In Chang'an in late autumn, there is already a hint of chill in the wind. However, the people in the pear orchard forbidden garden in the Daming Palace can't feel it.

Charcoal-fired underfloor heating will make the place spring all year round, and there is no need to worry about smoke exhaust.

At this moment, Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, is watching Yang Yuhuan's new rehearsal of the "Neon Dress and Feather Dance". Yang Yuhuan is proficient in music and rhythm, and has a common language with Li Longji in this regard. She told Ji Ge: The existing backup dance of the neon dress and feather coat song is not worthy of this song, and there are many places that need to be refined.

So recently, Brother Ji took this "Taizhen monk" into the Daming Palace every day and rehearsed songs and dances in the pear garden.

Gongsun Auntie's apprentice danced with Yang Yuhuan, Lei Haiqing, Li Guinian and others accompanied, and Brother Ji served as the "art director" on the side.

Li Longji looked at Yang Yuhuan dancing on the stage, took a sip of Shunqi Suoyang tea, squinted his eyes with satisfaction, the smile on his face was a little uncontrollable, and it looked a little meaningful.

It seems that I have thought of something good that stimulates the nerves and makes people want to stop.

"Sage, supervising the imperial history of Wang Jie, sent from Liangzhou, impeaching Ganzhou Assassin Shi Fang Chongyong for embezzling the wealth allocated by the Mo court."

Gao Lishi leaned over and whispered in Li Longji's ear.

"I see."

Brother Ji waved his hand and said, not wanting to look at the folds handed over by Gao Lishi. Now his mind is on the neon dress and feather dance, to be precise, on Yang Yuhuan's writhing posture, and he doesn't care about anything else.

"Sage, the matter of Ganzhou Iron Mine ......"

Colliers asked again.

"Let's let the two prime ministers come to Xingqing Palace for deliberations in the evening."

Li Longji finally turned around, sighed and took the fold handed by Gao Lishi, read it at a glance, and then returned it to the other party.

Li Longji had a disapproving expression on his face, exactly the same as Gao Lishi expected.

"Let Wang Ji return to Beijing to report on his work.

This man doesn't have any eyes at all. After returning to Beijing, he was dismissed from the post of supervising the imperial history and asked him to go to the Ministry of Officials to wait for the election of officials. ”

Li Longji waved his hand in disappointment.

These newly appointed central officials are all dogs, and they are not even as good as the IQ of a ten-year-old child.

Li Longji was very disappointed in Wang Jie.

This screaming guy wants to make meritorious contributions, and he is eager to rush to the front line, and he doesn't even see some of the basic routines of officialdom.

Yang Shenjin and Wang Jie's father Wang Jin are cousins, and Wang Jiao was recommended by him.

When Yang Shenjin recommended Wang Ji before, he said that he had a talent for governance and a family history. After a little investigation, Li Longji rewarded Wang Jiao with a supervising imperial history, placing high hopes on him and asking him to go to Hexi to check the accounts.

Of course, the audit is secondary, and grabbing Fang Chongyong's pigtails is the main thing.

What did this guy find?

Fang Chongyong embezzled public funds to buy medical books and clothes for a local girl in Hexi next to him, which cost more than 100 yuan in total. As for other problems, Wang Ji didn't check it, mainly because the local forces in Hexi were intertwined, and it was not easy for a newcomer to supervise the imperial history.

Wang Ji is in a hurry to climb up, eager to make meritorious contributions, and many things are not thought about deeply!

Although Brother Ji wanted to catch Fang Chongyong's mistakes, he finally pardoned him to show his "imperial grace".

But he's not looking for this kind of pigtail that insults IQ!

When this incident spread, everyone would say that he was a son of heaven who couldn't tolerate people, and deliberately planted a false accusation, even a ten-year-old child was not spared.

Wang Ji can't even write a piece of dirty water, this person is too useless, he can't be a dog, and it's not worth cultivating.

