"Also," Li Yu paused for a moment, "Wang Chengzong not only has to reprimand, but also praises after the reprimand." ”

Wu Yuanheng's eyebrows moved, but Lu Zhen and Pei Yan agreed. But Li Fan didn't know why. Li Yu sighed in his heart:

"It's the same prime minister, why is the gap so big?"

The other ministers either don't know why, I don't know why Wang Chengzong faintly echoes Wei Bo and Ziqing, and the emperor still praises him, or he has an understanding, but he is obscure. Li Yu went on to say:

"Finally, and most importantly, the imperial court used troops against the two towns, and the battle line was looped for thousands of miles, with thousands of generals and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, among which there were no less than ten generals with similar qualifications, equal prestige, and similar strategies. The so-called literature has no first, and there is no second martial arts, and they are afraid that they cannot be willing to drive each other. If there is no strong commander in charge, coordinate and command, order advance and retreat, reward and punish supervision, and make decisions on the spot, then each army will inevitably fight separately, and it is very easy to be broken by the rebels, repeating the scene of the defeat of Luoyang in the nine sections of the year. ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked. After the Anshi Rebellion, the imperial court had scruples about the generals who held military power, and took various means to prevent a certain person from becoming bigger, so as soon as the Anshi Rebellion broke out, famous generals such as Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing were all executed by Xuanzong on the grounds of defeat; In the Anshi Rebellion, the Jiujiedu envoys attacked Luoyang, including Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and other prestigious generals, but the imperial court did not set up a commander, but appointed the eunuch Yu Chaoen as the supervising army envoy to control the army, and the armies were naturally dissatisfied. Since then, although Guo Ziyi has repeatedly saved the Tang family from danger and has become an in-law with the royal family, she still can't escape the fate of being suspicious. Isn't the Guo family still being scrunched up now?

Another example is that after the rebellion in Jianzhong was pacified, Li Sheng, Hun Xuan, and Ma Sui made great contributions to control the soldiers and horses on the Western Front. Li Sheng was later forced to surrender his military power, because his home was full of trees, and he was said to have the air of an emperor, so he was so frightened that he cut down the trees in his house cleanly. Ma Sui later served in Jingyuan, and he was afraid that Dezong would be jealous, so he was not even allowed to ask Hao Jue to ask Linjing to build a city.

Everyone knows it in their hearts, and they also understand the court's distrust of the generals, with Taizong's heroism, Hou Junji still wants to rebel, and it is natural that the heart of guarding against people is indispensable. Since this is the case, then this marshal and military general will not be able to make a decision, either a civil servant or a prince.

Although many people are dissatisfied with Li Jifu, everyone knows that Li Jifu is the most suitable among the ministers, but Li Jifu is now suffering from a stroke in bed, which is obviously not good. The other Du You is too old, Lu Zhen is too Wen, Pei Yan is too young, and Wu Yuanheng is too straightforward, all of which are not enough to intimidate the front-line generals, and as for Li Fan, his talent is not on that at all. Among the princes, the crown prince Li Chun made great contributions to Huaixi last time, which is the most suitable, but now that the emperor is alive and well, if he pacifies Ziqing Wei Bo again this time, the prestige of the prince will be in full swing. The prestige of the son surpasses that of Lao Tzu and the Tang Dynasty is not unheard of, but those two are both sons and fathers are weak, and now the emperor is very strong, if you don't make a father-son discord, there will be chaos.

Besides, the crown prince's strength is not in the command of the battle, right? The crown prince can't do it, King Tan and King Jun have just made mistakes, and it's absolutely not good, what about King Xu? King Wei was a man of letters. The prince who has been in the battle array, it seems that only Taizong and Prince Yin have built their group in the Tang Dynasty for so many years.

The huge Zichen Hall was quiet at the moment, and everyone's brains were thinking quickly. In such a scene, Li Yu even seemed to hear the sound of "ticking and ticking" that is often seen in later film and television works. Li Yu's gaze swept from the prime ministers to the princes, and swept to the crown prince, and the prince was calm. Swept a prince, the prince made a humble and nervous thinking appearance. Although they tried to avoid eye contact with Li Xu, Li Yu still saw ** from their dodging gaze.

