Since the Tang Dynasty moved from Chang'an to Wuyi, the first political earthquake suddenly broke out under circumstances that no one expected, and the whole world was stunned at once.

Xue Ping, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty, resigned to the distant Western Regions as an observer envoy in the Western Regions.

Qin Zhao, the general of the Tang Dynasty's Zuo Xiaowei, was arrested by the internal guards, and Jin Shiyuan, the general of Zhonglang, was arrested, unlike Qin Zhao, who was only placed under house arrest in Wuyi's home, Jin Shiyuan was directly thrown into prison. At the moment when Zuo Xiaowei had just defeated Pinglujie Town and made great contributions, the two commanders of the army were suddenly arrested, which really shocked everyone.

You Yong, the left attendant of the military department, was appointed as the general of Zuo Xiaowei, and took up his new post in a panic among the soldiers of Zuo Xiaowei. The vacant position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War was obtained by Wang Wenshu, who had been idle at home for several years due to physical reasons. And Xue Ping's vacant military department book was included in the bag by Guo Fengxiao, the Texas assassin.

The right Xiaowei Liu Chenglin's department moved from Mozhou to Laiwu, forming a strong pressure on the direction of Tai'an, while You Yong led the turbulent Zuo Xiaowei to Laiyang. Everyone realized that Zuo Xiaowei was bound to usher in a large-scale purge.

This drastic personnel change, to outsiders, is also the further control and strengthening of power by Li Ze, the prime minister of the dynasty, whether in the court or in the army. The royalist family suffered an extremely heavy blow again.

By the time everything settled down and Li Ze returned to Wuyi, it was already the beginning of November.

For Datang, this is a great internal shock. But for Zhu Youzhen, who was trembling in Tai'an at the moment, ready to meet the rapid attack of the Tang army at any time, it was great news.

At least, he didn't have to worry about the Tang Army launching a fierce attack on him right now. This is like a big pie falling from the sky for him who has just gained a foothold in Tai'an.

The left Xiaowei moved the division, the right Xiaowei took over, and the right Xiaowei was transferred from the direction of Mozhou far away, and it was shown from the intelligence that the only troops who arrived in Laiwu now were Chen Changping's department and Liu Chenglin, the general of the right Xiaowei, and more troops, if they wanted to be transferred over, it would take an unknown amount of time.

On paper, it seems that the enemy in front of Tai'an is stronger, the combat effectiveness of the right Xiaowei has always been stronger than that of the left Xiaowei, and the reputation of the commander Liu Chenglin in the north is far more than that of the general Qin Zhao of the left Xiaowei, but such a large-scale military mobilization involves too many aspects.

Even in Mozhou, because of the transfer of the right Xiaowei, the Xue Chong department of the left Jinwu guard who supplemented the defense was not completely in place in a moment or three.

When it comes to the major change of defense of the three guards, it is impossible to deploy it in place without half a year and a year's effort, that is to say, Zhu Youzhen won at least a year of effort to let him run Tai'an.

On the night of learning the news, Zhu Youzhen held a banquet, and while entertaining Fan Sheng, the big intelligence leader of Daliang who had just arrived from Chang'an, he also celebrated this major good news.

I don't know what means Jing Xiang used, in short, the original intelligence boss Zhu Sheng was cut by Zhu Wen, and Fan Sheng took over all the intelligence work of Daliang and became a pivotal figure within Daliang.

Although the rank of the position does not seem to be high, the real power in his hands is enough to make any Liang official shy away from it.

"What is the reason?" After three rounds of drinking, Zhu Youzhen looked at Fan Sheng with a smile and asked.

Fan Sheng put down his wine glass, it was because of this that he rushed to Tai'an.

"Your Highness, we don't know exactly why. It has always been extremely difficult for us to infiltrate the Tang Army, because within their army, there is an organization called the Yixing Society, which is extremely exclusive. We have managed to develop so many, and it won't be long before they will be uprooted by them. ”

Fan Sheng shook his head and said, "From the current external intelligence analysis, this time it should be Li Ze's move to eradicate dissidents and further gather power. ”

"Why at this time?" Zhu Youzhen was a little confused. "The enemy and us are still in a state of war, if it weren't for Li Zelai's play, I'm afraid that Zuo Xiaowei would take the opportunity to attack my Tai'an. My arrangements in Tai'an are not yet fully in place, and a large number of immigrants have not been properly resettled, so if I attack at this time, I will be extremely embarrassed, and it is very likely that I will not be able to hold Tai'an. ”

Fan Sheng glanced at everyone at the banquet, and Zhu Youzhen smiled: "It's okay, these are people I can absolutely trust." Guofeng, you are a big mouth, remember Luo for me, what you heard here, after you go out, don't reveal a word, if you miss a word, I will beat you with fifty military sticks. ”

Tian Guofeng, who was sitting below with a cup and drinking wildly, heard this, and hiccuped, but the wine poured out from the corners of his mouth, making everyone laugh.