As a result, Li Longji's impression of Yang Shenjin was also a little bad. It's just that now is the time to employ people, and there is no other good candidate for the time being, so he can only be patient for the time being and observe it again.

On the contrary, Fang Chongyong, a child, is very conscious!

Knowing that Ganzhou's status is skyrocketing now, and all forces in the imperial court are vying for control of Ganzhou, his assassination history is not long at all.

That's why I took the initiative to hand over the pigtails, hoping to exit Ganzhou smoothly and legitimately.

Li Longji couldn't help but feel a little appreciative of this "prodigy" in his heart.

After Fang Chongyong arrived in Hexi, he did a lot of important things, participated in the planning of capturing the new city of Tubo, participated in the defense of Baitingbao, planned the smelting and mining of Ganzhou, and so on.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that this guy just came to Hexi, and he went deep into the border sergeant to write a letter to Qiu Bamen, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

It is said that more than 1,000 letters were written to his family!

Brother Ji thinks that even if Fang Chongyong has no other means to make money, he can buy a lot of things just by writing letters to his family, can he go to the Moxi Imperial Court to deliberately support the military funds of Ganzhou?

Besides, it's just a female slave next to her, who is guilty of greedy for the military funds of the Mexican court to please her?

All kinds of unreasonableness made Ji Ge have to seriously think about the deep-seated reasons why Fang Chongyong did this.

Because in his impression, that child seems to be very smart!

If the festival makes the son want to collect money, there are more dogs who are willing to worship. And the Hu merchants in the Western Regions, led by the Sogdians, were especially fond of doing similar things. It is reasonable to be reasonable, if Fang Chongyong wants to make money, there are more safer and more hidden channels.

As for Wang Jie's compromise "young and lustful, like a beast", it is even more nonsense!

What does it mean to have a Hexi native girl whose body has not yet grown? Brother Ji secretly mocked Wang Ji in his heart for not seeing the world.

This letter should be blamed on some inconspicuous but not many details of Fang Chongyong's mistakes. For example, lazy government, such as words and deeds, such as vulgar words, arrogance and paranoia, and so on.

Anyway, just pick up something unnecessary, and the board of the court hits Fang Chongyong's ass, let him get out of the way, and it's over! This is the real way to play the Imperial History.

Thinking of this, Brother Ji's interest was all ruined, and he got up and nodded to Gao Lishi and said, "Go back to Xingqing Palace and let Monk Taizhen also accompany you." ”

……

When Li Linfu and the others came to the study room of the diligent government building, they saw Li Longji with his back to the door, looking intently at the map hanging on the wall.

It was a partial map of the Hexi region, very detailed, and even every garrison and stronghold of the Tang Army was clearly marked.

Among them, the Great Dou Army, where the Great Dou Bagu is located, was specially marked with a red pen.

"Has the news of an iron mine in Ganzhou been spread? How's things going? ”

Li Longji turned around and asked Zhang Shouqi, who was bowing down.

His face was solemn, and he was domineering, and his anxious expression when he was in another building of Xingqing Palace in the afternoon and Yang Yuhuan was upside down on the bed!

"Back to the saint, Weichen has already sent secret spies to spread the news in Tubo, and I believe that the top brass of the Tubo army has already known about this. It's just that it's hard to say how the Tibetans will act. Wechen is paying close attention to this matter and is ready to respond to emergencies at any time. ”

Zhang Shouqi said very cautiously.

As for the detailed dispatch of troops and horses, there is no need to talk about it here. Anyway, Li Linfu is also a layman in military affairs, and this is the only advantage he has as a leftist minister.

Zhang Shouqi's answer was not unexpected, Li Longji nodded slightly, and asked Li Linfu next to him: "Brother Nu, Niu Xianke is responsible for dispatching military funds in Liangzhou, does he have any difficulties?" ”

"Back to the sage, last time Niu Shangshu wrote a chapter, saying that Hexi's heavy grain and straw are sufficient, so that there is no obstacle to military needs.

