Outside the Vermilion Bird Gate, Li Xuan walked among the kings and walked out of the palace together.

The other officials who had come out of the palace had already dispersed in twos and threes, or gathered together in pairs, or went home separately.

Li Jing, the heir of Zheng in front, stopped his footsteps, and Li Xuan subconsciously raised his head, and saw Li Yuanjia, the king of Han, standing in front of the kings.

"On the third day of the first month, the kings of the Beijing clan, the kings of the counties, the princes of the counties, the princes, the princes, the princes, bring their families to the palace, and the family banquet, everyone, must not be absent without reason." Li Yuanjia, the king of Han, swept his gaze over the faces of several young kings and princes, chuckled, and said, "Those who are absent for no reason will practice the clan law!" ”

"Whoa!" Li Xuan hurriedly surrendered his promise.

In the Tang Dynasty, the clan law has the same authority as the law.

Even if the law of the clan kills someone, the government will approve it after it is reviewed and communicated with the law.

The same is true for the clan, the Tang royal family, the emperor is the patriarch, and Zongzheng Temple Zong Zheng acts on his behalf on weekdays, but since Zong Zhengqing is appointed by a foreign surname, so among the clans, Li Yuanjia, the eldest son of Emperor Gaozu, the oldest surviving son of Han Wang, will treat the emperor to perform clan duties.

If the emperor wants to kill a certain king, as long as he gives an explanation and the clan approves it, he can kill people without going through the court.

Even if this person is the crown prince, it is the same.

……

After chatting with Li Jing, the heir of King Zheng, Li Xuan turned over and got on his horse, walked a few steps quickly, and joined Ouyang Tong, the secretary of the Weiwei Temple, who was waiting outside the palace gate, and headed towards Kaihuafang together.

"Did Liu Weng tell you anything just now?" Ouyang Tong asked casually.

"Yue Weng asked his nephew to be cautious these days, and it is best not to go anywhere except when he goes out to visit his relatives." Li Xuan told all the previous explanations of Liu Renliang.

Ouyang Tong nodded slightly, and then said, "You are very eye-catching today!" ”

"My nephew knows." Li Xuan smiled helplessly and said: "When I was acting in Wuzhou, there was a lot of pressure from all sides, and my nephew had to rely on the power of the prince, so there were many facts in the text. Later, on the trip to Hangzhou, Pei Shangshu kept an eye on it, and his nephew had to go back to the old thing...... Uncle, the right to act in this matter is not in the hands of the nephew. ”

"Your Majesty did it on purpose." Ouyang Tong raised his head calmly and glanced at Li Xuan deeply.

Li Xuan nodded silently, and finally sighed lightly, his eyes fell in front of him, and there was a lively scene of Chang'an in front of him.

New Year's new atmosphere, new clothes, New Year's greetings, and celebrations.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, every household in Chang'an City is happy, some have a big banquet, and some go to their own doors, where to eat.

Even wherever you encounter a banquet and say "Happy New Year", you can eat and drink.

Qiang Qiang Hua is a guest, and the door is He Xinzheng.

Outside the door of King Peng's mansion, Li Xuan and Ouyang Tong turned over and dismounted, and as soon as the two entered the door, they saw that the hall was lined with all kinds of gift boxes, the largest of which was a two-lift gift box wrapped in a red silk.

Ouyang of Pengwangfu and Nanchang Princess Liu are counting gifts in the courtyard, all kinds of precious tea, famous wine, four treasures of the study, porcelain books, calligraphy and painting, gems, medicinal materials, etc., are all New Year's gifts sent to Nanchang Palace.

"These are two boxes of new money given by the palace, which cannot be used on the market, but they are very popular with the people, and they are used as New Year's money, saying that they can touch the joy of the palace." Ouyang Tong explained casually.

Every year, the emperor congratulates the emperor on the New Year's Day, and the emperor naturally has various rewards, but most of them are various false titles and royal rewards that cannot be used on the market.

Of course, even with this kind of reward, there are countless large families vying to buy it.

Ouyang Tong stood in the foyer, looked sideways at Li Xuan and said: "On the fourth day of the first lunar month, you go to Honglu Temple, and the province will officially convey the holy decree to appoint you as the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and after you go to the palace to thank you, you will perform your duties, do you know what you are going to do next?" ”

"Negotiate with Silla and the Wa kingdom to ask for compensation for sins and a tributary covenant for vassals." Li Xuan's words are very direct.

