People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1295 The emperor is absurd, check and balance the emperor

Among the infinite mountains, the black-armored carriage moved forward steadily, escorted by hundreds of cavalry.

In the distance, a bitter sea and Tianchi appeared on the snow-capped mountains.

Li Xuan lowered the curtain, looked at Yu Ze in the carriage, and said softly: "Since Your Majesty thinks it is not good for my uncle to continue to stay in Changzhou, then my uncle should go to Tubo.

Although there are people in the Luoche Dao General Manager's Mansion, such as Chang Shi and Sima, as long as my uncle can secure his position as Luoche Dao householder Cao and join the army, then everything will naturally be the same. "

In local governance, Hu Cao is more important than Fa Cao and Bing Cao, and he is the first among all Cao Cao.

Li Xuan looked at Yu Ze solemnly.

Although the emperor sent Zhang Daan, Xing Wenwei and Cheng Chuzheng to Tubo, as long as Li Xuan could make good use of Yu Ze, the entire Tubo could be completely ignored by him.

Yu Ze nodded lightly and said, "There is no problem in doing this. With He Jizhen as our colleague, some of our secrets will not be exposed."

"We still need to take some precautions." Li Xuan waved his hand and said: "Starting from this year, Changzhou will gradually reduce the number of repairs on the Yellow River waterwheels. When Yan Guogong succeeds as the governor of Changzhou, his subordinates will The cavalry may not use waterwheels more, and no one will notice if the waterwheel breaks down."

"Without the water truck transportation of the Yellow River waterway, news from Chang'an to the plateau has to go through Lanzhou, Shanzhou and Qinghai Lake. Not only the distance is lengthened, but the time and energy consumption is several times more than before." Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan with a solemn expression.

With Li Xuan's slightest move, the emperor's control over the Northwest would be greatly reduced.

"In addition, there is the Changzhou Dudufu." Li Xuan's eyes were still cold as he continued: "The Dangxiang tribes in the Changzhou Dudufu must move to Tubo as soon as possible. It is best to have an obvious road between Qamdo and Changzhou. If there is no one to lead me, if there are more bandits to intercept and kill..."

"Then the DPRK and China's control over the front of Luoshedao Army will be reduced rapidly."

"It would be best to move the Changzhou Governor's Office north to Xinghai. At the same time, if Changdu can be included in the Luoche Road, then the situation will be back under our control in disguise." Li Xuan clenched her fist gently. Well, he never thought of giving up Changzhou.

Since the emperor was unwilling to let Yu Ze stay in Changzhou, Li Xuan would use a disguised method to capture him completely.

"That's fine." Yu Ze nodded lightly and said, "If His Majesty is really here in the past two years, it would be a good thing for us to do something of our own."

Li Xuan fell silent. After a long time, he sighed softly and said: "Many times, His Majesty is a wise and mighty man, but at this time, it is always... hard to rest assured."

Yu Ze didn't know what to say for a while. He came here from the Zhenguan period. Emperor Taizong also did some ridiculous things in his later years.

"This year the Ministry of War will recruit three thousand sailors from the south of the Yangtze River. After these three thousand people arrive, I will ask the Ministry of War for another three thousand sailors. This Tubo navy will be completely established.

In this way, from Changdu in Tubo, along the Canglang River, Jinsha River, and Nu River, we can go directly to Sichuan and Lingnan. "With one stroke of Li Xuan's hand, the entire Tuyuhun was completely abandoned.

Yu Ze's face turned serious and he said in a deep voice, "If that's the case, even ten thousand people won't be enough."

"That's a matter of private recruitment, but it's not a matter of the past two years." Li Xuan looked across the mountains to the southeastern region of Tubo.

That is the territory of Yunnan Wuzhao. If you capture it, you will get the land of Lijiang and Dali, and further east is Kunming.

Kunming can reach Sichuan to the north and Guizhou to the south, and both are supported by large river systems flowing eastward.

