Although Li An knew that it was taboo to set fire to the capital, he had to do it in order to save trouble, anyway, there were courtyard walls all around, and he would never burn other people's houses. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Everyone found bundles of firewood and grass from the firewood house, placed them in different places in the courtyard, and lit them at the same time, so that the flames raged in the grass and burned to their heart's content.

Because it is daytime, no matter how big the fire is, it will not be seen by outsiders, but these weeds are wet, and a lot of smoke is released when it burns, and as the burning progresses, the smoke is getting bigger and bigger, so that Li An and the others are a little worried when they see it, after all, such a big smoke is only afraid that the entire capital can see it.

"Yes, this fire will make your fame even better, and it will make everyone remember that you live in Dayefang."

Li Fei Shouyu grinned and made a joke.

Li An smiled lightly: "It's just a fire, since it's already been put down, so be it!" It's not bad to be more famous, haha! ”

"Open the door, open the door."

Although it was separated by the courtyard wall of the third entrance, the huge knock outside the gate was still heard softly, and it was certain that it was not one person who knocked on the door, but a group of people, and this group of people seemed very urgent and anxious.

Don't think about it, Ang Lee also knows that this must be because he set a fire in the backyard and attracted the people around him.

"Kunxiong, Feiyu, watch here, don't let the fire spread, Shouyu, Erniu, let's go out and have a look."

Ang Lee led the two of them to the front yard and slowly opened the door.

The moment the door was opened, the first thing that caught Li An's eyes was the sweaty Daye Fangzheng, a middle-aged man in his forties, who looked extremely anxious.

Yesterday, when he handled the real estate certificate, he was still a polite scholar, at this moment, he seemed to be a grumpy marketman, no wonder, Daye Fang was within his jurisdiction, and now, there was such a big smoke, in case the court pursued it, he could not afford it.

"Water, here comes the water."

A few small officials with dozens of ordinary people, carrying small wooden barrels full of water, hurried over.

"General Li, what's going on in the house, this smoke is really big enough."

Fang Zheng frowned, and seeing that Li An and the others looked quiet, he felt that it might not be a fire.

Li An stretched out his hand and looked at these people carrying water: "Let's all go back!" There are too many weeds in the backyard, let me burn a fire, go back! Let's go back! ”

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned, in order to burn the weeds, they actually set fire to the backyard, which was too bold, but these people all knew that Li An had just made meritorious contributions in the Dongnu State and won the emperor's favor, so his courage was greater than ordinary people, and it was more normal.

Fang Zheng looked anxious, Li Antu saved trouble, and set a fire in the backyard, which made him miserable, the smoke is so big, the above will definitely be held responsible, no matter what the reason, he can't get out of it, who made him Fang Zheng of Daye Fang?

"General Li, you can't set fire to the capital casually, you see, this smoke is so big, I'm afraid that everyone in Chang'an City can see it, in case it is traced, I'm afraid that it will ......."

Fang Zheng is really anxious to find a rat hole to get into.

"The fire was originally set up, it has nothing to do with you, if someone investigates it, you just push it on me."

Ang Lee didn't seem to care, as if setting fire to his yard was not a matter at all.

"What's going on?"

Soon, Jin Wuwei's soldiers were also attracted, but when they saw that the person who set the fire was Li An, they didn't say anything, but only persuaded Li An to quickly extinguish the fire so as not to cause more serious impact.

However, Li An felt that since the fire had been put out, it was estimated that everyone in Chang'an City had already seen it, and there was no point in rushing to extinguish the fire at this time, it was better to burn all the weeds in the backyard.

Soon, officials at all levels of departments knew about Li An's setting fire to the weeds in Dayefang's house, and it quickly spread, so that the eunuchs and palace maids hiding in the deep palace knew about it.

"General Li, I've finally found you."

A little eunuch jumped off his horse panting, and said anxiously: "The people in the Lingzhou Jinjuan Academy don't know where General Li went, if it weren't for this fire, I really wouldn't be able to find you." ”

"Is there any will of His Majesty?"

Li Anxin had a slight premonition.

"General Li, Your Majesty asked you to enter the palace immediately, it's better to hurry, you can't make Your Majesty wait for a long time."

"Got it."

Li An responded, and immediately ran to the war horse, and rode the horse in the direction of Daming Palace.

