At noon, the Jiuquan building in Nanshi City was very lively, the lobby was full of drinkers, several bartenders sent wine and served food, busy sweating, it was September at this time, the Tang Shenlong Emperor had been on the throne for two months, and he was working hard.

The drinkers were in a heap, discussing the recent anecdotes, but more people were concerned about the change of power in the imperial court.

"Have you heard? King An refused to accept the titles of King Xiang and the emperor's younger brother, and asked for his resignation three times, but the Holy One finally agreed. ”

An old man stroked his beard and smiled: "This is normal! It shows that the Prime Minister of Anguo is not confused, otherwise he will cause death." ”

The crowd gathered around. He asked, "Gong Liu, how do you say this?"

The old man smiled, "Think about it, what happened at that time, why did the Holy Lord make the Prime Minister the emperor's younger brother?"

Everyone pondered, and one of them suddenly shouted: "I know, I heard that the prime minister had raised 80,000 troops at that time. ”

"Yes, a civil war is about to break out, so in order to avoid a civil war, the saint can only make the prime minister the emperor's younger brother and make him the heir, so that the prime minister has no excuse to go to war. ”

"But...... Now that King Xiang's imperial brother is gone, isn't it a big loss?"

The old man glared at him, "Do you think that the people of the world will support the Holy Lord or the Xiangwang, who is orthodox, this is a clear matter, the Xiangwang will win?" He knows that he knows it, so he gave up fighting for the throne, if he still insists on the imperial brother now, do you think there will be results?"

Another old man said: "Gong Liu is right, I heard that King Xiang has just resigned as the emperor's younger brother, and the saint will immediately crown the king of Xingyi County as the king of Wei, and the next step is to canonize the crown prince." ”

At this time, the shopkeeper came over and said with a smile: "Everyone eat and drink well, don't talk about it." ”

Only then did the two old men realize that they had said too much, and if they continued to talk about it, they would slander the court, so they hurriedly waved their hands and said, "Don't say it! ”

The crowd returned to their seats, but continued to talk in whispers.

At this time, in front of a small table by the window, there were two guests, who could be seen to be Hu people, one of them was worried, and the other was persuading him, "You don't have to worry, I believe that the general will definitely help with this and will not let us run in vain." ”

>The two of them are Kang Ning and Bahanna, who have been in Luoyang for more than three months, and Arun came to the Tang Dynasty for help, but he happened to encounter a coup d'état in the court, so he had to endure it, but now that the new monarch has been on the throne for two months, there is still no news, which really worries him.

He sighed and said: "I'm not in a hurry, I also know that it will take at least a year and a half to make an envoy, I'm afraid that if it drags on too long, the Great Food Army will be killed, and besides, my father told me that I have to go back before the winter, and now it's September, can I not worry?"

"Wait a minute! I've asked the wine brother for help, and he should have an answer in the next two days. ”

At this time, a person came up at the stairs, it was Jiu Zhi, who had just been promoted to General Qianniuwei, he was wearing ordinary clothes, ordinary people didn't know his identity, Kang Ning saw him at a glance, and hurriedly beckoned to him, "This way!"

Jiuzhi walked over quickly, sat down and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, there are a lot of things in the military office today, so I came one step late, so I made the two of you wait for a long time." ”

It doesn't matter if you wait for a long time, the key is not to wait in vain, Kang Ning hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Is there any explanation for our affairs?"

Jiuzhi poured himself a glass of wine, drank it dry, and said with a smile: "There should be good news!" The general said that he had already talked to the saint, and the saint was very interested and was ready to meet His Royal Highness the prince. ”

Alun was so excited that the wine in his hand spilled out, and he hurriedly said, "General Wine, don't lie to me!"

Jiuzhi patted his chest, "I'm also a county marquis now! I can be regarded as a nobleman with a knighthood, how could I lie to you, it should only be these two days." ”

At this moment, one of Aaron's entourages ran up to the restaurant, ran to the master and said urgently: "There is someone from Honglu Temple, please go back." ”

Aaron jumped up all of a sudden, pulled his feet and ran, and felt that something was wrong, so he quickly stopped, and Kangning waved his hand and smiled: "Go quickly! I'll have a few drinks with General Wine here." ”

Alun ran away like a gust of wind, and at this time, Jiu Zhicai whispered to Kang Ning: "Actually, things are not that simple. ”

"What's wrong?" asked Corning anxiously.

"I can't say it clearly for a while, but you will understand it later. ”......

p > Alan ran back to the inn, only to see that the front of the inn was full of tolerances, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Are you looking for me?"

A tall and thin official came out of the inn and said with a smile: "Your Excellency is the prince of Bahanna?"

