The imperial study of the new monarch Li Shi still uses the imperial study left by his father Li Yu, but the various furnishings have changed, he moved all the furnishings of the East Palace, and most of the various collections left by his father have been rewarded to the harem and ministers.

Guo Song followed Guo Ziyi to meet the Son of Heaven, Li Shi looked at Guo Song for a long time, and said slowly: "You participated in the pacification of Yang Zilin's rebellion in Shu, Xue Xun has already reported to me, you have behaved very well, you can solve problems for me anywhere, what advice do you have about Bashu?" ”

I have to say that Li Shi quickly adapted to the identity of the emperor, he spoke much slower than before, basically every sentence was considered before he came out, and the momentum of dominating the world had been reflected in him.

Guo Song persuaded: "Jiannan Jiedu Mansion has a faint trend of feudal towns, if Cui Ning enters Beijing again next time, Weichen suggests that the imperial court detain him in the capital, compared to his brother, Cui Kuan is more lenient, and his ambition is not as strong as Cui Ning." ”

Li Shi was silent for a moment and said: "This time Cui Ning entered Beijing, his father's intention was to detain him, but Yang Zilin rebelled in Luzhou, and the imperial court was afraid of chaos in Shuzhong, so he decided to let Cui Ning return to Shu to control the situation, but now it seems that Yang Zilin's rebellion is probably a move arranged by Cui Ning in advance, including Zhang Qiong, the Taishou of Jianzhou and Li Zhongzhou, the Taishou of Zizhou, in response to Yang Zilin's rebellion, which was also arranged by Cui Ning in advance, he was afraid that the imperial court would not let him return to Shu, so he deliberately caused the Shu rebellion, and as a result, he got his wish. ”

Guo Song was stunned for a while and said: "But Yang Zilin was still killed by Cui Ning, and the head was sent to Chang'an." ”

Li Shi nodded, "This is Cui Ning's ruthlessness, using Yang Zilin to the end, simply saying that Yang Zilin's fake rebellion is a real rebellion, if it weren't for Li Zhongzhou, the Taishou of Zizhou, who sent someone to the court to secretly deliver a letter, we would have been really hidden from him in the dark." ”

Guo Song felt a little bitter in his heart, he was still a little too tender, at that time he felt that Yang Zilin's rebellion was a bit of a child's play, Yang Zilin withdrew and went back, and the soldiers returned to the camp, and the commander returned to the ya, without any signs of active preparations, as if he knew that the Jiannan army would not go south.

Now Guo Song knows the reason, no wonder he can easily sneak attack, it turns out that this is a play played by Yang Zilin and Cui Ning in collusion, and he didn't expect this.

Guo Ziyi next to him said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that Yang Zilin was killed or there is something else hidden, it's not just that Cui Ning wants to give an explanation to the imperial court." ”

Li Shi was stunned, "What does Lao Linggong mean by this?" ”

Guo Ziyi bowed and said: "The old minister thinks that Yang Zilin is probably trying to fake the show, he really wants to enter Chengdu and replace Cui Ning, but Guo Song ruined his plan, and later his attempt was also learned by Cui Ning, so Cui Ning simply killed Yang Zilin to give an explanation to the court." ”

"What is the basis for Lao Linggong's speculation?"

Guo Ziyi smiled slightly: "It's just intuition, Cui Ning killed Guo Ying in this way, why doesn't Yang Zilin want to follow suit?" ”

Li Shi nodded, "It's very likely, but now Shuzhong needs to be stable, and Tubo can't be allowed to take advantage of it, and it is still inseparable from Cui Ning, and when Shuzhong stabilizes, then slowly figure it out." ”

Speaking of this, Li Shi put down the matter in Shuzhong, and he said to Guo Song: "I have decided to accept my father's will and make you the governor of Ganzhou, are you willing to go to Hexi?" ”

Guo Song bowed down and said, "Weichen is willing to go to the soup for His Majesty." ”

Li Shi was very satisfied with Guo Song's decisive attitude, and he said: "The situation in Hexi is very complicated, many ministers opposed the imperial court to send troops to Suzhou, which caused us to lose the opportunity to recover Hexi, and now you are in danger, not only to defend Shatuo from attacking Ganzhou, but also to prevent Tubo from attacking from behind. ”

"Does Weichen have the right to march into Suzhou and recover Shazhou?"

Li Shi smiled bitterly and said, "If you can defeat the attack of the Shatuo people, I will allow you to play!" ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your trust!"

At this time, Guo Ziyi said on the side: "Now it is snowing heavily in Hexi, it is difficult to travel west, Guo Yuanjun can only set off after the beginning of spring, during this time, he has to train troops on the one hand, and on the other hand, he has to solve his lifelong affairs." ”

Li Shi was about to congratulate him, but suddenly thought that he was now in the mourning period, and it was not appropriate to talk about this matter, so he avoided this matter and said lightly: "What other requirements does Guo Yuanjun have?" ”

"There are also Wechen who hope to transfer some generals from Fengzhou, so that Wechen can master the Hexi Army as soon as possible and resist the spring offensive of the Shatuo Army, I hope Your Majesty agrees!"