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Outside the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace, Tang Emperor Li Longji held on to the railing, looking at the huge smoke rising in the direction of Dayefang, with a complicated look in his eyes, since he succeeded to the throne, this kind of scene has not happened for many years.

That is to say, before he succeeded to the throne, this kind of scene is a frequent occurrence, every palace coup d'état in the Tang Dynasty will cause a huge shock in the imperial court, and at the same time, every coup d'état will also ignite a huge smoke in Chang'an City, so many years, the Tang Dynasty's government has been firmly controlled by him, and everything that may threaten his throne has been cleared by him in advance, so Chang'an City has never ignited the smoke of gunpowder again.

At this time, the southern part of the capital suddenly ignited gunsmoke, what does this mean? Was it a fire for no reason, or did someone have ulterior motives?

"General, the direction in which the smoke is lit should be Dayefang!"

Li Longji asked casually.

Gao Lishi hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, everyone, it is Daye Fang." ”

"Why did the smoke rise, did anyone report it?"

Gao Lishi hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "When General Li arrives later, everyone will ask him in person." ”

"What, it's actually Ang Lee's ghost, what does he want to do?"

How smart Li Longji is, from Gao Lishi's side, he knows that the smoke of Daye Fang is related to Li An.

"Everyone, General Li has arrived."

A little eunuch reminded in a whisper.

Li Longji tilted his head slightly and saw Li An who was striding towards him.

"Weichen Li An, see Your Majesty."

Li An respectfully saluted Li Longji.

Li Longji beckoned lightly, motioned for Li An to step forward, pointed to the smoke in the distance, and asked, "I heard that this smoke is your masterpiece, can you give me an explanation?" ”

Li An's expression was relaxed, and he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, after Weichen got the reward, he went to Dayefang to buy a house, the backyard of this house has six acres of barren grass, Weichen cleaned up for half an hour, and felt that it was really laborious, so he set a fire and burned it all, so it was a lot easier, but I didn't expect to alarm Your Majesty." ”

Li Longji's expression was a little displeased, and he stared straight at Li An: "Li An, you set such a big fire, but just to burn the weeds, aren't you afraid of curing your crimes?" ”

"General Li, this is the capital, you can't set fire to it casually."

Colliers interjected on the sidelines, reminding Ang Lee to admit his mistake.

Li An was not nervous, pretended not to know, and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty forgives me, Weichen only thinks about disposing of the weeds in the backyard with the highest efficiency, and is careless for a while, forgetting the rule that the capital cannot be set on fire casually, please forgive your Majesty." ”’

Li Longji stretched out his hand and pointed at Li An's head: "Everyone can remember, only you, Li An, can forget such an important rule, do you know what it means to set fire to the capital?" Rebel! ”

"Your Majesty is clear, Weichen has no intention of rebellion."

Li An was slightly nervous, and explained: "Your Majesty, Weichen is used to doing things at the lowest price in exchange for the greatest results, the 20,000 elite border troops in Tubo, if you use the normal way of fighting, at least 100,000 soldiers will be needed to annihilate them, and the losses of our army will not be too small, and Weichen set up an ambush in Zimu Road, only using 5,000 men and horses, this army will be completely annihilated, our army's losses are less than 300, Ulzhou has fought several times, and Weichen has also used the minimum losses to obtain the greatest results."

The same goes for the weeds in the backyard, if you use normal harvesting, more than a dozen people will have to work hard for a day or two to clean up, and put a fire, a few hours can solve all the problems, people are not tired and save time, but Weichen is really guilty, and he actually forgot the rules that the capital cannot be set on fire casually, and asked His Majesty to punish the crime. ”

When Li Longji heard this, his anger gradually dissipated, Li An set fire to the capital is indeed very undeserved, but this young general who is not very young thinks about exchanging the smallest price for the greatest result, which is very worthy of affirmation, after all, with extremely small losses, the total annihilation of the 20,000 troops in Tibet, this battle is too brilliant, if it is not for the fact that Li An is too young and needs more training, Li Longji will canonize Li An to a greater official position.

"You have said so, how can I punish your sins, but you remember, sometimes you can save trouble, sometimes you can't, when you should save trouble, when you shouldn't, you must save trouble, when you shouldn't save trouble, you must not try to save trouble."

Li Longji opened his mouth and reprimanded Li An.

"Your Majesty's lesson is that Weichen knows that he is wrong."

