readx; After returning from Daeunsi, Li Qing'an received a report from his own soldiers, and the envoys of the Balhae Kingdom and the Silla Kingdom had arrived and were waiting for him to receive him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This news surprised Li Qing'an, and he immediately ordered: "Please wait for two envoys in the Dadu Governor's Mansion, and I will be there immediately." ”

The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion refers to the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, located in Shugang, Yangzhou, nominally the highest military commander in Yangzhou, generally led by the prince Yao, the original Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor is Qingwang Li Cong, after Li Cong's death, taken over by the Yongwang Li Xuan, at the beginning of the year Li Lan was swept away, and now the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor is taken over by Li Qing'an, but it is only a nominal military commander.

The actual army commander of Yangzhou is the Jiangdu regimental training envoy, served by Li Baozhen, and the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor is basically just a symbol, despite this, the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion still exists, and it is the palace of Li Qing'an's eastern tour.

When Li Qing'an took Mingzhu back to the Dadu Governor's Mansion in a carriage, the two envoys had been waiting for a long time.

"Mingzhu, you go and rest for a while, and we'll have lunch together later."

Li Qing'an saw that Mingzhu's spirit was not very good, and he was silent all the way, he knew her thoughts, and remembered her wish in front of the Bodhisattva, and couldn't help but love her in his heart, so he took her into his arms lovingly, kissed her lightly on the forehead, and said softly in her ear: "Go and rest, big brother will not disappoint you." ”

Mingzhu was shocked, her eyes lit up, she slowly raised her head, looking at Li Qing'an's tender and infinite gaze, her eyes gradually moistened, she didn't believe what she heard, could it really be a bodhisattva manifestation?

"Big brother!"

"Silly girl, don't cry, the soldiers are listening!" Li Qingan smiled at her in a low voice, "I thought I was bullying you." ”

Mingzhu lay on Li Qing'an's chest, she bit her lip desperately, and nodded, "Big brother, I don't cry!" ”

Her voice was already choked, Li Qingan wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes for her, and sighed: "Silly girl! After so many years, doesn't Big Brother still understand your heart? Didn't I deny the old monk's title today? ”

Thinking that Zen Master Daoyun actually called himself Madame, Mingzhu only felt that his face was hot for a while, and he turned around with infinite shyness, but his heart seemed to be smeared with honey, "Big brother, you go to see the guests quickly, it's important to get down to business." ”

"Okay, I'll go, you go back to your room to rest first."

Li Qing'an got out of the carriage first, and as soon as Li Qing'an left, Mingzhu suddenly lay weakly on the carpet, she hugged the cushion tightly, buried her face in the soft cushion, and bit her lip desperately, she wanted to cry, but she wanted to laugh out loud, her eyes were full of tears, but her face showed a bright smile, rippling with cute little dimples, like a fragrant lily that had just bloomed.

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Li Qing'an walked quickly towards the hall, not thinking about the pearl for the time being, but thinking about why the Bohai Kingdom sent envoys? He had already decided to send troops to the Balhae Kingdom, and the army had already set out, at this time, the envoys of the Balhae Kingdom and the Silla Kingdom suddenly arrived, which made him feel very confused.

The reason why Li Qing'an sent troops to the Bohai State was based on the agreement reached between him and the king of Bohai County, Da Qinmao, in Chang'an last time, the Tang Dynasty agreed to send troops to support the Bohai State in times of crisis, but the strength and time of the troops were decided by the Tang Dynasty, and the Bohai State would fully bear the grain and grass materials of the Tang Army, and if necessary, the Tang Dynasty could also lease a port garrison in the Bohai State.

As soon as Li Qing'an thought about it, he immediately realized that it was not that the Tang Army was not welcome, but that the situation in the Bohai Kingdom was extremely critical, and there was also Silla, which had a bitter relationship with the Bohai State, and it should have also encountered a crisis.

There are three people sitting in the main hall of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, one is a Han Chinese, this person is Wei Ruqun who escorted the prince Da Yingjun to escape back to the Bohai Kingdom, he is no longer the military doctor who sold herbs for a few dollars in the past, he is now the household servant of the Bohai Kingdom, the Bohai Kingdom is based on Chinese as the official language, Wei Ruqun is not affected by the appointment of a high-ranking official, and his biggest hope now is to take his wife and children to the Bohai Kingdom to enjoy happiness.

