readx; After Li Heng ascended the throne in Chengdu, Gao Xianzhi was named the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, Shangshu left servant shot, and added the Duke of Qu Guogong, and sealed five hundred households, which can be described as a favor, but Gao Xianzhi knew that Li Heng was just stabilizing himself, the so-called ascending must fall heavily, once Li Heng controlled the situation, he would be the first to attack himself, Gao Xianzhi thought about it for a long time, rather than being killed by Li Heng, it was better to go first, he finally decided to take the initiative to give up. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Gao Xianzhi walked a few steps quickly, knelt down on one knee in front of Li Heng and said, "Minister Gao Xianzhi see Your Majesty!" ”

Li Heng put up a smile on his face, and said, "Is there anything Gao Aiqing looking for me?" ”

Gao Xianzhi took out a notebook, presented it with both hands, and said: "The minister is not in good health, so he begs for the bones of His Majesty." ”

The beggar bones also mean to ask for retirement, Li Heng's face changed slightly, he didn't take the recital, and said in a long voice: "Gao Aiqing, what do you mean by this?" Have I done you any wrong? ”

"Nope! No! No! ”

Gao Xianzhi was so frightened that he knelt down and said in a continuous voice: "Your Majesty is very kind to the minister, and the minister has always remembered it. ”

"Then why did you resign?"

"The minister is indeed in poor health, the whereabouts of the little girl are unknown since she left home, the minister is worried about becoming ill, and she is really unable to take on military power anymore, I hope Your Majesty will understand."

Li Heng stared at Gao Xianzhi tightly, his eyes flickering, as if he wanted to see through Gao Xianzhi's heart, at this time, Yu Chaoen reprimanded Gao Xianzhi on the side and said: "General Gao, this is your fault, now the war is unfavorable, not only do you share your worries for Your Majesty, but you also want to disturb Your Majesty again, what are your intentions!" ”

"This.... Your Majesty, the minister has no such intention. ”

Gao Xianzhi's back was soaked, he suddenly realized that his resignation was a bit hasty, Li Heng may not appreciate it, and if it is serious, it may cause a struggle for military power, sure enough, Li Heng glanced at Yu Chaoen, and said to Gao Xianzhi: "I am going to hold a meeting in the political hall to discuss the military situation, and General Gao will also participate in it!" ”

After speaking, Li Heng turned around and left, ignoring Gao Xianzhi's resignation, Yu Chaoen gave Gao Xianzhi a look, and followed Li Heng in a hurry, Gao Xianzhi sighed secretly, this new emperor is not ordinarily difficult to serve!

．．．．．．． Of course, Li Heng understands Gao Xianzhi's thoughts, he wants to retreat bravely and give up military power to himself, which is also completely in line with Li Heng's expectations, but Li Heng does not want Gao Xianzhi to withdraw in this way, he hopes that Gao Xianzhi can withdraw step by step according to his own arrangement, Li Heng has learned from the past, Gao Xianzhi also gave up military power once, Rong Wang Li Wan thought that he controlled the army, but the generals in the army were Gao Xianzhi's people, at the critical moment, Gao Xianzhi raised his arms and shouted, and easily took the military power back, Therefore, Gao Xianzhi simply retreated without losing power, so whether he was doing it again this time, Li Heng was very skeptical.

In the Xiaohanyuan Hall of Nanming Palace, Li Heng half leaned on the dragon couch, he squinted and looked at the situation in the hall, he was the first to come to the palace, while sorting out his thoughts, while waiting for the arrival of hundreds of officials, this is a characteristic of Li Heng, the general emperor is always the last to arrive at a meeting, let the ministers wait, but Li Heng likes to arrive first, this is not that he does not put on a shelf, on the contrary, his shelf is bigger than anyone else, eating, living, traveling, every detail is enough for the emperor's pomp, and the reason why Li Heng arrived at the venue early is that he likes to observe the ministers, Who came early, who came late, and who came on time, there are articles here, representing the different mentalities of the ministers.

For example, now, there are already a few people in the hall, Wang Hui, Ling Hufei, Da Xixun, Chen Xilie, etc., among them, Chen Xilie is the first to come, which shows that he is panicked and has a strong sense of crisis.

And Cui Yuan, Yang Shenjin and other Chengdu ministers have been delayed, which shows that they still have doubts about themselves and are unwilling to cooperate in their hearts, as for Gao Xianzhi, he should also come very late, which shows that he already understands the true intention of this meeting.

