readx; On the tenth day of June in the second year of the Great Calendar, the new emperor Li Shi of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne in a simple and solemn ceremony, because he was not yet thirteen years old, unable to take charge of national affairs, then his grandfather, the former prince Li Heng was the regent of the prison country, and Li Qing'an was the right minister of the Zhongshu Order, respected as the father, and then by the right minister Li Qing'an, the left minister Wang Heng, the Ministry of Officials Pei Min, the household department of the book Zhang Yun, the criminal department of the book Li Yan, the Ministry of Rites Yang Guozhong and the Ministry of War Chen Xilie and other seven people formed the Zichen Pavilion political hall, all military affairs are decided by seven people, The decree shall be signed by the supervising state. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the end of the ceremony, the deceased emperor Li Yu gave the temple number to Jingzong, and five days later will be officially buried, Empress Shen was canonized as the Empress Dowager Wenhui, and Li Shi started the new era name as Zhenzhi from the time of his accession to the throne.

The enthronement ceremony lasted for two hours, and as the ceremony ended, the sky was already bright, and all the courtiers gradually dispersed to begin the day's court affairs.

Zhongshu Province is located on the right side of the Xuanzheng Palace, is a huge building covering a vast area, most of the ancient buildings we see today are the buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties, carved beams and painted buildings, exquisite and chic, but the buildings of the Tang Dynasty are different, generally with large bucket arches and beams and columns together to support the whole building, magnificent, give people a sense of magnanimity.

Li Qing'an came to Zhongshu Province after the ceremony, although Wei Qingping persuaded him not to be the right minister, behind the scenes to control the situation, Li Qingan also thought so, but everything has a process, before the power structure is not stabilized, Li Qingan should not resign from the position of right minister.

Walking up the high white jade steps, Li Qing'an walked into the gate of Zhongshu Province, and the same as the Broken Leaf Political Affairs Hall, Zhongshu Province is also centered on a central axis, and there are major maintenance rooms on both sides, such as the room of the Zhongshu Shilang, the room of the Zhongshu Sheren, the literature room, etc., the innermost is the court room of the Zhongshu Order, and entering from a small door next to it, it is the highest power decision-making organ of the Tang Dynasty, the Political Affairs Hall, which is also called ' It is not a place for meetings, it is the same as the board of directors of later generations, with confidential secretaries, and five rooms, including the officer's room, the machine room, the military room, the household room, and the torture room, to draft the military affairs agenda.

When Li Qing'an was in power by Li Linfu, he had come to the political hall many times to do business, and he was very familiar with this place, but today he came here as the master.

The lobby of Zhongshu Province is very quiet, today is the first day of the new emperor's accession to the throne, and the entire Zhongshu Province is very busy.

"Li Xiangguo, please come with me."

Zhongshu waiter Fang Xuan respectfully led Li Qing'an forward, while explaining to him the situation in Zhongshu Province, "There are a total of six people in Zhongshu, corresponding to six departments, they can discuss the military affairs discussed in the province and the report on the recital, express their preliminary handling opinions, and sign their own names, called "five-flower judgment", handed over to Zhongshu Ling for consideration, and finally the Holy Emperor approved and then handed over to the Zhongshu Sheren, and then according to the will of the Holy Lord, the draft system is called, this person who is responsible for writing the draft edict is called 'Zhi Zhi Hui'. ”

Fang Xuan saw that Li Qingan listened carefully, so he smiled and said, "Do you want to call everyone out and meet Xiangguo?" ”

Li Qingan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Everyone is very busy, so there is no need to meet, and then it will be long." ”

Saying that, the two walked into the court room of Zhongshu Ling, the court room is not a room, but a general term for dozens of rooms, there are five or six conference rooms alone, as well as a library, a bedroom, and an office room for the main book and the main officer, etc.

There are five chief secretaries and five directors in the DPRK, the chief secretary is responsible for sorting out the documents and files, and the chief is responsible for liaison and communication, and the hall of the court room is surrounded by small doors, leading to all parts of the Zhongshu Province, such as a small red door on the right leading to the political affairs hall, Xiangguo goes directly to the meeting from before, and for example, a small door in the lower left corner leads to the office hall of the Zhongshu people, and Xiangguo can go to the Zhongshu people for consultation if he has any questions.

