The rebellion of the envoys of Xichuan Jiedu was put down, which gave great encouragement to the monarchs and ministers in Chang'an City.

Above the court, Prime Minister Li Jifu played: "Now that the local forces are too big to fall, Liu Pi is just a self-respecting scum, and there are still many people who are watching. The minister thought that when the first emperor ordered Wang Shuwen to visit Li Kuang's rampant conquest and dismissal of Li Kuang's post as a salt and iron transport envoy, Li Jian was probably already dissatisfied. ”

Li Chunzheng intended to fight one or two more to make an example of the monkey, and even asked: "What does Aiqing think?" ”

Li Jifu took a step forward and said: "The minister thinks that Your Majesty can issue an order to summon Li Jian back to Chang'an to report on his work, if he is willing to come back, he will have nothing to do, and His Majesty will leave him in the capital, so as to strike first." ”

Li Chun nodded and said, "In this way, it will be played by Aiqing." So he ordered to summon Li Qian, and specially sent an envoy to the location of the envoy of Zhenhai Jiedu to summon him.

Zhenhai is nearly 2,000 miles away from Chang'an, and it takes about ten days to go back and forth. Finally, when the messenger returned, he did not see Li Qian.

The messenger reported that even Li Jian had been calling himself sick and had waited in Zhenhai for two days, and he had not even seen his face!

Li Chun was a little displeased, frowned, and said, "Draw up another decree and continue to summon." So another messenger was sent to Zhenhai.

When the envoy returned, there was still no figure of Li Kuan, but he came back with a letter, which still said that he was sick and asked to re-enter the court at the end of the year.

Li Jifu said again and again: "Your Majesty, if Li Jian is really sick, he should also meet the envoy in person, so insincere, I am afraid that he is already preparing to rebel, and please make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

Li Chun snorted coldly, "I don't believe it, what tricks can he play, and continue to pass on the message to me!" ”

This third time, the envoy came back a little later than the previous two, and still did not bring back Li Qian. However, Li Kuang's reason this time was no longer to call him sick, but to claim that there was an internal mutiny that needed to be pacified, and that it would take some time to delay.

The envoy kept an extra eye, left for Beijing a day late, and secretly tried to inquire, and found that it was because the judge under Li Jian persuaded him to follow the envoy into the court and persuaded him not to rebel, Li Jian was angry and killed the judge!

If the three summons don't come, his heart can be punished, plus he kills the judge, this Li Jian seems to be really the opposite.

Prime Minister Wu Yuanheng said: "Li Jian refused to enter the court three times, and his intention to rebel is already obvious. Since Emperor Dezong first ascended the throne, the feudal town has been a major problem for the imperial court. Now that the emperor has first ascended to the throne, the world is waiting. If you allow the traitorous ministers to do mischief, I am afraid that it will damage the prestige of the emperor! ”

These words did touch Li Chun's heart, but how to fight this battle and who to send, but no one came up with a feasible plan.

After dispersing, Li Chun felt a little depressed, sat in the Zichen Hall for a while, and finally stood up and walked out.

The flowers and trees on the edge of the pool have withered, and the hands and feet of the little eunuch who cleaned are not neat enough, and there are still newly fallen sparse residual leaves.

He thought about countering the rebellion in his heart, walked forward, and unconsciously walked into a palace, and when he looked up, he found that it was Penglai Hall again.

In a trance, Nian Yun had already greeted him, "Your Majesty? ”

Li Chun followed her into the Penglai Palace, Nian Yun personally took off the cloak for him and hung it aside, he sat down on the edge of the couch at will, picked up the leftover tea she drank on the table, took a sip, only to feel a cold and straight to the internal organs, and the boredom in his heart seemed to be a little less.

When Nianyun saw it, he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty wants to drink tea, and the concubine will go to change it for Your Majesty." ”

Li Chun drank the already cold tea in the cup in one gulp, lowered his head and shook the teacup in his hand: "No need, cold tea has its own taste of cold tea." ”

Nian Yun saw that his brows had been twisted into the word "Chuan", and he didn't insist, so he simply took the account book on the table and sat down beside him: "Your Majesty, do you have anything to worry about?" ”

In the past year, she has never asked about the things in the court before, and Guo Jun has seen her very rarely, Li Chun doesn't think that those things are of much use to her, so he shook his head and said: "He Zeng, I just feel tired." ”

Nian Yun said with a smile: "Your Majesty's mood is written on your face, but it's not a few big words, 'I am very embarrassed'?" ”

This sentence was guessed very correctly, Li Chun was amused by her, so he simply said, "Isn't it for Li Qian's business, it seems that he is going to rebel, and I have to send troops to recruit as soon as possible." ”

It's just that how many people to send and who to send to lead the troops, thinking about it, always feel that there is no one available.

