Li An's words have the meaning of warning Nanzhao, and at the same time express his loyalty to the Tang Empire, and oppose any force that endangers the interests of the Tang Empire, even if Nanzhao is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, it cannot annex the states and counties of the Tang Dynasty, which is Li An's political bottom line.

Yu Chengjie personally didn't have much interest in plowing the land, and it was his father Pi Luoge, the master of the Southern Zhao with great talent, who wanted to annex the planing land, so when Li An said this, Yu Chengjie did not reject it in his heart, but felt that his father was too greedy.

A few years ago, Yu Chengjie's father Pi Luo Ge, with the support of the Tang Empire, unified the six edicts by force, greatly enhanced the strength of the Southern Zhao, and became a powerful country in the south of the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop.

"Hehe, Captain Li is too worried, how dare Nanzhao ask for the states and counties of the Tang Dynasty, my father just can't get used to seeing the wealthy clans rebelling against the Tang Dynasty and wants to share the worries of the Tang Emperor, that's all."

Yu Chengjie naturally didn't tell the truth, and said a perfunctory sentence casually.

Li An didn't expect Yu Chengjie to tell him calmly, after all, they had known each other for less than an hour, and the corner of his mouth smiled faintly: "That's fine, second prince, otherwise, let's continue drinking." ”

"Drink, drink, drink, don't get drunk."

Yu Chengjie was a rare relaxation, and enjoyed drinking with Ang Lee, drinking until dusk, and then returning to the post house with unfinished eyes.

There are hundreds of Tang army soldiers and more than 100 Nanzhao warriors in the post house, Li An does not have to worry about the safety of Yu Chengjie, after sending it back to the post house on the Cheng Festival, he took Kunxiong and Feiyu to visit the Jiannan Festival envoy Zhang Qiu and Qiong.

"Kunxiong, Feiyu, Yu Chengjie's entourage, what did they say?"

"Big brother, these people have a very tight tone and haven't said anything except politeness."

Li An nodded lightly: "These entourages are quite cautious, but Yu Chengjie has said a lot, you are waiting here, I will visit Marshal Zhang Qiujie alone." ”

"Yes, big brother."

The last time Li An passed through Yizhou, he visited Zhang Qiu and Qiong's mansion, and for this reason, the people in the mansion all recognized Li An, and after seeing Li An, they immediately ran to inform Zhang Qiu and Qiong.

"Captain Li, Ah Lang is invited."

Li An nodded lightly and walked into Zhang Qiu and Qiong's mansion.

"Captain Li, don't come unharmed."

Zhang Qiu and Qiong greeted him with a smile.

Li An hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted: "Li An came in a hurry to see Zhang Qiu Jieshuai, he didn't prepare a gift, and he hoped that Zhang Qiu Jieshuai would forgive me." ”

"Eh, Captain Li can come to see the old man, it's the best gift, why bother with these clichés, come, please come inside."

Zhang Qiu and Qiong were full of spring breeze, and they didn't mind Li An coming to visit empty-handed.

Li An followed Zhang Qiu and Qiong towards the main hall.

"On this trip to the East Women's Kingdom, Captain Li annihilated 20,000 Tubo border troops, personally beheaded the Tubo prince Lang Zhidu, and also dug out the spies who colluded with Tubo, and made an immortal contribution to my Tang Dynasty, after returning to Chang'an City, Your Majesty will definitely reward Captain Li well, haha!"

"Thank you Zhang Qiu Jieshuai for his praise, Li An was just lucky, but the map that Zhang Qiujie Marshal gave to the lowly post also played a huge role, if it wasn't for the map in hand, the lowly post would not be able to find out the situation around the Dongnu Country so smoothly."

Zhang Qiu and Qiong were very happy when they heard this, and they couldn't stop smiling, he naturally understood that this was a compliment from Ang Lee, and that he could achieve such a huge victory, mainly because Ang Lee's ability was outstanding, and it would not have much to do with the map, but it was also a thing that made him happy that Ang Lee could take care of his feelings so much.

"Zhang Qiu Jieshuai, I heard that all the clans rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, and they also killed Zhu Lingqian, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, I don't know what the situation is?"

After a polite exchange, Ang Lee went straight to the point and asked about the situation in the land.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong's face was solemn, and he sighed: "Don't hide it from Captain Li, the situation in the land is very sinister, the king of the plan, the people of the plan, the people of the plan, all of them have rebelled, and the entire east and west have all erected a rebellion, which poses a great threat to the stability of the southern part of our Tang Dynasty." ”

"How serious is it?"

