Chang'an, Daming Palace.

In the early morning, the sound of horses' hooves came along the royal road and then straight into the palace.

The people and officials of Chang'an have become accustomed to it, and if they don't come to these military reports every day, they will feel uncomfortable.

Li Xian came from the political hall with a calm face and walked towards the Zichen Palace.

In the past few days, both the father and the queen have turned their attention to the war on the Western Front, and in a few days it will be the time when the Ten Route Army will attack at the same time.

As soon as the army moves, the grain, grass and military salaries will immediately flow like flowing water.

Therefore, every expense, Empress Wu kept a close eye on it, and even other government affairs in the southeast were handed over to Li Xian to be responsible, especially the drought in Youhe Shandong.

Li Xian walked in the palace, his steps became more and more steady, and the palace people around him immediately retreated to the side and bowed down when they saw Li Xian.

Li Xian didn't look at them at all, he could clearly feel that since the crown princess was pregnant, the officials in the court and the palace were much more respectful to him, and even in the handling of court affairs, there were many fewer officials inside and outside the court.

The eldest grandson of the emperor.

When Li Xian thought of Li Xuan saying three words, although he himself accepted it on the surface, he really didn't think so in his heart.

Unexpectedly, now not only the courtiers' impression of him has changed greatly, but even the queen mother has begun to make a lot of concessions to him.

However, Li Xian has also spent more time on the crown princess these days, and a cadre of the East Palace and auxiliary ministers also think like this, it seems that it is really a misunderstanding......

Packing up, Li Xian stood solemnly in front of the door of Zichen Palace, and the attendants on the side had already gone in to report.

In a moment, the chamberlain had already come out, standing on one side, Li Xian nodded calmly, and then stepped into the Zichen Palace.

In the main hall, Li Zhi and Empress Wu did not sit on the throne, but stood in front of the huge sand table on the east side, looking at the terrain in the west and discussing something.

"Father, mother!" Li Xian bowed slightly, his eyes lowered.

Li Zhi waved his hand directly and said, "There is a piece on the table, you can see it yourself." ”

"Whoa!" Li Xian nodded slightly, then walked to the front of the imperial case, and picked up the above chapter: "Chen Nanchang Wang Xuan Plays the Northwest War Discussion".

Uncle Nanchang's recital.

Li Xian glanced at it, then opened it, and then read carefully, but the more he read, the tighter his brow wrinkled.

Closing the recital, Li Xian walked to the sand table and respectfully handed the recital over: "Father." ”

Li Zhi took the piece in his hand, then compared the position on the sand table, and asked directly: "What do you think of King Nanchang's proposal?" ”

Li Xian glanced up at Empress Wu and saw that the Empress Mother was also looking at him, and then said with a slight groan: "Although this matter is a bit risky, Uncle Wang of Nanchang has everything in his hands, and in the end it is nothing more than that Kuozhou is attacked. ”

Li Zhi smiled, finally glanced sideways at Li Xian, nodded, and said, "It's okay, it's decent." ”

Li Xian bowed his head slightly, prince, it is best to be decent.

Li Zhi looked at the sand table again, chuckled, shook his head and said: "I don't know what happened to Erqi Lang recently, he has become so timid, this little thing, you can just think of doing it, why bother to let people run eight hundred miles to Chang'an to ask, he and Yan Guogong are in charge, what are you afraid of?" ”

The corners of Li Xian's mouth twitched slightly, who would dare to mess around with such a big thing.

Empress Wu stood aside, glanced at Li Zhi angrily, and said: "The king of Nanchang is cautious, it's a good thing, he has never been to Kuozhou, all his thoughts are his own imagination, the terrain is unknown, the celestial phenomena are unknown, in case something goes wrong, the consequences are unimaginable, and even once the sharp pier is lost, the entire Taohe army has the possibility of collapse." ”

It can be seen that Empress Wu is very satisfied with Li Xuan's approach of asking for instructions on everything, especially this cautious and awe-inspiring attitude, which makes her feel more at ease.

"It's as serious as you say." Li Zhi glanced at Empress Wu a little helplessly, and then said: "He has thought about it so thoroughly, just do it immediately, take down his colleagues, protect the left and right wings, and force the left and right wings of Tubo together, and echo with the army of Lanshan Dao in the middle road, it will really be difficult to talk about Qinling." ”

Li Zhi's face showed a satisfied smile, what he wanted to do in his life, there was basically nothing he couldn't do, but Tubo made him frustrated again and again.

If you can win Qingdong and Qingnan and gain a firm foothold, the days of Qinling will be much more difficult.

"Actually, that's not what the concubine thinks." Empress Wu's eyes fell on the Qingdong Mountains, and then said softly: "Once you succeed, it is a trivial matter to take Tubo, and then mobilize the Longxi family to make further bets to reduce the pressure on the government and the opposition, this is a big thing, this is the talent of Zaifu and the ability to govern the country." ”

Empress Wu's appreciation for Li Xuan is beyond words, and no one knows better than her that the war in the northwest is difficult.

Defeat is definitely a big blow to the Tang Dynasty, but even if it succeeds and takes Qingdong and Qingnan, the imperial court must invest a lot of manpower and material resources in it to maintain.

In that place, it is difficult to produce anything, if those families in Longxi are pulled over to operate, then it can definitely consume the strength of those Longxi families.

