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"Don't send it to the two of you, I can go back by myself, I'm not drunk, haha! Never before has it been so sober as it is today. ”

He staggered into the carriage and waved his hand, "Go home!" ”

The carriage started and headed towards the fangmen, Li Chenghong watched Yang Guozhong's carriage disappear, and immediately instructed his brother: "Go and invite those princes, just say that I have something important to discuss with you." ”

"Big brother really wants to act?"

Li Chenghong nodded, "Yang Guozhong is right, we really don't have time." ”

"I see, I'll go."

"Wait a minute!"

Li Chenghong stopped his brother again, he stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Gather your subordinates and raise soldiers for a thousand years, it's time to use them for a while." ”

"Don't worry, big brother, I know it in my heart."

Li Chengning ordered someone to lead his horse, turned over on the horse, and galloped away, Li Chenghong ordered someone to clean up the door of the mansion with a heavy heart, and the gate was slammed shut.

There was no one in front of the mansion, only two dim lanterns swaying in the wind, and at this moment, two pigeons suddenly flew out of a dense tree opposite the mansion, flapping their wings and flying in a northwesterly direction.

．．．．．．．．． In Pinggao County, Yuanzhou, Li Qing'an was hosting a banquet in the prefecture for more than 200 representatives of the people from various prefectures and prefectures of Guannai Province, all of whom were highly respected people from various prefectures, counties, and major clans, and had high prestige among the people.

The lobby can not sit down, the banquet is placed in the courtyard in front of the lobby, more than 200 people gather in a courtyard, everyone talks and laughs, it is very lively, there are mats on the ground, every two people have a table, there are fine wines, fruits and vegetables, stewed fish and boiled sheep on the table, the dishes are quite rich, this is provided by the three big wine shops in Pinggao County, more than a dozen guys are busy serving food and sending wine, beckoning the old people to eat.

Li Qing'an sat above, in front of a long row of tables sat more than a dozen governors and governors of various states, and there were more than 20 county officials sitting in front of the tables on both sides.

"His Royal Highness King Zhao annihilated the An Lushan army in this battle, so that we will no longer be devastated by the violent army, this glass of wine I represent the fathers and villagers of Yanzhou, and I salute His Highness."

It was Xu Duanming, the Taishou of Yanzhou, who spoke with Yanzhou, An Lushan's army stayed in Yanzhou for the longest time, and they were the most cruel to the people in this area, Xu Duanming was also bullied, and he was full of gratitude to Li Qing'an in his heart.

Li Qingan also stood up and clinked glasses with him, and said with a smile: "Xu Taishou is polite, in the future, the Anxi Army will have a team stationed in Yanzhou to defend An Lushan and cross the river again, and please take care of Xu Taishou." ”

"Definitely! Certain! I can't ask for it. ”

The two drank the wine as soon as they drank it, Li Qingan poured another glass of wine, picked up the wine glass and said loudly to everyone: "Fathers and fellow villagers, state and county envoys, please listen to me." ”

The compound suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes fell on Li Qingan.

Li Qing'an raised his voice and said slowly: "Guannei Road is the only way for the northern nomads to enter the customs since ancient times, since the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu, Turkic, Hui, and Wuhu Chaohua, have brought profound disasters to Guannei Dao, these two years were first invaded by the Hui, and now there are Fanyang wolf soldiers marching westward, slaughtering the city and killing, the chickens and dogs in the villages and towns do not hear, but the court is weak, can not send troops to save the fathers and elders in the fire and water, Li Qing'an as a Tang clan, every time I think of this, I feel guilty, this time I was canonized by the Holy Lord as the pacification envoy of the Guannei Dao, This is the Holy Admiral Kannai Province entrusted to me, I will never fail the Holy Grace, and I will not live up to the expectations of your fathers and fellow villagers, so I decided to temporarily garrison 20,000 troops in Guannai Province, for the north of Guannai Province to resist the grass Rong, the east to reject the tiger wolf, these 20,000 people are Anxi elite soldiers, has always had strict military discipline, but in order to prevent individual soldiers from being rude to the locality, I decided to set up a military discipline supervision department in Anding County, Gyeongju, which is directly managed by the Anxi Supervision Office. ”

When Li Qing'an said this, he attracted a warm applause, and most of the applause of the officials was a kind of entertainment, especially the state officials Taishou, who saw the problem more far-reaching, and they understood Li Qing'an's implication, his army would not leave, and the power of the Anxi army would officially extend to Guannei Dao, and some people were happy and some were worried about this news.

