In mid-September, Tu Qi found Li Xin again and reported some recent news. With the end of the war, he came to see Li Xin less frequently, unless there was something particularly important. Otherwise, it's basically a unified report after the news is gathered together.

"There's civil strife over there again! This time, the Song family was wiped out in a pot, and now it is Zhang Yong, the right Sima of Liangzhou, and Zhang Xuanliang's uncle Zhang Tianxi! "The first thing I said was the news of Qianliang.

Since the defeat in the Jincheng area, Liangzhou has been very quiet for more than two years. Of course, first, because Liangzhou was afraid of being beaten, he didn't dare to use his sword against Datang easily. The second reason is because not long after the beginning, Liangzhou was ruled by the Song Dynasty.

And Song Ming's ability is quite high, and he can see the situation in front of him quite clearly. Therefore, during the period when he was in power, Liangzhou has always been friendly with Datang, and the border between the two sides is very stable.

But unfortunately, at the end of April before, when the battle on Li Xin's side was in full swing, Song Chao died of a serious illness. Because he won the hearts of the people in Liangzhou, it is said that after his death, the people in the territory shed tears for him.

And after his death, the power of Liangzhou was in the hands of Song Cheng, the younger brother of Song Ming.

But Song Cheng's ability is far worse than that of Song Ming, and he usually acts ~ arbitrarily and arbitrarily. Therefore, in the end, the right Sima Zhang Yong was provoked, and he directly raised troops to attack Song Cheng.

Song Cheng was defeated, not only did he die, but also the entire huge Song family was also destroyed by Zhang Yong.

I have to say, this thing is really embarrassing! After all, when Song Chao was alive, the Song family was prominent in Liangzhou for a while, and he didn't expect that he had only been dead for a few months, and the family would be wiped out.

Looking at the previous civil strife in Liangzhou, it was basically the same situation. The winner takes all, but the loser is a complete defeat and dies! In just a few decades since the founding of the former Liang Dynasty, there have been many civil strife, large and small.

"Song Chao is still capable, if he is in the Tang Dynasty, he will be a famous minister. Unfortunately, he found the wrong person to whom he was allegiant, and he died a little early. Otherwise, you won't be able to work for us in the future! "I have met Song Mix twice, and Li Xin still has a good impression of this person, and he can't help sighing.

"Liangzhou is now the time when the civil strife is subsiding, the people are uncertain, if we are enterprising at this time, we may be able to take Liangzhou down!" Tu Qi suggested on the side.

"No! Not to mention that we have just ceased war with Yan State, and it is time to recuperate. It is the relationship between Liangzhou and Jiangzuo, and we can't send troops to Liangzhou now! Since they want to mess up, let them mess up themselves! This infighting is not the first time, and it can't be the last, there will be a chance in the future! Without thinking about it, Li Xin directly rejected the proposal.

"Yes, it's the minister who is worried!"

"Any other news?"

"There is another one, that is, a few days ago, the Jiangzuo Imperial Court added Huan Wen as the Duke of Nanjun, Huan Chong as the Duke of Fengcheng County, and Huan Wen's son Huan Ji as the Duke of Linhe County! Now the Huan clan is more powerful in Jiangzuo, and no one can compete with it! ”

In fact, this incident originally happened in the fourth year of Shengping, that is, last year. But because of the appearance of Li Xin, history has changed more and more, so this incident has not appeared until now.

"What is Jiang Zuo's reason?" After thinking for a while, Li Xin asked.

"It's to commend them for their exploits in recapturing Xingyang County this time and forcing the Yan Kingdom back to the north of Suishui!"

Last year and this year in history, there was no big war between Yan and Jin. Therefore, Huan Wen naturally would not have been defeated by Murong Chui last year like now.

It is precisely because of this defeat that it was not easy to do what should have been done for them to be promoted to knighthood last year. After all, who is rewarded for losing a battle? Even if the court gives it with a thick face, I'm afraid Huan Wen won't have the face to accept it!

But this year, even if it is a little bit of a benefit, it is also a big victory. Therefore, if the reward is only rewarded at this time, it is reasonable.

"It's a feat, but it's not big enough to give them a knighthood. I'm afraid that the newly enthroned emperor did this in order to win the hearts of the Huan clan! Li Xin scoffed at this statement and snorted lightly.

In May of this year, Emperor Sima Dan of Jin Mu died, and the time seemed to be shortly after Song Ming's death. And after that, Jiang Zuo was headed by the Empress Dowager and chose the previous Lang evil king Sima Pi to take over the emperor's position.