At the same time, it can also slightly alleviate the spiping on the official positions of the court of the Longxi family, so that she can cultivate her henchmen more.

Kill more than one stone.

Finally, the king of Nanchang definitely did not expect it, but after the events of Taozhou and Hezhou, the king of Nanchang was keenly aware of the threat of the Longxi family to the court situation.

If they are allowed to collude with Tibet, it is really hard to say what will happen in the future.

What Empress Wu can think of, Li Zhi can also think of.

With a slight sigh, Li Zhi looked at Li Xian and said: "Draft the order, let the King of Nanchang and the Duke of Yan Guo discuss specific matters, choose the opportunity to win down colleagues, and also, report the results of the discussion to the Lanshan Dao Marching Governor's Mansion, and the actions over there must be communicated with Lanshan Dao to determine." ”

"Whoa!" Li Xian hurriedly surrendered his hand, and then quickly walked to the rear.

The curtain at the back was opened, revealing the table inside, as well as pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

……

Li Zhi looked at the Northwest Road again, Taozhou, Hezhou, Kuozhou, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and he whispered to himself: "Do you want to send troops ......?"

"Your Majesty!" Empress Wu directly interrupted Li Zhi's thoughts, Li Zhi turned his head, and already saw Empress Wu's embarrassed look, he quickly smiled and said, "Where does Mei Niang want to go, I just want to talk." ”

For Empress Wu's resistance, Li Zhi hurriedly appeased, he knew too well how much money and food had been spent in this battle.

The eyes fell on the sand table again, Kuozhou, Diezhou, and colleagues connected into a line, a large vast area.

In front is the left flank of the Tubo army in the Qinling, and in the back is Hezhou Taozhou, and the power of the entire Tang Dynasty can be directly overwhelmed through this area.

It greatly relieves the pressure of the positive Lanshan Dao army, which is what Li Zhi is most happy to see.

can use a partial division to pry into the changes of the entire overall situation, Li Xuan's recital has somewhat poked into the emperor's heart.

"Actually, having said that, if Twenty-Seven Lang really personally sent troops to his colleagues, I would inevitably be apprehensive, and it was difficult for him to take the initiative to take a step back, sit in the sharp spot, and transfer Li Duozuo to the expedition, so that even if there is any accident, he can completely bear it." Li Zhi couldn't help but sigh lightly.

Li Zhi never doubted the ability of the Tang sergeants and generals.

But the problem is that on the plateau, the combat power of the sergeants will be greatly weakened, and in this case, the timely supply of grain and grass is very important.

When Dafeichuan was in Dafeichuan, it was because Guo Zhifeng attacked lightly that Dafeichuan was defeated in the end.

In fact, it was also Guo Beifeng's defeat, and if he won, it would not be a rash attack on the enemy, but a brave and diligent advance.

"The king of Nanchang is cautious, isn't it because His Majesty uses him because of this, it's rare that he can have a surprising strategy, and he thinks very thoughtfully in the future." Empress Wu's voice was very soft, but her satisfaction with Li Xuan became more and more undisguised.

The things Li Xuan did in Hezhou, in addition to his own frequent performances, the Qianniuwei and Jin Wuwei around him also often had secret performances.

The two phases confirmed, and in the end, there was a king of Nanchang who was open-minded and consistent inside and outside, which was the most satisfying for the Empress Wu.

"Twenty-seven Lang is indeed good, but relatively speaking, some people are too disgusting." Li Zhi's gaze fell on the location of Hezhou on the sand table.

"Indeed, the history of a state assassin, I only know how to protect my life, but I don't know how to serve the country, I really deserve to die." Empress Wu scolded hatefully, she made no secret of her disgust for those old Longxi families.

Yuan Ming was in Hezhou, he cooperated in everything, and he never delayed a thing, but in the eyes of the emperor and the Empress Wu, he became a villain who protected himself.

"Those people have never had the idea of resting with the country, and it is true that they are unwilling to do their best." Li Zhi shook his head flatly.

Unwilling to do his best, this is the emperor's evaluation of the Longxi family.

The Tang Dynasty and Tubo, the national war.

A frontier state assassin just acted in a step-by-step manner, but never wanted to do his best to assist the army in battle, which was not enough to pass in the eyes of the emperor.

"If it weren't for the king of Nanchang saying that he would still be useful after the war, the concubines would be eager to remove him now." Empress Wu couldn't help but snort coldly.

Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "That's not it, Twenty-Seven Lang is right, Yuan Hui's matter has nothing to do with Yuan Ming, Yuan Ming has already decided to send his son to act with Twenty-Seven Lang, and his attitude is much improved...... In this way, everything will be according to what the twenty-seventh lang said, and the final merit will be discussed: if the merit is outstanding, I will not be stingy with the official position; If the merit can't be overcome, then you can only ask him to go with the knife. ”

Li Zhi's face was very indifferent, the life and death of the Yuan family had been settled between him and Empress Wu.

Before I knew it, it was already a noon.

Suddenly, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from outside the palace.

Li Zhi frowned and looked up, glancing outside.

Soon, the messenger Qianniuwei had arrived from outside, knelt on the ground, and said with heavy breathing: "Your Majesty, the Queen of Heaven, the king of Nanchang is in a hurry, and the Tubo Guangjun is here." ”

(End of chapter)