Yu Chengjie was completely confused by Ang Lee, he didn't understand what Ang Lee wanted to do, he was tired and didn't want to be tired, was this still Ang Lee? But the holy decree has been issued, and it was the Tang Emperor who forced him to go to quell the rebellion?

What does it mean to rely on the king of Yunnan, does he want to let Xian give up the dominance of pacifying the land to his father?

A series of questions made Yu Chengjie's forehead wrinkle into a big pimple, paused, and looked at Li An: "What does Captain Li mean?" Let's put it bluntly. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Li An looked into the room and said softly, "Second Prince, let's go in and talk, how about it?" ”

Yu Chengjie pursed his lips and stretched out his hand to make an inviting gesture: "General Li, please inside." ”

Entering the room, Ang Lee and Yu Chengjie sat down separately, with only two steps apart in between, so as to facilitate conversation.

"General Li, if you have anything to say, you can say it now."

Yu Chengjie asked curiously.

Li An smiled first and looked at Yu Chengjie: "Does the second prince know the current situation in the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"The current situation in Datang?"

Yu Chengjie frowned, pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Xiao Wang doesn't understand what General Li means, if General Li has anything to say, just say it!" ”

Li An nodded, and said seriously: "It is a friend to be the second prince, so there are some things that will not be hidden from the second prince, right now, there is Turkic civil strife in the north of my Tang Dynasty, there is a threat of Tubo in the west, and there is often a border in the northeast and Tibet. The treasury of the imperial court was in a hurry, so there was no longer too much money and food, and the main army was sent to the land to quell the rebellion. ”

When Yu Chengjie heard this, he pretended to be sad and said: "Xiao Wang has always heard that the Tang Dynasty is rich, but I didn't expect that there would be times when the treasury was empty, Xiao Wang was deeply saddened, but in this case, why didn't Your Majesty agree to let me Nanzhao be responsible for quelling the rebellion?" It has been many years since our Nanzhao unified the six edicts, the treasury is overflowing, and the army is strong, and it is completely possible to defeat the rebels in the land. ”

Li An frowned and looked at Yu Chengjie: "Does the second prince really not understand His Majesty, or is he pretending to be confused, such a simple truth, the second prince actually doesn't know." ”

"Xiao Wang really doesn't know, please let General Li know."

Yu Chengjie humbly asked for advice.

Li An pretended to be mysterious, stretched his neck close to Yu Chengjie, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is the king of a country in the Tang Dynasty, the heavenly khan of the grassland, and also an extremely good-looking person, even if the treasury of the Tang Dynasty is empty, it can't be seen as a joke. ”

Yu Chengjie touched his forehead, nodded and said, "What General Li said is very reasonable, what is Your Majesty's true intention?" ”

"Your Majesty's real intention is still to use Nanzhao's soldiers and horses to quell the rebellion, but on the surface, he wants to send lowly soldiers to show the Tang Dynasty's determination to quell the rebellion and save the face of the Tang Dynasty."

Yu Chengjie nodded, and suddenly realized: "I see, what does Xiao Wang need to do?" ”

Seeing that the time was ripe, Li An took a step closer and said softly: "After five days, I will lead six hundred soldiers to Luzhou to sit in the town, but in fact, I will not move my troops and just make a show, the second prince can return to Nanzhao as soon as possible, tell the king of Yunnan the true intention of His Majesty, and let the king of Yunnan lead the army to quell the rebellion as soon as possible." ”

Yu Chengjie nodded again and again, and looked at Li An with a grateful face: "Thanks to Captain Li's reminder, Xiao Wang thought that this trip did not fulfill his father's entrustment, but I didn't expect His Majesty's true intention to let me lead the rebellion in Nanzhao, so Xiao Wang was relieved, relieved." ”

Li An sneered in his heart, in his opinion, Yu Chengjie is really a big idiot, he believes what others say, and completely follows other people's ideas, if this kind of fool is of course the king of a country in Nanzhao, he will definitely not pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty, at most, he can only barely maintain the existing territory of Nanzhao with the assistance of virtuous ministers.

"Second prince, if the prince has nothing to do in the capital, it is better to go along, so that the humble position can also protect the safety of the second prince."

Li An was worried that Yu Chengjie would be trapped by the good life of Chang'an City and did not want to return to Nanzhao, so that the chances of seizing the throne of Nanzhao would be greatly reduced, which would be detrimental to the future interests of the Tang Dynasty.

