Chapter 130: Spring Thunder (2)
There is another reason for leaving so quickly......
Seeing the embarrassment of the big food, the Ni Ni Master also came to his senses and begged Wang Fangyi and Qi Xin Ming Tibo to take back Fars.
Daragath (Terab), southeast of Fars, was the site of the Sassanid Persian dynasty, where his ancestors made their fortunes. We know that the big cannibals are difficult to fight, and we don't ask for the whole of Persia to be restored, but you can take this territory for me.
Wang Fangyi and Qi Xinming were almost angry.
It's not impossible to take it down, but if you take it down, how to defend it? This will be met with a frantic attack by the Great Cannibals from sea as well as by land. And if you want to take Fars, you must open up the first line of the plateau, then Kerman, Armond, and Isfahan on the Persian plateau must also be taken.
It can still be done.
It's easy to take, but it's hard to defend. It is impossible to rely on Persia and Hezhong, unless more than 100,000 troops are transferred from the Tang Dynasty, they can repel wave after wave of crazy attacks of Dashi, and there is no more than ten years, Persia does not want to occupy a foothold.
What benefits will the Tang Dynasty do after taking possession? Let's take a look at the territory of Persia. Fars, Kerman, Armond, Isfahan, Tehran, Semnan, Golgan, Khorasan, Baluchistan, Sindh, and Makran restored more than half of the original Persian territory.
Once Persia occupies a foothold, such a large area, so many territories, and after years of tempering in war, it will inevitably produce many elite soldiers, will it be controlled by the Tang Dynasty again?
At this point, not only was the country in flames, but in order to regain the lost territory, Marwan and Zoubayr made a temporary peace. As soon as the threat of Fars was lifted by the withdrawal of his own army, Tehran, Semnan, Makran, Baluchistan and Sindh were all handed over to the cannibals again.
The Great Eclipse had to send a strong garrison again, reducing the pressure on Byzantium. Moreover, with the two of them having ghosts in their hearts, they would not have delusional thoughts of taking back Khorasan and Sestan, which were adjacent to the Tang Dynasty.
Then the threat is gone, and the peace talks collapse. Strategically it was also beneficial to the Tang Dynasty.
Wang Fangyi went back to Moufu City and gave Ni Nishi a stern warning, our domestic affairs in the Tang Dynasty have not been sorted out yet, but we are working for you Persians, what do you want? How many warriors and how many people have been sacrificed for this battle from the river to Tocharo, and then to you Khorasan, don't you want them to have a peaceful and happy life?
Ni Nishi said fearfully: "Wang Duhu, although I am the king of Persia, I am also a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, and now this battle is also for the service of the Celestial Empire to expand the territory." ”
In other words, Qi Xinming can scold a fart, and Hezhong and Tocharo have no time to manage, and they will be in charge of you Persia. However, Wang Fangyi comes from a top family and has read poetry and books since he was a child, so he won't say that. But his tone was still very dissatisfied, and he said coldly: "Do you really want our Majesty to be your Persian's stumbling man?" ”
"Don't dare." Ninishi's face changed dramatically from the weight of the hat. However, this time he understood it thoroughly, and people were not very at ease with their Persia, so it was really good, if Persia wanted to survive, it must rely on the Tang Dynasty's snort to ensure its loyalty to the Tang Dynasty.
His heart was bitter, but he did not dare to be angry.
Wang Fangyi knew what he thought, and privately sent a lobbyist, and said to him euphemistically, think about your situation before, a prince who was exiled and died, was nothing, but now, it is two, and the king of the region is in charge of the life and death of millions of people.
The big cannibals did not dare to come to Khorasan, Wang Fangyi wanted to leave temporarily to assist Li Wei in stabilizing the overall situation in the country, and the troubles of the Eastern Turks were solved by the way. Only a few generals such as Zheng Qingze, who had a good relationship with Bo Shanhuo, were left to continue to preside over Persian affairs. He also said to Ni Nishi: "Your Highness, if it weren't for our Tang people's harshness, at this time, the time for the Great Food to really perish has not yet arrived, and it is not easy to send troops. And you must have heard about the situation in our country. There will be a good opportunity in the future, and we will help you when the time comes. ”
Leave a hope for Ninirvana, but in my heart I said, is it to support another puppet emperor in Baluchistan, Sindh, and Maranke? But after thinking about it, I think it's ridiculous, how to manage it?
In fact, this expedition also supported the puppet governors of Marank, Baluchistan, Sindh, and Tehran, bringing the country's territory to an unprecedented level. However, just like the time when Li Zhi supported Persia, the time was shorter, and a few months later, as soon as the big cannibals entered, they were all lost. But this expedition has gained a lot, especially the richness of Xinde, which once made Qi Xinming reluctant to give up. Different from the policy of eating the big food, the common people were pacified by distributing all the materials that were not easy to carry, including food, to the people, or to the Persians and the Tocharians of the river.