Like to observe the minister, probe the minister's ** is Li Heng's consistent style, in Chang'an, he ordered Li Fuguo to set up the Inspector Office, as his secret agent, after coming to Chengdu, the Inspector Hall under the thirty secret agents also followed, set up a new Inspector Hall, continue to explore the minister's intelligence for Li Heng, extremely secretive, so far, no one knows the existence of this emperor's secret agency, only three people know, Li Fuguo, Li Heng and Empress Zhang, even Yu Chaoen does not know.

Today is a military meeting, basically from the third grade and above officials will come, a total of more than 20 people, including members of the political hall to come, Li Heng did not carry out a major personnel reorganization after ascending the throne, but used the method of expanding the political hall, Wang Heng, Ling Hufei and other henchmen into the political hall, and held heavy power, and Cui Yuan, as the head of the snake, still served as the right minister, and the left minister was replaced by Wang Heng Chen Xilie.

At this time, the courtiers arrived one after another, and Gao Xianzhi also walked in at the end, he was very low-key and sat in the last seat.

Li Heng took a deep look at him, today Gao Xianzhi is the highlight, his eyes fell on the crown prince Li Xiandi again, recently the reputation of the prince Li is not very good, and some officials impeached him for being a child, which made Li Heng unhappy in his heart, but at this time he saw that Li Xianzhi was straight, his expression was grim, and he had a bit of a general's demeanor, and the little dislike in his heart disappeared without a trace, he liked that his son had the style of a general, especially now, he needed his son to replace Gao Xianzhi.

When the people gradually arrived, Li Heng gave Li Fuguo a look, and Li Fuguo immediately said loudly: "The time has come!" The meeting officially began. ”

The ministers stood up and bowed to Li Heng, "The ministers see Your Majesty, I wish your Majesty long live, long live, long live!" ”

"All Aiqing is flat, give a seat!"

"Your Majesty has a will, and the minister will return to the throne."

The ministers have returned to their positions, at this time only Wang Heng was left in the hall, he was the presiding officer of the military meeting tonight, Wang Heng glanced around at everyone, and said loudly: "Today is a temporary special meeting, mainly to discuss the next step of military operations, as we all know, my Tang Dynasty has been in a state of division, the puppet emperor stole Chang'an, the dynasty is in charge, Hebei An Lushan has rebelled, Prince Xiangyang is self-reliant, this situation has lasted for nearly two years, His Majesty is extremely worried, want to unify the Tang Dynasty, recover the Central Plains, now there are 300,000 soldiers in the court, and the grain and grass are sufficientIt is the time to use troops, His Majesty has decided to send troops, but the enemy is surrounded, it is difficult to decide, today temporarily convene all the ministers to discuss, where should our army use troops first? ”

At this time, Chen Xilie, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was the first to stand up, Chen Xilie can be said to be the only important minister who was demoted after Li Heng ascended the throne, he has always been Li Longji's left minister and the secretary of the military department, and he is the second person in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but after Li Heng ascended the throne, he let Wang Heng replace his position as the left minister, and his position in the political hall was also ranked last, that is to say, if one more person is promoted, he Chen Xilie will be squeezed out of the political hall, which makes Chen Xilie's heart full of a sense of crisis.

Chen Xilie knew that the fundamental reason was that he followed Li Linfu and participated in the persecution of Li Heng, so Li Heng was extremely dissatisfied with himself, but Wang Heng was the middle of the imperial history back then, and the three major cases against the crown prince Li Heng, Wei Jian's case, Du Youlin's case and Wang Zhonghei's case, Wang Heng were all in the vanguard, and he was the most vicious, Li Heng's father-in-law, Du Youlin, the doctor of the East Palace, died under Wang Heng's staff at that time, so why didn't Li Heng take revenge on Wang Heng, but held a grudge against himself?

This made Chen Xilie scared and puzzled, today's military meeting, Chen Xilie felt that it was necessary to let Li Heng know his existence, so he was the first to speak.

Li Heng treated Chen Xilie slowly, on the one hand, it was true that Chen Xilie fell into the well and shadowed himself behind his back, which made him really angry, on the other hand, Li Heng wanted to stuff as many of his own people into the political hall as possible, but Cui Yuan and other powerful local snakes could not move for the time being, so he attacked Chen Xilie, a person with weak power and little influence, of course, not all at once, that would lead to political instability, so he came step by step, first squeezed Chen Xilie to the edge, and then found an opportunity to kill him.