When Yu Chengjie heard this, he felt that what Li An said was very reasonable, since his mission in the capital had been completed, and his goal of privately befriending Tang officials had been achieved, what were he still doing in Chang'an City, it was better to go back earlier and return to his father as soon as possible.

"What General Li said is that Xiao Wang is planning to do this, so five days later, Xiao Wang will go with General Li and return to Nanzhao as soon as possible."

Yu Chengjie said happily.

Li An's goal has been completely achieved, and it is no longer interesting to stay here to talk to Yu Chengjie, so he got up and said goodbye: "The second prince should rest early, and retire first." ”

"Xiao Wang sent Captain Li."

Yu Chengjie smiled all over his face, got up and personally sent Li An out of the gate of the Honglu Hall, and watched Li An walk a long distance before turning around and returning, still humming a small tune in his mouth.

Seeing Yu Chengjie, who was still gloomy just now, suddenly seemed to be a different person, and the three henchmen were all stunned.

Since Ang Lee and Yu Chengjie's conversation was taking place in the room, they naturally couldn't hear it, let alone know what was going on.

"Second Prince, what is it that makes you so happy."

A confidant asked boldly.

Yu Chengjie grinned: "General Li just said, Your Majesty's original intention is still to let Nanzhao be responsible for quelling the rebellion, but for the sake of face, let General Li lead a few hundred people to go around the land, you think about it, a few hundred people of the Longwu army can beat the tens of thousands of rebels in the land, isn't it obvious?" ”

"Second prince, I'm afraid things won't be so simple! His subordinates heard that the Tang Emperor asked General Li to recruit 3,000 soldiers, if he didn't quell the rebellion, what did he mean by raising so many soldiers and horses. ”

"Yes! The second prince, Li An is strong with soldiers, a few months ago, with thousands of ambush soldiers, completely annihilated 20,000 border troops in Tibet, this time, he went to the land to recruit troops, I'm afraid it's not so simple! ”

Several henchmen offered different opinions.

Yu Chengjie looked impatient, and scolded: "What do you know, do you know how difficult the Tang Dynasty Imperial Court is now?" Their treasury is already empty, and even if they want to mobilize a large number of troops, they don't have enough money and food, so you don't have to worry too much about it. ”

A henchman frowned and said: "This is very likely to be true, recently the Tang Dynasty Imperial Court is issuing treasury bonds to borrow from the rich people in the world, if the treasury is full, why do you need to do this." ”

"Could it be that the rich Tang Dynasty really has no money?"

"The Tang Dynasty is rich, but the family business is also large, many years of war with the Turks, Tibet, and the two Tibetans, the loss must be great, and last year it suffered a snowstorm, the difficulties can be imagined, but I am afraid that the treasury is really empty."

"With the strength and wealth of the Tang Dynasty, there are times when the treasury is empty, and the world is really impermanent!"

"If the Datang treasury is empty, it will inevitably be difficult to use troops on a large scale in the south, this is a good opportunity for my Nanzhao to send troops to plan, even if it occupies the land, Datang can only admit it."

All the henchmen, combined with what happened in Datang recently, all believe that Datang's treasury may really be empty.

Yu Chengjie's expression was extremely proud, and he looked at the three entourage: "Xiao Wang has already said that this trip to Chang'an City will definitely be able to complete the task assigned by my father, and now that the matter has been almost done, we should also meet Nanzhao." ”

"When does the second prince plan to return?"

Yu Chengjie smiled lightly: "In five days, General Li will go south, let's go along the way, so we can take care of each other." ”

"Yes, second prince, then the subordinates will let everyone prepare to leave in five days."

An attendant said.

Yu Chengjie smiled at the corner of his mouth, a strange light appeared in his eyes, and he waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, what about five days?" There's no need to prepare so early, oops! Chang'an City is so prosperous, since we are here, we can't just go back, at least to experience the beautiful life of Chang'an City, see the beautiful scenery of Chang'an City, so as to be worthy of ourselves. ”

Obviously, these days, Yu Chengjie has been pressed by a boulder in his heart, so every day is a little like sitting on pins and needles, no heart to go out to play, now, everything has settled, besides, five days later, I will return to Nanzhao, at this time, if not in Chang'an City, the world's most prosperous city in the good chic, for Chengjie, it is too sorry for himself, after returning to Nanzhao, he can't show off his story to others.

The three henchmen have followed Yu Chengjie for many years, and they definitely know the character of this master, and they know that Yu Chengjie's old mistakes have been made again, and the top players of Chang'an City are afraid that they will make a lot of money again.