The puppet kings of Sindh were also treated differently, and the Great Eclipse attacked Sestan and the city of Jiling from Herat, but attacked Sindh from Fars. After more than ten years of rule here, some countries have completely fallen to the big food. There were even elephant soldiers, and it was very simple to deal with them. The clumsiness of the actual elephant soldiers rarely posed a threat to the cavalry, and as soon as the fire powder exploded, the elephants went berserk. These kings and nobles were all put to death. The king and the nobles who took the initiative to defect were all let go. But when the big cannibals came, they had some of them. In this way, he once again brought more than 10 million partial wealth from Xinde, because he didn't want to run it, he didn't want to leave it to the big cannibals, and he was taken captive more completely. Once again, he took out the wealth of nearly three million gangsters and distributed them to the tribes of the Western Regions.
The two rewards were awarded to each department.
Of course, if you want to think about it, you have to pay, and next, you have to put on a big show for them.
The various battles were written down in the Di newspaper in a regular manner and sent to Luoyang. But how much wealth you get, what arrangements will be made in the future, I didn't write it. The process is also very brief, and some battles are almost taken over in a sentence. The principle of urgency and slow resignation of good news, one is slower than the other.
Wu Zetian's envoy Luo also guarded him, preventing him from immediately reporting the truth.
Groups of troops, from Tocharian and from the river, continued to converge on Broken Leaf City and Anxi. But the people of Luoyang already knew the news that Li Wei was not dead.
Li Zhi is dead, and it is still good for wise people to think about this emperor. It's just a pity that when you die, you leave a mess before you die.
The time left for Wu Zetian is longer than in history, and it is necessary in history to stabilize the centrists, drag down the opposition, and win over the wait-and-see faction before returning to power in the new year in just ten days. Now there may be half a year for her to prepare, but she is not facing Li Xian, but a mountain that is difficult to move.
It's also different from history. In history, Pei Yan instigated Wu Zetian to abolish Li Xian, and the crime of abolition was only because Li Xian said a word of anger, and in that and under that circumstance, who didn't hold his breath? originally thought that when the young Li Dan came to power, he would be able to control greater real power, but he didn't expect that the power would be unconsciously collected into the hands of Wu Zetian. Disappointed, he was filthy and angry, and his opposition to Wu Zetian's establishment of the Wu Clan's Seven Temples became the fuse. Then when Wu Zetian went out on patrol, he tried to plot against Wu Zetian, but who knew that Wu Zetian did not go out on patrol on a rainy day. This incident may have made Wu Zetian realize that there was no evidence, but he also used an almost false charge to kill Pei Yan.
It is also a must-kill, Pei Yan is the Zhongshu Order, and the political affairs hall is decided in Zhongshu Province, many prime ministers are attached, Cheng Wuting and other generals make friends with him and don't kill Wu Zetian.
However, under the pressure of Li Wei, the two did not have any dirt after a long time.
But the mentality is different, because of Pei Yan's support, Wu Zetian has stepped onto a bigger stage, and she will definitely take advantage of this opportunity. still doesn't have the idea of being an empress, but after controlling more political power in his hands, once the son returns to himself and makes some concessions and compromises, can the son really fight the civil war? Don't forget that Zisi also has great righteousness in his hands, because he has the right to make decisions on military power, and he can also reluctantly depose the emperor and re-establish a new monarch.
Of course, she didn't want that to happen. I'm afraid my son won't think about it either.
As for how many concessions he can make, it depends on how many cards his son can play. didn't show up, she wasn't in a hurry, the worst possible thing was that she would throw away some useless chess pieces when the time came. Even for the sake of need, even Pei Yan can be abandoned.
Pei Yan was also forced to put on the shelf, although he almost became the most powerful prime minister in the history of the Tang Dynasty, but if the power of the queen mother is not guaranteed, Li Wei will at least remove himself from power after returning to Beijing. This is something he is unwilling to do, so the conscientious Fu Zuo Wu Zetian consolidates his position step by step.
The news of the emperor's death in battle made all the calculations in Wu Zetian and Pei Yan's hearts come to naught.
If he really died in battle, Wu Zetian might be melancholy, among all the sons, only this son was relatively close to him.
Pei Yan must be the happiest.
Don't say that the emperor is a virtuous prince, when he is a prince, he is a virtuous prince, and after being an emperor, he may not be a good emperor. Therefore, when the minister takes the throne, it is not necessary to care about the good name of the princes. If that were the case, Cao Zhi would have been in the position a long time ago. It depends on whether it is beneficial to oneself or not.
But I'm afraid it's fake, so what kind of conspiracy is the emperor playing.
I couldn't think of the emperor's intention to do this.
After the news reached Luoyang, more people thought that something had happened to the emperor.
Wu Zetian called the prime ministers to the inner hall for deliberation and asked a question, what if something really happened to the emperor?
Di Renjie immediately said: "No, if that's the case, the Qinghai generals will report this matter." ”
"But the current situation, how can Qiu Xianggong explain it?" Wu Chenghe, who had recently been promoted to the third rank of the Zhongshu Sect, asked rhetorically.
Di Renjie couldn't answer either.
