Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 304 Right Prime Minister’s Mansion

Zhang Bian hurried to Xingqing Palace and was led to His Highness. He looked up and saw the saint nodding to An Lushan from a distance with a very pleased expression.

Perhaps because he has been too worried about fortunes recently, he had a flash of inspiration in his mind and secretly screamed, "Didn't the saint want to worship An Lushan as his prime minister?"

After a moment, he felt relieved again, knowing that the sage had such a ridiculous idea, and considering the situation in Hebei, he was too lazy to change people to rectify it for the time being.

"Sage, Prince Consort Zhang has arrived." The eunuch stepped forward and reported in a low voice.

Li Longji turned around and said with a smile: "Zhang Bian, come forward. I have something to ask you privately."

Zhang Bian was slightly stunned, not knowing what was going on. He looked around quickly and saw that Yang Guozhong, Ge Shuhan, Abu Si, Cui Huitong and others all had expressionless faces.

Li Linfu was the only one who was not summoned today. It can be seen that no matter how good Li Linfu's method was, it still failed to satisfy the saint's desire to revive the power of the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible, so he had to summon all the Jiedu envoys to inquire.

Cui Huitong is a peacemaker, and Ge Shuhan and Abusi are generals in the border town. They can express their opinions on Nanzhao, but what is Yang Guozhong doing? Oh, he must have recommended Xianyu Zhongtong for the southern expedition.

"According to the order."

The thoughts in his mind were just flashes of lightning. Zhang Bian had already prepared the draft and stepped forward to listen to what Li Longji said.

"I intend to order Wang Zhongsi to destroy Nanzhao. What does Zhang Qing think?"

Hearing this, Zhang Bian was very surprised. He had never expected to encounter such a problem before entering the palace today, so he quickly thought about it.

He believed that Li Linfu would not have proposed this matter in the first place. Although Wang Zhongsi could be transferred from Hebei by conquering Nanzhao, it also gave Wang Zhongsi an opportunity to command troops and make meritorious deeds. Li Linfu could not just rely on Wang Zhongsi. The loyal heir was infected with miasma and died.

So, is Ge Shuhan thinking about his old relationship and hoping to fight side by side with Wang Zhongsi against Tibet?

Looking up again, I saw the saint's eyes blazing, quite intent on comparing.

Zhang Bian knew that his answer was related to the phase.

He has a good relationship with the prince, An Lushan and other parties, and he is a suitable candidate to preside over the situation.

"The saint is wise, I think the person who can quickly destroy Nanzhao is none other than Wang Zhongsi!"

~~

Before nightfall, Princess Ning returned to her mansion and was surprised to hear that Xue Bai was waiting for Zhang Bian in the front yard. Then she decided to go over and see Xue Bai.

When she arrived outside the veranda, she saw two guards sitting there with their swords pressed, so she stopped walking forward and waited for Xue Bai to go out to meet him.

"Are you Xue Bai?"

"Xue Bai, the imperial censor in the palace, has met the princess."

"What a young talent." Princess Ning looked Xue Bai up and down with a look of surprise in her eyes, and said, "He looks like the prince consort when he was young."

She actually has some connection with Xue Bai.

After the Three Common People Case, Zhang Jiuling took in a group of official family members involved in the case. After being protected by He Zhizhang and others, they were finally handed over to Zhang Bian. Xue Bai was one of them. It was she who betrayed the official family members after discovering this, causing Xue Bai to fall into Princess Xianyi's mansion and almost be strangled to death.

Fortunately, Xue Bai survived and became an official. He also came to Princess Ning's house, how could he not make her afraid?

But when they actually met, seeing this young man's handsome appearance and graceful temperament reminded Princess Ning of something that happened more than 20 years ago. At that time, she and her fourth sister were both in their late teens, and she fell in love with him at first sight. My sister’s fiancé Zhang Bian…

Looking around, the handsome young man Zhang Bian in his memory seemed to overlap with Xue Bai in front of him.

"Princess?"

The maid next to her called softly, and Princess Ning came back to her senses and asked, "It's night and you're still waiting for your consort? Is there something urgent?"

"Yes, there are important state affairs."

"State affairs?"