"Exactly!"

"Below is Li Linfu, the young secretary of Honglu Temple, the Holy Lord is preparing to meet His Royal Highness the Prince tomorrow, please follow me back to Honglu Temple to learn etiquette, bathe and change clothes at night, and prepare for tomorrow's reception. ”

"Did the Holy Lord agree to send troops?" asked Aaron excitedly.

Li Linfu smiled slightly, "This is not my responsibility, please clean up! Follow me back to Honglu Temple, where there is a special building." ”

Alun cleaned up briefly, and then followed Li Linfu towards the imperial city......

In the study of the Dunhuang Palace, Li Zhen stood in front of the window of his official room with his hand, staring at the sky in the distance for a long time, this morning Li Dan officially resigned from the position of the emperor's younger brother and Xiangguo, he already knew that there would be this day, Li Xian had already hinted, if Li Dan was not interesting again, I am afraid that a big case would happen.

Judging from the fact that Li Chongjun was crowned king this afternoon, Li Xian has long been impatient with Li Dan's imperial brother, but this is common sense, his father's throne will naturally be passed to his son, and it is natural for Li Chongjun to be the crown prince.

But Li Zhen knows that he has changed history, and the eradication of Wei and Princess Taiping means that Li Xian will not die unexpectedly, and it also means that Li Chongjun will not be killed by Wei, and it is very likely that Li Chongjun will replace Li Longji as the next generation of the Tang Dynasty.

But these Li Zhen are not interested, the birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, the lackeys are cooking, he Li Zhen is already a very human minister, the king of the county, and the master of high merit, how long can Li Xian tolerate him?

Now maybe he wants to establish an image, maybe he has not yet sat on the throne, and once the throne is secured, he will be the first to clean himself up, and this is a matter of a few months.

Frankly speaking, Li Xian is governing very well, but he is the emperor after all, he can't even tolerate his own sister, will he still tolerate Li Zhen?

Where should he, Li Zhen, go from here?

At this time, Di Yan walked into the study, put a cup of ginseng tea on the table, she hugged her husband from behind, and put it on her husband's back, "Husband, will what you said last night really happen?"

Li Zhen turned around and took his wife's hand and said: "What I said is what will happen in the future, I have resigned as the king of Dunhuang County five times, and he is not allowed to do so, so it can be seen that he does not plan to deal with the aftermath for me." ”

"Then what should we do?" Di Yan said fearfully, "The children are still so young, I don't want them-"

Li Zhen smiled: "Don't worry, I already have a countermeasure, you clean up tomorrow, or go to Chang'an first like last time." ”

"When are you leaving?"

"Wait for my arrangement, after I set out, Zhang Li will help you leave. ”

"Husband, will he let us go?"

Li Zhen hugged his wife into his arms and comforted her, "Don't worry, maybe this is a condition, he has to agree." ”

Early the next morning, Li Xian, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, summoned Alun, the prince of Bahanna, in Yingtianmen, who was wearing a white robe and was in a particularly nervous mood, and he walked up to Yingtiancheng Tower with trembling legs under the leadership of a guard.

After waiting in front of the gatehouse for a while, a guard shouted loudly: "Xuanba Khan's envoy has come to see him!"

"Xuanba Khan's envoys have come to see you!"

A shout came out, Arun hurriedly tidied up his clothes, recalled the etiquette he learned yesterday afternoon, and walked on the long carpet, until he walked to the Son of Heaven's Luan, he knelt down and kowtowed, and said in a loud voice: "Bahan's envoy Alun visited the Tang Dynasty Emperor, I wish Your Majesty long live!"

Li Xian was wearing a regular uniform, and behind him sat Zhaoyi Shangguan Wan'er, who assisted in government affairs, and below sat two rows of Xiangguo and Liubu, as well as Honglu Temple, Guanglu Temple and other high-ranking officials, Li Zhen sat next to Li Dan, the Xiangguo of Anguo, and looked at Alun calmly.

Li Xian was not interested in meeting the prince of Bahanna, unlike Wu Zetian, Li Xian lacked a kind of eloquence to expand the frontier, he was more focused on keeping the success, paying attention to the domestic people's livelihood, and paying attention to improving various etiquette systems, he estimated that it would take several years to correct the various conventions and customs of the Wu Zetian era.

On the contrary, Wei Wang Li Chongjun seemed very interested, he was very curious that Alun could speak fluent Chinese, and smiled at Li Zhen in a low voice: "General, this envoy speaks Chinese very well!"

