Fu Tang

After hearing this, Li Congjia raised his eyebrows and asked, "What does Shandong have to do with them?"

The Minister of Honglu Temple was also at a loss, because he suddenly received such a letter of credence.

Seeing that he didn't know, Li Congjia asked, "Who brought the credentials?"

Goryeo did not send envoys to visit, or did not notify Datang that they would send envoys, but suddenly sent a letter of credence. Is this looking for trouble?

The Minister of Honglu Temple immediately replied: "It was brought by the students from Goryeo who came to study in the Tang Dynasty."

Yo, it’s also a credential, so it’s fine if you don’t use official channels to notify in advance, but you’re still just photographing a student as a messenger?Since Goryeo didn't follow the rules, why should Datang talk to them?

Li Congjia said simply: "Arrest that student... and lock him up."

Li Congjia almost said that he would be arrested and chopped up, but think about it, although he is an ordinary student on the surface, maybe this person has a different status in Korea?It's better to ask people to interrogate more.

After hearing this, the Minister of Honglusi breathed a sigh of relief. When he received the letter of credence, he also felt very entangled, because he did not go through official channels, and no one could say whether the letter of credence was true, because he was not sure. , So he asked someone to authenticate all the seals on the national certificate, and sent someone to check the student's identity by the way.

The status of the student is very ordinary, at least in the official records of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no problem with the credential. After much deliberation, the minister of Honglu Temple decided to report it. No matter what the above decision, he just did what he should do.

Li Congjia saw that the Minister of Honglu Temple was about to step down, so he said, "Wait, leave that letter of credence."

The minister of Honglu Temple respectfully handed the letter of credence to Tao Fu, then bowed and withdrew. Li Congjia took it from Tao Fu, opened it, looked at it, and handed the letter of credence to Fan Zhi and others with a sneer.

"Gao Li is quite arrogant this time." Li Congjia leaned back and said lazily.

Fan Zhi and the others hadn't finished reading the Guoshu yet, but after everyone had finished reading, a mocking smile appeared on their faces.

There are many and very long national scripts, but the central idea is extracted in one sentence: the king of Koryo expressed alms and said that if the Tang Dynasty does not attack Shandong, he is willing to rule Shandong with the Tang Dynasty.

If Li Congjia didn't feel that he should show the ministers after reading it, he would have rubbed the letter of credence and thrown it into the trash can.

After reading it, Fan Zhi frowned and asked, "How did Goryeo know about the recent rebellion in Shandong provinces?"

Li Congjia paused before he thought of this critical issue, unless there are Koreans in Shandong, which is not impossible.

"No matter how they know, this letter of credence should be ignored. If they still dare to provoke, find a way to deal with them." Li Congjia didn't take Korea seriously either.

In the past few decades of civil strife in the Central Plains, Goryeo has not been affected. Now they feel that the Tang Dynasty is not strong enough, so they also want to shake their prestige?

I really don't have a long memory. Do you know how Goguryeo was destroyed?

Yes, the current Goryeo is not the same as the Goguryeo in the early Tang Dynasty. Goguryeo was destroyed by Li Erfeng in the early Tang Dynasty. At that time, the folk abbreviation for Goguryeo was Goryeo. Now Goryeo has inherited the name of Goguryeo. See I also want to inherit the fate of Goguryeo.

Li Congjia doesn't care, but the cabinet feels that they have to care. They need to think about the countermeasures. Of course, it is very likely that the best response policy in the end is to go to war. However, the cabinet thinks that it is better not to go to war, after all, now that the Tang Dynasty It belongs to multi-line combat - if the national division is also counted.

As soon as Li Congjia decided not to talk to Goryeo, Li Ping came to see him. After entering the Xuanzheng Hall, Li Ping said bluntly, "Your Majesty, Qin Guogong sent someone to report that Goryeo soldiers appeared in Shandong. It is initially suspected that Cui Heng crossed the sea to go The Goryeo Rescue Office is here."

Li Congjia squinted his eyes and smiled, "That's right. While pretending to issue credentials, and at the same time sending soldiers to the island, Goryeo is really beautiful."

From this point of view, Goryeo didn't think that with a letter of credence, Datang could talk to them about the ownership of Shandong. They just wanted to paralyze the Tang court, and then took the opportunity to send troops to attack Datang by surprise.

It's just that they forgot that Shandong used to be part of the Great Tang. Although it is now controlled by the four great families, there are still people in Shandong.

Li Congjia turned to look at Chunsheng and said, "Go and invite Master Xuehe here."

It is better to leave intelligence matters to professionals. The ministers of the cabinet and the six ministers looked at each other. They knew that Shi Xuehe is the biggest head of the intelligence department. Basically, as long as Shi Xueting is not around, he is the head of the intelligence department. .