In the future, if there is a change in the court, Li Xuan can go straight to Changzhou from the north, and go to Lingnan in Shuzhong from the south. If he can connect the south of the Yangtze River, it will be half of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, everything is preliminary imagination.

There are three hundred states in the world, and the governors of each state are extraordinary figures, and there are countless local heroes everywhere.

With Li Xuan's methods, it is already very difficult to control the northwest and respond to the southeast, so he needs someone to help.

Especially the land of two lakes.

The shadow of King Zheng Li Jing flashed in Li Xuan's mind. He had always wanted to be the governor of Yizhou. If he could be arranged to be in the Lianghu area, it would be much smoother.

"Even if Your Majesty... the Crown Prince ascends the throne, there shouldn't be any big problems, right?" Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan with some uncertainty.

"Who knows." Li Xuan gave a helpless smile and said, "Not to mention other things, just mention the Crown Princess. When King Yinxi was the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess was born in the Zheng family of Xingyang; when His Majesty was the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan. ; When the emperor was filial, the princess was born in the Wenxi Pei family; when Li Xian was the prince, the princess was born in the Qinghe Fang family; now that the King of England is the prince, the princess is born in the Jingzhao Wei family, and my uncle can count them by himself."

Yu Ze fell silent immediately. There was no need to count.

The Zheng family in Xingyang and the Wang family in Taiyuan have almost lost the style of the five surnames and seven families.

The Qinghe Fang clan has been eliminated because of Li Xian's exit, not to mention that they themselves are not a big family in the world.

As for the Wenxi Pei family, perhaps it was because they were filial to the emperor that he died of illness early, so they seemed to be prosperous.

"If Webster really became a relative, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy to delegate power." Li Xuan shook his head gently. He gradually realized that Li Xian's deposedness was probably not just because of his own absurdity. It has something to do with Jingzhao Webster.

After Li Xian was deposed, people's opposition was not so strong. This reason may also be related to the fact that Webster has violated the interests of many people.

"There are always many ups and downs in the country." Yu Ze sighed softly.

As the carriage moved forward, Maduo and Bohai were not far ahead, and the shadows of Tanggula Mountain and Qamdo could already be seen in the distance.

Just when Li Xuan was about to arrive at Maduo, a rush of horse hoofbeats suddenly sounded behind him, and a Qianniu Guard chased him from behind.

"Your Majesty, urgent report from Chang'an." Qian Niuwei handed the official document to the carriage with a hurried expression.

When the carriage stopped, Li Xuan stuck his head out in surprise, took the emergency report, opened it, and then his expression changed involuntarily.

"What's wrong?" Yu Ze asked subconsciously. "Something happened." Li Xuan handed over the official document, then looked in the direction of Chang'an and said, "Prince Jiang passed away, and Prince Jiang's son was named the Prince of Yongjia County."

"Is it just Prince Yongjia?" Yu Ze's face was full of surprise. He was so surprised that he forgot about Prince Jiang's death.

"Yes, that means Jiang State was destroyed." Li Xuan put down the curtain and sat back in the carriage.

Yu Ze quickly lowered his head to read the official document carefully. After reading it, he turned back to Li Xuan and said, "Your Majesty has decreed that the kings who have left the capital do not need to return to the capital for the funeral."

Li Xuan nodded lightly. The official document stated clearly that King Jiang died of illness in Jinzou Hospital in Dengzhou.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, King Jiang had planned to return to Dengzhou, but unexpectedly he died of illness in Jinzouyuan.

"That's good. Without Prince Jiang, the princes in Prince Jiang's Mansion will probably have to restrain themselves a bit." Yu Ze had a trace of ridicule on his face.

He was the most aware of the entanglements between Prince Jiang's Mansion and Prince Peng's Mansion back then.

Now that there is no King Jiang, King Jiang's bloodline and the emperor are further apart, and you must know that Prince Jiang is much older than Li Xuan.

Li Xuan did not have an heir, King Peng, because he was young. King Peng's reputation was much better than that of King Jiang.

