Although Li Mi can understand the ambition of the crown prince Zhongxing Datang, he is bent on reclaiming the Hexi Corridor and Anxi, after all, he is a young man, and it is appropriate to be ambitious.

But understanding is understanding, Li Mi's attitude is still very resolute, and it is also very clear, before the problem of the separation of feudal towns in Hebei and the Central Plains is not resolved, we must try to maintain stability in the west, even if the Anxi army is tragic and strong, it cannot change the national policy, otherwise the western instability will seriously distract the imperial court's energy to solve the eastern problem, and the two-front battle will eventually make the Tang Dynasty's finances collapse.

Li Mi retreated, and before leaving, he glanced at the poems on the table in confusion, how could the saint know these two poems, but he didn't ask much, it was estimated that it was the people's sentiment reported by Zuo Shiyi.

Li Shi was mixed in his heart, the joy was that the financial problem could be alleviated, if the money and grain of Bashu arrived in Chang'an, he still decided to use the money to reward the soldiers, instead of using the land, although the land was good, but his will had been issued, and then the rebellion would affect the credibility of the Son of Heaven, so that the government hall could officially implement the rules for rewarding military merits before implementation.

The worry was that the imperial court was resolute and opposed to the recovery of the Hexi Corridor, and even if the opportunity arose, the imperial court was unwilling to seize it, and in this matter, Li Shi felt extremely isolated.

At this time, the eunuch Huo Xianming sent a batch of compendiums, and he served as a privy envoy, a position [3Q Chinese] mainly to convey the intention of the Son of Heaven to the Zhongshu of Menxia, mainly to serve as a bridge between the Son of Heaven and the Prime Minister.

There are two kinds of holy decrees in the Tang Dynasty, one is drafted by the province of Zhongshu, with white linen paper, called the white edict, such as the appointment of officials below the three grades, the opening of local warehouses and grain, the construction of cities, etc., are all within the scope of power.

The Son of Heaven could only make decisions on some major military affairs, and he could not be arbitrary, and he could only issue decrees after full discussion and consensus among the monarchs and ministers in the early dynasties, and in fact the monarch's power was greatly restricted.

Tang Xuanzong Li Longji founded the Jixian Hall scholars in the later period of his reign, and he directly asked the scholars to draft the will, which was written on jute paper called Huang Zhao, which actually took back part of the right to draft the will from the hands of Xiangguo.

After decades of running-in and compromise, Bai Zhao and Huang Zhao gradually have a clear division of labor, Huang Zhao does not involve specific government affairs, only in important appointments, canonization, amnesty and major military affairs to issue edicts, and Bai Zhao must first let the Son of Heaven look at it before formally drafting the decree, the contact person in the middle is the privy envoy, after the Son of Heaven reads the recital, let the privy envoy to convey his opinions, and then the political hall will consider the opinion of the Son of Heaven when formally drafting the decree.

If the Son of Heaven is diligent in government, the privy envoy is indeed a good bridge of communication, but if the Son of Heaven neglects his administration or is controlled by the eunuchs, the privy envoys will not express the opinions of the Son of Heaven, but their own opinions, which is the root of the system of eunuchs in the late Tang Dynasty.

It was not until five dynasties later that the practice of eunuchs serving as privy councillors was completely abolished, and civilian officials should serve as privy envoys, and in the Song Dynasty, privy envoys were gradually served by military generals, and the scope of authority was also biased towards the military.

Huo Xianming saw that the Son of Heaven was staring at the two lines of poetry for a long time, so he said softly: "Although Xiangguo and the court officials are unanimously opposed to the recovery of Hexi, as far as the slaves know, the people of the world and the soldiers of the three armies strongly demand the recovery of the Hexi Corridor and Anxi. ”

"The people of the world and the soldiers of the three armies?"

Li Shi smiled bitterly, Datang doesn't rely on them to govern, what's the use of their support?

Huo Xianming really knew Li Shi's mind too well, he wanted to recover Hexi, but he didn't have the courage to argue with the minister, and he didn't have the courage to make a direct order, he wanted to accept his fate but was unwilling, so he suffered from gains and losses in this matter, and he was always undecided.

"In fact, Your Majesty can give Guo Song a certain degree of autonomy in the use of troops, the reason is that the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected! When the raw rice is cooked, the ministers have no way to blame His Majesty, they can only point the finger at Guo Song and let Guo Song bear the consequences. ”

Li Shi nodded again and again, this method is good, let Guo Song decide whether to recover Hexi, Hexi is so far away, he can push it off without knowing a word.

"What about the army's supplies?" Li Shi thought about this important question again.

"Your Majesty, didn't Guo Song say in the express that he had seized a large number of cattle and sheep? I don't think anyone in the court cares, aren't these spoils his supplies? Give him 30,000 troops, the court only takes care of the army, and the rest is provided for himself, don't the ministers criticize this the most?

