"What a dedication!" Han Qi slapped a letter on the table with some anger, stood up, and paced back and forth in circles around the room, like a beast trapped in a cage.

"Han Bingbu, what did General Cunzhong say in his letter to make you so angry?" Wei Bin, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, walked over and picked up the letter from the table.

Han Qi looked up to the sky and sighed, "Even Li Cunzhong's mind has changed now, this world, this world ......" He sighed dejectedly, fell on the chair, and stroked his forehead with his hand.

Wei Bin quickly skimmed through the letter written by Li Cunzhong to Han Qi, and his face also changed color.

It is a long letter of four or five pages, but in the letter, Li Cunzhong is full of long words about the current situation in Tibet, some of his actions to intervene in the civil strife in Tibet, and his expectations for the future. Only at the end, with a simple two or three lines, he said that if Han Qi had any requirements for him, he would definitely do his best.

The drum doesn't need a heavy hammer, they are all smart people, just by reading this letter, you know that Li Cunzhong's mind has indeed changed. For the things they have always insisted on, it is obvious that they have no interest anymore, but because of the past feelings, they have to perfunctory.

What does it mean to do your best?

"General Cunzhong, but the last and only military force we can rely on!" Wei Bin lied a little, if even Li Cunzhong had changed his mind, then what tricks did they have to play?

Just a few mouths? I'm afraid that no matter how high they jump and shout, no one will answer them.

"Xue Duhe?"

Han Qi shook his head: "Although Xue Ping is the governor of the Western Regions Protectorate, the main officials under his command are all Li Ze's henchmen, that is, Peng Shuangmu, who also has other thoughts, and they will not be involved in this at all. Relying solely on the support of these people from the Sima clan, Xue Ping could at most barely maintain the balance of the Western Regions Protectorate, and he could not be counted on. ”

Wei Bin was disappointed.

In the past, they had Qin Zhao and Li Cunzhong, and they didn't seem to be weak, but Li Ze just gave an order, and Qin Zhao was relieved of his military power, and Jin Shiren had to go overseas, and he announced that he had lost the military power of the entire guard without even the slightest wave. Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Li Cunzhong changed his mind.

"There you go." Han Qi waved his hand weakly: "Anyway, we still have to do what we need to do, and we can't relax at all." After you go back, you should vigorously promote the benevolence, filial piety, and wisdom of His Majesty the Emperor in that newspaper of yours. ”

"Han Bing, this newspaper of ours has too few people." Wei Bin sighed: "This kind of newspaper that focuses on poetry and songs, there are really not many people in Wuyi who are interested. ”

This newspaper was created by the royalists with great effort, and the financier behind it was none other than the Lingnan Xiang clan. In addition to poetry and songs, the secret poke has always been preaching the idea of at least imperial power.

Compared with Datang Weekly, this newspaper basically does not have much presence in Wuyi.

Sitting alone in the huge study, Han Qi only felt a feeling of weakness flooding his heart.

Zhenzhou, Taishang Imperial Palace.

Jiang Guo rushed back from Wuyi all the way.

"Girl, I'm back!" came directly to Xiang Lan's study.

"Mr. Jiang is back? Wait a moment and I'll finish this picture! Glancing back at Jiang Guo, Xiang Lan smiled and said.

Jiang Guo walked a few steps closer, looking at a tiger that Xiang Lan was drawing, raising his head and tail, grasping the ground with four paws, and making a long roar, Xiang Lan's painting skills are quite good, even if it is not colored, this tiger seems to tear the painting paper and jump out.

"The girl's drawing skills have improved." Jiang Guo is heartfelt.

Dropping the last stroke, Xiang Lan casually threw the pen aside, and sighed: "Do nothing, have nothing to do, you can only put your mind on this, Mr. Jiang's trip to Wuyi has been hard, what does the Han Military Department say?" ”

Waving his hand to let the servant bring the tea, invited Jiang Guo to sit down, and Xiang Lan asked while washing the ink on his hands.

"It's not going to be too good." Jiang Guo shook his head and said: "Looking at the current situation, I'm afraid that Li Cunzhong can't count on it." ”

Xiang Lan frowned and said: "Originally, I didn't expect Li Cunzhong too much, he must be just a Hu man, can you expect him to have any loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness?" ”

"The Tang army has won a complete victory on all fronts, Liu Ruyan has annexed Liangzhejiang and Xuanzhou, while You Yong has taken the forces of Gunhai, Wuning, and Pseudo-Liang, which have been compressed to Henan and Guanzhong, in fact, it is equivalent to falling into the encirclement of the Tang army on several sides." Jiang Guodao: "The Han military department said that Li Ze has made up his mind that after this year's spring ploughing, he will launch an attack on the pseudo-Liang and strive to recover Luoyang, Chang'an and other places as soon as possible." ”

"Expected." Xiang Lan sighed: "Daddy, their movements are still too slow, although they have taken Jiangxi and other places, but the two Zhejiang are lost, but they are watching Liu Ruyan become the climate in the south, and now they are already very difficult to control." ”

"That's true!" Jiang Guodao: "Girl, the Han Military Department said that if there is really an unforeseen disaster, then the day the Tang army captures Chang'an, I am afraid that it will be the time of disaster." ”

Jiang Guo said that he was trapped, but Xiang Lan understood it.

