readx; An impromptu meeting on military rations ended in a dull atmosphere, and the method proposed by Li Yu to take grain from the hands of the powerful was revised by Wang Heng and finally became a feasible plan. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Letting the powerful provide food for free is undoubtedly their lives, but changing to the word 'buy' has a completely different meaning, but buying also requires money, where does the money come from? Very simply, the local government was ordered to offer gold and silver, and the gold and silver coins that the imperial court had just allowed to circulate could play a positive role at this moment.

Although this method is somewhat inconsistent with the system, and it is easy to breed embezzlement of people's wealth, etc., but as a measure of rights and interests, with the acquiescence of Li Longji, all the prime ministers reached an agreement to collect gold and silver from various localities, in addition, Wang Heng proposed another plan to collect money, and each household was added to the salt tax of 100 yuan per year and the property tax of 30 yuan per house, which was also adopted at the same time.

The Xiangguo all dispersed one after another, and at this time, there was still half an hour before receiving the envoy of Dashi, so Li Longji left Ge Shuhan and Li Qing'an behind to discuss the specific details of the Tubo campaign.

In the library next to Li Longji's imperial study, there is a sand table two zhang wide and three zhang long, this is the first time Li Qing'an used the sand table in the battle of Shibao City, Ge Shuhan made a topographic sand table of Longyou, Hexi Province to Li Longji, this sand table is well-made, won Li Longji's love, and put it in the library.

"Li Aiqing, I also hope that you can dedicate Anxi's sand table to me as soon as possible!" Li Longji stood in front of the sand table and said with a smile.

Li Qingan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Anxi has a vast area, and it is really not easy to make a sand table, if Your Majesty only needs the sand table in the northwest court of Anxi, I have one there, which can be dedicated to Your Majesty, but if you want to join the topographic sand table on the right side of the ridge, it may take time." ”

"I'm not in a hurry, as long as Aiqing remembers it."

Li Longji smiled, took a long wooden pole and handed it to Ge Shuhan and said, "General Ge Shu, start with you!" ”

Ge Shuhan took the wooden pole and said, "That minister said it first!" ”

He pointed to the south of Qinghai and said: "At present, the westernmost part of the Longyou Army is deployed in the area of Dafeichuan, in fact, I have occupied Jiuqu last year, but because of the 20,000 Tubo troops stationed in the area of Sabeize west of Qinghai to help, I have to retreat to Dafeichuan, so I need to get the cooperation of the Anxi Army in this campaign, and contain the Tubo army in the west, so that I can go south without worries, and my goal in this campaign is here." ”

Ge Shuhan used a wooden pole to guide the two lakes on the surface and said: "Occupy the area of Wuhai, Baihai and Xingsuchuan, which is the gathering place of the Tubo people in the north, seize this area, between the Duomi Mountain and the Yak River, within a thousand miles, the Tubo people will no longer have a logistical foundation, they can only retreat to Luojiao and Namco, so that the threat of Tubo to Longyou will disappear completely." ”

Li Longji nodded, and asked again: "What about the strength of the Tubo area?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the news obtained by the minister, the Tubo has 20,000 permanent troops in Jiuqu, 10,000 in Wuhai, and 20,000 in Baihai, plus the Tubo people are all soldiers, then I encountered about 80,000 Tubo troops in this campaign, but fortunately, they are scattered, and I can break them individually."

"Did General Geshu consider the adaptation of the Tang Army to the plateau?" Li Qing'an next to him asked.

