Under the night, the cold wind was cold, and a huge fleet of ships slowly arrived on the Luoyang wharf.

The fire on the pier suddenly lit up, and the people on and off quickly communicated.

Li Xuan stood in front of the window, his gaze rising from Luoyang City, and finally fell on the night hook moon.

After a long time, he spoke softly: "The bright moon hangs high, unchanged through the ages, but the world is already a sea of vicissitudes, since the defeat of Dafeichuan that year, the Tang Dynasty's revenge on Tubo has been prepared for several years, and most of the troops, grain and grass, and ordnance have been prepared. ”

Yu Ze walked out of the shadow behind Li Xuan, stood in the moonlight, and looked at Li Xuan cautiously: "What about Tubo?" ”

"The Tubo Plateau, the time and place are favorable, as long as the Tubo is not stupid enough to fight the Tang Dynasty head-on, then they will naturally be invincible." Li Xuan looked in the southwest direction, his face solemn.

The Tibetan Plateau is vast, the weather is very cold, but it is sparsely populated, and the cities are scattered.

"In this national war, everyone is very cautious, Your Majesty will definitely not want to see the defeat of Dafeichuan back then, so between the generals, even if there is a contradiction, it will be temporarily suppressed, so that Tubo can only withdraw, and it is a large retreat."

Li Xuan smiled bitterly, and then said: "Although the Tang Dynasty occupies a large amount of land in Tibet, the real harvest is almost nothing, in this case, Your Majesty must be unwilling, but continue to advance, and there is the risk of being lured by the enemy, and there is no choice but to withdraw the army." At that time, the government and the opposition will inevitably have a punching bag for His Majesty to vent his anger, and this place is Silla. ”

"The prince has emphasized again and again that Silla will definitely send troops to disturb the Tang Dynasty next year, when the Tang Dynasty and Tubo start a war." Yu Ze nodded a little abruptly, they, the prince, had never intended to let go of Tubo.

"In this matter, when the war with Tibet started, all of Your Majesty's attention was on Tibet, and Silla would not be too concerned about it, but after the war, this little action of Silla will definitely make Your Majesty extremely annoyed, and it is almost a foregone conclusion that you will go to war with Silla again."

Through the window, Li Xuan looked at another large ship behind him, and on that boat, it was none other than the Silla envoy Chin, and the envoy of the Wa Kingdom, Monk Daozhen.

The two former best friends are now on the same ship, but they rarely see each other.

The Silla Wa Kingdom has turned its face now, and it has not drawn its sword in front of it, and it is already extremely restrained.

……

"Once the war between the Tang Dynasty and Silla resumes, the value of the Wa Kingdom will be immediately revealed, and at that time, it may be the opportunity to truly destroy Silla." Li Xuan's eyes flashed with determination.

The future enemies of the Tang Dynasty, whether they are Tibetans or Turks, cannot be easily exterminated.

In this regard, Li Xuan has a clearer understanding than anyone else in the dynasty, and also knows more deeply how to manage carefully.

Therefore, by taking advantage of the power of the destruction of Silla, the Tang Dynasty can just deter the Tibetans and the Turks, so as to gain a certain opportunity to recuperate.

Now, Li Xuan, who is very familiar with Silla and the Wa Kingdom, has become one of the necessary candidates in the Great War.

At that time, the first battle of Tubo was in vain, and Li Xuan's participation in the Battle of Silla would not be so taboo.

Standing under the moonlight, Li Xuan's mind has jumped to a year later, the overall situation is like this, even if someone wants to stop it, it is difficult to achieve anything, but many things need to be laid out now.