After all, when the battle of Nanshankou was fought and the silver wall was breached, the two armies had not yet arrived, and most of the soldiers were killed by the Qinling. But a few people fled, and there was only one passage, to the north was the Tibetan army, and to the south was the territory of Tibet. Later, Li Jinxing and Heiya Changzhi entered the territory of Tubo, and also gathered hundreds of defeated soldiers who fled to the territory of Tubo.
If something goes out, it is here, and it is possible that the emperor will withdraw in time, so Li Jinxing and Heizhi Changzhi frantically attacked the interior of Tibet. It's just that when a large number of reinforcements from Yangtong and Tubo arrived, they had to be scattered. Then set up a card at Nanshan Pass.
However, the Tibetans also set up a card in Nanshan, far away from each other, to prevent the Tang army from penetrating deeply. Therefore, the emperor fled, but he was hindered by this Tibetan checkpoint and could not escape. is still alive in the world, otherwise the Tibetan people will not fail to celebrate.
You must know that back then, in order to hunt down and kill the emperor, the Qinling even took the opportunity to defeat the Qinghai Tang Dynasty army and mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to surround the remnants. The emperor is still alive, but it is possible that he is in Yangtong or Tubo...... The place is very dangerous, and the Tibetans still haven't found it.
The generals of Qinghai are trying to find a way to rescue them, but they dare not say it, for fear that the imperial court will take the opportunity to take away all the military power in Qinghai, and then the emperor will have no cards to play when he comes back. But he didn't get the news of the emperor's death, otherwise doing so would be no different from making trouble. And without the righteousness in hand, Zhu Hu is not convinced, no matter how many generals there are in Qinghai, they will not succeed in rebellion. It is even possible that the news of the emperor's real death came, and the Qinghai generals were in turmoil without a fight.
So ask the black tooth often, the black tooth is often branched, find a way to excuse the answer.
This can only be explained in this way.
Wu Zetian said: "Prepare to establish the crown prince." ”
If something really happens, will it be possible to make the mourning family the empress? This was prepared for the country, and none of the prime ministers objected.
Wu Zetian asked again: "Ladies and gentlemen, who do you think will be appointed as the crown prince?" ”
"Queen Mother, the minister thinks that if he is the crown prince, among His Majesty's sons, choose one son," Di Renjie said in a tired voice.
"No, Your Majesty's several princes are all very young, if they stand, it is better to stand up, and choose one person from His Royal Highness the King and His Royal Highness the Prime Minister, which is conducive to the community." Wu Chengji immediately retorted.
"Pei Qing, what do you see?" Wu Zetian asked Pei Yan through the purple curtain.
"The minister also thought that what Zhou Guogong said was very reasonable."
Di Renjie wanted to say, Pei Yan, you are so shameless, you wanted to support King Lu back then. Now that King Lu is almost ten years old, you will support Li Xian and Li Lun again. I also know the plans of Wu Chengsi and Pei Yan, if Li Wei is really dead and Li Wei's son is set up as the crown prince, what can the unruly generals in Qinghai really do. Even if the emperor is really dead, he will shirk his responsibility under the banner of supporting the crown prince. But thinking that Li Wei's life and death were unknown, Di Renjie didn't want to fight for anything.
Don't look at him as a seemingly powerful envoy now, if the emperor dies, he may not know what will happen in the end.
Di Renjie did not object, and no one objected.
Li Xian was so stunned, he didn't expect to be taken out by everyone and become the crown prince.
This bitter lord has a certain sense of justice, impulsiveness, loves his wife and family, usually likes some fun, and there is no big harm. If you are a prince, you will be a prince of peace, or even a good husband and father. However, being the crown prince and the emperor is forced by Wu Zetian above, and it is sad. ps: The original text of the edict in the history of Li Zhi is that the military aircraft is fast, the small funeral is in fact, the heir should be left to look at things, military affairs, must not be stopped, ordinary idle affairs, and there is a division. Its clothing is light and heavy, and it is all from the Han system. The day changes to the month, and it is advisable to do things. Its garden and mausoleum system is frugal. In "The Emperor's Testament", it is that the world is the greatest, the sect and the society are the most important, and the contract is negotiated, and it cannot be left for a while. The crown prince can be the emperor in front of the cardinal, and his service should be in accordance with the Han system. The day changes to the month, and it is advisable to do things. The garden system is based on frugality. If there is an indecision in major military affairs, the queen of heaven will be stopped.
The tomb should be thrifty, ordinary affairs should be handled by hundreds of officials, and military affairs related to the monarch's power are still handled by the adult Li Xian himself. However, I am afraid that Li Xian will not be angry, so if there is no decision, the Queen Mother will be punished, and there is a concurrent word, indicating that only Wu Zetian has the right to assist, and there is no decision-making right. However, Pei Yan said that the crown prince ascended the throne and did not listen to the government, and the ministers made a discussion, and the queen of heaven issued an order to be implemented under the door. directly bypassed Li Xian and completely elevated Li Xian, so that Wu Zetian could be officially disposed of by himself, and took the most solid first step for the empress. This is where the history books beautify Pei Yan deliberately ignores, and it is very interesting.
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