Li Heng saw that Chen Xilie was the first to jump out, he was really annoyed in his heart, today's so-called temporary military meeting is just to seize the power of Gao Xianzhi, where is the need to really discuss military affairs, the ignorant and boring Chen Xilie, Li Heng is even more dissatisfied with him, but his face is silent, and he said with a smile: "Chen Shangshu, please speak!" ”

Chen Xilie walked to the middle, bowed to Li Heng, and said to the ministers: "Since it is difficult for Your Majesty to decide who to do, then I will say a few words first, the key to who to do is that we have a chance, where is our opportunity?" In fact, there is no obstacle to the march to Chang'an or the march to Jingxiang, only these two choices, let's talk about Jingxiang first, Ge Shuhan supported Li Mao, so that Li Mao's power rose sharply, and Wu Wang returned with a feather, morale was low, if we do it to Jingxiang, first, our naval army is not complete, Shu people are not good at water warfare, and secondly, Li Mao may not really believe in Ge Shuhan, if we are eager to attack it, they will work together, the relationship is strong, on the contrary, we ignore it, Li Mao, Ge Shuhan will inevitably have a gap, and then there will be civil strife, then it is our opportunity. ”

"Then Chen Shangshu means that we should attack Chang'an, right?" Li Heng asked disappreciatively.

Chen Xilie didn't feel Li Heng's dissatisfaction, he was still full of interest and said: "Your Majesty is right, at this time our opportunity is in Chang'an, Li Qing'an went east to the Central Plains, confronted An Lushan, Chang'an is empty, this is a God-given opportunity, Your Majesty should immediately send heavy troops, march into Chang'an, it will inevitably be all the way like a bamboo, and capture Guanzhong in one fell swoop, at that time, Your Majesty will abolish the puppet emperor and show the world righteousness, Li Qing'an is at the end of the road, and can only surrender to Your Majesty, and the world will be decided." ”

"Nonsense!"

The military department Shangshu Ling Hufei stood up, he was very clear about Li Heng's true purpose today, he walked next to Chen Xilie, and saluted Li Heng: "Your Majesty, please allow me to refute Chen Shangshu's fallacy!" ”

Li Heng nodded secretly in his heart, worthy of being his chief military advisor, he understood his thoughts very well, so he smiled and said: "It's okay to argue, but don't hurt the minister's harmony!" ”

"Obey the order!"

Perhaps it was Li Heng's reminder that Ling Hufei's attitude towards Chen Xilie was a little more polite, but the tone between the words was still very sharp.

"I want to ask Chen Shangshu, where did you know that Li Mao didn't trust Ge Shuhan? Why do you believe that they will turn their backs? How do you know that Chang'an is empty? How do you know that Li Qingan is defenseless? ”

Ling Hufei asked four questions in one breath, which made Chen Xilie stammer, in fact, he was also a kind of assumption, thinking that Ge Shuhan wanted to take Li Mao's position and stand on his own, and there was no real evidence, as for the emptiness of Chang'an, it was even more common sense that everyone in the world thought so, but Ling Hufei asked with convincing words, and he couldn't answer.

After a long time, Chen Xilie blushed and retorted: "Li Qingan only brought 100,000 troops into Chang'an, and the number of troops was already small, now his main force is in Henan Province, and Guo Ziyi's main force is in Hedong, so how many troops will Chang'an have?" Am I not right about these things that are known to the whole world? As for Ge Shuhan, he has always been loyal to the imperial court, but he suddenly turned to Jing Xiang, he and Li Mao are obviously temporary cooperation, how can he not turn against him for a long time? I'm a decades-old minister, don't I even understand this? ”

Chen Xilie was a little out of shape, he had a very loud voice, he was originally a crane with a childish face, quite a fairy wind and bones, but now he is like an angry old rooster, to put it seriously, he is roaring at the court.

