Fu Tang

Zhao Kuangyin felt that he was wronged, this time he obviously did nothing, why did he take the blame again?

Li Congjia also felt strange after receiving Zhao Kuangyin's reply, and turned to look at Shi Xueting, Shi Xueting said calmly: "The Saman Empire can't bear it anymore."

Li Congjia was slightly taken aback, and then understood that what Shi Xueting said was that the Saman Empire also sent troops to attack the Kara Khanate, but the Saman Empire was located on the border with the Tang Dynasty. If their route of dispatching troops was a bit weird, it would be easy to be misunderstood. Datang shot.

But he was still a little strange: "When did the news come?"

Shi Xueting paused: "Ten days ago?"

Li Congjia suddenly became anxious: "Ten days ago? The letter I wrote to Zhao Kuangyin nine days ago! Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Shi Xueting coughed lightly and said, "It's good to warn Zhao Kuangyin, if he can't help it and makes a move, then you still have to protect him."

Li Congjia looked at him suspiciously, always feeling that there seemed to be something going on here.

What can actually happen?However, Shi Xueting didn't care about this matter at the time, and felt that there was no need to rush to tell Li Congjia, but it turned out that there was such a time difference. Li Congjia received the letter of condemnation from the Kara Khanate, and then thought that Zhao Kuangyin had done it quietly again, so he was furious. Wrote a letter and sent it.

Shi Xueting pondered if he had said it at that time, Li Congjia would probably still struggle with whether to recover the letter, so he simply didn't say it, and let's explain it together later.

But since it wasn't Zhao Kuangyin who was looking for trouble, then Li Congjia didn't have to worry too much, he just wrote a letter to Ali Musa, yes, this time he didn't write the national certificate, and felt that the price had dropped.

After a while, it is uncertain whether there will be a country like the Kara Khanate in the world.

He didn't say anything else in that letter, but said very seriously: Don't wrong people casually, do you know why your father died?Want to follow in his footsteps?

Ali Musa was so angry that he was half dead, but he didn't dare to provoke him without authorization. He was afraid that he would really annoy the Emperor of Tang Dynasty. When the time came, the three countries would attack the Kara Khanate with two hands, and the Principality of Kievan Rus on the other side would not be a good deal. , Maybe I will come to share a piece of the pie, and Kara Khan will really be wiped out by then.

Li Congjia didn't care about him so much, but to show that he really had nothing to do with him, he ordered Zhao Kuangyin to move the camp back.

Not much, thirty miles is enough.

The other two countries knew that the Kara Khanate had sent Datang to condemn the letter of credence. Seeing that Tang Jun really retreated, they didn't understand for a while. They didn't understand why Datang retreated so easily?Could it be that they were afraid?

In fact, Li Congjia is of course not afraid. He asked Zhao Kuangyin to do this to show the ministers of the court, and told them that he was really sincere in making peace. As for why the Ghazni and the Shaman Empire suddenly attacked the Kara Khanate, he did not know. ah.

Of course, another meaning is to worry that Tang Jun will suffer if he is caught off guard.

After all, most of the hot weapons nowadays are long-range attacks, and they are too close. If the Ghazni or the Saman Empire have malicious intentions and send a time bomb at Datang, even if Datang hits it by then, it will be a disadvantage. Yes.

This kind of thing is absolutely not allowed to happen to Li Congjia.

The best way is for Datang to watch from the sidelines and wait for them to suffer all three losses. As for not letting Zhao Kuangyin and the others come back, the reason is still the same. They are worried that they will attack Datang all at once, so there must be soldiers and horses Deterrence at the border.

It's just that when things got to this point, Datang, who was the first to make trouble, suddenly withdrew, making the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty feel a little overwhelmed.

Wei Renpu's reaction was quick, he immediately went to Li Congjia and asked, "Since there is no battle to fight, shouldn't the crown prince come back?"