He sat in Liangzhou and dispatched, and there was no obstacle to coming. ”

Li Linfu crossed his hands and saluted.

After thinking about it, he added: "The Shuofang army does not have important military affairs now, and the Shuofang army can be transferred to Hexi. ”

Hearing this, Li Longji waved his hand and said: "If you plan your affairs in your position, these slaves don't have to ask, I know it in my heart." ”

Li Linfu was stunned, and retreated to the side without speaking. Li Longji does not seem to want him, the right-hand minister of the Tang Dynasty, to participate in the discussion of specific military affairs.

"Do the Tubo people know about the fact that a large number of wealth and baggage have been transferred to Ganzhou?"

Li Longji asked again.

"Back to the saints, these must not be able to hide the eyes of the Tibetan people. We did not keep it confidential when we shipped. ”

Zhang Shouqi bowed and saluted.

This time, the big contest between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo people can be described as twists and turns, and they have won each other.

The first confrontation was when the Tibetans united with the Later Turkic Khanate, intending to conquer Liangzhou and cut off the connection between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty.

The specific plan was for the Later Turkic Khanate to send troops to attack Baitinghai, to test and attract a large number of Tang Army's main forces to the west of the Hexi Corridor, concentrate on the easternmost part of the Hexi Corridor, and then continue to use troops to form a confrontation.

The Tubo army then fought out of the Hehuang area, conquered the Tubo New City occupied by the Tang army before (the Tang army only garrisoned 1,000 troops here), and then stormed the Dadou Tu Valley, cut off the Hexi Corridor, and from the direction of Ganzhou, attacked the Tang army concentrated in Liangzhou.

This plan cannot be said to be bad, but it was interrupted by a major event.

Youzhou Jiedu envoy Fang Youde led his troops to the Shuofang military defense area, the moraine north of the Hetao, and instigated the uprising of the nine surnames of Tiele to attack the Turkic tent!

Recently, the northern steppe has become a pot of porridge, and the Later Turkic Khanate is using troops against Hexi, because the rear is empty, and Fang Youde is beaten with a dull stick to vomit blood, so he can only return to the division to protect himself, and withdraw the soldiers and horses north of Hexi.

Without the cooperation of the Turks, the drama of Tubo could not be sung, so he could only cancel the plan to attack Liangzhou and quietly transfer the troops and horses to Longnan.

In this encounter, the Tang army won the general trend, but did not turn the victory into victory, and the Later Turkic Khanate blocked the sword for the Tibetans.

In the second confrontation, the Tang army's high-level leaders misjudged the strategic offensive direction of the Tubo people, and they still carved a boat to seek a sword, thinking that the target of Tubo was still Hexi.

Don't you know that the Tubo people who have learned the lesson have already deployed their elite troops on the front line of Longnan, and they do not intend to compete with the Tang army in the Hehuang area.

In this confrontation, the Tubo people completely grasped the strategic initiative and bribed the party members to cross the border at Longnan and let them sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

The Tubo army marched in several ways, divided into joint attacks, attacked the city all the way in Longnan, and ran away after grabbing a wave, with little loss of its own.

Under the delayed command of Ji Ge, Longyou Jiedu made Du Hope lead his troops to be led by the nose of the Tubo people all the way. Many horses and livestock died of exhaustion, but they did not even get the head of a Tibetan person.

In the two encounters, the Tang army and the Tubo army were one win and one loss in the general situation, but there were no losses between each other.

So this time, in order to get back to the field, Brother Ji set a trap for the Tubo people in Hexi that had to be drilled: Ganzhou!

Ganzhou is one of the few places in the Hexi Corridor with abundant water sources.

In addition to Liangzhou, only Ganzhou can support grain and straw from outside the Hexi Corridor, and it can be self-sufficient.

Now iron ore has been found here, and a place where coal can be mined, and there is the largest horse farm in the Tang Kingdom in the south of Shandan County!