"I've thought about it!" Ge Shuhan said with certainty: "In fact, in the past two years, I have been taking turns to let the Tang army be stationed on the front line of Dafeichuan, where the air is thin and the terrain is very high, so that among the 140,000 troops in the west of my Longyou River, at least 100,000 troops can carry out plateau operations. ”

Speaking of this, Ge Shuhan's wooden pole pointed further west, and said to Li Qing'an and Li Longji: "In this battle, we actually have no advantage, on the plateau, 100,000 people against 80,000 people, in terms of physical strength, we are still at a disadvantage, so I am most worried that the Tubo army in the west will come to help, there are many rivers in the area of Sabize, and the grass is abundant, there are at least 30,000 elite Tubo troops stationed there, and then to the west in the Qiangtang area, it is said that there are more than 20,000 Tubo troops, and their main targets are the big and small Bolu and Tocharo, It will basically have no impact on the battle on the Eastern Front, the key is the 30,000 Tibetan garrison of Sapize, if they rush to help, or cut off my retreat, this battle will definitely be lost. ”

Li Longji looked at the map and pondered for a moment, then turned back to Li Qingan and asked, "What is Li Aiqing's idea?" ”

Li Qing'an has been thinking about this battle for a long time, in order to get rid of the trouble of the back of Tibet, he also believes that it is necessary to completely annihilate the Tubo army in the area of Sabite, recapture the Sabize, and completely eliminate the hidden danger, the area of Sabize was originally under the jurisdiction of Shazhou, backed by the Kunlun Mountains, is a grassland with fertile land, Tubo captured it in the early years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, has been stationed heavy troops, although there is no northern attack, but it is the biggest hidden danger in the back of Anxi.

Li Qing'an and Ge Shuhan took the wooden pole in their hands and said: "The closest place to Sabite in Anxi is Boxian Town, I plan to use Boxian Town as a point of troops, or show weakness, to lure the Tubo army to attack Boxian Town in the north, and at the same time, I will surprise my troops to take the middle road." ”

Li Qing'an pointed to Dunhuang and said: "I sent a strange army of about 20,000 people from Shazhou, crossed the Dangjin Pass and went south, cut off the eastward advance of the Sabize Tubo army, and attacked the Tang army of Boxian before and after, completely annihilated this army, and gave strong support to General Geshu." ”

"Wonderful!" Ge Shuhan praised with a fist: "This mid-road army is really wonderful, with this strange army intercepting the eastward advance of the Tibetan reinforcements, I will have a seventy percent chance of winning the battle on the Eastern Front." ”

Li Longji lay in front of the map and carefully studied Li Qing'an's plan, if according to Li Qing'an's plan, then Shazhou must be handed over to the Anxi army to control, which Li Longji is not very much in favor of, in fact, Shazhou has a wide area, it is the only way to go to Anxi in the Hexi corridor, the strategic location is quite important, Dunhuang's transit business is very prosperous, once belonged to Anxi, and later in order to weaken the Anxi power of the expansion of Yueyi, it was assigned to Hexi, and the Doulu army was placed to guard Shazhou.

Although Li Longji didn't know that Li Qing'an's purpose was actually to control Shazhou, according to his original intention, he didn't want Li Qing'an's power to expand eastward again, so he sighed and said: "I also agree with the plan of the Anxi Army, but I want to make it clear that the Anxi Army can use Shazhou, but it cannot be stationed in Shazhou after the war. ”

Li Qingan's heart suddenly cooled half, and Li Longji did not agree to him to control Shazhou.

At this time, Yu Chaoen appeared at the door and whispered: "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Great Food has arrived." ”

"I know, arrange for him to be in the Qinzheng Building, and order Yang Guozhong, Chen Xilie, Zhang Yun, and Wang Heng to attend the meeting together."

Li Qing'an told him that Dashi was an empire similar to the Tang Dynasty, as strong as the Tang Dynasty, and the people who came were not ordinary envoys, but the younger brother of the Great Food Emperor and the prince of the Great Food Empire.

He smiled at Li Qingan again: "Li Aiqing, you can also attend!" ”

"Obey the order!"

Li Longji said to Ge Shuhan again: "Ge Shu Aiqing's plan is very good, but I want to refer to it more carefully, and I ask Ge Shu Aiqing to write a detailed written plan, and Li Aiqing is the same, I will fully participate in this battle." ”

Ge Shuhan and Li Qing'an hurriedly agreed, and the two of them glanced at each other, this seems to be the first time that Li Longji has the idea of 'full participation', although there will be some convenience in terms of logistics support, but the pressure is also extremely heavy, and if they win, their merits will be doubled, but if they lose, they will also suffer heavier punishments.