Princess Ningqin smiled slightly and ordered someone to bring some snacks to Xue Bai, while she left with her maid.

When she returned to the house, she couldn't help but murmured to her confidants: "These two people look alike and are close to each other. Could it be that he and Tang Changsheng's illegitimate son?"

"Princess, this... will definitely not happen."

"Oh, Zhang Bian is this kind of person."

Princess Ningqin had no trust in her husband. She climbed up to the attic of her house and looked towards the front yard. After a long time, she saw Zhang Bian coming back, but she immediately went to the front yard to see Xue Bai, and there was a very close photograph. shoulder movements.

"Look at him, he hasn't smiled so happily in twenty years. What else could he be if he hadn't seen his son."

~~

Zhang Bian had indeed not been so happy for many years.

He looked at Xue Bai, his eyes filled with admiration, and said, "As you and I expected, the saint already intends to worship me as his prime minister."

"Oh?"

Zhang Bian lowered his voice and said: "Today the saint asked me whether I might serve as Minister of War and Tong Zhongshu. The imperial edict has not been issued yet, so I cannot make any announcement for the time being."

Xue Bai said: "How did Duke Zhang give advice to the saint?"

Zhang Bian's expression did not change, and he changed his mind. He did not want to cause trouble before the appointment was made, so he responded calmly: "Thank you for winning over Ge Shuhan. The matter involves Tubo. The sage attaches great importance to his opinion."

Xue Bai was about to speak, but Zhang Bian patted him again, signaling him to calm down and said, "Let's talk about Tibet first. How much do you know about it?"

"Does the consort know about the Subi tribe?"

"Sit down and talk." Zhang Bian called for someone and said, "Bring us some wine and food."

Xue Bai took out a few volumes of books from his sleeves and said: "After meeting Ge Shuhan, I specifically checked the records of Tubo. It is said that Su Pi wanted to rebel against Tubo."

"Tubo asked Nanzhao to rebel against Tang, so we asked Su Pi to rebel against Tubo?" Zhang Bian asked with a smile.

Xue Bai first opened the volume "Book of Sui", which was compiled by Wei Zheng in the early Tang Dynasty.

"Supi was originally a country. Women have been kings for generations, so it is known as the 'women's country'. The queen consists of two virtuous women from the Supi tribe, one is the queen and the other is the little queen, who jointly preside over the country. The queen's husband, They are called 'family members' and they don't know about political affairs. In short, their country's customs value women over men."

"Is this the origin of the 'daughter country' you wrote about?" Zhang Bian asked with a smile.

"More than a hundred years ago, due to the rift between the queen and the little queen, the conflict became increasingly intensified. The Tubo took the opportunity to occupy it, and then rebelled again, until it was reconquered by Songtsen Gampo. To this day, Supi is the strongest among the Tubo tribes, and the Tubo tribe With the support of the whole country, military supplies and horses, half of them are out of Supi."

Speaking of this, Xue Bai took out another record and said: "But there are also many Supi people who cannot bear the suffering of Tubo slavery and want to defect to Tubo. In the first year of Tianbao, King Supi planned to lead his troops to defect to Tibet without Lingzan. Tang, unfortunately, was discovered by Tubo, and more than 2,000 of his men were killed.”

Zhang Bian thought deeply and said: "There are ministers in Tubo who colluded with Supi to rebel. Genu also knew this and wanted to wait until Tubo was in trouble before sending troops to Nanzhao. But the saint doesn't want to wait. If you want to destroy Nanzhao as soon as possible, do you have a good way? ?”

"I don't think we need tens of thousands of troops. We only need internal strife in Tubo. We only need more than ten thousand elite soldiers to attack Yaozhou and Taihe City." Xue Bai said: "The saint is anxious. What we should do is to push Su Pi to betray Tubo."

"Yes, you have to make preparations on both sides." Zhang Bian said with the aura of a governor: "I am considering the candidates for the southern expedition. You can go to meet the Tibetan envoys. By the way, I would like to recommend your teacher Yan Zhenqing as the How do you say, Foreign Minister of the Ministry of War?"

"In this case, let Mr. Zhang arrange it."

Zhang Bian nodded approvingly and said: "If Ge Nu is no longer Prime Minister, you and I should dedicate ourselves to the country and stabilize the situation on the border as soon as possible."

