Chapter 318 War in the Court

Chang'an City.

In Liangyi Hall, the important officials of the Tang Dynasty had argued several times over whom to appoint the commander of the Tang army to join the Turks. The main dispute was the *** headed by Changsun Wuji and the Wei Wang Party headed by Wang Gui. Moreover, there were also the important officials Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who were both right-handed by Li Shimin, who were also involved. Of course, ministers like Wei Zheng would definitely participate, and the Han Wang Party stayed silent was the Han Wang Party of Li Ke's faction.

After all, Li Ke's basis in the court was unstable, and Wei Zheng could not be considered Li Ke's confidant. Therefore, none of the central ministers was his confidant.

Changsun Wuji wanted Li Ji to be the chief general of the army and command the entire Tang army to fight against the Turks. The prestige and qualifications he listed about Li Ji in the army were enough to show that Li Ji could take on such an important task. However, Li Shimin relied most heavily on the Tang Dynasty's war against the Turks, and he was absolutely extraordinary in the Tang Dynasty. He was very relieved to use Li Jing as the chief general of the army. However, when Changsun Wuji proposed that Li Ji was the chief general of the army, he did not want to refute him in person in order to take care of his face. Therefore, his meaning could only be expressed in a tactful manner through Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling.

When Changsun Wuji proposed Li Jing, he knew in his heart that this might be Li Shimin's attention. Otherwise, according to Fang and Du's character and character, they would not have a dispute with him. However, he did not object to Li Jing as the chief marching chief, but one thing he knew in his heart was that Li Jing recommended Li Ke. If Li Shimin insisted on making him worry about the chief marching chief, the first candidate for his choice of deputy chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief, and Li Ke had a great influence in the military in Mobei. As long as he served as deputy chief marching chief, the contribution of participating in the Turkic war would basically be taken into account by him and his subordinates. Therefore, Changsun Wuji knew that Fang and Du's recommendation were Li Shimin's intention. After seeing that Li Shimin did not point it out with him personally, he pretended not to know and argued with Fang and Du. He wanted Li Ji to be the chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief marching chief

The main reason why Changsun Wuji dared to offend Li Shimin and fought against Fang Du and did not hesitate to offend Li Jing was that he clearly realized that once Li Jing was the chief marching chief, if Li Ke was appointed as the deputy chief marching chief, Li Ji's situation would be very embarrassing. Not to mention that he could but Ren's general, he would probably not even have the chance to participate in the war.

Another reason why he was rightful to fight with Fang and Du was that Li Jing never dared to be the chief marching chief, which made Changsun Wuji fight. After all, Li Jing's refusal can be seen as a kind of resentment for recommending Li Ke as the chief marching chief without Li Shimin's consent.

However, another reason why Changsun Wuji argued was that there was another aspect of his mind. If he failed this time, his prestige would drop to a higher level, and his expectations in the court would drop again, which was a result he didn't want to see. Because Changsun Wuji liked power and he liked the feeling of everyone looking up to him.

Changsun Wuji's idea was derived from the Wei Wang Party of Wang Gui's faction. At first, Li Tai and Wang Gui supported his suggestion to let Li Ji be the chief marching chief. However, when Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui proposed Li Jing, Wang Gui caught some signals from it and immediately changed his position. This made Changsun Wuji very angry. He felt that the reason why Wang Gui changed his mind was that his prestige was not high enough and his power was not great enough.

In fact, Changsun Wuji is a mystery to the authorities, so Wang Gui naturally did not change his position because of this reason. People like Wang Gui who assisted two generations of emperors, Fang Du dared to argue with Changsun Wuji. He could clearly realize that this might be what Li Shimin meant, that is, Li Shimin liked the most was Li Jing. Since he knew this signal, he would naturally not risk offending Li Shimin to support you Changsun Wuji. Besides, Wang Gui and Li Tai and Changsun Wuji are only cooperative relationships, not subordinate relationships, and Wang Gui doesn't think there is anything wrong with Changsun Wuji. After all, compared to offending Li Shimin, he prefers to offend Changsun Wuji.

As for Wei Zheng, he supported Li Jing very much, but he believed that in addition to Li Jing, Li Ke had dealt with the Turks all year round, and recently annihilated 100,000 elite cavalry in the Turks in another battle. He believed that Li Ke was familiar with the situation in the northern part of the Mobei region. While Li Jing was the chief marching chief, Li Ke could serve as deputy chief steward. Although he was a single man and weak man, his advice was always pertinent and highly valued by Li Shimin, which made the ministers in the court quite cautious about his words.

Therefore, Li Shimin summoned these important officials to discuss in Liangyi Hall several times but failed to get a satisfactory result. He had no choice but to put the discussion issues at the court meeting and let the ministers participate in the discussion and discussion together, but the result was still disappointing him. The opinions in the court were also divided into two factions, the faction headed by Changsun Wuji and the faction backed by Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui. Of course, there was also the Wei Wang Party headed by Li Tai and Wang Gui. In Li Tai's words, since he offended Changsun Wuji, he had to eliminate the roots and offend them completely, completely let Changsun Wuji faceless, and he must never let his plan succeed. Other court officials dared not offend these two groups of people, and with Wei Zheng's advice, they could only choose to be neutral.

So, today Li Shimin was in Taiji Hall and discussed again the candidate for the marching chief supervisor who was expeditioning the Turks in the northern expedition. As soon as Li Shimin finished his words, Liu Zhenghui, the Minister of Justice, came out to work and said, "Your Majesty, I recommend Li Ji, Shuofang as the marching chief supervisor."

Liu Zhenghui was a member of Changsun Wuji's faction, and Li Shimin naturally knew that Liu Zhenghui's attitude expressed Changsun Wuji's attitude. Therefore, after hearing this, Li Shimin's face looked a little ugly. He didn't say anything, but just looked at the court officials below. After Liu Zhenghui said that, Tang Lian, Gao Shilian, Changsun Shunde and others also gave advice, saying that they recommended Li Ji as the chief supervisor of the military road.

Looking at Liu Zhenghui, Tang Lian, Gao Shilian, and Changsun Shunde in front of him, Changsun Wuji who stood at the head of the ministers after he stood in front of him, Li Shimin was extremely angry when he thought that they were old generals who followed him in the east and west, and his loyal ministers. Another reason why he did not refute Changsun Wuji in person was that he did not want the old ministers in front of him who had followed him for many years to have no face because of his rebuttal. However, he never thought that they would not accept his affection.

The bosses of Changsun Wuji all spoke and recommended Li Ji. The followers behind him dared not fall behind. They stood up with a big boost, and everyone recommended Li Ji. When Li Shimin was in power, he clearly ordered the court to speak freely without suffering, which made these people more courageous and not afraid of being angry and defamed.

Seeing that Changsun Wuji had begun to make efforts, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui did not dare to fall behind, and did not dare to delay the tasks assigned by Li Shimin. They could only leave the list to argue with Liu Zhenghui, Tang Lian and others, while Wang Gui and Li Tai did not dare to fall behind. In this way, many people from the Wei Wang Party also left the list to support Li Jing as the chief marching manager.

Li Shimin looked up and saw that two-thirds of the people in the court were involved in the controversy, and a large number of people were old ministers who had followed him for several years. Li Shimin could not suppress the anger in his heart, when he saw a Qianniuwei walking to the door of the hall with anxiety and handed a piece of goods to an eunuch. When the eunuch saw what was handed over to him, he was not as good as before. He hurriedly walked to the front of the hall and shouted loudly, "Report to the Emperor, His Highness the King of Han's military report of the six hundred miles!"
Chapter completed!