Wang Zhongsi knew that the emperor's face must be taken into account, in order to appease the emperor who was happy to make great achievements, after observing the terrain of the stone fort on the spot and returning to Shanzhou, he hurriedly dispatched elite troops from Hexi, Shuofang, and Hedong, preparing to bypass the stone fort in a dangerous situation, and from Chiling, Dieshi and other places, looking for opportunities to attack and defeat Tubo.

On the other hand, Wang Zhongsi went to the emperor and expounded the idea that the situation of the stone fort was dangerous, and that a strong attack might have to pay a heavy price, and that the main thing should be to eliminate the living forces of Tibet and weaken its strength.

This message was sent out in an expedited manner of 600 li, and six days later, it was delivered to Chang'an. Without any accidents, this note fell into Li Linfu's hands first.

Holding Wang Zhonghe's recital, Li Linfu smiled coldly, he took out the report that Fan Yang Jiedu had delivered to An Lushan first, and then brought it into the palace together.

Li Longji first read An Lushan's good news, he is a dragon-faced and happy, and the northeast is peaceful! When he looked at Wang Zhonghe's recital again, his brows suddenly frowned.

The subtle changes in the emperor's facial expression did not escape Li Linfu's eyes, and he secretly sneered in his heart, there is a drama to watch now.

Sure enough, Li Longji threw down Wang Zhonghe's note and said, "This Wang Zhonghei, don't I know that the stone castle is easy to defend and difficult to attack?" If it weren't for that, how could the strategic position of the Stone Fort be so important! ”

Although Li Longji's words were concise, they already revealed a trace of unhappiness. This is not to blame him, An Lushan in the northeast has been victorious, and the only trouble in the Tang Dynasty is Tubo. Because of its important strategic position, the stone castle is related to the growth and decline of the situation between Tang and Tu.

The stone castle is like a dazzling symbol, and whether it can be taken down or not is of great political significance. At least that's what Li Longji thinks. His holy decree has been given, but Wang Zhonghei has pushed back and blocked. Naturally, he was very unhappy.

Li Linfu took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, Wang Zhonghei did not obey the order. Claiming that it was because he cherished the lives of soldiers, at first glance, his reasons sounded righteous and awe-inspiring. However, where did Wang Zhongji put His Majesty in this way? Could it be that only he, the loyal heir of the king, cherishes the lives of the soldiers in front of him, and His Majesty does not cherish it? Wang Zhonghei is slandering His Majesty's reputation, and at the same time taking the opportunity to buy the hearts of the frontier soldiers! ”

Li Linfu's words cannot be described as non-poisonous.

Sure enough, the unhappy look on Li Longji's face was even worse, fortunately he was not too faint. I know a little bit about Li Linfu's thoughts. At the same time, he was more fond of Wang Zhonghe, and was not immediately bewitched by Li Linfu.

But in his heart, Li Longji did have some dissatisfaction with Wang Zhonghe. is the so-called embankment of a thousand miles, collapsed in an anthill, and now his dissatisfaction with Wang Zhonghei is like an anthill on the embankment, under the continuous infiltration of Li Linfu and others, how long can it last?

Li Longji was about to replace Li Shizhi as the left minister, and had just been promoted by the Jiannan Jiedu envoy to the head of the household department and the imperial history of Zhang Qiu and Qiong, the Ministry of Rites Pei Kuan, the criminal department of the secretary Pei Dunfu, the water and land transfer envoy Yang Shenjin, the imperial history of the middle of the Cheng Wang Jie, the right of the Shangshu Wei Jiansu, the supervision of the imperial history and the branch of the foreign Lang Yang Zhao and others, summoned to the political hall. Let's do it together.

These people who are now relied on by Li Longji as their confidants and close ministers, in terms of their hearts, can all be called talents, even Yang Zhao, who was promoted by nepotism. He also has a good talent in terms of branching, and his mind is sensitive.

But in terms of character, in addition to Pei Kuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he is known for being honest and upright. Most of the others are of poor moral character.

After Li Longji and others visited the shrine, he handed over Wang Zhonghe's recital to everyone to see. Then he said: "Tubo has always been the biggest confidant of my Datang, and the safety of Longyou is always threatened. Especially after the stone castle was gained and lost, I couldn't sleep. Now that the northern frontier has been appeased, and I have the heart to recapture the stone fort, what do you think of the ministers? ”

Among the people present, Pei Kuan and Zhang Qiu and Qiong have all served as one party and have military exploits, after Li Longji finished speaking, he first looked at Pei Kuan, who was nearly seventy years old and highly respected.

The emperor values Pei Kuan very much in his heart, and after Li Shizhi resigned from the post of left minister, the emperor resolutely recalled Pei Kuan back to the Ministry of Rites, which did not lack the meaning of balancing Li Linfu, Li Linfu was like a stalk in his throat, but he was helpless for a while.

Pei Kuan bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the stone fort is dangerous and difficult to attack. The old minister thinks that Wang Zhonghei's performance is not unreasonable, now the sky is in me, the location is in Tibet, but the time is not as good as the location, the location is not as good as the people, I have no geographical advantages, so we should start from the people and aspects, if you abandon the people and compete with Tubo for the geographical advantages, it is really to attack the enemy's strength with their own shortcomings, and it is not enough to take it! ”

As Li Linfu's urgent vanguard, Wang Ji immediately said: "Your Majesty is worried about the country and the people, and he is really a saint of the ages. Longyou is rich, and it is the barrier of Hexi and Guanzhong, and the stone fort is the gateway of Longyou, and the strategic position is self-evident. If Tubo is allowed to steal the land of the portal, it will be difficult for Longyou to be safe, Hexi to be safe, and Guanzhong to be safe, which will damage His Majesty's heavenly prestige and make Di Yi contemptible! ”

The emperor wants to be the emperor of the ages and live forever, but if his own doors are occupied by others, what kind of emperor is this, and what is there to talk about?

