Chapter 371: Reverse Hu and Shu
After less than half an hour of discussion, Gao Xianzhi's letter was sent to the desk by the eunuch.
Li Longji smiled.
"When it comes to Gao Xianzhi, his book has arrived, and I will see what strategies he has mentioned. ”
It's just that after Li Longji unfolded Gao Xianzhi's book, the smile on his face disappeared little by little, and he was replaced by a frown and shook his head. Yang Guozhong observed the words and expressions from the sidelines, and immediately understood that Gao Xianzhi's book must not have been able to cater to the Son of Heaven's wishes. This is what he is happy to see, Gao Xianzhi's errand with the Zhongshu Order is exactly what he thinks about day and night.
However, if Gao Xianzhi repeatedly won the Sacred Heart, wouldn't his hope become even more slim?
Therefore, Yang Guozhong made up his mind and would never say a word for Gao Xianzhi. He was waiting, waiting for Li Longji to attack. It's a pity that I didn't see a seizure after waiting for a long time, and finally I only heard a sigh of nothingness.
"What Gao Qing said is very true, with the power of **, he is not enough to grasp the pass to attack the thief, so he can only slowly figure it out!"
Gao Xianzhi clearly put forward his views in this book, and Tongguan is the strategy for the next six months or even a year. But this does not mean that the imperial court is only passively defensive, waiting for the rebels to attack. Instead, it is necessary to set up separate battlefields in Hedong Province, Hebei Province and other places, so as to restrain the rebels from concentrating on attacking the elite forces in Guanzhong.
As long as time passes, once you gain a firm foothold in Hebei Road, you can go straight to the north to take Fan Yang's hometown in An Lushan, and to the south you can go straight to Luoyang, the eastern capital. At that time, the siege of Tongguan will not only be solved, but also a good time for Guanzhong to go east. In this way, the chaos in the world can be completely calmed down within two years.
From the strategy drawn up by Gao Xianzhi, Li Longji saw great feasibility, and even saw the long-awaited hope.
Therefore, frowning and shaking his head, it turned into a tsk compliment.
Yang Guozhong was disappointed, it seemed that Gao Xianzhi's disobedience did not bring about the effect he expected.
"Yang Qing, let's take a look, Gao Xianzhi's strategy, so that the world's major events can be determined......"
Yang Guozhong read Gao Xianzhi's detailed strategy with curiosity and heaviness, and only then did he have to admire, this person does not have the ability to use soldiers, but also has a big view of the overall situation. It was clear that he was more suitable for the errand of this generalissimo than the dead Geshuhan.
It's just that Yang Guozhong still secretly slandered, since he has become the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, why do he still hold on to the seal of the Zhongshu Order?
Now that the Son of Heaven has approved Gao Xianzhi's strategy, he will naturally not withdraw his Zhongshu Ling errand.
The two of them discussed for more than an hour, and Yang Guozhong suddenly remembered Ashina Congli, who was escorted into Beijing, and he accepted this person's valuable Hetian jade, but this person was already in prison, which would have an impact on his reputation, after all, Yang Guozhong was not so shameless as not caring about it.
"Sage Rongyu, Ashina's case of communicating with the enemy has been concluded, and most of its evidence is false speculation, and there is no ...... to it."
Li Longji stretched his waist tiredly, and said casually:
"I know, you have full discretion to dispose of it!"
Whether Ashina Congli collaborated with the enemy or not, the truth is not important, the important thing is that Qin Jin gave a full response to the kindness he released, which is enough. It was also this response that prompted him to make up his mind to use the law of entrapment on Qin Jin before the major events in the world were decided. As for the battle between Qin Jin and Ashina Congli, Li Longji didn't seem to interfere too much.
However, if Qin Jin did not escort Ashina Congli to Chang'an to wait for the holy ruling, but cut it first and then played, although it was not impossible to do so, Li Longji could only choose another attitude.
After about three or five days, Yang Guozhong, the prime minister in the political affairs hall, and Wei Fangjin received a letter of great weight almost at the same time.
Yang Guozhong and Wei Fangjin's reactions were almost identical, and they didn't even have time to change the crown belt, so they hurried to the Xingqing Palace to face the saint.
"Sage, An Lushan has sued for peace!"
"What?"
The weather was hot and stuffy, Li Long was basically lying on the couch and was very uncomfortable, and when he heard Yang Guozhong's sudden voice, the whole person was like falling into an ice cellar, and he immediately came to his senses.
"You repeat, who is suing for peace?"
Yang Guozhong arrived at Xingqing Palace one step ahead of Wei Fang, and he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, such a major event as An Lushan's quest for peace meant that the war might take an unexpected turn for the better.
"This is an autographed letter from An Lushan's pseudo-Chinese book Ling Yanzhuang, entrusted to Shang Jia to send it to the minister's mansion, please take a look at the saint!"
Pseudo-Yan's Zhongshu Ling Yan Zhuang was just a nobody before An Lushan raised troops, and the government and the opposition may have heard of this person no more than two times, but at this time and that time, the former nobody can even make the emperor of the Tang Dynasty moved.
"Bring it to me!"
Li Longji also wanted to see how An Lushan asked for peace, and regardless of whether the imperial court agreed to sue for peace, just the act of seeking peace might expose the external strength of Pseudo Yan.
It was a real surprise, in the sweltering heat of summer, it was like a cool breeze.
The conditions mentioned by Yan Zhuang in his handwritten letter, Li Longji frowned after reading it.