Li Zhen

He bowed slightly, "He has studied in Chang'an for ten years. ”

I see, no wonder he speaks Chinese fluently. ”

"I've heard that he will be enthroned as king next year, and taking him well is crucial to the stability of Broken Leaves. ”

Li Chongjun nodded, he looked at the map yesterday, Bahan was Dawan back then, the army of the Han Dynasty had an expedition to Dawan, I don't know if the army of the Tang Dynasty has this opportunity.

Li Xian smiled and said, "Gift the seat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Alun took out the letter of state and the list of tribute from his arms and handed it to the eunuch next to him, then got up and sat down on the soft pier on the side, the eunuch presented the letter and the list of gifts to Li Xian, Li Xian opened it and looked at it, and asked with a smile: "How far is Bahana from Luoyang?"

Alun hurriedly bowed and said, "Back to Your Majesty, tens of thousands of miles apart, the journey is about four months. ”

"It's really too far, Master Xuanzang seems to have been there back then, and then turn south to Tianzhu, is it directly connected to Tianzhu by Bahan?"

Shangguan Wan'er next to her laughed in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there is a Tocharian in the middle, and it is thousands of miles away from Tianzhu. ”

For some reason, when it came to Tocharo, Li Xian immediately thought of King Ashu, and then thought of the relics case and the poison scripture case, he glanced at Li Zhen, and began to lose interest in this country of Bakhana.

But out of courtesy, he still reluctantly asked about the customs of Bahanna, and when he heard the confusion, he couldn't help but yawn, and these subtle movements were seen by Aaron, the prince of Bahanna, and he was in a hurry, regardless of etiquette, and knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty, the Great Food Army has invaded Bahanna several times, and the Bahan Army is weak and weak, and I implore Your Majesty to send troops to expel Xiyi and protect the frontier." ”

Li Xian smiled and said, "Where do I send troops to fight? Bahana has not been destroyed, and I have no name for sending troops!"

"Your Majesty! The thirty-six kingdoms of Tocharian have been destroyed by the Great Eclipse, and the Sogdian countries have also been conquered by the Great Eclipse, they are nominally subject states of the Tang Dynasty, but in fact they have been controlled by the Great Eclipse, and the Great Eclipse has also sent officials to govern with the king and levy high taxes, Your Majesty, once the Great Eclipse has quelled the Persian rebellion, it will immediately point to the Bakhanna, and the Bakhana will not be guaranteed, and the broken leaves will not be protected!"

"That's it, let me discuss with the ministers, you have a hard journey, go down and rest first!"

Without waiting for Alun to say more, Honglu Shaoqing Li Linfu stepped forward and said, "Please!"

Aaron had no choice but to bow and retreat.

When he walked away, Li Xiancai smiled and said to the ministers: "Tell me Aiqing, Bahanna came to ask for help, do I save it or not?"

Yang Zaisi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was quick-witted, he understood Li Xian's intentions, and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Bahan's road is far away, the journey is tens of thousands of miles, and the Tang army is difficult to take into account. ”

Tang Xiujing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has been guarding the Western Regions for a long time, and he is very aware of the eastward expansion of the Great Food, once the Great Food army occupies Bahanna, not only will all the fetters to the west of the Tang Dynasty Green Ridge be lost, but it will also seriously threaten the Broken Leaf Military Town, and at the same time will threaten the security of the Western Regions.

"Then may I ask Tang Shangshu, how to solve the problem of army supply?"

"My Datang has established various military towns in the Western Regions, and the supply can be completely solved, the southern line takes Gaochang, Qiuzi, and Shule to Broken Leaves, and the northern line can take Yiwu, Luntai and Broken Leaves, there are countless small countries along the way, they can all provide supplies, and the Han army can still attack Dawan, why is my Tang army regarded as ascending to the sky?"

"Tang Shangshu is too taken for granted!"

The two quarreled fiercely, at this time, Li Xian coughed heavily, neither of them dared to quarrel anymore, bowed down together to listen to the edict, Li Xian's eyes fell on Li Zhen, he knew that the envoy of Bahan was arranged by Li Zhen, he must have already had a belly case, Li Xian smiled and said: "What does the general think of this matter?"

Li Zhen stood up and said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with Tang Shangshu's opinion, Bahan is not guaranteed, the Western Regions are shaken, and the minister is willing to lead an army to the west to conquer the Great Food, recover Tochar and Sogdian, open up the frontier for Your Majesty, and build a great cause!"

Li Zhen's words caused an uproar in the audience, Shangguan Wan'er looked at Li Zhen deeply, and she understood Li Zhen's true thoughts

Li Xian returned to the imperial study, his face was gloomy, pacing back and forth in the imperial study, how could he not understand Li Zhen's thoughts, Li Zhen resigned several times from the king of Dunhuang County, resigned from the feudal city, he was just not allowed, but it did not mean that he was willing to give Li Zhen, Li Zhen's credit was too high, it had completely overshadowed his prestige, and faintly threatened his throne.

