Chapter 436: Holding the Bronze Immortal (1)

This good news arrived in Luoyang.

Li Zhi was overjoyed and immediately called the prime ministers to discuss. It's been until now, and when my son came back, he was very happy, but after the joy, he saw that the treasury was empty, and his heart was not optimistic.

There is a clear example, Li Shimin's two expeditions, from the perspective of the battle, the Tang army has not lost, but was forced to withdraw because of the weather. But because of the short time, it was not overcome, and a stalemate was formed. Just like the Tang Dynasty and Tibet, you didn't break through many cities in my house, and I didn't break through many cities in your house.

This is the worst possible situation.

Every time an arrow is shot, every knife is lost, it is not made of iron, it is made of money, and the mining technology at this time is destined to be equally expensive. Sometimes, in order to have enough weapons, farm tools are collected and remelted to cast into weapons.

There is also grain and grass, in Chang'an, a bucket of rice has risen to 100 yuan, which is amazing, and people will starve to death. But when it arrives at ***, or Qinghai, it is not uncommon for each bucket of rice to rise to nearly 100 Wen. Even if the people don't want money, the livestock don't want money, eating and drinking on the road is an amazing consumption, if it is transported to the Western Regions, it will be lucky, and the great ability is great, don't think about transporting a grain of grain over, on the contrary, you have to prepare the rations for the people to come back.

So after the two expeditions, Li Shimin did not suffer a loss, but sighed and regretted it. It has indeed put a heavy pressure on the national strength, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Of course, if the attack is successful, it is another matter, *** has been established for many years and has hoarded a lot of wealth. So in the hands of Li Zhi, the scale is not small, and the burden on the country is not heavy. This history book will not record it.

In short, this vicious war brought a heavy burden to both the Tibetan and Tang dynasties.

The good news couldn't have come at a better time.

The good news turned in the hands of the prime ministers, and then turned back to Li Zhi's hands, Wang Dezhen said: "Your Majesty, the minister has something unknown. ”

"Say, calling you here is to fill in the gaps."

"The minister doesn't know about the military ahead. However, why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince repeatedly explain one thing in his good news, and the battle plan presented to His Majesty, he was forced to change it. But His Royal Highness presented His Majesty's battle plan, why didn't we, as ministers, see it? ”

There is a deep meaning to this statement.

As the emperor, you don't know, you know that Zhang Da'an is very likely to help King Yong win the heir for his own ambitions, and at all costs, regardless of the safety of the country, he can betray the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in front of him to Qinghai. Ignoring the imperial court system and taking precautions, why do you want Zhang Daan to be the prime minister?

Wu Zetian's face turned gloomy when he heard it behind the curtain, this Wang De is really a fool and can't speak.

seems to have played a clever trick, euphemistically pointed out the incident, and took the opportunity to bring down the second son, the only backer. Actually, no, this sentence can be heard the other way around, the country is your country, but it is also the country of the Tang Dynasty. But as an emperor, you can't do a small balancing act, and you don't care about the safety of the country, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who fought bloodily in front of you. I didn't know it before, but now I should know, but why is Zhang Daan still appointed?

I don't know if it's stupid, I know it's stupid!

Not only that, but there are also events that happened some time ago.

Wu Zenaïve didn't know that this subordinate had fought for his mother's family. If you don't win, you don't play. But I heard rumors. At first, it didn't spread fast, but then it spread, and it spread quickly. There have been a lot of rumors in recent years, and there is nothing in the Tang Dynasty, and the gods and horses of crabs, so the people dare to talk about it. Wu Zetian hasn't paid attention to it until now, and the second article says that the emperor is in love with power, and there were such rumors earlier.

In other words, if the husband is not sick and is less than fifty years old, it is the golden moment for men, how can he be Zen at this time?

But where did the first rumor come from? When asked, it turned out that Wang Dezhen proposed to let his nephew be the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. So he called Wang Dezhen and scolded him. Can't do this, it turns out that the transfer of cronies and nephews is all with the help of opportunities, and once the situation is stable, it is a foregone conclusion, and the husband is helpless. Now that the eldest son has returned safely, the succession is a foregone conclusion, and the wind and waves will be stirred again, what does the husband think?

Besides, you are a prime minister, and you have fallen to your sons, and your husband has instructed you. Even if it fell to herself, it was also instructed by her husband. Only in this way can the court be balanced. That's it, Dai Zhide and their several prime ministers only supported the prince, but did not become the prince's sworn friend. Supporting the stability of the crown prince for the future of the Tang Dynasty is also so. But you, a dignified prime minister, actually fell to your relatives, what does your husband think? Could it be that you want to help the queen ascend the throne, and your relatives will be the prime minister?

