Uncle Detective Di Renjie, I build a crime-solving team

As soon as Barkley left Prince Jin's Mansion, the "Zhun" on the second hall was taken off.

A monk and a Taoist priest carried the calligraphy into Wu Chengsi's study, moving it very carefully, for fear of damaging it in the slightest.

After them, Wu Chengsi entered the study and asked the two men to hang the calligraphy behind the chair in his study.

He waited until the monk pulled out the chair behind the desk and placed it in the correct position before he sat down.

In this matter, looking from the opposite side of the desk, he is completely below the middle part of the word "准", and combined with his momentum, he can show the true meaning of this word to the fullest.

"That idiot Barclay, how could he possibly know the grand plans of our Majesty?"

"I'm afraid they're still preparing to quietly invade while the Tang Dynasty is at war with two other countries and its national strength is depleted."

On one side of the desk, there was an urgent document from the Internal Guard Office in Tubo. Yesterday, Li Cunxi ordered someone to copy a copy and hand it to him.

Among the several ministers in the Council of State, only he, Di Renjie and Li Huaiyuan received a copy, and they were asked to come back and study it carefully.

The content roughly says that Yu Zhou, the double agent sent by Li Cunxi, had already established a foothold in Tubo a year ago and obtained the support of Bolun Zan, becoming the prime minister of Tubo, similar to the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

With the strong support of Yuzhou, Ulezhi led the Internal Guard to set up camp in Tubo, which had already grown to a considerable scale.

The Internal Guard received a message from Yuzhou, saying that Tubo regretted not being able to participate in the previous three-party attack on Tang, so it sent envoys to Tang to inquire about the truth and ask Tang to send a princess to marry to lower Tang's vigilance.

"What a bunch of guys with wolfish ambitions."

"In the past, the three factions invaded Tang, but they couldn't cause any problems for our Tang. Now, only Tubo is left, and they still dare to act so rampantly!"

"Today, the Great Zhou is no longer a weak country. For more than two years, the people of the Tang Dynasty have lived and worked in peace and contentment, the treasury is full, Your Majesty has a far-sighted vision, and the ministers are united in purpose!"

"Now, it is the Tang Dynasty that is attacking the three factions!"

Wu Chengsi rubbed the document with his fingertips, his expression cold.

He could never have imagined that the current Tang Dynasty had such a strong army and no one could compete with it!

You are just a small Tubo, and even the prime minister is a Tang person. How the hell can you fight against our Tang Dynasty?

"Prepare the carriage, I want to go to the palace to see the emperor..."

"If nothing unexpected happens, Di Huaiying and Li Huaiyuan should be on their way, right?"

Thinking of Di Renjie, with whom he lived day and night, whose health was getting worse day by day, Wu Chengsi sighed softly.

He and Di Renjie did not get along in the past, but after Li Cunxi appeared, thanks to his repeated help, their relationship gradually improved a lot, and now they are like old friends.

If he had seen Di Renjie die in the era when the Tang Dynasty was becoming more and more powerful, he would also feel sad.

After leaving the Prince of Jin's Mansion, he took a carriage to the outside of Taichu Palace, where he met Di Renjie and Li Huaiyuan who were waiting for him. The three of them entered Taichu Palace together.

Walking among the three people, Wu Chengsi subconsciously glanced at Di Renjie's face out of the corner of his eye.

But Di Renjie's face had lost a lot of color, and he was not as smart and capable as before, and his eyes were a little cloudy.

"Huaiying, it's time to take a break recently."

He couldn't help but persuade.

Hearing this, Di Renjie was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said:

"Chengsi, are you concerned about my health?"

"Hehehe, I'm very clear about my health. Don't worry, I won't be willing to die until I see the Tang Dynasty standing at the top of the world!"

Li Huaiyuan sighed: "No matter what, at our age, health is the most important thing."

"Don't worry, I'm fine, I'm just old..."

Di Renjie seemed to be able to sense something, but...

This feeling that the end is near started two years ago.

In the past, the Crown Prince Li Xian of the Great Zhou Dynasty committed suicide in the Qianyang Palace, leaving Wu Zetian with eternal infamy and destroying the personal morality of the former Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Gaozong of Tang, leaving them with indelible stains on their personal morality.

Because of this incident, Di Renjie fell seriously ill and his health deteriorated rapidly.

Although his condition improved later on, it was to no avail. His health continued to deteriorate. After the imperial physician diagnosed him, he was recuperating for two years. Even though he still had this feeling, this body still did not let him die in bed.

"Well, instead of worrying about me, why don't we gather our thoughts first? We can't underestimate the Tubo's ambitions!"

Di Renjie gathered his sleeves.

"Ling Gui said the treasury couldn't support a three-front war, but in reality, it was because he saw the treasury was not full in previous years, and the entire Great Zhou was in a mess."

"But we all know that the national treasury is now full. In just the past two years, the weather has been mild, the fields have harvested abundantly, and every household has surplus food."

"For two consecutive years, the Director of the Imperial Observatory, Xu Xi, has presented Spring Festival congratulatory messages praising the emperor's unfailing virtue. This has resulted in the prosperity and peace that has prevailed over the past two years. Even the Turkic and Khitan peoples, who had submitted to the emperor, now enjoy abundant water and grass."

"The tragedy of the Great Zhou will not happen in the Great Tang. This is already certain."

Linggui is Yao Ting's courtesy name.

Yao Ting was the Minister of Revenue. Although he was reluctant to start a war on three fronts, he did not try to stop it. Instead, he hoped to start the wars one by one.

The biggest advantage of starting wars one by one is that even if one side loses, the cost of the defeat will not seriously damage the vitality of the Tang Dynasty.

Even the Shizhong, Nei Shi and Shangshu Ling knew that the national treasury was full. As the Minister of Revenue, he was of course well-informed.

The reason why he was unwilling was that the Tang Dynasty had only experienced good weather for more than two years.

Who knows if there will be good weather and good harvests next year?

"We all know Linggui's thoughts, but this is not the Great Zhou era after all. This year is a year of good weather and good harvests. I expect the autumn harvest to be just like in previous years."

Li Huaiyuan looked at the government hall which was getting closer and closer and continued:

"Facts will tell us whether it was right or wrong to start a war on three fronts."

"And I firmly believe that His Majesty will never be wrong!"

Wu Chengsi smiled faintly and said nothing.

In Li Huaiyuan's eyes, Li Cunxi could never be wrong.

At the beginning, Zhang Jianzhi acted recklessly and secretly contacted Li Xian who was far away in Yangzhou. In the end, he ended up begging for his life. Before leaving, he proposed that Li Huaiyuan take his place.

You know, Li Cunxi did not hesitate at that time and let Li Huaiyuan take over this powerful position.

After that, Li Huaiyuan was very grateful to Li Cunxi and there was no such thing as Li Cunxi doing anything wrong.

"Didn't the Imperial Master Xuguzi say that Your Majesty is the Great Emperor Zhenwu who has come to the mortal world?"

"The gods descended to earth to bring peace to the world. Good weather and good harvests are the norm, right?"

Wu Chengsi laughed and was the first to step into the door of the government hall.

"Gentlemen, I put on a good show for Barkley today. If nothing unexpected happens, he should send someone back to Tibet to report the news tonight at the latest."