Li Qing'an walked into his room, this is a spacious and bright office, the walls around it are whitewashed, hanging a few celebrity calligraphy and paintings, in the middle of the window is a low and wide table, the back of the desk is covered with soft cushions, and the desk and the bookshelf next to it are full of all kinds of folds, there are as many as two or three hundred books.

The Tang Dynasty's prime minister was very powerful, and many major military affairs were decided by the right minister, so the affairs of the right minister were very busy, after Yang Guozhong was deposed as the right minister, many things were temporarily handled by the waiter Fang Xuan, but some important things had to be handled by the new prime minister, and the accumulated amount was considerable.

Fang Xuan saw Li Qing'an's eyes straightened when he looked at the song, so he smiled bitterly: "Although the right minister is high and powerful, but he is also really hard-working, Li Linfu used to deal with government affairs before dawn, and he could not return to the house until dark, although Yang Guozhong's ability was slightly poor, but he did not dare to slack off, and finally said that he was busy and tireless, not that they didn't want to rest, it was really too heavy in court affairs, no matter how big or small, they all had to be reviewed by Xiangguo." ”

Fang Xuan's tone finally couldn't help but show a trace of disdain, he knew that Li Qing'an won the position of Xiangguo by virtue of his military strength, Li Qing'an was just a martial artist, he could really be in charge of government affairs? Maybe he can fight, but can he be the prime minister of the country? ”

Li Qingan sat down slowly, he flipped through the folds casually, and said, "Wait for the first meeting to be held in the political affairs hall, you go and prepare first!" ”

"Yes! The lower official will go and prepare. ”

Li Qing'an sent Fang Xuan away, he looked at these piles of twists and turns, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his mind, he always threw the usual Anxi government affairs to Wang Changling to take care of, he only made decisions on some major matters, and he never ignored trivial matters, he only deeply understood Wei Qingping's advice to him, when the right prime minister will take up too much of his time and energy, he will have no time to ask about Anxi's military and political affairs, and finally he will gradually lose Anxi.

Li Qing'an roughly calculated, he counted according to the daily review of 100 books, and wrote an average of 100 words per book, so he had to write 10,000 words a day, and there was still time to read and think, no wonder Li Linfu was busy from dawn to late at night.

Li Qingan sighed helplessly, in the past two days, he didn't want to do anything, at this time, Dou Hua, a member of the Zhongshu House, said at the door: "Li Xiangguo, the other six Xiangguo have arrived, please Li Xiangguo over." ”

"I see."

Li Qing'an picked up three notebooks from the table, which are the three major events to be discussed in the political hall today, one is the funeral time and specific arrangements of the former emperor Li Yu; the second is the great drought in Henan Province, which requires disaster relief from the imperial court; The third is Ge Shuhan's twist and turn, asking the imperial court to allocate money, grain, and military funds to Longyou, and allow Longyou to expand the army to strengthen the defense of Tibet.

The first two things are easy to solve, the key is the third one, if you agree, then will Li Heng and his faction agree?

．．．．．．．． Hanzhong, the sky has a light rain, this is already the third light rain in five days, the road has become very muddy, an official road outside Nanzheng County came from a distance a sound of horses' hooves, soon, I saw a team of cavalry galloping, this team of cavalry about 300 people, are very distinctive, all petite, wearing small armor, although the figure of the Shu people is not as tall as the people of the north and the Western Regions, but not so petite, but if you look closely, you will understand that this is actually a team of female soldiers.

Female soldiers are not uncommon for the outward-looking and open Tang Dynasty, as early as the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there was a female soldier under the military account of Princess Pingyang, but since Li Qing'an took the lead in creating female guards in Anxi, Gao Xianzhi, who was also born in Anxi, also set up a female guard, this female guard is about 1,000 people, led by Gao Xianzhi's daughter Gao Wu, at the same time, Gao Wu's men also have a thousand male soldiers who transport military equipment, and Gao Wu himself was also named Zhonglang General for his meritorious service in the battle with Nanzhao and Tubo.

This group of 300 female soldiers is the female escort led by Gao Wu, who came from Chengdu to join the main force of the Jiannan Army.

The female general headed by Gao Wu was Gao Wu, she originally went to Guanzhong with her father, but because the King of Shu also came to Guanzhong, Gao Xianzhi ordered her daughter to go back to Chengdu to avoid Li Xuan, the king of Shu, but not long ago she took over her father's military order, saying that the Jiannan Army was about to fight with the Guanzhong Army, and ordered her to lead a battalion of female guards to come to support, Gao Wu did not dare to neglect the military order, and immediately led three hundred female guards to come.

