Chang'an, the New Year's dynasty has been postponed indefinitely, Li Zhengji brazenly rebelled, the Hui army pressed the border, Cui Qinggong took revenge on Xiangyang, the three major events broke out almost at the same time, shocked the Chang'an government and the opposition, internal and external troubles, so that up to the Xiangguo, down to the common people, all worried about the fate of the Tang Dynasty, restaurants, teahouses, brothels, casinos, inns, all public places, almost everyone is talking about the consequences of the three things and the possible countermeasures of the imperial court.

At this time, a small piece of news quietly circulated in Chang'an, Hanzhong Zhu had already sneak attacked Shangyong, and the terrifying Zhu Demon King of Chang'an was not willing to be lonely, this news was like making matters worse, making the entire Chang'an shrouded in a gloomy fog.

At night, Pei Jun paced back and forth in the study uneasily, on the table, the information that flew like snowflakes was spread all over the table, and the Hui army suddenly pressed the border, which was completely unexpected by him, and the route he was targeting was between Hebei and Hedong, in order to monitor Cui Qinggong and suppress Li Zhengji, most of his Hebei Army and Hedong Army had been transferred.

The sudden news completely disrupted his deployment, and he immediately ordered the entire front to shrink his forces and change the offensive to a defensive position, but in this way, Cui Qinggong got the opportunity and began to attack Xiangyang on a large scale, and Li Zhengji also got a chance to breathe, and wantonly recruited troops north of Guanlong, and even Zhu also sent troops to Shangyong, trying to share a piece of the Shannan incident.

In just a few days, the situation has changed abruptly, and the huge pressure of public opinion in the government and the opposition has made Pei Jun's hair half white, it should be said that the situation in the north is still under his control, and the Hui army pressed the border but did not break into the Central Plains, Zhang Huan also promised to send troops to pacify Li Zhengji, the key is the situation in Shannan, how to deal with Cui Qinggong's greed and Zhu's ambition, but it put him Pei Jun in a dilemma, whether to directly send troops to support the Wang family and prevent the war, or wait for Zhu and Cui to lose both, and then he will reap the benefits of the fisherman?

For this. He couldn't make a decision

At this time, a low voice came from outside the door, "Father." Someone at the back door asked to see him, and he was sent from the palace. ”

"Cui Xiaofu!" Pei Jun was slightly stunned, what did she want to do? And sneakily begging to see him at the back door. Pei Jun suddenly realized sensitively that Cui Xiaofu sent someone at this time, which was probably related to the current situation.

"Bring him here!"

In a moment, a tall and fat masked man in black was brought in, he took off his mask, and saw that he was white-skinned and beardless, obviously a eunuch, and as soon as he entered the door, he gave a deep salute," said the old slave Feng En. Ordered by the Queen Mother, to send a letter to Xiangguo. ”

He took out a letter and held it high above his head," said the Queen Mother. What she wants to say is in the letter, please think twice. ”

Zichen Pavilion of Daming Palace, a court meeting related to the future and fate of the Tang Dynasty was urgently convened by Cui Xiaofudi, Pei Jun, Cui Yu, Li Mian, and Wei Ge. As well as the new military department squire Yuan Zai, the subordinate squire Zhang Potian, the official servant Pei You, the household servant Lu Qi and other six servants, as well as dozens of heads of the secretary and supervisor such as Taifu, Shaofu, Armament, Taichang, Taifu, Dali, etc.

Prior to this, the four cabinet ministers in Beijing had already held many meetings on the situation, but they had not been able to reach an agreement on the issue of Cui Qinggong.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the mourning family thinks that it is freezing three feet, not a day's cold, causing today's tragic situation, which is also very related to the chaos and abnormal operation of the government in recent years. The view of the mourning family is that if you go outside, you must first settle inside. It is necessary to first rectify the dynasty and restore the order that our Datang should have. So that the power can be checked, so that all the edicts can go down smoothly, and only then can the conditions be created for quelling this internal strife and external troubles, what do you think? ”

There was silence in the hall, only Cui Xiaofu's clear voice was echoing, and the temporary court meeting that was originally intended to solve the chaos turned into an opportunity for Cui Xiaofu to declare his power, which really surprised many people.