Li Yu set his eyes on the prime ministers again, and the prime ministers were silent. The four prime ministers were in the middle of the matter, so it was naturally inconvenient for them to speak. Li Yu set his eyes on Du You again, the old Du You, who was still in good spirits just now, is now looking drowsy, and he has a virtue with Liu Changyi. As for Ishen, they can't count on it. If you don't open your mouth to offend the emperor, you will open your mouth to offend the crown prince, one is the present, and the other is the future. It's better not to be offended.

Seeing that the atmosphere was about to be embarrassing, Lu Yuanying stood up and said seriously:

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do."

Hey, you're discussing something big, what do you have to do? Someone immediately reacted, Lu Yuanying wanted to guide the topic to change, and couldn't help but praise it, this kind of thing is not easy for the prime minister and the princes to say, he came out to change the topic just right. Even Li Yu thought that Lu Yuanying wanted to cope with this embarrassing situation, and allowed Lu Yuanying to play. But there's more to it below. After Lu Yuanying was approved, he made a gesture facing the east and said:

"Your Majesty, what the minister wants to say is Luoyang. Luoyang is among the three capitals of the Tang Dynasty, but since the Ming Emperor, the Son of Heaven has not been in the Eastern Capital for decades. A few years ago, the ministers passed through the eastern capital, and the people of Luoyang missed the Son of Heaven and were very thirsty. ”

After speaking, he bowed his hand to Li Yuyi and sat down, no longer speaking.

"Old fox, what an old fox!"

This is a hint that Li Yu should drive eastward and go to Luoyang to sit in the town. The dull atmosphere suddenly came alive. The crown prince Li Chun secretly glanced at the ministers, only to see Lu Zhen say:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Lu is reasonable. The footprints of the holy car have not left Tongguan for decades, and His Majesty should come to Luoyang to inspire the people. ”

Ministers were in favor. The prince's face was relaxed, while the princes were a little lonely. Du You and Liu Changyi, who were still drowsy just now, came to life in the blink of an eye and joined the ranks of seconding the proposal. Du You also said:

"Lao Chen thinks that the Holy Son of Heaven is in Luoyang in the east is a great prosperous era, and it will be recorded in history. However, now is the time to use troops, and we must be careful in our expenditures, and we must not be extravagant and wasteful. ”

It also declares its existence. Li Yu scolded with joy. This is exactly what he thinks. When the Son of Heaven arrived in Luoyang, the main body of the imperial court naturally followed. Even if there is no commander, it is easy to deal with any situation.

All of you here were the top talents of the Tang Dynasty at this time, and they all expressed their approval of the eastward movement of the Son of Heaven. Based on Pei Yan's plan and Li Yu's suggestion, everyone supplemented and revised a new plan. At the moment, the responsibilities of each ministry were clarified, and Li Yu ordered all officials to return to the government office to work, and each governor drafted an edict separately. The prince and the prime minister left a meeting to discuss the eastward journey. As soon as the Son of Heaven leaves, the court will follow, and he will have to calculate carefully as much as he goes, and who will stay and who will stay.

"Father, unfavorable news has come one after another, why aren't you in a hurry?"

After the prince and the prime minister left, Youning, who was hiding behind the palace, secretly ran out and asked Li Yudao. After the New Year, the little girl came up again. Li Yu smiled slightly and said:

"The situation is so passive, it's already predicted the worst-case scenario, what's the use of being in a hurry? The three places are thousands of miles away from Kyoto, and the situation is changing rapidly, so it is better to accept it for the time being and wait to see if there are any favorable changes in the situation. ”

Youning looked at Li Yu as if he didn't understand, and said:

"But Erchen didn't hear any good changes."

Li Yu took Youning's hand, went to the sand table, and said:

"Who says there is no good news?"

said, pointing to Chengde Road:

"Here's the good news."

Youning was stunned for a moment and asked:

"Didn't Wang Chengzong also write a letter asking for Li Shidao's exoneration? They're a raccoon dog. ”

Li Yu laughed and said:

"The beauty lies in this letter requesting to exonerate Li Shidao."

Seeing that Youning still didn't understand, Li Yu continued to explain:

"If you were Wang Chengzong—of course, this is just an analogy—if you really wanted to advance and retreat with Li Shidao and Tian Ji'an, what would you do?"

