It was a very good sunny day, the weather was clear, there was no cloud in the sky, the moon rose, and gradually plated Chunming Street in the evening with a silver, the street was still crowded with people buying and drinking, the Taibai Restaurant was full of laughter and laughter, and the guys with quick hands and feet were holding a plate of dishes, interspersed freely between the tables and chairs of the crowd, and the hustle and bustle faintly came from the sheng song.

The elegant room on the fourth floor is even more lively, dozens of big men gather together, the big sea bowls, piled up into a hill-like cooked meat, the aroma of wine and meat, the charcoal smell of barbecue, and the human smell are mixed into a special warm atmosphere, roars, scolding, cheers almost overturn the roof, money, and silver.

Li Qing and Li Siye sat against the wall, the two were drinking and gambling, one was drunk and smoky red, and the other was black and red but the more he drank, the whiter he became, and his tongue was knotted.

The ancients drank wine and modern people are slightly different, modern people drink and fight wits and strategies, Didi calculated, for fear that they will suffer a big loss if they drink more, but the Tang Dynasty is a martial era, wake up and kill human rights', 'why don't men take Wu hooks and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures', everywhere is full of courage and bravery, and the same is true for drinking, but I am afraid that I will drink less than others, not to mention that there are a lot of silver coins to do today.

Li Qing picked up another bowl of wine, squinted at Li Siye, and said with a smile: "This is the tenth bowl, you have to remember clearly, he only drank eight bowls." ”

To the applause of his supporters, he grunted and drank to the ground, wiped his mouth, and put the bowl on the shelf, "It's your turn!" ”

Since he and Wang Bing fell into the Minjiang River, Li Qing's amount of wine has gradually increased, as if the potential has been tapped, more than ten bowls of wine can barely cope, Li Siye is huge, but the amount of wine is disproportionate, a few bowls of wine down, his eyes, shouted, "Take the wine!" He grabbed the wine bowl and drank it all, looking up to the sky and smiling, but he fell on the wine table and couldn't move anymore.

Sitting on Li Qing's side, there was a burst of cheers, and his hand snatched the silver money on the table, while Li Siye's side was as earth-colored as an ear, looking at his money belonging to someone else.

Li Qing laughed, stared at Li Hugun and said, "Who bet Li Mo just now?" The loser gives the old man the money out! ”

"How can you carry 100 yuan with you, I'll give it to you in a few days." Li Hugun touched his nose, stared at the drunk and unconscious Li Siye, and began to reflect on his blind worship.

At this time, a guard hurriedly walked in and whispered a few words in Li Qing's ear, Li Qing's eyes flashed a hint of surprise, and he got up and smiled at everyone: "Brothers, drink slowly, I have something urgent to go first." ”

Where are the people willing to let him go, they just hold on to it, Li Qing smiled, pointed to the pile of silver he won and smiled: "If I leave, everyone will take this money and divide it!" ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and now they couldn't wait for him to get out of here, Li Qing went out and went downstairs, only to see a carriage parked at the door of the restaurant, as soon as he came out, an anxious white fat face was immediately revealed on the window, but it was Li Jingzhong, he immediately drove the door and complained: "Why are you running around, our family is looking for you everywhere." ”

"Is there something wrong with my father-in-law?"

Li Jingzhong pulled him into the carriage and said in a low voice, "Your Highness has something urgent to see you." ”

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In the East Palace, Li Heng was pacing back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed, and he seemed to be preoccupied, this afternoon, the Nanzhao delegation arrived in Chang'an, but Li Linfu got the news one step ahead of him, and had already picked up the Nanzhao mission, and at this moment, Li Linfu was setting up a banquet at home to entertain the VIPs who came from afar.

Of course, things are not so simple, Nanzhao affairs have always been in charge of him Li Heng, not only Nanzhao, but also the entire Tang Dynasty's diplomatic power is controlled by him, and at this time, Li Linfu suddenly intervened in this foot, obviously wanting to take away the dominance of Nanzhao and take it from his own hands, and Nanzhao's affairs also involve the personnel layout of Yizhou's new assassination history.

