In the autumn of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, on the third day of September, Emperor Taizong of Tang ordered Wu Wang Li Ke to go to the Yanran Protectorate as the governor, and Yangzhou Sima Li Sudu guarded the huge Yanran Protectorate. Since then, Wu Wang and Li Ke have completely moved away from the power arena and went to Shan Yutai at the foot of Yinshan Mountain.
On the fifth day of September, Li Kuan, then Shang Shuling, learned that Goguryeo's envoy, Sangri Hyun, had returned to the capital, and muttered to himself: "The troublesome autumn!..."
After a while, Li Kuan and Liubu Shangshu, who were still in Shangshu Province, received an emergency edict and immediately entered the palace to discuss the affairs of the country. Li Kuan and others immediately set off to the Temple of Ganlu, where they gathered together to discuss national affairs. The edict did not say anything about it, but Li Kuan already knew it well.
Half an hour passed, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Li Ji and others arrived at Ganlu Temple one after another. Everyone hurried to meet Li Shimin, who was dignified and angry, and was shocked: "Is there any major event that can't happen?"
When everyone bowed to the salute, Li Shimin opened the door with anger and murderous intent, saying: "Gai Suwen killed his king, robbed his ministers, cruelly abused his people, and colluded with Baekje to attack Silla and cut off the road to the Tang tribute. However, Silla is the subject of my dynasty. Today, it is difficult for Silla to ask me for reinforcements. Therefore, I ordered the king of Goguryeo to stop using troops against Silla. Today, I have blatantly violated my order. Goguryeo’s actions are blatant. If you provoke me and invade and occupy neighboring countries, you can't leave it alone. Do you have a good plan?"
When everyone saw that the emperor had decided, they knew they were powerless to dissuade him from using military forces against Goguryeo and Baekje. They all wondered how to deal with it. Only Li Kuan turned a deaf ear to it, as if he had never heard of it. Li Shimin saw this with cold eyes and sternly said: "Shang Shuling opposes sending troops to attack?"
Li Kuan replied neither humble nor arrogant: "Return to your Majesty, the minister did not have this intention!"
"So why be absent-minded?" Li Shimin's sharp eyes and gloomy face stared at Li Kuan. On weekdays, he can tolerate no matter how he ignores the political affairs or mischievous behavior. Now Li Kuan is a Shang Shuling, and is no longer the idle prince at the beginning. He doesn't want to make progress in important positions, especially when he is absent-minded on such a major event. This is a big taboo in Li Shimin's heart.
The fact that Wu Wang Li Ke was far away from the capital made Li Shimin quite helpless but had to do it. All of this was out of control. It made Li Shimin realize that Li Kuan’s energy is by no means as simple as he can grasp, and even he can’t figure it out. Li Kuan was able to find out that the most taboo thing for him as an emperor was to hide things from his ministers.
Li Kuan calmly replied: "Return to your Majesty, the minister has no intention of this!"
Seeing that Li Kuan still didn't want to repent, Li Shimin didn't want to repent. Fang Xuanling, Li Ji and others were all sweating for Li Kuan. At the same time, he wondered why Li Kuan didn't take it seriously. Zhongshu made Yang Shidao suddenly speak, and sternly questioned Li Kuan, and said: "His Royal Highness Chu said that this is not a state matter?"
Li Kuan glanced at Yang Shidao's sneer, and thought: "I won't go looking for you, but you will come here by yourself!"
Li Kuan wanted to find out the truth about his mother's life experience and death. He wanted to go to Yang Shidao's mansion, but he was too late to do so because of delays. When he was ready to go again, Yang Shidao openly supported the king of Jin Li Zhi to become the prince with Zhang Sun Wuji. He was absolutely rejected if he wanted to go to the meeting, unless there was a valid reason, so he did not find the right time under repeated delays. .
