(Today, the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, I wish all friends can reunite with their loved ones, toast together, and celebrate the festive season!) ）

Thirty miles from the city, a gazebo, a pot of old wine, two men.

Xue Ping raised his glass and drank it all.

"Send you a thousand miles, you must say goodbye in the end, Brother Han, let's stop here!" With a wave of his hand, he threw the wine glass far out of the pavilion, Xue Ping stood up and said freely.

"Once I'm going, I don't know how many thousands of miles, Brother Xue take care! The Western Regions are dangerous, safety first, you will come back one day. Han Qi's eyes were red.

"Don't worry." Xue Ping said: "Compared to the danger of Yuan Chang Lihai Tangji when they first went, I am going now, it is really nothing, after all, where is our Datang already has two solid territories, with thousands of male soldiers, when I can connect these two territories in the future, it will be the day when the Western Regions Protectorate will be rebuilt." When I think about that day, I tremble with excitement! Datang has lost this land for a long time. Every time I think of a lonely city full of white-haired soldiers, I feel that we have the responsibility to complete the unfinished business of those veterans. The ambitions of the predecessors have not been rewarded, and our generation should be brave. ”

"The Western Regions are not as good as the mainland, you must pay attention to your body, now that the road has finally been opened, Brother Xue is going, you must contact me more, if you lack anything, just say, Han Qi will do his best."

"Thank you!" Xue Ping smiled and arched his hand: "Don't worry, I'm not going alone, the one hundred and ten Xue family generals around me are enough to protect my safety." I'm going this time, but I'm relaxed, you're in Wuyi, you still need to pay attention from time to time, and care about everything! ”

Han Qi nodded slightly.

"Say goodbye!" Xue Ping laughed, and when he was about to say goodbye with his hands in fists, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves on the official road, and the two looked back in amazement, but saw dozens of horses galloping towards them, and they arrived in front of them in a moment.

Xiang Zhen turned over and dismounted, and strode to the pavilion.

"Xue Shangshu, Xiang Zhente is here to see you off." Xiang Zhen shook to the ground: "Xue Shangshu was demoted, and it has a lot to do with my family, this favor, I wrote it down to the Xiang family." ”

Xue Ping said with a smile: "It's a bad thing to wait for, Xue Mou acts, never to people, only to things." In the interests of the country, Xue dared to take risks. What's more, this time it's just a change of position. From the Ministry of Industry to the Western Regions Observer, from the center to the locality, speaking of which, my rights are still a little bigger, in the Western Regions, no one can involve me, whether it is Yuan Chang or Li Hai Tangji, but they are not qualified to argue with me. ”

Xiang Zhen didn't know the inside story, but Han Qi smiled bitterly.

Yuan Chang Li Hai Tang Ji are all Li Ze's family of people, Yuan Zhou stands behind Yuan Chang, and Pei Ju stands behind Li Hai, none of them are characters who will bow their heads to Xue Ping, not to mention that they are all powerful people with territory and horses on either side, and the other Peng Shuangmu has complex grievances and hatreds with the Tang Dynasty, Xue Ping is called the system envoy, but in fact, it is not much different from being single-handed, and the only one who can be relied on at that time is Sima Fan.

"Xue Shangshu must take care of his body." Xiang Zhen said: "Quan should go to the Western Regions for a trip, and when a certain moment comes, the Xiang clan will definitely try to invite Xue Shangshu to return." ”

Hearing Xiang Zhen say this, Xue Ping's expression became solemn.

"Du Yu waits, Xue Ping is going far away, and the matter of the Central Plains can no longer be asked, but there is one thing you must know."

"Xue Shangshu, please speak."

"Now in this court, Li Xiang covers the sky with one hand. He relied not on intrigue and intrigues, but on real strength. You are in Wuyi for more than a month, when you also know a lot, even if Xiang Shuai integrated the southeast, compared with Li Xiangzhi's strength, it is still not enough to fight against the court, I know that Xiang Shuai thinks very highly of himself, you must always advise, for Li Xiang, the strategy is to contain, not to confront, once confrontation, it will inevitably end up overturned, this point, Hedong, Hezhong, has had a painful lesson. ”

"Xiang Zhen wrote it down." Xiang Zhen nodded and said: "But the Xiang clan doesn't dare to be arrogant, after going back this time, they will reorganize their armies for war, once the southern forces are integrated, it may not be impossible for Li Xiang to be jealous." Once the Son of Heaven grows up, he will definitely come to the court, and at that time, there will be more room for maneuver. ”

"This is the right reason, the Son of Heaven is thirteen this year, and in another five years, he will be able to govern himself. At that time, even if Li Xiang still holds great power and tilts the power towards the government and the opposition, after all, the Son of Heaven can play a certain restraining role, supplemented by external forces, and Li Xiang will never think about it. As long as Li Xiang is willing to be a minister, even if he is a powerful minister, I, Xue Ping, will also support him. The ability to govern the world, in Xue Ping's view, is really unsurpassed. ”

Xiang Zhen smiled slightly, but did not speak.

Xue Ping knew that he was not convinced, so he just sighed and said, "The thousand soldiers we are trying to get to you with, you have to take a good look." For these people, we paid a huge price, Qin Zhao lost his military power, Jin Shiyuan went to prison, and I don't know what the final outcome will be. ”

"Han will ensure that Jin Shiyuan will not die." Han Qi said.