It's been half a year since they left, and Li Zhongyu was also in charge before, and they didn't have anything else to say, so now they can finally let him come back, right?

The civil servants are worried, what if the prince has been in the military camp for two years, and he is partial to the Privy Council like the emperor?

In fact, putting aside the conflict of interests between each other, the civil servants headed by the cabinet have to admit that they are actually quite comfortable with those generals.

They are straightforward and handsome but not rude. After all, they are also educated, and they won't be like illiterates who don't know anything. Such people can always arouse the favor of others.

Why did Zhao Kuangyin tell Li Zhongyu about his wives and concubines and Li Zhongyu didn't feel disgusted and didn't think too much?Because Zhao Kuangyin is frank, I know my daughter is the princess, but I will not take a biased position just because she is the princess, he told Li Zhongyu what he couldn't see, this is the most important thing.

In fact, Wei Renpu didn't have much sense of crisis. No matter how partial Li Zhongyu was, there was a limit to it. Li Congjia was like this. He was partial to the Privy Council, but he never suppressed the cabinet, and even distributed power to the cabinet.

It's just that Li Congjia can distribute power to the cabinet, but he will never distribute military power to the generals of the Privy Council, so he feels guilty towards the Privy Council, which is the reason for his partiality.

It's just that the cabinet doesn't care about other people's concerns. As the head of civil servants, the cabinet has a very important responsibility to fight for everyone's interests, so he came to ask.

Li Congjia didn't respect Wei Renpu as much as he did Fan Zhi, but he wouldn't refute his face, and after counting Li Zhongyu, he had seen it, and staying there would have no effect on the overall situation, so he waved his hand and said: "Then let him come back."

Wei Renpu was relieved, and so were many ministers.

After receiving this order, Li Zhongyu was a bit reluctant. When he first came to the military camp, he was really not used to it. After all, he has been pampered and pampered for more than ten years. No matter how good the conditions are when he arrives in the military camp, he is limited. He dare not be too delicate, for fear of the military camp. Bad words spread out.

It's just that if you don't look at these things, the life in the military camp is the most relaxing life he has lived in the past ten years. He doesn't need to think too much, and he doesn't need to overthink other people's meanings. The days are hard but happy.

But it's useless for him to be reluctant, he still has to go back, but before going back, he rewarded his "comrades" these days, of course drinking is not allowed, only a big meal, Zhao Kuangyin also has Heart to pull popularity for Li Zhongyu, did not stop.

After eating, Li Zhongyu packed up his things and prepared to go back. When he went back, his East Palace Ten Rate would naturally go back with him.

After receiving the news, Li Congjia, who was far away in Chang'an, sent someone to send a copy to the East Palace, which was to appease the agitated princess recently.

When the princess learned that Li Zhongyu was coming back soon, she had expectations and worries. Although Li Zhongyu had written to appease her before, she still felt that... Luzhu's death was her responsibility. If she sent someone to watch it closely, Maybe this kind of thing won't happen.

Thinking that Li Zhongyu was coming back, she couldn't help but get more nervous.

Li Congjia was relatively simple, he was just looking forward to it, the letter written by Zhao Kuangyin really praised Li Zhongyu as a flower, how could Li Congjia not want to see what his prince has become now?

Li Zhongyu's appearance didn't change much, but he just grew taller, darker and thinner, but with the spirit in his eyes that he didn't have before, Li Congjia could know that this child has really grown up.

It's the kind of transformation into a mature man instead of a child. After talking carefully, you can also find that his thoughts are no longer so one-sided, and he also begins to understand that his identity is both an honor and a responsibility.

Li Congjia was very satisfied, patted Li Zhongyu on the shoulder and said, "Okay, I'll give you two days off for a good rest first."

Li Zhongyu left with a smile, and as soon as he left, Li Congjia turned to Shi Xueting and said, "Hey, I'm finally relieved, this trip was not in vain for him to escape."

