As soon as the words of the early prince were spoken, Yang Guozhong felt that the whole world was quiet, he was taking a risk in doing so, when today's son hated his subordinates for interfering in this kind of national affairs, if all ministers with such tendencies in the past would end up extremely miserable. But today's long conversation with Fan Changming actually made him more courageous, and he mentioned it with one mouth.

Li Longji, the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, did not say a word for a long time, the air in the hall quickly solidified, Yang Guozhong suddenly felt the overwhelming pressure, and for a while he regretted the impulse just now, but the words had already been spoken, and it was difficult to collect the water, so he could only grit his teeth and stand firm, waiting for the statement of the Son of Heaven, or waiting for the verdict of fate.

The Son of Heaven has not spoken, but Yang Guozhong still wants to defend himself. So he coughed dryly to make his dry throat a little more comfortable.

"The saint is good, the current court is worried about internal and external troubles, and at this time, the position of the prince is unknown, and the government and the opposition will have people's hearts fluctuate......"

"Well, what Yang Qing said is very true, but all the princes are very good, and it is difficult for me to make a decision for a while. ”

Li Longji actually spoke, and interrupted Yang Guozhong's words when he was in general, agreeing with his statement.

The atmosphere in the hall quickly eased, and Yang Guozhong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, unconsciously the clothes and robes on his back had been completely soaked through cold sweat.

I only heard Li Longji say slowly, and it seemed to be talking to himself.

"King Rong, King Yong, King Yi, and King Ying are all in the prime of life, tell me, which one is suitable for me?"

Hearing these somewhat chattering questions, Yang Guozhong was stunned, the Son of Heaven was actually asking him for a suitable candidate for the prince. However, he is neither stupid nor sluggish, how can this kind of thing be said casually when the Son of Heaven asks? God knows what the old Son of Heaven is thinking.

"It is the duty of the minister to remind the saint, but he does not dare to put a beak in the selection of the prince and ask the saint for forgiveness. ”

"I forgive you for your innocence, talk about it, just talk about nothing......"

The Son of Heaven asked Yang Guozhong to only be a small talk, where did Yang Guozhong dare to be a small talk, he didn't dare to excuse himself repeatedly, and only said that it was all up to the Holy Judgment.

Finally, the Son of Heaven no longer forced Yang Guozhong to express his position, but he still lingered on the topic of the prince, which was actually what Yang Guozhong hoped for. He hoped that from his conversation with the Son of Heaven, he could test his attitude towards the princes.

Li Longji counted the princes one by one, from physical appearance and demeanor to poetry and etiquette, and soon Yang Guozhong was keenly aware that his previous judgment seemed to be wrong.

This King Ying, who had been ignored before, suddenly jumped into Yang Guozhong's sight. Could it be that the Son of Heaven is most interested in Li Yong, the king of Ying?

Li Jian is the thirteenth son of Li Longji, his mother Gao Jieyu, born in the sixth year of Kaiyuan, and the official titles he received are no worse than those of King Rong and King Yong. He successively led the ambassador of Anton Dadu and Pinglu Junjiedu, and also added the three divisions of Kaifu Yi in the 23rd year of Kaiyuan. It can be said that he is equally impeccable in terms of age and resume compared to his three brothers.

And Yingwang Li Jian has a more outstanding advantage, that is, he has grown up and has a handsome appearance. The selection of officials in the imperial court should also pay attention to appearance, especially when choosing the king of a country.

Li Cong, the eldest son of today's son, originally had the opportunity to be made the crown prince, but it was because he was injured in the face by a pig while hunting, and his appearance was damaged, so he missed the position of prince. Now, King Rong is frail and sickly, and King Yong has an ugly appearance and a partial neck, which are shortcomings that cannot be ignored.

Yang Guozhong sighed secretly, no wonder the Son of Heaven subconsciously even spoke in a very easy-going tone when he mentioned King Ying, and his eyes seemed to reveal a rare look of expectation.

In this way, this King Ying will be at least fifty percent sure that he will win among the brothers and sit in the position of the prince. After leaving the palace today, you have to plan carefully.

Yang Guozhong's mind turned back and forth, Li Longji didn't know, after talking to himself, he seemed to be in a much better mood, and he had a smile on his face.

"Summoning Feng Yijun to guard Qin Jin to meet him!"

I don't know when, the eunuch in the palace was instructed by the Son of Heaven and called Qin Jin to the palace loudly. Yang Guozhong immediately consciously got up and retreated, but Li Longji waved his hand.

"Yang Qing will stay first. ”

The Son of Heaven did not let Yang Guozhong leave, but left him behind, which made him a little confused, and he didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd of the Son of Heaven.

While Yang Guozhong was secretly speculating, Qin Jin came to the palace under the guidance of the eunuchs.

After the monarch and the ministers saluted, Qin Jin took the lead in speaking:

"The Shenwu army has already been prepared, and you can set off a day in advance, please ask the sage for permission. ”

Li Longji smiled, as if he was very satisfied with Qin Jin.

