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Wugucheng is the area of Dandong in Liaoning today, located near the mouth of the Yalu River, it is an important city to control the central part of Goguryeo and the Liaodong Peninsula, the strategic position is extremely important, the Goguryeo army wants to cross the river to the north to gain a firm foothold, first of all, it is necessary to take the Wugu City, so the military camp of Goguryeo is also not far from the Wugu City on the south bank of the tributary Sashui, the big ship sails on the bank of the Yalu River and you can vaguely see the camp of the Goguryeo army a few miles away.

In the afternoon, Zhang Xuan and a group of generals took a boat to Yalu Water to inspect, the 2,000-stone boat slowly moved on the black bone water, and then ten miles to Yalu Shui, Zhang Xuan held the side of the boat, looked at the dense forests on both sides, and occasionally could see pieces of barren rice fields and dilapidated villages.

"The war has made the area very unstable, and the locals have abandoned their homes and moved to the north bank of the river, where the land is more fertile."

Fang Xuanling appeared beside Zhang Xuan, he knew Zhang Xuan's thoughts very well, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is going to immigrate here next!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled faintly, "Immigration is a long-term loss-making business, not only can not collect taxes, but also provide cattle and grain subsidies in the early days, this kind of loss-making business must be done for at least 20 years, and after a generation takes root here, we can maintain breakeven, it is impossible to make money from here, but although it is a loss-making business, it must still be done." ”

"Your Highness attaches great importance to transportation, and it is also for immigration?"

"It's not just for immigrants!"

Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "Traffic is the key to our control of Goguryeo, when the Qin State in order to fight against the Xiongnu and specially built the Qin Straight Road, if there is no this straight road, the Han Dynasty can not finally defeat the Xiongnu, Liaodong is the same, if you want to really control Liaodong, instead of setting up a fettered state and the like, then the traffic must keep up, the stronger the traffic, the stronger the control of the imperial court, the original intention of the first emperor to build the Grand Canal is this, not only conducive to the imperial court to control the south, but also conducive to dissolving the estrangement caused by the confrontation between the north and the south for hundreds of years, There is no north-south confrontation in Liaodong, but there is return and control. ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "On the issue of controlling Liaodong, I talked to Li Jing and the old general, we all think that water and land parallel is the best means, from the Liaodong Peninsula to Donglai County is only a two-day voyage, the old general especially praised the transoceanic boat, if the transoceanic boat can be converted to civilian use, not only the carrying capacity is large, the maritime safety problem can also be solved, a fixed line can be formed between Liaodong and Hebei, just like a ferry, there is a transoceanic boat every day, which will be of great benefit to the exchanges between Liaodong and Hebei. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded secretly, although Laihu'er thought of the ferry method, but in fact this is a fixed flight, which is a good idea, but it will take a few years to make a ferry boat, and the resources consumed by the ocean boat are too great, and they can't afford it at present, at least until the unification of the world can be considered, and it will still be mainly by land in ten years.

Zhang Xuan was thinking about how to strengthen the transportation in Liaodong, he had been thinking about this issue for the past two days, but Fang Xuanling next to him cautiously asked tentatively: "When His Highness talked to Li Kai in the morning, he said that his father would soon no longer serve as the squire of the Ministry of Works, and Weichen felt that this sentence seemed to be meaningful. ”

Zhang Xuan glanced back at him and laughed, "What did Xuan Ling think of?" Let's be frank. ”

This topic may not be said by others, but Fang Xuanling and Zhang Xuan have been staying for a long time, he knows this young lord very well, he is by no means the kind of moody person, but he is generous and rational in his heart, and he can indeed be honest with him.

"Wei Chen is thinking, is His Royal Highness ready to promote Li Chun to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry?"

The key to the conversation between the two is not Li Chun, nor is it the Ministry of Industry, but the current Ministry of Industry Secretary Cui Huan, to be precise, referring to the Hebei Shizu Group behind Cui Huan, Zhang Xuan knew that Fang Xuanling already understood his thoughts, so he smiled and said: "This matter is just a preliminary idea, there is nothing decisive yet, and there is no point in talking about it now." ”

The implication was to tell Fang Xuanling not to talk about this matter for the time being, Fang Xuanling immediately shut up with interest, but he knew in his heart that if the Hebei Shi Clan collective did not know how to converge, I am afraid that a big disaster would come.