Now that Yang Shidao opened his mouth to directly change the nature of the matter, Li Shimin's face became more gloomy, and it was possible to explode at any time. Li Kuan did not deal with Yang Shidao, and looked back at the Xiangri Xuan Award who had sent the edict of Goguryeo. : "Dare to ask Master Sangri how to pass the edict, and how did King Goguryeo answer it. Excuse me, please tell me what happened?"
Sangri Hyun Prize has heard of Li Kuan’s reputation in Goguryeo, and respectfully said: "Back to His Royal Highness Chu, the subordinates did not see the Goguryeo King. It was the regent of Goguryeo Gai Suwen who met the subordinates. It’s a big deal."
Gaisuwen is a native of Fuyu, whose real name is Yuan Gaisuwen. Yuan was omitted because he avoided the name of the emperor Li Yuan, or he was called Quan instead. His father was the Daegu Lu of Goguryeo, equivalent to the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. In short, Gaisuwen came from a prominent family. In the early days, he was the Shunnu tribe among the five Goguryeo tribes. He was a controversial military dictator with an iron fist.
When Sangri Hyun was serving as an envoy to Goguryeo, the former King of Goguryeo Rongliu wanted to get rid of the enemy because of the threat of Gaisuwen to the throne. He never thought that he would die in Gaisuwen's hands. Not only was he hacked to death by a knife, but also the body. It was thrown into the ditch as rubbish, and there was not even a decent funeral. In the end, Gaisuwen made his nephew Gao buried as the king, the king of treasure. It is said that the king of Goguryeo is a puppet, and the domestic affairs of Goguryeo are all made by Gaisuwen. .
"What did you say when you met in Pyongyang?"
Li Kuan naturally knew about Gai Suwen. It was not because of how powerful he was, but because of another person. That person was Xue Rengui who conquered the Marshal of Liaodong in the biographical romance. Therefore, he checked the relevant information, so I have some impressions. .
Sangri Hyun Prize was shocked. He didn't know how Lee Kuan knew about his meeting with Gai Suwen in Pyongyang? After a moment of stunned, Xiangli Xuan Prize explained the situation of the two people's meeting. At that time, Gai Suwen was attacking Silla with troops. Hearing that the envoys from the Tang Dynasty came back to Pyongyang to meet him.
Xiangli Xuanzheng was surprised when he saw the rumored Gai Suwen for the first time. At first glance, his facial features, burly body, and self-arrogant aura are more like the sons of a noble family than a military dictator. , However, when the two met, the other party asked about their intentions straightforwardly, and finally refused the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty's order and other things, Xiangli Xuanzheng said.
After a moment of silence, Li Kuan looked at Xianglixuan Prize and asked faintly: "Have Master Xiangli ever had something wrong with his words?"
"How dare you be the next official!" Xiang Li Xuan Zai panicked, his eyes dodged, and his voice was slightly trembling. Even Li Shimin could see that Xiang Li Xuan Zai must be putting on airs, because he represented the Tang Dynasty and the country was powerful. The envoy Tang must be a little arrogant, that's normal.
If other people might be afraid of the Datang Army, but Gai Suwen would not take this set, he did not hesitate to choose to refuse, leaving no affection. Xuanzang changed his tone when he saw this, but his appearance irritated Gai Suwen even more, and finally refused to follow the edict again.
Tang Taizong Li Shimin had the heart to conquer Liaodong, because in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, he sent envoy Chen Dade to find that many people in the former Sui Dynasty were generals in Goguryeo. He wanted to go out and finally thought about it and decided to abandon this idea, so as to avoid war. .
Now Gai Suwen’s strong refusal and King Silla’s request for help gave Li Shimin a full excuse. He used this as an opportunity to prepare to attack Liaodong. While taking the opportunity to defeat the opponent’s spirit, he also wiped out the remaining forces of the former Sui Dynasty. This is also his Xiao Jiujiu, Li Kuan. I saw it but didn't say it. Instead, he used the Xianglixuan Prize as a breakthrough to express his position. This made Li Shimin a little unable to come to Taiwan, while the Xianglixuan Prize was like sitting on pins and needles, and the Zhongshu made Yang Shidao shocked. (End of this chapter)