I'm a marquis in Datang

Li Xiaogong is Du Qi's father-in-law and the head of the country.

After hearing this, Li Xiaogong shook his head and smiled wryly: "Master Yaoshi, don't bully me. You are older than me, so calling you a good brother is enough. I am really ashamed to be called the father of the country." .”

Li Jing said: "In this case, I will overstep."

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "Speaking of which, you and I used to be officials in the Tang court together. But now, you and I are officials in the Xia Kingdom and serve under His Majesty. There is nothing like this in life. It's just that I didn't expect that at His Majesty's age, when the Tang Dynasty was already in power, he won a foothold abruptly, and then laid the foundation of the Xia Kingdom. Confrontation."

Li Xiaogong said: "In the early years, no one knew that His Majesty would come to this point. It was after His Majesty and Datang won the first battle. At that time, I had a vague judgment. After a few years, the world has changed. , Xia Guo has become a colossus. In front of Xia Guo, Datang is already stretched day by day."

Two people together, talking.

It is even more embarrassing.

Because everything that is happening right now makes people feel a lot of emotion, especially what Du Qi did, it was tantamount to tearing off a piece of meat from Datang's body, and then began to swallow the elephant, wrestling with Datang step by step, until Now it can suppress Datang.

This is extremely difficult.

Li Xiaogong and Li Jing waited for a long time, and in the evening, Du Qi hosted a banquet in person to welcome Li Xiaogong and his wife.A banquet, although there are few drinks, is full of atmosphere, and the guests and hosts enjoy themselves.

The next day, early in the morning.

Li Xiaogong and his party had already left first.

They went straight to the imperial capital.

As long as Li Xiaogong and his party arrive in the imperial capital, Li Yanyun will naturally arrange it, and Du Qi doesn't need to worry about it.

The army led by Du Qi was still outside Jiuquan City, Suzhou.The army under his command still surrounded Jiuquan City and did not take any action.What surprised Du Qi was that the Datang side hadn't taken any action now, especially Li Ji from Jiuquan hadn't taken any action either, which surprised Du Qi because he never took any action from the beginning to the end.

Because Li Ji hadn't taken any action, Du Qi was just watching the situation and not sending troops for the time being.

Chapter 1135 Hope and Disappointment

Hope and disappointment

Chang'an City.

Today's entire Chang'an is already in turmoil.

Because too many merchants from Xia Kingdom were arrested.

This incident made people panic, because they were all worried about Xia Guo's revenge.Amidst the wanton arrests, in Chang'an City, suddenly, countless news came out.

The news that came out was Du Qi's response.

Du Qi ordered Li Shimin to release all the merchants of the Xia Kingdom. If he did not release them, he would assassinate the officials of the Tang Dynasty.

This is Xia Guo's response.

The news spread all over the sky, and it was soon known by the bad people. The bad people had already spread the news to Li Shimin in the shortest time. When Li Shimin learned about it, his complexion changed immediately.

Du Qi's threat was extremely targeted.

Even let Li Shimin hold back.

Li Shimin immediately summoned Fang Xuanling to the palace to discuss matters.After Fang Xuanling entered the palace, Li Shimin said, "Xuanling, do you know about the news about Du Qi spreading in Chang'an City?"

Fang Xuanling said: "The minister is still busy with official duties today, so I don't know for the time being."

Li Shimin immediately said: "Now Du Qi's threat is to order us to release the merchants of the Xia Kingdom. If we don't do this, Du Qi will assassinate our Tang Dynasty officials

.Moreover, Du Qi has already spread the news first, telling all the officials to resign, otherwise, if I refuse to release people, he will order the assassination of the officials.Xuanling, what should we do now? "

Fang Xuanling's expression also became solemn.

Du Qi's response was too harsh.

So decisive.

Such an arrangement was beyond Li Shimin's consideration, and also beyond Fang Xuanling's consideration.

Seeing Fang Xuanling's silence, Li Shimin was a little dignified for a while.Because at the moment, if Datang adopts forceful resistance, once Du Qi's people assassinate, even if the government has made preparations, there may be damage.If Datang directly released the businessmen of Xia Kingdom, it would be like admitting defeat.

Fang Xuanling said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I don't know how to make a decision for a while. Because if Du Qi's threat is ignored, many officials may resign. And under assassination, many officials will be killed So in the end, there must be turmoil in the hearts of the people, and there will be turmoil in various places. The most important point is that local officials are constantly being killed, which is very likely to lead to local turmoil. As for releasing the businessmen of Xia Kingdom, it is tantamount to admitting defeat to Du Qi. So there are certain difficulties in both options.”

Li Shimin also looked embarrassed.

Things are not going well right now.

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Fang Qing, what do you think should be done?"

Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, I don't know what to do for a while!"

Li Shimin sighed in his heart.

At this moment, he began to miss Du Ruhui, because when Du Ruhui was around, whenever there was a need to make a decision, Du Ruhui could make a decision immediately.Fang Xuanling

Here, it is definitely no problem to make plans and analyze the situation.But it was quite difficult for Fang Xuanling to make a decision.

Li Shimin immediately said: "Come here, please come here."

The servant went to inform immediately.

Not long after, Li Yuan came with a cane. Li Yuan is now in his dying years.There were already age spots on his face, and his back was bent.

Li Shimin gave the seat directly. After Li Yuan sat down, he looked at Li Shimin and said, "The emperor summoned me, but what's the matter?"

Li Shimin directly said what Du Qi threatened.

After listening, Li Yuan said: "Now you say that Du Qi threatened you, so why did you arrest the merchants of Xia Kingdom?"

Li Yuan is now indifferent to the news from the outside world.Ever since he handed over all the chess pieces in his hand to Li Shimin, Li Yuan never asked about matters.Especially in the past few years, Li Yuan himself has aged too much, and has no energy to take care of these things, and stays in the palace all day long.

Especially in the cold winter of last year, he fell ill several times, and he was almost unable to hold on.Fortunately, in the end, Li Yuan survived again, but Li Yuan himself knew that he might not have much time left, only one or two years at most.

Li Shimin listened to Li Yuan's inquiry, but he sighed in his heart: "Because Li Xiaogong disappeared from Chang'an, it was also taken away by Du Qi's people. In this Chang'an, if Du Qi wants to take away Su Dingfang's family, he should take Su Dingfang's family away; If you want to take away Li Jing's family members, you will also take away Li Jing's family members directly. Now, even Li Xiaogong's family is also taken away. So I arrested the merchants of Xia Kingdom and interrogated them one by one. Du Qi'an's eyeliner in Chang'an was wiped out."

Li Yuan said again: "Have you taken down Du Qi's eyeliner now?"

Li Shimin said: "I haven't found it yet."

Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "Since we haven't found out, why continue to arrest people. Besides, why don't the people who are arrested be released. Interrogation is possible, but the problem is this interrogation."

However, it shouldn't be so profitable!Emperor, you are not so edgy in the past when you do things, why are you so edgy when it comes to Li Xiaogong this time. "

At this moment, Li Yuan hated iron for being weak.

Li Shimin is very good.