Although Li An had already understood some of the situation, he was still very shocked when Zhang Qiu and Qiong personally said this, and continued to ask: "Zhang Qiu Jieshuai, it is rumored that the powerful rebelled against the Tang Dynasty because the Tang Dynasty built a city in Nanning Prefecture, which made these powerful people feel uneasy?" ”

The corners of Zhang Qiu and Qiong's mouth showed a subtle sneer: "On the surface, this is indeed the case, but this official always feels that things are not so simple, I am afraid that someone is making waves behind the scenes!" ”

Li An frowned: "So, what does Zhang Qiu Jieshuai seem to have discovered?" ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong shook his head lightly, and said helplessly: "The official didn't find anything, but he just felt that this matter was too weird and there were too many irrationalities. ”

"Unconscionable?"

Li An was stunned: "What is the handsome chapter of the enemy?" ”

"First, Nanning Prefecture is the fetters of the Tang Dynasty, and it is understandable for the Tang Dynasty to build a city here, and the Haoqiang have originally attached themselves to the Tang Dynasty and accepted the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, even if they are worried about the Tang Dynasty's construction of the city, they will not immediately launch a rebellion, which is inevitably too fast and too radical. Second, there are many heroes and strong, and there are contradictions between them, but this rebellion is unusually united, and they can actually act in unison, which shows that there is a thread that strings together these usually contradictory heroes, and makes them twist into a rope and unite against our Tang Dynasty. ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong seriously expressed their doubts, and secretly felt something.

When Li An heard this, he felt that what Zhang Qiu and Qiong said was very reasonable, the land was the Tang Dynasty's state of bondage, and the Tang Dynasty built a city in its own state of bondage, but also to better govern here, as long as the land was strong and did not have the heart to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, there was no need to worry that the Tang Dynasty building a city here would threaten their safety.

In addition, there are many powerful people in the land, not a unified tribe, these powerful people can immediately oppose the Tang Dynasty in unison, and they must be able to mediate with outstanding people, otherwise, it will be difficult to form the concerted action of all the tribes, and who is the mysterious person behind this, which stumped Zhang Qiu and Qiong, and also stumped Li An.

However, both of them have some premonitions in their hearts, and for now, they can only have premonitions.

"Zhang Qiujieshuai, there should be a third suspicious point, maybe ......"

Zhang Qiu and Qiong were slightly stunned, and looked at Li An in surprise: "Captain Li, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Li An pondered for a moment, and said: "The rebellion in the land is an urgent need of the Tang Dynasty, but the king of Yunnan is in a hurry to send his son to Chang'an City, and proposes to lead the army to pacify the land and share the worries of the Tang Emperor, which seems to be a bit unreasonable, even if the king of Yunnan is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, he doesn't need to be so active!" ”

There are only interests in the exchanges between countries, and all actions are driven by interests, if you can't get a huge return on interests, how can Pi Luo Ge use the army under his command to manage the idle affairs of the land, as long as you are a clear-headed person, you can see the essence behind Pi Luo Ge's initiative to ask for help.

When Zhang Qiu and Qiong heard this, they grinned: "Captain Li and this official want to go together, the positivity of the King of Yunnan is indeed a bit abnormal, but at the moment, we don't have the slightest evidence, this matter is only for you and me to talk about here, and you must not talk nonsense outside." ”

"Humble duty understands."

Zhang Qiu and Qiong nodded lightly, pondered for a moment, and said: "The matter of the land planing, this official will continue to send people to investigate, what Captain Li has to do is to ensure that Yu Chengjie arrives in Chang'an City safely, no matter whether the conspiracy behind the land planning is done by Nan Zhao or not, Yu Chengjie will not be fine." ”

"Don't worry, you know what to do."

When Li An received Li Longji's holy decree, he would naturally do his best to protect Yu Chengjie's safety, and besides, Li An also counted on Yu Chengjian to inherit the throne of Nanzhao, so how could he not work hard to protect him.

Of course, Li An also saw deep worry from Zhang Qiu and Qiong's frowning brows, and this worry was the worry about the current situation and the caution about the Nanzhao issue.

"What Marshal Zhang Qiu is worried about must be the question of how to deal with it once it is discovered that the rebellion is related to Pi Luo Pavilion."

Zhang Qiu and Qiong were slightly stunned, and stared at Li An: "Captain Li continued." ”

Li An smiled faintly at the corner of his mouth: "Marshal Zhang Qiu hopes that the rebellion of the land has nothing to do with Nanzhao, because once the rebellion of the land is done by Nanzhao, my Datang will become extremely passive." ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong looked at Li An appreciatively: "Captain Li is really a smart person, Nanzhao is an important ally of my southern Tang Dynasty, in order to deal with the threat of Tubo, my Datang needs the help of Nanzhao very much, once Nanzhao is lost, the situation in Jiannandao will become extremely sinister, so Nanzhao must not be pushed to Tubo, but once the king of Yunnan is the mastermind behind the rebellion, things will be very troublesome, if the official reports to the imperial court, it is equivalent to announcing the rebellion of Nanzhao, and Datang will have to lose Nanzhao, an important ally, but if you ignore it." , The ambition of the king of Yunnan will become bigger and bigger, so even if the Tang Dynasty has thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, it can't withstand the encroachment of Nanzhao step by step, besides, Nanzhao is too powerful, and it is also an invisible threat to my Datang, and this official is very worried! ”