"Don't rush it, if you're not prepared enough, I'd rather you leave a few days later. ”

"Don't worry, saints, the Shenwu army has already been prepared, and all the grain and grass allocated by the political hall have also entered the camp, and the three thousand athletes can go to the battlefield to kill the thieves at any time, but the ten thousand people transferred from the Longwu army will be delayed for three or five more days. ”

Li Longji's face showed a slightly surprised expression.

"The grain and grass allocated by the government hall?"

Qin Jin hurriedly added: "It is the decree personally issued by Yang Xianggong, and before the minister enters the palace today, the grain and grass have not been delivered. ”

Li Longji was really surprised this time, he had just discussed with Yang Guozhong that the supply of grain and grass for the Shenwu Army would be changed from daily to monthly, and Yang Guozhong would no longer make things difficult for Qin Jin before he wanted to do it again, and allocated all the grain and grass he had to deal with.

He looked at Yang Guozhong's gaze with a little satisfaction, it seems that setbacks will indeed make a person have a reborn change. At this time of crisis, Yang Guozhong knew how to let go of personal grievances and take into account the overall situation of the public instrument, which was really gratifying to him.

Yang Guozhong coughed dryly, he felt the need to explain. After all, under the pretext that the treasury was overstretched, the Shenwu Army had dragged out the food for nearly half a month, and now there is suddenly food again, although it is all tacit, but the face has to be justified.

"The treasury was tight, and the support was stretched, so the ministers had to divide a part of the grain and grass sent to the guards to relieve the urgent need. ”

Li Longji laughed.

"Good, good, know to be flexible. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Longji suddenly looked at Qin Jin again.

"Huangfu Ke doesn't care for the time being, Pujin must not fall into the hands of the thieves, the big war is imminent, and this trouble must be solved before the army of thieves approaches Tongguan. ”

Li Longji's words made Qin Jin's heart suddenly tighten, and he immediately realized that there must have been a big change in Luoyang.

As Qin Jin expected, Li Longji handed the secret report just now to Qin Jin.

According to the usual practice, the big war is in the autumn when the grain is harvested, the horses are fat and strong, and now it is the middle of summer, An Lushan is impatient to attack Tongguan, it seems that he wants to enter Chang'an for the New Year. In other words, they wanted to destroy the Tang Dynasty before the end of the years.

There is another place that also makes Qin Jin quite puzzled, Yang Guozhong has always adhered to the public weapon to fight dissidents, how can he change so much today, not only will he make up for the food owed to the Shenwu Army at one time, but even frequently show goodwill. As the saying goes, when things are abnormal, they are demons, Qin Jin didn't believe that Yang Guozhong would change his temper, it could only be that this person had a plan and had not been seen through by himself.

But no matter what Yang Guozhong's original intention was, the grain and grass of the half moon really arrived in the hands of the Shenwu Army, and at the moment, not only did the emperor make trouble, but An Lushan had also sent troops to the west, and the chaos and chaos made people's hearts hang in their throats for a moment.

At the same time, Qin Jin secretly sighed and disappointed, it seems that Feng Changqing's actions in Hebei Province still failed to succeed, and Shi Siming successfully pacified the uprising in the fifteen counties of Hebei Province. Due to the inconvenience of the news, he did not really know that Feng Changqing's current situation had only received a piece of information from many people before, saying that he had seen Feng Changqing's men and horses at Wangwu Mountain on the border between Hedong and Hebei.

In fact, he couldn't figure it out, how could Feng Changqing's talent not even be able to defeat Shi Siming? Not to mention the response of the fifteen counties of Hebei Province. It's just that when everything is already in place, it is pointless to exhaust these reasons, and all we can do now is to look forward and find a way to stop the rolling wheel of history.

Up to now, Qin Jin always had a feeling that as long as he changed the original historical course in one place, so that the balance was tilted in favor of the Tang Dynasty, he would definitely be corrupted in another place that he didn't know, such as the Jingshi Rebellion, such as Hebei Dao, which was so completely defeated.

At least in the history that Qin and Jin are familiar with, during this temporary period of calm, Chang'an has not mutinied, and the war situation in Hebei Province is not useless, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi fought a few beautiful battles after merging into Hedong, especially Li Guangbi, and beat Shi Siming in Hebei Province.

But now, Guo Ziyi has not emerged, and Li Guangbi is still dormant. However, the situation is more complicated than the original history, and it is several times more difficult. It can be said that all the efforts made by Qin Jin not only failed to prevent the Tang Empire from sliding into the abyss, but also accelerated the speed of this process.

This caused Qin Jin to wonder for a while, and in reflection, all the efforts he had made before were meaningful, or whether he would simply do nothing and just quietly watch the development of the situation, maybe it would be better?

Qin Jin secretly made up his mind that he must not give up just now, he didn't believe it, after eating such a lesson, couldn't he do a big thing to turn things around?

"Sage Rongyu, the minister hereby swears that Pujin will never fall into the hands of the thief rebels, as long as the minister is there, the Shenwu army is there, no one will be allowed to spread wild in Feng Yi County, unless they step on the corpse of the minister!"

Hearing this oath, Li Longji was greatly shocked and surprised, he never expected that Qin Jin would swear to live and die with Feng Yi.