Datang Library

Chapter 9 Sophistry or Faithfulness?

As soon as Bai Fan came, all the ministers in the political hall immediately stopped the rioting and whispering, because everyone knew that Lan Tianhou would not go to court easily, and going to court was a big event, and generally it was not allowed to be changed or refuted, and no one dared to refute. Because the grandson Wuji, the uncle of the country, was fined to close the door for three years to avoid disaster for talking too much, the uncle of the country had to confess, let alone ordinary people?

Li Er sat on the main seat and didn't move. He was still thinking, why did he come?From what he meant, could it be that he wanted to save Hou Junji?

"In short, you said that Hou Junji shouldn't be accused of crimes, but you can tell why." Jin Wang Li Jiancheng said, no one dared to take the blame at this time, and as a father-in-law, he didn't want his son-in-law to offend his younger brother.

Bai Fan saluted Li Er respectfully and said, "One of these is that the marines are now fighting the enemy with all their might, but we are discussing right and wrong behind their backs. Isn't it suspected of slowing down?"

"Master Hou, I don't understand what you said. The navy sent troops without permission and caused trouble. Could it be that we have to raise our hands to support it? If it's like this, send troops without authorization and set fires everywhere, there will be a day in Tang Dynasty Are you peaceful?" A bold censor stood up.

"Let's talk about things, don't talk about our Tang soldiers. The Tang soldiers have their own military orders and conduct, and you won't be allowed to speculate." Li Ji stood up and snorted coldly, and many generals also stepped forward.

Bai Fan raised his hand to persuade everyone, and said loudly to that person: "Why can't you raise your hand in favor?

The sages have said that brothers fight against their humiliation outside the wall!

General Hou Junji led his troops to fight with the enemy on the sea. No matter what the cause was, it was a fact that the Great Tang lost troops. At this time, as a member of the Great Tang, I think the first thing that should come to mind is how to reunite Strength, raise your troops to fight over to get back the situation, instead of arguing about who is right and who is wrong here, to put it bluntly, even if my Tang Dynasty opens the door to bully people, it will have to wait until we work together to settle outsiders Come back and criticize yourself.

When encountering a national war, shrink back and look for reasons and want to bow your head to seek peace. That is not the style of a big country, it is the nature of a weak country! "

"You, a country of etiquette and etiquette in the Tang Dynasty, the sages have said since ancient times that a warlike one will die. How can you be unreasonable and go all out?" The man blushed and shouted, and many civil servants also stood up. In the theoretical dispute, many people still have a bottom line.

"Qin destroying the six kingdoms and unifying the world can be said to be a benefit to the millennium later generations. Otherwise, the Warring States would have suffered endless disasters, with countless deaths and injuries year after year. I don't know what would happen if the Great Qin at that time respected the etiquette of the sages?

Our Great Tang wants to imitate the ancient Great Qin and rule the world in the future. When all the land of the world belongs to the Great Tang, presumably your etiquette theory should be widely loved by people everywhere. "

Bai Fan's words resounded in everyone's ears, and the discussion and crusade stopped abruptly.

Li Eryi slapped the table and said loudly: "Okay, I think that what Jian Jian said is not bad at all, it is in line with the current situation of my Tang Dynasty, if I don't have the tolerance to swallow the world, how can I be able to dominate the world?" Merit? Don't argue about this.

In short, you went on to say, one of these counts as your reason, and the other is what? "

"Your Majesty, General Hou Junji trained the navy for six years, but the Baekje, Goguryeo, and Japanese navies that could be used for him in actual combat are all too weak and vulnerable, so this makes General Hou Junji feel invincible. illusion.

Because of this, he wanted to find a strong country to train troops. He made it clear that he wanted to fight against the sea this time, but he didn't mean to destroy the country and occupy the territory without authorization.

The minister thinks that General Hou is training the strength of the navy, and it is all right to challenge the navy of other countries. Not only is there no fault, but he should have merit. "

Good guy, you can really fool around with your mouth, you want to bring the dead to life, everyone agrees in their hearts, you really deserve to be the best eloquent in the world, after a long time, Hou Junji is still waiting to receive the credit.

After Li Er heard this, he snorted coldly, "Hou Junji sent troops without a military order, so we can't just expose it, but with his public heart, he was allowed to commit crimes and meritorious deeds, and ordered the [-] northern navy of the Tang Dynasty to join the southern navy of the Lingnan Yue King. Avenge me for destroying the Tianzhu Navy.

Passed the decree to Hou Junji, if you want to train your troops, you must train hard, practice honestly, and only lead a team. Those who didn't know it in the past thought it was pirates showing off their power. If it wasn't because of his carelessness this time, there are 1 marines in the army. On the other hand, how can we lose more than [-] elite navy? "

Well, it turns out that His Majesty the Emperor is also a militant.

"Your Majesty, I think military training is fine, but the war to destroy the country cannot be resumed." Wei Zheng stood up and said.

"Oh? After winning, why didn't you take down the enemy's country in one go? Could it be that you are still waiting for the enemy's revenge?" Li Er was puzzled.

"Your Majesty, the territory we have occupied in recent years is too large, and we need to send people to manage and take over from all over the country. However, our Tang Dynasty lacks political talents at all levels. Occupying another country, even if it is nominally assigned to my Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that in fact we will not be able to assign people to take it over."

It turned out to be the case. Hearing this was the reason, Li Er laughed instead. Unexpectedly, in just over ten years, Datang has become so rich, and what is most lacking is the officials who take over the territory?This kind of thing, ten years ago, I am afraid I would not have dared to think about it.