It was less than twenty miles away from Nanzheng County, and in front of it was a dense forest, and the official road passed through the woods, and the road became narrow, and with an order from Gao Wu, the female soldiers slowed down their horses.

The female soldiers entered the woods, the shade of the trees overhead blocked the light rain, the female soldiers were wet, they took off their helmets one after another, took out dry handkerchiefs from their horse bags to wipe the water droplets on their faces and hair, Gao Wu also took a handkerchief to wipe their faces, but looked around with some vigilance, the light in this forest was dim, it looked a little gloomy, with her many years of military career, she intuitively felt that there seemed to be a murderous aura hidden in this woods.

"Sisters, go! Get out of here. ”

As soon as Gao Wu's words fell, he heard a gong, and black soldiers appeared around the woods, and they surrounded them from all directions, numbering thousands.

The female soldiers were shocked, they turned their horses' heads one after another, but there was no way back, they had been surrounded, Gao Wu was extremely surprised in his heart, this is only less than twenty miles away from Nanzheng, it is the core area of Hanzhong, there are 100,000 Jiannan troops here, how can there be enemy troops ambushed here.

Gao Wu drew his sword and shouted, "Who are you?" ”

The soldiers in ambush did not answer, they drew closer and closer, and gradually shrank into a large circle, surrounding the three hundred female guards in the middle, they were all armed with spears and crossbows, all of them eyeing each other, while the female guards had only knives and bows and arrows and other light weapons, and they were like lambs to the slaughter in front of thousands of murderous troops.

At this time, the besieged black circle flashed a hole, and several cavalrymen came in from outside, starting with a young man in a brocade robe, holding a sword in his hand, smiling, and nodding slightly to Gao Wu: "Wu Niang, I've been waiting for you for almost an hour." ”

"It's you!"

Gao Wu recognized the young man in front of him, who turned out to be Li Xuan, the king of Shu, and saw him smiling very proudly, as if he was a hooked fish.

Gao Wu's face sank and said, "Lord Wang, what are you doing here?" What about my father? ”

Li Jian smiled and said: "I am naturally here to greet Wu Niang, as for your father Gao Dashuai, I'm sorry, he is not in Nanzheng, he is in Fengzhou, we are stationed in separate troops." ”

Gao Wu was stunned, her father was not in Nanzheng, how could she order herself to come, she thought about it, suddenly understood, and was immediately furious, and pointed a knife at him and said: "You pretended to be my father and ordered me to come, is that so?" ”

Li Jian was not angry at all, he nodded with a smile and admitted Gao Wu's accusation.

Gao Wu restrained the anger in his heart and asked him, "Why are you doing this?" You pretend to be the commander in chief and give orders, which is a serious violation of military law, and even if you are a prince, your behavior is not tolerated by the army. ”

"Humph!"

Li Jian snorted disdainfully, the smile on his face had weakened a little, and said to Gao Wu: "Wu Niang, in fact, you understand better than anyone else, why am I doing this?" Because I wanted to marry you as a side concubine, but your father pushed you three and four, saying that you were in Chengdu, and I would talk about it when I returned to Chengdu, I felt that he was not sincere, so I invited you to Nanzheng, and then your father had nothing to say. ”

"You are shameless and despicable!" Gao Wu gritted his teeth and scolded.

Li Jin's face sank, and he said coldly: "Wu Niang, I have something to make clear to you first, don't think I like you, to be honest, I have no interest in you, an old girl who can't get married, but there is no way, who called your father Gao Xianzhi, I have to wronged myself, Wu Niang, it is your honor to be my side concubine." ”

"You dream!"

Gao Wu sneered and said, "I'd rather die than be your side concubine, do you think you can succeed by sending troops to surround me?" ”

Li Jian gave the people next to him a look, only to hear the sound of breaking through the air, dozens of crossbow arrows were shot, and more than a dozen female soldiers on the side screamed, and the arrows fell from the carriage, and they couldn't survive.

"Li Zhen, you...."

Gao Wu was extremely angry in her heart, these female soldiers were recruited by her, everyone got along day and night, almost every female soldier she could name and had deep feelings, but they did not die under the enemy's sword, but died under the knife of the King of Shu to whom they were loyal, Gao Wu was so angry that he bit his lip and bled blood.