"Could this be what my father meant?"

Thinking that the Nanzhao assessment report he handed over was like a stone sinking into the sea, Li Heng's worries became more and more serious, no wonder, the city builder Zhu Lingqian, who caused the turmoil in the east, was recommended by him, poked out such a big basket, but his father did not say a word, this seems to be a bit unreasonable, is his father just waiting for the opportunity to meet the Nanzhao mission?

Li Heng knew very well that this Nanzhao mission was nominally an annual visit, but in fact it was to divert the attention of the imperial court and cover up their hand in the eastern region.

It is very likely that the father and emperor will take this opportunity to hand over the eastern issue and even the entire affairs of Nanzhao to Li Linfu.

"How's that okay?"

Li Heng's eyes showed an anxious look, his biggest regret was the lack of a henchman who was familiar with the situation of Nanzhao, although Li was his person, but he was two-faced and stabbed, and it was not possible

Some of his well-spoken ministers, such as the envoy Yushi Han Qia, who quelled the Eastern Rebellion this time, turned to Li Linfu when his position was in jeopardy some time ago, and Zhang Qiu and Qiong had to suppress the Jiannan region, let alone act rashly.

Li Heng's heart is very contradictory, national interests and personal rights are intertwined, so that he has no way to start, and this time Nanzhao on behalf of Pi Luo Ge came to the audience, it was his second to Chengjie, not the crown prince Luo Feng, so that Li Heng suddenly thought of Li Qing's Nanzhao theory, is it really as Li Qing said, this is the breakthrough to solve the affairs of Nanzhao, the dispute between cranes and mussels, and make the fisherman profitable?

Li Heng looked back at Shi Leak, Li Jingzhong had been looking for Li Qing for almost an hour, why hadn't he come yet? At this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and Li Jingzhong led Li Qing to come.

"Wechen see His Royal Highness." Li Qing entered the room and gave a salute, and glanced at it secretly, and saw that there was a map of Nanzhao on the table, and on the way Li Jingzhong quietly told him that Tai looking for him might be related to Nanzhao, and hinted to him that Nanzhao's affairs are very important to Tai, and if they can be properly resolved, they can completely turn the tables, and Tai has no henchmen who can use it.

"You've been drinking?"

"Today, I only drank a little bit for Li Siye, so it's okay."

"Come on! Have a cup of tea and sit down for a while."

Li Heng and Li Qing got along for nearly a month, and gradually began to trust him, and there was no coldness and temptation when they first met, he saw that Li Qing was indeed fine, so he turned around and took the report from Honglu Temple, handed it to him and said with a smile: "Do you know that Nanzhao is coming?" ”

Li Qing took it and flipped it over, and said with a smile: "The minister already knows, today the minister's family came from Chengdu and saw the envoy of Nanzhao and his party in Mingdemen, and the team was very spectacular. ”

Lian'er had already told him about Yu Chengjie's rudeness in the afternoon, and Wang Bing had become Yu Chengjie's subordinates, but these couldn't be said at this time, Li Qing turned to the end, and said with a little surprise: "Why did it come to Yu Chengjie, not Ge Luofeng?" ”

"This is the reason why I came to you, I remember that you said that day, you can provoke the relationship between Yu Chengjie and Ge Luofeng, let them brothers merge, and our Tang Dynasty takes profits, originally I didn't pay much attention to it, but looking at today's scene, I'm afraid that you will say that Nanzhao has changed internally."