Walking out of the Honglu Guild Hall, Li An felt a sense of relief, right now, everything is running completely according to the trajectory predetermined in his heart, Yu Chengjie, a fool, can be coaxed in a few words, and the next situation is naturally under his control.

"General Lee, General Lee."

A young man who looked like a subordinate ran over out of breath.

Ang Lee, along with Kunxiong and Feiyu, stopped at the same time and looked back at the young man.

"General Li, my Ah Lang, that is, the right minister, please come to the mansion."

Li An was slightly stunned, Li Linfu came to invite himself again for no reason, would he hold back any bad ideas?

"Do you want to go now?"

"Yes, Ah Lang is in the house, waiting for General Li at any time."

Li An'an was stunned again, Li Linfu was the right minister of the court, and he was a powerful minister of the court above 10,000 people under one person, how could he deliberately wait for himself at home, this face was too big, wouldn't it be too embarrassing for himself.

However, no matter what, since Li Linfu is already waiting at home, he can't let others wait for a long time, and he must go as soon as possible.

"You go back first, Ben will be there soon."

Li An opened his mouth to send the subordinates of the right prime minister's mansion, looked at Kunxiong and Feiyu, and said softly: "The right minister invited me to go, I don't know what purpose it has, but the right minister is a powerful minister in the court, the eldest brother can't go, you go back first." ”

"Yes, big brother."

Li An rode his horse and quickly ran towards Li Linfu's right minister's mansion.

In the right minister's house, Li Linfu was sitting in the main hall with a guest, the guest and the host, talking about topics of common interest.

This guest had a scar on his cheek and was dressed extremely gorgeously, and he was not a bystander, but the eldest son of the emperor Li Longji, King Li Tan of Qing.

According to Li Longji's request, the prince could not contact the minister casually, but this time it was Li Longji who personally ordered Li Tan, the king of Qing, to go to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion to visit Li Linfu, who occasionally felt a little ill, on his behalf, and by the way to discuss with Li Linfu about the two affairs of the Southern Zhao.

To say that Li Linfu's body is still okay, but after all, he is a little old, and he is under a lot of pressure in his heart, and it is normal to occasionally have a cold and fever, eat a bad stomach or something.

Of course, being a big official, sometimes too tired and don't want to go to work in the imperial city, you can also use illness as an excuse to ask for leave to rest at home, which is not a shameful thing, it is still very common in ancient times, such as not going to court due to illness and so on.

Li Linfu has always supported Shouwang Li Mao, but after the death of Concubine Wu Hui, Shouwang's status in Li Longji's heart has plummeted, and there is no hope of confrontation with the prince, so Li Linfu turned to support Qingwang Li Tan, because Li Tan is Li Longji's eldest son and has a certain legal basis for succession.

But Li Tan also has a fatal shortcoming, that is, when hunting, his face was scratched by the prey, leaving an ugly scar, although the appearance does not say anything, but the Son of Heaven is the supreme ruler of a country, and appearance is still very important, which is also the main reason why Li Longji has never chosen Li Tan as the prince, of course, at the moment, except for Qingwang Li Tan, it seems that there is really no one who can confront the prince, and supporting Qingwang Li Tan is also Li Linfu's helpless move.

In order to show that he was unwell, when talking and laughing with Li Tan, Li Linfu always coughed a few times occasionally and wiped his lips with a hand towel.

"Ah Lang, General Li has arrived outside the mansion."

Confidant Li Zhonglin walked into the main hall and reported softly.

"If there is a guest on the right, then Li Tan will retire first."

Li Tan said modestly.

Li Linfu hurriedly waved his hand and said softly: "King Qing doesn't need to avoid it, is it lively when there are many people?" ”

As he spoke, he stood up, and with Li Zhonglin's support, he walked out of the main hall in person to greet Li An.

Seeing Li Linfu get up and go to greet Li An, Li Tan naturally couldn't sit in the main hall, so he quickly got up, followed Li Linfu, and walked in the direction of the gate.

"Open the door and greet you."

This time, Li Linfu still chose to open the middle door to greet him, in order to show his good impression of Li An, and on this day, the middle door of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion was opened for the second time, and the first time was naturally to welcome Qingwang Li Tan.

The middle door of the right prime minister's mansion is not open casually, even Li Linfu himself goes in and out, and he walks through the side door, otherwise the door shaft of the middle door will not rust and click.

Seeing the rattling door of the right prime minister's mansion being slowly opened, Li Tan's heart was somewhat sour, Li An was just a general of the fifth grade, but in the heart of the right minister, he was already on an equal footing with himself, which could be seen from the number of etiquette. (To be continued.) )