"Queen Mother, Weichen thinks that the ministers of the court are united at this time, and they are all exhausted to quell the internal strife and defend against external troubles, and no one will think of their own interests at this time, please rest assured that the Queen Mother will do this!"

It was not Pei Jun who stood up and spoke, but Zhang Potian, who had just taken office as a servant under his door, he was extremely old in the court, and his words aroused a whisper, which obviously resonated with many officials, and even Cui Xiaofu's hardcore supporter Li Mian also slightly brushed his beard and agreed.

Cui Xiaofu saw that everyone did not support her view that she must first settle the mainland, she was annoyed with Zhang Potian for a while, but said with a smile on her face: "The mourning family also hopes to completely solve the root cause of my Tang warlord secession, since Zhang Aiqing advocates treating the symptoms first and then the root cause, then it is okay, can Zhang Aiqing have a practical plan?" ”

Zhang Potian smiled and said: "This matter has been discussed by Pei Xiang and several cabinet ministers many times, and it must have been decided, why didn't the Queen Mother ask Xiangguo?" ”

Cui Xiaofu touched a soft nail, and she turned to look at Pei Jun again.

Pei Jun saw Cui Xiaofu's complicated eyes, he knew that if he couldn't come up with a plan today, Cui Xiaofu would inevitably make a big fuss and force him to make the biggest concessions, and many ministers might also take the opportunity to express their dissatisfaction.

"Queen Mother, ministers, although the chaos is menacing, it is not without a countermeasure, the key is what Zhang Shilang said, everyone must unite as one, share worries for the country, and don't give birth to more accidents for their own selfishness."

Speaking of this, Pei Jun glanced at Cui Xiaofu slightly, and seeing the disapproving expression in her eyes, he couldn't help but sneer secretly, and continued: "I discussed with several cabinet ministers, and basically found a feasible solution, first of all, to deal with the pressure of the Hui Nan, on the one hand, we can send an envoy to meet their Khan and ask him why he is treacherous, I have ordered Zhang Yansheng in the imperial history to be the envoy to go north to Han Erbali, and at the same time, I will concentrate 200,000 troops to take the initiative to go north and defend the Hui people outside the Yin Mountain, this is one of them; Second, Shuo Fang Li Zhengji can ask Longyou Jiedu to make Zhang Huan send troops to quell his rebellion, and I have ordered Zhang Huan to prepare to send troops, just waiting for the Empress Dowager to officially give an order; Third, regarding Cui Qinggong's attack on Xiangyang, I have also sent people to mediate the contradictions between Cui and Wang, and in addition, once the crisis of Huifu is resolved, I will immediately order the Hedong Army to go south to stop Cui Qinggong's bold and reckless actions. ”

Judging from Pei Jun's strategy, it is feasible to solve Hui Su and Li Zhengji, but Cui Qinggong's plan seems to be a little unrealistic.

Mediate contradictions, how can they mediate the contradictions between them? Furthermore, the drunkard does not mean to drink. He Cui Qinggong is just an excuse to avenge his son, which everyone knows well, as for waiting for the settlement to deal with Cui Qinggong. It's even more nonsense, I'm afraid that the raw rice had already been cooked at that time, and all the ministers were guessing Pei Jundi's thoughts. Maybe it's because Hui Su and Li Zhengji involve his Pei Jun's vital interests, and the other involves his Pei Jun's responsibility, of course he has to go all out to solve it, as for Cui Qinggong, it was caused by the internal strife in the Cui family, and it has little to do with him Pei Jun.

"I don't agree with Pei Xiangguo's plan."

