Li Longji on the top of the main hall was furious, but a small number of officials were relieved for no reason, and they were communicating privately at the moment. There are civil ministers and military generals, and under the cover of the emperor who is reprimanding the veteran under the rage, they vaguely complete the communication between each other.

As the gathering place of the highest power in the Tang Dynasty, there will never be a shortage of battles on the Golden Palace. The turmoil that came and went a few days ago was not widespread, but the time-tested bigwigs preferred to regard it as the beginning of a shocking change, and even their subordinates were nervous.

Today's emperor's urgent move was naturally regarded by the officials as a continuation of the previous few days, but they did not expect to be disrupted by the war situation in the south, and their tacit preparations.

The emperor has been scolding for a while, and the three prime ministers who are there also feel that they should come forward and say something.

Chen Xilie took the lead and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point, it is useless to criticize harshly, in order to prevent the war situation in the south from eroding, please make a decision as soon as possible!"

The commander of the counterinsurgency is dead, and the first priority is naturally to select a new general to replace him. In this case, Chen Xilie made up his mind not to mix, and the emperor decided to do so. He is the secretary and prime minister of the Ministry of War, and when he talks about this, the meaning he wants to express is obvious. Li Longji glared at him indignantly, and had no choice but to turn his gaze to Li Linfu.

In a moment, the secret security of the internal guard was also circulated in the hands of the three prime ministers, and seeing that the emperor turned his inquiring attention to himself, Li Linfu replied: "Judging from the report, Li Lun should have attacked the enemy lightly this time to make the rebel ambush worse, and the old minister thought that it would be good to change to an experienced general!"

"Who should I change?" asked Li Longji.

"Hedong Jiedu envoy Wang Zhonghe!" As soon as Li Linfu said this, the whole hall was shocked!

The officials who had been communicating privately just now and were a little eager to try it appeared momentarily sluggish.

Li Longji glanced at Li Linfu, and Xu Fan, who was sitting opposite Li Linfu, also looked at him deeply. When Li Longji turned his gaze to Xu Fan, Xu Fan was silent for only a moment, and then said the same: "The old minister also thinks that Wang Zhonghei can take on this important task!"

"What about you, do you have any other opinions?" asked Li Longji at the hundred officials.

"The ministers seconded the proposal!" Regardless of whether the reaction is fast or slow, with the agreement of the two ministers in the political affairs hall, there is not much room for the rest of the people to turn around.

"Okay, let's let Wang Zhongji go!" Li Longji ordered.

The results of the court soon spread throughout the capital, and the lower-level officials really couldn't figure out why the right minister would recommend Wang Zhongji to judge. Until this moment, the officials in Chang'an still did not take the rebellion in the south seriously, Li Lun was indeed dead, but the hat of the light enemy had been covered. Naturally, the lower-ranking officials could not have a clear understanding of the strength of the rebels operating in the south, while the higher-ranking officials who knew more about it did not have much to worry about the rebellion when they saw that Wang Zhongji had gone out.

Compared with the life and death of the rebels, the officials want to see the intentions of the prime ministers, since a few days ago, the Chang'an court has been filled with a strange atmosphere, if you don't see these clearly, if the big turmoil really comes, I'm afraid you really won't even know how to die, it will be too sad!

In the turmoil a few days ago, all the people who appeared were small fish and shrimp, and the prince Li Heng was barely a big one, but the officials were obviously not very satisfied. This time is the same, the small fish and shrimp in the first place are very similar to the beginning of the previous play, just when everyone is waiting for the next big thing, Li Lun's death slightly disrupted this rhythm. And the terrifying tacit understanding of the prime ministers at today's short court meeting made the officials even more suspicious.

The matter seemed to end like this, so that many people couldn't see it clearly and couldn't figure it out, but they knew that several heavyweights other than the three prime ministers must know something, but they didn't say it. Some quick-minded people, taking into account the two seemingly unrelated things of a short-term turmoil in front of them and the selection of counterinsurgency generals in the court today, also admit that they have noticed some inside stories. It's just that the bigwigs didn't speak, and these smart people only regarded it as some drunken remarks after drinking. For a time, Chang'an City was full of this kind of secret hustle and bustle......

No matter what the officials said and did, Wang Zhonghe, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, quickly accepted the general order.

In fact, since the last time the two towns of Hexi and Fanyang were vacant, causing a lot of turmoil, and finally An Lushan took over the two towns as he wished, and Ge Shuhan commanded the Hexi military town, Wang Zhongsi, the envoy of the Hedong Festival, has never been out of Chang'an.

Wang Zhongsi had originally entered Beijing in the name of reporting on his work, and it stands to reason that he should go back in more than a month at most, and Hedong is a border town, and it is not a matter if the commander is not there! However, the emperor refused to summon Wang Zhongsi for a long time, and only let him stay in the post house.

Until this time, he was appointed as the new counterinsurgency commander.

East Palace, in the study of Prince Li Heng.

The crown prince Li Heng was sitting on the main seat, frowning and pondering, and several strategists were sitting left and right.

"Your Highness, what is the purpose of Li Linfu's move?" a scribe asked.

"He should have noticed us!" Li Heng muttered with deep eyes.

