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Li Jiang was taken aback when he saw Li Mao, and asked, "The war in Chengde is so tight, why did you come back?"

Li Mao took out Wang Chengzong's letter of invitation and peace, and Li Jiang was shocked: "Tutu is also the envoy of Hebei, what does he say" Li Mao said: "Wang Chengzong can't believe him, and he insists on seeing the edict of the Son of Heaven before he is willing to sacrifice the city and return to obedience." There are almost all the books that sugar hua wants to read.,It's much more stable and updated faster than the general station.,There's no ads in the whole text.。 ”

Li Jiang pondered for a moment and said, "I'm afraid that the Son of Heaven may not be willing to agree." ”

Li Mao said: "This is also what I'm worried about, and at the moment I'm afraid that I won't be able to see the Son of Heaven at the moment." ”

Li Jiang nodded, took Wang Chengzong's table, and said, "I'll deliver it." ”

Li Jiang left Li Mao to live at home, and strictly blocked the news from the outside world, Li Jiang is now favored, it is not difficult to face the saint, and after finding a gap, Li Jiang handed over Wang Chengzong's table. In the past, whenever there was a major event to discuss, Liu Xiguang always had to rebuke the left and right, and serve himself personally, today he still repelled the left and right and stayed, Li Chun glared at him, Liu Xiguang retreated in panic, but when he was young, he came in under the pretext of sending tea, and offered tea, but the person stood and did not leave, this time Li Chunquan did not see this person.

Liu Xiguang is Tutu Chengguang's cronies, and this matter has a great interest relationship with Tutu Chenghuang, and Li Jiang is very entangled in his heart.

But the arrow is on the string, and it has to be sent, Li Jiang Li Chen accepted the benefits of Wang Chengzong's surrender, in addition to what Li Mao and Wang Chengzong said on the table, Li Jiang added his own opinions.

"The three towns of Hebei have been divided for a long time, with the same spirit and branches, one is prosperous, one is lost, and they are often filthy on weekdays, attacking each other, but fundamentally they have the same interests. Liu Ji wanted to avenge the old revenge and raise troops to crusade against Wang Chengzong, and Tian Xing wanted to lend troops to expand his power, and neither of them necessarily had the heart to uproot Chengde.

"Therefore, although the city of Shenzhou fell, the defenders of 20,000 people were able to retreat safely, and although Jizhou was broken, it still ordered the generals to garrison the key points. This is the two of them to leave a way back for the future repair, if they know that the court wants to uproot Chengde, it is difficult to ensure that the two will not defect and eat their master. At that time, the situation in Hebei will be out of control, and the overall situation in the world will also collapse.

"If Wang Chengzong is promised to surrender, the imperial court will send the supervising army to lead the troops to suppress it, and collect his taxes and the appointment and dismissal of officials, limit the number of his troops, and control his military supply, then the righteousness is in the imperial court, Youzhou and Weizhou are afraid of being retaliated by the Wang family, and in order to contain the enemy, they will inevitably stand on the side of the imperial court and obey the orders of the imperial court. The situation in Hebei is complicated, it is difficult to cut the mess with a quick knife, and it is necessary to boil the toad in warm water, although it takes time, after all, there will be a day when the soup will be boiled. Complete Works"

Li Chun admitted that Li Jiang's opinion was very reasonable, but he was still hesitant, he was fighting Chengde with a moment of anger, and he regretted it after sending the troops, but he had to send it on the string, he thought that Chengde was a large Xichuan or Zhenhai, although it was difficult to gnaw, but he was not afraid to beat him, as soon as the heavenly soldiers arrived, they would still fall down in a hulala, but the facts told him that Chengde was not Xichuan and Xia Sui, and the bones of Hebei were not only hard, but also had a lot of tendons, and there was nowhere to put his mouth.

When he was exhausted, Li Chun even retreated, but it was difficult to ride a tiger and he was helpless.