At this moment, a soldier came running to report, "Commander Qiqi, there is a boat in front, and there is a messenger from Zhongdu on board, who has come to meet the commander." ”

Zhang Xuan was stunned, walked quickly to the bow of the boat, and saw a person standing on a thousand-stone warship in front of him, about forty years old, with big ears, a green robe, and a gauze hat, it was Cui Junsu, the Qing of Honglu Temple, Cui Junsu also saw Zhang Xuan, and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Weichen see His Royal Highness!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled, "It's hard for Cui Yuanjun to come so far, it's hard work." ”

Zhang Xuan asked Cui Junsu to pick up Cui Junsu on the boat, came to the inner cabin and sat down, and ordered the soldiers to serve tea, Cui Junsu smiled: "It's really not easy, first take a boat from Zhongdu to Youzhou, and then go out to Liucheng County, as a result, Yang Taishou said that the general had gone to Goguryeo, and Weichen took a boat to the city of Humility, and then went to Yalushui, and walked for half a month on the road to find His Royal Highness." ”

"Cui Envoy Jun must have a lot of things to report to His Highness." Fang Xuanling next to him said with a smile.

"Exactly!"

Cui Junsu smiled: "There are so many things that have happened, I don't even know where to start." ”

"Let's talk about the situation in Fukou and Jingcheng first, how is the situation over there?" Jang Hyun asked.

This is Zhang Xuan's most concerned problem, he got the news when besieging Yancheng, 30,000 Tang troops sneak attack Fukou Cheng, thanks to Wei Chi Gong led the army to the rescue in time, Fukou Cheng did not lose, but he did not know the follow-up situation, which made Zhang Xuan very worried, for this reason, he specially ordered Pei Xingyan to lead 20,000 cavalry back to Hebei, this expedition to Goguryeo, he only brought 10,000 cavalry.

Cui Junsu thought for a while and said: "Before Weichen left, Li Shangshu of the Ministry of War specifically mentioned this matter, the Tang Army finally failed to capture Huguan and withdrew back to Taiyuan. ”

After speaking, Cui Junsu took out a copy of Li Jing's scroll of the Ministry of War and presented it to Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan read it, basically the same as Cui Junsu said, but the details are much richer, he put down the scroll and asked with a smile: "Are there any other scrolls?" ”

"There are a lot of them!"

Cui Junsu asked the soldiers to carry a large wooden box, opened the lid of the box and said with a smile: "There are fifty-three copies of the scrolls here, all of which are important events in various temples, and the Inner History Province and the Menxia Province have all reviewed it, please take a look at it." ”

Zhang Xuan looked at it for a while, and said to the soldiers: "Give it to Du Senjun first, and ask him to sort it out." ”

The soldier carried the wooden box out again, and Zhang Xuan asked again, "How is the situation on the Wagang Army?" and the situation in Luoyang, let's talk about it briefly. ”

"The Wagang army and Yu Wenhua's army are still fighting fiercely in the Xuzhou area, and they have been fighting for several months, and I heard that both sides have suffered heavy losses, and both sides have no way to retreat, and any retreat is a catastrophe."

"What about Luoyang?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

"Luoyang is now Wang Shichong covering the sky with one hand, Emperor Tai has been set aside, Lu Chu wrote a letter to say that it is only a matter of time before Wang Shichong usurps the throne."

"Lu Chu is in contact with us?" Zhang Xuan hurriedly asked.

Cui Junsu nodded, "Lu Chu said that it was not safe to be in Luoyang, and he wanted to come to us, because His Royal Highness was not there, so the two Xiangguo agreed to him after obtaining the consent of the Queen Mother, and first retained his loose officials, and the specific officials were decided by His Highness." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled: "It seems that I can't even do it if I'm not in the middle, and I can't make decisions on many things." ”

"That's right, Weichen is also entrusted by hundreds of officials here, hoping that His Royal Highness can return to the Central Capital without having to conquer Goguryeo in person."

"I understand this, the battle of Goguryeo will not drag on too long, and I will end the war before the mid-year festival."

At this time, Choi Junsu took out another document and presented it to Jang Hyun, "This is a letter of state jointly written by Baekje and Silla to His Highness, and they sent an envoy to Zhongdu, and Wechen specially came to give it to His Highness." ”

Jang Hyun secretly sneered in his heart and took the letter of state, which he expected, when the third Goguryeo battle reached the last moment, Silla sent an envoy to meet Yang Guang, and now the situation is unfavorable to Goguryeo, and the lips are cold, how can Silla and Baekje stand idly by. (To be continued.) )