Wei Ge, who had always kept a low profile, suddenly stood up, and unlike other people's perspectives, he vaguely guessed that Pei Jun's real intention was to sacrifice Xiangyang. triggered a vicious battle between Zhu and Cui Qinggong for Shannan, causing both of them to lose and be injured, and on the other hand, they also kept the rich Jianghuai, and when Cui and Zhu fought and lost both. He, Pei Jun, had already solved the Hui, and the army turned around and went south again, eating the two warlords in one fell swoop, and the Wang family became the fourth of the seven great families that Pei Jun exterminated by Cui Qinggong's hand. It can also be said that this is Pei Jun's plan to kill three soldiers, but at this time, Wei Ge's concubine has married the Wang family, and he does not want the Wang family to become a victim of Pei Jun's solution to Cui Qinggong and Zhu, and because of this, he has been strongly opposed to Pei Jun's plan at the emergency cabinet meeting two days ago.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he stood in the middle of the hall. bowed to Cui Xiaofu. Raised his voice: "I thought it was unwise for Pei Xiangguo to transfer troops to the north, not only to connive at Cui Qinggong, Li Xilie and others to ravage Shannan. And it fueled the arrogance of the warlords to divide the place, Pei Xiang kept saying that it was to defend against Hui, but as far as I know, the army in the north is under the banner of the Northern Party Xiangren, which is naturally a move to sell dog meat on the head of a sheep, but it also shows that the Hui Viga Khan is not really at war with the Tang Dynasty, and just wants to take advantage of the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty to get a little benefit, so we only need to strengthen the defense of the three surrendered cities, and Shuo Fang Li Zhengji, Pei Xiangguo also said that it will be handed over to Zhang Huan to deal with, since the most tricky and most burning eyebrows Pei Xiang can leave it alone, So, what is the need for Pei Xiangguo to gather 200,000 troops to deal with Hui Hui's unclear intention to attack, but he gave up control of Cui Qinggong, is this a bit of a suspicion of not distinguishing between priority and priority? ”

"The minister also agrees with Wei Fu's words!" Zuo Xiang Cui Yu also stood up, he saluted Cui Xiaofu and said: "The imperial court's control over the local warlords is too weak, if Cui Qinggong is allowed to occupy Jingxiang, at that time he has enough food and grass, and the army is abundant, how can he not expand the army, and the south of the Yangtze River has not been a military disaster for a hundred years, and there is almost no defense, the minister is worried that Cui Qinggong at that time will really get out of control, this matter must not be careless, please think twice!" ”

At this moment, there was a sound of stealing in the hall, and the opposition of Wei Ge and Cui Yu, the two important ministers, brought great uncertainty to Pei Jun's solution, the key below is Cui Xiaofu, her attitude will directly affect Li Mian, if Li Mian also opposes, it is equivalent to the cabinet vetoing Pei Jun's plan, Pei Jun is also silent, silently waiting for Cui Xiaofu's statement.

Just when everyone turned their eyes to the Queen Mother Cui Xiaofu, waiting for her final rejection of Pei Jun's plan, but the strange thing is that Cui Xiaofu didn't seem to care very much about Cui Qinggong's dispatch to Xiangyang, only to see her nod slightly and said: "The mourning family thinks that Cui Qinggong and Hui and Li Zhengji cannot be compared, after all, it is an internal dispute between the Cui and Wang families, and it must be understood with reason and emotion, and it can be discussed in the long run, I believe that Cui Qinggong will also focus on the overall situation and will not do anything out of the ordinary, but Hui Hui and Li Zhengji should not be taken lightly, Even if Hui Hui didn't really attack the Tang Dynasty, it was necessary to prevent the emptiness in Hedong from being taken advantage of by Li Zhengji, so the mourning family agreed to Pei Xiangguo's land plan, and also believed that Pei Xiangguo would definitely properly solve Cui Qinggong's matter, Xiangguo, you said that the mourning family might trust you? ”

Cui Xiaofu favored Cui Qinggong's heart, Pei Jun knew it, he stepped forward and gave a long salute, "The minister will never live up to the expectations of the Queen Mother, please make an order from the Queen Mother, and urge Longyou Jiedu to make Zhang Huan send troops." ”

Cui Xiaofu nodded, and resolutely ordered: "Spread the will of the mourning family, and order Zhang Huan, the generalissimo of the West and the Longyou Jiedu, to immediately send troops to Lingwu County to quell the rebellion of Shuofang Li Zhengji!" ”