Ling Hufei smiled disdainfully and said: "Since you are ignorant, then I will tell you that it is true that Li Qing'an originally brought 100,000 people into Guanzhong, but Guanzhong was originally 30,000 Anxi Army, plus 40,000 people from Tongguan Wang Sili, and 20,000 people brought into Beijing by Li Guangbi, then he actually has 190,000 people, and he sent troops to the Central Plains is 80,000 people, then there are still 110,000 people left in Guanzhong, and there are 20,000 Shuofang troops left behind, in addition, I will tell you again, the Tang Straight Road in Longyou has been basically completed, and it only takes two days for the 40,000 cavalry in Hexi to drive to Guanzhong, It only takes two days for the Shuofang army to go to Guanzhong, and then Guannei Dao has recruited 80,000 recruits, do your own calculations, how many troops can Guanzhong gather in two days? ”

Ling Hufei's detailed data caused an uproar in the hall, Chen Xilie was dumbfounded, he was old, and he couldn't count how many troops there were?

At this time, Ling Hufei said again: "As for the discord between Li Mao and Ge Shuhan, it is even more nonsense, Ge Shuhan once betrayed the saint and was guilty, and the first emperor sent him to Lianghu, in fact, it is a kind of derogation, Ge Shuhan's soldiers are mostly Longyou, their backgrounds are far away from their hometowns, far away from their wives, morale is very low, in recent years, eighty percent of them have fled, only 10,000 henchmen are left, but Ge Shuhan's strength has been increasing, from the initial 50,000 to the current 80,000, where do you think this army came from?" Let me tell you, this is Li Mao's strategy of transferring flowers and trees to secretly transfer Jingxiang's troops to Geshuhan, so his troops have always been controlled within the range approved by the first emperor, in fact, he has already broken through, but the newly recruited troops are all placed in Geshuhan, one is to let Geshuhan help train, and the other is to hide people's eyes, now do you understand? Ge Shuhan and Li Mao have long been wearing a pair of pants. ”

At this time, Chen Xilie was like a defeated rooster, his expression was embarrassed and depressed, he couldn't get off the stage while standing in the court, Li Heng said lightly: "Chen Shangshu is just a civil servant, and he doesn't know much about military affairs, so it's understandable, Chen Shangshu, you should step down first!" ”

Chen Xilie was extremely ashamed, he wanted to show it once, but in the end he became the laughing stock of the Manchu Dynasty, and his status in Li Heng's heart was even lower, and it would become the root cause of his final resignation, he lowered his head, stared at Ling Hufei viciously, and slowly retreated.

Ling Hufei sneered in his heart, this Chen Xilie didn't understand current affairs, couldn't understand Li Heng's true intentions, and deserved to be degraded, he took another step forward, and then said to Li Heng: "Your Majesty, please Rong Chen say one more word." ”

"Aiqing, please speak!"

Li Heng's voice was very brisk, and this pleasant tone suddenly made many ministers understand, could it be that Li Heng had already made arrangements, only Gao Xianzhi, who was sitting in the last row, smiled bitterly, he knew that Li Heng would end up pointing a sword at himself.

At this time, Ling Hufei said slowly: "Actually, the reason why I don't advocate attacking Chang'an is not just that Chang'an is well-guarded and heavily armed, but that attacking Chang'an is not beneficial to our overall situation, not to mention that the road to attack Chang'an is difficult and it is not suitable to fight, even if we take Chang'an, what can we do?" Can the Central Plains be recovered? Can it be connected to Gangnam? Can't, not only can't, if Li Qing'an transfers a large army from Anxi to the east, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to return to Bashu, and what will Li Mao do, he will take advantage of our time in Chang'an to fall into the quagmire and have no time to look east, attack Jiangnan on a large scale, eat the king of Wu in one fell swoop, so that he occupies half of the Tang Dynasty and has a rich land, then we go back to Bashu, I am afraid it will be too late to regret it, so the minister suggested that the army should be sent to Jingxiang, at that time we will have half of the Yangtze River south of the country, enter the Central Plains, retreat to Lingnan Bashu, When Li Qingan and An Lushan are defeated, we will reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

"Well said!"

Wang Heng stood up and applauded loudly: "Linghu Shangshu is worthy of being called Xiao Zhuge , and it is really clear and reasonable, which makes me like a cloud, and suddenly enlightened." ”

He saluted Li Heng again: "I also ask Your Majesty to send troops to Jingxiang as soon as possible to relieve the danger in the south of the Yangtze River." ”

"What the two Aiqing said is exactly what I want, and I have decided to send troops to Jingxiang!"

