readx; In May, Anxi's victory in the Tang Bo War finally reached Chang'an, the city was full of jubilation for a while, the people of Chang'an spontaneously walked up to the street, beating gongs and drums, jubilating day and night, at this time, regardless of Wannian County and Chang'an County, the streets were full of jubilant people, white-haired old men, naughty boys who pierced the sky, merchants, soldiers, soldiers, different identities, different ages, all of them were immersed in the joy of victory. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But in the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace, it was a different scene, Li Heng sat behind the imperial case with a gloomy face, several of his henchmen stood aside, no one said a word, of course they also knew about the Tang army's defeat of Tubo, but they got more disturbing news, Li Qing'an had ended the Longyou Campaign, led an army of 100,000 to the east, and had crossed the Yellow River from Lanzhou.

The things they have not wanted to face are finally in front of them, Li Qingan is back, how should they deal with it?

"You say, what are we going to do now?" Li Heng's voice was hoarse, revealing deep exhaustion, he had considered many possibilities, maybe Li Qing'an would come lightly, he personally went outside the city to greet him, they held hands and laughed, smiled and smacked away the enmity, and from then on Li Qing'an became his courtier loyally.

It's a pity that this situation can only appear in a dream, Li Qing'an did not take a light car and a simple horse, but led an army of 100,000 to the east, without any previous report, he will directly lead the army into Guanzhong, Li Heng felt a chill on his back, and the comer was not good!

His eyes were on Wang Heng, who had said that if Li Qing'an came, he would have a plan to deal with it, and now he wanted to hear it.

"Wang Xiangguo, you are the chief of a hundred officials, you can say it first!"

Wang Heng saw that Li Heng had picked him first, and he was very helpless, so he had to step forward and say: "The minister thinks that Anxi's army is strong, so you can't resist him." ”

"I know that, too!" Li Heng interrupted him unhappily and said, "I want to know Xiangguo's countermeasures. ”

Wang Heng sighed secretly in his heart, what else can he do now, Li Qing'an is menacing, obviously he wants to give Li Shi justice, there is no room for negotiation at all, either Li Heng abdicates, or summons the army to fight a tough battle.

Of course, he can't say that, he can only retreat to the next best thing and find a plan that Li Heng may be able to accept.

"Your Majesty, the minister's intention is to make Li Qing'an the East Palace, maybe he can accept the reality."

"No way!"

As soon as Wang Heng's words came out, he was vetoed by a shrill voice, and everyone turned back together, it turned out to be Li Fuguo, the eunuch of the palace, only to see him take a step forward and reprimand Wang Heng and said: "The public is the right minister of the Tang Dynasty, how can he say such ridiculous words, the East Palace is owned by the heirs of the saint, how can outsiders be allowed to enter the master, besides, after Li Qing'an is the hidden prince, if he enters the East Palace, how do you let the saint explain to the ancestors and ancestors?" ”

Li Fuguo concurrently served as the palace supervisor and the inner chamberlain at the same time, the power is very great, if the officials want to see Li Heng, they must first ask him to agree, Li Heng trusts him very much, and he must show him first, listen to his opinions first, Li Fuguo will write his opinions in the lower right corner with a green pen, and over time it has formed a convention, his criticism is called 'green criticism', sometimes even more important than Li Heng's opinion, Li Fuguo also controls Li Heng's newly established intelligence agency 'Inspector's Office', there are hundreds of secret agents, specializing in supervising hundreds of officials, or assassinating opponents.

Wang Heng is the right Xiangguo of Zhongshu Ling, and he has a certain amount of power in his hands, and some things are decided directly by him, and there is no need to report to Li Heng, such as the appointment of officials below the fifth grade, which makes Li Fuguo very jealous of him, and he suggested to Li Heng several times: Xiangguo has too much power, and he should cut it.

Although Li Heng also had this intention, he had just ascended the throne and could not offend Wang Heng and other ministers too much, but despite this, Li Heng still gave Li Fuguo a right to attend the meeting of the political hall as an observer.

Therefore, the relationship between Li Fuguo and Wang Heng is very tense, and it is reported that Li Fuguo has secretly collected Wang Heng's crimes, and today, Li Fuguo caught Wang Heng's handle and immediately expanded the matter.

He reluctantly said to Li Hengqi: "Your Majesty, the minister suspects that Wang Heng and Li Qing'an have secret dealings, so he blatantly speaks for Li Qing'an. ”

Wang Heng was furious, how could he frame himself in front of him like this, he immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is loyal to Your Majesty, and has gone through the test of time, and there is no fornication with Li Qing'an. ”

"Enough!"

Li Heng shouted angrily: "Is it time to quarrel now?" I want you to relieve your worries, you are not enough, do you want to worry about me again? ”

Seeing that Li Heng was angry, the two didn't dare to speak anymore, and the two retreated, glaring at each other angrily.

At this time, Fang Xuan came out and said: "Your Majesty, about dealing with Li Qing'an, the minister will also say a few words." ”

Li Heng perked up and hurriedly said, "Fang Aiqing, please speak!" ”

Fang Xuan glanced at everyone and said slowly: "There are two possibilities for Li Qing'an's thoughts, one is that he wants to replace His Majesty, and the other is that he is worried that His Majesty will seize his power, so he raised troops to persecute His Majesty, and these two possibilities are that the minister is more inclined to the latter." ”

"Why not the first possibility?" Li Heng asked.