．．．．． The place to meet the envoy of the Great Food was originally planned to be in the side hall of the Datong Palace, but because of the understanding of Mansur's true identity, the meeting place was changed to the Qinzheng Building, and several major Xiangguo participated in the meeting together, from the Datong Hall to the Qinzheng Mansion is not far away, Li Longji and Li Qingan went together, and they still maintained a harmonious and friendly atmosphere when they met in the Huaqing Palace half a month ago, but with the gradual prominence of the Mingyue incident, the separate meeting between them seemed a little awkward, although there was this subtle embarrassment between them, But this embarrassment exists in each other's hearts, and there is no trace of it on the surface, on the contrary, they still maintain a relaxed posture of talking and laughing.

"Li Aiqing will get married in a few days!"

"Yes! Five days to go. ”

"Hmmm! I think when I first met Li Aiqing, when Li Aiqing was still General Li Xiao, I asked you when you got married, you said that the Huns have not been destroyed, why do you want to be a family, now that the Tuqi Shi people have perished, I finally heard the news of Li Aiqing's marriage, congratulations! ”

"Wechen is ashamed, the minister is nearly thirty this year, and there are no heirs, Mencius Yun: There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great, and Weichen is ashamed of his deceased parents."

"Yes! There are no children at the age of thirty, this is a big problem, and I also hope that you will get married as soon as possible and have a noble son as soon as possible. ”

The two walked and talked, and through a high wall, Li Longji suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "By the way, last time I asked you about the Tianhuo Thunder formula, An Lushan mentioned it to me again, I thought it could be promoted in the Tang Army, but I couldn't find where the original share was stored, so I asked An Lushan to ask you directly, don't be too conservative." ”

Li Qing'an is a gunpowder research institute located in Shiguo, extremely secret, and heavily guarded, except for a few core craftsmen and alchemists, no one knows its formula, but when Li Qing'an faced a life-and-death crisis in the battle of Shibao City, he was afraid that the gunpowder technology would fall into the hands of the Tubo people, and sent Nan Jiyun to send the formula back to the capital, and now it seems that his decision to become a hidden danger of the leakage of the gunpowder formula, fortunately, Li Longji did not take this matter to heart, which made Li Qingan slightly relieved.

"Your Majesty, the most important thing in that recipe is fire oil, only fire oil can have the effect of explosion and combustion, An Dashuai's mood for wanting this formula is understandable, but Fan Yang does not produce fire oil, and An Dashuai is also a clever woman who is difficult to cook without rice, and it has no practical significance."

"I also know that I just promised him the formula and gave him the formula, as for whether he can make it or not, it has nothing to do with me."

Li Longji didn't take this matter too seriously, he just mentioned it casually, Li Qingxin understood it, and said with a smile: "The minister understands, the minister will hand over the formula to An Dashuai." ”

．．．．．．． Although the Tang Dynasty gave him enough courtesy because of his noble status, this did not make Mansur arrogant or aggressive, and he still maintained a low-key and humble posture, which came from his mission to the Tang Dynasty: to persuade the Tang Dynasty to release the 20,000 prisoners of war captured by the Anxi army, and the Abbasid Caliph needed these prisoners of war to return to save him from the crisis of confidence caused by the defeat in the Transoxian.

He and several Tang Dynasty Xiangguo have met one by one, his elegant temperament and humble attitude won the favor of the Tang Xiangguo, in the VIP hall of the diligent government building, Mansur sat cross-legged on the couch and answered several Tang Xiangguo's questions one by one with a smile, he paid great attention to details, although he let his waist bow forward, which formed a sharp contrast with the straight waist of the Tang Xiangguo, if you must use one word to describe Mansour's attitude at this time, that is, humility, Tang Xiangguo is high, And he is low-profile.