Li Jian didn't blink at the death of the female soldiers, he said lightly: "It's a pity that these female soldiers died, they should be sent to the barracks to reward the soldiers, Wu Niang, I'll give you another chance at the end, be my side concubine, I'll let them go, otherwise I'll let the soldiers catch this group of white sheep back to the barracks." ”

Gao Wu held the handle of the knife tightly, she forced herself to calm down, and said to Li Xuan: "You let them go first, and then I promise you." ”

Li Jian blinked and looked at her, suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and pointed at Gao Wu and smiled for a long time: "Wu Niang! Wu Niang, do you think I'm a three-year-old? If you don't promise me if you let them go, what should I do? ”

He suddenly laughed and said coldly: "I'll count three times, if you don't agree, I will immediately ask the soldiers to capture them back to the wheel camp, I will do what I say, one!" ”

Gao Wu was forced to have no way out, she flashed her knife, put the knife on her neck, and said loudly: "I will also count three times, if you don't let them go, I will kill myself in front of you, you go and explain to my father!" One! ”

"Two!" Li was unmoved.

Gao Wu gritted his teeth and shouted, "Two! ”

As soon as her hand was strong, beads of blood had already appeared on her neck, staining the snowy horizontal knife red.

Li Jin's 'three! The word finally didn't shout out, he was a little embarrassed, in fact, Li Jian forced Gao Wu to be a side concubine, and he was also forced by the situation, the first thing his father Li Longji did when he came to Nanzheng was to convene senior generals to give lectures, Li Jian realized a serious problem, who is the lord of Shu, is he or his father? Although his father promised to make him the crown prince, once his military power was seized, he was no longer qualified to be the crown prince, and his father would inevitably promise Li Mao of the Jingzhou army or Li Lan of the Yangzhou army as the crown prince, and he would be worthless.

In order to prevent his father from taking away his military power, he must make Gao Xianzhi loyal to him, and the best way to make Gao Xianzhi loyal to himself is to marry his baby daughter and make him his father-in-law, just like that, the matter of marrying Gao Wu as his wife has never been as urgent as today, and he even did not hesitate to deceive Gao Wu to Nanzheng in the name of Gao Xianzhi.

But he didn't dare to really force Gao Wu to death, so Gao Xianzhi would immediately rebel against himself, Gao Xianzhi still had 70,000 troops in his hands, and he only had 30,000 troops, he couldn't afford to gamble.

Li Jian also knew that Gao Wu was a strong woman, and he might really commit suicide if he was in a hurry, and his 'three' couldn't go on, so he said softly: "Wu Niang, let's do it!" I'll take one more step, I promise to make you the princess of Shu, what do you think? ”

Gao Wu understood that it was his death response that took effect, suicide was just a strategy, and it couldn't save the sisters, as long as Li Jian didn't force herself, she would have a way to deal with him.

She pretended to be a little tempted, pondered for a moment and said, "What about Concubine Wei?" ”

Li Jian suddenly realized, it turned out that Gao Wu wanted the canonization of the concubine, no wonder, I heard that she wanted to marry Li Qing'an, but Li Qing'an married Dugu Mingyue, which made her wish come to naught, she was the concubine of the dignified Jiannan Festival, of course she didn't want to be someone else's concubine, so she refused to promise herself, if she was willing to agree, then she would have married Li Qing'an as the concubine of King Zhao, would it be her turn?

After thinking about this, his concubine Wei was immediately unimportant, what was important now was Gao Xianzhi, as long as Gao Wu was willing to marry him, he could kick Concubine Wei away, and he immediately said: "Concubine Wei has been married to me for many years, and there is no one yet, I can completely divorce her." ”

Gao Wu sighed softly and said, "That's it! You go and invite my father, I want you to promise my father in person, and then talk about marriage, I can't believe the promise you gave me. ”

Li Jian was overjoyed, and he immediately arched his hand and said, "That's good!" Please Wu Niang go to Nanzheng with me to live temporarily, and I will send someone to invite the handsome. ”

Gao Wu nodded, she looked at the sisters who were shot to death, and felt sad in her heart, so she said to the other female soldiers: "Take them all with you, let's go to Nanzheng and bury them again." ”

At this time, Li Jian gave the soldiers a look, and the soldiers surrounding them made way of a way, Gao Wu whipped his horse fiercely, and led the female guards to gallop in the direction of Nanzheng.

(To be continued)