Li Shi has experience in leading troops, and he knows that this request is not excessive, and it can be regarded as a normal operation, so he readily agreed, "Zhun Song, you can hand over the list to the Ministry of War, and I will explain it to the Ministry of War." ”

Guo Song took out the gold medal from his arms and presented it to Li Shi, "This is the first emperor's trust in Weichen, please take back this card from Your Highness." ”

Li Shi took the gold medal, stroked it for a moment, his eyes showed sadness, and said to Guo Song: "Father did not cancel your treatment of holding a gold medal, I will take back this gold medal and give you another sword of the Son of Heaven!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Shi walked to the map, he stared at the map and said: "Last time Guo Aiqing told me that the Hui would postpone the attack on the Tang Dynasty, but let Shatuo attack Hexi, judging from the current situation, they were all said by Aiqing, the Hui kept silent about the killing of the mission, and the envoy of the Sijie Department told the court that the Hui army was attacked by the Qarluq and the Great Cannibals in the western Sogdian region, which is a typical crane and clam fighting, the fisherman profited, the Hui and the Tubo fought for ten years for the Hanzhong region, and the Tubo was defeated and returned to the plateau, The Hui were also exhausted, but they were picked by the Qarluq and the Great Cannibals, and now the Hui people have no time to consider revenge on the Tang Dynasty. ”

Guo Song glanced at the map on the wall, which was the map south of the Hexi Corridor, and he smiled slightly: "Your Majesty seems to be more worried about Tibet?" ”

Li Shi nodded slowly, "Tubo is not sincere to the Tang Alliance, especially two months ago, Tuyuhun had internal strife, the pro-Tubo forces won, Tuyuhun has completely surrendered to Tubo, so that Tubo has no internal constraints, everyone is speculating about Tubo's next move, I want to hear Guo Aiqing's thoughts." ”

Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "Tubo is located on the plateau, first of all, it occupies the strategic initiative, it has many ways to send troops to the Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao, Chengdu, Hezhou, Lintao, Hehuang, Hexi, etc., can become its exit to attack the Tang Dynasty, we can only garrison the army separately, but Tubo and Hui fought a war for more than ten years, and finally lost, the national strength was greatly damaged, the population was thin, and it was also doomed that Tubo could not attack the Tang Dynasty in an all-round way, Weichen felt that Tubo would take a small harassment to plunder property and population, It is impossible to attack the Tang Dynasty on a large scale, and the imperial court needs to guard against Tibet, but there is no need to be too nervous, let alone invest too many resources. ”

Guo Ziyi approvingly: "Your Majesty, Guo Yuanjun is completely right, Tubo is weak, the young and strong population has decreased sharply, it is indeed difficult to launch a large-scale war, otherwise they will not use the method of sowing discord to cause internal strife in Tuyuhun, and the old minister also thinks that at least in five to ten years, the Tubo Plateau will remain quiet, just like Guo Yuanjun said, small riots continue, there is no large-scale war, we really don't need to waste too much financial and material resources on preventing Tubo." ”

Guo Ziyi's summary made Li Shi very pleased, and he nodded, "Guo Aiqing does have a big picture of the overall situation, and I know what to do." ”

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Coming out of the imperial study, Guo Ziyi sighed softly and said: "See Mingjun again, there is hope for Datang Zhongxing." ”

Guo Song just smiled, in history, this Tang Dezong could not be talked about as the king of Zhongxing, his personality was rigid and easy to break, sharp and tenacious enough, and after encountering several setbacks, he died down, and since then he has been in a slump.

"Since the Son of Heaven appointed me as the governor of Ganzhou, I'm afraid I won't be able to help Lao Linggong."

Guo Song refers to Guo Ziyi's recommendation of him to serve as the deputy envoy of Guanjunrong, which is obviously unrealistic, Guo Ziyi smiled bitterly, "I know, then forget it." ”

In fact, Guo Ziyi's holding of this position is also a temporary official position, and once the new emperor sits on the throne, his mission will end.

Guo Ziyi sighed and said: "The most important thing to go to Hexi is to stabilize the frontier, the Son of Heaven is full of determination, and will not easily make concessions in the affairs of the feudal town, there will inevitably be measures to cut the domain, and the Tang Dynasty is very likely to break out of civil war, which is also inevitable in the process of cutting the domain, but the key is that the frontier must be stable, so you have a great responsibility to go to Hexi, you have to remember that sometimes, the best defense is to attack, defense is not passive, defense can also take the initiative, it depends on what tactics you choose." ”

Guo Song nodded silently, he had to admire Guo Ziyi's profound gaze, a series of ** that happened in history were all in Guo Ziyi's words.