As Han Yi said, it is much easier to provoke a war than to stop one.

The Khitan people are also a nomadic people, they do not have the idea of restricting commerce, and commerce is very normal in their opinion, but they miscalculated the commercial offensive of Han Yi, which is not a simple trade before, or an exchange between the two sides, and the commercial offensive of Han Yi can quickly help people establish a huge commercial scale, especially a handicraft workshop, which can unite many people.

In the era of cold weapons, this person is definitely combat effectiveness.

By the time the chiefs came to their senses, war was inevitable.

The people of the other tribes have gone to your side, what are the chiefs playing, of course, the chief of Sibandan wants to restrict Wan Quansheng, forcing him to hand over half of his wealth and share it with all the tribes, and Wan Quansheng, as a businessman, how can he agree to this condition, and he is not a merchant in the Central Plains, he has no power to tie the chicken, and he has no weapons in hand, he is also a natural warrior, as long as the arrow against the prey, to the person, then he is a qualified soldier, and the same is true for the employees of their workshop, everyone is a soldier on the horse.

It is impossible to give money, only to go to war.

Therefore, the war soon swept through the Khitan region.

For the Tang Dynasty, which had been quiet for many years, it was undoubtedly on a calm lake, and a stone was thrown, and the news soon spread to Chang'an, after all, the Tang Dynasty set up a Song Desert Governor's Mansion there.

Daming Palace, sleeping palace.

Knock knock!

A quick knock on the door woke up Li Zhi, who was sleeping.

"What's the matter?"

Li Zhi didn't open his eyes, but his brows were tightly locked.

Zhang Desheng's voice sounded outside, "Your Majesty, the battle report has just come from the Songmo Governor's Mansion. ”

"Battle report?"

Li Zhi suddenly woke up, he didn't remember that there was still a war over there.

Half an hour later, Li Zhi sat in the dormitory, and after listening to the battle report, he couldn't help frowning, and after a while, he said: "Immediately pass on Sikong and Shangshu Order...... Entering the palace to discuss matters. ”

"The villain obeys."

Zhang Desheng was just about to retreat, but Li Zhi suddenly said again: "Oh, invite the queen too." ”

Zhang Desheng said: "Your Majesty, the queen is not in the palace, but lives in Mrs. Rongguo's mansion. ”

Li Zhi said: "I know. ”

Zhang Desheng didn't say anything more and said, "The villain obeys orders." ”

At the time of the fourth watch, the two halls are brightly lit.

When Zhang Wenguan and the important ministers arrived, they found that in addition to Li Ji, Qi Bi He Li, Xue Rengui, Ashina Mi She, Yang Sina and other generals were also there.

This made them faintly feel bad, and there was no trace of sleepiness on their faces.

I didn't have time to ask, but I heard a high-pitched announcement outside, and after a while, I saw Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang walking in.

Wu Meiniang's appearance also surprised them a little.

What's going on?

However, Wu Meiniang was expressionless, she didn't look at them, she still looked depressed and absent-minded, and sat beside Li Zhi with a wooden face.

After the ministers saluted, Li Zhi said: "I summoned all Aiqing late at night, mainly because Li Quanzhong, the governor of the Songmo Governor's Mansion, sent me an urgent report, which said that Wan Quansheng of the Siwandan Department had killed the chief of the Siwandan Clan, Danmo, and colluded with some people from the He Dahe and Yuling Tribes to raise an army to rebel, and Li Quanzhong hoped that the imperial court could send troops to assist him in suppressing the rebellion. ”

Everyone was confused.

Li Ji asked, "Your Majesty, who is Wan Quansheng?" ”

He Li also wondered: "When the minister led the Khitan Department to conquer Goguryeo, he had never heard of this person, he should be an unknown person, how could he raise an army to rebel." ”

Han Yi frowned slightly, but Yu Guang suddenly glanced at Wu Meiniang, seeing that she was absent-minded, she didn't seem to be listening, and said secretly, eldest sister, you can't be dumb at this time!

Zhang Wenguan said with a look of disdain: "The Khitan is a barbarian, and it is common to kill each other in order to compete for the chieftain, and the imperial court can send someone to investigate before making plans." ”

This old man is quite interesting, anyway, deal with it negatively, and after they finish killing, whoever wins will be the official.

In fact, the fetters system also means this, the league leaders and chiefs are not appointed by the central government, they are elected by themselves, and then the court goes to seal the officials, you kill each other, the court doesn't care, as long as you don't oppose the court. In fact, if the nomads do not make trouble, it is already a blessing for the Central Plains.