"May I ask Your Highness, what is the difference between your current dynasty and your previous dynasty?" This is Chen Xilie asking a question, he heard that the new dynasty of Da Shi has only been established for two years, and his heart is full of curiosity about this distant country.

Mansur listened to the translation, he smiled slightly, and said in a soft tone: "The Umayyad Dynasty is a decadent dynasty, it suppresses the people internally, imposes heavy taxes, expands externally, is martial and aggressive, under the united front of this dynasty, the people of Dashi are poor, living in darkness, there is no hope for life, many poor people can no longer live, so an uprising broke out, this is just like your Tang Dynasty replacing the decadent Sui Dynasty, it is unpopular with the people, and it will be overthrown by the people." ”

This is a little bit of oriental history that Mansur learned on the road, but he didn't learn deeply, thinking that the Sui Dynasty was also overthrown by the people, but he didn't know that the Sui Dynasty was actually the reform of Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian that violated the interests of the magnates, and was finally overthrown by the powerful and powerful.

At this time, a eunuch's shout came from the door: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

Several Xiangguo stood up one after another, Mansur also stood up, he looked out of the gate curiously, he wanted to see the dignity of the Tang Emperor, the light outside the hall was very bright, it was very dazzling, in a bright sunshine, Mansur saw the team of guards surrounded by two people walked in, because of the light, he did not see the shorter Li Longji clearly, but saw the burly, majestic Li Qing'an, he was stunned, as the large group of people walked into the hall, he saw clearly the Tang Emperor walking in front, This is an elderly man, it is said that he has ruled the Tang Dynasty for forty years, his steps appear heavy and tired, his face is a little puffy, his skin is pale and bloodless, although it can be seen that he was an attractive man when he was young, but now he is not, he is now an old man who is on the verge of decline, Mansur's heart can't help but have a trace of doubt, how can he have the energy to deal with the heavy affairs of the empire when his body is so weak? He should give way to younger children and let them keep the empire prosperous.

The dazzling light that entered the door just now made Mansur have a strange thought in his heart, if the emperor is Li Qing'an, what will happen to the Tang Empire? Will he order his army to fight all the way down to the city of Damascus?

"Your Majesty!"

All the prime ministers bowed to Li Longji together, Li Longji nodded slightly, he saw Mansour, this is a man in his thirties, medium height, not strong, fair skin, gentle and elegant appearance, modest smile, bright and soft eyes, hands on his chest, and a deep salute to him, this prince's envoy is not like a general with troops, but like a scholar who is knowledgeable, Li Longji immediately had a good impression of him, the first impression is very important, Mansur successfully achieved his goal with his humble attitude.

In the entire hall, I am afraid that only Li Qing'an was not deceived by Mansour's false appearance, of course, Mansur, as the successor of the caliphate of the Great Food Empire, the cultivation he showed at the moment should also be his true side, the surname is complex, it will not only be composed of black and white, Li Qing'an understands the other side of Mansour, brutally suppressed the Shiite Muslim uprising in the river, suppressed the resistance of the Sogdians, Li Qing'an knew his current low-profile intentions, he wanted to exchange his humble gesture for the 20,000 prisoners of war who were working in the silver mines, Li Qing'an couldn't help sneering, this Mansur's way is right, but it's a pity that his humility is used by the wrong object, his 20,000 prisoners of war are not in Chang'an, but in his hands Li Qing'an.

Li Longji slowly walked up to Mansur and asked in a condescending tone, "You are the prince of the Great Food?" ”

Although al-Mansur could not understand what Li Longji was saying, Li Longji's eyes and tone did not need to be translated, which was the attitude of a suzerain-state towards a vassal state, and the Abbasid Caliph also used this tone and attitude to ask the kings of the Sogdian states when he first ascended the throne.