Youning suddenly realized:

"Erchen understood. Wang Chengzong seems to be interceding for Li Shidao and is in a group with them, but in fact he wants to watch the tiger fight from across the mountain, and the two sides rely on each other, and finally see who can win! ”

Li Yu approvingly:

"Yes, that's it. You have this insight at a young age, if you are a man, you must be the prime minister in the future. ”

Li Yu had been in the middle of a group of men with strong feudal thoughts for a long time, and he used his inertial thinking to praise Youning, and he didn't notice that the eyebrows on Youning's small face had been twisted into pimples. Youning thought:

Why does it have to be a man to be a prime minister? Didn't my father say that women were not allowed to shave their eyebrows?

The next day, the imperial court officially issued an edict:

deprived Tian Ji'an of his official position and ordered the Quartet to discuss. With the inspection of Situ Tongping Zhangshi and Shuofang Jiedu Fan Xichao as the presidential officer, he led Shuofang and Hedong soldiers and horses into Yiding, and met with Weizhou to recruit and Yiwu Jiedu to make Tongping Zhangshi Zhang Maozhao to crusade against Tian Ji'an. With the Heyang Jiedu envoy Wu Chongyin for the west of Weizhou, Luoyang Defense envoy Xue Ping as the deputy recruit. Jin Chengde Jie Du made Tongping Zhangshi Wang Chengzong as a young protector and recruited for the north of Weizhou. All under the control of the Fanhee dynasty.

The edict took Li Xun, the servant of Zuo, as the consolation envoy of Hebei, and went to Chengde, Yiding, Henghai, and Lulong to comfort the soldiers. With the imperial historian Duan Wenchang as the consolation envoy to Hedong, he went to Hedong, Shuofang, Zhenwu, and Tiande to comfort and reward the soldiers on the expedition. With King Wei as the Henan ambassador and Zheng Qi as the deputy envoy, he went to Luoyang, Heyang, and Zhaoyi to encourage the soldiers.

Cheng Quan, the envoy of the Henghai Festival, recruited for the north of Yunzhou and marched to Ziqing. He ordered Hun Hao, the son of Hun Xuan, to lead the Fourth Army of the headquarters to move from Juzhou to Hedong to fill the void, and to reinforce Shuofang and Zhenwu at any time. The edict ordered 30,000 people to train in the various Daozheng groups in Guanzhong, and allowed the envoy of the Hedong Jiedu to recruit 20,000 people to train in Hedong and support them from the state treasury.

Ordered Lu Longjie to make Tongping Zhangshi Liu Ji guard the border and strictly prevent the outside of the Saiwai to return to the Khitan to invade the border. Ordered the Zhenwu army to make Li Guangjin strictly guard against Tubo returning to the border of the Koukou. The crown prince Li Chun was appointed as the deputy marshal of the Jingxi Xing Battalion, and Li Yuan, the Duke of Qiguo, was appointed as the deputy marshal, commanding the soldiers and horses of Fengxiang, Jingyuan, Longyou, Suining and other towns to prevent Tubo from taking advantage of the fire to rob. The 10,000 Guards were set up camp in Xianyang, called "Jingjie", and were led by Li Wentong, the general of the Right Guard.

Summoned Xichuan Jiedu to make Tongping Zhangshi Li Jiang return to the court, and appointed his subordinate servant Tongping Zhangshi. Li Fan dismissed the Pingzhang affair and became the envoy of the Shannan East Province. Li Xun was transferred to the Xichuan Festival envoy, and Zheng Yuqing, the prince of Xingyang County, stayed behind as the eastern capital.

The edict ordered Hedong, Luoyang, Huainan, eastern Zhejiang, western Zhejiang and other provinces to prepare for the supply of troops.

The strength of these actions is not insignificant, but these strengths are obviously not as shocking as the quietly circulated Son of Heaven to drive eastward to Luoyang.

The imperial court resolutely launched a war against the two towns of Ziqing and Weibo at the same time, which on the one hand showed the strong determination of the imperial court to never compromise with the feudal towns, and on the other hand, it also caused a lot of discussion among the government and the opposition. The meticulous work of the Tibetan Hui was also unprecedentedly active.

"Brother Eh, do you think the court can win this time?"