Who knew that after the peak turned around, after capturing and killing Lu Congshi, everything became so smooth, first Liu Ji recovered from his illness and besieged Shenzhou, making Wang Chengzong difficult to take care of. Later, Tian Ji'an, who had been secretly eyebrow-raising with Wang Chengzong, was seriously ill and lost power, and Tian Xing, who was in charge of the Tianxiong Army, was a loyal minister who was loyal to the country, conquered Jizhou in one fell swoop, and split Chengde into two sections.

Wang Chengzong is embattled, and the general trend has gone.

At this time, accepting Wang Chengzong's request for peace can certainly end the war as soon as possible, save the imperial finances on the verge of collapse, and avoid the death of tens of thousands of soldiers and the lives of the people in Zhenzhou, but is this his goal, Hebei has been divided for too long, and the government and the people no longer recognize him as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Killing people, bleeding and drifting, although the means are a little more ruthless, it is a long-term peace and stability plan.

Thinking of this, Li Chun's heart hardened, and he asked Li Jiang: "How can this table be in your hands?"

Li Jiang paused for a moment, and suddenly felt a chill in his spine, and the emperor asked knowingly what his intentions were

He didn't dare to conceal it: "The table was brought back by General Li Mao from the front, he went all the way, and fell ill after entering Beijing, and now he has a high fever that does not go away, and he does not dare to face the saint." After Li Jiang finished speaking, he sweated like a pulp, and the front-line general secretly returned to Beijing to see the Son of Heaven, but he saw him first, the prime minister, this is a big taboo, a big taboo.

Li Chun sighed and said lightly: "He has also worked hard this time, let him rest well." ”

In addition, there was no word, Li Jiang saw that his face was ugly, and he didn't dare to say more, so he told Li Mao, and Li Mao was silent.

Less than an hour after Li Jiang left, there was an extra team of capable plainclothes outside his house. With Li Jiang's delicacy, he would never mention his return to Beijing in front of Tutu Chengguang's cronies, so there is only one explanation, Li Chun did not support Liu Xiguang, he deliberately leaked the news of his return to Beijing to Tutu Chengguang.

These plainclothes in Li Jiang's outer house must be the people who suddenly vomited Chengxuan's confidant Liu Xiguang, and they were targeted by them.

Li Mao smiled helplessly and said to Li Jiang: "I caused the disaster, but I shouldn't have involved you." ”

Li Jiang said excitedly: "Did we do something wrong in this matter, I think it's right, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, seriously ill people must be slowly adjusted, and fierce medicine will cure people." If you are demoted because of this, you have no regrets. ”

At this time, the general of the Shence Army led a soldier into the palace to ask for a meeting, saying that he was ordered to protect Li Mao's safety, Li Mao and Li Jiang understood that this was the person who Tutu Chengguang, and the purpose was not to protect, but to put him under house arrest.

On a sultry summer night, in the bamboo festival view in the south of Zhenzhou, Wang Chengyuan, the younger brother of Wang Chengzong, sat in the plain room after staying in the Chengde Festival, and carefully copied the Taoist classics of Qingjingjing, the weather was hot, and the house was stuffy, but Wang Chengyuan was dressed neatly and neatly, and the beads of sweat were born on the forehead and cheeks, gathered on the tip of the nose, and rolled down one by one and hit the straw paper.

Wang Chengyuan did not squint, sitting upright like a stone statue, unmoved.

After writing the last word "cloud", Wang Chengyuan calmly put down the pen, picked up a bowl of warm boiled water with a little salt on the table, drank it all in one gulp, then picked up a towel and gently wiped the sweat off his face, cleaned up the manuscript he had just copied, pressed it with a paperweight, blew out the oil lamp, and stepped out of the study by the moonlight outside the window.

There is a well in the courtyard in front of the plain room, Wang Chengyuan rolled up his sleeves and hit a bucket of cool well water, he took off his robe, dipped a burlap in water, carefully wiped his body, and after his body adapted to the coolness of the well water, he lifted the bucket, poured the remaining water on his head, shivered coldly, and shouted: "Comfortable." ”

A young Taoist boy slammed his body against the door and came in, kicked the wooden door with his backleg, and called, "It's time to eat." ”

As he spoke, he put the food on the stone table in the courtyard, turned around and went to the house, took out a change of clothes, put it on the stone well platform, and busily ordered wormwood to smoke mosquitoes.