What's more important is that Li Zhen is the descendant of Prince Yin, and once his identity is revealed, he is not without the possibility of ascending the throne.

Now he actually wants to leave, wants to go to the Western Regions to build a country, and wants to imitate Zhao Tuo of the Qin Dynasty?

Li Xian couldn't help sneering, and at this time, the guard reported: "Your Majesty, King Wei asks to see Your Majesty!"

"Announce him in!"

After a while, Wei Wang Li Chongjun walked in quickly, knelt down and kowtowed, "Son, see your father!"

"Get up!"

"Thank you, Father!"

Li Xian glanced at him, "Is there something wrong with Wu'er?"

Li Chongjun bowed down and said: "Erchen begged his father, General Li, to ask him to lead his army to the west to conquer Dashi and recover the lost territory in the Western Regions. ”

Li Xian looked at him for a long time, and said lightly: "You are now my eldest son, and you are about to become the prince of the Tang Dynasty, can't you see the real purpose of Li Zhen's invitation to the west?"

Li Chongjun lowered his head and said, "Erchen actually understands. ”

"Do you understand that I still want me to promise him to go west?"

"Father, if it weren't for Li Zhen, Erchen would have died a long time ago, and his life-saving grace to Erchen has always been remembered by Erchen. ”

Li Chongjun knelt down again and begged: "Erchen is willing to give up the crown prince and beg his father to let him go west!"

Li Xian didn't say a word, slowly walked to the window with his hands in his hands, and looked into the distance, at this time, Shangguan Wan'er, who was sitting aside to sort out the paperwork for Li Xian, got up and said, "Your Majesty, it's actually a wise move to let him go." ”

Li Xian was shocked and looked back at her, "How do you say this?"

"Your Majesty, he still has some military power in his hands, he is very well-connected in the army, and his prestige among the people is very high. ”

Li Xian suddenly thought of Li Dan, the prime minister, and he pondered for a long time, and finally sighed, and said to Li Chongjun: "Wu'er is right, Li Zhen also saved my life for me, I can not repay it, I agree to your request and let him go west." ”......

In October of the first year of Shenlong, Li Xian named Li Zhen as the general of the expedition to the west, the imperial historian and the capital of Anxi, and led 10,000 Tang cavalry to expedition to Bahanna, eradicating the power of the Great Food in the west of the Green Ridge, in addition, Li Xian acquiesced to the families of 10,000 soldiers and Li Zhen's wife and children to follow the expedition of the army, gave the name of the Long March Jian'er, and ordered the government to provide supplies along the way.

On the tenth day of the first month of October, Li Xian worshiped heaven and earth, awarded Li Zhen the festival charm, and the 50,000 army composed of 10,000 cavalry and their families marched westward.

Half a month later, the army arrived at the Qianling Tomb in Xianyang, Li Zhen led the crowd to worship Wu Zetian's mausoleum, he took the incense candle from Jiuzhi's hand, knelt down in front of the wordless tablet, and said secretly: "May the spirit of Your Majesty protect Li Zhen's expedition to the west, he will build a country in the Western Regions one day, and will build a tomb for His Majesty, and worship at four o'clock to thank His Majesty for his great kindness to Li Zhen." ”

He bowed three times, got up and said to Di Yan, "Get in the car!"

Everyone got into the carriage, Li Zhen turned over on the horse, pointed to the west with a horsewhip, and said excitedly: "Go on the expedition, go to break the leaves!"

The army of the Western Expedition set off again, heading westward, and everyone's hearts were filled with memories of their hometown and yearning for a new life.

[End of the book]

Postscript:

This book is Lao Gao's tenth book since he wrote the book in 07, through the legendary experience of a young man, depicting the magnificent history of the late Tang Dynasty Wu Zetian.

It's just that Lao Gao changed part of the history out of personal preferences, such as the deaths of Wu Sansi, Princess Wei, and Princess Taiping, and Princess Anle was not explained in the book, but I believe that without Princess Wei, Li Chongjun should be able to defeat Princess Anle.

Li Chongjun will open a new Tang Dynasty, and perhaps avoid all kinds of mistakes made by Li Longji, so that the Anshi Rebellion will not happen, and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty can continue.

Although all kinds of unsatisfactory, but the book has been written, a new chapter is about to open, Lao Gao's next book is being created, the theme is the Sui and Tang dynasties, try to avoid the same as "The World Heroes", Lao Gao will write another magnificent hegemony.

The book will be released at the end of July and the beginning of August, and the starting point will be launched, and book friends are welcome to continue to support.

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