Chapter 459 – Doubtful
At this time, in Volokawa, the capital of Tugukhun, Wei Cheng was gathering his men to discuss the matter of capturing Tugukhun.
”Gentlemen, we have been ordered by His Highness to this damned place for more than two years now, this time we have summoned you here because we have heard many times from merchants traveling to and from the Tugukhun that His Majesty is now favoring the King of Qin, and there is a possibility that His Highness will be abolished, and in these recent months, I have also asked you to ask your brothers in Chang’an privately, and they have also confirmed this matter, and they have also said that His Majesty has already regained control of the Mingwei, so we need to take down the Tugukhun and welcome His Highness back to the west” Wei Cheng finished looking down at one of his own men, who were all eunuchs with physical defects just like himself.
”Welcome your highness to the west.”
”Welcome His Highness back to the west.”
”Gentlemen, all of us are because of His Highness, we have a chance to live, plus the world said that our eunuchs are a group of people with no eggs, only scourge of the country and harm the people, this time we let them see, we also have the blood, we only need to take down the Tugu Hunn, His Highness will have the capital, His Highness won’t dare to abolish His Highness, and His Highness will have the foundation for the final rise. So this time we can only win, do you have confidence?” Wei Cheng looked at the excited crowd underneath and pressed his hand, letting them be quiet and listen to himself.
”For the sake of your highness, we have no regrets in dying, and vow to die to take down Tugukhun”
”Good, actually all of you have this ambition, then seven days later, we will do it, so that the Tugukhun into a mess, and then we are in the joint border of His Highness sent thousands of White Tiger Guards, together to take down the Tugukhun, you go back, you have to be ready, seven days later, when the time, together with action, first assassinate the leader of the Tugukhun where you are, the collection of those who have already joined your slave, capable of direct control of the slaves. The slaves, have the ability to directly control that area, under the power of insufficient people, quickly and other people converge together, do not others annihilated, understand it” Wei Cheng to the people underneath, doing the final deployment, in fact, the specific deployment of the early in the previous, they already understand, this time but Wei Cheng again emphasized just.
”We understand” they listened to Wei Cheng’s narrative, answered in unison.
”Good then, you all go down to get ready! If something happens, carrier pigeon will contact you” After saying that, Wei Cheng asked them to disperse.
”Your Highness, are you alright?” After all of them left, Wei Cheng was alone in the secret room and muttered.
At the same time he remembered the scene when he first met with Li Chengqian.
It was when Li Chengqian was just once cleaning up the Eastern Palace of those who ate from the outside, as a eunuch left behind from the former Sui, even though he didn’t do anything, he was still suspected and was even beaten half to death.
If it wasn’t for Li Chengqian passing by, he would probably be dead by now, just because he was and those eunuchs around him were those left behind from the former Sui or Li Jiancheng period.
He still remembers the words Li Chengqian said to him.
”You and they are all beaten to such a state, but still do not open their mouths! For the sake of your master, you are really okay, if you are all my king’s men, my king would be proud to have people like you”
”Your Highness, we brothers, we are your lackeys, we don’t have any other masters, just because we are all left over from the former Sui Dynasty, we are like this”
”You said you all are the people left behind from the former Sui and Prince Jian period, then why don’t you leave, this king remembers that at that time there should be a lot of eunuchs released from the palace, as well as what do you all do”
”your highness, we are a group of eunuchs, left the imperial city, a little savings can still buy some fields, barely living day by day, no savings, life is good point can still go to the green house to do the tortoise, life is not good will go to do hard labor, and even do hard labor are no one want to do, are disgusted with us are eunuchs, more as a beggar, so we are all stayed, at least we can live, we are responsible for these are pouring the night incense and scrubbing the toilet.”
”So are there many of you like this?”
”Many, as far as the slave girl knows, there are thousands in the imperial city, and thousands in Chang’an city”
”It’s a group of poor people, let go, follow the king in the future, when you get well, go to gather those who are willing to follow the king, as long as you are loyal, then in the future there will be a mouthful of food from the king, you can’t starve.”
Because of these words of Li Chengqian, these people, they have the hope to live, also have a goal, after that in Li Chengqian set up the intelligence system, these people are the main force, this time to the Tugu Hunn is also these people, they are all loyal to Li Chengqian.
”Father, you are treating me here as a restaurant” When Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace, he just walked into the courtyard where the study was located, he saw that in the not so big courtyard inside, His Majesty, the Emperor of the Great Tang Dynasty, with the ministers he relied on, was there eating hot pots, and wine.
”Are things all settled?” Li Shimin didn’t care what Li Chengqian thought, instead he opened his mouth and asked him if things were settled.
”All have been resolved, to the white tiger guards I said to them, this is a drill, they have all gone back, and I have given them the order, tomorrow morning to get your transfer order, they will set off, as for the eagle guards side, the old four are also done” Li Chengqian heard his old man’s question, simple and he reported, just he hid the secret guards, but he did not know what to do. Only he hid the matter of the dark guards.
”You have ordered, that’s good, then come over to accompany my father to drink two cups, eat some food, something tomorrow” Hearing Li Chengqian’s words, Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian, and then called Li Chengqian and Li Tai, who were standing there, to come over to eat.
”Alas, come on, go Lao Si let’s come over, just just beat up people beat up a little hungry” said Li Chengqian on pulling Li Tai over.
Hearing this, Li Tai rolled his eyes, and those ministers who heard it all looked at Li Chengqian strangely one by one, but when Li Chengqian went over, those ministers along the way one by one rushed to salute Li Chengqian and Li Tai.
With the addition of Li Chengqian and Li Tai, this night banquet and lasted for a while, when those ministers to go, because Li Shimin previously said there is something to say tomorrow, they are managed one by one are full of questions, no one asked a question, are with a stomach full of questions to leave.
On the contrary, know everything about Li Shimin and Li Chengqian father and son, undistracted eat very cool, eat and leave.
The next morning, with Li Shimin in the morning court counted to the announcement of the imperial decree, which only solved those last night to participate in the dinner of the minister yesterday all the doubts.
These several holy edicts were the sentencing of those courtiers arrested by Li Tai, and also the announcement about the White Tiger Guards’ rehearsal, as well as Datang’s upcoming use of military force against Tugukhun.
Although the doubts were solved, the matter of exerting force against the Tugu Hunn and also sending only the White Tiger Guards still made those ministers quarrel in the courtroom.
As for the other two things, not many people cared.
However, even if those ministers are noisy, because Li Shimin has already issued the imperial decree, they are just noisy, after that, according to Li Shimin’s intention, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households together to do the logistics and support things.
After the next court, Li Shimin left Du Ruhi, Changsun Wuji, Li Jing and a cadre of other civil ministers and went to the Hall of Two Rituals together.