After Wang Chengyuan poured a few buckets of water, after his hot body was completely cooled, he wiped his body dry, changed into clean robes, and then sat down to eat.

Under the moonlight, on the stone table, a bowl of thin rice porridge that can see the reflection, two coarse dough cakes and a plate of pickles, this is Wang Chengyuan's dinner, because of copying the scriptures and missing the meal, the porridge and cakes have been cold.

Wang Chengyuan ate and chewed slowly, but he never dragged mud and water, ate it all for a while, put down the chopsticks, Xiao Daotong cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and was busy combing his hair.

Wang Chengyuan asked Xiaodaotong: "I didn't see the shouting and killing outside today, didn't the official army attack the city?"

Dao Tong turned around and smiled: "You are an immortal outside the world, don't care about these idle things, concentrate on cultivating your immortal Dao." ”

Wang Chengyuan sighed: "If you want to jump out of the red dust, my Taoism is not enough." ”

As he was saying this, he heard a chaotic footstep outside, and Xiaodao Tong's hand trembled, tearing off several of Wang Chengyuan's hairs.

The courtyard door was rudely pushed open, and two fierce generals strode with knives, and the soldiers behind them held the knife in one hand and the torch in the other, their faces solemn and murderous. Xiaodao Tong's face was like dust, and he hurriedly hid behind Wang Chengyuan.

Wang Chengyuan smiled and comforted: "They are their own people. ”

He asked: "General Lu, General Fang, come late at night, what do you have to say?" ”

The people who came were two senior generals from the Chengde Jiedu Embassy, one Lu Zhen and one Fang Chuang. After Wang Chengzong succeeded to the throne, the two served left and right, and they were very important.

Lu Zhen reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "If you have something important to discuss later, please discuss with your son." ”

Wang Chengyuan smiled faintly and said: "I am a monk, discussing something important"

Fang Chuang knelt on one knee and said with tears: "After staying, he is critically ill, please enter the house as soon as possible, and explain what will happen later." ”

Wang Chengyuan was silent when he heard this. Lu Zhen secretly blamed Fang Chuang for being reckless, he shouldn't tell the truth, Wang Chengyuan is dedicated to cultivating the Tao, and he doesn't want to be contaminated with mundane things, no one in Zhenzhou knows it, in case he refuses to give in, how can he explain to the two ladies

Fang Chuang said indignantly: "The building is about to fall, if the prince refuses to stretch out his hand, what are we going to do." ”

Wang Chengyuan suddenly raised his head, and said with tears in his eyes: "Yes, yes, if I am discouraged, people's hearts will be scattered." He shook his head lightly, as if saying to himself: "Under the nest, there are no eggs."

Wang Chengyuan wiped away his tears and said to Lu Zhen and Fang Chuang: "Annoying the two generals to lead the way." ”

The two were overjoyed, and urgently urged Wang Chengyuan to get on the horse, and went north out of the bamboo festival to the north out of the land of Wufang, and suddenly a team of people and horses came out in front, without lanterns, very secretive.

Lu Zhen shouted: "Array, blow the trumpet, stop the trumpet and don't give way, don't count killing." ”

The three-way horn sounded, and the person on the opposite side shouted urgently: "Don't misunderstand, it's me, Wang Tingcuo." ”

Lu Zhen said with a smile: "General Wang went out on business, when will he come back, he has worked hard all the way, I will be the east another day, how about we have a drink together, today my brother has military affairs, and I have no time to wash the dust for the general." ”

Wang Ting smiled and said, "General Lu, don't get me wrong, I was just passing by and saw a light in the distance, so I stopped and asked." The general has official business, and he does not dare to delay, so let's say goodbye and leave. ”

Although the words were polite, Lu Zhen and Fang Chuang were full of wariness of Wang Tingcuo, and waited for him to go away before leaving, concentrating on vigilance along the way, not daring to relax at all.

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