"It's very simple, because he is the descendant of the crown prince, he wants to ascend the throne as the emperor, which will inevitably cause many people to oppose it, unless the Tang Dynasty is occupied by outsiders, he can renew Li Tang, just like Liu Bei of Shu Han, otherwise his name is not right, his words are not good, he will not be supported by the people of the world, and his throne will not last, I think, Li Qingan should also understand this truth, the first emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty is still there, the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty is still alive, and it is not his turn to ascend the throne, so the minister believes that Li Qing'an's real purpose is to make His Majesty recognize his current power and territory, There can be room for negotiation. ”

Fang Xuan's analysis made Li Heng think so, he turned his eyes, but saw Ling Hufei's contemptuous face, obviously disagreeing with Fang Xuan's opinion, Li Heng was stunned, and was about to ask Ling Hufei, at this moment, his son Li Department hurriedly ran from outside and shouted urgently: "Father, it's not good!" ”

Everyone was taken aback and looked at him together, and Li Heng also asked anxiously, "What's wrong?" ”

Li wore a crown of armor, and he stepped forward to salute and said, "Father, the son heard two news. ”

"What's the news?"

"One piece of news is that the 8,000 Anxi Army has just escorted Princess Zhao's mother and son out of Chang'an County to the west, accompanied by more than 300 former ministers such as Pei Min and their families."

Li Heng secretly screamed in his heart that something was wrong, he restrained the nervousness in his heart and said, "Then what is the other news?" ”

"There is also news that Wang Sili's ministry did not obey the order and did not station in Huazhou, but went east to occupy Tongguan."

This news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, so that the people in the side hall were stunned, Wang Sili's 40,000 troops came back three days ago, originally let him lead the army to garrison Huazhou, but he occupied Tongguan, Wang Sili is very likely to have been rebelled by Li Qing'an, he occupied Tongguan, that is, cut off the Central Plains army to reinforce.

Everyone looked at each other, and they all realized the seriousness of the problem, Li Qingan had already done it, at this time, Li Heng was upset and said to everyone: "Everyone go down!" Let me think about it. ”

Everyone was helpless and retreated, but Li Heng gave Ling Hufei a look, Ling Hufei understood, walked around outside, and came back, at this time, Li Heng had already returned to his imperial study, there were only his son Li Department and his confidant Li Fuguo in the room, Ling Hufei walked in and saluted Li Heng: "See Your Majesty!" ”

"You're welcome, let's all sit down!"

Li Heng sighed and said to the three of them: "The situation is quite critical, and now the decision of the four of us must not be revealed." ”

Everyone nodded, and he said to Ling Hufei again: "It's inconvenient to speak just now, now Mr., please speak!" ”

Ling Hufei saw that Li Heng knew him quite well, so he smiled and said, "Those who know me, Your Majesty is also!" ”

"Alas! Sir, please speak! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister refused to say it just now because the minister felt that some of us must have a secret relationship with Li Qing'an."

Li Fuguo said excitedly: "It must be Wang Heng, he has formed an alliance with Li Qing'an, it must be him." ”

Li Heng waved his hand and asked him not to interrupt Ling Hufei's speech, "Sir, please continue." ”

Ling Hufei continued: "I don't think it will be Wang Hui, Wang Heng is narrow-minded, and he is very jealous of Li Qing'an like Yang Guozhong, so he and Li Qing'an have an affair, he can't let go of this face, originally I thought it would be Li Li or Li Lin, or Zhang Yan, but after listening to Fang Xuan's words, I knew that this person turned out to be Fang Xuan." ”

"Fang Xuan?" Li Heng was stunned for a moment, "But I think what he said makes sense?" ”

"Your Majesty, his previous words are good, Li Qing'an's current ascension to the throne is indeed unjustifiable, but his latter words are misleading Your Majesty, there is a big loophole in his words, I don't know if you can hear it."

Li Heng and Li Fuguo both fell into deep thought, and the latter part of Fang Xuan's words was that Li Qing'an's purpose was to protect his own interests, and the two sides had the possibility of negotiation.

Li Heng shook his head, "I can't think of anything wrong, so Aiqing will just say it!" ”

"Your Majesty, although Li Qingan himself can't ascend the throne for the time being, he can support other people! If he had set up a young child, would he not be able to protect his own interests better than if he had been a vassal to His Majesty. ”

Li Heng and Li Fuguo glanced at each other, and then suddenly realized, yes, since Fang Xuan could think that Li Qing'an could not ascend the throne for the time being, how could he not think of Li Qing'an's reason for establishing others.

"You damn bastard!"

Li Heng slapped the table and said angrily, "I'm going to kill him first." ”

Although Li Shi has no heirs, Li Yu still has two sons, and in the hands of the Empress Dowager Shen Zhuzhu, she has now been taken away by the Anxi army.

"Your Majesty, killing Fang Xuan can be done at any time, but now you should think about the way back."

Li Heng was helpless, so he had to ask, "Then what should I do?" Please sir teach me. ”

"The minister thinks that His Majesty should make preparations now, and now Li Qing'an transfers his family ministers and occupies Tongguan, obviously to pave the way for him to march into Anxi, if the minister is not mistaken, and Guo Ziyi's army will also cooperate with him to enter the customs, but he will not be deployed for at least three or five days, and we should make full use of the opportunity of these three or five days to transfer troops."

"Aiqing means ......."

"Your Majesty, what the minister means is that the little prince should lead the main force into Hanzhong first."

(To be continued)