Chapter 475 The undercurrent of the capital

Chapter 475 The undercurrent of the capital

In the spring of the third year of Yongning, Zhang Xuan, the emperor of the Chinese Dynasty, commanded an army of 300,000 people, and after destroying Tibet, he entered the Western Regions in the west, and then destroyed the Turkish, except for the 36 countries in the Western Regions, and turned them into prefectures and counties. In the summer of the third year of Yongning, the emperor led a large army to advance into the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu, and the surname of Zhaowu nine was Zhaowudao, and immediately extinguished the fire and sought the country's month, and the army of the Abbasid Dynasty of 250,000 carried out a large army battle in the northwest direction of the city of the Huoxun country, and the battle was fierce, and it was rested after two nights and three days. The Chinese Dynasty won a great victory, annihilating 200,000 of the Great Eclipse army at the cost of tens of thousands of casualties.

The good news was sent out from the line city and spread to all parts of the world and the capital, and the world shook.

According to the emperor's edict, Guo Ziyi commanded the main force of the Western Expedition to triumph. Ge Shu Lige was the general manager of the Zhaowu Dao march, and Guo Yao was the governor of the Zhaowu Dao and the envoy of Zhaowu Xuanfu.

Zhang Xun, the head of the household, stayed in the online city as the emperor's representative, preparing to conduct political negotiations with the big cannibals and take over the post-land affairs.

In the early winter of the third year of Yongning, Guo Ziyi led the army to leave the line city, went down to the green ridge into Anxi, passed through Anxi and Hexi, and returned to the Central Plains.

This was supposed to be a triumphant army with high morale, but because of a news that was enough to shock the world, it became a triumphant mourning army.

Although there was no public announcement, the gossip that the emperor had died in the battle with the Great Cannibals began to spread quietly throughout the army. After the whole army shook up and down, there was a wail, and there was a temporary confusion. However, under the serious rectification of high-level generals such as Guo Ziyi, Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun, and Li Siye, military discipline was restored to normal, and they continued to march to the Central Plains, but the atmosphere in the army became gloomy and bleak.

Guo Ziyi tried his best to control and suppress the news, but it still spread from the army to the localities, and then spread to the world at an unconventional speed.

The state and county of the world are panicked. Because there was no official decision, the magistrates did not dare to let the people mourn, but in the period of time near the end of the year, all kinds of silent mourning and exclamations for the emperor's untimely death and death on the battlefield were endless.

The death of the emperor can be imagined as a shock to a new dynasty. Fortunately, the imperial court had just defeated the Great Food and destroyed 200,000 enemies, and after such a brilliant victory, when Guo Ziyi led the army back, it suppressed a lot of undeserved riots.

Guo Ziyi and others were very depressed, and they felt extremely aggrieved along the way. It was obviously a great victory, but he didn't dare to celebrate, knowing that the emperor was safe and sound, he had to put on a sad and solemn expression. They didn't know what the emperor was going to do, only Tian Kexin seemed to be a mirror in his heart.

This may be a little clever trick by the emperor. But I'm afraid no one can deny that this kind of little trick can often test a lot of things.

Guo Ziyi led his army to leave Huoxun at the beginning of November, and left Anxi and entered Hexi at the end of November. At this time, Zhang Xuan had already left the emperor's guard of honor and led 5,000 escorts to enter the two roads of Tubo, and accepted Yang Lian's worship and reception in Shenwu City.

Zhang Xuan quietly wandered in Shenwu City for a few days, and then entered Qinghai through the Tubo Road, and then went down to Longshuo, and Guo Ziyi's army did not walk the same route.

On December 15 of the third year of Yongning, heavy snow fell in the sky. The goose-feathered snow was overwhelming, and in the blink of an eye, it flooded the path ahead. Because there is no howling north wind, this heavy snow feels uninspiring.

The convoy was encamped.

When Zhang Xuan and Guo Fu came out of the tent, the world was already white, and the mountain dancing silver snake was a wax statue, a spectacular scene.

Zhang Xuan ran forward dozens of meters in a happy mood, staring at the distance and couldn't help but be poetic, and even changed and usurped a poem by a great man in his previous life-

"The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting......************ leading countless heroes to bend their waists! All the past, count the romantic characters, and look at the present! ”

"Your Majesty's words are majestic, and Fu'er is refreshed when she listens to them......" Guo Fu also ran over with light steps, waved his hand back, and signaled the guards to stay away.

Zhang Xuan smiled, "A few nonsense, you can't take it seriously." ”

"By the way, Fu'er, there is Hezhou City in front of me, and I decided to stay in Hezhou for a few days." Zhang Xuan immediately diverted the topic. If there was no way to plagiarize poetry when he was in the past, it was necessary for the time, but now that he is an emperor, he doesn't want to be cheeky and smear his face with grease and powder.

So over the years, he actually ...... Basically...... It's not too good to be a poet.

Guo Fuliu'er frowned slightly, and said softly, "Your Majesty is hiding and secretly acting, and he has already lost his dignity, if he doesn't return to the court, I'm afraid there will be chaos...... In the opinion of the concubines, Your Majesty should quickly move to Hezhou City and let the magistrate take over. ”

The emperor's almost "nonsense" general action, Guo Fu did not agree. It's just that Zhang Xuan insisted on going her own way, and she didn't dare to refute it too much. But for the sake of the stability of the world and the overall situation of the court, Guo Fu did not persuade him along the way, but Zhang Xuan smiled and said nothing.

