Chapter 111: Struggle

When Li Heng was helped out of the car by Cheng Yuanzhen, he regained his humble and obedient appearance, and he didn't seem to be affected by the previous scene.

For the sake of dozens of unarmed Tubo people, the Son of Heaven brazenly sent thousands of soldiers and horses, which made the whole city known and killed people's heads, is there any dissatisfaction here? There's no way to guess.

"Your Highness, the last general was ordered to escort here, and he had to go back to the palace to pay the order, so don't leave it at that." Gao Xianzhi dismounted and stood solemnly at the foot of the steps, hugging his fists respectfully.

"There is General Lao to send him off."

Li Heng nodded, and gave a grateful look to this legendary beloved general that Li Linfu had pulled in one hand.

This is the only reaction he can make, if you want to say what the prince is most afraid of, it is to get involved in military power, Li Longji himself relied on the two coups launched by this hand, how can he tolerate others doing this, even if it is his own son.

For a long time, the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army, which was directly responsible for the palace guards, was in charge of the henchman Gao Lishi, and his loyalty was unquestionable, and no matter what "inside" the location of the station, it was in charge of the periphery of the Longwu general Chen Xuanli, who was also loyal to the Son of Heaven alone.

Li Heng walked into the mansion with his entourage, and was warmly greeted by his son, grandson, and all the servants in the mansion.

This is the reason why he didn't say a word in Hosoyanagihara, not that he didn't understand what to do, but that what he did was not right, Yu Linjun would be suspicious if he listened to him, and if he didn't listen, his prestige was at a loss, so it was better to do nothing.

Li Heng's gaze stopped on the eldest son's body for a while, he didn't know if he had persevered until the day he succeeded to the throne, because it seemed that his 68-year-old father was younger than himself, perhaps, this grandson was the best successor to the huge empire, even if it was for him, he had to hold on a little longer, maybe there would be a real dawn in the next moment?

He didn't know, but in his heart, he was thinking so.

"Grandpa, I'm frightened." In front of this seemingly cowardly father, Li Jiao was not as active as his grandfather, stepped forward to take over the support of the chamberlain, and said carefully.

"Nothing, let them all disperse."

Li Heng waved his hand a little tiredly, and the people who gathered suddenly dispersed, and the huge courtyard suddenly became empty, just as Li Li wanted to help him go to the back hall, but he stopped under a big locust tree in the courtyard.

"This is the year of the opening of the mansion, planted for my father's hands, and it has been almost forty years."

Li Li was silent, he was not born at that time, naturally he did not know the cause and effect, his father was not a prince back then, and this was just a palace, and later he was born and grew up, and he was no stranger to this yard.

"Da Lang, the predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade, since ancient times, the supreme today, I am afraid that I will look down on the prince a little bit, so it's okay, even if there is anything out of line, others will only say that the father is incompetent, and one day, you will grow into this towering tree, and these people in the house will be handed over to your shoulders."

"Why did my father say that?" Li Li was shocked, and his words sounded more disheartened.

"Don't think about it, just feel it, have you been to King Qing's Mansion today?"

"I've been there, it happened that the Supreme was also there, and I stayed for half an hour, although I didn't get anything, but I unexpectedly heard a news, maybe Grandpa will be happier after hearing it."

Li Jiao told the things one by one, including the experience of Yuzhenguan, of course, Li Mi's post-mortem analysis was not missed, in his opinion, Li Mi said that of the three reasons, at least two of them are beneficial to his own family, there is no need to worry about the sky.

"That female laywoman is indeed your youngest aunt, born in the twenty-sixth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, just turned fourteen years old this year, her biological mother is humble, and she is from the Sogdian race, she is disliked by the Supreme, she has entered the Tao since she was a child, and with your aunt's care, she is more comfortable than living in the palace."

Li Heng's tone contained a hint of envy, it was true that his father didn't like this abnormal-looking little girl, and it was also true that he took great pains to arrange everything for her, after all, there was a blood and family affection, but this kind of family affection, he didn't feel too much, maybe in his father's eyes, he was not even as good as a freak.

Then he said: "Li Yu is right, Li Linfu is close to the end of his life, and he may die at any time, and once he is gone, most of the successors will be Yang Guozhong, when he is there, the two are fighting, we have no danger over the years, once he dies, who else in the court can compete with that upstart?" ”

"'Fortune and misfortune depend', in the future, don't do what you do today, don't spy on anything again, everything has its own providence, do you understand?"

"I wrote it down." Li Jiao didn't understand, met his father's eyes, and nodded solemnly.

The so-called providence of heaven is the will of the Son of Heaven, and in addition, everything else is the moon in the water and the flowers in the mirror.

Although Li Heng does not have the outstanding political wisdom of his father, and because of the lack of exercise, but in this environment, he is exposed to some things, and Yang and Li are fighting, they can stay out of the matter, and it is not a good thing for Li Linfu to fall now.

