readx; Li Longji's letter to the world promulgated in Hanzhong caused an uproar in Chang'an, and some people printed a large number of copies in the printing shop overnight, which was widely spread in Chang'an, Li Longji pointed out in the book to the world that when today's son ascended the throne was invalid, and regarded himself as orthodox, calling on officials and clans to return to the south, especially in the book, he made it clear that he would protect the property safety of officials and clans, which caused great chaos, some people scolded, some people supported, the streets and alleys of Chang'an, Chang'an's wine shops and teahouses, supporters and denouncers had a series of brawls, For two days in a row, a large number of powerful clans fled Chang'an with their families and children, and the city gates of Chang'an could be seen everywhere to leave Chang'an's carriages and ox convoys. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, in stark contrast to the chaotic situation in Chang'an, the imperial court was silent, since Li Longji issued the letter to the world, the imperial court did not make any relevant counterattack remarks, nor did it prevent the clan magnates and some officials from fleeing, as if acquiescing to the spread of the letter to the world and the departure of supporters, and only sent troops to patrol the main area of Chang'an to maintain the stability of order in Chang'an.

However, there are also court officials who revealed some unusual news, the high-level of the imperial court is actually not a pool of still water, the right minister Li Qing'an and the supervisor Li Heng have a serious dispute in handling this matter, Li Heng asked to block this letter to the world, strictly prohibit the departure of officials and clan magnates, but Li Qingan only agreed to issue a refutation, and did not object to the departure of officials and clan magnates, he thought that leaving these dissidents in Chang'an, but it would be a hidden danger, in the controversy in the political hall, Li Heng was also at a disadvantage, Li Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Pei Min, the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, firmly supported Li Qing'an's claims, especially those who were called ' Li Zhengtian's Li Yan said bluntly that the departure of the clan magnates can take back a large amount of farmland, and within half a year, the number of yeoman farmers in Guanzhong will rise to seventy, on the contrary, Chen Xilie, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Yang Guozhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, both left Chang'an and defected to Li Longji in Hanzhong, which dealt a fatal blow to Li Heng's power in the political hall.

On the third day, the Chang'an Political Hall finally released the "Refutation of the Book of Accusations to the World", written by Li Yan himself, refuting Li Longji's so-called unorthodoxy with detailed facts, the new emperor Li Shi is the eldest son of the first emperor, and at the beginning of the first emperor's accession to the throne, he was canonized as the prince of the East Palace, the first emperor died, and the prince succeeded to the throne, why is it unorthodox? Li Yan especially pointed out Li Longji's contradictions in the book, since he recognized the first emperor Jingzong as a legitimate unification, then where is the prince canonized by Jingzong illegal, since ancient times, the crown prince is determined by the son of heaven, how can there be a reason for the abdicated emperor Taizu to designate? At the end of "Refuting the Book of Accusations to the World", Li Yan clearly expressed the determination of the political hall to continue to restrict the annexation of acres of land, and vowed to carry out the unfinished business of the first emperor to the end.

As soon as the "Letter of Refutation to the World" came out, it aroused strong support from the people in Guanzhong, and because Li Longji's army was approaching, the yeoman peasants who had regained their land due to Li Yu's land restructuring even spontaneously rushed to Chang'an from all parts of Guanzhong, willing to send grain to join the army and fight back against Li Longji's restoration.

Early in the morning, Li Qing'an's carriage was escorted by hundreds of personal guards, and he drove towards Daming Palace, Li Qing'an was writing a letter in the carriage, next to it, three brief orders had been written, he was writing today's fourth order, turning the 60,000 Anxi militia into a regular army, responsible for the defense of the Broken Leaves area, and correspondingly, and then transferred 50,000 troops from Broken Leaves, Shiguo and Tocharo to Chang'an, with Li Guangbi as the main commander and Li Fei Yuanli as the deputy commander.

In the past few days, Li Qing'an has been issuing orders to Anxi, first ordering all the countries of Anxi to send envoys at the prince-level level to Chang'an to meet the new emperor to congratulate the new emperor on his ascension to the throne and counter Li Longji's unorthodoxy.

Secondly, the work of relocating the first batch of 50,000 immigrants from Guannei Road, Longyou Road and Henan Province has begun, and he ordered the Anxi Political Hall to prepare to receive, and then ordered Feng Changqing to recruit 100,000 people from Xinde to Beiting, led by the general Zhao Chongjie, and began to build the Tang Straight Road from Chang'an to Anxi, at this time, Li Qingan felt that the front was too long, his troops were insufficient, and it was difficult to deal with it comprehensively, and there was the emptiness of Longyou after Ge Shuhan left, and he could only entrust the Hexi Army of Lifei Shouyu to send troops to take over, but the strength was still seriously insufficient, Once the Tibetans took the opportunity to invade the north, the gains of the previous few years would be lost, and for this reason, Li Qingan was deeply worried.