And the applause of more than 200 township parties is much warmer, obviously out of inner support, these fathers and villagers are relatively simple, they will not care about the purpose of Li Qing'an's garrison in Guannei Province, the court power struggle has nothing to do with them, they only hope to have a strong army to protect their safety, the Anxi army defeated the fierce An Lushan army, undoubtedly became their best reliance, now Li Qing'an announced that he was stationed in Guannei Province, and strictly affirmed military discipline, so that these old people were excited, and cheered together.

Li Qing'an smiled and waved his hand, the courtyard was quiet again, Li Qing'an continued: "Anxi is far away, and the logistics supply of grain and grass is difficult, so it is impossible for me to send more troops, at most only 20,000, and 20,000 troops are mainly stationed on the northern border to defend against Hui Hui to invade the south again, so that the hinterland of Guannei Road still seems empty, although An Lushan is defeated, but he is strong, I dare to assert that he will raise troops again in a big way, and the shame of the whole army is destroyed this time, if he leads 100,000 troops to cross the river to the west, it will be the fathers and villagers who will suffer." , so I decided to recruit 100,000 soldiers in Guannai Province, and I will train them into a powerful army to protect the fathers and villagers here from being devastated by An Lushan! ”

Li Qing'an's last two sentences were impassioned, which made the old people present listen to them with great enthusiasm, and the applause rang out enthusiastically again.

But more than a dozen governors looked at each other, it was easy to recruit soldiers, but who would raise this army? Li Qing'an himself said that it was inconvenient for Anxi to transport grain, and this burden would undoubtedly fall on them, at this time, Cui Xun, the Taishou of Jingzhou, couldn't help but interject: "His Royal Highness King Zhao, how to solve the money and food for recruiting and raising soldiers?" ”

Li Qingan glanced at him and said with a slight smile: "This is what I want to say next, this time to defeat the An Lushan army, we have captured a large amount of money, grain and materials, in addition, Anxi will also send a batch of silver dollars over, the money and food for recruiting troops can be solved, as for raising troops in the future, I am ready to implement the tuntian system first, and then gradually expand the number of homesteaders, so that the grain tax empowerment in Guannei Province has been greatly improved, and a part of the rented grain will be taken out to raise the army, so that the problem of army supply can be solved." ”

After Li Qing'an finished speaking, the faces of several Taishou changed greatly, and they heard Li Qing'an's voice, what is the increase of yeoman farmers, to put it bluntly, it is to follow the example of Guanzhong to limit land, it is rumored that Anxi has extremely severe punishment for land annexation, is he going to implement Anxi's system in Guannei Province? Anxi is sparsely populated or may work, can Kannai Road work?

Cui Xun sighed in his heart, and he said again: "I suggest that His Royal Highness King Zhao had better discuss it with the imperial court, Guannei Dao is not as dense as Anxi, the population is dense, and the interests are very involved, I hope His Royal Highness can act cautiously." ”

"I know this very well!"

Li Qing'an was not angry, the backlash of the local officials was expected by him, he knew that this kind of backlash was not actually against their interests, most of the local officials were decent, and the transfers were frequent, and few were in the matter of occupying a large amount of land for the official land, but they were afraid of violating the interests of the powerful and damaging their own careers, so they did not dare to get involved.

"I also have a not very formal news to tell you, just yesterday morning, the Holy Lord has officially issued an edict to title me as the right minister of the Zhongshu Order, not to say that as soon as the holy decree arrives, I will enter Beijing into the main political hall, and the land inventory of Guannai Province will be officially implemented by the imperial court after I enter the main political hall."

