The emperor wandered out of the world with his eyes closed, and there was an excited smile on his face.

Wu Cairen secretly despised this emperor who once made him full of awe. Outsiders thought that Zhenguan Tianzi was so wise and great, but after close contact during this time, she realized how disappointing this emperor was.

Arrogant, conceited.

Gaze back.

The martial artist looked down at the recital on the imperial case.

When the chapter was opened, the words on it were very well written, and the small letters were so upright. Originally, she should have closed the music and put it in order, but looking at the excellent block letters, she couldn't help but read it.

This is a recital on behalf of the Privy Council.

It talks about the current situation of rebels in various places, and it is reported in great detail.

The Wu clan looked at it and was surprised to find that the power of the righteous father was already so great. It was even so big that it made the imperial court privy envoys full of worries.

This is by no means what the rebel army in the capital has preached and is struggling to support or something.

Li Ji suffered another defeat and still failed to attack Wuling.

However, Cheng Chumo led the soldiers and horses of Nanzhao, but he had already attacked most of the areas around Dianchi Lake in the south of Jiannan Province to the north, Queensland, Lizhou and other places, and hit the south bank of Lushui in Jiannan.

Now the Yunnan soldiers and horses led by Cheng Chumo have broken through the obstacles with Subi in the west, and Yunnan and Subi have become one.

The Nu River, the Lancang River, and the Jinsha River connect the two places.

And Cheng Yanjin has also joined forces with Xiang Qiang, the Tuyuhun party, which makes the father and son finally meet.

Qu Tutong reminded the emperor that Cheng Chumo might attack the southern part of Jiannan Province next, and if he couldn't defeat him, then he could go all the way north to Chengdu.

And Cheng Yanjin is planning to march into Hanzhong, from Longyou directly into the Hanzhong area, when the Cheng family father and son attack from the north and south, Shu will be lost.

The most dangerous thing is that the Yunnan soldiers and horses led by Cheng Chumo not only attacked the southern part of Jiannan Road, but also opened up the passage with Subi and Longyou Cheng to the west, and became one.

Moreover, the rebels in the Lingnan region are now connected with the rebels in the southwest and northwest regions.

Now from Hexi to Longyou to Subi, then to Jiannan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangnan, Guangdong, all the way to Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangnan, the two largest forces of the rebel army have converged.

Although it is said that their convergence is limited to geography, the traffic is inconvenient.

The two armies formed a long, narrow belt.

Either way, the two rebels are now united.

The rebels now form a huge semi-encirclement of Jiangxi, Hunan, Qianzhong, Jiannan, Hanzhong, and Shaanxi.

In particular, the rebels also had the support of the Lingnan Slang Fang, Yunnan Nanzhao, Subi, Tugu Hun Qiang, and the Qianzhong Fangren.

If you add the two rebel forces in the north.

The situation in the imperial court is very critical, the rebels have become a trend, and now the consideration is not how to destroy them in a short time, but may face the division of the north and the south.

Qu Tutong said that the Tang Dynasty may have to face the dilemma of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and there may be the Northern Tang Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty at that time.

"Northern Tang, Southern Tang."

The martial artist muttered to him, feeling incredible.

Qu Tutong said in the end that it is almost impossible to win this war and end the rebellion within three to five years. Unless there is a way to assassinate Zhang Chao, if the assassination of Zhang Chao can be successful, maybe the rebels will no longer have the backbone of the main beam, and the court will still have a chance.

Otherwise, the imperial court would have to think about how to maintain the north.

Wucai people can't imagine that their father-in-law, the man who usually looks casual, has such a ability.

She couldn't help but turn the other pages.

I watched them one by one.

Time passes imperceptibly.

When he turned around, he found that the emperor was sitting there staring at him.

"Slaves should be damned!" Wu was startled, and his face turned pale.

The recitals of the imperial court are not something that she can read casually as a talented person.

Li Shimin had already woken up.

He had just taken the pill, and now he was in excellent spirits. He was also very angry when he saw Wu Shi flipping through the recital just now. But then, he heard Wu making comments while flipping through the chapters, and those comments were very reasonable, not gibberish.

That's a rarity.

He listened intentionally, but he didn't squeak.

Wu knelt on the ground and kowtowed, his face pale with fright.

Li Shimin looked down coldly, and when Wu's head was broken and bleeding, he said coldly.

"Do you know that you have committed a capital crime for your actions just now?"

"Your Majesty spares your life, the slave maid is just a ghost for a while."

"Tell me, what are you going to do with these movements?"

"The slave doesn't dare."

Li Shimin picked up a piece of music and threw it at Wu's feet, "I let you say it, and you can say it." ”

Wu Shi cautiously and secretly looked at the emperor, then picked up the piece and flipped through it, quickly read it, and then whispered a few suggestions for disposal.

Li Shimin was noncommittal, and threw a few more copies.

The Wu clan can quickly give opinions, and it is very much in line with Li Shimin's mind, and there are some disposal methods that he has never even thought of.

"Well, it's not bad, I didn't think you had this intelligence. Say, where did you learn this skill? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid used to accompany Xia Huaniang, not only learning lyrics and poetry, but also reading books and newspapers."

"It's rare to have this insight when you read the newspaper."

"If today's events are known to foreign ministers, you will definitely die, do you know?"

Wu nodded.

Even leaking the forbidden Chinese language is a capital offense, let alone peeking at the emperor's recital.

"However, I see that you are also smart and clever, so I will forgive you for your death. In the future, you help me sort out the chapters, check for me, and when I don't have time to review them, you will review them on my behalf and report back to me afterwards. ”

"Your Majesty, the slave doesn't dare anymore."