Even he understands the truth, Yang Guozhong naturally will not understand, for him at this time, Li Linfu is still like a mountain that can only look up, how can he feel at ease if he doesn't watch it fall with his own eyes?

A fierce tiger is not as good as a sick tiger, a sick tiger is not as good as a wounded tiger, and a wounded tiger is not as good as a dying tiger.

The merit of destroying the country, with the great merit of the Tang Dynasty in a hundred years, how many people can get it? Shuangli, who is as strong as the god of war, the first thing people think of is to destroy the Turks and hold their khans, and the second is to Ping Goryeo, and in one fell swoop to eliminate this tenacious state that two dynasties and three generations of emperors have not been able to take.

The rest of the small countries, such as Hou Junji Gaochang, Tuyuhun, Suding Fangping Baekje and the like, are nothing, and now looking around, only Tubo is the only one that can be called a big enemy, which is far from being comparable to the place with a big palm in Nanzhao.

Who wouldn't want to take such a big achievement?

Yang Guozhong is really tempted, but the more tempted, the more wary he is of the Tubo people's minds, and he is not stupid.

"The army has been launched, which one dares to drag out perfunctorily all the way, it is Li Linfu's anger to vent his anger, even a certain family has to leave Beijing, and it will drag on for a few days at most, as far as you are concerned, what can you do?"

Shang Jiexi seemed to have expected him to say this, and nodded without surprise: "That's true, if the doctor arrives in Jiannan earlier, I will have a big gift in Tibet." ”

"What gift?"

"Nanzhao's table, is it a big gift?" Shang Jiexi stared into his eyes and said the answer unhurriedly.

Yang Guozhong suddenly became short of breath, Nanzhao was his main target, and he had exhausted the ink in the last year, so there was a factor of support from the Tubo people, but because of the unsuitable local climate, strong folk customs, and many mountains, it was not a soft persimmon that was easy to pick.

The meaning of the Tubo people is very clear, they will persuade the Nanzhao people to surrender voluntarily, and perhaps they will also hand over some of the occupied places, and they will have an explanation to the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, and no matter what the final result is, he has occupied a favorable position in this war.

Because of this way, there are a lot of articles that can be done, and if you operate it properly, the credit will only come down to your own head in the end, and the Tubo people have indeed poked his itch.

But there is no banquet in the world that eats for nothing, and the other party takes out such a big gift, and the request must be expensive, he suppressed the agitation in his heart, and didn't say anything, just glanced at Xian Yuxiang, and the latter immediately understood.

"Without your support, it is only a matter of time before Nanzhao surrenders, and we will take it ourselves, so what is the big gift?" Xian Yu Zhongtong put on an indifferent attitude.

"Maybe it's like you said, but what you lack now is time, how long do you want to stay in Shuzhong?" Shang Yuxi, who had already understood the cause and effect, of course knew that they were posturing.

"What do you want to get, it's impossible to stop, this is the Son of Heaven issued an edict to announce the move of the world, and no one can get the result, and no one can explain it."

"Nanzhao, Jiuqu, Qinghai, and Bolu are all attributed to the Tang Dynasty, can you explain it?"

Before the two of them could think about it, Shang Jiexi added another heavy weight: "When the doctor ascends to the throne, I will present the whole land of Tibet with a surrender table, and will take the prince as a hostage to show that I will never rebel again, can you get such a big gift?" ”

Yang Guozhong's eyes lit up, looking at Xian Yuxiang, the latter was also inexplicably excited, this is simply impossible to refuse, it is everything that Li Linfu is striving for at present, he is willing to pay any price to take all this from the old thief.

"What do you want a certain family to do?"

"Of course it's not to ask the Khan to stop fighting, as far as I've heard, Ge Shuhan, he has some friendship with the doctor." Uncovering the mystery, Shang Jiexi himself was a little nervous.

Yang Guozhong said noncommittally, Ge Shuhan and An are not on good terms, they are his natural allies, and there is indeed a relationship between the two, but not many people have known about it yet.

Things have come to this point, do you still need to say the plans of the Tubo people, the 150,000 army under Ge Shuhan is the biggest threat to the Tubo people, even if he slows down for a moment, he can let the Tubo live for a while longer, as for those places that are allowed to go out, either they have been lost, or they don't care at all, and they will be allowed if they are promised.

The most critical point is that Ge Shuhan is actually not interested in such a big move, and unconsciously, Yang Guozhong is already thinking in his heart about how to convince him.

Of course, the Tubo people may be forced to make a fool of themselves, but that is nothing, once they grasp the power, they will launch a full-scale siege again, and wipe out the Tubo, isn't it the same fate?

An ant that can be trampled to death at any time, and let them live for a moment and a half, what is the matter?

Thinking about it, Yang Guozhong showed a tacit smile like Shang Xi, like two foxes who thought they had succeeded.