Liu Xiangdao said: "Your Majesty, the old minister still thinks that the soldiers of Yingzhou should be sent to support immediately, and at the same time, it will also prevent the war from spreading to Liaodong, Hebei, Shandong and other regions. ”

In fact, he didn't want to support, but to defend, so as not to let the war spread to the Central Plains.

Li Zhi nodded, and when he was about to speak, Li Ji suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this matter is too sudden, we don't even know who Wan Quansheng is, and we don't know why they rebelled. Speaking of this, he frowned and said: "What is Cheng Wuting doing with that kid, such a big thing happened, Yingzhou didn't even have any news, it's really far inferior to his father!" ”

Cheng Wuting is the son of the famous general Cheng Mingzhen, Cheng Mingzhen died during the crisis, and his eldest son Cheng Wuting inherited his official position.

And Yingzhou is to control the Songmo Governor's Mansion, the Songmo Governor's Mansion is controlled by the Khitans, who is the Khitan League leader, is the Metropolitan Governor of the Songmo Governor's Mansion, for the Khitan region, Yingzhou is the front line, the Khitan is fighting, Yingzhou didn't even come to a letter, Li Ji was of course quite dissatisfied with this.

This says Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives!

A forbidden army general walked in quickly, "Your Majesty, there has just been an urgent letter from the Yingzhou Assassin History. ”

Li Zhi hurriedly said: "Hurry up and submit it." ”

Han Yi smiled at Li Ji and said, "Sikong, it seems that their father and son are not much worse." ”

Li Ji glared at him.

While speaking, the letter had already reached Zhang Desheng's hand, but on this big night, the light was not good, and Li Zhi couldn't see it clearly, so he waved his hand and signaled Zhang Desheng to hand over the letter to Wu Meiniang.

Zhang Desheng hurriedly handed the letter to Wu Meiniang.

Wu Meiniang didn't say a word from beginning to end, and sat there in a daze.

Li Zhi whispered: "Empress." ”

Wu Meiniang was stunned, then she came to her senses, and quickly came to the letter, opened it, and after a while, she nodded lightly and said, "I see." ”

Li Zhi hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Your Majesty, that Wanquan Sheng is a merchant in the Siwandan Department. ”

"Merchant?"

The ministers present were all surprised.

He Li said: "I said that this guy must be an unknown person, it turned out to be a businessman, so it's not surprising why we haven't heard his name." ”

Wu Meiniang nodded and said: "According to the heart of Yingzhou Thorn History, that Wan Quansheng has made a lot of money by doing business in recent years, and the chief of Xi Wandan, Dan Mo, asked him for money, Wan Quansheng was unwilling, so the two of them fought, I never thought that Wan Quansheng's strength was superior, and in the end, Dan Mo was not only defeated, but also killed by Wan Quansheng, and Wan Quansheng also became the chief of Xi Wandan.

However, this aroused the hostility of the other tribes, so they prepared to unite to destroy Wan Quansheng, and Wan Quansheng also united some merchants from other tribes to resist. Oh, Cheng Wuting's letter also mentioned that Wan Quansheng hoped that the imperial court would implement the state and county system in the Khitan region, abolish the detention system, and wrote to him to ask for support from Yingzhou. ”

After that, he handed the letter to Li Ji and them.

After Li Ji and the others looked at them one by one, they were all silent.

You say it's a rebellion, of course, after all, Li Quanzhong represents the imperial court and is in charge of the Songmo Governor's Mansion, if you are against Li Quanzhong, isn't that a rebellion, but the problem is that Wanquan Sheng is not against the imperial court, but because of his own interests being harmed, just to protect himself, and he also hopes that the imperial court can help him, and it doesn't seem right to say that it is a rebellion.

Li Zhi asked, "How do you think Aiqing should respond?" ”

Zhang Wen said: "The old minister thinks that Wan Quansheng is not trying to rebel, but they are killing each other internally, so the court simply issued an order to let Li Quanzhong quell the rebellion as soon as possible." ”

Liu Xiangdao and they all nodded.