There are three main points. First, An Lushan declared himself a vassal to the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty, but retained the title of Son of Heaven. Second, the Tang Dynasty had to make Hebei Province, Hedong Province, and Dugi Province as the fiefdoms of An Lushan. Third, after the status of the monarch and the minister was redetermined, the two sides stopped fighting and made peace, and each was at peace.
After Li Longji saw it, he was not angry, An Lushan's condition was indeed a lion's mouth, and it was impossible for anyone to be the emperor to agree. But what's the matter, you always have to ask for a price and pay back on the ground. He even secretly wondered if An Lushan took two more steps back, only wanted Hebei Province as a fief, and went to the emperor to be honored as a vassal king of the opposite sex, would it be possible for him to agree. The conclusion was that there was a great willingness to agree.
Yet, how could such a bargain come from the mouth of the Son of Heaven? It should not even come from the mouth of the Prime Minister.
After the initial excitement, Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, quickly calmed down, and this condition can be said to be meaningless. It's just that he didn't express his position immediately, but looked directly at Yang Guozhong to ask for advice.
"What does Yang Qing think?"
Yang Guozhong had already prepared a draft on the way here, and was waiting for the Son of Heaven to ask.
The minister thought that this matter should not be made public, and the minister could be responsible for contacting Yan Zhuang. If the situation can be eased, the imperial court will recuperate for three or two years, and it will not be able to step on the thief and rebel in one fell swoop!"
Yang Guozhong's blood boiled when he said it, and while observing Li Longji's face, he saw that his expression seemed to be quite approving, so he had the courage to tell the prepared words and discuss.
"The ministers thought that the bottom line of the imperial court was to only allow one place in Hebei Province to be a fief for thieves, and they had to go to the emperor's honorific title and change their name to king and minister. ”
These all coincide with Li Longji's faint thoughts, but as the Son of Heaven, Li Longji will never make a statement.
"Who else knows about this?"
Yang Guozhong was about to answer that only he knew, but he heard the yellow door outside the hall say loudly:
"Wei Fang, the servant of the door, has come to see you!"
Hearing Wei Fangjin's request to see, Yang Guozhong swallowed back the words that came to his lips again, this person was so anxious to ask for a meeting, could it be that he also received a solemn letter of request for peace?
Sure enough, after Wei Fangjin was admitted to the palace, he also presented the same letter to Li Longji.
The three of them discussed for a while, in fact, it was mainly Yang Guozhong and Wei Fangjin who discussed, and Li Longji was more often just sitting on the couch and listening, and did not express any opinions.
Wei Fangjin believed that the bottom line set by Yang Guozhong was not enough, and that the puppet Yan had to be removed to reach the required number of men, so that they could further remove the threat to the imperial court.
That is, in front of Li Longji, the Son of Heaven, Yang Guozhong couldn't help but didn't scold Wei Fangjin for being pedantic and stupid.
An Lushan has a large army in his hand, although Tongguan is newly defeated, but it is not without the strength of a battle, guessing that the behavior of people and horses such as self-cutting arms, even fools may not do it, right?
"Wei Xianggong, it's easy to say that you should dismiss people, but I don't know who should discuss with you?"
Wei Fangjin obviously didn't think about this question, and was stunned by Yang Guozhong's question, and then reluctantly replied:
"Naturally, there is a division to send someone to go, is it possible to let the prime minister who is in charge of the country's affairs go?"
Yang Guozhong held on and continued to ask:
"I don't know what Wei Xianggong thinks, who is the right one?"
"This, this ......"
Wei Fangjin just made a suggestion in casual nonsense, but in fact, what is the standard of a suitable person? What he did was just to compete for favor in front of the Son of Heaven and show himself, but in this respect he was obviously not as professional as Yang Guozhong.
was speechless when asked, Yang Guozhong did not intend to let him go, but took advantage of the victory to pursue.
"If according to Wei Xianggong's conditions, there is no need to discuss it, do they expect An Lushan to be stupid and cut off his arm? In the final analysis, they just want to delay a little time. ”
Yang Guozhong's last sentence won Li Longji's heart, and it was also what he was worried about.
"Yang Qing said, how does the rebel Hu plan to delay time, and how does the imperial court deal with it specifically?"
Yang Guozhong's thoughts are very thoughtful, one is to discuss with Pseudo Yan secretly with an attitude of rather trusting, and the other is to use delaying time as a cover cover. As far as reality is concerned, both of them can be taken seriously or not counted.
If the puppet Yan An Lushan needed to stall for time, the Tang Dynasty also needed to stall for time.
In the end, Li Longji decided that Yang Guozhong was solely responsible for the matter, and strictly ordered Wei Fangjin not to reveal the slightest bit of information to the outside world.
At the same time, Li Longji immediately informed Gao Xianzhi, who was in Tongguan, of this unexpected delivery of the solemn letter, so that he could be prepared. Unexpectedly, after Gao Xianzhi learned the news, he clearly and strongly expressed his opposition, and even suggested killing those businessmen who sent letters to the anti-Hu. The reason is very simple, morale can be boosted but not discharged, once negotiated with Pseudo Yan, it will not only make the prestige of the Tang Dynasty lose everything, but also make the morale of the ** that has been hard to muster up slump again.
Li Longji didn't expect Gao Xianzhi to openly oppose it, he immediately felt that he was in a dilemma, and the marshal who relied on him the most actually did not agree with this strategy, which was really a headache.