Zhang Xuan turned his head back, continued to look at the snowy scenery in the mountains, and said lightly, "I am not alone in this world, is it possible that if I am alone, it will be chaotic?" ”

Zhang Xuan's voice was indifferent and persistent.

Guo Fu sighed faintly.

Of course, this world is not the emperor's alone, but if this world leaves the emperor, how can it be called the world?

For more than a month, the emperor's whereabouts are unknown, the gossip about the emperor's death in the army and in all states and counties in the world has been spreading, and the military and people all over the world are anxiously waiting for the official report ♀ of the imperial court.

Guo Fu's heart felt very blocked.

Li Tengkong had just given birth to a son in Qiuci and was returning to Beijing under the protection of Guo Ziyi's army. Su Hudong, who was waiting to give birth in Liangzhou, had already given birth to a daughter and had returned to Beijing a few months ago.

Zhongjing Luoyang.

The news of the emperor's death and the news of the triumph of the imperial court's western expedition came to Beijing, but the latter had Guo Ziyi's military victory, while the former did not see the official text.

It's just that the common people don't know if it's official news, this kind of thing is spread by word of mouth, and after a while, it spreads all over the city of Zhongjing, and people are panicked. Yan Zhenqing, the chief military and political officer of the capital, was shocked and immediately took emergency measures and used the Jingzhao military horses in his hands to strictly control the situation in the capital.

The court officials who stayed behind were even more chaotic, and the undercurrent was surging.

Dozens of middle- and upper-level officials gathered in Zai Fu Chen Xian's mansion to listen to Chen Xian's ideas. Some people proposed to immediately send people to Guo Ziyi's army to question, and some people said that the imperial court should not be left without an owner for a day, and should support Zhang Gan, the prince born to Empress Cui Ying, as the prince of the prison country, so as to stabilize the situation in the world.

There was a noisy cry of crying and mourning from the ministers in his ears, and Chen Xian's head was big. He was already old, and when he encountered this kind of thing, he became angry again, and was forced by everyone so much, he was dizzy and almost fell to the ground in front of him.

Yang Guozhong stood to the side with a complicated expression, silent, but a certain brilliance flashed in his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Chen Xian's body was shaky, and Yang Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, helped him and said loudly, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't make any more noise. Lord Zaifu has already sent people to rush to Guo Ziyi's army for 800 miles, and everything will wait for Guo Ziyi's reply! ”

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Li Qi, the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, hurriedly entered the Tang Palace, which was the residence of his father Li Heng.

The news that Emperor Zhang Xuan died on the battlefield is indeed good news for Li Tang's only remaining royal family. Li Qi and these people had already given up the idea of returning to the country, but when the news came, the cold heart in their hearts began to stir again, and the sprouts grew.

Li Heng poured himself a drink, glanced at Li Qi, and said drunkenly, "What did you say?" For the father, I didn't hear that °C is good wine, come on, play music and sing and dance! ”

Suddenly, the sound of dance and music was everywhere.

Seeing Li Hengse staring at those bewitching dancing girls in a daze, Li Qian stomped his feet in disappointment and turned away.

Lee Hyung has fallen, and Lee Hyung has made a final assessment of his father. decided to leave Lee Hyung aside and go his own way.

As soon as Li Qi left, Li Heng sat up straight, the drunkenness and turbidity in his eyes were swept away, and he sighed.

What Li Qi wants to do, how can Li Heng not know. It's just that Li Heng thinks that Li Qi is asking for his own death≥ but the emperor is really dead, the emperor still has a prince, these courtiers of the Chinese court will definitely support the prince to ascend the throne, and the surname is still Zhang in this world after all. Even if there is temporary chaos, it will not hurt the overall situation.

But Li Tang has become a thing of the past forever. If you want to restore the country, it is not easy to say. If one doesn't do it well, you have to give away your life. Li Heng knew that he couldn't stop Li Qi, but he didn't want to be involved, so it became inevitable to pretend to be mediocre and decrepit.

The first thing Li Qi found was Cheng Huoer, the son of Cheng Qianli, the former commander of the Beiting Domain, who was taken down by the emperor. Cheng Qianli is a veteran minister of the Three Dynasties, with deep qualifications, and he is an important minister in Li Tang or the New Chinese Dynasty, and has a group of protégés and former officials. Together, it is also a great force.

But based on these alone, it is purely a fool's dream to want to restore the country.

Therefore, Li Qi set his sights on Yang Guozhong again.

The Yang family is also an intertwined magnate in the new dynasty, and they are very powerful, not to mention Guozhong, as well as Yang Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Yang Lian in Tubo, and there is also a third sister of Concubine Yang in the palace.

If Yang Guozhong can get his support, Li Qi's great cause of restoring the Tang Dynasty will become the majority.

In fact, there are two key figures, that is, Chen Xian and Yan Zhenqing. Chen Xiande is highly respected and the head of the courtiers, and Yan Zhenqing holds the military and political power in the capital.

It's just that although these two people are old ministers of Li Tang, they are loyal to Zhang Xuan's new dynasty, and they have long been attached to the new dynasty, and it is impossible to return to the old road of restoration.

Only Yang Guozhong has this possibility.

Because Yang Guozhong is ambitious, he is unwilling to be replaced by Guo Ziyi and others. So when he gets the news of the emperor's death, he will definitely have a movement.

This is Li Qi's judgment. His judgment cannot be said to be wrong, but the crux of the matter is: Yang Guozhong is a traitor to the Tang Dynasty, how can he put Li Heng and his son on the throne again, thus putting himself in a more dangerous situation.