The morning of this day was the first time that Li Ang had gathered all the officials to discuss major matters with various military envoys since he took office as the governor of Longyou Jiedu.

In addition to the marching Sima Cui Qianyou, the two judges Ren Pingyin and Guo Yunzhen, the envoy Lang Ming, the secretary Fei Guanqing, and the soldier Cao and Liu Ji were all present.Chinese

In terms of military generals, there are Cao Yan, the general of Shanzhou Town, Ge Chengyu, the deputy general, Ma Chongjun, the envoy of the Ningsai Army, Feng Shoujie, the envoy of the Anren Army, Wang Rare, the envoy of the Baishui Army, Li Guangbi, the envoy of the Chishui Army, and Hua Qiu, who has been promoted to the rank of Zhenwu military envoy, and Li Sheng, the envoy of the Jintian Army.

The civil and military officials rushed in and filled the council hall of the embassy. The envoy of Longyou Jiedu was temporarily vacant, and Li Ang, the chief of staff, became the principal, he was wearing a scarlet official robe, a horizontal knife hanging from his waist, and a giant wolf lurking at his feet, which was invisibly a little more majestic.

After saluting each other, Li Ang coughed lightly and said to the officials present: "For more than 100 years, Tubo has become a big problem for my Tang Dynasty.

For more than 100 years, Tubo has relied on its geographical advantages and ignored the grace of the Tang Dynasty, but when it had the opportunity, it raised troops to invade, and also vainly tried to invade the territory of Longyou, Hexi, and Anxi.

I, the Tang Dynasty, now that Ming Jun is in power, have seen the jackal nature of Tubo clearly, and I am determined not to compromise with Tubo anymore, and I am ordered to wait for the ******** and strive to never suffer from Tubo.

This time, the Holy Lord's heart to pacify Tibet is extremely firm, and if anyone violates the holy will in this matter, and thinks about the consequences for himself, I will not say more.

I, Li Ang, have been in Longyou for less than a year, and although I have made small contributions, I am young and shallow, and I am not worth mentioning compared with the achievements of all the people here. It is inevitable that I will be unconvinced by this meeting today, but although I know that I am shallow, I have to do it.

A few days ago, I expelled the Tibetan envoys in order to conform to the will of the Holy Lords to no longer compromise with Tibet, and if Tibet fails to sue for peace, it is very likely that the Tibetan army will be invaded again, and this is the reason why I convened this meeting. ”

In terms of qualifications, Li Ang is indeed shallower than anyone seated, but on the other hand, his combat exploits are not difficult to compare with anyone seated. What's more, there are rumors now that Li Ang is the grandson of the emperor. In addition, he has a holy purpose, so everyone is not convinced, and it is not easy to show it in public.

Marching Sima Cui Qianyou got up and said: "The saint's ambition to pacify Tubo makes us rejoice when I hear it, the reign of Mingjun, knowing people and being good at their duties, Li Changshi's military exploits, the shock of Tibet, the saint ordered Li Changshi to sit in Longyou, it is very suitable, with Li Changshi here, if Tubo dares to come again, he will be taught to return." Li Changshi is good at strategy, he must have a plan to deal with it, and he asked Li Changshi to give him orders, and we will do our best to do what Li Changshi tells us. ”

"Yes, yes, please ask Li Changshi for instructions." Judges Ren Pingyin, Guo Yunzhen, and envoy Lang Ming and others expressed their positions one after another.

In terms of military generals, none of them made a sound, Li Ang asked Li Mi to hang out the map that had been circled by him, and then pointed to those small black dots and said: "With the close cooperation of Cui Sima, General Ge Shuhan and you, not long ago the land of Jiuqu of the Yellow River was recovered, this large area of Xinna, there are inevitably many loopholes in defense, please see, the place circled on the map, although it is not easy for the Tubo army to pass, it is not difficult for a small group of thousands of people to come and go, and when Tubo comes to plunder, there are usually not many people and horses, Therefore, if these places are not fortified with castles, the land of the Yellow River will never be peaceful. I know a limited amount about Longyou, and you are all more familiar with it than me, where to strengthen the defense, where to put infantry or cavalry, and how many men and horses should be stationed, and I hope that you will express your opinions, so that the entire defense system can be more perfect. ”

Everyone looked at the map in Li Mi's hand, and felt that if the castle was built according to the place marked on the map, the defense would already be very tight, and only the Jin Tianjun envoy Li Sheng said: "Li Changshi, the last general thinks that there is still one place to pay attention to." ”

"Envoy Li, please speak."

Li Sheng walked to the map, pointed to the Manglagou in the southwest of Shudun City and said: "Li Changshi, this is Manglagou, located in the southwest of Shudun City sixty miles, in the northwest and southeast direction, if the Tubo soldiers and horses bypass the Jin Tianjun and swim across the Yellow River, you can follow the Manglagou into the Yellow River Jiuqu Land, if it is a small group of people and horses, you can also climb over the small stone mountain, along the ridge of the ridge of the ridge mountain, and take the route we walked before to sneak attack the stone fort, therefore, the last general thinks that it should also be in the dangerous place of the Mangla ditch, build a castle and station 100 soldiers and horses, In this way, the defense of the Yellow River can be considered complete. ”

Li Sheng is a native of Taozhou, Longyou, grew up in this land, and is much more familiar with the terrain of Longyou than ordinary people. After he finished speaking, the generals nodded yes.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Li Ang praised: "Li Jun's envoy has made a very good addition, do you have anything else to add?" ”

Ma Chongjun, the envoy of the Ningsai army, said: "Li Changshi, the location for building the castle should be relatively perfect, but the number of soldiers and horses that should be stationed everywhere still needs to be discussed. ”

Immediately afterwards, Li Chongjun put forward his own opinions on whether cavalry or infantry should be stationed in Tongde, Jindao, Baimeigou, the southern foot of Sangzhi Mountain, Maqu, Yuandong, and Ruoergai, and how many men and horses should be stationed. ”

The defense area of Longyou is very large, the soldiers and horses are limited, especially the cavalry is only 18,000, and the face is the condescending Tubo with 600,000 troops, so it is necessary to be careful in planning, but also can not arrange too few troops, otherwise it will not play its due defensive role.