Regarding this point, the courtiers felt a little uneasy. The Ministry of Intelligence was considered an official department of the imperial court after all. Although the things it did were relatively secretive, what would happen if it was handed over to a group of monks?

It's just that they dare not say it, because the intelligence department is too sensitive, who are they going to hand it over to?I'm afraid Li Congjia will be suspicious of giving it to his own people, so even if he feels a little dissatisfied, he can only keep it in his stomach and dare not say it.

It was the first time that Shi Xuehe came directly to the Xuanzheng Hall, although he was a little confused, but he still brought all the letters he was going to show to Li Congjia.

After arriving at Xuanzheng Hall, Li Congjia asked, "Is there any news about Korea?"

Goryeo?Shi Xuehe breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said, "Yes."

Li Congjia nodded and said, "Speak."

Today's news was all in Shi Xuehe's mind, and he said directly: "I received the news this morning that the Korean army landed from Dengzhou and had contact with Lu Xing."

Li Congjia asked again: "Does the Cui family have any contact with Korea?"

Shi Xuehe said hastily: "Someone from Cui's family went to sea a few days ago, and their whereabouts are unknown, but the direction should be Koryo."

Zhao Pu couldn't help but said: "Now it seems that these four families have had contact with Goryeo. Could it be that they have already taken refuge in Goryeo?"

Shi Xuehe said honestly: "The specific news has already sent people to investigate."

Li Congjia waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter whether they have defected to Goryeo or Goryeo is trying to win them over. Find out how many people have come from Goryeo, and tell Zhao Kuangyin how many soldiers and horses he needs to report."

Goryeo is not looking for trouble, he is planning to wait until the surrounding countries are almost cleaned up before going to Korea, and now Goryo dares to make trouble?It just happened to be served in one pot.

However, Li Congjia always felt that even if he wanted to attack Goryeo, the cabinet probably would not agree. After all, Tanzhou, which borders Goryeo, now belongs to Khitan. How will Goryeo be managed then?Unless Tanzhou is taken down, it will be difficult to govern across the coast from Korea.

If Tanzhou is taken...wouldn't it be another war with Khitan?

Li Congjia looked at the map with great regret. Just before the meeting ended, Fan Zhi specially asked Li Congjia to think twice and not to act rashly. He was probably trying to persuade him not to start a war casually.

After Li Congjia put away the drawings, he looked up at Shi Xuehe and asked, "Is the national teacher still in Jianchang Mansion? If things are almost over there, can he come back?"

Shi Xuehe said: "Your Majesty, Junior Brother said that the three small cities were only built to shelter from the wind and rain, and they were very simple. Now that there is Jianchang Mansion, those three small cities are not suitable. He is selecting the site. Build a new city."

Build... a new city...

Li Congjia looked confused, did this guy go to Lingnan to build infrastructure?

Just when he was at a loss, Shi Xuehe took out a piece of kraft paper, on which was a map of Lingnan, which was more detailed than the map of the whole country in Li Congjia's hand.

Li Congjia looked at the three red circles drawn on the map, one of which was Jianchang Mansion, and the other two red circles formed horns with Jianchang Mansion.

Li Congjia looked at the map thoughtfully, then at Dali, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is this... to imitate the three towns in the northwest border?"

The three towns in the northwest frontier that he was talking about were Yunzhou, Dongshengzhou and Fengzhou that he had brought from Khitan before.

Now that the city site Shi Xueting chose is a replica of these three states, Dali is naturally the one to take precautions against.

Li Congjia knocked on the imperial case and said: "In this case, we can put more firearms over there. Well, let me write a letter to the national teacher."

Li Congjia really wanted to write this letter. When Shi Xueting received it, he had a very detailed understanding of what happened recently. It was as detailed as if he hadn't left Chang'an. It was just Li Congjia's last order that made him very sad. Accident - Li Congjia asked him to find a way to choose a place to build an underground city.

Building an underground city in this era is a very laborious task, unless a natural underground cave is found and then modified.

After seeing it, Shi Xueting knew that Li Congjia wanted to build a city here that could manufacture arms!

Now there are three places where Datang can produce arms, one is Anning City in the Western Regions, the other is deep in the Qinling Mountains, and the other is in the middle of Shu.

These three places are invariably in the deep mountains and old forests. After all, things like arms are always dangerous, and if there is any problem in the deep mountains and old forests, the people will not be implicated.

Generally, arms distribution is based on the principle of proximity. For example, when Shi Xueting came out this time, he actually went to central Sichuan to propose the needed arms, and then transported them to Lingnan.

It is reasonable to say that the distance between Shuzhong and Lingnan is not very far, and the construction of an arsenal here seems more like a series of moves against Dali.