Li Qing'an's news, like a miniature earth-shattering thunder exploded on the wine table, the state officials and county officials present were stunned, Li Qing'an will be the right minister, the shock of this news for these officials, far more than defeating An Lushan, before that, Li Qing'an was the envoy of the Anxi Festival, although he served as the pacification envoy of Guannei Province, but it was only a temporary position, the symbol was greater than the substance, there was no actual power, Li Qing'an was still a military position, and the civilian system basically did not violate the river water, but he was the right minister is different, the right minister is the head of a hundred officials, It is the general leader of these Taishou county officials, officials below the fifth rank, who can be directly promoted and dismissed, and from officials below the third rank, he can submit a promotion and removal case to the Holy Lord for approval, and generally speaking, it is rarely refuted.

The officials were so frightened that they wanted to stand up and salute again, Li Qingan hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile: "The holy decree has not yet arrived, it is too early to say this, come!" I would like to toast you with another glass of wine, and I hope that you will take care of the Anxi garrison in the future. ”

Everyone didn't dare to slack off, they all got up and drank the wine, and the tense atmosphere on the wine table immediately eased, at this time, a personal soldier came to Li Qing'an's side quickly, whispered a few words, Li Qing'an nodded, and smiled at everyone: "I have some military affairs to deal with, I will be absent for a while, you will talk first!" ”

He gave Yan Zhuang who was sitting on the side another look, Yan Zhuang got up and went with him, Li Qing'an's temporary line was next to the state office, and soon, they entered the line, and met Tian Zhen with a report and came forward to report: "General, the prisoners of war have been sent to Lingzhou, and General Lifei sent someone to send the reorganization plan. ”

"Put it on my desk first, and we'll talk about that later."

Li Qingan walked into the room, and Yan Zhuang followed up and asked, "General, what's wrong?" He knew that Li Qingan left the banquet in a hurry, something big must have happened.

"There is urgent information in Chang'an, and some sects are going to be unfavorable to Li Yu, and it may be in the past two days."

Yan Zhuang sighed and said: "Obviously, the general is about to enter the court as the prime minister, and there are not many times, and someone is going to jump off the wall in a hurry." ”

Li Qingan took a few steps with his hands behind his back, he pondered for a moment and said, "The key is what should we do?" Do you want to remind Li Yu? ”

"Don't you think this is an opportunity, the General?"

Li Qingan glanced at him, and saw that Yan Zhuang was smiling meaningfully, so he smiled and said, "Tell me clearly, what chance?" ”

Yan Zhuang gently stroked the short beard of the goat under his chin and said: "Actually, I have a hunch that Li Yu has taken the good land and money of the clan on such a large scale, these clans can not tolerate him, they first pinned their hopes on Li Longji, but after so long, Li Longji still can't stand up for them, he can only protect himself, if the general does not enter the customs, this time may be a little longer, but the general is named the right minister, they can only do it in advance, once Li Yu has an accident, the succession to the throne will fall into chaos, no matter who ascends the throne, it is not justifiable, This leaves a chance for the general in the future. ”

"Sir, you mean, we stay out of it?"

"That's right! I suggest that the general should not rush into Beijing, nor do he get involved in it, so as not to leave a false pretext, but he can stand by and wait for the matter to come out before entering Beijing, uphold justice in a high-profile manner, and take advantage of the chaos in the imperial court to start establishing his own power. ”

Yan Zhuang's suggestion said to Li Qing'an's heart, although his military strength is strong, but his political strength is very weak, there are almost no his henchmen in the court, although he has obtained the status of the clan, but Li Jiancheng's family has long been cut off, and now it is Li Shimin's descendants who control the world, these clans will definitely not support him Li Qing'an's ascension to the throne, if he enters Beijing as the prime minister, to a large extent, it will help Li Yu consolidate the throne, although it can restrain the deterioration of the land situation in the Tang Dynasty, but it is not good for his own future, Therefore, although Yan Zhuang's advice is a bit unkind, this advice is a wise move.

Thinking of this, Li Qingan nodded and said, "Okay! According to Mr. 's words, he watched coldly. ”

At this time, a personal soldier reported outside the door: "General, there is an old man visiting Chang'an." ”

"Who is it?"

"It's the old man who visited the general at night in Ganzhou last time."

