Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 437 Li Longji

After Prime Minister Li Lin entered Jianmen Pass, he went directly to Chengdu, where the emperor was.

Everyone in the world says that in today's prosperous age, there is a saying that one is better than the other.

Yang is from Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, and its government is Yangzhou City.The seat of Yizhou is Chengdu City, which is enough to see the prosperity of Chengdu.

The natural isolation of the Central Shu Plain has always been the best place to avoid disasters in the Central Plains.

However, the natural environment in central Sichuan is not bad. Shu brocade, like silk in the south of the Yangtze River, is a special product of the Tang Dynasty that foreign merchants are vying for.

After entering Chengdu City, Li Lin felt that it was much more prosperous than Fengxiang Mansion.

But then Li Lin also began to sigh with emotion, the emperor is really old.

Li Longji also ascended the throne through a coup, but after the Anlushan rebellion, Li Longji only wanted the imperial army to escort him to the stable middle of Shu, and refused to stay in the Central Plains to preside over the rebellion.

This is enough to show that the emperor who was in charge of the prosperous Tang Dynasty has long since lost his aggressiveness.

His son ascended the throne in Lingwu, and Li Longji also issued an edict to abdicate afterwards. At this time, everyone in the world knew that Li Longji no longer had the courage to personally lead the rebellion, so he could only give the throne to his son to quell the rebellion.

In mid-October, the city of Chengdu was already chilly. Li Lin ordered his subordinates to set up the guard of honor of the prime minister, and entered the city from the main gate of Chengdu city.

All I saw was an old eunuch holding a fly whisk, waiting for Li Lin at the gate of Chengdu.

Seeing this elderly eunuch, Li Lin immediately got off his horse and crossed his hands and said, "General Gao."

The player Hu Yu who was following in the entourage raised his eyes to look at the old eunuch. It turned out that this was Gao Lishi, the most favored eunuch beside Li Longji.

As the most famous eunuch in history, Gao Lishi was also a key figure in Xuanzong's court.

But Gao Lishi is as old as the emperor at this time, he lowered his eyes and said to Li Lin:
"The miscellaneous family is here to wait for Li Xiang according to the emperor's will. Please follow me into the palace."

At this time, Gao Lishi still put on the aura of an imperial figure, Li Lin did not dare to make mistakes, handed over the reins of the horse to Hu Yu, and followed Gao Lishi step by step.

Sure enough, power also has inertia. Gao Lishi's momentum alone is much stronger than the eunuchs around Li Heng.

But Hu Yu also knew that Gao Lishi, who was attached to Li Longji, was just a paper tiger now, and the so-called aura was just holding on.

After Gao Lishi came to the palace in Chengdu, where the emperor lived, Li Lin took out the emperor's will, handed it to Gao Lishi and said:
"This is the good news from the Tang army in Chang'an! Now that Chang'an is restored, Your Majesty invites the emperor to return to Chang'an to show filial piety!"

As soon as Huiluan Chang'an said this sentence, it immediately attracted the attention of the soldiers of the Imperial Army guarding the palace.

Chang'an was the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and most of the imperial soldiers who escorted the emperor out of Chang'an were natives of Chang'an.

Although Shuzhong is good, there is no place to have a home.

Not to mention that Chang'an was the most prosperous city in the Tang Dynasty, and the mere Chengdu city of Bashu, even if it was a rich place in the world, could not be compared with Chang'an.

With Li Lin's voice, Gao Lishi had no choice but to accept the imperial edict brought by Li Lin.

"Our family is going to report to the saint."

After a while, the gate of the palace opened.

Li Longji, with white hair and white beard, walked to the gate of the palace in person, took Li Lin's hand and said, "My son regained Chang'an. This is a sign of the revival of the Tang Dynasty. Go back to Chang'an, go back to Chang'an!"

Seeing that the emperor had clearly agreed to return to Chang'an, the forbidden army immediately rejoiced and knelt on the ground to praise the emperor's wisdom.

