After more than two months, after Yang Tanger and Li Bin were killed in the Daming Palace one after another, the campaign launched by the new emperor to clean up the palace affairs and appease the palace finally came to a successful conclusion.

As soon as the cruel two-by-two sitting was allowed to be carried out in the palace, it exerted great power: not only did he quickly catch the murderer of Li Bin in just three days, but also forced the remnants of the Zhang family who were hidden in various places in the palace to appear in their original form, and overnight, more than 30 palace people and eunuchs in more than ten places, including Hanyuan Palace, Zichen Palace, and Lin De Palace, fled collectively and disappeared without a trace, which gave people every reason to think that the remnants of the Zhang family had been frightened and evacuated from the Daming Palace.

However, the emperor's mood did not ease up.

"Father Shang and Mr. Liu were both the proponents of the discussion with the feudal clan at the beginning, but in the current situation, I don't know what good strategies to teach me?" In the Yanying Palace, listening to the report of the trip to Xing'erluo, the emperor asked Li Jinzhong and Liu Yi, who were sitting with their heads in the head, a little absentmindedly. Today is only three days left before the 100-day festival of the former emperor, not only is the king of Jiangling, who is willing to return to Beijing to help the mourning of the spirit, there is no news since he crossed the Yellow River in the west, and he has placed great hopes on him, as the eldest son of the imperial court and the ambassador of Tubo and pro-Tibet, there is still no news, as if he has evaporated from the world. In the past two days, the emperor has been vaguely feeling a sense of foreboding in his heart.

"What's so hard about that? The emperor, although the eldest princess was buried and accompanied the emperor, according to what Fang Lai Xing'er said, Tubo Chide Zampu has agreed to this marriage in person, and now he only needs to choose a suitable woman from the royal family to marry Tubo Zampu. According to the old minister, this matter is very clear, and the emperor does not need to worry about it. Li Jinzhong was slightly in arrears to the emperor. He replied disapprovingly.

"Zhongshu Ling can't help but look at this matter too simply." Liu Yi, who was sitting at the head of Li Jinzhong, watched Yu Chengen's recital. Raised his head and said. According to Yu Cheng'en in Jingzhou, since the Shenhe Army moved to the southwest in October, it has engaged the Tubo army no less than ten times, and there have been victories and defeats of each other. Let me ask, if the Tibetans were sincere in reconciling with our dynasty and relatives, how could they send troops to invade the country so frequently? ”

Since the implementation of the method of sitting in pairs and washing the Daming Palace in blood, Li Jinzhong has sensitively noticed that when he meets Liu Yi again. The other person changed his name and no longer called himself Brother Li, but only called himself an official position.

"Brother Liu's question is indeed reasonable." Li Jinzhong verbally deliberately maintained the original intimate relationship between the two, and responded to Liu Yi's questioning with a grin, "However, even if Tubo deliberately plotted misdeeds and intended to use the death of the eldest princess as an excuse to annul the marriage contract and raise troops to commit crimes, what are you afraid of?" Now the elbow and armpit of the court in Chang'an City has disappeared. The emperor can take advantage of the prestige of the Jing Palace and fight his troops. Hunt with the southwest Fanbang between the river and the dragon, and compete with the males and females. The Tubo people have always been afraid of bullying the weak, and they can't get along, so let them learn the military might of the **** state. Does Brother Liu think so? ”

Liu Yi ignored Li Jinzhong, stood up solemnly, bowed deeply to the emperor, and said: "Sweeping the rebels in the north, and the foreign domain in the south, this is the great ambition of Your Majesty, and the minister only hopes that Your Majesty can stick to it and deal with it carefully." Everything has two sides, love and potential, love is mastered, and the potential is determined by heaven. But as far as the southwest is concerned, its potential is a thousand miles of fertile fields in Helong, Tubo has coveted this for a long time, and has long harbored the intention of annexation, and the imperial court has learned that the army guarding the southwest border army went north to quell the rebellion, and the defense force between Helong is extremely weak.

In terms of his feelings, His Majesty was wise and wise, and in order to ensure the peace of the southern border, he did not hesitate to condescend to the nobles, and wanted to marry the eldest princess Yu Tubo Zampu, showing great sincerity in repairing the vassal state, and the fact that the state of Chide Zampu agreed to this marriage in person with our embassy was not out of haste. Since both sides have the heart of harmony and reconciliation, why are they still fighting so far? According to the minister's thoughts, there are two possibilities for not going out: one is that the truth of Lai Xing'er pretending to be King Mu was revealed, and the eldest princess of Changning unfortunately died, which made Tubo doubt the sincerity of the peace and reconciliation of our dynasty, so he repeatedly sent troops to tempt; When the envoy came to propose reconciliation, the lord and the faction took the initiative, and under their persuasion, Chide Zampu agreed to have a relationship with the eldest princess, and when the news of the death of the eldest princess came to Luo, the main battle faction took the opportunity to make a noise and tried their best to encourage Zampu to send troops to invade the territory and restart the war.

Regardless of which situation is true, the minister thought that it was not the best policy to choose another clan girl to marry Tubo at this time.

The two countries have intersected, and since ancient times, the first thing is faithfulness, and the second is national strength. His Majesty sent the eldest princess to Tubo Zanpu first, and now the eldest princess has died, so he should send an envoy to report the funeral to Luo some, explain the reasons in detail, and try to eliminate the doubts of both sides, which is the right way to fulfill the letter. If another woman of the clan is chosen to marry, the barbarian people are bound to be prone to contempt and arrogance; Retreating, under the knees of the first emperor, there is only a daughter to be married to be married of the eldest princess of Changning, whose status is precious, and no one else can replace it. Because of this, the minister advised His Majesty not to take this way. ”

Lai Xing'er stood aside and listened to Liu Yi's earnest talk, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He traveled thousands of miles to return to Chang'an, just to persuade the emperor to choose another princess to marry Tubo as soon as possible, so as to rescue Lin Shu, Shang Jing and others from the predicament, but Liu Yi came up with a bunch of reasons to persuade the emperor not to do this. Although he had to admit in his heart that what Liu Yi said was true, when he thought of the people of the mission who were trapped in the city of Luo and whose life and death were unknown, he expected the emperor not to adopt Liu Yi's advice.

"Just sending an envoy to report the funeral can turn hostility into a jade silk? Has Brother Liu been cultivating in the mountains for a long time and has become ignorant of the taste of the world? Without waiting for the emperor to speak, Li Jinzhong shook his head and retorted sarcastically.

Liu Yi said quietly: "Don't be anxious about the book, there is still something to say next." When it comes to the path of faith between the two countries, it does not mention the national strength that both sides must ultimately rely on. With all due respect, with the current national strength of our dynasty, we can only seek peace with Tibet, and it is not appropriate to talk about war.

But seeking and not means groveling to seek it, but it requires both intellect and seeking it. The minister asked His Majesty to issue an order to order the Shenhe Army to move the Chinese army forward to Liangzhou to garrison the festival, and form an oppressive trend against the northbound barbarian army; He ordered 20,000 soldiers and horses to move forward to Zhongzhou, which is close to the eastern border of Tibet, to divide the Tibetan forces; At the same time, please send your majesty to send envoys to the southern regions of Nibora and Nanzhao to reconcile, so as to lead the Tibetan body; Then, in the court, a loyal, brave and eloquent person was selected to go to Luo to report the funeral, and explained the reason and the benefits to the Tibetan Zanpu Chen in person, and strongly persuaded him to stop the army and repair. In this way, the matter of Nanhe and Tibet can be accomplished. (To be continued.) )