Wei Ruqun is only the deputy envoy, the main envoy is the brother of the king of the Bohai State Dachengqing, he is also the right minister of the Bohai State in the book order, the Bohai State completely imitated the Tang Dynasty to implement the three provinces and six ministries system, it is not only a reading country, but also a vassal of the Tang Dynasty of the state of the state, the Bohai State in the Tang Dynasty is called the state of Kutan, the king is also the governor of the state of the state, after the king ascends the throne, must be canonized by the Tang Dynasty to officially call the king, otherwise it can only be called the right to know the state affairs, and must pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty every year, and the countries of the Western Regions are actually the same.

Last year, the Bohai King Da Qinmao secretly went to Chang'an and reached an agreement with Li Qing'an to send troops, but in this agreement was strongly opposed by the Bohai State, the key is one of them, the Bohai State will allow the Tang Dynasty to lease the port indefinitely and allow the Tang Army to garrison troops in the port, which is undoubtedly a violation of the reading power of the Bohai State, and will make the Bohai State subject to the Tang Dynasty, including the king Da Qinmao is also a little remorseful.

The right minister, Dachengqing, opposed it most fiercely, which made this agreement not formally adopted in Bohai for a long time, and it could not be called a national agreement of the Bohai State.

But the critical situation has changed the fate of this agreement, the Bohai State has received the exact news, An Lushan, Khitan, Xi will join forces, attack the Bohai State, which makes the Bohai State panicked, to the suzerainty Tang Dynasty for help is their only hope, rather than the destruction of the country, it is better to let the Tang Army garrison, originally the most opposed to the Tang Army garrison of the right minister Dachengqing, but became a strong supporter of this agreement, under his promotion, the Bohai State reached a consensus, officially adopted the agreement.

There is also a person in the main hall is Kim Yangxiang, the envoy of the Silla Kingdom, he is also a Silla nobleman, and the official worship is the Grand Rank, that is, the Xiangguo, the Silla Kingdom and the Balhae Kingdom have always been feuding, and the two families have been fighting for many years, especially in the previous generation, the hatred between the King of Balhae Daemuyi and the King of Silla Gyeongdeok is very deep, and there is almost no possibility of reconciliation.

However, after the death of Dae Muyi, his son Da Chin-mao succeeded to the throne, and the relationship between Balhae and Silla began to show signs of easing, although there were no friendly exchanges, but at least there was no war, and at the beginning of this year, King Gyeongdeok of Silla also died, and his eight-year-old son King Hye-gyong ascended the throne, and the Empress Dowager was regent, and it was under the unsparing promotion of the Empress Dowager of Silla that Balhae and Silla were reconciled, and the two sides began to trade and allow people to cross freely.

And this time An Lushan, Khitan and Xi Jiang's three alliances, also made Silla suffer a great threat, after the three of them destroyed the Bohai Kingdom, the next step must be Silla, the common enemy and the common fate of Bohai and Silla together, they decided to unite the two [***] teams to resist the invasion of An Lushan and Khitan, but the strength is still not enough, the two countries at the same time sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty for help.

They went ashore in Yangzhou by boat, and it was a coincidence that Li Qingan was in Yangzhou, which was simply God's favor for them.

The three of them sat in the lobby anxiously waiting for Li Qing'an's arrival, they didn't know that Li Qing'an had sent a large army to the north by boat, which was an absolute secret of the Tang Army, and even the Yangzhou government didn't know about it.

"His Royal Highness King Zhao has arrived!"

With the shouts of the guards, the three of them stood up at the same time, only to see an officer in his early thirties striding in from the outside, none of them knew Li Qing'an, but from the momentum of the person, and the golden helmet he was wearing, they knew that this was the de facto supreme ruler of the Tang Dynasty, Li Qing'an, the king of Zhao.

The three of them knelt down at the same time and saluted, "The special envoy of the Bohai Kingdom, Da Chengqing, and the deputy envoy Wei Ruqun, see His Royal Highness King Zhao!" ”

"The special envoy of the Silla Kingdom, Kim Yangxiang, meets His Royal Highness King Zhao!"

