"The anti-Don coalition? What is this? Who is so bold? "The third year of the Apocalypse has come to an end, and the heart of the Tang Empire is immersed in a busy situation, all ministries are counting the implementation of this year's plan and missing errors and omissions, and reporting to Li Xuanqing for approval before going to the corresponding measures, and at the same time, it is necessary to compound the plan for the coming year and discuss the specific details of the new policies internally.

And when this urgent information from the northwest was sent to Hu Xiaosi, Xuanyingwei was also busy making New Year's plans, and several Xuanyingwei giants such as Biaozi Qin Kong also frowned when they heard Hu Xiaosi's muttering, this name is incredible just by listening, the Tang Empire has been founded for three years, and the country's development in the past three years is not the same as three years ago, according to the estimation of the Ministry of Finance, the overall national strength of the Tang Empire has exceeded that of Zhenguan, And that's not even counting the burgeoning industry and commerce, as well as the booming science and technology, education, and other industries that were largely absent before. Therefore, in the eyes of Biao Zi, Qin Kong and others, this anti-Tang alliance was almost a trick that could only be thought up with a bad head, but as Hu Xiaosi handed them this information from the northwest, the faces of these two people began to become solemn.

"It seems that our plan for the northwest needs to be reformulated, so let's do it, Zhao Si will rush back in the next two days, and he will be responsible for formulating the plan for the northwest at that time." Hu Xiaosi put away the information handed back by Qin Kong, stood up and said: "It is estimated that the situation in the northwest has begun to change, Biaozi, you send someone to inform the General Staff and ask the chief of staff and a few of them to go to Changqing Hall immediately, go to the emperor, and ask the prime minister, if there is time, we will also go over, it seems that our strategy in the northwest basically needs to be revised." When Hu Xiaosi arrived at the Changqing Palace, Li Xuanqing was busy in the sea of books, mountains and literature, and even Qiaoxi was helping beside him, it seemed that the busiest person at the end of the year was this Emperor Li.

"Your Majesty, the third sister-in-law, you are both here." Hu Xiaosi stepped aside and said with a smile: "It seems that at the end of the year, even our emperor and queen mother will inevitably be busy." By the way, Your Majesty, I didn't give a gift to the imperial concubine when she entered the palace before, and I will make up for it during the New Year's Festival. "Murong Feixue is a side concubine according to royal etiquette, so she can't hold a wedding, but the high-level leaders of Chang'an were still invited to the palace by Li Xuanqing to celebrate, Hu Xiaosi missed it before because he helped the Flying Eagle Brigade choose a training base and formulate a training system for backup personnel in the Central Plains.

Li Xuanqing didn't bother to pay attention to this guy's nonsense, but Qiaoxi smiled beside him and said: "Brother Hu, this is what you said, I'll tell Sister Feixue when I turn around, if your gift can't enter her eyes, it will be returned." Murong Feixue Qiaoxi didn't have any other thoughts, she originally agreed to do it, so the relationship between the two was closer than before, Murong Feixue also resigned from the position of the head of the Murong family after becoming the imperial concubine, and instead concentrated on helping to take care of the property under the name of the royal family, but it was precisely because of this that she learned that the huge group industry that had been hanging under Qiaoxi's name over the years made her desperate, indeed, as Qiaoxi said, this is a huge industrial group that is so large that all families dare not dare to match it. It was precisely because of Murong Feixue's participation in the management that Li Xuanqing began to discuss with Qiaoxi to further separate the royal assets from the state-owned assets, so as to prevent future generations from relying on the huge wealth of the royal family to affect the political system formulated by the two of them. Because according to Li Xuanqing's design, the army was under the direct control of the emperor after the unification of the country, did not participate in the politics of the empire, and was the last force that purely guarded the empire. And in this era when the separation of powers was still in its infancy, if the future emperors relied on the vast assets and financial resources of the imperial family to finance the army, then it was easy to get rid of the fact that military spending came from the cabinet, and the cabinet's annual plans and expenses needed to be reviewed and approved by the imperial council, thus placing the cabinet in a dispensable position. Therefore, after careful planning with Qiaoxi, Li Xuanqing planned to set up a department for the supervision of royal assets with the participation of the cabinet and the court after the complete integration of the royal assets, and the use of funds by the royal family beyond a certain scale needs to be approved by the supervision department. However, this idea is still only a prototype, and Li Xuanqing and his wife have no plans to disclose all their assets for the time being, after all, it is easy to stimulate the national economy that has just embarked on industrialization.