Li Heng took back the report, sat down, and said with a serious expression: "I came to you just to hear your thoughts again, how should my Datang solve the problem of Nanzhao sitting in a big way safely and effectively." ”

Li Qing stabilized his mind, he lowered his head and thought about it: "I don't know what purpose Yu Chengjie is here for?" ”

Li Heng took out Li's secret report again and handed it to Li Qingdao: "They are nominally an annual visit, but in fact they are still for the east, you can see it when you look at it." ”

Li Qing saw it, and secretly praised Pi Luo Ge in his heart, "It is really a good method, and he actually used the method of harmony to entrap the two leaders of the Han clan, but the effect of this is only to weaken the influence of the Tang Dynasty in the east, but it cannot obtain the eastern region." His heart suddenly moved, and he thought of his own strategy to provoke infighting in Nanzhao, and his heart was awe-inspiring, "Could it be that Pi Luoge's next step is also to provoke infighting between the two leaders of the Han clan?" ”

Thinking of this, Li Qing asked again: "Your Highness, does you know the political orientation of the second leader of the Han clan?" ”

Li Heng glanced at him in surprise and said: "Han Chongdao is biased towards the Tang Dynasty, and King Han Gui is the culprit of this turmoil in the east, I heard that he is very close to Nanzhao, and the emperor's original intention is to establish Han Chongdao as the king of the east, but the king of Han Chongdao is quite popular, so he will not move him for the time being, and intends to crown a king in the north and south." ”

Li Qing suddenly smiled and said: "Since Nanzhao wants to use the strategy of harmony to envelop the Han clan, then why don't I use the plan to provoke the second cold fire?" Let Han Chongdao kill the king of Han Gui, so that Nanzhao has no hope of taking the east. ”

Li Heng's interest increased, "Tell me, what are the good strategies?" ”

Li Qing sneered and said: "The two dogs are fighting, if I only throw one bone in the Tang Dynasty, what will happen if His Highness says it?" For example, only one East King is sealed. ”

Li Heng was stunned, his eyes actually lit up, he took two steps, and then shook his head and said: "The method is good, but it is too dangerous, with the foresight of Pi Luo Ge, how can he sit idly by, if it is the king of Han Gui who grabs the bone in the end, it will not be self-defeating." ”

Li Qing smiled, "So this needs to solve the problem of Nanzhao first, the two are interlocking, it is one and two, two and three, solve the Nanzhao, and then throw the bones to the east, whether it is Han Chongdao killed the king of Hangui, or the king of Hangui killed Han Chongdao, it doesn't matter, and the remaining dog should be dying at that time." ”

Speaking of which, he still returned to Nanzhao, Li Heng's face became more and more solemn, he picked his eyes, and suddenly saw Li Qing's eyes with a smile, and his heart was enlightened, so he stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said: "If you have something to say, just finish it, don't show half of it." ”

Li Qing said lightly: "Actually, I have already said that if you want Nanzhao to be weak, you still have to start from within it, and the imperial court supports Yu Cheng."

, and to get him on the throne as soon as possible. ”

Li Heng nodded, he paced back and forth in the room, fell into deep thought, and after a while, he said slowly: "Nanzhao is coming, the imperial court will inevitably send an envoy to return the salute, are you willing to go to Nanzhao for me?" ”

Li Qing hesitated for a moment, "Your Highness has an order, how dare the minister disobey, it's just that the minister is soft-spoken, I'm afraid the court won't let me take on this important responsibility." ”

Li Heng smiled slightly: "I know this, my Datang envoy must at least be an official at the national level, naturally I won't let you be the envoy, you can follow him, use your strength in the dark, and I will help you." ”

Li Heng promised in his mouth, but he was not sure in his heart, Li Linfu had already stepped in, and it was still unknown who this Tang Zhengzhi belonged to.

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The night is already very deep, Li Longji is still pacing back and forth in the imperial study, and Tai Li Heng, he is also thinking about the problem of Nanzhao, Nanzhao has indeed sat on a big trend, the imperial court in order to resist the invasion of Tubo Erhai, chose the pro-Tang Mengshe Zhao, and he supported Pi Luo Ge, let it unify the edict, became today's Nan Zhao, although the wolf drove the tiger, but the wolf wants to fight back, Pi Luo Ge obviously wants to take the east, and even wants to sit on an equal footing with the Tang Dynasty, should have come to meet in early January, but it was a whole month late, it can be seen that his heart as a minister has faded.