Shi Xueting glanced at him with a smile, he knew that Li Congjia had been planning something, but Li Congjia refused to tell, so he naturally didn't bother to ask.

As a result, when the two were chatting and laughing, Shi Xueting suddenly heard the whistle, he frowned slightly and immediately said: "Senior brother is calling me, I'll go first, I'll come later."

Li Congjia slapped him, but didn't take this incident seriously. After all, if there was any important news, it would be passed on directly by pigeons and hawks. Calling him away may be because the intelligence department has other things to deal with.

It's just that his guess this time was not very accurate, Shi Xueting left and returned in a hurry, with a shocked and angry expression on his face.

Li Congjia was also taken aback seeing him like this, he hadn't seen Shi Xueting like this for many years, what happened?

After Shi Xueting hurried in, he said, "Quickly order the whole city to martial law."

Li Congjia was a little confused by his nonsensical words: "What happened?"

Shi Xueting didn't have time to explain to him, so he directly gave him the document for him to read, while he said, "I'm going to sit in the intelligence department to continue the inspection."

After he finished speaking, he left in a hurry. Li Congjia looked at the document in his hand carefully for a while, and couldn't help but look very ugly. He threw the document on the imperial case and asked Chunsheng to call the cabinet ministers and Lei Youzhong.

Chunsheng was also taken aback by Li Congjia's face, and desperately ran to call for someone. The cabinet ministers and Lei Youfinal felt his heart sank when they saw him like this—the emperor's attendants could behave like this, I'm afraid Something big happened.

They came very quickly, but Li Congjia was already waiting impatiently. As soon as Lei Youzhong came in, he said, "Immediately order martial law throughout the entire process. Anyone who has Islamic pictures or comes from a western country must focus on observation!"

Lei You was taken aback. He didn't know why Li Congjia gave such an order, but he had learned to be smart over the years, so he wouldn't question it right away. As long as Li Congjia gave an order, he would carry it out.

So not long after he came in, he turned around and ordered in a hurry.

He doesn't ask, but the cabinet will.

Wei Renpu didn't think that Li Congjia was having a fit, so something big must have happened, and he couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, what's the matter? If you do this rashly, I'm afraid it will cause panic."

No matter what the reason is, if such a turbulent situation sends troops to martial law throughout the city, the common people will definitely be frightened, and the most likely thing is that the person they want to arrest will be frightened and run away.

Li Congjia gritted his teeth and said, "The tomb of the late emperor... the tomb of the late emperor was bombed!"

"What?" No matter how calm these four cabinet ministers were, they couldn't sit still at this moment and all stood up.

Zhao Pu couldn't help but said: "This is not a trivial matter, Your Majesty, is the news confirmed?"

Li Congjia's face was gloomy: "If I'm not sure, I will order martial law in a hurry?"

Wait... What does martial law have to do with the bombing of the late emperor's mausoleum?

Everyone didn't realize it for a while, everyone knew that the mausoleum of the first emperor was not in the pass, but outside the pass of the Western Regions.

Logically speaking, after Li Congjia ascended the throne, he should have moved the mausoleum of the first emperor back, but Li Congjia expressed his love for his father and did not want to disturb his old man's sleep, and the Fengshui here in Guanzhong is really suitable for the emperor's mausoleum. We all know that the relationship between Li Congjia and the late emperor...is not a good one.

The later ministers didn't know, but the old ministers knew that the first emperor wanted to kill Jinshang.

Although in terms of filial piety, if a father wants to kill his son, the son cannot resist.

But it depends on the situation. At that time, Li Jing had no ability, and there was no powerful heir. The entire Tang Dynasty was supported by Li Congjia, and all the ministers were loyal to Li Congjia. In this case, Li Congjia died. What are the consequences?Let's all die together.

Therefore, the old courtiers of the Tang Dynasty did not wait to see Li Jing, and later the new courtiers felt strange, and after gossip, they didn't like the late emperor, so let's move if they don't move.