Li Qingan smiled and helped them up, "The three envoys have worked hard all the way, please get up quickly!" ”

Li Qing'an had already looked at the list of envoys, and the envoys were all high-ranking officials of Bohai and Silla, his eyes quickly glanced at Wei Ruqun, he had seen this name in Ji Sheng's intelligence, this person escorted Da Yingjun back to Bohai, but he didn't expect to become a household servant in Bohai, this person is a key person sent by God to Datang.

"Three envoys, please take a seat!"

Li Qing'an invited them to sit down, and the soldiers served tea to everyone again, Li Qing'an picked up the teacup, smiled slightly and asked Dachengqing: "How is the king of Bohai County now?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, the king of the county is very good, when I was leaving, the king of the county specially prepared a gift for His Royal Highness, and the princess and the prince also prepared gifts for Princess Zhao and the little prince."

The gift has been accepted by the soldiers, Dachengqing put a gift list on the table, Li Qingan looked at it, they are all golden and jade treasures, he smiled and said: "Thank you for the prince and princess, I will accept the gift!" ”

Li Qing'an said lightly to Jin Liangxiang, the envoy of Silla: "I heard that the new king has ascended the throne, why don't you send an envoy to the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Silla, like Balhae, was also a subject state of the Tang Dynasty, and Silla was also the governor of the Tang Dynasty, and the king of Silla served as the governor of the Gilin state, paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and accepted the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, the old king died, the new king ascended the throne, and Silla did not send an envoy to the Tang Dynasty in time, which made the Tang court and Li Qingan a little dissatisfied.

Jin Liangxiang hurriedly explained: "The new king is young, regent by the Queen Mother, there are nobles in the country who are not convinced, rebelled in the south, we have just quelled the rebellion, so the Queen Mother sent me to the Tang Dynasty, one is to ask the Tang Dynasty for help, and at the same time, it is also to formally ask the Tang Dynasty to canonize the new king." ”

Li Qing'an nodded, there was a rebellion in the country, this reason was barely acceptable to him, and he turned his head and asked Dachengqing again, "What is the situation of An Lushan?" ”

Speaking of business, Da Chengqing's expression became a little nervous, he straightened up, took out a map from the luggage he carried, and spread it out on the table, "Your Highness, at present, An Lushan's army is gathered in Yingzhou Liucheng, from what we know, An Lushan still has 70,000 remnants, but he is recruiting troops in Yingzhou and Andong Protectorate, it is said that he will recruit 100,000 troops, Khitan will send 70,000 troops, Xi will send 30,000 troops, a total of 200,000 troops, by the latest autumn, they will launch a full-scale attack on the Bohai Sea, We only have 80,000 troops in the Bohai Kingdom, plus 70,000 in Silla, there are only 150,000 troops in total, and in terms of weapons and equipment, we can't compare to the Yan army of An Lushan, and in terms of fierce cavalry, we are far inferior to the Khitan and Xi. ”

Kim Yangsang, the envoy of Silla next to him, also pleaded: "Silla has been attached to the Tang Dynasty since a hundred years ago, and is a subject country of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Qing'an pondered for a moment, and then said to Dachengqing: "Last year, the Bohai King Da Qinmao came to Chang'an secretly, and I signed a memorandum of mutual assistance with him, and the Bohai King also signed it at that time, but he said that it needs to be approved by the imperial court of his country before the formal state contract is formed, I don't know how he thought about this memorandum, has it become a national document?" ”

Dachengqing was about to speak, but Li Qingan interrupted him with another wave of his hand, "If this memorandum is passed, you don't need to plead, you can directly ask Datang to send troops according to the treaty, how about it, did you bring this letter of state?" ”

"Brought!"

Da Chengqing hurriedly took out a yellow silk scroll, this one was a national letter to the Tang Dynasty, and respectfully presented it to Li Qing'an with both hands, "Please accept it, Your Highness!" ”

Li Qing'an took the scroll and unfolded it, read it carefully, and sure enough, it was the memorandum he signed with Da Qinmao at the beginning, and now it has become an official will, stamped with the king's seal and the big seal under the door of the Chinese book, that is, it has been determined in the form of a national letter.

Li Qing'an was more concerned about the third article, the Tang Dynasty could lease the port of the Bohai State indefinitely, allow the Tang Dynasty to build a city, and garrison the army at the same time, at that time he and the Great Qinmao verbally agreed that it was not higher than 30,000, and the required grain and grass were supplied by the Bohai State, and there was indeed this article on the national document, and the Bohai State made it clear that the number of troops was not higher than 30,000.