Li Longji sneered, "A barbarian state also wants to walk side by side with my thousands of miles of rivers and mountains? ’

But Li Longji also knew that the Nanzhao issue was related to the overall situation of the entire southwest, and it also involved Tubo, and it must not be taken lightly. If you want Datang not to interfere with him to take the east, his heart can be punished!

Originally, he wanted to run the east, but there was a popular riot, which disrupted his strategy of containing Nanzhao, which made Li Longji very annoyed, and the reason was that Zhu Lingqian, who was too recommended, was brutal, but at that time, Taizhi's position was in jeopardy, and if this matter was pursued again, I am afraid that Taizhi's position would be really difficult to protect, so Li Longji has endured until today, and when Tai got through the difficulties, he would turn around and knock him again, let him be an honest man, and wait for himself to inherit the unification after a hundred years.

Li Longji sat down, and then picked up the evaluation report of Tai's Nanzhao and read it carefully, and at the end of the report, it was proposed that the Tang Dynasty should support Pi Luoge to ascend the throne next to Chengjie, so as to weaken the development of Nanzhao, which is indeed a very effective strategy. And today's envoy of Nanzhao is this Yu Chengjie who is greedy for comfort and wealth, so Li Longji instructed Li Linfu to first examine his words and look at his color to see if this Yu Chengjie is a usable person.

He repeatedly thought about this strategy of weakening Nanzhao from the inside, considering various feasibility, as well as the defense of Tubo, and he copied a copy of the living record of the Tainei Palace, on which there were Li Qing's original words, which was the method.

Li Longji took the Zhu pen, added some of his own thoughts to the living record, exhaled lightly, and put the pen down.

Relax.

Thinking of Li Qing, a smile appeared at the corner of Li Longji's mouth, and after the night of Shangyuan, Yang Yuhuan politely proposed to him that he would marry the county lord of Pingyang to Li Qing, although he didn't want to brush off the enthusiasm of the beauty as a matchmaker, but this Li Qing is still young and is not qualified to marry the county lord as his wife. However, Li Longji also values Li Qing, pragmatic and capable, and no one's high spirit, which is very much in line with his appetite, so he moved the idea of accepting him for his own use, and wanted to cultivate him as his descendant, but Li Longji thought about it again and again, and decided to let him assist Tai to cover his edge, hone it for a few more years, and keep it for later use, but someone has to help him for himself, but who should do it appropriately?

Li Longji sat on the dragon chair with his eyes closed, quietly thinking about the matter, Gao Lishi gently rubbed his temples for him with his thumb, he followed the emperor for many years, and then touched Li Longji's heart, when Li Longji was too Li Ying's attitude, he gently used a force for Concubine Wu Hui in the back, and now Li Cong, the king of Tan, has tried to woo him many times, but he has not said anything, he has already seen that Li Longji does not want to really abolish Li Heng, but he just wants to knock him with Li Linfu's hand, everyone says that Li Linfu is powerful, but Gao Lishi understands that Li Linfu is just a dog, The emperor in front of him is fine!

His eyes glanced slightly, there was a copy of the Tainei Palace living record on the imperial case, which had been circled by the emperor's Zhu pen, which he took out in the afternoon, and the Taiinner Palace living record was available every day, but this one The emperor had read it three times, Gao Lishi was secretly vigilant, what made the emperor so interested?

He thought to himself, but his hand slowed down unconsciously, Li Longji opened his eyes slightly, glanced at Gao Lishi, a fine light flashed in his long eyes, Gao Lishi was frightened, and immediately knelt down and said: "The emperor forgives the sin, the old slave dozed off, and he was distracted." ”

"That's it, you go and rest early!"

"The minions are not tired, the emperor has all the opportunities, so he should rest early!"

The corners of Li Longji's mouth suddenly showed an imperceptible smile, he beckoned to Gao Lishi, called him to come up, and whispered to him: "You run, call Li Lin, the king of Xining, for me, remember!" Be quiet, not quiet. ”