Li An took a step forward: "If the humble position is expected, even if Marshal Zhang Qiu finds out that the mastermind behind the rebellion is the king of Yunnan, he will never report it to the imperial court?" ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong smiled helplessly: "This official can't push Nanzhao to Tubo!" As long as the king of Yunnan does not openly rebel against the Tang Dynasty, the official can only tolerate him temporarily, why, Li Xiaowei thinks that it is inappropriate for the official to do this? ”

Ang Lee understands that what Zhang Qiu and Qiong are implementing is the 'appeasement policy', which can temporarily avoid huge losses, but in the long run, it is very unfavorable, since ancient times, there has been no appeasement policy to achieve ultimate stability, and the appeasement policy will only stimulate the ambition of the other party and make the other party more and more bold.

"Zhang Qiu Jie Shuai is dedicated to the country, and he is very respectful, however, Zhang Qiu Jie Shuai only seems to see that the Tang Dynasty cannot do without the assistance of Nanzhao, but ignores that Nanzhao is even more inseparable from the support of the Tang Dynasty, the king of Yunnan unified the six edicts, but in just a few years, among the five edicts, there are still many warriors who intend to restore the old country, if the Tang Dynasty and the Nanzhao turn against each other, the rest of the five edicts will inevitably take refuge in the Tang Dynasty, so, the king of Yunnan has worked hard to build the country, but I am afraid that it will be divided again."

Zhang Qiu and Qiong were shocked when he heard this, he really ignored this, he only considered that after the Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao turned against each other, Nanzhao would take refuge in Tubo, and the situation in Datang would become extremely unfavorable, but he ignored that Nanzhao was even more inseparable from the Tang Dynasty, and soon after the six edicts were united, Piluo Pavilion was even more inseparable from the support of the Tang Empire.

That is to say, once the Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao turn against each other, both sides will suffer huge losses, and it is a lose-lose situation, and neither Li Longji nor Pi Luo Ge wants this kind of thing to happen, so Li Longji will appropriately connive with Pi Luo Ge to use Pi Luo Ge to contain the forces of Tubo, and Pi Luo Ge does not dare to openly rebel against the Tang Dynasty, so he can only secretly make some small moves to slightly encroach on the border of the Tang Dynasty in order to expand his own power.

Pi Luo Ge's every move is a temptation, he first put forward the request of the integration of the six edicts, in order to test the attitude of the Tang Empire to this matter, if the Tang Empire opposed, he can only give up, but the Tang Empire took into account the strategic needs of jointly fighting against Tubo, so as to agree to Pi Luo Ge's request, which made Pi Luo Ge very happy, and at the same time, also figured out the strategic policy of the Tang Dynasty, that is, to unite with the Southern Zhao to fight against Tubo.

In this way, Nanzhao naturally became an important strategic pawn of the Tang Empire, and Pi Luoge took this as a confidence to judge that as long as he caused the fait accompli of the occupation in the planing land, the Tang Dynasty could only adopt an acceptable appeasement policy in order to jointly confront the strategic needs of Tibet.

"What Captain Li means is that as long as I, Datang, put on a posture of vigorously opposing Nanzhao's occupation of the land, the king of Yunnan will give in and give up the occupation of the land?"

Li An smiled faintly: "The posture can't scare the king of Yunnan, only by taking practical actions can we fundamentally put an end to Nanzhao's intention of encroaching on the land." ”

Although all this is still in the hypothetical stage, both Ang Lee and Zhang Qiu and Qiong both know that Pi Luo Ge is a male lord with lofty political ideals, and most of the rebellion that occurred in the land is inseparable from Pi Luo Ge.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong looked at Li An with interest, he felt more and more that Li An was a rare talent, he saw the problem so thoroughly at a young age, and he was even more powerful than him, a person who had been up and down in the Huan Sea for decades, and he even doubted Li An's age, this young man with extraordinary knowledge, was really only in his teens, how could such a young person have such a brilliant insight.

Of course, Zhang Qiu and Qiong would never have dreamed that Ang Lee was a person from later generations who had a certain understanding of history, and naturally saw problems much more thoroughly than people of this era.

"How does Captain Li plan to take concrete actions to put an end to Nanzhao's encroachment on the heart of the land?"

Zhang Qiu and Qiong asked. (To be continued.) )