At this time, Yan Zhuang, the staff next to him, saw that Li Qingan was worried, so he persuaded him: "Although Longyou is important, it is not a strategic place in the Central Plains after all, and it has little impact on the future general's superiority, and his subordinates persuade the general to focus on the competition for the Central Plains. The east goes to Jianghuai, which is really a strategic place, if it is not occupied early, it will be destroyed too late. ”

Li Qing'an nodded silently, although Yan Zhuang said it very reasonably, but after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion in history, the Tang Dynasty abandoned the Helong Western Regions in order to collect troops, and was finally occupied by Tubo, so that the Han army was weakened hundreds of years later.

Li Qing sighed and said: "The ancients, the Long, He Wangshu, although I have the heart to occupy the Central Plains, but the army is insufficient, for the sake of it, I can only focus on the key points to occupy, although Longyou is not my inevitable to take the world, but the ambition of the Tibetan wolf, I must not be guarded against, once it is broken into Helong, the lives are ruined, I am the sinner of the Tang Dynasty, Ge Shuhan also told me, Tubo has been strong in these years, has made great improvements, this year and next year will be Kou Tang, even if I do not occupy the Central Plains, Hehuang Longyou must be heavily garrisoned, this is undoubted, as for Hedong, I can let the Lei Wanchun Department of Yunzhou go south, recruit troops in Hedong, expand the strength, and occupy it step by step, as for Henan Dao, it can only be considered later. ”

After a pause, he smiled again: "Besides, the greed is too great, but it will be criticized, Henan Dao, I am going to recruit troops in the name of the imperial court, which is controlled by the imperial court, and cannot belong to the category of the Anxi army." ”

Yan Zhuang rolled his eyes, and then suggested: "It is better to send General Anxi to Henan to recruit troops, which is called the imperial court soldiers, which is actually controlled by the general." ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "Since you don't want to, then do it cleanly, don't do this kind of small action, in fact, as long as it is Tang Jun, it will be used by me sooner or later." ”

Yan Zhuang didn't even have two suggestions adopted, and he couldn't help but feel a little gloomy in his heart, these days since Li Qing'an used Wei Qingping as his staff, he attached great importance to him, and adopted his two major suggestions again and again, which made Yan Zhuang's heart a little unbalanced, he followed Li Qing'an for many years before he got to the position of Li Qingan's abdomen, and Wei Qingping just came, and his identity and background have not been verified clearly, Li Qing'an adopted his major suggestions, and prepared to resign from the right minister and build Tang Zhidao, which made Yan Zhuang sigh in his heart that clothes are not as good as the old and people are not as good as the new.

Li Qing'an glanced at Yan Zhuang, and saw that he was depressed, and knew that he was a little lost for Wei Qingping's matter, Li Qing'an couldn't help but smile slightly, he had been with Yan Zhuang for many years, and he also knew the person's surname very well, Yan Zhuang's conspiracy was good, and he was also loyal to himself, but he was a little narrow-minded, in Anxi, that King Qing's Yan staff was suppressed by him, and it is difficult to turn over so far, of course, this is also a normal state of mind, most of the strategists are more careful.

Li Qing'an smiled, and then comforted him again: "Sir, don't be discouraged, it's not that I don't want to adopt Mr.'s strategy, it's really a lack of strength, Mr.'s other suggestions, I think it's very good, for example, this time for those clan magnates who want to take refuge in Li Longji, I adopted Mr.'s advice, although I let them go, I won't stop them." ”

Yan Zhuang has a bit of a childish mentality, hearing that Li Qing'an adopted his suggestion, his frustration just now was immediately put to his heart, and he immediately smiled, when a large number of clan magnates wanted to be in Chang'an immediately, many people hoped that Li Qing'an could stop it, but Yan Zhuang had a unique vision, and he saw that letting these clan magnates go, it would reduce great resistance to Li Qing'an's ascension to the throne in the future.

Yan Zhuang said with a smile: "Actually, these guys are also stupid, it is clear that Li Longji will not live for a few years, and they are still running away, can't they think that it is easy to go out and difficult to come back?" ”

Li Qingan also smiled: "This shows that they were oppressed by Li Yu and ruthlessly, and suddenly opened a door of light, and they rushed over impatiently, as for the consequences or something, they couldn't care about it, maybe they still counted on Li Longji to fight back." ”

Speaking of this, Li Qingan smiled at Yan Zhuang and said, "I know that you have always wanted to buy a house in Chang'an, and those who have left the clan magnates have vacated a lot of houses, you can go and see for yourself!" In addition to the royal mansion, other mansions, which one do you like, you can tell me, and I will let you get your wish. ”

Yan Zhuang was overjoyed, he had long known that Chen Xilie had a separate house in Qinrenfang, which was given to Chen Xilie by An Lushan in the fourth year of Tianbao, although the house was not very big, but Yan Zhuang knew that the feng shui in the house was excellent, and he had been greedy for many years, and now that Li Qingan had spoken, then he was not welcome.

