readx; The good news of the recovery of the whole territory of Hebei swept the whole country of Datang, up and down the Tang Dynasty, every state and every county are celebrating the victory, people spontaneously go to the streets to beat gongs and drums, sing and dance, at night, every household lights the lanterns that are only used on the night of Shangyuan, the lights are bright, so that the mountains and rivers of Datang appear as dark as day The spectacular scene of night and day. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The capital city of Chang'an is also boiling, millions of people celebrate the victory in their way, the sound of firecrackers comes and goes, hundreds of thousands of men, women and children join hands in singing, gongs and drums are beating on the street, lions are dancing and churning, a team of music and dancing girls appear on the street, singing, laughing and dancing, and the whole Chang'an is immersed in the joy of victory.

But there is also a trace of sadness hidden in this joy, the news of Li Siye's death shocked the government and the opposition, and the court took a break for this reason, in order to mourn, and the queen mother also immediately issued an order to canonize Li Siye as the king of Wuwei County, and allowed his son to inherit the title.

At the same time, the Tang Dynasty court also announced that it would officially build the Martyrs' Mausoleum to commemorate the soldiers who died in the rebellion to open up territory for the Tang Dynasty and pacify the Anshi rebellion.

The Daming Palace became deserted due to the Hugh Dynasty, but the meeting of the political hall was still being held, and it had been in session for a whole morning, and after the meeting, a carriage drove out of the Daming Palace and drove towards Li Qing'an's Zhao Palace.

Li Qing'an's inner study is very quiet, a bronze incense burner in the corner of the room is full of green smoke, the room is filled with a faint sandalwood, the light is also very dim, the curtains are drawn, only a glimmer of light is revealed in the corner of the side, so that the situation in the room is faintly visible.

At this time, the door of the study opened gently, Li Qing'an's concubine Rushi walked in lightly with a bowl of ginseng tea, on the wide soft chair in the study, Li Qing'an was still asleep and did not wake up, he did not sleep all night last night, only fell asleep in the early morning, a document from Anxi had slipped to the ground, and the blanket on his body had slipped down.

Rushi hurriedly put down the tea bowl, squatted down to pick up the blanket, and gently covered him, but Li Qingan woke up suddenly, "Oh! When is it now? ”

Li Qingan only felt a splitting headache, he struggled to sit up, Rushi hurriedly held him down, and said softly: "It's just dawn, let's sleep for a while!" ”

In fact, it was already noon, Rushi saw that Li Qing'an was very tired, and she couldn't bear it, so she didn't tell him the truth, she touched Li Qing'an's forehead with her hand, and her hand was hot, she was startled, "Da Lang, are you sick?" ”

"Seems to be a little!"

Li Qingan also felt that he not only had a headache, but also had a terrible pain in his muscles, which seemed to be a symptom of a cold, and it seemed that he was sleeping with a cold.

"It's all my fault, I shouldn't have let you sleep in the study!"

Rushi hurriedly wrapped the blanket in Li Qingan, and felt sorry for herself, "I'll go and get a doctor for you!" ”

She was in a hurry to go out, but Li Qingan stopped her, "Don't go to the doctor, go and boil a bowl of ginger soup, it should be thicker, and I will rest for a while." ”

Seeing that Rushi was still a little hesitant, he emphasized again: "I don't want to ask a doctor, anything else is fine." ”

"I know, let the kitchen make you a bowl of ginger tea first!"

Rushi walked out quickly, Li Qing'an moved his body, let himself lie down as comfortably as possible, and he picked up the fold again, this is the monthly report sent to him by Shi Zhanghao, the political minister of Anxi, he only saw half of it last night, but the light was very dim, and he couldn't see it clearly.

He had to struggle to get up, slowly walked to the window, opened the curtains, a white bright light entered, illuminating the whole room, he pushed the window open again, a fresh spring breeze came to his face, so that his chaotic mind suddenly cleared up, he greedily breathed a breath of fresh air with a sweet floral fragrance, let his body and mind gradually relax, the symptoms of muscle pain just now disappeared at once.

"Da Lang!" Mingyue hurriedly walked in, her face full of worry, "I heard Rushi say, are you sick?" ”

Rushi followed behind her, and walked in slowly with a bowl of ginger soup, which was originally a picturesque ginger soup for her sister, but now she brought it to Li Qingan first.

"It may be that the air circulation is not smooth, but I opened the window just now to ventilate, and I feel much better."