Then Li Jing's mausoleum was unlucky. After all, it was in the Western Regions. Someone used this mausoleum to threaten Li Congjia during the rebellion. Now they don't threaten, they just blow it up!

Of course Li Congjia was angry, not because of Li Jing, but because it was too embarrassing. No matter how bad the relationship between father and son was, a father is a father, and this kind of behavior is used to show that you don't even care about your father's tomb. Can't keep it, how about returning the emperor?

Wang Pu asked again: "A man of Islam?"

Li Congjia nodded and said, "It is very likely that he is a member of the Kara Khanate, or a subordinate country loyal to the Kara Khanate."

No matter how unpopular the Kara Khanate is, it doesn't mean that they don't have a younger brother.

Ji Chun also asked, "Why is Chang'an under martial law?"

Li Congjia took a deep breath, stabilized his mind a little and said, "Just now the Imperial Teacher received news that some believers sneaked into Chang'an quietly, planning to launch a suicide attack."

"Suicide attack?" The cabinet members said in unison, they had never heard this word before.

Of course, this word came from Li Congjia's mouth. Shi Xueting hadn't used such an accurate word in his report.

Li Congjia had no choice but to explain: "It means that they will strap explosives on their bodies and go to more important places. Using themselves as a carrier, they will rush in and light the fuse. I don't know exactly where they choose."

The four members of the cabinet immediately looked at each other in horror. They never thought that there would be such an attack method before, using their own lives to kill people?No, according to Li Congjia, maybe their purpose is not just to kill someone, but also to destroy.

How crazy is this?

Li Congjia was also shocked and angry when he learned about this incident. He never expected that there would be a suicide attack so many years earlier. It has to be said that human cancer is always ahead in this respect.

After the surprise, the cabinet felt a little fear in their hearts. No need to be afraid. Chang'an is now in a very dangerous state, because they don't know how many people are hiding here, and they don't know how many explosives they have!

So the cabinet pleaded guilty collectively in trepidation, because they had never thought of this possibility, and the screening of people entering and leaving the city was not strict enough.

Li Congjia waved his hand, he didn't blame anyone, after all, this kind of thing is really hard to guard against.

As a country with different state religions, it is too easy for infidels to sneak in. Muslims are of Turkic race, and it is not that there are no Turkic survivors in the Tang Dynasty. It is too difficult to distinguish them from their appearance.

From other places... as long as people restrain themselves, don't wear religious clothes, and don't preach preaching, who can tell that they are Islamic people?

From diet?Controlling the sky and the earth, can you still manage that people don't like pork?

So it is impossible to guard against, and it has never been guarded against before. No one thinks that these unprofessional loose people can cause any harm.

However, it was these people who they didn't pay attention to, first bombed Li Jing's mausoleum, and then wanted to bomb Chang'an next.

Of course Li Congjia couldn't bear it, but besides martial law in the whole city now, it is necessary to discuss how to deal with it. It is certain that he will be ruthless, but how ruthless?Will it go too far and implicate the innocent?

Shi Xueting sits in the intelligence department and assigns everything well. After knowing that Lei Youzhong is leading a team to search the whole city, he sends people to cooperate with Lei Youzhong, while he himself returns to the palace.

In this precarious time, he needs to be by Li Congjia's side.

The ministers of the cabinet didn't feel that they were not used to Shi Xueting's appearance, after all, no one had time to worry about it at present.

Shi Xueting was silent for a long while, listening to their discussion, he finally couldn't help standing up and said: "Your Majesty, please give me an order to allow me to designate Islam as a cult in my country, and everyone in the Tang Dynasty has the right to report it."

Li Congjia, who was worrying about how to get everyone out, couldn't help but slapped his thigh after hearing this. Really, why didn't he think of it earlier?

If you want to deal with religion, you can only use other religions. In Datang, Shi Xueting can be regarded as a symbol. People believe in him, not in any religion, so what Shi Xueting said will be very useful.