Qi Qi He Li sighed: "I want to fight, but just because that group of merchants is Li Quanzhong's opponent, then Li Quanzhong is also a veteran of a hundred battles, and when he conquered the Yan Dynasty, he made a lot of contributions, and the court couldn't send troops to support them at all." ”

Li Zhi nodded slightly, and suddenly looked at Wu Meiniang on the side, and saw that Wu Meiniang fell into silence again, so he deliberately asked, "What does the queen think?" ”

Wu Meiniang glanced at Li Zhi in a little surprise, and then muttered a little before saying: "The concubine thinks that General Qibi has already revealed the key!" ”

Qi Bi He Li was stunned: "What did the queen say? ”

Wu Meiniang said: "There is such a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, so why did Li Qianzhong write a letter to the court for help?" And faster than the letter from Yingzhou. ”

When Han Yi heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Wu Meiniang is Wu Meiniang in the end, she is dedicated to two things, and her thinking can still be so agile.

Qi Qi He Li nodded and said, "That's right! That's what I'm wondering about? Can...... But why is that? ”

Cui Jijian smiled: "This is very simple, because Li Qianzhong is afraid that the imperial court will send troops to help Wan Quansheng, so he will inform the imperial court first and test the meaning of the imperial court." ”

Qi Bi He Li said: "Why is he afraid that the imperial court will send troops to help Wan Quansheng, and the imperial court will help him, he is the metropolitan governor of the Songmo Metropolitan Mansion!" ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "Regarding this point, isn't it very obvious in the letter, Wan Quansheng hopes to implement the state and county system in the local area, then of course Li Quanzhong doesn't want to, if the northwest system, he can't be the head of the alliance." However, the implementation of the state and county system is naturally very beneficial to the rule of the imperial court, which is why he wrote so quickly, that is, he hoped that the imperial court would order him to put down the rebellion before he understood, so that Wan Quansheng and they would no longer have the illusion that the imperial court would help them. ”

Cui Jijian nodded and said: "It is precisely this reason, it can be seen that it is not Wan Quansheng who really has the heart of rebellion, but Li Quanzhong, if the imperial court does not support him, he may immediately rebel after eliminating Wan Quansheng." ”

Li Ji frowned and said, "Yes!" This is really an opportunity. ”

Li Zhi asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Li Jidao: "In normal times, the alliance of the Khitan Eight Divisions is relatively loose, even the alliance leader can't respond to all calls, and now, they have a common enemy, which will cause the rest of the tribes to gather around Li Quanzhong, Li Quanzhong's authority is far better than usual, and the court can prevent Li Quanzhong from taking advantage of the situation to rebel!" ”

Qibi He Li's face also became solemn, and said: "The Khitan people are all brave and good at fighting, if they are all united, it is really not to be underestimated." ”

Zhang Wen said: "In this case, then the imperial court will still send troops to support Li Quanzhong, indicating that the imperial court still supports them, so that other chieftains will not stand with Li Quanzhong to resist my Tang Dynasty." ”

Wu Meiniang said suddenly: "I don't approve of this, since Li Duzhong already has evil intentions, I can't let him continue to serve as the governor of the capital, otherwise, it is a matter of raising tigers, and he will rebel sooner or later." ”

Saying that, she said to Li Zhi: "Your Majesty, why don't you take this opportunity to send troops to support Wanquansheng, take advantage of the situation to implement the state and county system on the Khitan side, and promote the Central Plains civilization to them, so that you can never suffer in the future." ”

Zhang Wenguan said: "Queen, he is the governor of the capital, Wan Quansheng is the rebel, how can the imperial court help the rebels to fight and build the governor's mansion by themselves, this is ...... It doesn't make sense! ”

Han Yi said: "I think the essence of the matter is that the chief of Si Wan Dan Dan Mo brutally exploited the local people, making the people miserable, Wan Quansheng was the last resort, so he killed his own chieftain, not to rebel, the court can recognize Wan Quansheng is the chief of Si Wandan, and let Li Quanzhong stop the attack on Wan Quansheng, let them shake hands and make peace, and maintain the original peace." ”

Zhang Wen said: "Shang Shuling thinks Li Qianzhong will do this? ”

Han Yi said: "In the final analysis, this is also an internal matter of Si Wandan, if Wan Quansheng expands the power of his tribe, then of course the imperial court will not help him, on the contrary, Li Quanzhong and they can't bully the less with more and the weak with the strong." Moreover, the best way for the imperial court to deal with this kind of thing is to mediate, because no matter which side the imperial court helps, it will cause some dissatisfaction, which can be used by people with bad intentions. If Li Quanzhong understood the good intentions of the imperial court, obeyed the orders of the imperial court, and was willing to cease fighting, then it would be fine, if he did not obey, it would prove that he had determined to rebel, and then the imperial court would not need to worry much. ”

Hao Chujun said: "Your Majesty, if you do this, it will only set off a bigger war, and the minister thinks that there is no need for this." ”

Wan Quansheng will definitely not be able to defeat Li Quanzhong, if the imperial court sends troops to help Li Quanzhong, the war will soon end and will not affect the Central Plains, but if Wan Quansheng is helped, then the Central Plains will definitely send troops, and the war will only burn more violently.