This is done irrationally. Of course, it is impossible to say it directly, and to express this meaning euphemistically.

Wang Dezhen admitted his mistake and went back, Wu Zetian sighed, there is still no talent, if Xu Jingzong was alive, he would not have done such a reckless thing.

But not long after the training, I made this mistake again.

Zhang Da'an was silent, in his heart, you are a fool, you can do this thing once, and dare to do it a second time? Well, it's hard to say, the one in Li Xian's mansion didn't hear useful news, otherwise there was nothing he didn't dare to do.

Liu Renliang and others were also very disgusted by this person, and stepped forward and said: "Xianggong Wang, don't talk nonsense." What the prince presented to His Majesty was a letter, not a fold, and what was written on it was also a draft proposal. His Majesty also specially summoned his ministers to read it, and it was written on some of the prince's thoughts, not a resolution. Therefore, it was not preached. ”

That's what a prime minister says!

Li Zhi glanced at it gratefully, but he remembered this Wang Dezhen in his heart, Wu Zetian could hear the rumors, and of course he also heard the rumors. In a few days, let this person go for now. However, after this mention, the atmosphere has become delicate, and government and military affairs cannot be dragged up to the Korean dispute, and once they are pulled, they will immediately become complicated.

Several people each had their own little abacus, Liu Renliang looked at everyone's faces, and thought, don't lead to the court dispute, so he said: "The minister still has a discussion." ”

"Liu Qing, say."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a long-term vision and thoughtful ideas, Qinghai is now unavailable, and it will inevitably be a fierce battle. However, Qinghai's newly acquired land is the most fertile place in Qinghai, and most of the Jiuqu is in the east of the river, especially the large and small elm valleys, which are the most fertile areas in Qinghai. Tens of thousands of people were also migrated, and the ministers also personally inspected any area. If it is Tuntian, from Hehuang to Jiuqu, at least 50,000 hectares of fertile land can be tuned, and even 100,000 hectares. ”

At this time, people were very sensitive to the land, and there were several levels of land, such as the overseas places mentioned by Li Wei, and the minister was very little interested. Or desert areas, and will not be interested. But once Qinghai is cultivated, not only Qinghai, but also the Hexi Corridor will benefit. Seeing the locust plague in the Hexi Corridor last year, I could only watch, but there was no way to help. It was too far away, and there was no waterway to reach it, so we had to watch the insects infest and the people were displaced. As soon as the Hexi Corridor is stable, the Western Regions will be stable, and this series of changes is very beneficial to the Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhi stroked his beard and said, "Yes." Jiang Xianggong wanted to be in Liangzhou Tuntian a few years ago, but he died too early and did not promote it, so he didn't expect to make Hong'er successful. ”

Using Jiang Ke also made many people talk about it, and took the opportunity to correct Jiang Ke's name.

"Yes, but Your Majesty, there are many people in Qinghai in this area, and hundreds of thousands of party members have all surrendered, and the subordinates think that only the four states of Shankuo River Tao can no longer be governed. Therefore, the ministers had a discussion to reopen Shuihe County, unify Wansu City, Hongji City and Baigu City, as well as the Great and Small Elm Valleys. ”

"I'm going to do that."

"Also, the return of the party and the redrawing of various prefectures, which were originally under the jurisdiction of Songzhou, but once the war began, Qinghai was still the main battlefield, which was inconvenient. Therefore, the minister thought that it would be better to be under the jurisdiction of the new state government of Douhe, and it happened that the prince was in Qinghai, and he could make this group of Qiang people centripetal. ”

"I've got it."

"There is another thing, if the minister is not wrong, when August comes, the crisis of the imperial treasury will be partially alleviated."

"Yes, everyone can know about this matter, and there is no need to mention it again." Li Zhi said with a smile. The historian was about to record, and after thinking about it, the pen stopped.

Li Zhi said again: "Then there is no objection, I will announce this good news to the world." ”

"No," the ministers would no longer make a fuss about the emperor's excitement, and retreated one by one.

Li Zhi said again: "Empress, you will take this good news to the East Palace, and make the East Palace happy." ”

"The concubine obeys." Wu Zetian gave a salute, retreated, and took Li Shoucheng to the East Palace. It's been a long time since I've seen this group of daughters-in-law in the East Palace, and since I have a tacit understanding with my son, these women will also be thinking about it in the future. By the way, observe.

