The emperor had just hunted east to Luoyang, Tokyo, when an even more ominous news came: the Western Regions, which had never caused trouble, had also begun to make trouble.

The Western Regions attacked Xiliang, Liaoxi, and Gyeonggi.

This was no ordinary looting. Li Hongguang, the governor of the Western Regions, issued an official war letter, and hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the Western Regions army came all the way from Xiliang. With the exception of the three counties of Xiliang, every county was conquered. The Western Regions army did not stop at Xiliang and immediately attacked Gyeonggi, and the advance reached Chang'an.

According to reliable information, there was no battle between the Western Regions Army and the Sichuan Army.

An even more unbelievable piece of information said that the Death Servant Sect also rushed over with the Western Regions Army. One named Xin Yongqiu became the leader of the new religion, and he also said that he would make the Death Church the state religion of the new dynasty.

One of these things is a big deal, not to mention three things together: three things come together, and they seem to be negotiated, they don't fight each other, but only Datang!

What does this mean?

Coincidental? There are no coincidences in the world. Everybody knows that.

The people of Luoyang are talking.

People say: "Datang is over!" ”

People say, "It's time to change the emperor!" ”

People say, "The Forbidden Army has surrendered!" ”

People say, "The Imperial Army has surrendered!" ”

People are saying: "The Imperial University has surrendered!" ”

The people said, "The religions have surrendered!" ”

The people said, "The vassals have surrendered too." ”

People say, "The provinces have surrendered too!" ”

People said, "Shall we surrender too?" ”

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When a large number of troops appeared in the west of Luoyang, the people were even more frightened. But when they got closer, they found that fortunately, this was the Tang Royal Army.

Zhang Qiangsheng came to Luoyang with hundreds of thousands of imperial troops. The Imperial army lost all their baggage and fled with only their guns - and there were no bullets.

Zhang Qiangsheng: "Hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops have surrendered!" Damn, Jung Anmin's bastard! I broke through with more than a million imperial troops, lost half of them on the way, and escaped with hundreds of thousands. ”

Emperor: "What? The Forbidden Army surrendered? ”

Zhang Qiangsheng: "At noon that day, the two sides lined up in the southern suburbs of West Chang'an, preparing to fight. The Sichuan army opened fire first, and within a few minutes of fighting, the forbidden army raised the white flag, and hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops surrendered without firing a single shot. Not only did they surrender, but they also turned around and attacked the Imperial Army. The imperial army was rushed by their two armies and immediately dispersed. I ordered all to retreat, stopping while fighting, and fought with the bandits when I arrived at Tongguan, but finally rushed through Tongguan. ”

In the Dingding Hall of the Luoyang Palace in Tokyo, in the hall of hundreds of people, it was so quiet that you could hear a few Zen trees calling.

Someone said: "Zhang Qiangsheng must have betrayed the emperor, otherwise how could he escape?" ”

Zhang Qiangsheng shouted loudly: "Shut up! Why do you have to say anything? I suggest that the emperor only have one minister by his side and kill the rest, because everyone has their own version and everyone is not right. ”

There was silence in the hall for a while.

Zhang Qiangsheng said: "Your Majesty, do you know why Sichuan attacked this time? ”

Emperor Li Hongsi on the dragon chair sat up straight: "Do you know? ”

Zhang Qiangsheng said: "I heard those Sichuan people say: 'The Tang Emperor disobeyed the mandate of heaven, and the Sichuan Divine Army came to sanction him. ’”

The Emperor said, "I have heard it too—but what does that mean?" What destiny have I disobeyed? ”

Zhang Qiangsheng said: "When I retreated from Chang'an, I captured a few Sichuan troops and figured out everything. ”

People were looking at him.