As for Tubo or Hui, the troubles he caused by himself will be solved, and perhaps a war will break out between Hui and Tubo for Anxi, and Longyou and Hedong of the Tang Dynasty will be safe. ”

Huo Xianming's words said that Li Shi's heart was difficult, although it was not necessarily a good thing to give Guo Song too much autonomy, but as long as he could recover the Hexi Corridor and recapture Anxi, Li Shi would be able to tolerate it.

Li Shi walked a few steps with his hand in his hand and said: "You said that I simply named him the envoy of the Hexi Festival, how about it?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is a must, if he is not the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, after seizing Suzhou, how can he march to the north?"

Li Shi nodded slowly, you can wait for the matter of the festival envoy and find an opportunity to talk about it.

..........

As the saying goes, when the government and the opposition were celebrating the victory of the Ganzhou army, Zhu Zhu fell into a low ebb in his life, and the connection between the two wills completely cut off his hope of returning to Longyou.

First of all, the imperial court ordered to remove Wang Lianen from the post of governor of the prefecture, and then, the Son of Heaven issued a decree to remove Zhu Zhu from the post of envoy of the Longyou Festival, and in the evening, Zhu Zhu received the will of the Son of Heaven and reappointed him as the envoy of the Jingyuan Festival, which made Zhu Zhu have a feeling of being in a desperate situation, and he wanted to cry on the ground.

At night, Yuan Lu hurriedly came to Zhu Zhu's mansion, Zhu Zhu's mansion is also a reward from the Son of Heaven, located in Guanglufang, covering an area of 40 acres, is the original eunuch Li Fuguo's mansion.

Zhu Jun also had a lot of questions in his heart, so he personally welcomed Yuan Lu to the Guike Hall.

"General, what the hell is going on?"

Zhu Jun couldn't help the surprise in his heart and said: "Obviously, I have been dismissed from the post of envoy of Longyou Jiedu, why do you want to appoint me as the envoy of Jingyuan Jiedu?" ”

"Brother Zhu is not happy?" Yuan Lu said with a smile.

"Of course I'm happy, it's the same as lifting my house arrest, but I don't quite understand?"

"This is the balance of the Son of Heaven, the Dugu family has influenced the political hall, so that the political hall has passed a resolution to remove Wang Lianen, and passed a resolution to remove your Longyou Jiedu envoy, but the Dugu family has forgotten that things can't be done too much, and their comprehensive victory has made the Son of Heaven feel that the Guanlong nobles have lost their balance, so they should also support the Yuan family a little, which will have your Jingyuan Jiedu envoy."

Zhu Jun woke up like a dream, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Speaking of which, I still want to thank the Yuan family for their support to me!" ”

Yuan Lu smiled and waved his hand, "We are people in the same boat, why thank you?" Now that the Son of Heaven has issued an edict, Brother Zhu still went to take office as soon as possible. ”

"I know, I will go to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials tomorrow to go through the formalities, if it goes well, I plan to leave for Yongxian County early the day after tomorrow to take office."

At this time, the maid brought them tea, and Zhu Zhu took a sip of tea and asked, "What is Zhang Yi's background, and how could the Son of Heaven let him serve as the envoy of Longyoujie?" ”

"Zhang Yi is the new Xiangguo recommended by Cui Youfu to replace Yan Zhenqing after Yan Zhenqing retired, but Yang Yan didn't like Zhang Yi very much, so he recommended Zhang Yi to the Son of Heaven to serve as the envoy of the Longyou Festival."

"It turns out that this Zhang Yi is Cui Youfu's person!"

"It's not!"

Yuan Lu shook his head and smiled: "Zhang Yi is the son-in-law of the Dou family, and the Son of Heaven appointed him as the envoy of the Longyou Festival, which is actually to improve the status of the Dou family. ”

Zhu Jun nodded silently, and asked again: "What about Guo Song's side, does the imperial court want to recover the Hexi Corridor?" I heard that the imperial court does not want to recover the Hexi Corridor, is that so? ”

"Of course not!"

Yuan Lu sneered and said: "The imperial court just wants to keep the land of Ganzhou to raise horses, and it doesn't want to expand westward at all, what if you take the Hexi Corridor?" How can the imperial court have the financial resources to fill that hole, and still think that it is now the prosperous era of Kaiyuan? I can see it through, it's good that Datang can sustain it, and I still want to talk about ZTE, it's purely a fool's dream! ”

Zhu Jun really regretted in his heart that the imperial court gave up such a good opportunity to regain the Hexi Corridor, which is simply a sigh!

"Forget it, I don't think about this kind of thing, what does the Yuan family have to explain to me?"

Yuan Lu took out a list and handed it to Zhu Jun, "These are eight captains, all of them are generals of the Yuan family, I hope Brother Zhu can promote them to Lang generals." ”

This is how the influence of the Guanlong nobles in the army came about, and a large number of middle-level generals in the army were appointed by various Guanlong nobles.