'Li Li! ’

Li Qingan reacted, and he smiled and said, "Please let him in!" ”

He smiled at Yan Zhuang again: "Sir, you can go to the banquet for me first, and listen to what those state officials are talking about?" ”

"Then the lowly duty went first."

Yan Zhuang left, and after a while, several personal soldiers brought Li Li in, and as soon as Li Li entered the door, he gave a deep salute and said: "See Xiangguo!" ”

Li Li's move seems a bit reckless, but in fact, he is expressing his position to Li Qing'an, no matter what happens in Chang'an, Li Heng still recognizes Li Qing'an as the right minister, this is a prerequisite, and only when this precondition is met can they continue to talk.

"Little Lord Wang is wrong, I'm not Xiangguo yet, even if the holy decree comes down, it's one thing whether I accept it or not, please sit down first!"

"Thank you... General! ”

Li Li couldn't figure out Li Qing'an's attitude, he sat down with some apprehension, and said: "Last time, the general said that it would take time to consider the conditions, but I don't know how to think about it?" ”

"I've thought about it."

Li Li was overjoyed, they were afraid that Li Qingan would not consider any conditions, which meant that Li Qingan would have the possibility of turning his face with them, and things would be troublesome, as long as Li Qingan was willing to consider the conditions, then everything was easy to discuss, before he left, Li Heng had already authorized him, and he could promise Li Qingan all the conditions except the imperial power.

He hurriedly said, "General, please speak!" ”

In fact, Li Qing'an's conditions had already been thought of when he crossed the Yellow River, although he didn't know where Li Heng would go, but no matter what Li Heng's purpose was, he just opened his mouth to mention his conditions.

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "I have three conditions, as long as the Emperor can agree, I will fully support him." ”

"The general just say!"

"Good! First, I want to concurrently serve as the envoy of the Shuofang Festival and the observer of the Kannai Province. ”

After speaking, Li Qing'an looked at Li Li, waiting for his response, Li Li nodded silently, Li Qing'an's first condition was expected by Li Heng, Li Qing'an had already sent troops to occupy Lingzhou, and after defeating An Lushan, he actually occupied Guannei Dao, now it is just to legalize his occupation, there is no point in arguing with Li Qing'an, but Li Li is not in a hurry to express his position, so he said: "General, please continue!" ”

"Alright! I continued, my second condition is that Pei Min is in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and he is the secretary of the Ministry of Officials and the servant of the Ministry of Officials. ”

This is also an extremely important condition, Li Qingan does not have a strong henchman in the court, although there will be two Han and Tang Dynasty officials in the court, but the status is too low, it is not a big deal, and although his father-in-law is good, they still need to reconcile, only Pei Min, who is not only a famous minister, but also his own brother-in-law, can be entrusted with heavy use, and he is very worried that Pei Min will be liquidated, so he has to keep him first.

This condition should not be a problem, Li Qingan said: "My third condition is that I want to concurrently serve as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses. ”

This condition makes Li Li a little embarrassed, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses also means that Li Qing'an wants to be in charge of the world's army, of course, now that the warlords are divided, everyone has their own army, and Li Qing'an actually can't control anything, but with this name, he can justifiably recruit troops all over the Tang Dynasty, although Li Heng's prohibition of officials does not have this item, but Li Li personally thinks that this condition must not be agreed, and Li Heng will not agree.

He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The first and second conditions, I can agree unreservedly on behalf of the emperor, but the third condition, please can the general consider it again." ”

Li Qingan knew that they would not agree, but as a means of negotiation, he first had to come up with an unattainable condition, and after the other party refused and was at a psychological disadvantage, he would come up with his real conditions, so that the other party would fully agree.

He smiled and said, "Okay then! Since the little prince is embarrassed, I will retreat to the second, and the third condition will be changed, and within three years, 500,000 Han families will be moved to settle in Anxi, how about it? That's not too much! ”

The soup was changed, but the medicine was not changed, and 500,000 Han households entered Anxi, which means that Li Qing'an can increase his army by at least another 200,000 troops within three years, or even more than that, Li Li sighed secretly, Li Qing'an was very pragmatic, and the conditions proposed were very targeted, but he had no choice, so he nodded slowly and said: "I can also agree to the third condition on behalf of the Emperor." ”

(To be continued)