When he is ready to serve as prime minister, he will integrate the usefulness of various strategies for the saint. On the one hand, he promoted civil strife in Tubo as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he transferred Wang Zhongsi back to Chang'an to accept his appointment.

Because he had a premonition that Xue Bai might oppose Wang Zhongsi's command of the Southern Expedition, he carefully concealed the matter and gave Xue Bai the important task of promoting civil strife in Tubo.

This is precisely the use of Xue Bai's strengths to make him work diligently and prevent Xue Bai from getting into a power struggle for Wang Zhongsi again. It can be said to be a well-intentioned move.

……

After Xue Bai left Princess Ning's mansion, thinking back, he felt that things went a little too smoothly.

Zhang Bian didn't seem to have come up with a strategy that could impress Li Longji. He shouldn't have been reused so quickly, unless he was hiding something.

~~

After Li Longji met Ge Shuhan and An Lushan, he summoned Li Linfu to the palace.

The monarch and his ministers had a tacit understanding, and without saying anything else, Li Longji asked casually: "Do you think Shiro can use Wang Zhongsi to lead the attack on Nanzhao?"

"saint?"

Li Linfu was shocked and could not respond immediately.

At that time, he deeply regretted that he had not used the Shibao City incident to get rid of Wang Zhongsi and let him continue to guard Hedong. At this time, he could not help but worry that if Wang Zhongsi conquered Taihe City and achieved great success, and then supported Li Heng to succeed, what would happen to him? What to do?

Although he has supported An Lushan and prepared the possibility of using force to stop it, the so-called "stopping it by force" is actually a bargaining chip for him. The courtiers know that he has this strength and will naturally stand on his side. How can they really Let An Lushan enter Chang'an? And once Wang Zhongsi gains power, the East Palace will also have the same bargaining chip.

This is the way the prime minister thinks about the problem.

"Juro." Li Longji waited for a while, but did not get an answer from Li Linfu, and said with a smile: "Juro has to think about it for so long? It's different from before."

"Your Majesty, I wonder whose suggestion this is?" Li Linfu said, "Wang Zhongsi has never been to Jiannan..."

"Before he pacified the Eastern Turks, he had never been to the grassland."

Li Longji did not answer Li Linfu's question. He felt a little dissatisfied with the prime minister's old-fashioned attitude and said displeasedly: "I only ask Juro for his opinion on this matter."

"I think something is wrong." Li Linfu was caught off guard and had to say: "As long as Tubo changes, I am willing to recruit 100,000 troops for your majesty..."

"How long will it take?"

"Just wait for two years..."

"Did you hear how the people in Chang'an City laughed at me?" Li Longji suddenly cursed.

Li Linfu suddenly panicked.

He could display the majesty of a prime minister anywhere, but in front of the saint, he completely showed the clumsy appearance of an old man.

"The veteran recommends Abusi...recommends Li Xianzhong to take command, and he will surely pacify Nanzhao for the saint."

"I can imagine recommending a Turk to go to Nanzhao." Li Longji sneered, and without wanting to say more, he waved Li Linfu away.

This time, the emperor truly felt that Li Linfu was not as useful as before.

……

After coming out of the palace, Li Linfu still didn't understand.

He had planned everything, but he did not expect that Xue Bai would recommend Wang Zhongsi to Nanzhao, because Hedong was obviously more critical than Nanzhao.

And he had just transferred Abusi to Shuofang as deputy envoy, and was planning to get rid of Zhang Qiqiu and let An Sishun take over as Shuofang's envoy. By then, An Sishun would control Hexi and Shuofang; Anlushan would control Fanyang and Pinglu, and Hedong. This creates a situation of double-teaming.

Once Wang Zhongsi left, the An brothers occupied almost the entire northern Tang Dynasty. In fact, this is not what Li Linfu wants to see. He hates it when his subordinates are more powerful than him.

Of course, the plot against Shuofang could also be stopped, but the whole plan was completely disrupted.

Something is wrong.

Returning to Youxiang's Mansion, Cang Bi immediately stepped forward and said, "Alang, Hu'er is here."

"If he does not come, I will also summon him and bring him to the council chamber."

"Here."