Zhang Qiangsheng said: "Your Majesty still remembers your 'Hongsi New Deal', right? I didn't write it down word for word: 'Allow the common people to pay for the qualifications of the nobles; Private gangs are legal; equal division of land; freedom of movement; Anyone can sue for action; opening schools, establishing primary, secondary and university schools; It was announced that the imperial examination would be held, and the imperial examination did not have to be limited to eunuchs, and there was no eunuch in the middle of the examination, and the previous eunuch court provided for a lifetime; Equality; repeal the ban on the sea and build a stronger navy; Ministers and civilians can discuss politics at will; Religious freedom, you can even believe nothing, except for the Death Religion, all religions are legal, even stealing men's women's leagues is legal; Anyone can give advice to the imperial court. ’”

Emperor: "What's the matter?" Could it be that this is also about Sichuan? ”

Zhang Qiangsheng: "It's definitely off." These are all things like the bottom line of the Senate, Sichuan, and the Holy Land. I don't understand, anyway, that's what it means, they are lenient in these things. These things of the emperor angered Sichuan, and then they attacked. ”

Emperor: "Attack without saying anything?" ”

Zhang Qiangsheng: "Probably the two sides did not communicate well. Sichuan is strictly controlled, and the secret department cannot penetrate it. ”

Emperor: "However, there are some things that were done like this last year, and Sichuan didn't care about it last year, so it will be taken care of this year?" Last year, Qian Zhaoding changed it more seriously, and changed all the weights and measures, and Sichuan just sent someone over to talk about it. Moreover, everyone was there at the time, and they all knew, what did they say? They say that as long as the weights and measures are not changed, nothing else is arbitrary. I remember it clearly! Why did they come here now? ”

Zhang Qiangsheng: "This ...... Who knows how. I kept trying to contact the Sichuan side on the road, but they didn't pay attention to me. Say nonsense such as 'whoever contacts the mainlanders is a traitor'. ”

Me: "They're!" Have you heard, the world's No. 1 cult Death Serving Sect is also here, and it's in Chang'an. Sichuan doesn't even care about this! Could it be that the people of Sichuan care about us running around, regardless of the Death Church? ”

Zhang Qiangsheng: "Death Sect? I've heard about it too, but I don't know if it's true or not...... It's messy...... What a contradiction......"

Me: "Don't think about it, the Death Cult must be true." All the intelligence shows that this group of bastards appeared openly and swaggering in Chang'an. ”

Zhang Qiangsheng: "No matter what, we should send people to talk to the Sichuan side, and if we can, we won't fight." ”

I nodded, "That's all." ”

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Someone said: "The court does not talk to the traitors, this is the bottom line." ”

Someone said: "Sichuan is a province, what is it?" is also worthy of talking to Chang'an! ”

Someone said: "Sichuan can't drag us off!" ”

Someone said: "If you want dialogue, you also want Sichuan to take the blame and come to us for dialogue." ”

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Zhang Qiangsheng was furious: "Who said that? Whoever says this, you yourself will go and deal with the 'province'. was driven out of Chang'an, beaten to Luoyang, and said such big words! ”

There was silence in the hall for a while.

Someone said: "Maybe it's true, the imperial court has broken the bottom line of Sichuan." ”

Someone said, "Yes, Your Majesty's approach is indeed different from Zulu." ”

Someone said, "It would be better to give amnesty to the Death Church in the first place." ”

Someone said, "If you make a mistake, you have to admit it." ”

Someone said, "If you change your ways, you will be innocent." ”

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The minister was babbling, and the emperor's face gradually became gloomy, but there was no seizure.

The emperor said: "Okay, give Sichuan a step, and say that the imperial court should not disrespect Sichuan's opinion." ”

The emperor read, and Zhao Yuyang wrote:

"Tang Emperor Li Hongsi sent ...... to Deng Shuyun, the governor of Sichuan"

Zhang Qiangsheng: "The governor of Sichuan is not him, he is a person named Yang Qiujin." ”

I was shocked: "Yang Qiujin? How could it be him? ”

Zhang Qiangsheng: "Deng Shuyun was killed by Yang Qiujin during the Spring Festival today!" I've just heard about it, too. ”

Emperor: "Yang Qiujin? How is he? This person...... Count me as a relative. My eldest brother-in-law. I remember he was a good talker? Why did he also say that he would fight? ”

All in all, even though Yang Qiujin was an acquaintance, he still had to give him a step down - in fact, I don't even know what the word "step" means.

The first letter was sent by a messenger. Killed.

The court was afraid of a misunderstanding, so the second letter was sent out immediately, and the tone was much lighter. The messenger was killed in public.

No one dared to go to the third one.