"Yes, what we did a few days ago was nowhere to be found, but in fact, for an old fox like Li Linfu, there is only a conjecture, and it doesn't matter whether there is evidence or not. An old man with gray temples bowed his head.

"Then why did he recommend Wang Zhonghei today?" asked the scribe in question.

"I don't know!" The old man shook his head slightly, but then he thought of a possibility, turned to look at Li Heng and asked, "Your Highness, what is the strength of the rebel army in the south?

"Are you worried that Li Linfu deliberately recommended a loyal heir so that he could kill people with a knife?" asked Li Heng.

The old man nodded and said, "It may not be impossible!"

Li Heng thought for a while and said: "According to the report given by the Ministry of War, the rebels are now only tens of thousands of people, and they only occupy one county in Yangzhou. As for more accurate information, the internal guard must have it, but it can't be viewed!"

When the old man heard this, his forehead wrinkled even tighter, and he said, "Li Linfu is originally from Yangzhou, he may know better." If it was really a plan to kill people with a knife, General Wang was afraid that this trip would be dangerous. ”

"It's okay, the loyal heir is also a veteran of many years, let's leave the affairs on the battlefield to him, we just need to give a reminder!" Li Heng said.

"Yes! This time, we launched rashly, which has already attracted the attention of hundreds of officials, and now the rumors of His Royal Highness are circulating everywhere in Chang'an City, so let's be quiet. The old man admonished.

"Ignore it!" Li Heng nodded in acceptance.

"Li Linfu also explained clearly, why Xu Fan's attitude was so clear this time? This is not in line with his previous style!" the scribe asked.

Li Heng thought about it, shook his head, and replied: "Xu Fan, this person, Lone has not had much contact, he is his father's person, and his intentions this time, Lone has never guessed it!"

While Li Heng and the others were pondering Xu Fan's purpose, Xu Fan was also meditating in his study.

The turmoil a few days ago, Xu Fan now thinks about it, and it is gradually clear that the crown prince Li Heng deliberately acted in front of the emperor and hundreds of officials for some reason. Self-defilement, he has also used this trick, which is not unusual. When the emperor made the information about the south public, Xu Fan thought that Li Heng would definitely take this opportunity to help Wang Zhongji take the position of the chief general of the rebellion.

At the beginning, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu was suddenly taken by Ge Shuhan, and Xu Fan was one of the few people who knew the reason. For this reason, he felt that the play that the prince had directed and acted in was to transfer Wang Zhongsi out of Chang'an as much as possible, not only to protect Wang Zhonghe, but also to make himself completely safe. And Li Lun's sudden death made the crown prince and his family see an excellent opportunity! Just as they were about to launch, they didn't expect that Li Linfu, who had always had a bad relationship with the prince, would actually recommend Wang Zhonghe!

Xu Fan didn't know what Li Linfu's intentions were

In the first month of the thirteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan came to the court, tasted the secret music, and Yunlu Mountain had the opposite. Xuanzong didn't listen. In November of the fourteenth year, Lushan rebelled and called the soldiers. In December, Ding Wei fell into Tokyo. Xin Chou, the crown prince supervised the country, and still sent the army of the pro-general to discuss. Shi Lushan was named after Yang Guozhong, and the soldiers and civilians cut their teeth at the Yang family. The country is loyal and afraid, but it is a matter of conspiring with the noble concubine, and it is not possible to do it. He summoned Hexi Jiedu to make Ge Shuhan the marshal of the crown prince's forward soldiers and horses, and ordered him to lead 200,000 people to guard Tongguan.

In June next year, Ge Shuhan was defeated by thieves and closed the door, and Guozhong ridiculed Xuanzong Xingshu. Ding You, to Ma Weidun, the six armies do not advance, please punish the Yang family. So Zhu Guozhong gave the concubine to commit suicide. The chariot will be dispatched, and it will be left behind to proclaim to the people. The crowd wept and said: "Reverse Hu Beien, the Lord is sown, the ministers were born in the sundae, the world is the Tang people, I am willing to work hard to fight for the thief for the country, please recover Chang'an from the prince." Xuanzong heard this and said: "This apocalypse is also." "It is to order Gao Lishi and Shou Wang Mao to send the prince's inner man and the royal service, and leave the military stable and horses from above. Ling Lux proclaimed: "You are good to go! The people are hopeful, and they should be careful not to disobey it." Don't take me for granted. And Xirong Beidi, I taste the thick, now the country is difficult, it will be used, you are reluctant!" "The last time I went back to Weibei, the bridge was broken, the water was soaring, and there was no boat; the people on the waterfront were ordered, and more than 3,000 people returned. Weishui can be waded, and the Tongguan scattered soldiers, mistakenly thought of thieves, and the battle, many soldiers were injured. It is to collect the rest of the people to go north, and the army is rich, and then they are all drowned, and they are happy, thinking that God blesses. At that time, only Guangping, Jianning and the soldiers of the four armies were only 2,000 people. From the north of Fengtian, the night is eternal, and the people cover the road and offer cow wine. There are white clouds from the northwest, several zhang long, such as the shape of a pavilion, and the speaker thinks that the breath of the Son of Heaven. Wuxu, to Tan Binh County. Running for more than 300 miles day and night, more than half of the soldiers lost their equipment, and the people who survived were only one brigade.