Could it be that Dali couldn't bear it anymore and was ready to do it?However, Huichuan Mansion next to Jianchang Mansion has been very quiet recently, and it seems that there is no intention of fighting.

Shi Xueting put down the letter feeling a little helpless. He wanted Li Congjia to get a few craftsmen to design the city here, and then send someone to oversee the work, so that he could go back smoothly. Since taking down Jianchang Mansion, Lei Youzhong has been full of vigor, and has dutifully led people to patrol the city every day, so there is nothing to worry about letting him stay here.

It's just that Li Congjia has given him a new mission now, so Shi Xueting has to wait a little longer before going, but... now he suspects that Li Congjia is dragging him to Lingnan, and he doesn't know what else he is going to do.

Shi Xueting was thinking about whether to find time to return to Chang'an quickly. As long as he kept his car simple, it would not take long to make a round trip. Anyway, he was here mainly to select the site and supervise the work. Once the project was on track, he would leave A few days is not out of the question.

It's not that he wants to be lazy, the main reason is... he always feels a little uneasy.

Facts have proved that Shi Xueting was right to be uneasy. Without his restraint and persuasion, the four veterans in the cabinet combined would not be Li Congjia's opponent. Li Congjia is not only the emperor, but also the Privy Council.

All the soldiers in the world are under the control of the privy envoys, and the imperial power and military power have been highly unified. If Li Congjia wants to make up his mind, the cabinet can only persuade him. In the past, he could unite with the generals to persuade Li Congjia. Civil servants and military generals are not inherently opposed. , in fact, when Li Hongji and Zhao Kuangyin were in their positions, they were not only thinking about military merit, their military merit was enough, and they would not be as radical as before.

But the problem is that now Li Hongji, Li Jingda, Zhao Kuangyin and the three who can speak up in front of Li Congjia have all gone out to fight. Li Ping has always followed Li Congjia, reticent and usually not meddling with matters.

As for Zhu Yuan... Zhu Yuan is a guy who is rewarded by God, he is born to fight, and he doesn't use his brain at ordinary times. If Li Congjia talks about fighting, he will support him clearly. If he tried to persuade him, he would say stupidly: Then hit him.

It's just that Li Congjia has always listened to the cabinet's persuasion. As long as they say it's inappropriate, Li Congjia will generally give up his mind.

Only this time, Li Congjia seemed determined to hit Korea, and no one persuaded him.

All the cabinet ministers are very strange, why is Li Congjia so angry this time?It wasn't once or twice that other countries intervened in the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty. Didn't Japan participate in the civil strife in the Southern Zhou Dynasty last time?

That time when Datang fought against the Southern Zhou Dynasty, Japan was still stumbling. At that time, Datang did not let go of any Japanese who stayed in the Central Plains. As for Japan... Li Congjia was really eager to fight, but after everyone persuaded After that, he calmed down.

What happened this time?Goryo intervened and killed all the people sent by Goryeo, and then gave them a warning. Why would you rather fight Goryeo than go to war with Khitan?

Faced with Fan Zhi's analysis, Li Congjia had only one firm sentence after listening to it: "Korea must disappear from this world!"

Fan Zhixin was very tired. He turned his head to look at Wei Renpu and the others. Wei Renpu stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, why do you have to fight Korea? Now that we are fighting on multiple fronts, I am afraid that the food and grass will not be enough. You have to ask the national teacher for food and grass." Going to Lingnan to farm, why is there a war again?"

Li Congjia almost laughed when he heard that, and asked the national teacher to go to Lingnan to farm... Why does this sentence sound so awkward, although it is actually the same, but Shi Xueting used to just clean up the local natives.

However, Li Congjia gritted his teeth and said, "The Koreans are simply not human!"

Wang Pu looked strange: "Where did you say that?"

Li Congjia directly asked Chunsheng to bring over the stack of information that Shi Xuehe had given him before, raised his chin and said, "Let's take a look, I just thought that you are too old to see such shocking news again. Now that you insist on an answer, try to keep calm, these beasts are still waiting for us to clean up!"

Fan Zhi and the others suddenly had a bad premonition in their hearts. After they picked up the information and read it, their faces were all pale. Fan Zhi sat on the bench like a puppet, and it took a long time to shout: "Beast!"

After yelling at the old man, he fell backwards. Li Congjia was startled. He really jumped up and went to support Fan Zhi with Wei Renpu.

Tao Fu hurriedly ran out to look for Da Fengyu, while Li Congjia asked the guards to carry Fan Zhi to the side hall of Hanyuan Hall to rest.

Wei Renpu looked at Fan Zhi lying on the bed, turned his head and asked, "Your Majesty, is this serious?"

Li Congjia said with a sullen face: "At the beginning, I couldn't believe it. I got the news after I sent people to check it again and again. Just because of this news, the intelligence department lost a total of [-] people!"