In the midst of laughter, Tian Guofeng hugged a wine jar, pulled a roast chicken with the other hand, and actually stood up.

"Your Highness, then I still don't want to listen, you also know that I am a big mouth, in case I say it, I can't stand this military stick." After saying that, the real ass turned and walked away.

The crowd burst into laughter again.

"What a savage!" Zhu Youzhen shook her head and sighed, looking at Tian Guofeng's back, but the love in her eyes couldn't be concealed.

Fan Sheng was also looking at Tian Guofeng, until this person disappeared without a trace, and then said, "This person is the leader of the Taishan bandits?" It's really straightforward and cute. It is also surprising that such a person can become the leader of the Taishan bandits on the side of Megatron. ”

"This man is incredibly powerful. Cao Bin competed with him, but he didn't carry a pillar of incense. Zhu Youzhen said: "But there are three gangs of a hero, and there are two people under the command of this person, one of them is the current Tai'an Governor Xu Xiang, this person is a scholar, and Tian Guofeng is the most convinced of this person." But this person does have real skills, I think he is the prefect of Tai'an, in just a few months, the original smoke and atmosphere of Tai'an in an orderly manner, during this time, a large number of displaced people poured in, this person is also very appropriate. Look, there was a place for him at today's banquet, but he said that there were too many things to do, and there was no time to drink. ”

Fan Sheng smiled and said: "This is the blessing of His Highness, now in this world, there is no shortage of military generals, but capable officials are difficult to find." I wonder who else is? ”

"There is another person, named Chen Fu, a little gloomy, I don't like it very much, now he is Tian Guofeng's deputy general, but his one-handed archery skills are really breathtaking." Zhu Youzhen smiled: "Okay, you will see these people in the future, now that the big mouth is gone, tell me the reason for this!" Otherwise, I will always have some uneasiness in my heart. ”

Fan Sheng nodded: "The news came from Lingnan. Xue Ping, Han Qi, and Qin Tang were all royalists, and when Li Ze's power was getting bigger and bigger, they planned to find strong foreign aid for the emperor, so they chose Lingnan Xiangxun. Planned a marriage between the two parties, with Xiang Xun's granddaughter as the queen. When we found out the news, Xiang Zhen was already about to arrive in Wuyi. ”

"In other words, before this, Li Ze didn't know about it."

"That's right, so Li Ze is extremely angry." Fan Sheng said: "I speculate that this time Li Ze made a big move because of this matter. ”

"Li Ze can not agree!" Zhu Youzhen said disapprerovingly.

Fan Sheng shook his head: "The prime minister and the lower officials have discussed for a long time, and they both believe that if Li Ze is silent and has no reaction, it proves that Li Ze will inevitably refuse this matter, but Li Ze reacted violently, opened a killing ring, chased Xue Ping, and arrested Qin Zhao, which proved that Li Ze would definitely agree to marry Xiangling Xiangxun." ”

"He's balancing!" Zhu Youzhen suddenly said, "When the external opposition is strengthened, he will clean up some internal people, so as not to collude with the inside and outside and make him fall in order." ”

"That's exactly what happened." Fan Sheng nodded and said: "Prime Minister Jing asked me to come over, nominally to investigate the impact of the change of the Tang Army's Zuo Xiaowei on my Liang this time, but in fact, I want to come to tell His Highness about this matter." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded slowly.

"Lingnan Xiang clan, if it becomes a descendant, the power will inevitably rise, the Xiang clan was originally in the southeast, the strength will be the best of all people, with this name, you can unify the entire southeast area, form another powerful force, once the integration is completed, the soldiers will inevitably go north, which is in conflict with the plan received by His Royal Highness."

"So we have to speed up the pace and fight with the Xiang clan for the southern territory." Zhu Youzhen said with some annoyance.

"That's exactly what happened." Fan Sheng nodded: "Compared with Xiang's Xiang, we have lost a point above the righteousness, those jiezhen in the south, nominally they are still dominated by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, once the Xiang clan goes north, under the dual threat of righteousness and soldiers, they are likely to gather under the banner of the Xiang clan, and we are difficult to do without a fight, so Your Highness, you have to speed up the pace here." The prime minister will also use this reason to make a statement to the emperor, so that he can send you south quickly. ”

"Where is the eldest brother and second brother?" Zhu Youzhen said.

Fan Sheng smiled slightly: "After His Royal Highness takes Shannan West Road, he will encounter a hard bone, that is, Yizhou, Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, it is easy for the opponent to attack him, he wants to take Yizhou, but it is even more difficult, so it is already good to form a stalemate situation." As for His Royal Highness, after taking Shannan Dongdao, his heart to move forward was no longer enough, and he had turned his attention to Chang'an. ”

Zhu Youzhen was slightly shocked.

"I gave him the wrong message." Fan Sheng drank a glass of wine without changing his face, "A doctored medical case made His Highness think that His Majesty the Emperor is sick, and the illness is not light. Under such circumstances, where is His Highness still willing to fight in front? ”

Zhu Youzhen let out a long sigh of relief.