But Li Qing'an did not find which port Bohai State was willing to lease to the Tang Dynasty, and the national book did not say, Li Qing'an smiled and said: "I remember talking to the King of Bohai about leasing land at that time, and we discussed two plans, one is the Bohai State's Nanjing Prefecture Wozhou Port, he allowed the Tang army to build a city, this is a simple plan: the other plan is the land exchange plan, which is also to build a city in the port of Vaud, but after the destruction of the Khitan army, the Tang Dynasty can hand over the Khitan land to the Bohai State, in exchange, the Bohai State will also be in the north of Lizhou, Huazhou and Anzhou were assigned to the Tang Dynasty, as an enclave of the Tang Dynasty in the Bohai Kingdom, I don't know which of the two plans the Bohai State is going to choose? ”

Vaud is today's North Korean Hamxing Port, now the Bohai State of Nanjing, Li Qing'an hopes to get this port, for the Tang Army's transit supply, but what he really wants is the Bohai State's Huazhou and Lizhou, that is, today's Vladivostok in Russia, China's former Vladivostok.

He knew that the Bohai Kingdom had always coveted the land of the Khitan and could be used as pasture for the Bohai Kingdom, so he used the land of the Khitan as bait in exchange for this most important port in the north.

Although the Bohai State also engaged in a lot of trade with Yue Ben at this time, their awareness of the sea was not high, and more importantly, they did not understand Li Qing'an's true purpose, and the Bohai State almost unanimously agreed to the second plan, exchanging land for land.

"Your Highness, the Bohai Kingdom chose the second plan, because the Khitan was not destroyed, so it was not written in the national letter, and after the Khitan perished, we will make a supplement."

"Good!" Li Qingan said happily: "Since the official credentials are available, then we will follow the agreement, and I will immediately send troops to support the Bohai Kingdom!" ”

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The two envoys went down, and Li Qing'an returned to the temporary study, where he stood in front of the map of Bohai with his hands behind his back and pondered for a long time.

In fact, after the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, it immediately set out to exterminate the Khitan and Su Mo Ya, but due to logistical and terrain conditions, has been unsuccessful, the battle of Tianmen Ling, the Tang army was defeated by Su Mo Yan, since then the Bohai State was established, the Tang Dynasty saw that it was no longer able to exterminate the Bohai State, so it had to take pacification measures and accept the Bohai State as a subject country, but if there are conditions, the Tang Dynasty will never give up the plan to destroy the Bohai State, Tang Gaozong, Wu Zetian have failed, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji era, Tubo became the biggest threat to the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang court had no choice but to give up the use of troops in the northeast, and successively established the Andong Protectorate and the Lulong Jiedu Mansion to control the northeast.

Now, it's his turn Li Qing'an to consider the strategy of the Northeast, in later history, the Khitan, Jurchen and Manchu are all from the Northeast, the root of which is that after the destruction of Goguryeo, Tang Gaozong was not able to successfully exterminate the Khitan and the Sumo Yan, so that after the Anshi Rebellion, the Khitan gradually grew larger. Later, Yelu Abaoji destroyed the Bohai State and established the Liao State, which became a powerful country in the Northeast and forever became a major problem in the Central Plains.

He is ready to use five to ten years to destroy the Balhae Kingdom and Silla and completely unify the Northeast, so he will first establish a seaport military base in the Balhae Kingdom, relocate the Han people in Lizhou and Hwashu, and ensure the supply of troops, which is the top priority in his northeast strategy.

The two major ports of Vladivostok and Hamxing can make the north and south echo, and with the army of Yingzhou, he is confident that within five years, he can make the Bohai Kingdom become the Bohai Road of the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, a guard walked to the door and reported: "General, he is here!" ”

"Bring him in!"

Soon, several guards walked in with Wei Ruqun, although Wei Ruqun was named the head of the household of the Bohai Kingdom, but it was not long, and he was still a child of the Tang Dynasty in his heart.

He knelt down, "The minister knocks to see His Royal Highness King Zhao!" ”

"Doctor Wei, please!" Li Qingan smiled slightly.