As in the past, An Lushan brought generous gifts and was still respectful when entering the hall.

"Right Minister, Hu'er came to say goodbye to you. He will return to Fanyang tomorrow. I don't know when I will see you again, Right Minister..."

"I want to ask you, who suggested to the saint that Wang Zhongsi should be used to pacify Nanzhao?"

An Lushan was stunned, with a look of confusion in his eyes, and exclaimed in surprise: "Wouldn't that allow him to perform meritorious service?! If Nanzhao, a small country, is defeated, Wang Zhongsi will not be able to enter the court as prime minister?!"

"Cough cough cough..."

Li Linfu was really angry.

When he was thinking about it, he thought of a lot of reasons, but it was better for Hu'er to speak bluntly and tell him the thing that worried him the most - Wang Zhongsi was the adopted son of a saint, who had destroyed the Eastern Turks and served as the governor of the four towns. If the envoy destroys the Nanzhao Kingdom again, there will be no reward for military honors. The next step must be to enter the dynasty and become the prime minister.

An Lushan seemed even more panicked than Li Linfu, rolling around in the hall like a meat ball, and asked in surprise: "If he worships the prime minister and supports the East Palace in the future, the first person to be killed will be Hu'er. What should I do?"

"I'm asking you, who suggested this to the saint?"

"Think about it."

An Lushan moved his eyes flexibly and said: "Yesterday, Consort Cui first asked Hu'er to make peace with Ge Shuhan. Hu'er even said good things, but Ge Shuhan scolded me. Later, the saint asked for advice, and Ge Shuhan But he said he wanted to report it privately."

"Ge Shuhan?"

"Afterwards, I went to Hu'er to offer advice and learned from Ge Shuhan's report in private, saying that the frontier commanders had always been recommended by the right prime minister. The right prime minister recruited troops to replace the government soldiers and used Weihan Hu people. The Tang Dynasty expanded thousands of miles. Today, Now that Nanzhao has rebelled, Your Majesty should ask your right minister."

"and after?"

"Zhang's consort has arrived, and he reported it in private." An Lushan looked innocent and said, "Hu'er doesn't know what he said."

Li Linfu twirled his long beard and looked at Anlu Mountain carefully.

The face in front of me is too fat. No matter how you look at it, you can only see the honesty from the fat.

As he watched, Li Linfu couldn't help but think of something -

Every time he met An Lushan in the past, he would not wait for Hu'er to speak, guess what he was thinking and speak out first. Coupled with the rumors of his "immortal official", An Lushan really thought he was a god and was in awe of him. It is said that An Lushan is in Hebei. Whenever someone comes back from Chang'an to report something, he will first ask, "What did the Prime Minister say?" Then he cried on the couch and shouted, "I'm going to die!"

Li Guinian performed this scene several times in the palace, which made the saint laugh.

Such an An Lushan must not dare to deceive.

Thinking about it, Li Linfu thought about the relationship between Ge Shuhan and Wang Zhongsi again, and couldn't help but feel chills running down his spine. If Ge Shuhan fell to Zhang Bian, he wouldn't have to wait for Wang Zhongsi to make a meritorious deed. This position would already be in danger.

He no longer cared about An Lushan, and sent someone to invite Ge Shuhan.

"Right Minister, Hu'er will leave tomorrow and has to say goodbye."

An Lushan said goodbye and came out, pinched Li Zhuer's face and urged: "Go quickly, go quickly."

Li Zhuer pushed his stomach and turned on his horse. The silly smile on his face gradually faded, and he looked a little proud in the spring breeze of Chang'an.

Of course, the rebels think about things differently from Zaizhi.

~~

Ge Shuhan dragged his lame foot through the corridor of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion and entered the meeting hall. He saw Li Linfu sitting at the top with a sullen face and an overwhelming aura.

"I've met the right prime minister."

"You were once under Wang Zhongsi." Li Linfu said slowly, "Do you want to fight alongside him, or do you want to repay him for his kindness?"

"I wonder what the right minister is talking about?"

"What did you say to the saint yesterday?"

"Of course it's a strategy against Tibet..."

Halfway through his words, Ge Shuhan finally realized something and asked in surprise: "The saint wants to use Jieshuai to quell Nanzhao?"