As soon as he finished speaking, a cold wind blew, he suddenly shivered, and couldn't help sneezing heavily, Mingyue hurriedly stepped forward to close the window, complaining to him: "How can you open the window to blow the wind when you feel sick, this will be the wind evil into the body, such a big person, how can he still be like a child." ”

Wives and concubines are different, concubines have to look at the lord's face, the lord wants to do or doesn't want to do something, concubines generally dare not disobey, but the wife is different, she has some power that the concubine does not have, Mingyue pulled Li Qingan to lie down on the soft chair, and closed the curtains, found a bedding, covered him, and instructed Rushi: "You hurry up and find someone to invite the royal doctor, his body is not easy to get sick, but once he gets sick, it will be terrible, let's not delay!" ”

With Mingyue's support, Rushi didn't care that Li Qingan was desperately giving her a look, agreed, turned around and left.

Li Qingan sighed and said: "Mingyue, I will go on the expedition the day after tomorrow, you will delay the big thing if you make a fuss!" ”

"Who said that I delayed the big thing, it was because you refused to see a doctor that would delay the big thing!"

Perhaps thinking that her husband was about to go on the expedition, Mingyue's heart was full of worry, and her tone naturally became a little harsh, "You seem to be able to move now, but what about the day after tomorrow?" What if you're too sick to get out of bed? Have you forgotten? That year in Broken Leaves, you came back from Huoxunguo, you had an arrow wound, and you were in a coma for two days and nights, which frightened everyone, not to mention that we were almost scared to death, and even dozens of civil and military generals in Anxi were so scared that they stayed outside your door all night, have you forgotten these? ”

Li Qingan smiled helplessly, "That's an injury, not a disease, it's different." ”

"It's all the same for me!"

Mingyue's tone became a little excited, "I'm just a word, you are my husband, and I have to call the shots about your body, don't argue with me!" ”

Li Qingan saw that his wife was a little emotionally out of shape, he knew that it was because he was going to go on the expedition, this time for at least half a year, she was sad, she couldn't sleep well for a few days, she was sick today, the anxiety and worry in her heart broke out together, Li Qing'an was full of guilt, he held his wife's hand, and said softly: "I promised you, this is my last expedition, and I will always accompany you and the child in the future." ”

Mingyue was stunned, it turned out that her husband knew her feelings, she bit her lip lightly, only to feel that her nose was sour, and her eyes were a little moist, Li Qingan reached out for her to wipe away a little tear from the corner of her eye, and said with a smile: "Why are you still crying!" ”

"Da Lang, can you not go out in person?"

Mingyue couldn't hold back any longer, and fell into Li Qingan's arms and sobbed in a low voice, "You know what? I was so worried that I couldn't sleep well for a few days, and even once I had a dream that you were shot by a poisonous arrow from the Hui people...... Woke me up from my dream, but I didn't dare to say it, because this is unlucky, Da Lang, you are the pillar of the family, and the pillar of the Tang Dynasty, can't you not go? ”

Li Siye's death made Mingyue extremely scared, she knew that in the war, the main general would also die, she had heard the soldiers say more than once that Li Qing'an would personally go into battle in order to inspire the morale of the army, and she was even more scared in her heart.

The day after tomorrow, Li Qing'an was about to go on the expedition, and the fear and worry in her heart overwhelmed her, but she was a princess, and she couldn't show it in front of people, only the backlog in her heart, and she couldn't hold back anymore at this moment.

Li Qingan gently stroked his wife's hair, he could feel his wife's deep love for him and care for him, after being married for so many years, although they sometimes had trouble and were awkward, he also had to admit that everything his wife did was for his good, and Mingyue was his best helper.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Mingyue hurriedly wiped away her tears, stood up, and heard someone at the door report: "Lord, Zhang Xiangguo asks to see!" ”

Mingyue frowned, she looked at Li Qing'an, her husband is sick now, can I see her? Li Qingan smiled: "It's okay, I just have something to look for him, please let him in!" ”

Mingyue sighed, she also knew that although Li Qingan was sick, there was no problem with meeting Xiangguo, she was afraid that after the meeting, a lot of things would follow one after another.

Helpless, she had no choice but to say: "Please Xiangguo go to the outer study for a while." ”

Li Qing'an's inner study is not allowed to enter except for Mingyue and Rushi, of course, there are accidents, such as Mingzhu once sneaked into his inner study and took a gold medal as self-defense.

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Zhang Yun was invited to the outer study, he drank tea while thinking about his thoughts, the situation in front of him has become clearer and clearer, Li Qing'an ascended the throne is only a matter of time, but the clearer the situation, the more uneasy Zhang Yun's heart is, the reason why he can be the right minister, is because he is a powerful middle-of-the-road, he can put the court in a calm situation, so Li Qingan took a fancy to him, so what about the future?