It has been almost two years since he came to Zhenzhou, and Xiang Lan really felt the extreme decline of imperial power, these people in the north must mention Li Ze, and the emperor, for them, seems to be a dispensable thing. If someone mentions it, most of them will snort twice with disdain.

The Beidi Imperial Court, if it is Li Ze's Yiyantang, both military and political, is firmly controlled by Li Ze. In the past, when he was in Lingnan, Xiang Lan felt that the power of the Xiang clan was extremely strong, the people of Lingnan were rich, and the Lingnan army was strong, and the only regret was that Lingnan was too far away from the center of power, so when some things happened, he could only sigh and be powerless.

But when she really arrived in Zhenzhou and saw the vitality of Beidi under Li Ze's governance, Xiang Lan knew what it was to be rich and what was powerful.

Compared with Wuyi, Lingnan is not a little weaker.

The undeclared contest between the two sides at sea fully embodied this point. The Lingnan Navy Division led by Zeng Shou was broken by Pan Motang and the crowd, and the Lingnan Navy team that cost a huge amount of money was wiped out.

"In other words, we have to prepare in advance." Xiang Lan lowered his head and pondered for a long time, then raised his head and said.

Jiang Guo nodded: "Yes, the Han Military Department thinks that if Li Ze launches a fierce attack on the pseudo-Liang with all the strength of the country, he doesn't think that Zhu Youzhen will be able to last for a year." ”

"A year?" Xiang Lan stood up and muttered.

"Yes, a year!" Jiang Guodao: "Girl, in fact, there is not so much time left for us at all, if Li Ze breaks through Chang'an, I am afraid that the army under his command will give him the imperial robe outside Chang'an City, and support him directly to the imperial city to ascend the throne." ”

Xiang Lan's body trembled slightly.

"By that point, it'll be too late." Jiang Guo said: "So girl, there are some things that the Lord has to arrange now." ”

"You're right, it's time to set it up." Xiang Lan gritted her teeth, "Mr. Jiang, we don't have to think about it anymore, calm down and do our own things, take me as the main thing, as long as the opportunity comes, we will launch it immediately." There are still opportunities. At that time, if it succeeds, everyone will naturally be happy, even if it fails, it is just us who are trapped here, and it will not have much impact on my father's great cause. ”

"Since the girl has made up her mind, I will start preparing from now on." Jiang Guo stood up and arched his hand: "In a hundred years of life, there will always be a death, there is a chance to fight for your life, even if you lose, you have no regrets!" ”

Walking to the window, Xiang Lan looked in the direction of the East Garden, where there was still a living dead lying there.

Knowing Xiang Lan's intentions, Jiang Guo asked, "His Majesty the Emperor's body, is it okay?" ”

"Since our people took over the treatment of the Emperor Taishang, although there is no way to cure him, they have finally maintained the current situation, and no matter what, we will hang his life."

Jiang Guo nodded: "Yes, when it is not necessary, the Emperor Taishang must not die easily, even if it is death, he must die worthwhile." ”

"Although he can't speak, his hands can't move, like a zombie, but I believe that in his heart, he still knows that if one day, for the sake of his son, he must let him die, he will be willing." Xiang Lan took a deep breath. "The doctor said that it was a miracle that a situation like his had survived until now, and it was this thought that supported him. Since he can survive these years, there is still a year, and he will try to hold on in the future. I'm going to find an opportunity to talk to him about it, or to make him hope a little stronger, to last longer. ”

Jiang Guo was silent.

The whole plan, to put it bluntly, is a plan to live in death, he and Xiang Lan have been in Zhenzhou for the past two years, planning and preparing for this plan all the time. And the life and death of the Emperor Taishang is a key point in the entire plan for them. Only when there is no problem with this key point can everything be implemented.

"Do you want to reveal it to Your Majesty?"

"No, others are in Wuyi, I don't know how many people around him are Li Ze's spies, he is not very old, the slightest inadvertent exposure will make us give up, at the last moment of the plan start, tell him."