Wu Meiniang said very strongly: "I think this is to end the war with a war, the imperial court should take advantage of Li Quanzhong's full wings, first eliminate him, if he is allowed to eliminate Wanquansheng, the Khitans will definitely look at the horse's head, and then deal with him, but it will be difficult, and then it will only pay a greater price." ”

Qi Bi He Li immediately said: "The queen is reasonable, and the minister agrees with the queen's suggestion." ”

Li Jidao: "Your Majesty, the old minister also thinks that the imperial court should first give Li Quanzhong restrictions, even if Wan Quansheng is wrong, it should be decided by the imperial court, not him Li Quanzhong." ”

Xue Rengui and Yang Sine all expressed their support for the queen's proposal.

These generals are more and more appreciative of Wu Meiniang's attitude, resolute and decisive, quite Taizong's demeanor, this person doesn't talk much, no matter who comes, just hit it, Lao Tzu is the first in the world, if you don't accept it, you can be convinced.

In fact, Wu Meiniang in history put internal affairs first, and she was not good at diplomacy, but she didn't say that she was afraid of war, but for her, internal affairs were more important, because it was the ministers of the DPRK and China who mainly opposed her, not those enemies outside, but now the situation is completely different, and she has to rely on foreign affairs to consolidate her internal affairs.

Li Zhi nodded slightly.

Han Yi said suddenly: "Although the minister also agrees with the queen's suggestion, he still has to consider the cost and risk, this matter happened suddenly, and the court has no preparations." ”

Li Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Sikong thinks, how many people do we have to mobilize, and what are the odds?" ”

Without waiting for Li Ji to speak, Na Qi He Li said: "Your Majesty, the Khitan is far inferior to Goguryeo, their alliance is very loose, and now they have been divided internally, as long as we can give them a head-on blow, they will soon collapse, and the minister estimates that 20,000 elite soldiers are about the same." ”

In fact, the full strength of the Tang Army is 50,000, and He Li only requires 20,000 elites, and he doesn't even need a full number.

If the Song Dynasty wants to hear this, it is estimated that it will cry and faint, and it is really embarrassing to fight the Khitan with only 20,000 elite soldiers, of course, today's Khitan is far inferior to the Khitan during the Song Dynasty.

Li Ji said: "You can also let Gao Kan lead 10,000 troops in Taiyuan to attack from the southwest, and you can be sure that nothing goes wrong." ”

Han Yi said: "If you only mobilize less than 50,000 people, the local logistics are enough to guarantee." ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Then I don't know who to send to lead the army?" ”

Xue Rengui immediately stood up and said, "The minister is willing to go." ”

He Li waved his hand and said: "General Xue, you can be my deputy general, but I led the Khitan tribe to conquer Goguryeo, I am very familiar with them, of course I will lead the troops to this battle." ”

Li Ji also said: "The old minister also thinks that General Qibi is the most suitable. ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, according to Shang Shuling's suggestion, first send someone to inform Li Quanzhong immediately, let them stop the attack, and the imperial court will send someone to mediate this matter." Qi Aiqing, Xue Aiqing, you secretly rushed to Yingzhou, if there is a change, immediately send troops to destroy it. ”

"Your Ministers obey."

People are not very worried about this. Because today's Tang army is invincible in the world, the military actions of the Tang Dynasty recorded in the history books during this period were either peaceful or annihilated, and there is no value to talk about.

After the meeting, Li Zhi was full of exhaustion, now this sleep is very important to him, if he doesn't sleep well, this whole day will be very uncomfortable, the matter of the South China Sea over there, has not been sorted out, the Khitan here is in chaos again, he needs Wu Meiniang's help too much at this moment, so he said to Wu Meiniang: "Queen, now there is likely to be a war in the Songmo Governor's Mansion, I need you to assist me!" ”

Wu Meiniang nodded and said, "The concubine will return to the political hall, but Your Majesty should also involve the prince." ”

Li Zhi smiled with relief: "With your mother escorting the prince, I am relieved." ”