Hu Yu hid among Li Lin's entourage, looking at this skinny old man with white hair, is this Li Longji who ruled the prosperous Tang Dynasty?
Hu Yu shook his head, without the blessing of the halo of power, Li Longji is just an ordinary old man.

Then Li Longji rewarded these Forbidden Army soldiers with the treasured Shu brocade, especially Chen Xuanli, the Forbidden General who strangled Concubine Yang Guifei.

The entire palace was running quickly, and the countdown began when returning to Chang'an.

Just when the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was about to return to Chang'an, a Tubo envoy walked into the royal court of Nanzhao.

Ge Luofeng, the lord of Nanzhao, sat on the throne, and on the left and right stood Qingping officials of Nanzhao, who were the prime ministers of Nanzhao.

The Qingping official headed by him was a minister in Han clothing. This was Zheng Hui, the chief Qingping official of Nanzhao, who was also the prime minister of Nanzhao.

The Tubo envoy was very arrogant. He held a wooden slip and said to the Nanzhao king:

"The wise Zanpu Zhong, the Tang family fought against Tubo in Longyou, and was punished by the great god Zanpu. The god Zanpu once again defeated the attack of the Tang family!"

"Those who offend the god Zanpu must be punished. The god Zanpu asked Nanzhao and Tubo to attack the Tang family together."

Zanpu Zhong means the younger brother of Zanpu.

During the Tianbao period, the Tang Dynasty attacked Nanzhao twice, but they were finally wiped out by the entire Nanzhao army. The Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao were already deadly enemies.

Actually, Ge Luofeng didn't want to go to war with the mighty Datang, but he had no choice.

Ge Luofeng's biggest wish is to develop secretly between the two giants, Datang and Tubo, and it is best to please both sides and benefit from both sides.

It's a pity that Nanzhao's location is too embarrassing. Geographically, Nanzhao is connected to the Tubo Plateau, and there are many mountains in Nanzhao. However, for Tubo people who are good at fighting in mountains, Nanzhao is not difficult to conquer.

The reason why Nanzhao is kept is that on the one hand, it needs a strategic buffer force with Datang.

Another reason is that the mountainous territory of Nanzhao is so poor that even the militaristic Tubo people can't look down on it.

Although it is despised, during the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, Tubo still let the Nanzhao king accept Zanpu Zhong, which is the title of Zanpu's younger brother.

At the same time, the heirs of Nanzhao were required to study in Tubo Zanputing, which was actually taken as hostages.

After sending the Tubo envoys down, Ge Luofeng asked his Prime Minister Zheng Hui:
"Teacher, did Tubo suffer a great loss in Longyou? Otherwise, why would they pull us to attack Datang from the south?"

Ge Luofeng is the founder of Nanzhao, so he is not an ordinary person.

In this era, the news is blocked, let alone a place like Nanzhao.

After Tubo was defeated in the battle of Tuyuhun, Tubo never publicized the war, and even reversely publicized Tubo's victory in Longyou.

Li Yan also didn't want to reveal his strength, nor did he publicize the news of Tuyuhun's recovery.

So now a strange situation happened. It was obvious that Tubo was defeated and lost the Tuyuhun area, but it was publicized in Tubo as a great victory in the Northern War.

Many warriors and civilians in Tubo still believed that Tubo was invincible, and they robbed a lot of land and slaves from Tang Dynasty.

The upper echelons of Tubo didn't mention the loss of the Tuyuhun area, they just liquidated the Wulu family where Shang Qixin'er belonged to.

Zheng Hui nodded and said, "The Tibetans have always coveted Longyou Hexi. If the war on the northern front goes well, they will definitely not join us in attacking Xichuan."

Although Ge Luofeng and Zheng Hui had made bold predictions about Tubo's situation, they never expected that Tubo would encounter such a disastrous defeat, and even lose the entire Tuyuhun region of the host country.

But Tubo Zanpu ordered them to send troops to attack Datang, and Ge Luofeng dared not refuse.

Nanzhao's national strength is still very weak, and it can only survive in the gap between Tubo and Tang Dynasty.