Wang Jie's words contained murderous intentions, and suddenly raised a tactical issue to a political issue related to the emperor's face and national prestige.

Although Zhang Qiu and Qiong were not part of Li Linfu's party, they were afraid of Li Linfu's power, and they also followed their meaning and said: "Your Majesty, at first glance, Ambassador Wang's strategy is correct, but it is difficult to implement. Tubo occupies a favorable geographical position, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and most of them are cavalry, coming and going like the wind. How easy is it to wipe out the living forces of Tibet on a large scale?

The stone fort is the gateway to Longyou and the main way to enter Tibet, which is equally important to me in the Tang Dynasty and Tibet. Sun Tzu's Art of War has a cloud: I want to fight, although the enemy has a high base and a deep ditch, those who have to fight with me will be saved if they attack it;

Attacking the stone fort is to attack the enemy's rescue, because of the fear that the stone fort will be lost, the Tibetan army must come to help, so it is possible to complete the battle. Otherwise, the war will be prolonged, countless costs will be consumed, and the veterans of the division will be tired, but they may not be able to find the opportunity for a decisive battle with Tibet, and the plan to defeat Tibet in the end may not be able to do so. ”

Li Linfu quietly glanced at the left minister and the secretary of the military department, **** Lie, **** Lie is his voice at all, Li Linfu is handling government affairs at home, and all the officials gathered in front of his house to wait for the summons. And although **** Lie sits in the political hall, no one has seen him, he just signed the official document.

Seeing Li Linfu's signal, **** Lie hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, hard work, Ze is the world, now the Tang Dynasty is rich and strong, and all the four are subdued, only Tubo relies on the geographical advantage, rebellion and impermanence, if you can't surrender Tubo, I am afraid that the four Yi will compete to learn, and there will be repeated, and the current good situation may be ruined." ”

After listening to everyone's words, Li Longji's intention to capture the stone castle became more and more determined, but he also knew that fighting a war required money, and he was about to ask Yang Shenjin and Yang Zhao, who were managing money.

Yang Zhao was quick-witted, and said first: "Your Majesty, rest assured, under Your Majesty's careful governance, my Tang Dynasty is prosperous and unprecedented." As far as the minister knows, now that the treasury is full, and the coins are piled up, and many of them are rotting in the treasury, His Majesty wants to take the stone fort without worrying about the shortage of military resources and food. ”

Yang Zhao did what he liked, Li Longji was naturally very happy to hear it, praised Yang Zhao a lot, and praised him in public for being good at managing money and goods, which is a rare talent.

Yang Zhaoqiang suppressed his joy, and then said: "Your Majesty, Weichen heard that this year's new science detective Hualang Li Ang, after taking up the post of Longyou's soldier Cao joined the army, he took fifty light horsemen to go deep into Tubo, broke through the ambush city, captured Tubo and Mangbu Branch, and then used a discord strategy to make the Tubo monarchs and ministers suspicious, and finally let the ruler take Zhudan to purge the Dayan Department, which greatly damaged the strength of Tubo, and the various departments were panicked and unofficial. Why didn't Your Majesty let Ambassador Wang escort Mangbu Zhi to Chang'an, proclaim the power of heaven, and inspire people? In addition, His Majesty can take the opportunity to soothe Mangbu Branch, and at the same time make it clear to the people of the world that Mang Buzhi did not betray Tubo, so that everyone in the world knows that Tubo Zampu is mediocre, does not distinguish between right and wrong, and kills ministers indiscriminately. ”

"Good! Great goodness! Li Longji nodded frequently, agreeing with Yang Zhao's words, and then he turned his head and asked Li Linfu, "Right Minister, last time you said that Dong Yanguang sent light cavalry to go deep into Dafeichuan and break Tubo, the person sent by Dong Yanguang is this Li Ang, right?" ”

Li Linfu had a secret hatred in his heart, but he had to reply with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, Dong Yanguanghui knows people, and the person he sent is Li Ang." ”

"This year's Tanhualang, the literary talent must be not bad, just arrived in Longyou, and made this great achievement, and the martial arts strategy must be extraordinary, Li Ang is a talent! Well deserved! ”

"Your Majesty can rest assured that Li Ang and other soldiers who went deep into Tibet to break the enemy's siege have been rewarded according to their merits to show the court's favor."

"That's good! That's it! ”

Li Linfu has always been shrewd and capable, and Li Longji has always been very relieved of his ability to do things.

As for the distrust between Li Linfu and the crown prince, it is really what he is happy to see. As the emperor, he did not want his most powerful prime minister to get close to the crown prince;

Therefore, Li Linfu was deliberately trying to bring down the crown prince, although he knew, he would not be dissatisfied with Li Linfu.

After discussing with the ministers again, Li Jilong, who was very happy, issued another decree, asking Wang Zhongsi to send troops to recapture the stone fort as soon as possible, and clearly expressed his intention to change the general if Wang Zhongji found another excuse.

When the court meeting dispersed, Li Longji left Yang Zhao alone.

This made Li Linfu even more annoyed, and Yang Zhao relied on the relationship of his cousin Yang Guifei to get more and more favored by the emperor, which made Li Linfu faintly feel threatened.

But on the other hand, Li Linfu knows who his biggest enemy is, if the prince does not fall, he will have to die in the future. Before this mortal enemy, Yang Zhao's threat was not imminent, not to mention that Yang Zhao had always been of the same mind with him in the matter of bringing down the prince.

In view of this, Li Linfu decided to forbear for the time being, wait for the crown prince to be overthrown, and then go back to clean up Yang Zhao!

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