A young man in his 20s with a delicate face was neatly dressed, sitting behind the desk in the hall, staring at the scenery outside the window in a somewhat distracted and demented manner, his face sè numb.

Zhang Xuan pushed the door in, coughed lightly, and the little guy got up in a panic and fell to the ground, "Little one, meet the prince!" Your Royal Highness is safe! ”

The little guy's expression was a little panicked and overwhelmed.

He has been confined in the Yongning Palace for more than half a year, although he has no worries about food and clothing, but Zhang Xuan has not come to see him ♀ or he is banned enough to come, Zhang Xuan, the king of Yongning, appeared in front of him for the first time.

Zhang Xuan has not indicated his attitude and is ready to deal with him.

From the beginning of the panic and despair, at this moment, the little guy has been completely numb.

Don't...... Is he going to do it to me? The little guy suddenly woke up, a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he fell to the ground and didn't dare to raise his head.

Zhang Xuan stared at him and was silent.

The little guy was even more frightened, and kowtowed again and again.

After a long time, Zhang Xuan said lightly, "Shi Yan, these days, you have been in the palace, how are you doing?" ”

"The little one is fine, and the little one thanks the prince for not killing." This Shi Yan is also a smart and clever person, listening to Zhang Xuan's words and the seclusion for more than half a year, he judged that Zhang Xuan didn't want his life, otherwise he wouldn't have waited for now.

"You committed a serious crime in Lingzhou before, and the king should have beheaded you on the spot to set an example, but thinking that you were offended, and remembering that your father Shi Siming was a general of the imperial court and had made meritorious contributions to the country's army, he opened the net and did not report to the court for punishment, but confined you to the palace and let you think about it behind closed doors!" Zhang Xuan's voice was very calm, and it could even be said that there was a hint of indifference, without any emotion.

"The prince is gracious, Shi Yan feels jī tears and zero ......" Shi Yan heard that he had the freedom to dissipate, and couldn't help but feel ecstatic in his heart, and cried bitterly on the spot and thanked him.

"This king is not guilty of the past, so he can let you go. But ......" Zhang Xuany ù stopped and smiled indifferently.

Shi Yan lowered his head nervously, anxiously waiting for Zhang Xuan's next words.

"Do you know that Fan Yang An Lushan rebelled, your father followed An Lushan to raise troops, and at present, the imperial court is angry and is mobilizing soldiers and horses from all over the country to quell the rebellion," a strange smile appeared on the corner ......of Zhang Xuan's mouth.

When Shi Yan heard this, he collapsed to the ground in despair.

An Lushan rebelled, and he was not surprised at all, because it had not been a day since An Lushan was preparing to rebel against the Tang Dynasty. However, An Lushan rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, and his father Shi Siming, as An Lushan's general, could not raise troops with him, so as the son of the rebel general, where could he still have a way to live here in Zhang Xuan?

Shi Yan's heart flashed, and he immediately jumped up and hugged Zhang Xuan's tuǐ and cried, "Lord, Lord Wang, my father is a general under An Lushan, and the rebellion of his followers is also involuntarily, please forgive your sins!" ”

"Shi Yan, do you think that the thief can succeed?" Zhang Xuan smiled indifferently.

Shi Yan hurriedly replied, "Lord Wang, An Lushan is disloyal and unrighteous and rebelled against the imperial court, and the unrighteous soldiers will undoubtedly be defeated. ”

Shi Yan is not a fool, he knew that Zhang Xuan suddenly came to tell him this, there must be a plan, he thought about it, and climbed along the pole net.

"At the beginning, this king sent the general Guo Ziyi to lead troops to Fanyang to arrest your father and son, An Lushan refused to shelter you, and handed you over to this king for disposal, without mercy, for injustice; The imperial court treats An Lushan's high-ranking officials like the sea, but the thief in turn ignores the grace of the court, rebels, and the wolf's ambition is for disloyalty↓As you said, such a disloyal and unrighteous person should be punished by the world! ”

Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

Shi Yan nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, yes!" ”

"Your father was ordered by An Lushan to lead the army west from Zhengding Mansion to Hedong, if you can persuade your father to return to the imperial court and raise troops to punish the disloyal and unrighteous thieves, this king can not only thin the life of your whole family, but also ask the court to let your father take An Lushan and replace him, and the marquis and even the king will be just around the corner!"

After Zhang Xuan finished speaking, he looked at Shi Yan solemnly, majestic and majestic, which brought Shi Yan a lot of pressure.

Shi Yan hesitated slightly, and immediately nodded in response, "Please rest assured, as long as the prince can give the little one a chance, the little one will definitely persuade his father to lead his troops to return to the court and help the prince exterminate the An Lushan rebels!" ”

Shi Yan's face flushed, for fear that Zhang Xuan would regret it, and added again and again, "The little father has always been loyal to the imperial court, but he was coerced by An Lushan...... Please rest assured, the little father will definitely abandon the darkness and turn his credit! ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "In this case, you will personally repair a book, and this king will send someone to Hedong, if Shi Siming is willing to raise troops to return to Tang and help the court quell the rebellion, this king should ask Your Majesty to pardon Shi Siming's felony of rebellion, and canonize him as the governor of Fanyang, and replace An Lushan!" ”

"Even if it is Shi Gongzi, he can also be a general in the king's Longshuo army, and when the rebellion is successfully quelled in the coming day, the court will reward him!"

Shi Yan thanked again and again.