"Thank you, General."

Li Qingan smiled and said nothing, not only Yan Zhuang, but also his old subordinates in Anxi, he also had to think about it.

．．．．．．． The carriage stopped in front of the Daming Palace, several personal guards escorted Li Qing'an into the Danfeng Gate, the Daming Palace covers an extremely vast area, with the three halls of Hanyuan Palace, Xuanzheng Hall and Zichen Hall as the axis, advancing in depth in turn, forming three major government districts, if you want to go in, you have to walk at least a quarter of an hour, many elderly ministers are even more difficult, so there are a lot of light carriages in front of the Danfeng Gate, send some elderly ministers to the court.

Li Qing'an got into a carriage and ordered, "Go to Zichen Palace!" ”

Today he wants to have a good talk with Li Heng, this time, he and Li Heng have common interests, the carriage started, and quickly drove towards the Zichen Palace.

In the room of the Zichen Palace, Li Heng was discussing with Wang Heng the candidates for the new prime minister, and the departure of Yang Guozhong and Chen Xilie surprised Li Heng, but Zhang Yun did not leave, so that the political hall became the fifth phase, and he Li Heng only had one position, which Li Heng could not accept anyway, he now needed to finalize the two candidates, and then go and talk to Li Qingan about this matter.

These two candidates, one of which has been decided, is Ling Hufei, this is undoubted, now he is the person Li Heng relies on the most, Ling Hufei will take over Yang Guozhong's position as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the key is another candidate, in fact, many people are good, such as the Chinese scholar Fang Xuan, the door servant Zhang Hao, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Cui Lian, the household servant Miao Jinqing, etc., these people are all prime ministers, and the relationship with Li Heng is also good, the key is to find a person who is most worthy of his Li Heng's trust, Li Heng has thought about it for a long time, In the end, the target fell on Fang Xuan, the squire of the Chinese scholar, and Cui Lian, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, both of whom were worthy of his trust.

"Wang Xiangguo, I am considering Cui Lian, the secretary of the Ministry of Labor, as the secretary of the Ministry of War, what do you think?"

The reason why Li Heng chose Cui Jian is largely due to the fact that Cui Jian is the backbone of the famous Cui family, and if Cui Jian is the prime minister, it is to pull the entire Cui family to his side.

In fact, whether Cui Jian is the prime minister or Fang Xuan is the prime minister, Wang Heng doesn't care, what he cares about is Ling Hufei as the prime minister, he has already felt the threat of Ling Hufei to himself, Li Heng's trust and reliance on him obviously exceeds his own, it is related to his own vital interests, Wang Heng is extremely dissatisfied in his heart.

But Wang Heng's city mansion was deeper, and he did not show his dissatisfaction with Ling Hufei, but said lightly: "Your Highness, the minister means that Cui Jian and Fang Xuan are both good choices, and the Cui family has children in Hedong and Henan Province as state officials, and he can not only get the support of the Cui family against Li Qing'an's Pei Men's disciples, and Fang Xuan is very well-connected in Zhongshu Province, it is said that he and Li Qing'an do not get along well, if Fang Xuan is wooed, it means that His Royal Highness's power has extended into Zhongshu Province, and the significance must not be underestimated." ”

Wang Heng's suggestion made Li Heng a little tempted, it should be said that Wang Heng was indeed very reasonable, but it was impossible for the two of them to enter the phase, and Li Heng naturally thought of Ling Hufei again.

In fact, to a certain extent, Xiangguo is a representative of a certain force, and does not represent a disadvantaged group, judging from the five phases of the current political affairs hall, Zhang Yun is the son of Zhang Shuo, the famous minister of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, born as a scholar of Hallym University, and is the leader of the literati of the Tang Dynasty. Wang Heng is the representative of the Wang family of the famous family of Guanlong, although the queen of Gaozong was abolished by Wu Zetian, the family was once in a downturn, but the foundation is strong, Wang Heng is more than 20 positions, was the court second only to Yang Guozhong of the real power; Pei Min is the representative of the famous family Pei in Hedong, the Pei family is talented, and his father Pei Zunqing is also a famous minister of the Kaiyuan Dynasty; Li Yan is a member of the Li clan, who has a high reputation in Chang'an and is a representative of the reform faction in the DPRK and China; As for Li Qing'an, needless to say, after the establishment of the crown prince, half of the Tang Dynasty is the master.