When catching such small bugs, it is necessary to mobilize the power of the people. They can hide from the intelligence department and the Chang'an guards, but can they also hide from the neighbors?Unless they live in the wilderness.

If that's the case, it's okay, none of them can enter Chang'an City again, as for bombing in the mountains... just bomb it, anyway, if they dare to bomb it, they dare to catch it!

However, if Shi Xueting wants to define Islam as a cult, there must be a reason. There is no need to hide things like the imperial mausoleum being bombed and Chang'an being at stake. It may cause people to panic, but at this time the court needs to come appease the people.

Li Congjia said bluntly: "I'll take a dragon chariot and walk around the city of Chang'an, and nothing will happen."

After he finished speaking, the cabinet ministers were about to kneel down for him.

"Your Majesty, this matter must never happen." Wei Renpu tried to persuade him while thinking that if he couldn't be persuaded, could he move Fan Zhuguo here?

"Your Majesty, your comfort is the most important thing. If you make any mistake, it will be Datang's loss!" Zhao Pu winked at Shi Xueting while talking: You should come to persuade him.

Ji Chun said very unreliably: "If Your Majesty insists on this, why not... find someone to replace you."

Li Congjia finally spoke: "Bad idea."

It was indeed a bad idea, Ji Chun was afraid that he didn't know that when Liu Yu used a substitute, his throat was cut in public by his empress, which caused chaos in the Southern Han Dynasty.

Is there a substitute left aside, if it is really used, the substitute will die at that time, others will not know, if the emperor dies, I am afraid that the chaos will be faster.

Ji Chun was scolded, so he honestly stood aside and didn't dare to say more. He is the one with the least seniority in the cabinet. Just now, he felt that everyone was trying to persuade the emperor. It seemed inappropriate for him not to say a word, but now he has been Rebuking it as a bad idea, he can stand aside and continue making soy sauce.

After the cabinet ministers finished speaking, Shi Xueting said, "I'll go."

Li Congjia tightened his hand, restraining his urge to hold Shi Xueting: "No!"

Shi Xueting was very calm: "Then my answer is the same."

Li Congjia: ...

Four members of the cabinet: At this time, you two are still showing affection?

This idea was rejected, and Li Congjia did not insist. If it doesn't work, then it won't work. He won't go, Shi Xueting won't go, and the crown prince can't go, so Wei Renpu stood up and said, "I'll go."

As soon as Li Congjia wanted to object, Wei Renpu laughed and said, "Whether it is your majesty, the prince, or the national teacher, they are irreplaceable. If something goes wrong with you, it must be the prelude to chaos in the world, but I am different. In terms of status, the chief assistant of the cabinet is worth a few dollars, but in terms of importance, it is not worth it. After I die, there will be three assistant ministers left to take over, and other ministers can join the cabinet."

He gave a good reason, but Li Congjia disagreed: "No, I dare to go because I will have countless guards. It is not easy for those cultists to hurt me. The national teacher and the prince are the same, but you... I I want to make an exception for you, but I'm afraid you won't agree, so I can't."

Several ministers smiled slightly, Li Congjia was right, they valued the etiquette system very much, to destroy the etiquette system for themselves?Of course not.

Wei Renpu was still trying to convince Li Congjia, when suddenly there was a loud eagle cry, Shi Xueting hurried over - Xinying came.

Everyone in the Xuanzheng Hall was not arguing, they were all quietly waiting for Shi Xueting's news.

After reading it, Shi Xueting had a strange expression on his face: "There's no need to argue, everyone don't go."

Li Congjia was puzzled: "Huh?"

Shi Xueting handed him the news and said, "It has exploded."

The cabinet minister was extremely excited in an instant: "It exploded? Where did it explode? I didn't hear anything."

Li Congjia raised his head and said blankly, "Jian...Jianji Mausoleum?"