"Okay, if that's the case, let's concentrate on using Tianzhu to train troops. After two years, our talents will be in place, and it won't be too late to destroy the country in one fell swoop." Li Er said, and couldn't help looking at Bai Fan. so what?Although I am now the leader in the national education industry, cultivating talents cannot be counterproductive.

Hou Junji from Lingnan was singing with Feng An over wine, when he saw the telegram handed over by his subordinates, he spilled the wine in his glass excitedly.

"Brother Feng, I, am I right? Your Majesty didn't beat my general, and let me fight hard? Do you fight every day when you are training soldiers? The crime I committed this time is that the prison car was pulled to Chang'an. Bar."

Feng An laughed loudly: "Brother Hou, please be safe and don't be impatient. You are a country with a public heart. Who doesn't know this? I sent a telegram to Lan Tianhou before and asked him to help you intercede. I think it's our world Only then did you speak for you in the first debate, in this way, with the full support of His Majesty and Lord Hou, you can train and fight in an open and honest manner."

Hou Junji suddenly realized, "Okay, that's great, thank you Brother Feng and Lord Hou for your help, I would like to toast you."

"Come here, pass on the order. The army is preparing for war today, and will set off westward tomorrow to seek revenge on the villains of Tianzhu."

After drinking a glass of wine, Hou Junji suddenly became full of pride.

9 Chapter Twenty

On the Jieri Dynasty's side, Master Xuanzang finally returned to the Jieri King's Hall after going through all kinds of hardships. Along with him were the naval soldiers who reported the defeat of the Jieri Dynasty.

Hearing the report from the navy that the Jieri Dynasty was defeated and more than half of the navy was lost, the Jieri King immediately became restless.

"Master, what do you say? Didn't you say to go to the middle to negotiate a peace? I think you went to inform the enemy." A minister stood up and bombarded Xuanzang.

"The poor monk is a disciple of Buddhism. This is the holy land of Buddhism. How could I let others attack here? It's just that before I went up to make peace, I was captured by the Datang Navy. After the sea battle, I and the Datang Navy The general said he was a lobbyist, so he got out."

"Oh? Well, isn't it still for you Datang? To be a lobbyist? You want to show off your power as a winner, huh, you have been here for almost ten years, and the people of our country praise you very much. Unexpectedly, it led wolves into the house.

Your Majesty, this person is an enemy spy, please order him to be captured. "

Many ministers condemned Xuanzang one after another.

King Jieri stood up and waved his hands and said: "You have misunderstood, the victory of the Tang Navy has nothing to do with Master Xuanzang, but their strength is indeed strong enough to crush us, and our warship was sunk by others before it even approached. up.

Master, General Ariza said that you need to find me something, I don't know what it is? "

Master Xuanzang rarely performed a courtier's gift to King Jieri instead of a Buddhist ceremony.

"Your Majesty, the poor monk heard at sea this time that Datang launched a large-scale extermination of Buddhas a few years ago, and this time the extermination of Buddhas was particularly tragic. It is to sweep away the ancestral land of Buddhism.

Please, His Majesty the King, be the master of Buddhism, otherwise Datang will surely become the doom of my Buddhism in the future. "

What? ? ?

There was a sound of exclamation in the field, and none of them expected that such a thing would happen?Even King Jieri didn't expect that Master Xuanzang didn't come to support Datang, did he come to ask Jieri Dynasty to attack Datang?It is disgraceful to do so.

The Jieri Dynasty is a religious country, and it can be said that almost everyone believes in Buddhism, so the first reaction when hearing this is not to let people destroy the Buddha.

"Master, although I am very saddened by this incident, the Jieri Dynasty is far away from the Tang Dynasty by the sea, and the Western Regions and other countries are separated by thousands of miles to the north. Even if you go through Tubo, you will not be able to cross the Great Snow Mountain, so I am afraid there is nothing you can do about it. "

"Your Majesty, Buddhism cannot be destroyed. This is a blasphemy against the Buddha. How can we just ignore Shura's harm to Buddhism?" Many courtiers stood up and urged.

King Jie Ri shook his head and said: "Everyone, be safe and don't be impatient. General Arisa of the Navy came to report that the people of Datang summoned thunder and fire rain, and the navy fleet was wiped out by thunder and fire rain a few miles away. This shows that our strength is very different from that of Datang. So we are helpless, now it seems that if Shura is born, we can keep the Buddhist ancestral court, and it is almost impossible to counterattack."

Xuanzang said: "Your Majesty, General Ariza of the Navy seems to have thought of a plan to defeat the enemy when he came. Why don't we wait for two days and wait for General Ariza's victory before discussing this matter?"

Sure enough, two days later, the good news came from the sea, Datang was almost completely wiped out by the Japanese navy, and the offensive and defensive situation immediately changed.

But seeing the good news, King Jieri shook his head again. It turned out that the small boat won the surprise attack. Even so, the loss was huge, which showed that he still did not dare to face the enemy head-on.

"Master, there is really nothing I can do to counterattack the Great Tang."

Xuanzang was silent for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "Since that's the case, please let your majesty let the poor monk go back from the Western Regions. A disaster happened in the Buddhist sect of the Tang Dynasty. As a Buddhist disciple, he should sacrifice himself to protect the Dharma with his own body."

"Well, Master, think twice, the Tang Dynasty is extremely dangerous, and the roads in the Western Regions are difficult, just in case..."