No one dared to slack off, and looked at it with their eyes, although several women had some minor grievances, in general, they got along well, and they had mixed feelings in their hearts. said: "You went to Qinghai, the palace was busy with state affairs, and neglected to ask. ”

"It is a blessing for the country that the queen of heaven has all opportunities," Pei Yuhe said in a gentle voice.

I am still very dissatisfied with this daughter-in-law, not the material for being a queen, but I am cautious, and I will not become a stumbling block for myself in the future. He also said: "Your Majesty's body has not recovered, this is what this palace should do." How is Hong'er's health? ”

"Thanks to the care of the Queen of Heaven, the palace is in good health. It's just that I was frozen last year and has many sores on my body. ”

"This palace knows that because of the huge expenditure of the state, it is preparing to take a breath and make some compensation for the sacrificed soldiers. What else? ”

"Qinghai is high, and the concubine went to Qinghai and has been sick."

"Listen to Yue'er, where is the scenery beautiful?"

"It's very beautiful, the sky is low and the clouds are white, the mountains are green and the water is green, even the Zhongnan Mountain is not as good."

"It's a pity that Hongu didn't have a chance to go and watch it."

Li Shoucheng wanted to shake his head, a prince went to Qinghai, it's already amazing, you a queen goes to Qinghai again, it's that kind of family.

Pei Yuhe said softly: "Queen of Heaven, it's best not to go, although the scenery is good, but where the miasma is really powerful." I heard His Royal Highness say that the scenery of Zishankou is better in spring and summer, almost full of mountains and wilderness like a garden, red flowers, purple flowers, and blue flowers. But when they arrived at the Purple Mountain, the qi miasma was even heavier, and ordinary people suddenly went up, and it was difficult to inhale. ”

"If it weren't for that, how could our dynasty tolerate this group of fertile sons to run rampant, and this palace will bring you a good news of Qinghai. Li Shoucheng took the good news. ”

After several women finished reading, Pei Yuhe said: "Great, Qinghai is calm, it won't be long before Your Highness will be able to return to the capital, right?" ”

This sentence asked Meng Lang, if you want to go back to the capital, is it so easy? Li Shoucheng relieved the siege and said: "Crown Princess, although Qinghai has won a great victory temporarily, Tubo will not be willing to rest, and I am afraid that there will be a war in the future." Besides, according to His Royal Highness's plan, the cage party is only the beginning of our dynasty, and Bai Lanqiang has not yet been subdued. Only by building a city at the Purple Mountain Pass will Tibet be truly in crisis. But except for His Royal Highness, the other ministers are not at ease about the appointment. ”

"That's right," Pei Yuhe looked disappointed.

Di Hui didn't make a sound, but it wasn't, the generals of Qinghai and the prince also repeatedly said that in terms of military talent, Hei Yan Changzhi and Pei Xingjian can both provoke the beam. It's not the Qinghai battle situation, it's the thoughts of these two saints. They didn't let the prince come back, and the prince himself had to come back, but not at this time, before leaving, the prince also talked to him about it. Do you really wait until Tibet collapses? In such a big country, if there are no ten or twenty years, there must be no mistakes, otherwise it will collapse. Can the prince wait for ten or twenty years?

Pei Yuhe asked again: "When the concubine was from Qinghai, she asked Li Neishou to intercede with the Queen of Heaven and let Yeci Mingyue enter the East Palace. This time, the party members have also made great contributions, I don't know if the queen of heaven can be gracious? ”

"What party? What wild words bright moon? Wu Zetian was also at a loss.

Li Shoucheng was very embarrassed and said: "That's the case, in order to win over the party members, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once promised to take in a party girl, called Yeqi Mingyue, and promised her to enter the East Palace as a side concubine. Some other benefits were promised, so this time the party ignored the pressure of Tibet, rebelled against the whole clan, and let my dynasty win a great victory in Qinghai. At that time, it was an expedient measure, and His Highness didn't know how to open his mouth to His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven, so he kept dragging it. It wasn't until the slave maid went to Qinghai that she begged the crown princess and asked the slave to intercede with the queen of heaven. But the slave and maid were not very easy to speak. ”

"Ridiculous, ridiculous," Wu Zetian rebuked.

Although it is an expedient measure, how can a dignified prince accept a woman from the party as a concubine? He also said, "Do you know how much controversy this matter will cause if it spreads?" ”

It is estimated that all Confucian ministers can kneel down from Luoyang to petition and kneel all the way to Chang'an City!