Dou Jiande pondered for a moment and said: "Liu Heimin told me that the Tang Dynasty was very important to him, and was ready to join forces with him to exterminate Liu Wuzhou, and promised to give him all the prisoners of war and materials of Liu Wuzhou in the future, and he also said that the emptiness in the north of Hebei is an important opportunity to raise troops, so I deduced that Liu Heimin said that he wanted to occupy Youzhou and Liaodong, and he actually used five hundred cavalry to chase and kill me, which shows that he has a certain amount of cavalry in his hands, at least no less than a thousand, indicating that his lair must be close to the grassland, otherwise the war horses he purchased will not be able to pass at all, so I can assert." , Liu Heimin's lair must be somewhere in Youzhou. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zhang Xuan frowned slightly, although Youzhou has narrowed its scope, but Youzhou itself has five counties, including Zhuo County, Shanggu County, Yuyang County, Beiping County and Anle County, with a vast territory and many mountain ranges, where can I find them?

Dou Jiande saw Zhang Xuan's embarrassment, and asked with a smile: "Does Your Highness know Gao Hui?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I know her, what's wrong with her?" ”

"She is now married to Liu Heimin, and all the funds for Liu Heimin's purchase of war horses and weapons come from Gao Hui, which is also what Liu Heimin personally told me, saying that he got all the property of the Bohai Society, if His Royal Highness is very familiar with this woman, he may be able to find Liu Heimin's hiding place from her."

This news really surprised Zhang Xuan, Gao Hui actually married Liu Heimin, but Zhang Xuan immediately understood that these two people have their own needs, one needs Gao Hui's connections and money, and the other needs Liu Heimin's army, so they hit it off.

Zhang Xuan comforted Dou Jiande a few more words, and then sent someone to send Dou Jiande back to the mansion to rest, looking at Dou Jiande's back and going away, Zhang Xuan smiled at Fang Xuanling: "We can indeed start with Gao Hui, and Gao Hui's whereabouts can get clues from Gao Lie, so please ask the military advisor for this matter." ”

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, Weichen will immediately start investigating."

Fang Xuanling said goodbye and was about to leave, Zhang Xuan suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly stopped him, "Wait a minute!" ”

"Is there anything else going on with Your Highness?"

"Two days ago, Chang'an transferred a piece of information, saying that Chang'an is facing a shortage of pig iron, can this news be confirmed?"

"This situation can be confirmed, as far as Weichen knows, not only Chang'an pig iron is scarce, Luoyang is the same, Wang Shichong has issued an order to hand over iron, and all the pig iron must be handed over, causing a big turmoil, and Chang'an will also start to collect pig iron from the people."

At this time, a guard reminded in a low voice: "The front is still waiting for His Highness to pass." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded and said to Fang Xuanling: "The investigation of Liu Heimin's matter must be accelerated, and he must not be given a chance to cause trouble, we must nip them in the bud." ”

"Let's arrange it!"

Fang Xuanling saluted, then left quickly, and Zhang Xuan also returned to the side hall.

At this time, the court meeting in the side hall had ended, Zhang Xuan sat down in his seat and asked with a smile: "Is the court meeting over?" ”

Su Wei said with a smile: "Back to Your Highness, the imperial examination has ended, and the plan drafted by Weichen has been unanimously agreed. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "This imperial examination involves many southern scholars, so many details are well considered, Yuan Taishou of Danyang County once suggested to me, it is best for the government to use ships to transport Jiangnan scholars to the north collectively to ensure safety, I think this suggestion is very good, the specific details Su Xiangguo may wish to write a letter to communicate with Yuan Taishou, in short, the more fully prepared, the smoother the imperial examination will be." ”

Su Wei smiled: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, we already have the experience of the first imperial examination, and I believe that the second time will only be better." ”

"The matter of the imperial examination will be discussed here for the time being, in addition, there is one more thing I want to discuss with you, that is, about the control of pig iron, I have received the news, Chang'an and Luoyang pig iron is in short supply, so that it affects the recruitment of the army, we must strictly control the amount of pig iron in the market, and never allow a pound of pig iron to flow into Guanzhong or Luoyang"

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Since the Tang army was forced to withdraw to Guanzhong and Wang Shichong's army captured the six counties in the western part of the Central Plains, Wang Shichong's ambition gradually became irrepressible, especially when he and Zhang Xuan formed an alliance against Li Tang, which made Wang Shichong more and more convinced that even if he usurped the emperor's throne, he would not be counterattacked by Zhang Xuan.

Seeing that the New Year was approaching, Wang Shichong began to secretly plot to replace Emperor Tai, in fact, Emperor Tai has become a puppet, Wang Shichong has completely mastered the military and political power, and all the ministers who oppose him have been eliminated by him by various means.

The moment of Wang Shichong's seizure of the throne is coming, and in the past few days, a nursery rhyme has appeared on the streets of Luoyang, 'A Zhang in the east, a Li in the west, and Luoyang should be the king of the Son of Heaven'.

Not only that, the eunuch ordered An Jiatuo to find that there was something strange in the sky, and the purple microstar was shining abnormally, so he wrote to the court and said: "Luoyang should be the new master!" ”

Luoyang Taoist priest Huan Fa Hei presented the book "Confucius Closed Room" to Wang Shichong to Wang Shichong, saying that the sages had made it clear that Wang Shichong acted as the Son of Heaven on behalf of Sui, Wang Shichong on the one hand said that the words of the Taoist priest were not credible, and on the other hand, he sealed Huan Fa Hei as a counselor doctor, and the bounty was 1,000 taels.