Ouyang Tong nodded with satisfaction and said, "As for the other things, you don't need to pay attention to them, and if you handle this matter properly, then nothing else can shake your position as the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple." ”

"Whoa!" Li Xuan immediately gave up his hand solemnly.

Don't think that if you are appointed as the young secretary of Honglu Temple, everything will be fine, in fact, everything has just begun.

If Li Xuan did not do a good job, did not do his job competently, or even made some big mistakes, then there would be an impeachment of him for dereliction of duty immediately.

Once verified, dismissal and dismissal are light, and the key is that it will shake his trust in the heart of the emperor.

"Okay, you two don't stand there talking, the side hall has left you a meal, go and use it." Ouyang walked out of the hall, walked up to Li Xuan, and helped him sort out some court clothes.

Li Xuan looked at the gifts in the hall and asked in a low voice, "What about these?" ”

"Don't worry, my mother will handle it properly, and the return gifts from each mansion are indispensable." Ouyang waved his hand, and then drove Li Xuan and Ouyang Tong to the side hall.

Li Xuan glanced at Liu Jinyu, Liu Jinyu nodded lightly, and Li Xuan was relieved.

Although I drank and feasted in the palace today, how could there be enough to eat at the banquet in the palace.

Li Xuan and his cousin Ouyang Tong said while eating: "Uncle, my nephew always feels that today's events are a little strange? ”

"Which thing? Was it the strategy of the Tubo people to lure the enemy, or was it the battle between Li Jingye and Pei Yan? Ouyang Tong opened his mouth very casually, which made Li Xuan stunned.

"It turns out that my uncle knows." Li Xuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"A few months ago, there were these things in the book you wrote after your majesty's meeting, and today's actions of the Tubo people just confirm this, but ......" Ouyang Tong raised his head, looked at Li Xuan, and asked in a deep voice: "Da Lang, have you ever thought that if all this is deliberately done by the Tubo people?" ”

Li Xuan's face suddenly became solemn, and then he nodded heavily and said, "I've thought about it." ”

Taking a deep breath, Li Xuan said: "It has been several months since my nephew's recital was sent, and even if the Tubo people are stupid, they should get a message or two, so they use deliberate methods to deliberately provoke the DPRK and China, try to lead the DPRK and China army to conquer, and prepare a large army on the plateau to prepare for a big war, which is a superficial appearance.

However, at a deep level, if there are wise people in the DPRK and China who see through the conspiracy, focus steadily, and do not act rashly, but delay the march of the army and give the Tibetans more time to react, or in fact, this is the method that the Tibetans want to do. ”

"Positive and negative, can be reversed or positive, can also be positive or negative, if you add what you said, the king of Tubo is seriously ill, and it is difficult to determine whether it is true or false, how should the court and China deal with this situation?" Ouyang Tong put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at Li Xuan with a solemn gaze.

"Take me as the master, choose the time, the place, the people and attack it." Li Xuan took a deep breath and said his plan.

At the beginning of April, there will be a light cavalry in the DPRK and China to quickly attack the Tibetan border, but spin out and return to see what the intentions of the Tubo people are?" Ouyang Tong looked at Li Xuan and said in a deep voice: "The overall situation is the main thing, supplemented by the partial army or the advance or the side, is the method of attack." ”

"The way of the combination of the right and the strange, the nephew understands." Li Xuan nodded seriously.

Ouyang Tong said in a deep voice: "In the battle of Dafeichuan back then, although there were changes in the time, place and people, but the Tubo State talked about the Qinling with soldiers and ghosts, and he was superb, coupled with the calculation of people's hearts, so it was Xue Li's ability to defeat it, and it was also a fiasco. ”

Li Xuan nodded slightly, he actually knew the truth about the defeat of Dafeichuan more than anyone else.

After all, in addition to the positive statements of Xue Rengui and others, he also has negative statements from Guo Zhifeng's son Guo Regret.

After all, no one wanted to defeat the army back then, but on Qinling really seized a very small and insignificant opportunity.

