What is slightly different from the last time Wen Yanbo was that the news that the Northern Sui envoy came to Chang'an did not attract much attention. The government and the people were still immersed in the joy of capturing Jiangling and destroying Liang Kingdom.

This was the biggest victory since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. King Li Shimin of Qin also became a hero praised by everyone in Chang'an. People everywhere in restaurants and teahouses described the battle to capture Jiangling City, as if they had seen it with their own eyes.

"His Royal Highness of Qin carried the Panlong Spear in his left hand and the Huntian Shield in his right hand. He jumped onto the city wall first, and was invincible, killing the enemy soldiers overturned their horses, blood flowed into a river, and ghosts and gods were all terrified!"

"Why didn't Zhao Wang Xuanba show his power this time? Because the King of Qin is there, the King of Qin is the first to rush into the city and is besieged by the eighteen masters of Xiao Liang. He single-handedly picked thirteen generals, which scared other generals and fled."

"Tell everyone a secret. His Highness, King Qin, is Wu Kuixing, who is the real number one general in the world. King Zhao Xuanba was trained by him."

All kinds of statements are circulating on the streets of Chang'an, and the more he speaks, he praises Li Shimin as unique in the world. Invisibly, he defends Taiyuan and sends Tang army and Northern Sui to fight together to wipe out hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops. The prince Li Jiancheng, who has been replaced by the halo of Qin King Li Shimin, has forgotten him.

At this time, Emperor Li Yuan also issued a commendation order, and all the generals who participated in the Jiangling Battle were promoted to the next level, with soldiers being rewarded with twenty stagnants and ten acres of land. King Li Shimin of Qin was granted the title of General Tiance and opened the Tiance Prefecture to discuss politics.

The general public would not understand its meaning, but the important officials of the court understood that the Tang Dynasty would have two power centers when opening a government to discuss politics. This was obviously because the emperor was dissatisfied with the prince and adopted a check and balance strategy.

The Crown Prince Li Jiancheng had already returned to the court. After briefly reporting his duties, he devoted himself to heavy government affairs. Li Yuan did not accuse him of sending troops to join the Northern Sui Dynasty for his unauthorized military service, but Li Yuan removed him from his position as the Taiyuan left-behind, and he had nothing to do with the affairs of Bingzhou. Li Yuan immediately appointed Li Shenfu, the prince of Xiangyi, as the Taiyuan left-behind, and Bingzhou general manager, and led the military and political affairs of Bingzhou. Li Zhongwen continued to serve as the Minister of Xingtai of Bingzhou.

Early that morning, Li Jiancheng was handling government affairs in the East Palace as usual. At this time, Wei Zheng walked in quickly and bowed and said, "Can you hear the news from Bingzhou?"

Li Jiancheng stopped writing and asked, "What's the news in Bingzhou?"

"General Wang Junguo was removed from office."

Li Jiancheng was shocked, "Where is the news?"

"I heard from the Ministry of War that I met Mr. Zhao this morning."

Zhao Cijing, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, is Li Jiancheng's brother-in-law. The two have a very good relationship. Zhao Cijing obviously passed the news to Li Jiancheng through Wei Zheng.

Li Jiancheng suddenly became a little anxious. Bingzhou was his territory. Wang Junguo was very successful in fighting, loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and was even his right-hand man. How could he be removed from his post? He asked quickly: "What's the reason?"

It was Li Zhongwen who wrote a letter to the emperor, saying that Wang Junkuo indulged soldiers and was the most civilian woman, and ruined the reputation of the emperor. The emperor was furious and ordered the general of the Ministry of War to be removed from his post and replaced by Wang Xiaoji, the former general manager of the State Administration.

"It's Li Zhongwen again!"

Li Jiancheng was furious and slapped his pen on the table, stood up and said, "It's so unreasonable for me to go to find the emperor!"

Wei Zheng quickly stopped him, "Your Highness calms down, this matter is not that simple."

"I know it's not simple, but if you want to get rid of your position, you will be dismissed. I can't accept such a despicable crime as Wang Junguan!"

"Your Highness, isn't this what the Lord means?"

Wei Zheng's words seemed like a blow to the head, and immediately woke Li Jiancheng up. He finally understood that it was his father who was cutting off his military power. This time it was Wang Junkuo, and the next one was Wang Bodang.

Li Jiancheng hesitated for a while and said, "No matter what the purpose of my father is, I still have to fight for it. This is too unfair to General Wang, and the Tang Dynasty will gradually lose people's hearts."

"I advise Your Highness to wait a moment! The Lord will come to summon Your Highness soon."

"What do you mean?" Li Jiancheng asked in confusion.

"Mr. Zhao also told me that the Sui army had captured Yulin County and Wuyuan County, and the troops were directed to Lingwu County. Your Highness, this matter is of great significance!"

