Chapter two hundred and sixty-one: the loss of my beloved son(1/2)
After Li Shimin said that, Zhang Qian hurried in: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Zhang Qian's face was obviously not good-looking.
He stumbled in and almost tripped, so he walked staggeringly to Li Shimin, holding a memorial in his hand, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the urgent report from Yangzhou."
Li Shimin took it and couldn't help but say with an angry look on his face: "What does it look like if you are so panicked."
As he said that, he opened the memorial, but when he saw that Li Shimin's face turned pale.
He raised his head and said no.
Fang Xuanling felt the abnormality of the matter and couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, I wonder what happened?"
"Yangzhou..." Li Shimin took a deep breath and continued: "Wu Ming, the governor of Yangzhou, joined forces with the left and right guards of the King of Yue, as well as the cavalry mansion, and the aristocratic clans, have rebelled!"
This news is like a bolt from the blue.
Li Shimin just wanted to cheer up and do something big, but he didn't expect that this backlash would come so quickly.
As soon as he left, he turned his back. Obviously, the rebels did not know that Li Shimin had returned to Chang'an, which means that these people were heading for Li Shimin.
The Tang Dynasty advocated martial arts. To put it bluntly, both civil and military officials were more ruthless.
If the king wants his minister to die, the minister has to die, and they will not eat this.
Since you, Li Erlang, let us have a good life, we will invite you, Li Erlang, to eat the blade.
Li Shimin originally thought that with his prestige, these people would not be like this.
But I never thought that these people were so crazy.
"Not good." Li Shimin suddenly showed regret on his face. He couldn't help but say sadly: "I shouldn't have left Yangzhou at the beginning. If I were in Yangzhou, why would I be afraid of these traitors? I had secretly allocated the military and horses from Qizhou, but now..."
Li Shimin gritted his teeth and continued: "Now Chen Zhengtai has only a hundred people in his hands, and the left and right guards of the King of Yue, plus the cavalry, and other aristocratic tribes, the number of people is probably more than 10,000. Chen Zhengtai will die if he is a hundred times the enemy."
Speaking of this, Li Shimin's face looked very ugly, while Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were in a mess, and for a moment he felt that this was a bolt from the blue.
Once the rebellion is rebelled, and His Majesty has just destroyed the entire Deng family, the dissatisfied forces in Jiangnan will inevitably cause trouble. Moreover, they have killed Chen Zhengtai and kidnapped King Yue. If they are under the name of King Yue, they still don’t know what they will make.
Although Fang Xuanling knew very well that the court was still very confident in quelling the rebellion, the problem was that a war would be another huge catastrophe for the entire Jiangnan.
The court will pay a heavy price to destroy the Deng family.
But what Li Shimin thought was different. What he was thinking about was Chen Zhengtai’s safety!
Li Shimin said angrily: "Li Tai, Li Tai, this evil son! The rebel was King Wei of Yue. He is to blame. I will never forgive him easily. But Zheng Tai... I am afraid that now, most of the past ten have already suffered."
As soon as he said this, Li Shimin bit his teeth and knew in his heart that he would not only lose his disciples, but also encounter a huge crisis.
He knew very well that if his son was kidnapped and rebelled, it would be a situation where father and son were robbed, and the war would deplete the vitality of the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention, those ministers who were already dissatisfied would definitely take this opportunity to start agitation and cause trouble, and frame all the rebellions on the Deng family's extermination.
I don’t know how many people want to see Li Shimin’s jokes.
Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, you should immediately summon the army to quell the rebellion..."
Li Shimin was surprisingly calm at this moment! Thinking of Chen Zhengtai's death, he couldn't help but feel sad and angry. Tears were rolling in his eyes. He took a deep breath and said, "Of course I want to quell the rebellion. I want to kill all the rebels and command the emperor to personally fight! People come to find Li Jing, Cheng Yaojin..."
"His Majesty……"
At this moment, a small eunuch hurried in and said, "General Li, General Cheng, and General Zhang are asking for a meeting."
Li Shimin: “…”
This really means Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive.
He just put these names on his lips, but he didn't expect that... the person came.
Li Shimin didn't bother to wipe the tears from his eyes, and said coldly: "Xuan."
After a while, Li Jing and others came in, and Cheng Yaojin was most anxious: "Your Majesty, it's amazing, Yangzhou is rebelling."
Li Shimin: “…”
This is a express news from Yangzhou, which has just been delivered to Li Shimin. Although the silver station may delay some time, it is an urgent report after all. No matter what, it is impossible for you, Cheng Yaojin, to get the news first.
Li Shimin couldn't help but say, "How did you know?"
Cheng Yaojin sighed: "I heard the news from the exchange. At first I thought it was fake. Anyway, someone brought the news from Yangzhou, saying it was sent by a quick horse. I didn't believe it at first, but later I saw that many stocks began to plummet, and then I felt that things were very different. I heard that not only stocks, but also the IOUs in my hands began to show signs of instability."
Li Shimin: “…”
News is money.
The merchants have been playing stocks for so long, don’t they know? So when something goes wrong in Yangzhou, someone immediately started to quickly deliver messages.
The news is no slower than the official report. Sure enough, the person who received the news first has already guessed that Chen Zhengtai will definitely die.
Chen Zhengtai is dead. Will the Chen family pay back the money?
This is indefinitely.
