After sending away Capunada, Qin Jin ordered someone to summon Yan Zhuang again, and now Yan Zhuang is the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he also serves as Jing Zhaoyin, the power is very heavy, but it is also beneficial and detrimental, and now even the time for eating has to be carefully calculated.

Before being summoned by Qin Jin, he was dealing with a case of rebellion involving many courtiers, in fact, this is an ordinary case, which has elements of revenge from the enemy, but there is no lack of real situation.

Since the Shenwu army took control of Chang'an, in the past year, there have been 10,000 but thousands of rebels, some in the name of the crown prince Li Xi, and some in the name of the son of heaven Li Heng. With several purges and rectifications, these voices have gradually become difficult to become a climate, but today's announcement is related to a sensitive figure recently, that is, the abolished prince Li Yu.

There are few courtiers who should be sincere to Li Yu, after all, Li Yu has long been defeated in the political struggle to the then queen Zhang, the ministers were disappointed in him, and later the court experienced the purge of the queen Zhang, those who sympathized with Li Yu were either killed or exiled, and now Li Yu's old ministers are no longer left in the court.

It is in this context that there are deeply hidden characters.

However, the news had leaked before it was confirmed, and the minister in question fled with his family on the eve of the arrest. This made Yan Zhuang very angry, called General Qianniuwei, who was in charge of intelligence work, and scolded him, and ordered him to arrest all the suspects who had escaped within three days.

At this time, the assistant sent by Qin Jin found him.

Yan Zhuang didn't know what Qin Jin was in a hurry to summon, but he didn't dare to slack off, so he had to put down the affairs at hand and rush to the back hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The lobby and middle hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion are both ceremonial reception or office places, and only the back hall is the daily office of Qin and Jin.

When he saw Qin Jin, he was burying his head in the official documents. Yan Zhuang saluted by himself, and then sat aside and waited quietly, enjoying a rare moment of silence and relaxation.

Qin Jin raised his head, pointed to a scroll of maps in front of him and said:

"This is a map donated by Sogdian merchants, the authenticity is very high, you take it back, combine it with the previous map, make modifications, and publish it as soon as possible, the more the better!"

"Maps?"

Yan Zhuang felt curious, so he picked up the map and unfolded it to look at it carefully. Compared to the previous maps, this map is larger, with more lines and circles. Obviously, there are many of these lines and circles, and each stroke is not useless, and the mountains, rivers and towns are several times more than on the previous map.

"This is a good thing, but I don't know why the Sogdians, who have never been in a loss-making business, are willing to make sacrifices?"

Qin Jin smiled.

"How can the Celestial Empire treat those who have their hearts set on the Celestial Empire at a disadvantage? The reward of a thousand gold is enough to enable them to purchase goods far beyond the value of this map! Of course, in the eyes of Sogdian merchants, this map is valuable, but how can it be measured in gold and silver for the Western Expeditionary Army?"

Indeed, with a map, the army can be less wrongly followed, and fewer people will die in battles. For an army on a labor expedition, a correct map is invaluable.

However, Qin Jin did not fully trust these Sogdian merchants, so he had to carefully compare Yan Zhuang with the maps archived by the former imperial court to determine the authenticity. After all, it's not the first time that a big cannibal has played this kind of trick of a yin person.

For example, the Tocharian prince.

"I heard that the spy escorted from Shancheng arrived in Chang'an, and the prime minister can find out the clues?"

Of course, Yan Zhuang knew that Qin Jin personally dealt with the matter of those dozen spies, and he was able to let the prime minister who had all the opportunities to deal with it personally, and based on this alone, Yan Zhuang could judge that those spies were definitely not simple.

Qin Jin also had no intention of hiding it from Yan Zhuang, so he said:

"The descendants of the royal family who fell in Tocharian may be useful!"

Hearing this, Yan Zhuang was thoughtful.

"If it is really a genuine descendant of the Tocharian royal family, or it can encircle the people of Tochar's homeland, but Tocharian has been destroyed for more than a hundred years, how much appeal can these descendants of the royal family who have fallen among the people have?"

He is suspicious of these so-called royal descendants who have been destroyed for more than a hundred years, who knows if they are swaggering liars.

Qin Jin's current attitude is to never miss any opportunity to help, even if it is fake, there is nothing to lose in the Tang Dynasty, and many liars also have real skills, if they can really trick the people into following him to raise troops with their demagogic ability, what is the difference between real and fake?

Yan Zhuang felt that Qin Jin was thinking about things too optimistically, the big cannibal is now stepping on the Western Regions, the soldiers have pointed directly to Hexi, and Zhang Ye's emergency military report is like a letter, before the political affairs hall only used perfunctory words, let Miao Jinqing stick to the help, and the reinforcements of the imperial court will arrive soon.

Now that the political affairs hall has transferred this part of the matter to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Yan Zhuang, as the secretary, naturally has a deeper understanding of the problems.

The imperial court has not sent a single soldier to Hexi, even Longyou, which is separated from a mountain, the army is also stretched, and the important town of Shancheng is actually only stationed with 5,000 people, this little soldier and horse, once Zhangye falls, Hu Kou crosses the Qilian Mountain, how can it be stopped?