Li Jiancheng also heard about Yulin County being captured by the Sui army, but he did not expect it to develop so quickly. Wuyuan County was also captured, and most of the Hetao area had been occupied. So the next step for the Sui army to attack Lingwu County or Yan'an County is to discuss. Li Jiancheng did realize that the problem was serious. Hetao was captured. To put it vividly, it was like a knife hanging above Chang'an's head, which might fall at any time.

At this moment, a guard reported at the door: "Report to Your Highness, the Lord sent someone to summon him and ask Your Highness to go to Wude Hall to discuss the important matters immediately."

Li Jiancheng nodded and said to Wei Zheng: "Sure enough, I was told by the sir."

"Will we negotiate the Hetao matter?"

Li Jiancheng shook his head, "The Hetao incident is still in the top secret, and someone reminded me that the Hetao incident is the sore point of the emperor. It must not be mentioned in public. I think I will not talk about it."

"What should you do when your Highness is going to do?"

Li Jiancheng pondered for a moment and said, "I'll go and see the situation first, but I will never accept General Wang's affairs like this. We must find out the matter clearly."

"Your Highness will tell you the right time!"

"I know, I will depend on the situation."

Li Jiancheng changed his clothes and hurried to Wude Hall.

There were more than a dozen important ministers in the Wude Hall, including Prime Minister Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing, Chen Shuda, Dou Guan and Dou Lu Kuan, as well as ministers such as Zhao Cijing, as well as important military figures such as Li Shentong and Chai Shao.

Li Jiancheng greeted everyone one by one and returned to his seat to sit down. Li Jiancheng's seat was originally in the middle of Danbi, but Li Jiancheng insisted on treating him with courtesy and wanted to return to the ranks of ministers. Everyone could not convince him, so they had to agree. Now Li Jiancheng's seat is the first in the right head, and the first in the left head opposite him is the seat of his brother Qin King Li Shimin. Because Li Shimin had not returned to the southern expedition, the seat was empty.

Beside Li Jiancheng is the Minister of the Secretariat Pei Ji, below is Chen Shuda, below is Dou Guan, and below is Liu Wenjing, the Minister of the Secretariat Liu Wenjing is sitting opposite Li Shimin.

This kind of seat sorting is very particular. The two great heroes Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing are at the top of the ministers, but Pei Ji is sitting next to the prince, which shows that Pei Ji's status is slightly higher than that of Liu Wenjing.

Li Jiancheng sat down and asked Pei Ji in a low voice, "What important matter is being discussed today?"

Pei Ji smiled a little reluctantly and said vaguely for a while: "I don't know much!"

Li Jiancheng couldn't help but sneer in his heart. He hadn't seen Pei Ji for a long time. When his father suppressed his second brother's military power for the Nanxiangdao incident, Pei Ji tried his best to please him and went to the East Palace three times a day. Now that his second brother has been named General Tiance and has opened a government office to discuss politics, Pei Ji no longer came to the East Palace. The man is inclined to be intimidated, which is disgusting.

At this time, Chen Shuda bowed slightly and smiled: "Your Highness, it may be related to the envoy of Zhongdu!"

"Zhongdu sent another envoy?" Li Jiancheng asked in surprise.

Chen Shuda nodded, "Zhongdu sent Wen Yanbo as an envoy to Chang'an to discuss the post-war spoils division. I heard that he had passed Pujin Pass."

Li Jiancheng's eyelids twitched. He sent Wei Zheng to talk to Zhang Xuan. This was a trivial matter. It was easy for both sides to reach a consensus. However, Zhang Xuan had to mobilize a large number of troops and let Zhongdu send envoys to Chang'an to negotiate. Is he really doing the spoils for war?

At this time, a guard shouted: "His Majesty the Emperor is here!"

The side hall suddenly became quiet. Li Yuan, surrounded by eight palace maids holding long-handled Luofans, walked into the side hall from the small door beside him. The ministers quickly stood up and saluted, "See Your Majesty!"

Li Yuan sat down in front of the imperial case, waved his hand and said, "You are exempt from the gifts, please sit down!"

Everyone sat down one after another, and Li Yuan said slowly: "This morning, I received an official certificate from Zhongdu, signed by Ziwei Pavilion, and appointed Wen Yanbo as an envoy to Chang'an to discuss the aftermath of the Bingzhou war. It should be that after I approved and agreed, the other party sent another envoy, but I received the news that Wen Yanbo had passed Pujin Pass and could arrive in Chang'an tomorrow. This is a bit unethical, but I don't want to worry about it, so I summon you to discuss how we should deal with the arrival of Zhongdu envoy."

Everyone looked at each other. The news came suddenly. No one was ready. The hall was silent. No one stood up to express his opinion. Li Yuan looked around everyone and his eyes finally fell on Prince Li Jiancheng. Li Yuan said lightly: "This matter should be the matter of the emperor. It should be solved in Taiyuan. I don't understand why it would involve the court. Prince, please tell me!"
Chapter completed!