"Therefore, the envoy of the Wa Kingdom sent a message back to the Wa Kingdom a few days ago, believing what the prince said, and began to prepare for the war with Silla." Yu Ze nodded suddenly, and then said with emotion: "In this way, Silla and the Wa Kingdom are all in the calculation of the prince." ”

Li Xuan shook his head unexpectedly, and then said: "Whether it is Silla or the Wa Kingdom, there is no shortage of smart people, as long as the two families communicate with each other, then the advantage of our dynasty will be sharply reduced, so the real key to maintaining the situation on the East Island is to make the Silla and the Wa Kingdom have eternal grudges, as for how to operate this, it will be with the help of this negotiation in front of us." ”

A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Xuan's mouth: "Silla invites the guilty envoy, and since it is called the guilty envoy, how can it not pay the price." ”

In Li Xuan's view, during the armistice between the Tang Dynasty and Silla, Silla must have tried by all means to try to solve the threat of the Japanese state.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult to say that the Wa Kingdom will not take the initiative to back down, and even retreat and watch the tiger fight when the Tang Dynasty and Silla go to war in the next year.

Although it is said that there are people like Daozhen Monk who are actively promoting, King Tianwu, the lord of the Wa Kingdom, is not so easy to deal with.

Now if you want to make King Tianwu's heart move, then what you can really take out is benefits.

Of course, this benefit needs to come out of Silla.

Seeing the calculating gaze flashing in Li Xuan's eyes, Yu Ze couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow for Silla and the Wa Kingdom.

With his understanding of Li Xuan, if Li Xuan really calculates something, then there will be few times when he misses.

Unless Silla gives up everything to surrender to the Tang Dynasty at that time, then once they let them, the king of Nanchang, set foot on Dongdao, it will not be far from the day when Silla will be destroyed.

Li Xuan glanced sideways at Yu Ze, and seeing that Yu Ze was a little stunned, Li Xuan opened his mouth and said: "Send a message to Silla to ask for the guilty envoy, and after leaving Luoyang, this king will go to see him." ”

"No!" Yu Ze immediately gave up his hand, then looked up at Li Xuan and asked, "Lord, the big ship is going to stay in Luoyang for half a day, does the prince want to enter the city?" ”

"Into the city?" Li Xuan raised his head, looked at the vast Luoyang City in the distance, and finally shook his head slightly, and said with a sigh: "Send someone to send two New Year's gifts to the princess, and then let people put two pillars of incense on the Shangqing Palace." ”

"Whoa!" After Yu Ze agreed, he slowly retreated.

The acting princess is the crown princess Pei who is filial to Emperor Li Hong.

Since Li Xian ascended the throne of the crown prince, the crown princess has specifically referred to Li Xian's crown princess Fang.

Pei Shi naturally didn't want to be called the crown princess anymore, nor was it good to call the princess, and it was even more difficult to call the queen filial piety, so he had to take a step back.

Before Li Hong became the crown prince, he was named the acting king, so he called Pei the acting princess.

In this way, in the future, the sons of Li Xian, Li Xian and Li Dan will succeed and be the sons of the king, not the emperor and the crown prince.

Unless, Li Xian, Li Xian, and Li Dan's sons are all dead, this acting prince has the possibility of taking over the throne.

After Yu Ze left, Li Xuan looked at the Luoyang Palace.

Compared with Chang'an, Luoyang is deficient after all.

When the emperor and the queen of heaven moved to Luoyang, Chang'an was still the center of gravity in the world, and half of the six departments, nine temples and five surveillances in the center remained in Chang'an; But when the emperor and the queen of heaven moved to Chang'an, Luoyang no longer had the ability to deal with the world's government affairs, and no longer had the responsibility to deal with the world's government affairs.

The center of gravity of the world is half in Chang'an, and half is on the emperor and the empress.

……

The night gradually dissipated, and the sun rose in the eastern sky.

The sound of "crackling" kept sounding throughout Luoyang City, and firecrackers could be seen exploding in the brazier everywhere.

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, today is just a small year, Dou Xuande ordered to stay in Luoyang City for half a day, and after everyone asked for their lives, they could land for half a day.

Li Xuan's subordinates broke a few Qianniuwei who were from Luoyang, so Li Xuan simply took a half-day holiday to let them go home.

In fact, it is said to be a half-day holiday, but it is not so strict.

Qianniuwei only needs to ride after noon to be able to keep up with the group, and there are not many other requirements.