Of course, this situation is not Qin Jin, but since Li Heng succeeded to the throne, he has continuously transferred troops from Longyou, Hexi to quell the rebellion, and several years of hard work have almost hollowed out the elite soldiers in these two places, and the local population cannot be compared with the Central Plains or Guanzhong after all.

The lack of elite soldiers, so that the border army can not be replenished enough, the Hexi Longright army is almost equal to the name of the extinction, therefore, the Tubo people can easily break through the Longyou, long drive straight into the pass and take Chang'an.

The ravages of the Tubo people once again hit the border army of Longyou in Hexi, and even after the defeat and collapse of the Tubo people, they could not recover. However, the blessing is incomparable, and the disaster is not a single line, and Glolu and other departments colluded with the Great Cannibals to break Dunhuang and force Zhangye, and the authority of the Huanghuang Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions was challenged like never before.

"This Tocharian prince is implicated in the assassination of the Fifth Qi, this matter must be kept secret, once the lid is lifted, I can't protect him!"

These messages were all obtained by Qianniuwei, and it is said that they also have different opinions on this kind of assassination, but some people acted without permission and caused the established facts. Fortunately, their conspiracy plan did not succeed, and the entire intelligence network was uprooted.

As the saying goes, stealing chickens doesn't make rice, that's the case!

"I'm afraid it's not appropriate for the prime minister to place them in the post house, the post house is full of people, there are many people and miscellaneous eyes, it is difficult to keep secrets, it is better to move to the Xinneiyuan military camp, in the military camp, it is difficult to even fly out of a fly, not to mention the news!

Qin Jin felt that it made sense, the post house was indeed a little inconvenient.

"You go and arrange this matter, let them live in the military camp as soon as possible, and these people still have doubts about the imperial court, you must be careful not to misunderstand!"

"Don't worry, the prime minister has his own way to deal with these people!"

Qin Jin nodded, and said:

"Also, Lu Qi is about to return to Beijing in triumph, and the triumph ceremony can't be sloppy. ”

Solemn and solemn one by one. Presumably, Lu Qi should have some resistance to being recalled this time. With his plan, after conquering Fanyang, he would take advantage of the situation to raid the Khitan north to suppress the increasingly arrogant arrogance of the Khitans, but at this time, his people were recalled to Chang'an, and some emotions were inevitable.

Yan Zhuang was not experienced enough in the matter of the triumphal ceremony, after all, he was in the center for a short time, so he went to Wei Jiansu to get a big idea. Although he and the Fifth Qi of the Political Affairs Hall are not accustomed to each other, the relationship with Wei Jiansu has warmed up rapidly in these days.

Wei Jiansu was originally a good old man who would not be easily offended by anyone, and he was naturally willing to help Yan solemnly manage the triumphal ceremony.

"Prime Minister Lu Qi is recalled, presumably he has complaints, can this scene be overrun?"

Yan Zhuang asked tentatively, but Wei Jiansu raised his eyebrows, stroked his beard and asked with a smile:

"Why did Si Zhi say this?"

Wei Jiansu was comfortable with Yan Zhuang's words, and although their relationship was familiar, they were far from the point where they could discuss such things together.

Of course, Yan Zhuang is not a fool, he must have his intentions to be able to speak so plainly, Wei Jiansu quietly watched what he would say next.

"Xianggong and think about it, Lu Qi has been running Hedong for many years, and he destroyed the historical thieves in another battle, and now he has been suddenly relieved of his military power and recalled to Chang'an, how can he not be resentful?"

Wei Jiansu squinted his eyes, listened to Yan Zhuang's seemingly penetrating analysis, and said slowly for a while:

"Si Zhi's words are wrong, the prime minister recalled Lu Qi to Chang'an, it is to be of great use!"

"Useful?"

Yan Zhuang's eyes were a little confused, he really couldn't figure it out, he relieved the military power of the feudal officials, and then transferred back to Chang'an, how could this be of great use?

Wei Jiansu looked at Yan Zhuang's confused eyes, and knew that he did not understand the deep meaning of Qin Jin's many arrangements, and at the same time sighed in his heart, Yan Zhuang is indeed a smart person, but he has followed the traitors for half his life, and his vision is shallow after all, looking at problems and thinking about things, it is always difficult to get out of the experience of half a life.

"Si Zhi, please think about it, the prime minister personally led the army to the west, with the old people of the Shenwu Army sitting in various places, Pei Jing sitting in Shuofang, Yang Xingben sitting in Hebei, who should Chang'an guard?"

Although this is a rhetorical question, it is equivalent to giving an answer.

Yan Zhuang woke up like a dream, it turned out that Qin Jin transferred Lu Qi back to Chang'an, not to kill the donkey at all, but out of trust.

Thinking of this, a fine layer of sweat oozed from his forehead, and he seemed to have palpitations.

Wei Jiansu looked at Yan Zhuang's expression with cold eyes, knowing that this person still couldn't change his old habits by Qin Jin's side, fighting for power and profit by unscrupulous means, although he had already restrained a lot, but if he made too much trouble, he was afraid that he would be burned.

In addition to the vague reminder of today's words, Wei Jiansu also secretly warned himself that it was best to keep the most basic distance from this person.