The three words 'Wei Military Doctor' shocked Wei Ruqun, and he realized that Li Qingan actually knew everything about him, and he remembered Ji Sheng who stayed in Youzhou, An Lushan's army was defeated, and Youzhou was also occupied by Shi Siming, I don't know how he lives or dies? His heart was full of guilt for Ji Sheng, and he said ashamedly: "It was General Ji who gave me a chance, and I don't know what happened to him in life and death?" ”

"General Ji has already left Youzhou, he is now in Mozhou, you don't have to worry, he will protect himself."

Wei Ruqun's heart was put down, and he asked again: "I don't know what the minister can do to His Highness!" ”

Li Qingan looked at him with a smile, "Mr. Wei, I've read General Ji's intelligence, it seems that you want to join the Anxi Army as a military doctor, right?" ”

Wei Ruqun's heart hung again, he seemed to have vaguely understood what Li Qing'an meant, but Li Qing'an didn't say any more, he paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, as if thinking about something, after a while, Li Qing'an stopped and asked him: "Why can you become the household servant of the Bohai Kingdom?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, this is Da Yingjun's strong request, he wants to repay me for saving my life, in fact, this is all the credit of General Ji."

Li Qingan waved his hand and asked again, "How about this handsome person?" ”

"He was very weak, he almost died on the way, and I saved him, maybe because I had been a hostage for a long time. This man was a cowardly man and did not have the heroism of his father and brother at all. ”

Li Qing'an nodded, this kind of surname was exactly what he needed, "Then how likely is it that this handsome man will inherit the throne?" ”

"Hardly!"

Wei Ruqun sighed, "Da Yingjun also wants to inherit the throne, but in fact he has no power, his father Da Qinmao is only in his early forties and is in good health, his two elder brothers, the prince Da Honglin and the second brother Da Zhenhu are both very strong figures, and Xiangguo Da Chengqing supports Shizi, but the military power of Zuo Wuwei General Da Miaojin has a good relationship with the second child, no one supports Da Yingjun, he just wants to inherit the throne is impossible." ”

"What if all these people die!"

Li Qing'an looked at Wei Ruqun, "The king, the prince, this son, Xiangguo, the general, etc., are all dead?" Is it feasible for the big handsome to inherit the throne? ”

Wei Ruqun was frightened, but he didn't dare not answer, "What if... If they all die, it can only be the great handsome who will inherit the throne. ”

"Good!"

Li Qingan laughed, "Mr. Wei should understand what I mean!" ”

"Minister.... I see! He felt his legs go limp, and he could barely stand.

"It's good to understand, you immediately return to the Bohai Kingdom, go and assist Da Yingjun well, I will arrange for Dachengqing to go to Chang'an, and then go back in a few years, Mr. Wei, I hope you can be the prime minister of the Bohai Kingdom."

Wei Ruqun wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a low voice: "Weichen tries his best to ....."

"It's not as much as you can, but you can do it, and I'll let you do it!"

Speaking of this, Li Qingan suddenly lowered his voice and said to him slowly: "Serve Datang well, I will ensure your wealth for the rest of your life, and let your wife and son live well in Chang'an, if you have a different heart, then do you understand what the consequences are?" ”

Wei Ruqun lowered his head and said after a while: "What does Your Highness mean, I will never be able to see my wife and children again?" ”

"Not forever, five years at the latest, you do things for me for five years, I will make you the prince of Bohai County, if you want to be an official, I will make you Honglu Temple, so that your whole family can reunite and enjoy the joy of family forever."

Li Qing'an was still a little hesitant when he saw Wei Ruqun, knowing that he refused to believe himself, Li Qing'an was slightly angry, he was the king of Zhao, the general of Tiance, how dare he not believe his words?

But now Wei Ruqun is a key player in his northeast strategy, if there is no him, Li Qing'an is ready to attack directly, but that will hurt the prosperity of the Bohai State for decades, Li Qingan hopes to completely take over the Bohai State, and Wei Ruqun is such a key role.

Li Qing'an had no choice but to put down his identity first to appease the Han high-ranking officials of the Bohai Kingdom, he took out an arrow and broke it in two, "If I, Li Qing'an, have cheated, it will be like this arrow!" ”

Wei Ruqun knelt on the ground and cried sadly: "With the ninety-five statues of His Royal Highness, he actually broke arrows for the humble ministers, and the humble ministers were smeared with liver and brains, and it was not a pity to die. ”

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(To be continued)