Li Heng's eyes swept and fell on Gao Xianzhi, he seemed to smile and said, "Gao Aiqing, I want you to be the commander, you may be competent?" ”

Generally speaking, Li Heng should say, 'Gao Aiqing, I have decided to make you the commander-in-chief, I hope you can share my worries!' ’

This sentence is a normal encouragement, but Li Heng is in the form of a question, and ordinary people sound no problem, Gao Xianzhi should answer impassionedly: "The minister is competent!" ’

This is complete, but Gao Xianzhi's heart is like a mirror, he just submitted his resignation to Li Heng because of his poor health, if he says that he is competent now, then he is guilty of bullying the king just now.

Gao Xianzhi sighed secretly, he finally understood that Li Heng took great pains to arrange a militaristic meeting, that is, he wanted him to resign at the militaristic meeting, instead of resigning in private, so that Li Heng Aixian's reputation would be there, and he would no longer be truthful, these politicians! All of them are so sophisticated.

Gao Xianzhi had to get up, made a sluggish appearance, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister really wants to share his worries for His Majesty, but the minister has been sick recently, although he has the heart to go to the soup for His Majesty, but he is afraid that he will not be able to do it, and he will miss His Majesty's great cause, and the minister really does not dare to accept the order!" ”

Li Heng's face sank, "Gao Aiqing, the only person I trust the most is you, if you don't want to, then who will I find to replace you?" ”

The critical time has finally come, whether Gao Xianzhi can retreat with his whole body, it is a matter of one move, although Gao Xianzhi does not want to mourn his subordinates who have followed him for many years, but the situation has forced him to have no choice, he has to grit his teeth and say: "Your Majesty, the minister is the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and the minister recommends His Royal Highness the Generalissimo Prince as the chief general of the Eastern Expedition, he is young and promising, and his reputation is outstanding, and we veterans should also let young people come forward." ”

"No way!"

Li Heng categorically rejected Gao Xianzhi's recommendation, "The army of the court, the foundation of the country, An Neng is a child's play, although the prince can lead the army, but he is inexperienced in battle, how can he be Ge Shuhan's opponent, I can't agree." ”

At this time, the crown prince Li stood up, bowed and saluted, and said loudly: "Father, the son is willing to lead the troops and recover Jingxiang, please ask for the father's permission!" ”

Li Heng still shook his head, "Although the emperor has ambitions, but after all, he is inexperienced, I really don't worry about you, wait for you to exercise more, and I will give you the opportunity to lead the troops." ”

The play has been sung to this point, and it is almost the final happy ending, but Ling Hufei stood up and dropped the last chess piece for Li Heng.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a suggestion!"

"Aiqing, please speak."

Ling Hufei glanced at everyone, smiled slightly, and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can indeed lead the troops, the 200,000 Guanzhong Army was his commander at the beginning, but His Majesty is right, after all, the prince lacks actual combat experience, and it is not so easy to read against Ge Shuhan, if you don't give the prince a chance, then he will always be inexperienced, so I suggest that His Royal Highness the prince can be the commander, General Gao is experienced, and can be the deputy marshal, assisting the prince to lead the troops, so that the long and the less, I think it is the best arrangement!" ”

Wang Heng also said: "What Linghu Shangshu said is extremely true, and the minister supports it!" ”

Li Heng pretended to be silent for a moment, nodded, and asked Gao Xianzhi, "What does Gao Aiqing think?" ”

Gao Xianzhi was disheartened, Li Heng did not allow himself to retreat with his whole body, his intention was to completely deprive himself of military power, and the matter had already reached this point, and he was not allowed to object.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to assist the crown prince!"

"Good! I hereby announced that I would appoint the crown prince as the envoy of the Eastern Expedition and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and appoint Gao Xianzhi as the deputy marshal, commanding 200,000 troops, and officially dispatch troops to Jingxiang three days later. ”

After a pause, he announced: "I have appointed the military department Shangshu Linghu Fei as the supervisor of the six roads of grain and grass, the general leader of logistics, and in order to strictly rectify military discipline, I have appointed Yu Chaoen, the former internal supervisor, as the envoy of the military to supervise the military discipline of the three armies." ”

．．．．．．．． In August of the first year of Longzhen in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Lan's army retreated to Yangzhou, Li Mao gathered 150,000 Jingxiang troops, personally commander-in-chief, and prepared to take the opportunity to conquer the south of the Yangtze River.

(To be continued)