Chapter 221: Well done, Prince!

The morning court session was held on time.

Under the leadership of Li Chengqian, all government affairs, big and small, were handled in an orderly manner.

At this time, Hou Junji came out holding a tablet in his hand, “Your Highness, there is news from the Songzhou Governor’s Office that Tubo has once again mobilized a large army at the border, and it seems that they intend to avenge their previous humiliation.”

Li Chengqian laughed immediately. In the previous battle of Songzhou, Tubo was defeated. Now they are mobilizing a large army to avenge the previous defeat?
Do they have this ability?
Chang Sun Wuji said calmly: “This is because they know that Lu Dongzan has left Chang’an, so they want to put pressure on us.”

Fang Xuanling nodded: “Mu Chi and others have been sentenced to death. Tubo will definitely not sit idly by when they hear the news.”

“In addition, before the Tibetan envoys arrived in Chang’an, they had already arranged for people to go to Suzhou and Henan Prefecture to investigate the disaster.”

“I infer that Tubo must have known that the Tang Dynasty had been hit by many disasters recently, and a large amount of grain was sent to Suzhou and other places, leaving the granaries empty. So they took this opportunity to test the strength of the Tang Dynasty.”

Gao Shilian: “Prime Minister Fang is right.”

“The more you are afraid of fighting, the more arrogant Tubo will become. It would be better to deploy troops in Songzhou and see if they have the courage to start a war again!”

Li Chengqian nodded, “What the three adults said makes sense. Do you have different opinions?”

Faced with Li Chengqian’s question, the generals chose to fight without a doubt.

For these military generals, they all fought with Li Shimin. Now that the Tang Dynasty is strong, large-scale wars are unlikely to happen again.

Now that they have the opportunity to make military achievements again, how could they miss it?
of course.

Some people are war-loving, and naturally some people don’t want to see war happen.

“Your Highness, if a war breaks out between Tibet and the Tang Dynasty, the Songzhou area will be turned into a meat-crushing machine, which will be detrimental to people’s livelihood.”

“I believe that peace is the most important thing and war should not be started lightly.”

“I second the proposal.”

Faced with the ministers who wanted to make peace, Li Chengqian smiled and shook his head.

“Everyone.”

“I think you may have misunderstood a concept.”

“Even if a war breaks out this time, it was not started by our Tang Dynasty, but by Tubo!”

“If they want to fight, the Tang Dynasty will accompany them!”

“The Tang Dynasty was won by the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers and not by begging for peace!”

“If so, which lord is willing to go to Tubo and persuade them not to send troops?”

“…”

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, the ministers who had been reluctant to start a war just now all shut up.

Going to Tubo at this time would be like throwing a meat bun at a dog, with no return.

Li Chengqian looked around and saw that no one spoke, so he said, “Since you are not willing to go, then don’t talk about peace talks anymore!”

Fight, fight!
The military generals and some civil officials who were full of martial virtue all showed excitement on their faces.

Is peace the most important thing?

When your fist is big enough, the other party will naturally be friendly.

“Lord Hou.”

“The minister is here.”

“Send a message to Songzhou Governor Han that if the Tibetan army dares to step into the territory of our Great Tang and kill any of our citizens, they will be kept at the border forever!”

Li Chengqian’s domineering declaration immediately won everyone’s applause.

Hou Junji shouted, “Obey the prince’s order!”

Li Chengqian nodded, “Do you have anything else to say, sir?”

Sun Fujia hesitated for a moment, then walked out holding a tablet in his hand, “Your Highness, I have something important to report.”

“explain.”

“The prisoner Mu Chi ate something dirty in the prison cell, which caused his throat to be damaged and he has difficulty speaking.”

Mu Chi is mute?
Except for a few people who knew the inside story, everyone else was extremely surprised.

Out of nowhere, Mu Chi suddenly became mute. There must be something fishy going on.

Fang Xuanling and the other two looked at each other, then glanced at Li Chengqian and Sun Fujia, and remained silent.

Li Chengqian glanced at him with a smile and said, “Sir Sun, this is because you, the Dali Temple, handled it improperly.”

Sun Fujia: “It is my fault. Please punish me, Your Highness.”

Li Chengqian smiled and waved his hands, “Mu Chi will be beheaded anyway. It doesn’t matter whether he is dumb or not. However, you must take this as a warning and never do it again.”

Sun Fujia: “Thank you, Your Highness.”

Oh hoo.

Li Chengqian’s attitude of raising it high and then putting it down gently made everyone feel that something was not right.

“Okay, my lords, we have finished our business, everyone go back and rest.”

“Yes.”

Everyone looked at Li Chengqian and Sun Fujia suspiciously, and then left the Taiji Hall in twos and threes.

East Palace.

Fang Xuanling and the other two followed Li Chengqian into their seats.

Li Chengqian smiled and said, “The three adults would like to ask, why did Mu Chi become mute?”

Fang Xuanling and the other two nodded silently.

Li Chengqian confessed: “He said something he shouldn’t have said, so I ordered Sun Fujia to poison him and make him mute.”

This……

Fang Xuanling and the other two were stunned.

I never thought that it was Li Chengqian who did this, and he said it so naturally.

Zhang Sun Wuji pondered and said, “But Mu Chi gave away the mastermind of the bombing?”

“good.”

“Is it the King of Wei?”

“Yes.”

After receiving a positive answer, Chang Sun Wuji took a deep breath and asked, “Why did the prince poison him and make him mute?”

Li Chengqian smiled and said, “Uncle, didn’t I just say that Mu Chi said something he shouldn’t have said?”

Changsun Wuji was very surprised.