Mansur suddenly felt a trace of dissatisfaction in his heart, why did Datang use such an attitude towards him, but this dissatisfaction only flashed in his heart, and he had to endure no matter how dissatisfied he was, he listened to the translation, and still replied respectfully: "Dashi is only a small country, our Caliph Majesty advocates the long-standing culture of Datang, this time I came to Chang'an, and I also saw the prosperity of Datang with my own eyes, and saw the grandeur of Chang'an City, which made me feel inferior. ”

Mansour's words were extremely sincere, it can be said that it was like timely rain, today Datang does not even have the national strength to start a war, which makes Li Longji deeply frustrated, and also makes him shaken by the strength of Datang, and Mansour's welcome words just touched Li Longji's heart that is not very confident, so that he is extremely comfortable, not only him, but even several Xiangguo are like a spring breeze, smiling and not speaking, wearing thousands of clothes, sycophants do not wear, this is an eternal saying.

Li Longji laughed and praised repeatedly: "Well said, His Royal Highness the Prince has traveled thousands of miles to envoy Datang, which shows the sincerity of Dashi, just by virtue of this, I, Datang, will also show corresponding sincerity, Your Highness, please sit down!" ”

Everyone sat down, Li Qing'an also sat down, Mansur's performance he knew, but he did not interfere, although Anxi's affairs were led by him, he was now in Chang'an, Chang'an was not his place to call the shots, it would not hurt him to keep a low profile, not to mention that he also needed Datang and Dashi to conclude a peace agreement, which would allow him to concentrate on dealing with Tubo, and wait until Anxi returned to slowly bargain with him.

As soon as Li Qing'an sat down, he felt that Mansur was observing him, in fact, Mansur also knew in his heart, with Li Qing'an's understanding of Da Shi, his nonsense could only hide from the Tang Dynasty emperor and Xiangguo who didn't know about Da Shi, but he couldn't hide it from Li Qing'an, Mansur was afraid that Li Qing'an would get in the way and make his trip a failure, but judging from Li Qing'an's current performance, it seems that Li Qing'an had no intention of destroying his performance, so that Mansur's heart was slightly relaxed.

Seeing that the start was good, Mansour smiled and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I have come thousands of miles and prepared a special gift, which is the custom of our Arabs, please accept it with a smile." ”

Now, not only Li Longji is interested, but even a few Xiangguo are also full of interest, what kind of gift will this big food prince give, and he will actually send it to Xingqing Palace, Mansur smiled and clapped his hands, only to see dozens of palace guards escorting a team of bewitching young women in, a total of seven people, even Li Qingan was stunned, he didn't see Mansur take women into Chang'an?

There was a surge of heat in the atmosphere in the hall, this group of Western orchids was different from the usual orchids, their skin was whiter, their eyes were bluer, some of them had golden hair, some were fiery red, all of them were charming, beautiful as flowers, and the most surprising thing was that the last woman was actually a Kunlun slave girl with shiny black skin.

This woman is tightly wrapped in bright brocade forging, bare snow-white slender thighs, obviously, their brocade is defenseless, they walked in front of Li Longji bewitchingly, their eyes were hot and bold, facing him to untie the brocade forging, Li Longji's eyes immediately became eager, Yang Guozhong, who was sitting on the top, saw a little spring from the side, and his eyes couldn't help but widen.

Mansur saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, what he wanted was this effect, and the Xiangguo surnamed Yang seemed to be a womanizer, he hurriedly smiled and introduced: "These seven stunning beauties are gifts from His Majesty the Abbasid Caliph to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, they are from Byzantium, Franks, Spain and Egypt, they are all stunning beauties from the West, I hope His Majesty the Emperor will accept them." ”

Li Longji nodded and smiled happily: "I have accepted your king's wishes." ”

He gave Yu Chaoen a look, and Yu Chaoen hurriedly led the seven foreign women down, and then the atmosphere in the court became relaxed, and Li Longji was in a good mood, so he smiled and said, "Okay!" Now let's talk about the relationship between the two countries. ”

(To be continued)