Li Anxin was overjoyed, Li Longji said this, it was equivalent to forgiving him and not punishing him, of course, this was also expected by Li An, after all, wasn't it just setting a fire in the backyard? How much of a sin can it be, now is the time when Li Longji needs him, of course, he will not be disposed of for such a trivial matter that does not hurt the overall situation.

Li Longji pondered for a moment and looked at Li An: "Li An, you proposed to let me send a large army into the land to quell the rebellion, but do you know my difficulties, can you know the difficulties of the imperial court?" ”

"Weichen doesn't know, please make it clear to Your Majesty."

Li Longji didn't answer, and looked sideways at Gao Lishi beside him.

Gao Lishi understood, stepped forward, and explained: "General Li should know that there was a rare heavy snowfall in Hebei Province last year, and the crops of the common people were almost none, not only could not pay the taxes of the imperial court, but also, in order to relieve the victims, the imperial court also allocated a large amount of money and grain to the Hebei Province.

In addition, the Turkic civil strife is not stopped, the imperial court mobilized a large number of troops to garrison the northern border, the cost is also a lot, and the crusade against Tibet, is a huge expense, now, the treasury of money and grain is not much left, in order to raise money and food, we have ordered the issuance of treasury bonds, to borrow money from the whole world, if it is still insufficient, we plan to stop repairing the hot spring palace, in order to fund military supplies. ”

When Li An heard this, his heart was greatly pleased, and Gao Lishi's reply was to indicate that Li Longji had agreed to use troops to the land, and telling him these words also indicated that Li Longji would send him to the land to put down the rebellion.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen understands the difficulties of the imperial court, and will definitely exchange the greatest victory for the smallest price, and will not bring too much burden to the imperial court."

Li An spoke loudly, reassuring Li Longji.

Li Longji nodded with satisfaction and looked at Li An: "I believe in your ability, and to quell the rebellion is to exchange the smallest loss for the greatest victory, just like today's fire, quickly burning up the weeds in the field." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen will definitely put down the rebellion as soon as possible and share your Majesty's worries."

Li Longji grinned: "Li An, you once told me that you only need three or five thousand soldiers and horses to quell the rebellion in the land, and I won't really just give you three or five thousand men and horses, and you can choose 10,000 soldiers and horses in the capital and Jiannan Province." ”

"Your Majesty, the soldiers are not many but the fine, Wechen really doesn't need so many soldiers and horses, however, the soldiers and horses in the capital are all noble children, it is really unbearable to use, if Your Majesty allows Wechen to temporarily raise 3,000 soldiers and horses near the planing land, and train diligently, then the quelling of the planing rebellion is just around the corner."

Ang Lee opened his mouth to make his own suggestion.

When Li Longji heard this, he was greatly surprised: "The counterinsurgency is imminent, and General Li actually wants to recruit troops by himself, how can this be in time." ”

Li An smiled indifferently: "Your Majesty, Sun Tzu's art of war is cloudy, attacking the city is the bottom, attacking the heart is the top, pacifying the rebellion in the plan, it should be based on strategy, supplemented by military strength, after Weichen arrives in the plan, while training the troops while understanding the situation in the plan, this will not really delay time, and the fewer soldiers Weichen brings, the less likely it is to arouse the vigilance of the planing wealthy clans, so that it is more conducive to pacifying these rebellious wealthy families." ”

"Recruit 3,000 troops on the spot, General Li really thought about it."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this is the best way to obtain the maximum benefit with the least loss."

Ang Lee continued to insist on recruitment.

After all, at this time, the government soldiers no longer have much combat effectiveness, and there is a large number of recruits under the command of the envoys of each section of the border pass, and these elite recruits are the winning weapons for the border generals to win the battle.

"In your opinion, how long will it take to quell the rebellion?"

Li Longji asked.

Li An thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen trains very fast, if everything goes well, the problem of land planning can be solved within a year." ”

"I'm pretty sure."

"Eighty percent, no, ninety percent, Weichen has a minimum of ninety percent certainty."

Li An's confident statement reassured Li Longji.

Li Longji pondered for a long time, nodded and said: "The three thousand soldiers and horses raised nearby will inevitably adapt to the climate of the planing land, but it saves the water and soil adaptation, and I am accurate." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ang Lee was overjoyed.

Li Longji pondered for a moment, and then said: "Although the recruitment of troops is adapted to the climate of the planing land, after all, it takes some time to train, and General Li still has to bring some soldiers and horses to ensure his own safety." (To be continued.) )