Nianyun said: "Who does Your Majesty plan to send?" ”

When Liu Pi was pacified the previous time, he listened to Du Huangsheng's good words, and Gao Chongwen was a general. Li Chun said: "I'm afraid I have to ask Gao Chongwen to run again this time." ”

"Your Majesty can't," Nian Yun blurted out: "Gao Chongwen is not suitable. ”

"Oh?" Li Chun didn't expect her to say this, raised his eyebrows, sat up straight, and asked with a deaf look: "How do you say this?" ”

Nianyun said: "The concubine heard that Gao Chongwen started in Shandong, and most of his subordinate soldiers were from Shandong and Shanxi, and they were good at marching and fighting in mountainous areas, so they could pacify Xichuan." But didn't the emperor hear that in the Battle of Chibi that year, Cao Mengde's million-strong army arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, and they were all unaccustomed to the water and soil, and they were seasick and dizzy, so they had to connect the warships and let Zhou Gongjin burn them in vain and pick up a bargain? ”

Zhenhai is located at the mouth of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, behind the sea, is the south of the Gusu River, the climate is humid and rainy, and rice is the staple food, less food, the water and soil customs are naturally different from the north.

Li Chun frowned slightly when he heard this, "There is some truth in that, but it is true that I am afraid that the water and soil will not be adapted." ”

Nianyun pondered for a moment, and then said: "The concubine thinks that General Gao is victorious in the first battle, and he has traveled thousands of miles, so he must be tired, and it will take time to repair, and it is not suitable to go on another expedition." ”

The sergeants in the north are prone to adaptation to the soil and water when they arrive in the south, and they are dusty and have never rested well, which is not a good strategy.

Li Chun then remembered that Nianyun had grown up in Yangzhou in the past, and he knew more or less about the customs over there, so he asked, "What is the high opinion of the concubine?" ”

Nian Yun dipped his fingers in some residual tea, drew a few zigzag lines on the table, and pointed to him: "Your Majesty, please see, Zhenhai is here, it is a plain land near the sea, there is no natural danger to defend, and there is no way back. If the emperor mobilizes more soldiers and horses and exerts coercion, he is not afraid that Li Jian will fly to the sea with wings. ”

Of course, Li Jian can't fly to the sea, and he has only been the envoy of this Zhenhai Festival for more than a year, but he can't build a big ship that can sail far.

Besides, if you go to the sea, you have to go to Toei or Ryukyu, such a barbaric place, you can go if you like, not to mention the terrible wind and waves on the sea, even if you really go to Toei and Ryukyu, it is impossible to lead the army back, so it is not a trouble.

Li Chun carefully looked at the topographic map she drew casually, stretched out his hand to wrap his arm around her shoulder, and said with a smile: "If the concubine says so, then wouldn't Li Qian have no time and place to speak of?" ”

Nian Yun leaned into his arms and chuckled: "That's not what concubines mean. Your Majesty, don't forget, although Zhenhai is not a military resort, it is a blessed land! The area around Gusu is rich in products and sufficient food, that is, the entire Zhenhai is surrounded and his grain and grass are cut off, and I am afraid that Zhenhai's grain storage is enough to raise soldiers for several years. ”

Li Chun said "hmm", but he was silent for a long time. Nian Yun is right, Zhenhai is just relying on the abundance of food and grass, and it is actually not a good place to attack and retreat.

can ask him to mobilize more troops and horses to exert coercion, and now he can't even find a suitable general, where can he transfer hundreds of thousands of troops to suppress the border?

Nian Yun saw what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty must be secretly thinking that the concubine is a paper talker at this time. ”

Seeing that she seemed to have an idea, Li Chun hurriedly put on a modest appearance and said with a smile: "Where, where, you continue, keep talking." ”

Nian Yun dipped some tea again, ordered a few points on the table, and said: "The local garrison near Zhenhai has the Wuning Army and the Huainan Army in the north; There is the Eastern Zhejiang Army in the south; There are Wuchang Army and Jiangxi Army in the west. With the addition of our Divine Army, it shouldn't be difficult for Your Majesty to gather an army of 200,000, right? ”

Li Chun thought about it for a while, and found that what Nian Yun said was indeed not to be underestimated, but there were still some problems, so he said: "Although it is not difficult to mobilize the troops stationed in these places, if you want them to really make a big effort, I am afraid it will not be easy." Does the concubine mean ......"

Nian Yun pursed his lips and chuckled: "Your Majesty Shengming." The concubine heard that most of the people raised by Li Kuo's subordinates were outlaws, thieves and bandits, with unclear military discipline and low fighting spirit. The garrisons in those places didn't have to exert much effort, what they wanted was for them to make a strong stand......

The local armies are self-respecting, and if they were to fight a tough battle, they would not have it. But this kind of icing on the cake doesn't take much effort, and they can get some rewards, so why don't they do it!

Li Chun stroked his palms and smiled: "The concubine is really the middle of the women, I used to only say that the concubine was quite insightful in the matter of self-cultivation of the Qi family, but I didn't expect that in this matter of governing the country and leveling the world, the concubine also has some means!" ”

He roughly knew the enemy's plan, but who to send, Li Chun was still a little dilemma.

Just by mobilizing local garrisons, I am afraid that they will be too scattered to be deployed in a unified manner. The imperial court must send another person with a high status and virtue to serve the people to lead a crusade against thousands of Shence troops, and the Shence army is the main force in the crusade against the rebels.

Attacking Li Jian should not be considered a tough battle, although it does not have to be a veteran and experienced general, but it needs to be able to convince the public.

Thinking about it, the most suitable thing is to send a prince to supervise the army. However, the princes are not very old, and they are weak, and they do not have any experience in the army, and his younger brothers are also rich and idlers, so I am afraid that it is difficult to compete.

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