"Why not? Didn't the imperial court win all the years ago? ”

"But that was the past few years, and the court has fought one at a time in the past few years, can you do it this time?"

"Why not? Didn't you have two in one night last night? ”

"That's right, Li Shidao and Tian Ji'an's two little ladies raised, don't say two in one night, even if you look at one on the side, you can do it."

Don't say it, Li Shidao and Tian Ji'an are really raised by little mothers. But to say that this is a bit lewd. This is a conversation between Qin Lou's prostitutes in their free time, and on those fixed occasions to discuss current affairs, it is much more formal and enthusiastic.

In the Golden Turtle Fang, named after the meaning of He Zhizhang's "Golden Turtle for Wine", Jia Dao and other young scholars were discussing fiercely together. Jia Dao looked contemptuous and said:

It is true that as this brother Tai said, Emperor Daizong's northern expedition during the Great Calendar was only a result of the Tubo taking the opportunity to attack Chang'an, and he fell short and had to compromise with Hebei and Shandong. During the Jianzhong period, the result of cutting the feudal domain caused the Jingyuan division rebellion, rebellions broke out, echoing each other, and finally the vitality of the imperial court was greatly damaged, and after pacifying Guanzhong, it was no longer able to advance eastward, so it had to maintain the status quo. But as the so-called time and time, first of all, the imperial court has been reorganizing the army in recent years, with hundreds of thousands of strong troops, and the strength is enough, even if there are 300,000 soldiers on the front line, there are more than 100,000 soldiers available in Guanzhong, which will not be as overstretched as in the Great Calendar, resulting in the loss of Chang'an. ”

"Secondly, the rear of the imperial court is stable. Since the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, even the four feudal domains have been leveled, and even the chronic diseases in Huaixi have been put down. Nowadays, from Yizhou to Liangzhou, from Guangzhou to Xiangzhou, from Hangzhou to Runzhou, from Yangzhou to Luoyang, the territory of thousands of miles is a smooth road, and the virtuous people are all over the court inside and outside, and the fierce generals are displayed in the four realms, and the wealth and rice and grain are endless. Brother Tai seems to be the son of a family, but he is not economical at all! ”

Laughter sounded from all corners, and a gorgeously dressed boy brother ran away in a hurry amid the ridicule of everyone, and left a sentence before leaving:

"The surname Jia is sharp-toothed! You wait! ”

Jia Dao laughed and said:

"Even if Jia Mou has sharp teeth and sharp mouth, welcome brother Tai, you go back and sharpen your teeth and come back! Don't forget, learn from the mouse! ”

Another burst of laughter rang out. Jia Dao's heart was very refreshed, and just as he was about to return to his position, a neatly dressed man about thirty years old walked up to him and arched his hand:

"Jia Gongzi? Please take a step to speak! ”

After that, he couldn't help but say that he dragged Jia Dao's sleeve out. This man's hands are surprisingly strong, and Jia Island can't even struggle. When he arrived at a secluded place, this man ignored Jia Dao's questioning, and said:

"The contemptible people took the liberty to ask Jia Gongzi to come out and talk about it, Jia Gongzi was famous and contemptible people have heard of it, and today I saw it and it really deserved its reputation. It's just that the contemptible people think that what Jia Gongzi has done today is really a bit too much. So would like to remind you. ”

Jia Dao snorted coldly and said:

"Thank you, sir, Jia is not a son, just a little novice who is halfway home and goes home halfway, and it is really not worth reminding you, sir. Say goodbye. ”

After that, he was about to leave as soon as he gave it up. The man shouted:

"Jia Gongzi, stop! Jia Gongzi reads poetry and books and learns Confucianism and Buddhism, don't you know that trouble comes from the mouth? Although these sons of the family have straw bales and empty stomachs, they are born noble, intertwined with each other, and rely on each other, doesn't Jia Gongzi know that offending one of them is equivalent to offending a group of them? The contemptible person is not a nosy person, but he can't bear to let the talent and ambition of the son be ruined by the speed of his tongue. If Childe thinks that the contemptible person is nonsense, the contemptible person will leave. ”

Jia Dao stood there stunned, looked at the man carefully, and said again:

"Didn't ask Mr. Gao's name?"

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