Now that Prince Jiang's eldest son does not have Prince Sijiang, the chances of his descendant Prince Sijiang in the future are basically gone.

As long as Li Xuan makes some plans this year, he will definitely succeed King Peng, and his son Li Zhizhao will also have a good chance of succeeding King Peng in the future.

In this way, Li Xuan's lineage is at least much stronger than Jiang Wang's lineage.

Li Xuan thought for a while, and finally shook his head slightly and said: "I'm afraid this matter will not end so easily. The death of King Jiang is more likely to be due to poor health. As for other triggers, although it's hard to say, we still have to look at other factors. If … I’m afraid they are still in trouble.”

"Your Majesty, are you talking about what happened to Prince Zheng?" Yu Ze understood immediately.

"Look, it's okay for us to be offended by this matter. Your Majesty may be fine, but if the Queen of Heaven is worried about you..." Li Xuan sneered softly.

Yu Ze shivered suddenly.

……

"... Granted to the Prime Minister of Tubo, Gar Brenzan, as Duke of Sa, General of the Right Armed Guard, General of the Zhenjun, Commander-in-Chief of the March at Guiluo Road; Granted to the former Prime Minister of Tibet, Lun Gongren, as General of the Zhonglang of the Right Armed Guard. , the Duke of Jiuquan County, General Zhongwu, is in charge of marching on Guiluo Road, and is in charge of controlling the rest. I admire this."

Li Xuan stood in the middle hall of the Naqu Governor's Mansion. The weather in February was already warm, but the atmosphere in the hall was solemn.

Bren praised the blade and Gongren knelt down at the same time, and responded solemnly: "I have received the order, long live your majesty."

Li Xuan smiled with satisfaction.

In the middle hall, Hei Te Changzhi, Sun Renshi, Shi Jian, Tang Zhenxing, Qiu Zhenmu, Li Duozuo, Cui Ding, Zhou Qian and others all laughed at the same time.

"Both of you, please stand up. From today on, you and I are our own people." Li Xuan lifted Brenzan Blade up, and then handed the imperial edict to Brenzan Blade's hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Marshal." Brenzan, who was nearly forty years old but still looked young, bowed deeply to Li Xuan.

Lun Gongren on the side also bowed his hands in salute.

"Both of you, please get up." Li Xuan gave a slight support, while Brenzanren and Lun Gongren stood up straight politely.

Li Xuan then continued: "When I met with His Majesty, His Majesty said that if we can successfully win Luocheng this year, then regardless of whether Chidu Songtsan and his son can be sent to Chang'an, their father and brother will be sent to Chang'an." They are all qualified to be crowned kings and even be buried with Zhaoling."

Brenzanren and Lun Gongren both looked surprised at the same time, and then they raised their hands to Li Xuan and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Xuan waved her hand and said directly: "You two may not understand the meaning of this. In other words, if you achieve enough military exploits in the future, you will also be qualified to be crowned king."

"Ah!" Blenzan and Lun Gongren couldn't help but tremble in surprise at the same time.

But they knew that Li Xuan also had an imperial edict in his hand, which was to confer Chidu Songtsan as the King of Xihai County.

Even back then, Songtsen Gampo was named the Prince of Xihai County in the Tang Dynasty.

What Li Xuan said means that they will have the qualifications to be on an equal footing with Songtsen Gampo and Tridu Songtsen in the future.

Brenzanren and Chidu Songtsan, uncles and nephews, handed over their hands at the same time and swore: "Don't worry, Commander, we will go through fire and water without hesitation."

"Okay." Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction.

There was a hint of joking in the eyes of the other generals on both sides. They were kidding. Even military gods like Li Jing and Li Ji were just princes.

If you want to be crowned king, you must appoint a prince who is at least better than military gods like Li Jing and Li Ji.

They, the uncle and nephew, are only useful at the moment, otherwise they would not even have the status of the Duke of the country and the Duke of the county.

……

"Send the order and raise the account."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)