After occupying this place, it means that Tibet can at least have a stable supply of food, horses, iron and even weapons.

As long as Ganzhou can be occupied and established here, then the radiation range of the Tubo army can be further extended to all parts of the Hexi Corridor, and from the flank threatens Shanzhou (the area east of Xining), where the Longyou Jiedu Envoy is located.

The Tubo people brushed the copy of Longnan a hundred times, and the income was not as good as the use of troops in Ganzhou.

Brother Ji is very confident that the Tibetans will definitely come this time.

"By the way, when the news is released, it will be said that the gold mine in Ganzhou has been found, and then let the Ministry of Industry send a team of people to Shandan County to find it, whether it can be found or not, let the Tubo people think that there must be a gold mine in Ganzhou."

A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Longji's mouth, a chill flashed in his eyes, and he instructed Zhang Shouji.

In Longnan before, he was slapped by the Tubo people, and now he must return it! He wants to teach the Tibetan people a big lesson!

"Do the will of the saints."

Zhang Shouqi said very obediently.

He couldn't refuse Ji Ge's order, not to mention, this plan was reasonable, because Ganzhou was just under the front of the Tubo people, and the other party did not need to go on an expedition.

The Tibetan people did not do it in the past because there was no meaning to do it. The scale of the troops is small, and it can't defeat the Tang army; The scale is large, and the harvest from Ganzhou is not proportional to the military spending.

And now the situation is different, Ganzhou is already worth the hands of the Tubo people.

"By the way, now Ganzhou is not trivial, let's let Ouyang Jin serve as the assassin of Ganzhou and the military envoy of Jiankang.

As for Fang Chongyong......"

Li Longji was halfway through his words, but he was stuck, and he didn't know what to do next for a while.

He pondered for a moment, and then said to Li Linfu:

"Brother Nu, Quan Zhong originally came thousands of miles from Dunhuang to enter Chang'an. It's better to arrange a more comfortable position for Fang Chongyong and let him go back to his hometown to have a look. ”

Li Longji suddenly remembered his youth again, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

……

"The man who sets the horse is mighty and majestic......"

Fang Chongyong rode on the mount specially prepared for him, the little red horse. While singing, he shook the Wu Duo in his hand, when he was growing his body, he was now a lot taller than when he first came to Hexi.

The little mud pill was thrown out by Uduo and accurately hit the goat that was drinking water on the shore of the black water!

The sheep was hit by a mud bomb and seemed to be unharmed, so frightened that it ran away in an instant.

After a while, it disappeared, and its alertness was abnormally high, and Fang Chongyong was dumbfounded.

"You can, I still want to have mutton for dinner today."

Fang Chongyong sighed and muttered to himself. Bought a sheep, then let it go, and finally imitated the Tibetan people hunting, shooting goats with Wuduo. I shot it in the morning, and I hit the one just now.

Is it because there is no talent?

Fang Chongyong was puzzled in his heart, and he didn't plan to give up practicing.

Sure enough, it is still very difficult to use Uduo to hit stone bullets on horses, but almost everyone in the Tubo cavalry can do it, which is enough to see that their skills and tactics are strong.

Fang Chongyong led the horse and walked back, and soon saw that Ah Duan, who had just ridden a horse to chase the goat, came back, and the unlucky goat hanging on the horse's back had an arrow stuck in his eye, and he couldn't die anymore!

"You said you might as well be killed by me with a stone bullet."

Fang Chongyong looked at the goat...... The corpse complained.

When he walked to the gate of Zhangye City, he suddenly saw Fang Dafu leading the horse out, and it was he who came to find him and Ah Duan.

After Fang Dafu saw the two of them, he said with an anxious face: "The imperial court has sent someone here, and now he is in the palace, Lang Jun will return to the palace to receive the holy decree!" ”

It's finally here!

Fang Chongyong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said to Ah Duan: "I can finally go back to Chang'an." This Ganzhou is stared at by the Tubo people, and I can't sleep well every day. ”

(End of chapter)