"Say it! What's the matter with you? ”

On the dragon chair in the Xuanzheng Palace, Li Mao reclined on the dragon chair and asked casually.

Below stood Li Linfu, the first assistant of the cabinet, Xiao Song, the second assistant of the cabinet, Yang Shenjin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wei Jian, the secretary of the household department, Wang Wei, the secretary of the criminal department, and Zhou Ziliang, the middle secretary of the imperial history.

For the other three vacant books, Li Mao has not yet made arrangements.

The first is that there is no suitable candidate, and the second is that there is no need at the moment.

After all, the territory that can be controlled now is too small.

Li Linfu walked out of the queue and bowed before he spoke, "Your Majesty, do you remember Gao Xianzhi?" ”

"Of course I do! What do you mean by mentioning him? Li Mao asked suspiciously.

After capturing Gao Xianzhi at that time, he planned to persuade him to surrender, but he didn't get in the salt, so Li Mao kept him in the prison, with his cheap brothers from the Ten Kings' Mansion.

Li Linfu explained: "When the minister went to the prison recently, he already regretted it, and he had the intention of serving His Majesty!" ”

"What did you do earlier?"

Li Mao's face was full of disdain.

When I asked him, he didn't come.

Now I have to forget about him, but I want to take refuge.

What's so good?

"Let him continue to stay in the prison, and when I am going to conquer Goguryeo one day, I will find him to come out and lead the troops!"

The four major passes in Guanzhong are all in hand, and the current situation is no longer as critical as before.

What Li Mao lacked in his hands was only the general guarding the pass.

And this kind of person doesn't need much ability, just faithfulness.

After all, sitting on such a dangerous pass, as long as the defenders do not make mistakes, the probability of being conquered by the enemy is very small.

Li Mao didn't believe in Gao Xianzhi's loyalty.

Therefore, it is impossible for him to lead the troops, let alone release him from the prison.

"Obey orders!"

The look of disappointment on Li Linfu's face flashed.

In order to persuade Gao Xianzhi to surrender, he didn't know how much effort he had put into it recently.

Now being decided by the emperor means that the first step of his comeback has failed.

However, he was not flustered, and still said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty mentioned Du Fu before, and the minister also heard the news. ”

Du fu?

Li Mao suddenly became interested, "Where is he?" What is the official position now? ”

When all the officials in the palace heard that the emperor was so attentive to this person, they all secretly remembered this name.

Li Linfu bowed down and replied: "Du Fu was born in the Jingzhao Du clan, and his distant ancestor was Du Zhou, a famous cool official during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. ”

"He failed in the imperial examination in Luoyang last year, and it just so happened that his father was the Sima of Gunzhou, so he should be in the land of Qilu at this time."

When Li Mao heard this, she immediately showed a look of disappointment.

The legendary poet is still just a fallen student.

Maybe he is indeed very literate, but it is almost interesting to really use it to do things.

And he is still in the land of Qilu, and most of them will not be able to go to Chang'an to participate in this year's imperial examination.

"Has the Jingzhao Du clan not complied with the order to return the land?" Li Mao turned her gaze to Xiao Song.

Xiao Song hurriedly replied, "Due to the limited manpower, Chenhe Dongchang has only found the big clans in Chang'an City at present, and the big clans in other places in Guanzhong have not yet grasped the specific situation. ”

Li Linfu's face was slightly gloomy, this was originally his job, but now it has become Xiao Song.

"I hope Jingzhao Du will be honest and obedient!" Li Mao said lightly.

If Jingzhao Du violated the policy of Tuntian, it would be absolutely impossible for him to be soft.

At that time, maybe Du Fu will live his life in exile like the original history.

Li Linfu's heart moved when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Jingzhao Du clan will definitely not dare to violate the policy of Tuntian!" ”

The plan in his heart was that after leaving the palace, he would send someone to inform the Jingzhao Du clan to retreat from the land as soon as possible.

"I hope so!"

Li Mao has little confidence in the local clans.

After all, they all ate it in their mouths, how could they spit it out so easily?

Li Linfu saw that the second move still had little effect, so he was still not in a hurry.

Because his killer feature hasn't been released yet.

"Your Majesty does you know the envoy of the Pinglu Festival?" Li Linfu asked with a smile on his face.

Li Mao was puzzled, and replied casually: "Of course I know, I believe that all the ministers in the palace should know, right?" ”

Xiao Song had already seen that Li Linfu was not pleasing to the eye, and hurriedly said: "Pinglu Jiedu envoy Wu Zhiyi, commanding the Pinglu Army, Lu Long Army, Yuguan Guard, and Andong Protectorate, with 37,500 people under his command. ”

"Did Li Xiang persuade this person to surrender?"

Xiao Song's tone was mocking.

After all, the Pinglu Jiedu envoy was governed in Yingzhou (later Liaoyang), which was thousands of miles away from Chang'an.

It is estimated that the news of the chaos in Guanzhong has only reached there now, and unless he Li Linfu can fly to the sky, it is impossible to persuade Wu Zhiyi, the envoy of Pinglu Jiedu.

Li Linfu did not panic at all in the face of everyone's impatience, and after bowing to Li Mao, he turned to the ministers and said: "I naturally don't have the ability to persuade Wu Zhiyi to surrender, but I have already contacted An Lushan, the governor of Yingzhou." He promised that after returning to Yingzhou, he would immediately raise troops to support His Majesty. ”

"What? He is actually in Chang'an? When Li Mao heard the name An Lushan, he was suddenly stunned.

Last time, Xiao Song also said An Lushan, but he only said that he was the governor of Yingzhou, but he didn't say that he was in Chang'an.

And when he heard that An Lushan was going to raise troops to support him, Li Mao only felt very ridiculous.

This person almost overthrew the Tang Dynasty directly in history.

If it weren't for his short life, most of them would have reproduced the chaos in the land of China.

When Li Linfu saw the emperor's reaction, he immediately knew that he had made the right move.

"Back to Your Majesty, An Lushan is not in Chang'an at this time, but in Luoyang."

"The minister heard the information from his cronies and subordinates, and only then did he know that he had the heart to set things right."

"If Your Majesty agrees with his approach, you can have the Cabinet issue an edict appointing him as the envoy of the Pinglu Festival."

After Li Linfu finished speaking, he bowed down and waited for instructions.

Li Mao didn't reply immediately, but thought about it in her heart.

At this time, it is the Spring Festival, and An Lushan probably wants to take advantage of this time to come to the DPRK to run for office.

But because of his own rebellion, he was stranded in Luoyang.

He must have gone the way of Li Longji, but obviously it didn't work well, so he found Li Linfu again and wanted to be appointed to the Chang'an court.

According to the normal situation, it is impossible for both the Pinglu Jiedu envoy and the Fanyang Jiedu envoy to raise troops to support themselves.

But if An Lushan succeeds in seizing power, then Fan Yang Jiedu will be attacked by the enemy, and he will definitely not be able to send a large army to besiege the fortification.

This will also make you feel much less stressed.

Even if An Lushan can't succeed in seizing power, as long as he can start a scuffle in the Pinglu area, it is enough.

Pinglu Jiedu made Wu Zhiyi too busy to take care of himself, and he definitely couldn't send a large army over.

The most unfortunate thing is that An Lushan failed to set off the waves, and was directly killed by Wu Zhiyi.

Even so, Li Mao believes that she has nothing to lose.

"I'm ready, the cabinet will draw up the edict today and hand it over to the celebrant for sealing."