"This time to fight again with Tubo, you must be extremely careful, the art of war, knowing yourself and knowing your opponent, not losing a hundred battles, knowing yourself but not knowing the enemy, and not letting the enemy know yourself, you have half the chance of winning." Ouyang Tong sighed lightly.

Li Xuan looked at his cousin Ouyang Tong and said softly: "Uncle, please forgive my nephew for being presumptuous, this time to the west, will my uncle also go on the expedition?" ”

Ouyang Tong is the secretary of the palace, in charge of the palace of honor guards, weapons, armor decrees, the general palace arsenal, weapons, and palace guards.

He is the emperor's trusted minister, and likewise, he is also half a military officer.

"I don't know." Ouyang Tong looked at Li Xuan with a wry smile and said: "This time about the Western Expedition, who led the troops, who was the general, when to set off, what was the route, what was the tactics, only Pei Xingjian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and several prime ministers and His Majesty in the court, the queen of heaven and the crown prince knew each other, and the others didn't know anything, my uncle only heard a sentence, anyone can send an army to lead the army, including you, including me." ”

Li Xuan's whole person suddenly became solemn, and asked in a low voice: "Shouldn't this western expedition be led by Pei Gong of the military department?" ”

"I don't know." Ouyang Tong shook his head and said softly: "This time, the Pingyang County Duke is very anxious. ”

Xue Rengui, the prince of Pingyang County.

Li Xuan immediately shook his head and said: "It is impossible for Your Majesty to be the commander of Pingyang County, but the only person in the court who can be comparable to Pingyang County Duke is Wenxi County Prince." ”

There are many famous generals in the Tang Dynasty, Pei Xingjian, Xue Rengui, Duan Baoxuan, Li Xiaoyi, Li Jinxing, Lou Shide, Cheng Wuting, Hei Tooth Changzhi, Qi Bi He Li, Gao Kan, Cheng Chubi, but the only one who can really be handsome is Pei Xingjian.

Xue Rengui has already been defeated once on the battlefield of Tubo, although there is a saying in the world that he is brave after being ashamed, but who would easily entrust the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers to the hands of a person who had been defeated.

Even if this person is Xue Rengui, it's the same.

"Your Majesty must have a plan for this." Ouyang Tong smiled lightly, the pressure of this matter was on the emperor, and the emperor could always make a decision that was acceptable to all parties in the end.

After a slight pause, Ouyang Tong said, "By the way, there is also Pei Yan and Li Jingye." ”

Li Xuan nodded, and said with a solemn face: "Uncle, today's matter, my nephew always thinks that His Majesty has the intention of harshly criticizing the British public?" ”

Ouyang Tong frowned, and couldn't help asking, "Where did you see it?" ”

"The suspicion of the nephew and the criminal department Pei Gong has been known as early as a few months ago, and it is okay for the two of us to oppose each other, but the person who was obviously implicated in the British Duke was suddenly pulled out, and he was also looked at opposite to the two of us, it seems that His Majesty deliberately used the two of us to target the British Duke, does he suspect that the British Duke is related to the King of the East China Sea?"

Li Xuan said, his mouth pursed, and the words in his mind came out at once.

"What nonsense, how can the British Duke have anything to do with the King of the East Sea?" Ouyang Tong glanced at Li Xuan angrily, and then said cautiously: "Back then, the British Duke followed Li Mi to the Tang Dynasty, and he has always been under the command of the first emperor, Zheng Dou Jiande, Song Jingang, Wang Shichong, Liu Heimin, and Fu Gongyou, not to mention that he has always been in the army, and the army is all cronies of the first emperor, besides, with his caution, how can he participate in the seizure of the heir, the most important thing, Prince Yin has no kindness to him. ”

After Ouyang Tong finished the last sentence, Li Xuan nodded subconsciously.

That's right, Li Jiancheng doesn't have any kindness to Li Wei, on the contrary, Li Shimin is his old boss.

"But Li Jingye is not his ancestor, and the king of the East China Sea is not a hidden prince, and frustrated people always have something in common." In one sentence, Li Xuan said that the famous Meizhou assassin Shi and the heir of the British Duke became a frustrated person.

Ouyang Tong's face was calm and he didn't refute it.

(End of chapter)