Chapter 202: Planning
Liu Yunzhang was busy with his feet facing the sky.
The iron-blooded army took Xiangyang City overnight and captured Liu Ziheng alive, which he never expected, the prince had already arranged and deployed, and he had to fight a time difference, so that the imperial court could make a decision in advance, and under the premise that he did not know the news of the iron-blooded army's attack on Xiangyang, he appointed Cui Anqian as the envoy of Shannan Dongdao, which has a certain degree of difficulty, but it is easier than the appointment after the iron-blooded army takes Xiangyang.
Liu Yunzhang and Ma Haoxuan discussed secretly, and felt that Li Rupei's plan was feasible, and the most important thing was to get Tian Lingzi to agree, after all, Liu Ziheng was Tian Lingzi's henchman, and Shannan Dongdao was in the hands of Tian Lingzi, and letting Tian Lingzi take the initiative to give up Shannan Dongdao was equivalent to cutting Tian Lingzi's meat.
Things have come to this point, and we have to do our best anyway.
Song Hu has already sent five hundred iron-blooded soldiers to the capital secretly in accordance with Liu Yunzhang's request, preparing to pick up Cui Anqian to leave the capital and rush to Xiangyang to take office.
After Liu Yunzhang classified all the letters he received, all the letters that should be sent to the capital were sent to the capital, and all the letters that should be destroyed were destroyed.
Liu Yunzhang knows very well that Cui Anqian's identity is not ordinary, once he can handle this matter well, the impression in Li Rupei's heart is not ordinary, and his status can be more stable, he does not dare to compare with Cui Anqian, presumably Cui Anqian will be responsible for all matters of Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road after he arrives in Xiangyang, and he will also act as an assistant to handle the affairs of the two places.
Therefore, there can be no deviation in this matter, and once Cui Anqian's safety has a problem, Liu Yunzhang will not forgive himself. Such a mistake is inexplicable in front of Li Rupei.
The Liang family and the princess Cui Hanlei in the yamen are in a good mood these days, Liu Yunzhang has to go to ask for peace almost every day, and at the same time ask if there are any requirements, in his heart, he unconsciously regards Li Rupei as the emperor, and every step of etiquette can not be neglected.
Chang'an, the capital city.
In the past few days, Yan Fu has been extremely nervous, and it has reached the most critical time, and the arrangements between Wang Ye and Liu Yunzhang are linked one by one. There can be no deviation in any link, Cui Ge's wife left the capital to go to Liangzhou, this is an arrangement made by Yan Fu personally, but this news cannot be kept secret for a long time, once it leaks out, it will also cause a storm, plus the matter of the iron-blooded army's attack on Xiangyang, if the two things break out at the same time, I believe the emperor will definitely have unusual ideas. When things get to that point, it's hard to undo.
All the subordinates were deployed in place, and all the five hundred soldiers sent by Song Hu were arranged to stand by on the outskirts of the city. Don't enter the capital for the time being, Yan Fu is not willing to do it, that is the last step, and it is a last resort.
After receiving a letter from Xiangyang and Liu Ziheng's recital. Yan Fu's expression was grim, and all the preparations were finally in place.
Hurriedly came to Cui Anqian's mansion, and the housekeeper saw Yan Fu. I won't even report it.
Cui Anqian took Yan Fu into the study, and the housekeeper waited outside, not allowing anyone to enter.
"Ge Lao, the Iron Blood Army took Xiangyang City overnight."
Cui Anqian watched Yan Fu take out the letter, and didn't speak for a long time with his mouth open, he couldn't imagine why the Iron Blood Army could take Xiangyang overnight.
"Ge Lao, this is a letter written by the prince, there is a detailed situation in it, this is the captured Liu Ziheng wrote to the emperor, requesting to resign from the position of Shannan Dongdao Jiedu envoy, recommending Ge Lao to serve as Shannan Dongdao Jiedu envoy, this is a letter written by the prince to Tian Lingzi, and the subordinate suggestion is to ask the Ge Lao to discuss with Zheng Ge Lao, and tomorrow's early dynasty will prompt the emperor to make an order."
A lot of preparations have been made in the early stage, and the letters about Liu Ziheng's illicit communication with Huang Chao and assisting Huang Chao's army in attacking the eastern capital Luoyang and the capital Chang'an are all in Cui Anqian's hands.
However, the biggest problem is still in Tian Lingzi, if Tian Lingzi insists on not agreeing, the emperor will not be able to directly make an order, after all, the pattern in the court is like this.
"I know, Yan Fu, I've worked hard for you this time."
"This is what the subordinates should do, and the subordinates will not delay, and they will go to Tian Lingzi's house and transfer the prince's letter to Tian Lingzi."
Cui Anqian nodded, Li Rupei's letter to Tian Lingzi was by no means simple, this may be the key to getting Tian Lingzi to agree to him as the envoy of Shannan Dongdao.
Half an hour later, Zheng Zheng came.
Cui Anqian personally waited at the gate of the mansion.
Seeing Cui Anqian waiting at the door of the mansion, Zheng Jin was a little surprised, after the two exchanged a few words, Cui Anqian led Zheng Qian to the study, the two sat down, and after the housekeeper made tea, he left the study and gently closed the door.