Under the leadership of Taichangqing Cui Wenxiang, hundreds of officials of the imperial court issued a joint petition activity, begging King Zheng to ascend the throne as emperor. He rejected the petition of the hundred officials.

Although the conditions for Wang Shichong to ascend the throne are ripe, Wang Shichong still has a heart disease, that is, the two generals Yuwen Chengdu and Zhang Zhenzhou, who he is most worried about, although these two have been transferred from Luoyang by him, one went to garrison Xingyang County, and the other was transferred to Huai'an Taishou, and Yuwen Chengdu's generals are also Wang Shichong's henchmen, in fact, the general Yuwen Chengdu has been set up, but Wang Shichong is still not at ease, he must get rid of the two in order to officially ascend the throne.

In King Zheng's mansion, Wang Shichong was discussing with several henchmen about the countermeasures to eradicate the two generals, and Wang Ren said: "According to my suggestion before, use the edict to summon the two to come back to report on their work, kill them halfway, and blame the bandits, so that everyone can be blocked." ”

Yun Dingxing was a little disapproving, "Don't be so troublesome, kill them directly in the army, let's just say that the two places mutinied, both of them died at the hands of the chaotic army, and the prince sent the army to quell the chaos, and then mourned the two generals, everything will be logical." ”

Wang Shichong really couldn't make up his mind, so he looked at Duan Da, Duan Da smiled and said: "Both plans are good, one person can use one plan, the same way of death will make people suspicious." ”

Wang Shichong nodded, Duan Da's plan was acceptable, he pondered for a moment, and said to Wang Renze: "Xingyang County is too close to Dongjun, recall Yuwen Chengdu, and this matter will be handed over to you." ”

"Uncle, don't worry, I'll be foolproof!"

Wang Shichong glanced at Yun Dingxing again, and Yun Dingxing hurriedly bowed down and said: "There will be no problem in Huai'an County, and the lowly position will be dealt with!" ”

Wang Shichong said happily: "The day the two of them arrive in Luoyang is the day I ascend the throne. ”

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Yuwen Chengdu has been really sullen these months, after the battle with the Tang Army, Wang Shichong asked the Son of Heaven to make him the British Duke and the Marshal of Xingyang, although the title was promoted by two levels, but his military power was deprived, nominally let him command the 10,000 troops of Xingyang, but this 10,000 troops are actually Wang Shichong's direct army, except for Wang Shichong, no one can command them, and Yuwen Chengdu is virtually empty.

Although Zhang Xuan has shown favor to him many times before, and even gave him a BMW horse, Yuwen Chengdu also understood Zhang Xuan's hint and hoped that he could surrender to the Northern Sui, but Yuwen Chengdu was still unwilling to betray Emperor Tai, and another difficult reason to say was that two months ago, Zhongdu publicly beheaded Yu Wenhua and Yu Wenzhi and his brothers, which caused a sensation in the world, which made Yuwen Chengdu somewhat embarrassed, after all, he was the great Taibao of the Yuwen family, whether he admitted it or not, this identity like a birthmark will follow him for the rest of his life.

This morning, Yuwen Chengdu's staff Xu Yin hurriedly walked to the big tent, Xu Yin was Yuwenshu's staff that year, after Yuwenshu died, he did not follow Yu Wenhua, but turned to Yuwen Chengdu, which has been named a general, the relationship between the two in Yuwen Mansion is very good, it is Xu Yin's repeated suggestions, so that Yuwen Cheng agreed to Yuwen Chengdu into the imperial court as an official, Yuwen Chengdu also became self-reliant, and gradually broke away from the identity of Yuwen Taibao.

For this reason, Yuwen Chengdu was very grateful to Xu Yin, so when Xu Yin came to defect, Yu Wenhua did not hesitate to let him be his staff.

Xu Yin walked into the big tent and said with a smile: "I heard that the holy decree has arrived, what did you say to the general?" ”

Yuwen Chengdu picked up a scroll of holy decrees and said: "The Son of Heaven ordered me to return to Beijing and participate in the New Year's Day Dynasty." ”

Xu Yin took the holy decree and looked at it, and said with a sneer: "It is estimated that the Son of Heaven doesn't even know where the general is, this is Wang Shichong calling the general back to the court." ”

Yuwen Chengdu nodded, "I think it should be like this, it's like transferring me to Xingyang, nominally it is the will of the Son of Heaven, but in fact it is Wang Shichong's intention, I don't think there is any need to pursue this matter, this is an open secret, it should be Wang Shichong who wants us to go back to Luoyang to participate in the dynasty." ”

"General, Luoyang hasn't been peaceful lately!" Xu Yin said earnestly.

Yuwen Chengdu hurriedly waved his hand to let a few pro-soldiers go out, and only the two of them were left in the big tent, Yuwen Chengdu said in a low voice: "Does Mr. mean Wang Shichong?" ”

Xu Yin nodded slowly, "Astrological signs, auspicious signs, nursery rhymes, and proverbs appear in Luoyang in turn, can't the general think of what is going to happen?" (To be continued.) )