Xue Ping nodded, "I'm afraid this is the best result." After this incident, Zuo Xiaowei will inevitably carry out a large-scale purge, and many officers promoted by Qin Zhao will inevitably be ordered to retire. Li Xiang's management of the army is unique, these officers are familiar with the Tang military system, the discipline, and know how to train a strong army, and these people are good at applying them, which will inevitably make the Lingnan army to a higher level. ”

"I Lingnan is naturally thirsty for talents." Xiang Zhen smiled.

Seeing that Xiang Zhen didn't think so, Xue Ping said: "After the thousand people arrive, you might as well let your Lingnan army fight them a few times, and you will know that what I said is true." If your army can't even win against them, then you might as well do what I say. ”

"Yes!" Xiang Zhen was a little unhappy, feeling that Xue Ping had really flattened the Lingnan Army.

"The Lingnan army is dominated by clan forces, and I know this very well on all the hills and factions in the army. Because the Hedong Army was also like this before. Han Qi said: "Even when Gao Shuai was in the past, he was helpless about it, and he relied more on his own majesty to restrain the whole army. In the past few years, I have thought carefully about it and figured out that this is determined by the economic foundation that Li Xiang said. Without strong financial resources, nothing can be accomplished. We also know that it is unrealistic for Lingnan to fully apply the policies of our side, but it is still possible to achieve the unity of military orders. That's why we're systematically trying to get the army to where you are. ”

"Beware of Li Xiang's Yixing Society." Xue Ping reminded: "This organization worships Li Xiang fanatically, even if Li Xiang wants these people to wipe their necks immediately, they will not have a second word, the ability of Yixing Society to penetrate the local area is extremely advantageous, when we were in the river, left and right defense, or unable to prevent it, and Lingnan business is prosperous, the personnel are complex, and Hedong was very different from the clan settlement in Hedong at that time, once the Yixing Society formed a force in your place, it will be destroyed." ”

"We already know this very well, so we will severely crack down on their activities in Lingnan and even in the south, and if we find one, we will kill one." To the truth.

"Prevention is better than prevention. But this thing can only be done in secret, and no one must be allowed to seize the handle. ”

"Of course, there are cults in Lingnan, and we have always vigorously suppressed them, and if they dare to go, they are naturally part of the cult." Xiang Zhen smiled.

"Well, I don't have anything more to say." Xue Ping arched his hand and said: "The general trend of the Central Plains, please leave it to the two." ”

"Do your best, and then die!" Both were solemn.

Just as he was about to walk, the sound of horses' hooves sounded again on the official road.

The three of them turned around, but Xue Ping and Han Qi's faces changed color.

Liao Liao, who came, rode several times, and there were two people sitting on the first horse, one of which was tall but Tian Lingzi, and the one he was holding in his arms was Li Ke, who was studying at Wuwei Academy.

Xue Ping suddenly changed color, walked out of the pavilion, looked at Tian Lingzi who turned over and dismounted, and scolded sharply: "Tian Taiqing, you are messing around." ”

Tian Lingzi said aggrievedly: "Xue Shangshu, the Son of Heaven asked me to go to Wuwei Academy to find him, saying that there was something, so I naturally didn't dare not go, but who knew that I was forced to bring him to see you off." I don't know if it was the god who killed you, and revealed the news of Xue Shangshu's departure today to Your Majesty. ”

Li Ke had already jumped off the horse, stretched out his hand to hold the corner of Xue Ping's clothes, and there was a slight cry in his immature voice: "Xue Qing, are you going to leave me?" ”

Xue Ping squatted down and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the minister is going to lay you another big territory, that territory originally belonged to the Tang Dynasty, we have lost it for too long, but Your Majesty watched the minister go to recover it for you." ”

"I know, this is because that person can't see Xue Qing running for me, so he banished you to the land of poor mountains and bad waters, and do this trick of killing people with a knife, Xue Qing must take care, and when I am in power, I will definitely uphold justice for you." Li Ke gritted his teeth and said.

Xue Ping's face changed greatly, he stood up, and looked at Tian Lingzi: "This is what those people taught Your Majesty, Tian Taiqing, the Son of Heaven is by your side, you have chosen it, go back and check it carefully, those people who said these words will be driven away immediately." ”

"No one taught me, Xue Qing, I'm not a child anymore." Li Ke said loudly.

Tian Lingzi said with a bitter face: "It really has nothing to do with the people I sent, the Son of Heaven is in Wuwei Academy, there are many people who know, there are thousands of students in Wuwei Academy now, and there are finally some people who meet them, and if they want to take the shortcut to the south, they will come to the Son of Heaven and say some nonsense." ”

"Tell all these people to Zhang Shangshu and expel them all!" Xue Ping said sharply.

Tian Lingzi nodded.

Without waiting for Li Ke to say anything, Xue Ping was already holding his hand and walking into the pavilion, and everyone didn't follow, only seeing Xue Ping constantly talking to Li Ke, and Li Ke kept nodding.

This is the first time Xiang Zhen has seen his son-in-law, his appearance is good-looking, and his body is extremely strong, but he is a smart appearance.

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