In his opinion, in order to lead a good party, it is necessary to grasp the big and let go of the small, and if he does everything himself, he will not only wipe out the space for his subordinates to exert their abilities, but also make himself tired and half dead, and things will not be done well.

Jiedu envoys have very great power, not only control the military, political and financial rights of a military town, but even some military towns also have the right to mint coins.

Originally, according to the regulations, only the imperial court had the right to mint coins, but some military towns themselves produced copper, if the copper must be transported back to Chang'an to be minted into coins, and then the coins were transported back to the military towns for military mustaches, which was very troublesome;

One thousand dollars weigh seven or eight thousand catties, and the transportation is backward in these years, and this time and again, just the manpower and material resources spent on transporting this thousand dollars are almost worth a thousand yuan. Therefore, in order to reduce trouble and cost, the imperial court even delegated the right to mint coins to the Jiedu envoys.

Although Longyou currently does not have the right to mint coins, Li Ang wants to build a few castles, and he does not need to go through the imperial court, and he can cope with it with Longyou's financial resources.

After Li Ang discussed with everyone, he immediately handed over the construction of the castle to Bing Cao and Liu Ji.

On the other hand, Li Ang ordered to strengthen the security of the border, and sent many fine workers into Tibet to collect intelligence and reconnoiter whether there were any signs of gathering troops and horses in Tibet.

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When Li Ang was actively preparing for the war in Longyou, Chang'an City, there was already a cry, with the four towns of the festival Wang Zhonghei was sentenced to death, Dali Temple Qing Wu Zunru was first demoted to the Taifu Temple to feed the horses, and then in the Li Linfu faction of the fierce pursuit, Wu Zunru was also arrested and imprisoned, and soon after in prison "committed suicide in fear of crime".

Immediately afterwards, a large number of officials were convicted, raided their homes, and exiled.

Even King Rong Li Wan was not spared and was deprived of the title of prince. As Li Linfu's ultimate target, the crown prince Li Heng was terrified, and in just two months, his temples were much whiter.

He asked for a face twice, but his father refused, which made him feel like he was on pins and needles.

At this time, the people of the Criminal Department escorted Le Sanchuan into Chang'an, and after Gongsun Jin interrogated Le Sanchuan, he handed it over to Li Linfu for personal interrogation.

Le Sanchuan was originally a guest of Li Yao, the king of Hubei, and followed Li Yao for nearly ten years, until the former prince Li Ying, the king of Hubei, Li Yao, and the king of light Li Ju were given to die together, and he hid incognito and lived in Yizhou and became a strategist of Xianyu Zhongtong.

At that time, Li Ying, Li Yao, and Li Ju had a deep relationship and were inseparable all day long, Le Sanchuan followed Li Yao and understood the emotional entanglement between the prince Li Ying and Princess Zhuoma of the Subi Department.

Under Li Linfu's questioning, Le Sanchuan did not dare to conceal it, and said truthfully: "In the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, the princess Zhuoma came to Chang'an with the Tubo mission, that time, a polo match was held between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo, and under the leadership of the prince, the king of E, and the king of light, the score in the first half was far ahead of Tubo, and in the second half, the princess Zhuoma disguised herself as a man and once equalized the score for Tubo. The prince exerted his strength again, and finally narrowly defeated Tubo by one point.

The princess Zhuoma was not convinced, and then privately invited the prince to have a game, and the two cherished each other and formed a relationship, although I did not see Li Ying and the princess Zhuoma with my own eyes, but I did hear the king of E privately mention that the princess Zhuoma was pregnant. As for whether Li Ang is the child of the abolished Prince Ying and Princess Zhuoma, please forgive me, I can only give a rough inference, I can't be sure. ”

Li Linfu was working hard to promote Li Ang to become the grandson of the emperor, and after listening to Le Sanchuan's words, he was already very satisfied, and even if he took Le Sanchuan into the palace to face the king.

In front of the emperor, Le Sanchuan, who was sincerely frightened, said what he had said to Li Linfu again, and after Li Longji heard it, he was silent for a long time.

Li Ang's appearance is somewhat similar to that of Prince Ying back then, and it can even be said that he is a little similar to him when he was young; Coupled with the jade wrench finger and the golden knife in Li Ang's hand, the jade wrench finger can already be determined to be the old thing of the abolished Prince Ying, and now with Le Sanchuan's words as evidence, it can almost be concluded that Li Ang is the child of the abolished Prince Ying.

Li Linfu wasted no time in stepping forward and bowed: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" Congratulations, Your Majesty! ”

He didn't say anything to congratulate, but anyone who listened to it understood that he was congratulating Li Longji on having such an outstanding grandson as Li Ang. The people sent by Gao Lishi to the Subi Department have not yet returned, but after Li Linfu congratulated him, Li Longji still decided to add a silver Qingguanglu doctor to Li Ang first.

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