"I invite Elder Zheng Ge to the mansion today, there is something big to inform, and I also ask Elder Zheng Ge to support."
Cui An sneaked straight to the point, took out Liu Ziheng's letter and recital, and handed it directly to Zheng Jin.
Zheng Ji was a little puzzled, picked up the letter and the fold and looked at it carefully.
Half an hour later, Zheng Jin, whose face had changed, looked at Cui An and spoke.
"Cui Ge Lao, I didn't expect such a major matter to happen in Shannan Dongdao, it is said that Liu Ziheng is indeed not able to serve as the envoy of Shannan Dongdao, but this Liu Ziheng is Tian Lingzi's person, Cui Ge Lao also knows, even if he brought these letters and folds and made a request at the court meeting, Tian Lingzi did not agree, and there was no good way."
Zheng Jin's words are very euphemistic, in fact, it means to shirk, after all, offending Tian Lingzi head-on, the sequelae of such a thing are very big, Li Rupei is indeed powerful, but far away in Liangzhou, it is difficult to directly interfere in the affairs of the capital, and it is even more difficult to directly affect the government and politics.
Cui Anqian had a smile on his face, of course he knew what Zheng Ji meant.
"Elder Zheng Ge, there is one more thing, I have to tell the truth, the day before yesterday, the iron-blooded army had taken Xiangyang and captured Liu Ziheng alive, and the iron-blooded army only took one night to take Xiangyang and completely annihilate the 30,000 tooth army guarding Xiangyang."
Zheng Jin's body trembled, his face turned pale, and he looked at Cui Anqian, thinking that he had heard it wrong.
The shock of this news to Zheng Zheng is huge, the iron-blooded army under Li Rupei can take Xiangyang City overnight, and even capture Liu Ziheng alive, such an ability is against the sky, the meaning contained in this is too great, if it is not unexpected, the world of the Tang Dynasty will be Li Rupei's sooner or later.
There was silence for a long time before Zheng Zheng spoke.
"This news is too shocking, I haven't understood it for a while, Cui Ge doesn't need to say much, the meaning of this has already been understood, these letters and folds, taken away tonight, tomorrow morning, will be raised."
Zheng Jin's words are actually a statement that he has taken refuge in Li Rupei's command.
Zheng Zheng is a smart person, he has experienced too many things, Li Rupei is so strong, his identity is not ordinary, and the future in the future is very clear, even if the eunuchs are powerful and control the government, Li Rupei can take back the power in their hands one by one, and the feudal towns in the north are powerful, but in front of the iron-blooded army, they will eventually be destroyed.
At this critical moment, Zheng Zheng threw himself into Li Rupei's door, which also laid a solid foundation for the future.
"Elder Zheng Ge is so refreshing, thank you here."
"Don't dare, don't dare, please take care of Cui Ge Lao in the future, the affairs of the DPRK and China, a certain person will keep in touch with Cui Ge Lao all the time, but he still has to say a few words to each other, Tian Lingzi is difficult, this Liu Ziheng is Tian Lingzi's henchman, Tian Lingzi will never give up easily, although the news that Xiangyang was taken by the Iron Blood Army has not yet reached the capital."
"Thank you Zheng Ge Lao for reminding me, I will consider this matter."
Zheng Zheng nodded, he knew that Li Rupei would definitely be prepared in this regard, at this moment he was still thinking, how the Iron Blood Army could take Xiangyang City overnight, exterminate 30,000 Xiangyang Tooth Army, and capture Liu Ziheng alive, you must know that the Xiangyang Tooth Army once defeated Huangchao, and it is one of the armies that the imperial court thinks has good combat effectiveness, and he can't imagine that in front of the Iron Blood Army, it is so vulnerable, which shows how strong the combat effectiveness of the Iron Blood Army should be.
The secret discussion lasted for an hour, and when Zheng Jin left Cui Anqian's mansion, it was completely dark.
Before getting on the sedan chair, Zheng Ji looked at the black and oppressive sky, and he really felt that maybe the sky was really going to change, and Datang was afraid that there would be earth-shaking changes.
Yan Fu did not enter Tian Lingzi's mansion.
Although it had been in the capital for so long, it was the first time he had come to Tian Lingzi's mansion, and if it weren't for the prince's handwritten letter, he would never have come here.
Tian Lingzi's mansion is a very dazzling existence in the capital, there is often a lot of traffic here, and there are countless officials who come to visit, and the situation is the same today, he gave the porter five taels of silver to be able to send the letter in, but he himself can't get in, and he can't see Tian Lingzi, unless Tian Lingzi is willing to see him.
After waiting for half an hour, the housekeeper walked outside the mansion and asked Yan Fu to enter the mansion.
Yan Fu did not enter the mansion, because the prince had a request, and he could not meet with Tian Lingzi.
Yan Fu politely declined the butler's request, and told the butler that his task had been completed, and Lieutenant Tian could get the letter, and as for other matters, they could be discussed tomorrow morning.
After saying this, Yan Fu turned around and left.
His move, in the eyes of many officials outside the mansion, is a little unreasonable, such a good opportunity, why can't he enter the mansion, after all, being able to see Tian Lingzi and be able to speak means that he is prosperous. (To be continued......)