Wei Renpu sat on the chair slumped, Wang Pu said with a cold face: "These Koreans... treat the people of Tang Dynasty like this, it is really a pity to die!"

Li Congjia snorted coldly, dead?It is really too cheap for them, just let them die simply, I am afraid that the spirits of those people in heaven will not be at ease.

He really didn't expect that he could see the familiar Sanguang method more than 1000 years ago, killing all and burning all the light, and half of the states in Shandong were hit by annihilation. There were not many people in Datang. There are aristocratic families entrenched there, and these aristocratic families have always been good at adapting to the wind, so they are still well preserved.

I really didn't expect that such a tragedy would happen after the world was settled.

When Li Congjia saw it at the time, he only felt angry, and hated those families who took refuge in Goryeo and the whole Goryeo country. To be honest, in his position, he rarely hated anyone, or that few people were qualified. make him hate.

However, the King of Korea did it, which is really not easy.

However, Li Congjia never thought that Fan Zhi would pass out directly. He looked at Fan Zhi, and then at the remaining two ministers with slumped faces. Among the four ministers, only Zhao Pu looked slightly better. A little bit.

Li Congjia couldn't help asking: "What's wrong with Fan Qing?"

Wei Renpu said with a wry smile: "The Shandong rebellion happened too suddenly. Some family members in our family have not yet escaped there. I was worried that their rash escape would arouse the vigilance of the rebels, so I let them find a way to protect themselves first. It never occurred to me that such a tragic thing would happen.”

Only then did Li Congjia understand that although there are rumors of a certain family in a certain place these days, such as the Li family in Longxi, the children of these aristocratic families will not only stay where their own family is. Condition.

Wang Pu said sadly, "Fan Xiang's son, Fan Xi, happened to be in Dengzhou, so I don't know if he escaped."

Dengzhou was the first place to bear the brunt. The Korean army landed in Dengzhou, and immediately robbed Dengzhou once they landed.

Li Congjia sighed, it's no wonder Fan Zhi reacted so strongly, Mr. Fan had only one son in his life, but Fan's family didn't seem to be very prosperous, and there were only two sons, that is, nephews, and Fan Xi was one of them.

These two servants were raised by Mr. Fan as his sons. Now that Fan Xi's life and death are uncertain, Mr. Fan naturally cannot accept it.

Zhao Pu said in a low voice: "I also heard that Fan Xi had a chance to escape before, but Mr. Fan wrote a letter to severely reprimand him and asked him to protect the people there, saying that the rebels would not cherish the people. Let him resist as much as possible, and it is best to last until the imperial army passes by, Fan Xi... just stayed there."

Li Congjia felt miserable. This was equivalent to Fan Zhi himself sending his nephew who could escape into the tiger's mouth. No wonder he reacted so strongly.

Feng Yu in the palace is still good, at least after he used the golden needle, Fan Zhi let out a long breath, and then woke up leisurely.

Li Congjia shook Fan Zhi's hand and said, "Fan Qing, don't worry, I'll send someone to look for Fan Xi right now, I think he's auspicious and will be fine."

Fan Zhi's eyes rarely became a little cloudy, as if he had aged ten years in an instant, holding Li Congjia's hand, he burst into tears: "Your Majesty..."

Li Congjia also felt very uncomfortable. After thinking about it, if it was Li Zhongyu, he might not be able to bear it, but if it was him, he might be very selfish and ask Li Zhongyu to come back quickly.

He is destined not to be as great as people like Fan Zhi, they are really devoting themselves to Datang.

Li Congjia ordered Fan Zhi to be sent home, sighed and said, "I owe Fan Qing a lot, if I hadn't acted on my will..."

Wei Renpu quickly said: "Your Majesty, what's wrong? For the sake of the world and the people, land reform is imperative. The Shandong gentry are short-sighted and have no father. They should be punished."

Li Congjia sighed, feeling very sad, turned his head back to the study, sat in the study, for a moment, he missed Shi Xueting very much.

Before, he was afraid that Shi Xueting would not allow him to fight Goryeo, so he tried to keep Shi Xueting in Lingnan. Now he is in a state of confusion, not knowing whether what he did before was right or wrong. He needs to learn from Shi Xueting. He draws strength from Ting, but finds that the person he is used to relying on is not by his side.

After Li Congjia was stunned for a while, he patted his face to cheer himself up. After so many years of experience, how could he be overthrown by such a small matter?

"Go and invite Master Xuehe." Li Congjia felt that it was better to let the intelligence department investigate. Perhaps these people had already fled ahead of time?

After Shi Xuehe came in, he clasped his hands together and said to Li Congjia: "Amitabha, why is Your Majesty calling me?"

Li Congjia was terrified for a moment, and asked word by word: "Who are you?"