Therefore, Ling Hu Fei entered the main political hall, his qualifications are not bad, and he has no background background, no power, and he can't speak in the political hall, Wang Heng's words indirectly reminded Li Heng that letting Ling Hu Fei enter the main political hall is a bit of a waste of this precious place, it is better to compensate more in other aspects, so that Ling Hu Fei can be his own military advisor and strategist with peace of mind.

Thinking of this, Li Heng changed his mind and let Cui Jian and Fang Xuan both enter the picture, and without waiting for him to speak, at this time his henchman eunuch Li Fuguo said at the door: "Your Highness, Li Qing'an is here." ”

Li Heng was startled, and hurriedly said, "Please come in!" ”

He said to Wang Heng again: "According to your opinion, Cui Jian and Fang Xuan are both in the picture, Li Qingan is here, you can see him with me." ”

Although Wang Heng didn't want to see Li Qing'an here, he saw Li Heng's nervous expression and was worried that he would make a mistake, so he nodded and sat aside.

After a while, Li Qing'an walked in quickly, and said with a smile when he entered the door: "Coincidentally, Wang Xiangguo is also here, so I won't have to go to the door to save it." ”

Wang Heng got up and arched his hand and smiled: "Li Xiangguo is in good spirits, does he have a good strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

"Naturally, there is a strategy to retreat from the enemy, so I came to His Royal Highness the Prison State to discuss with Wang Xiangguo."

Li Heng nodded, waved his hand and said, "Li Xiangguo, please take a seat!" ”

Li Qing'an sat down, a eunuch came in with a cup of tea, Li Qing'an picked up the teacup and blew the hot air, but put down the teacup again, and said with a smile: "Let's talk to Your Highness about the vacancies of Yang Guozhong and Chen Xilie first!" I wonder if His Royal Highness is a suitable candidate? ”

Li Heng and Wang Heng glanced at each other, although they had made a preliminary decision, but Li Heng had not yet discussed it with the two of them, and it was not appropriate to propose it to Li Qing'an now, Li Heng smiled and said: "I am thinking about it, and I can submit the list to the political hall tomorrow." ”

Li Qing'an said slowly: "Today, Pei Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials has proposed several candidates for Xiangguo, and he suggested that he be promoted from the local level. ”

Li Heng's face changed, he didn't understand what Li Qing'an meant when he said this, the candidate proposed by Pei Min, wouldn't the political affairs hall be monopolized by the political affairs hall? This violated the tacit understanding reached between the two sides at the beginning, his face sank, and he said unhappily: "What does Li Xiangguo mean?" ”

Li Qingan said unhurriedly: "I told Pei Shangshu, there are no rules, there is no circle, and the candidates for the two Xiangguo should not be proposed by him." ”

Li Qing'an's words undoubtedly reassured Li Heng, and he slowly reassured, as long as Li Qingan still recognized the tacit understanding reached between them, it would be easy to do.

At this time, Li Qingan said again: "There is one more matter, I want to discuss it with His Royal Highness the Prison State and Wang Xiangguo." ”

"Lee Sang-kook, please speak!"

Li Qingan pondered for a while and said: "I plan to resign from the post of Right Xiangguo and retain my other position, the right servant of Shangshu, still the Pingzhang of Zhongshu, according to my Tang Dynasty practice, the right Xiangguo generally serves as the secretary of the ministry, so I recommend Pei Min to take over the post of Right Xiangguo." ”

Li Qing'an wanted to resign from the right Xiangguo, which surprised Li Heng and Wang Heng, but as soon as they thought about it, they both understood at the same time, needless to say, this must be the heavy court affairs of the right Xiangguo that made Li Qingan have no time to look west, so he proposed to change the position of Shangshu's right servant, and Li Heng also understood what Li Qing'an said just now, there are no rules, and the real meaning is that there are no rules, and the implication is that you choose your candidate, I will adjust my forces, and we will not interfere with each other.

In fact, according to Li Qingan's current strength, it is not surprising that he wants to do anything, the key is that the power balance in the political hall has not changed, Li Qingan's resignation is just the appearance, but he has moved from the front of the stage to the backstage, this time it was Wang Heng who made a statement first.

"I support Li Xiangguo's resignation, and I also support Li Xiangguo's nomination, tomorrow's meeting of the political hall, I hope to make these two things clear as soon as possible, now the situation in Chang'an is critical, we should not put too much energy on personnel changes."

Li Qingan nodded and said: "This is another big thing I came here, I have received the exact news, Ge Shuhan and Gao Xianzhi soldiers are marching to Chang'an in two ways, Ge Shuhan takes Chencang Road, Gao Xianzhi takes Baogu Road, at the latest four days, 150,000 elite troops will enter Guanzhong, in order to deal with this crisis, I ask the political hall to officially grant me the post of generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses." ”

(To be continued)