In addition to the other industries of the Chen family, no one can explain clearly whether there will be any problems in the future.
Once the market starts to experience anxiety, someone will inevitably start selling to avoid risks.
Not to mention, a large number of people will also start to go to the Chen family to exchange copper coins with the IOU in their hands.
Even though the Chen family opened up the supply and allowed redemption, the anxiety had spread and everyone could no longer care about anything. In fact, the entire Erpigou was now in chaos.
Chen's father, Chen Jiye, did not even get on, so he went home and asked for information everywhere.
The third uncle of the Chen family was quite calm and said that some people wanted to slander the Chen family. Our Chen family was kind to others, and Chen Zhengtai would never have any trouble.
But the more you refute the rumors about this, the more you will be skeptical, but now you believe it, so the mess is getting worse.
Cheng Yaojin and others also felt something was wrong. They couldn't sell their stocks for a while, and they thought something big was going to happen.
Chen Zhengtai's dog is not dead early, but he is not dead late, but he is going to die at this time. Isn't this a cheating person?
So they hurriedly came to see the car. When they saw His Majesty's appearance, they immediately understood that something really happened.
Cheng Yaojin's eyes were immediately filled with tears, and tears flowed out of hissing in his big eyes, and he couldn't help but say, "My money... no, my nephew Chen, he is young, why did he suffer such difficulties? I don't want to live as soon as he dies."
He bent his chest and fell, feeling heartbroken, as if he was about to die for Chen Zhengtai.
These words actually made people feel resonant.
Li Jing, Zhang Gongjin and others also felt a bitter feeling of not wanting to live. After struggling for half a lifetime, killing so many people, and finally saving some money, it was gone.
According to this method of decline, God knows how many money is left in the end.
Qin Qiong's health has recovered recently. At this time, he thought that Chen Zhengtai was treating him, but after all, he was life-saving. When Chen Zhengtai was in trouble, he became at a loss for a moment.
"Please send troops to fight against the thieves immediately. I am willing to be the pioneer." Cheng Yaojin seemed to turn sadness into anger and said gritting his teeth.
Now, the traitors hit the iron plate.
They offended people.
If you don’t disassemble these dog things, I will write the word Cheng upside down.
"I am willing to be a pioneer."
"I am willing to be the pioneer." Everyone volunteered, and for a moment, the hall was full of murderous intent.
"It's urgent." Qin Qiong said sadly: "I would like to bring five hundred elite cavalry and set off immediately, day and night. It's important to save people first."
It is not so easy to dispatch a large army, so the best solution is to send a team of elite cavalry first.
Of course, there is another problem here. If there are too few soldiers, it is like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. After all, these rebels are not a good deal. It would be fine if they were just ordinary troops and the soldiers of the Cavalry Mansion. There were still thousands of Kings of Yue, which were all elite soldiers.
No one has forgotten that the Chen Hu who led the army was personally chosen by Li Shimin for King Yue. Although it is impossible to compare with those of Li Jing, he is also a brave general who has been through the battlefield for a long time.
Five hundred people...a little risky.
In fact, Li Shimin was sad and angry, and seeing that everyone was so excited, he was very surprised. He never expected that Chen Zhengtai would have such a good popularity.
Seeing that many people's eyes were red, Cheng Yaojin was even more anxious to shed tears, and Li Shimin couldn't help but burst into tears.
He even thought of Chen Zhengtai's many benefits in the past, and couldn't help but shed tears again and choked and said, "I lost Chen Zhengtai, just like losing my beloved son. Don't make any mistakes. Shubao's injury has not healed yet, so let Zhijie lead the eight hundred cavalry first. I will then lead the army to arrive. These traitors, both the human and the gods, will never let go."
After hearing this, Cheng Yaojin seemed to be afraid that others would rob him. Without any hesitation, he immediately said: "I will select the troops and prepare my luggage and set off before tonight. Your Majesty, I'm leaving."
He is anxious.
In fact, what Your Majesty said hit Cheng Yaojin's thoughts. Losing Chen Zhengtai is like losing his beloved son. No, I, Cheng Yaojin, have many sons, which are even more close than the beloved son.
He left in a hurry without any delay.
At this time, Li Shimin said: "Summon all ministers to discuss matters, and do not delay them."
Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling again: "The Ministry of Civil Affairs must urgently allocate food and grass, and it cannot be delayed for a moment, no matter how much manpower and material resources are spent."
After hearing this, Fang Xuanling nodded. He couldn't help but sigh. I have been with His Majesty for so many years and have always met Cheng Yaojin and others. Why do you think... It seems that I have lived in a dog in this life and are not as popular as a young man. I have to reflect!
After a moment, someone came again: "Father...Father..."
But Li Chengqian came. Before the person arrived, the voice came. In a moment, he ran in panting, not caring about the etiquette of the monarch and ministers. At this time, Li Chengqian was still wearing an ordinary cloth robes. He also heard the news in Erpigou. He shouted loudly: "Everyone said that Yangzhou has rebelled, and tens of thousands of troops surrounded Chen Zhengtai. Chen Zhengtai only had a hundred guards around him, right?"
Li Shimin did not give Li Chengqian the answer.
But Li Chengqian just saw his father's eyes red, and he suddenly understood.
Li Chengqian suddenly felt dizzy and weak in his limbs!
To be continued...