Shi Yan immediately repaired the book to persuade him to surrender, and immediately handed it over to Zhang Xuan's subordinates, and sent it to Taiyuan, Hedong day and night. In fact, at this time, Shi Siming's troops had not yet attacked Taiyuan, but Zhang Xuan, a traverser, knew from the beginning that Shi Siming would come to Taiyuan.

Zhang Xuan also personally wrote a letter of persuasion, in which he analyzed in detail the stakes of An Lushan's army, pointed out that An Lushan would undoubtedly be defeated, and asked Shi Siming to abandon the darkness and turn to the light as soon as possible to "change the evil and return to the right", only in this way can there be a bright road. Otherwise, if you go to the dark with An Lushan, the result can be imagined.

The reason why Zhang Xuan kept Shi Yan was to wait for this day, in order to persuade Shi Siming to surrender.

Regarding Zhang Xuan's persuasion, Zhang Xun and others were quite unimpressed.

In the main hall, looking at Zhang Xun's appearance and stopping, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but smile slightly, "Lord Zhang, do you feel that this king's persuasion of Shi Siming is in vain?" ”

"The lower officials don't dare." Zhang Xun hurriedly smiled and clenched his fists and replied, "It's just that the prince, the lower officials think that Shi Siming is An Lushan's confidant general, he has followed An Lushan for more than ten years, and with Shi Yan's letter alone, I'm afraid it will ......."

"Hehe∨ sir, you don't actually know Shi Siming. This person seems to be loyal to An Lushan, but he is actually ambitious. And An Lushan is tyrannical and will betray his relatives and leave, Shi Siming and An Lushan may not be working together for a long time. ”

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, looked at Zhang Xun and said loudly, "What's more, Shi Siming will be revenged, his heart is narrow, An Lushan is ruthless and unrighteous, and he will be resentful when he gave up his son Shi Yan before." Once he has the opportunity, how can he not rebel against An Lushan! ”

Of course, whether Shi Siming descends or not does not depend on his son Shi Yan, but on the general trend of the world. If the war in Tubo is over, my army will wave south to King Qin——"

"As long as our army takes the initiative and has an advantage, Shi Siming will have different intentions. If this king's estimate is good, he will definitely take the opportunity to submit a letter to the court to surrender, and then lead the army to stab a knife from An Lushan's back to vent his anger and ask the court for merit! ”

"He has long wanted to replace An Lushan, and now that he has the opportunity, how can he let it go?"

"He will wait and see for a while, and then when the king's army is gone, he will hope that the wind will return. Of course, it is not ruled out that he will directly ask His Majesty to surrender and bypass this king! ”

"It's just that even if he asks the court to surrender, I'm afraid His Majesty and the court will not dare to accept it. An Lushan has learned from the past, how can Your Majesty not guard against it? ”

Zhang Xuan laughed.

Zhang Xun and the others let out a sigh of relief, bowed down and said in unison, "The prince is wise!" The lower officials and others admire it so much! ”

But Feng Chong frowned and said, "Lord Wang, Shi Siming is a capricious villain, even if he submits to the imperial court, he can't be trusted, let him replace An Lushan, I'm afraid it's very inappropriate." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, but did not answer. He promised that it was just an expedient measure to ask the imperial court to let Shi Siming replace An Lushan. A villain like Shi Siming, even if he doesn't kill, he will be dismissed from office, and he will not be able to stay in office and cause a big trouble.

It's just that Zhang Xuan can't say this kind of thing, so he can only do it.

With the lesson of Trisong Dezan, this time, Zhang Xuan will definitely not be merciful again.

Feng Chong's eyes rolled, and he didn't say any more.

He guessed Zhang Xuan's true thoughts, but some things are destined to be unspeakable, and it is not good for anyone to say them.

From Zhang Xuan's behavior of leaving Shi Yan to calmly deal with today's situation, everyone was secretly in awe. Regardless of whether this persuasion can succeed or not, it is enough to see that Zhang Xuan sees the far-reaching problem and handles the problem carefully, which is very accessible.

What made Feng Chong and other generals most convincing was that Zhang Xuan told the generals from the beginning that An Lushan would inevitably divide his troops into two roads in Zhengding Mansion in Hengzhou, and personally led the attack on Henan and Luoyang, the eastern capital, all the way, and went straight to Chang'an; The other way, led by Shi Siming, entered and occupied Hedong, preparing to attack Chang'an on both sides.

Later facts proved that Zhang Xuan's judgment was not bad at all. Such a clever calculation and strategizing made Feng Chong Guo Ziyi, a veteran general in the army, admire.

Zhang Xuan's prestige in the Longshuo army was accumulated little by little through a series of practical actions to defeat Tubo and a series of almost miraculous strategies, not in a day.

On the other hand, Zhang Xuan truly achieved the Grand Duke without sī. I am afraid that since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, no one can treat money like dung like Zhang Xuan. Don't talk about An Lushan, even loyal generals such as Wang Zhongsi and Ge Shuhan can't do it.

Zhang Xuan's Yulu and the royal palace supplies were all used for the research and development of firearms, and all the previous firearms manufacturing consumed was Zhang Xuan's personal wealth. Longshuo officials and generals saw it in their eyes and remembered it in their hearts.

Therefore, in the legal system, the strictness of his rule of the army cannot be described in words, but few people objected. Because what his subordinates are required to do, Zhang Xuan will do it first,!。