Li Qingan obviously wants to reuse his son Zhang Zhijie as compensation for him, but his son is still very young, and it will take at least twenty years to become the mainstay of the Tang Dynasty, will their Zhang family be in a blank period of power in these twenty years? And it was the most critical twenty years.

More importantly, whether Lee's pledge will be valid for twenty years.

Seeing that Li Qing'an was about to go on an expedition, he couldn't help it anymore, so he used the excuse of discussing war preparations to test Li Qing'an's tone.

At this time, the door of the study opened, and Li Qingan walked in from the outside, he had already changed into loose clothes, although he was sick, he was still barely able to meet one or two ministers, if there were too many people, he would definitely not be able to support it.

"Wechen see His Highness!"

Zhang Yun got up and saluted Li Qing'an, Weichen's self-title was only used by a few ministers before, but recently, more and more ministers have called themselves like this, including Zhang Yun, which has almost become a common name.

"Let Zhang Xiangguo wait for a long time!"

Li Qing'an agreed angrily, and Zhang Yun was surprised: "Is Your Highness sick?" ”

"Hmmm! I fell asleep in the study last night and felt a little sick. ”

"It's really a sin for that Weichen to disturb His Highness's rest."

"It's okay!" Li Qingan waved his hand and smiled: "I'm used to it, if I really let me rest, it's the crime!" ”

Zhang Yun saw that Li Qing'an was still in good spirits, so he also sat down, Li Qing'an smiled, and asked first: "How was the political hall meeting in the morning?" ”

Although the grain in the official warehouse can still support the campaign against Huifu, there has been a severe drought in Henan this year, and there has been no rain for 200 days, the summer grain harvest is a foregone conclusion, and the famine will spread, and a large amount of grain is also needed for Hebei's recovery, so that the two million stones in the official warehouse can only take out 500,000 grains at most to support the Huihui campaign.

But in this Huihu campaign, Li Qingan mobilized nearly 300,000 troops, which lasted half a year, and then considering the transportation loss, it would require at least two million stone grain, which was a big gap, and Jianghuai's tax grain needed to be transported in the autumn, so Li Qingan proposed to borrow grain from the people and repay it with the cattle and sheep of the Hui people in the future.

In fact, Li Qing'an left a hand in this matter, the army has already transported another two million stone grain from Xinde and Tianzhu, and the fleet has arrived in Guangzhou, at most a month, the fleet will enter the Yellow River and directly reach Luoyang, and grain is not a problem.

It's just that Li Qing'an thought about getting more people to support the Northern Expedition and support and participate in this Huifu campaign, so he thought of a way to borrow grain and directly tie the interests of the people to this campaign, so that his Northern Expedition was in line with the will of the people, and he had a legal surname.

Zhang Yun nodded, "The government hall has unanimously passed a resolution, and it will be officially implemented tomorrow, and Pei Shangshu will be fully responsible for this matter, and will borrow grain from five provinces, including Gyeonggi, Jiangnan, Guannai and Hedong." ”

"Isn't there anyone against it?"

Li Qingan asked with a smile, will these ministers support this method of disturbing the people one by one?

Zhang Yun smiled and shook his head, "The key is that His Highness agreed to repay, if it is free support, Weichen will probably not be able to pass it, but it is different if there is repayment, and the items to be repaid are very clear, that is, to use the captured cattle and sheep and other trophies, so that everyone has no opinion." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Yun sighed with some emotion, "Today Pei Shangshu said that during the Han Dynasty, the imperial court also borrowed grain and horses from the people to attack the Xiongnu, and every household was forced to shovel grain and plant grass to raise Han army war horses, four acres of land can raise a horse, the whole country worked hard and lost money, and the wealth of the country went to seven or eight, but after fighting the Huns, a large number of cattle and sheep war horses were captured, but Emperor Wu refused to repay the people, all as his spoils, and the result was not well cared for, one winter, most of the cattle and sheep booty died, and finally made the people's grievances boiling, Since then, no one has been willing to support the fight against the Huns, so this time to borrow grain, His Royal Highness must take Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as a reference. ”

Li Qingan nodded approvingly, if Pei Min or Yan Zhenqing said this, he would not be surprised at all, but these words actually came from the mouth of Zhang Yun, an old politician who has always put self-interest first, this is of great significance, what does it mean, it shows that the atmosphere of the court is moving towards a cycle of good surnames, and the name is in charge of the government, influencing each other, so that the good part of Zhang Yun's bones slowly appears, and the ugly part gradually disappears, which is a gratifying sign!