Gao Shilian said with a smile: “Do you really think so?”

Li Chengqian spread his hands and said, “My father is spending the summer at Jiucheng Palace, and I am in charge of all the affairs of the court. My second brother was bewitched by the evil Tibetans and did such a treasonous thing. I feel helpless and have no choice but to help him.”

Gao Shilian nodded repeatedly, “It is a blessing for the Tang Dynasty that the Crown Prince has such an idea.”

Fang Xuanling smiled and nodded in agreement: “Mu Chi knew that he would be killed, but he still wanted to sow discord at this time. He should be severely punished. Beheading him is already too easy for him.”

Li Chengqian waved his hand, “They are just small things, they will be over when they are over.”

“I just hope he can understand my good intentions.”

“Actually, being a prince is very tiring.”

Fang Xuanling and the other two smiled.

Li Chengqian: “Why don’t you three stay in the East Palace and have lunch before going back.” “Thank you, Your Highness.”

……

Jiucheng Palace.

A letter was delivered to Li Shimin.

“Your Majesty, this was sent from the East Palace. Please take a look.”

“What’s going on in the East Palace again?”

Li Shimin frowned and opened the envelope, only to find a crumpled case record inside.

Li Shimin recognized at a glance that these were the case record details of the Dali Temple.

After looking carefully, Li Shimin’s face became a little gloomy.

The mastermind of the bombing was Li Tai, who also arranged for the Jiangnan cloth merchant to be killed…

hateful!

What is this bastard thinking?
Even if you are competing with the prince, you cannot conspire with Tubo!
“That’s unreasonable!”

Li Shimin slammed the table, only to find that there was a letter in the envelope.

After frowning, taking it out and taking a look, Li Shimin was a little confused.

Did the Crown Prince’s Sun Fujia poison and silence Mu Chi?

Don’t say anything that is not conducive to brotherly harmony?

This……

Li Shimin was a little bit unbelievable. He rubbed his eyes and looked again, carefully examining every word, but suddenly felt that these words were extremely strange.

After a long silence, a hearty laugh rang out in the hall.

Li Shimin couldn’t help but clapping his hands repeatedly, Good, good, Gao Ming, you really did not disappoint me.

When you are the eldest brother, you should act like an eldest brother!

You did a great job!

The familiar yet unfamiliar words made Li Shimin see the demeanor of a Tang Dynasty crown prince who was broad-minded and tolerant of his brothers.

This is my son!
“Well done, Prince.”

Li Shimin sighed again and again, “I didn’t expect that during this time in Jiucheng Palace, he would bring me so many surprises time and time again.”

“This should be made clear!”

“Wang De.”

“exist.”

“Order someone to prepare the banquet and drinks. I want to drink to my heart’s content today.”

“By the way, go and invite all the ministers over!”

“Yes.”

Wang De left quickly.

Li Shimin was overjoyed holding the two pieces of paper.

This is the prince I chose!

soon.

The ministers who accompanied him on the trip came in twos and threes.

Along the way, everyone was talking about it.

Why did Your Majesty suddenly hold a banquet and invite everyone to drink?

Is there some happy event?

“See Your Majesty.”

“No gift!”

Li Shimin waved his hand cheerfully, “I invite you all here today, not for anything else, just for fun!”

Everyone: “???”

Seeing Li Shimin so interested, even those who didn’t understand the situation were certain of one thing.

Li Shimin is very happy today!
Wei Zheng asked, “Your Majesty, is there any happy event in Chang’an?”

Li Shimin looked over with a smile, “I really can’t hide it from you, my dear minister. There is indeed a great happy event.”

“My dear ministers, do you know about the explosion that occurred in Chang’an City some time ago?”

Everyone nodded.

Li Shimin said coldly: “After investigation, it was indeed done by the Tibetans!”

talking.

Li Shimin took out the previous letter from his sleeve and said, “My dear ministers, please take a look.”

Even if Li Shimin did not make this matter public, he could not hide it from those who were interested.

Since everyone will know this sooner or later, it would be better for him to decipher it himself!
“You have such a wicked ambition that you dare to attack His Royal Highness the Prince. This is the Tibetan way of sowing discord!”

“Mu Chi deserved his death! Beheading him would be too easy for him!”

“Your Highness is wise. He saw through the evil plan of the Tibetan bandits and poisoned Mu Chi to silence him!”

“Don’t say anything that is not conducive to the harmony of brothers. The prince really has the qualities of a wise ruler!”

“Congratulations, Your Majesty!”

“Congratulations, Your Majesty!”

This is the end.

Everyone finally understood why Li Shimin was so happy.

The Crown Prince and the King of Wei have always been at odds with each other. Now, after the Crown Prince learned that Mu Chi had confessed that the mastermind behind the bombing was the King of Wei, he not only did not deal with the King of Wei, but instead poisoned Mu Chi and made him mute.

Harmonious brothers and friendly sisters.

The prince is indeed more mature than before and has more potential as a wise ruler.

At least.

Li Shimin really wanted to see this scene!
Faced with everyone’s compliments, Li Shimin smiled even more happily, and his phoenix eyes were almost invisible.

Cheng Zhijie laughed and said, “Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is magnanimous. Let’s say today we have to get drunk or not.”

Li Shimin waved his hand and jars of fine wine were brought up.

“Today, I will drink with you, my dear ministers!”

“it is good!”

“I congratulate Your Majesty. I’ll drink first as a sign of respect!”

“Cheng Zhijie, you are here to drink for free, right?”

“Hahaha……”

“See through it but don’t say it, drink, drink!”

(End of this chapter)