"I asked you to do it, what are you afraid of. As long as you don't say it to the outside world, I don't say it to the outside world, who knows? ”

Seeing that the emperor was not joking, Wu cautiously agreed.

"Your Majesty, Wang Chengen asks to see you." An attendant was on the outside.

Li Shimin asked the Wu clan to step aside, "Xuan." ”

Wang Chengen came in to report, and eighteen Zaifu collectively asked to see him outside the palace.

"What is it about the people who are so excited?"

Li Shimin frowned dissatisfiedly, "Let's just say that I am not feeling well today, so I don't see it." ”

Wang Chengen stepped back.

When he came to the palace gate, he reluctantly announced the news to the prime ministers.

Fang Xuanling listened, looked up at the direction of the palace, and sat down directly for a long time.

He sat like that in front of the palace gate.

"You go to report to Your Majesty again, that is, if Your Majesty doesn't see the old minister today, the minister will sit here and not leave."

"Fang Xiang, why are you doing this?"

"Talk slowly about something."

Fang Xuanling didn't say a word, and just sat there.

Wang Chengen was helpless, and he didn't dare to let the guards go up and drag the prime minister.

The eldest grandson, Wuji, also sat down.

Yu Wenshi also sat down.

The other prime ministers sat down.

If they don't see the emperor, they won't get up.

Wang Chengen hurriedly went back to the palace to report, what is going on.

"Oh? And such things? After Li Shimin listened, he snorted coldly.

"Then declare them to an audience."

Palace.

The Imperial Study.

Li Shimin looked at the eighteen prime ministers with a dark face.

The prime ministers led by Fang Xuanling and eldest grandson Wuji also had black faces.

The monarchs and ministers sat in the hall, all silent.

Long.

Li Shimin opened his mouth.

"You said that I let Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda, Lu Deming, and those students and businessmen who made trouble?"

"Do you still want me to ask Cheng Qian and Zhang Chao to make a truce?"

·······

The more Li Shimin spoke, the angrier he became.

"Since Zhang Chao's rebellion, my soldiers seem to have sided with the rebels. The 30,000 soldiers and horses who followed Zhang Chao to the south all defected. Then Zhang Chao attacked the city all the way and plundered the land, no one has resisted, and no one has been martyred and loyal. My magistrates also wore the same pants as the rebels. ”

"Now, have my prime ministers become one of their party?"

"Qu Tutong, what did you say about the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Northern Tang Dynasty, do you want me to go to Chenggan to divide the river and rule the Yangtze River, and give all the south of the Yangtze River to Chengqian, or do you want to give all the south of the Yellow River to Chengqian?"

The prime ministers waited for the emperor to finish his anger.

"Your Majesty, the flood that occurred once in a century in the south is now basically affected in the south, and preliminary statistics show that at least 200,000 people have drowned. Countless houses and fertile fields have been flooded, and countless losses have been lost. Your Majesty, at this time, disaster relief is a top priority. ”

Li Shimin laughed.

"Disaster relief? Isn't counterinsurgency the most important thing? ”

"Your Majesty, at such a time, how can we talk about counterinsurgency? How to fight a war in the south? The government soldiers everywhere have fled as disaster victims, roads have been blocked, cities have been flooded, how to fight? At such a time, if you don't help the disaster and comfort the people, but still recruit troops to fight, how can you be forgiven by the anger of God? ”

"O human heart, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, at this time, there is a temporary truce, disaster relief and relief for the people, which can appease the people, and you can also buy some time to readjust the deployment." The eldest grandson Wuji also persuaded.

Wang Chengen walked in quickly.

"Your Majesty, Jiangnan Urgent!"

"What's the emergency?"

Wang Chengen said cautiously, "A few days ago, the rebels suddenly launched a full-scale attack, successively capturing Yang, Chu, Hao, Shou, Chu, He, Lu, Shu, Xuan, Jiang, Rao and eleven prefectures. ”

Li Shimin stood up suddenly.

In the blink of an eye, the rebels actually came to Jiangzhou.

This Jiangzhou comes over, but it is Xiakou, and it is the mouth of the Han River.

The rebels are already very close to Xiangyang.

Jiangzhou to Xiakou, five hundred miles.

Xiakou to Xiangyang, six hundred and fifty miles.

Xiangyang to Hanjing, two hundred miles.

Counting up, it seems that there are more than 1,300 miles from Jiangzhou to Hanjing.

However, there is a smooth waterway from Jiangzhou to Hanjing, the Yangtze River, Hanshui, and Tang River, and the fleet can reach Hanjing directly.

Li Shimin also panicked.

I never expected that the rebels would be so fast, let alone that the officers and soldiers of Jianghuai could not even block it at all, and in the blink of an eye, the imperial court lost the land of eleven states.

What about the soldiers of these eleven states?

"Qu Tutong, you are the acting privy envoy, what do you say?" Li Shimin asked angrily.

"Your Majesty, there is a big water in the south, and it is difficult for all parts of the country to support each other, and the rebels have the advantage of the water division."

"That's not a reason." Li Shimin was furious.

He thought about it, this Zhang Chao, since the rebellion, the invincible officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty seem to have become all fucking wine bags and rice bags, and they have never fought a decent battle so far.

"Send someone to break the embankment in Jiangxi and flood Jiangxi, and Zhang Chao must not be allowed to attack again." Li Shimin said with a calm face.

Fang Xuanling was shocked.

"Your Majesty, by no means. This is self-destruction of the Great Wall and the loss of people's hearts. Besides, even if the embankment is broken, it will have no impact on Zhang Chao, they have a fleet, and they don't even need to replenish along the road. Breaking the levee is useless to him, it will only allow him to come more unimpeded. ”

"So what do you do? Could it be that when Zhang Chao hits Hanjing City, you will let me surrender? ”