"Did something happen to you in the northwest?" Li Xuanqing just asked, only to find that Xu Tianxiang, Yang Tiancheng, Wang Houchun and Chen Fan had walked in together, and his face suddenly changed, "It seems that something is really wrong, otherwise, how could you all appear at the same time?" He stood up and led everyone to the side hall next to him, and after sitting down, he was not polite, and said directly: "Little Four, when everyone is here, let's talk about it quickly, what is it that makes the teachers so popular?" ”

Hu Xiaosi handed the information in his arms to Li Xuanqing, and at the same time began to explain the situation report sent back by Zhao Si, and said with a wry smile: "This Cao Rengui made this out at this time, I'm afraid that the plan we made before to recover Anxi will be overturned." Senior brother's side is just waiting for our side to make a decision, but the only advantage is that the plan we made before to divide the troops into two ways may only need to fight all the way. ”

After reading the information, Li Xuanqing put it down and said in a deep voice: "Zhao Si means to let us activate the secret that was buried before, what do you plan?" At this time, starting means that the deepest thread we have buried in the northwest is pulled out, and if there are other changes in the future, there will be no back hand to arrange, do you think about it? ”

Hu Xiaosi actually couldn't make up his mind, so he came to Li Xuanqing, so he smiled bitterly when he heard this: "If we don't change the previous plan, I am against starting the shadows, but if the plan is redesignated, then it may not be." In fact, if this so-called anti-Tang alliance is really connected by Cao Rengui, then our plan must be adjusted immediately, since the entire plan has been adjusted, then it is okay to start secretly. He said a bunch of nonsense and didn't give a clear answer at all, but Li Xuanqing also understood his thoughts. In the end, the shadows serve the whole plan, and if the whole plan needs to make major adjustments, then it doesn't matter if the shadows are activated.

However, the conversation between the two made several other people inexplicable, especially this secret son, because it was only inadvertently arranged by Li Xuanqing and Hu Xiaosi, so even Qiaoxi was not clear, so he couldn't help but be curious: "Big brother, when did you set a secret in Anxi?" Qiao Xi's question was thrown out Xu Tianxiang and the others around him looked at each other and nodded, even a few of them didn't know about this matter, this level of secrecy is too high, right? The secrecy is unexpectedly unbeknownst to even the highest levels of their Heavenly Ce Mansion these days.

"Tianxiang, you think too much, this secret is actually unintentionally planted, this has been for several years, and it has not been used, and even lost contact with the Xuanyingwei headquarters for a period of time, so the archives have been kept in Xuanyingwei and have not been handed over to your general staff." Hu Xiaosi knew what they were thinking as soon as he saw these guys, so he shook his head and said: "This secret son is the original Shatuo person, the younger brother of Shatuo general Shi Jianjiao - Shi Congxin. Back then, after Shi Jianjiao escorted Li Cunqiao from the grassland in the north of Fengzhou to break through the encirclement of Wu Huan and them, there was actually a group of Shatuo people who broke through from the grassland at the same time. It is Shi Cong who believes in them. It's just that this group is small, only a thousand people, so it was ignored by you. ”

"Ignore? I think it's your Xuanying Guard's ghost, right? We have never heard of this Shi Congxin before, it should be an unknown person, how can they cross thousands of miles of grassland to find Li Cunmiao who is fleeing? Are you sure you don't have one? Although Wang Houchun did not participate in that battle, he was very clear about the last breakthrough force that was chasing the Shatuo people at that time, because the situation was special at that time, and almost all the information came from Xuan Yingwei. If it weren't for the people that Xuan Yingwei had already planted, how could he have escaped from their detection range.

"Listen to me, this Shi Congxin was originally the illegitimate son of Shi Jianjiao's father Shi Jingsi, and on the eve of the breakout, he was locked up for violating Shatuo's military law, and we used our connections to rescue him and send him to Shi Jianjian's side, which was originally intended to be used to plot against Shi Jianjian, but Li Keyong suddenly decided to break through, so this trick was not used. Although Shi Jianjiao did not achieve the goal, when Shi Jianjiao and they broke through, we arranged for Shi Congxin to take the opportunity to break through, but there were not many people in Shi Congxin's hands at that time, and they were separated from Shi Jianjiao after they set off, so they were simply sent directly to the northern grassland by us and let them go west on their own. Originally, I didn't expect them to be able to cross the grassland to reach Luntai, but when the Yelu family was running the northwest trade, Xuan Yingwei was in Luntai when he followed the caravan into Anxi, and it was in the territory of Qiuzi today that Shi Congxin was found, Li Cunqiao and Shi Jianjiao They were also there, and the Shatuo people have now merged with the Gaochang Uighurs, and I heard that Li Cunqiao also successfully mixed into the noble circle of the Gaochang Uighurs, and successfully gained a foothold under the protection of Shi Jianjian. Hu Xiaosi said with a smile after talking about the causes and consequences of this shadow: "Because Shi Congxin and we lost contact with us before we really passed through Anxi, I didn't say it." After the senior brother and they set out, Xuan Yingwei's side also had doubts about Shi Congxin's position because of the loss of contact during this time, in order not to alarm Shi Congxin, I did not delegate this authority to Zhao Si, and specially dispatched the dragon group from Chang'an to Luntai to investigate, and it was not determined until August. ”

