang Kai on the road and knew that things hadn't turned bad.
Quan Wanji lied to him and returned to Beijing with the imperial decree, but the crown prince had already asked Ma Zhou to transfer Zhang Yungu to Zuojinwuwei Yamen, Wu Guang did not see the decree, and did not hand over Zhang Yungu to Quan Wanji, and Quan Wanji Wanji intends to rob the prison, and the Zhenfu Department takes Quan Wanji away.
No trouble arose.
Even because Wang Kai didn't see the right opportunity, he hurriedly played him back and forth after meeting the prince. Therefore, the decree of dismissing the two prime ministers has not yet been officially announced, but Quan Wanji only revealed it to some people.
There is still room for redemption.
"My son pays homage to the saint!"
The crown prince arrived first, Li Shimin was suddenly relieved when he saw Chengqian.
Thanks to the prince, otherwise it would be a big mistake.
Not only will Zhang Yungu be killed unjustly, but the two powerful prime ministers will probably be dismissed for nothing, and Yang Shidao and Yang Gongren brothers will be completely offended by this.
Although the emperor is supreme, he also needs the support of his courtiers, especially the top family like Hongnong Yang, who has always had a good relationship with the royal family. This is the result of the two years of marriage and alliance.
"I was deceived by Quan Wanji!"
Facing the crown prince, Li Shimin was very blunt, "I heard Wang Kai's report on the road, you did a good job this time, Quan Wanji framed and attacked you, you did not listen to false beliefs, and you can follow Ma Zhou's advice , initiated a retrial of Li Haode's case, and properly investigated Zhang Yungu, and quickly found out the truth. He did not wrong Zhang Yungu, but also corrected the mistakes in Li Haode's case. He did a very good job, with a stable and dignified spirit, and has the reputation of a prince. wind!"
Chengqian was excited, it was rare to receive such high praise from the emperor, but he still didn't forget Qin Lang's usual teachings, to remain calm and humble at all times.
"I also keep in mind the teachings of the sages. This case was first discovered by Master Ma and reminded me of the flaws. It is Master Ma and Sun Tingwei who are really capable of doing practical things."
"My son, come and sit!" Li Shimin patted the couch beside him and asked his son to sit with him.
Changsun Wuji and other prime ministers will also arrive soon, but Qin Lang still hasn't asked for leave.
"I want to apologize to Ma Zhou and Sun Fujia first!"
The emperor frightened everyone when he opened his mouth.
Li Shimin stood up, and the two of them really bowed. The two quickly stepped aside and bowed down to the emperor.
"Second Qing is exempt from courtesy, but I mistakenly believed in Quan Wanji, and almost made a big mistake."
Although Bai Ma has not officially dismissed the Prime Minister, Quan Wanji's words must have spread.
Ma Zhou bowed down again, "I was appreciated by the sage and commanded the Yushitai, but failed to see clearly, so that Quan Wanji appeared in the Yushitai. A treacherous minister like Li Renfa deceived the saint and made a big mistake. It is an unshirkable responsibility, and I request you to resign from the position of Doctor Censor and the title of participating in political affairs!"
The emperor decreed to dismiss Ma Zhou and Sun Fujia as prime ministers, and Ma Zhou and the others did already know about it.
"I also mistakenly believed in Quan Wanji. Fortunately, I discovered it in time and did not make a big mistake. I take back this disorderly order and apologize to the two Qing families. Let this matter go."
But Ma Zhou refused to get up and insisted on resigning.
Li Shimin felt helpless and humiliated. He wanted to be angry, but he was embarrassed.
In the end, Ma Zhou took off his beam crown and official seal directly in the hall.
(end of this chapter)