"Zhang Xiangguo, I will set off on the northern expedition the day after tomorrow, and I hope that the government hall will take on more responsibilities in the affairs of the imperial court."

"Your Highness, please rest assured to go north, all the ministers in the political hall wish His Highness a triumphant return as soon as possible!"

The two finished talking, and then Zhang Yun's topic gradually turned to the real purpose of his coming today, and he asked tentatively: "Weichen wants to wait for His Highness to come back and formally submit his resignation to the political affairs hall to resign from the position of Xiangguo, I don't know what His Highness thinks?" ”

"Well done, why quit?" Li Qingan asked with a smile.

Zhang Yun's heart was pounding, he felt that Li Qing'an's tone seemed to have the intention of retaining him, he was extremely nervous in his heart, but he restrained his nervousness and said slowly: "Weichen feels that he is old, and his sharpness is not as good as before, Weichen feels that he should give up his seat to a more energetic young minister to assist His Highness in realizing the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, this is the reason." ”

Li Qingan smiled, as if he heard Zhang Yun say very childish words, of course he understood what Zhang Yun meant, when he took a fancy to Zhang Yun as the right minister, he told him that he was just a transition and would not use him all the time, because he was too mediocre and too steady, and he did not have the sharpness that he needed in Zhongxing Datang.

A year has passed, and I can't imagine that he still remembers what he said at the time, his thoughts at the time were not wrong, he decided this way, Zhang Yun can maintain stability, but he is not strong enough.

But time changes everything, and a year is enough time for him to get to know the old politician in full.

Li Qingan looked out the window with his hands behind his back, his wife didn't give him a breath of fresh air, and he could breathe freely here.

After a long time, he slowly turned around and said unhurriedly: "A delicious dish never puts only one seasoning, whether it is Yan Zhenqing or Cui Ning, as well as Liu Yan or Wang Jin, or Pei Min, they all have similar qualities, they are a kind of seasoning, but I still need salt or sugar, I need an old and steady, I need an old qualified, can control the situation at a critical moment, this person I have always thought is you, but I am not sure, until you mentioned the fault of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty just now, I was officially determined, That person is you. ”

Li Qingan smiled, "Please do it with peace of mind, you are a qualified Xiangguo." ”

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Due to the unfortunate death of Li Siye, the general of the Tang Dynasty, the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses Li Qing'an finally decided to personally conquer and return to the army, Qingping three years of March 20, Li Qing'an held a grand ceremony of the northern expedition under the Chang'an Zhuque Gate, in the farewell of nearly one million people in Chang'an, Li Qing'an wore a golden helmet and iron armor, a horizontal sword and a long lance, rode on the Arabian white horse of Gao Jun, led 100,000 Tang cavalry, and walked through the Vermilion Bird Street, walked out of Chang'an City, and marched towards Taiyuan.

At the same time, Li Guangbi on the eastern front also gathered 150,000 troops in Youzhou, waiting for Li Qing'an's order to go north, and Li Sheng of Taiyuan had also gathered 50,000 elites in Taiyuan, ready to attack at any time.

In Lingzhou, Duan Xiushi, the new Shuofang Jiedu envoy, also deployed 100,000 Shuofang troops on the front line of Lingzhou and Hetao to defend the Hui army from Guannei Dao.

In order to win the Northern Expedition to completely eradicate the troubles of the north, the Tang Dynasty mobilized almost the whole country, and the people in all parts of the Tang Dynasty enthusiastically donated grain and money, and in just half a month, the money donated by various places has reached 1.7 million yuan, and the grain donation has reached 2.2 million stones, which fully meets the logistics needs of the Tang army.

On March 26, Li Qing'an led an army of 100,000 to reach Taiyuan, in Taiyuan Mansion, he officially issued the order of the northern expedition, Li Guangbi led 150,000 cavalry out of Juyongguan, to Yinshan, Li Qing'an arrived in Yunzhou on the fifth day of April, he also led 150,000 cavalry out of the Great Wall from Qingsaibao, and advanced to Yinshan.

At this time, Li Qing'an had already received information, and the Hui Gol Khan also led more than 100,000 troops to the direction of Yinshan, just as Li Qing'an's judgment, the first goal of the Hui people was not to attack the Tang Dynasty, but to contain the 100,000 remnants of Shi Siming's father and son and the 50,000 army of the servant bones.

Then the direction of their future attack on Datang can only be Hedong Road or Hebei Province, Hebei Daozhou County has been destroyed, and the rich Hedong Road must be the second target of the Hui people after accepting Shi's father and son.

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(To be continued)