"If, according to what you said, this Shicongxin or Shatuo people are now integrated into the Uighurs of Gaochang, then it is true that they can influence the Uighurs' decision-making, but they should not have much say in such a major political alliance as this anti-Tang alliance, right?" Chen Fan was a little puzzled and said: "But I see that you and the emperor seem to have high hopes for this Shi Congxin, what is the secret here?" ”

"I don't have the right to object, but I can sabotage it." Hu Xiaosi said with a smile: "You have to know that this anti-Tang alliance is, to put it bluntly, the only people who occupy the main strength and position may be the Uighurs, Cao Rengui himself, and Khotan, and the other tribes are actually vassals of the Uighurs and other big tribes, and there is one thing you may not know, Shi Congxin's status in the system of the Shatuo people is not better than before, because Li Cunqiao can not use many people now, and he is Shi Jianjiao's younger brother, so Shi Congxin is now almost one of the top levels of the Shatuo people." Therefore, if you want to activate the shadows, let him destroy the alliance and intensify the contradictions between the parties to the alliance, so that the anti-Tang alliance will exist in name only. Hu Xiaosi's voice was full of disdain, and he sneered: "I want them to know that in the face of absolute strength, the darkest places in everyone's hearts are exposed, so that Cao Rengui's strategy will lose the most fundamental source." ”

"Do you mean to agree to activate the shadows? At the same time, revise the previous plan to recover Anxi? Li Xuanqing nodded, a trace of inexplicable brilliance flashed in his eyes, clapped his hands and let Qiaoxi sit beside him and said: "The General Staff is responsible for revising the plan to recover Anxi, and it will be formulated urgently." Little Four, you must work out your Xuanyingwei's plan before their plan is formulated, and provide them with a reference for revising their plan to recover Anxi. ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, we will hurry up and finish this matter." Hu Xiaosi nodded and said: "According to the time of Zhao Si's departure, he should return to Chang'an today and tomorrow, and let him take the lead when the time comes, after all, he is still the final implementer of the plan in the northwest, and the plan designated by him is more targeted than the implementation, and it is also more able to pinch Cao Rengui's psychology." Hu Xiaosi's words made Xu Tianxiang and the others nod, once the plan for the northwest is reformulated or major revisions are made, then what Hu Xiaosi just said will be even more important. It's just a pity that Wan Yi can't return to Chang'an, otherwise, he, the commander of the Western Expedition, can participate, and then the plan to recover Anxi will become as targeted as Xuan Yingwei's plan. After all, these people present did not have the feeling of being on the battlefield.

"Okay, and one last question, how are you going to target Cao Rengui?" Li Xuanqing took the information and pointed to the last part and said: "Zhao Si said that Cao Rengui plans to win over the descendants of the nine surnames of Zhaowu in the northwest and form a force with the descendants of the nine surnames of Zhaowu in the northwest as the team, Xiaosi, you won't have anything to do with this, right?" ”

Li Xuanqing's smiling eyes made Hu Xiaosi couldn't help but feel a chill, but he still nodded and said: "It's easy to deal with the descendants of Zhaowu Jiu, but it's not easy to say. There are also various policies and schemes involved, so I didn't have a clue for a while. Hu Xiaosi glanced at Li Xuanqing's eyes and couldn't help but say, "Does the emperor have a way?" ”

"It's actually quite simple." Li Xuanqing stood up with his hands in his hands, and his voice became extremely cold, "With the way of others, I will regain the hearts of all the people in the entire northwest heart to Datang in one fell swoop." Xiaosi, you immediately notify Mr. Cen to convene an emergency meeting, and I will arrange it, Cao Rengui is a talent, but it's a pity. ”

Although Li Xuanqing's words made others a little puzzled, the confidence flashing on his face undoubtedly told everyone that there was a solution to this matter, and there would be unexpected benefits.