Ge Luofeng looked at Zheng Hui and asked, "Master Zheng, how do we Nanzhao reply to the Tubo envoy?"

Zheng Hui was a Jinshi of the Tang Dynasty. He was captured during Tianbao's expedition to Nanzhao. He was later honored as a teacher by Ge Luofeng and became a Qingping official in Nanzhao.

Zheng Hui said: "The Tubo drove us to attack the Tang Dynasty. This is because of the idea of ​​profiting from the fisherman. But the prince is in the Tubo royal city. If he doesn't obey Tubo's orders, I am afraid that there will be disasters."

Ge Luofeng stood up a little annoyed.

I only heard Zheng Hui continue to say: "This Tang Dynasty still has to fight, but when to fight, how many soldiers to fight, and how to fight are still very particular."

Ge Luofeng nodded quickly.

Zheng Hui said: "War without declaration is an unjust army. We should send envoys to Xichuan to tell Tang why we want to attack Xichuan."

Ge Luofeng was stunned for a moment, and quickly said: "Miao!"

Zheng Hui also said: "Nanzhao has a small land and few people, so we can only send [-] Luo Juzi, plus [-] vassal Tang soldiers to attack Xichuan."

Luo Juzi is the most elite heavy armored infantry in Nanzhao, and five hundred Luo Juzi can show their importance to Tubo.

And these vassal Tang soldiers are mostly Tang soldiers who were captured and surrendered after Tianbao's expedition to Nanzhao.

In fact, these Tang troops have long wanted to return to Datang, and they must have no intention of attacking Datang.

Let five hundred Luo Juzi, with two thousand vassal Tang troops, attack Xichuan, and they only need to put on a fighting posture at the border, and they can explain the past to Tubo.

Ge Luofeng called Miao again, and he immediately ordered Zheng Hui to draft an order, and at the same time told the Tubo envoys the news that Nanzhao would send five thousand elites to attack Xichuan.

The Tubo envoy left satisfied, and Nanzhao's military mobilization also started.

The seat of Xichuan Jiedushi on Jiannan Road in the Tang Dynasty was Chengdu. At this time, Xichuan Jiedushi was Wei Jiansu, the former prime minister who was relegated from Fengxiang Mansion by the emperor.

The city of Chengdu fell into a strange atmosphere.

The Emperor and the imperial guards were about to return to Chang'an, and the people in Chengdu felt a little bit reluctant.

But since the Emperor and the Guards moved to Chengdu, Chengdu has also borne heavy taxes to support them.

Regarding the departure of the emperor, the people of Chengdu held a strange thought.

After the emperor announced that he would leave Chengdu and return to Chang'an.

Xichuan Jiedu envoy Wei Jiansu immediately held a grand banquet.

At the banquet, the elderly emperor sat on the throne, and after drinking two cups of light wine, he actually asked Gao Lishi to take out his guqin and play a song called "Song of Neon Clothes and Feathers" by himself.

After the song was played, Li Longji toasted Gao Lishi and wept bitterly. Prime Minister Li Lin and Xichuan Jiedu envoy Wei Jiansu also shed tears.

General Chen Xuanli, Longwu of the Forbidden Army did not shed tears, but led his soldiers to sing and obey the drinking order loudly.

It still takes a month or two to go back to Chang'an from the middle of Shu. At this time, it is just right to return to Chang'an City with the emperor.

Prime Minister Li Lin and General Chen Xuanli of the Forbidden Army Longwu once again advised the emperor to leave quickly. The emperor "graciously" agreed and immediately announced his return to Chang'an.

The imperial guards escorted the emperor, and immediately set off from Chengdu to return to their old capital, Chang'an.

On Li Lin's recommendation, Hu Yu, Li Lin's guide, joined Wei Jiansu's Xichuan Jiedu Mansion as a minor official.

　Sorry, Chengdu is my research and the details are not detailed.

　　Chengdu is the seat of Yizhou. There is no such thing as Yizhou city in history, so I take it for granted.

　　Sorry
　　
　
(End of this chapter)