Even if you only need to arrive in Chang'an with Li Xuan, then it doesn't matter if you set off late.

In the cold wind, Li Xuan stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the busy dock.

Now it is the end of the year, and the tributes offered to the imperial court from all over the country will be sent to Chang'an one after another this month.

Li Xuan and his party arrived relatively late in Chang'an, and even so, there are many people who are doing their business.

"The prince doesn't plan to go ashore for a walk?" Deng Liang's surprised voice sounded behind Li Xuan.

Li Xuan turned around and arched his hand slightly: "Brother Ziliang." ”

"Lord Wang!"

Li Xuan said very calmly: "Didn't Brother Ziliang also get off the boat?" ”

"Xiaguan is actually emulating the prince, what the prince said in Yangzhou that day, Xiaguan has always kept it in mind, although along the way, there has not been too much risk, but it is still cautious first." Deng Liang's tone was very respectful, but his words always carried some disbelief.

Li Xuan shook his head and said indifferently: "This king is nosy, Luoyang City, at the end of the year, there is no shortage of all kinds of thieves and traffickers, if this king encounters it in the city, it will inevitably beat him half to death and delay the departure time." ”

"Whoever sells people, everyone gets punished. Tang Lu, the slightest person, a little seller of people as slaves, hanging; For those who are tribal, flow three thousand miles; and three years' imprisonment for those who are wives and concubines. The trilogy is okay, but the wives and concubines and grandchildren, only three years in prison, are still a little light. Deng Liang said a word, and Li Xuan was impressed.

"Brother Ziliang, it's the same as what this king has seen!" Li Xuan smiled and nodded, then waved his hand and said: "The law has been decided, and it cannot be changed for the time being, but the implementation of the law is only due to people after all. ”

Deng Liang raised his eyebrows, and then solemnly arched his hand: "Ziliang has been taught." ”

Li Xuan raised her head calmly and said softly: "I hope that all the people in the world can be reunited today." ”

……

There was a sudden commotion under the boat, Li Xuan took a step forward with some curiosity, and suddenly saw a group of fifty-year-old men, under the leadership of the official officials, coming towards the building boat, and someone had already climbed onto the boat in front.

Li Xuan looked sideways at Zhang Huan on the side, frowned and asked, "What's going on?" ”

"This is the night fragrance lang who poured night incense on the dock." Zhang Huan pointed to the big bucket on an ox cart in the distance under the boat, and said with a helpless smile: "The Luozhou Mansion has found a job for the old and poor lonely old man, and forcibly requires the big boat that spends the night in Luoyang to pour night incense and pay night incense money. ”

"But we're official ships?"

"So, this fee is from the Luozhou government."

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then said: "The herald, they are not allowed to get on the ship of the two envoys, in addition, it is a small year, let people give them a little extra reward, Luozhou Mansion has a good heart, and we can't be compared." ”

"Whoa!" Zhang Huan immediately went down to give the order.

Li Xuan turned to look at Deng Liang on the side and said: "Luozhou Thorn Shi loves the people like a son, widows and lonely people can be supported......"

A slight sound of footsteps came from the side, and Li Xuan turned around, and an old man with pale hair was walking towards the cabin with his companions.

Li Xuan didn't care and was about to turn back, but at this moment, the old man raised his head violently, stared at Li Xuan, and stared at his eyes.

Suddenly, the old man's eyes flashed with an unusually bright light.

The light directly filled Li Xuan's line of sight, and in an instant, he entered a white world.

Before Li Xuan could react, a little golden cold light suddenly shot out from the depths of the white world, and in the blink of an eye, it had already shot in front of Li Xuan's eyes.

At this moment, Li Xuan's expression was extremely solemn.

The tip of his right finger lightly swiped the center of his eyebrows, and the center of his eyebrows cracked, and a black eight-sided Han sword appeared between the white and vast heaven and earth.

The golden mang stabbed from the opposite side, Li Xuan stabbed straight away with a sword.

"Whoa!"

(End of chapter)