If you take office as the new emperor, I am afraid the most important thing is to win the hearts of the people so that you can keep your throne. And Huan Wen, as the minister in charge of Jiangzuo's military power, is naturally on the list of people who Sima Pi is the first to woo.

This is why Huan Wen's son obviously has no credit, but he was promoted because of this, which is just to show the court's trust and favor for them.

Li Xin was not interested in such a thing, but saw Jiang Zuo's mediocrity and incompetence from it. Unfair rewards and punishments are the beginning of chaotic government, and when everyone can't see fairness and justice, there will naturally be unhealthy tendencies.

For Li Xin, if such a situation occurs in his Datang, it must be completely cleaned up.

Putting Jiang Zuo's affairs aside, Li Xin asked again: "What is Yan Guo doing now?" ”

"Since the negotiation and the withdrawal of their respective troops, Murong Ke has adjusted the deployment of troops, and basically speaking, he has taken a defensive position in an all-round way. Moreover, unlike before, when they mainly guarded against Jiang Zuo, now their ideas and energy are already focused on us! In addition, Murong Ke is also trying his best to restore the livelihood of people everywhere! It can be seen that he seems to be in a little anxious, and he should want to restore the country's strength as soon as possible to resist our might! ”

"With Murong Ke's wisdom, he has already seen the great calamity of Yan Kingdom. So, he doesn't want to be in a hurry! In the past, all kinds of things were chaotic~ staggered, and he may not have noticed it yet! Now, he knew we were their worst enemies! But that's okay, he won't dare to provoke us again, and we will also take the opportunity to grow! Li Xin nodded, and seemed to be expected of Yan Guo's move.

Today, it should be said that the situation in the world has gradually become clearer. Even if you don't talk about the unification of the world, at least for the north, people know that the final unification of the Central Plains will inevitably be between Yan and Tang.

And judging from the current situation, it is clear that the probability of the final winner being Datang is much higher.

Similarly, because of the repeated failures in the conquest between Yan and Datang over the years. At the same time, its domestic politics were relatively chaotic, and the people were trapped by heavy taxes and taxes, so the people of Yan often fled into the territory of the Tang Dynasty in droves.

This is of course a good thing, after all, this will cause the power of both sides to rise and fall, increase the population of Datang, and objectively weaken the strength of Yan State.

"In today's situation, it looks like we're competing. Whoever can run the fastest in the shortest time and grow stronger first should be able to overwhelm the other side! Presumably, Murong Ke just wanted to try not to make the gap in strength between us too big. After all, if they want to catch up with us, it seems that it is no longer possible! Tu Qi pondered for a while and said.

He also saw the current situation more clearly. There is no way, after many years in the office, he is no longer the hairy boy he used to be.

"Yes! Let's have a race now, let's see who gets to the finish line first! By the way, how is Penglin's situation on their side? Li Xin nodded, and then asked.

Since taking the two counties of Yunzhong and Dingxiang, Peng Lin and Yu Song were ordered to lead 10,000 cavalry north to penetrate deep into the borders of Daiguo, in order to eliminate the living forces of Daiguo. If you calculate the time, it has been almost half a year now.

In the past six months, except for Peng Lin who kept sending people to report the news to him at the beginning, the interval between the two has become longer and longer. Presumably, it was because they were getting farther and farther away from the Yinshan area, and the situation in the enemy's territory was unknown, so it was not easy to send messengers.

Up to now, Peng Lin and Li Xin have not been in contact for two months. Therefore, Li Xin asked Tu Qi to investigate the situation over there and take a look, so as not to have any accidents.

"Judging from the news reported by the spies, General Peng and they should be safe and sound. It's just that because they are moving too fast, they are still here today, and tomorrow they may be a hundred miles away. Therefore, even if you want to return the news, I am afraid it is not easy. However, the current situation of Daiguo is very bad, except for the rebellion of Gao Che and Rouran and other clans, which makes Shi Yiqian exhausted. The biggest reason is because General Peng and they acted flexibly and attacked the rear of Shiyiqian from time to time, so that they could not take care of each other! Judging by the current situation, I am afraid that the war against Daiguo will end before the end of this year! Tu Qi replied.

"That's good! As long as Daiguo is hurt this time, if you want to do it again in the future, you have to think about it! Without their threat, Shuofang, Bingzhou and other places can get better development, and we can also put all our energy on Yan Guo! This is good news, so Li Xin is very satisfied.

After learning about some other scattered news, Tu Qi left.

And Li Xin began to think about the next step, after all, it was really not his character to let him stay in Chang'an City to read official documents and deal with political affairs.