Li Linfu looked at him coldly, becoming increasingly unhappy.

"Does the Prime Minister think that this is my admonishment to the saint?" Ge Shuhan asked in surprise: "Or maybe the Prime Minister thinks... I have been persuaded by Xue Bai?" "Is that so?"

"No." Ge Shuhan said seriously: "Since I promised the right minister, how dare I mess up state affairs?"

Li Linfu slapped the table and shouted: "Who doesn't know that your brother Shu Han is a high-spirited knight-errant?!"

Ge Shuhan was stunned and said: "If the right prime minister doesn't believe me, what else can be said about this matter? Just like Abu Si, if the right prime minister is willing to use him and trust him, why bother to move his people to Youzhou?"

"The Hu people have always moved to Hebei when entering the country as a whole. What can we say about this?!"

"So Hebei is difficult to treat and we can only use Anlushan?"

Ge Shuhan had just had a quarrel with An Lushan yesterday, and now he felt even more unhappy. He asked, pointing to his chest, "All the best soldiers and generals in the world are in Longyou. Have we prepared for this?" Have you ever respected yourself?!"

He has always been very polite and grateful to Li Linfu.

But to be honest, he was not very afraid of Li Linfu, especially at this time of year. He had a choice. He could support Zhang Bian as prime minister, or wait for an opportunity to go to court to worship the prime minister.

Others wouldn't believe him when he told him, but his previous support for Li Linfu was really out of keeping his word.

"Is it true?" Li Linfu shouted: "When did the truth say that I don't believe you?"

"The right minister never believes me!"

When it comes to this situation, Ge Shuhan doesn't bother to explain anymore, but he doesn't bear this anger and just spits it out.

"Commander Jie commanded four towns. To compete with Tubo, the power of four towns was needed. The imperial court was afraid that the tail would not be able to lose its power, so it could be divided into four towns. But Hexi and Longyou have always been one. Why did the right prime minister let An Sishun control Hexi, while I only Zhen Longyou? And he knew clearly that An Sishun and I were at odds, so he was just deliberately taking precautions."

"You are presumptuous!"

"If I were presumptuous, I would have ignored An Sishun a long time ago. I would have laughed so hard and still didn't believe me. There is nothing I can say today. It will just be considered betrayal by me."

Ge Shuhan turned around and left as he vented his frustrations.

The tall and slightly lame figure walked away.

Li Linfu was still stunned. He had indeed been the prime minister for too long. It had been a long time since he had felt the feeling of someone daring to fall out with him.

The situation in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion is a bit out of control, but it's not obvious yet.

……

The next day.

As in the past ten years or so, today the military and state affairs of the Tang Dynasty all depended on Li Linfu, and officials still gathered in the Youxiang Mansion holding official documents.

Although Chen Xilie lives in Taiwan Province, he only has a seal.

But today, an edict reviewed by Chen Xilie was delivered to Li Linfu's desk.

"Zhang Bian is also the Minister of the Ministry of War and Tong Zhongshu's subordinate Ping Zhangshi?"

Li Linfu rubbed his eyes, stood up, and pouted.

He knew that this time was different from that of Yang Hao. This time it was really going to threaten his status.

After a while, he summoned Li Xiu and said, "Go and call Zhang Bian."

Before Li Xiu turned around, Cang Bi handed over another letter and said: "Alang, the consort Zhang Bian sent someone to deliver a letter."

For a moment, Li Linfu was a little frightened.

This is the difference between Zhang Bian and Yang Bian. Zhang Bian was born in a prime minister's family, with both civil and military skills. He was really capable of being a prime minister. Only when he was under Zhang Zhongshu's family did he show a completely different ambition and courage.

"Bring it here."

Li Linfu calmed down, took the letter, and opened it.

There is only one column of words in the entry, only seven words.

"Those who seek the east of the river are miscellaneous."

Li Linfu's eyes widened, and various expressions appeared in his eyes for a moment, from questioning and surprise, to anger, alertness, to forcing himself to calm down and think.

"Where's the Hu'er? Recruit him to see his true colors."

"Let's go and recruit..."

"quick!"

Li Linfu actually didn't believe it yet. He didn't think that he, an immortal official, would misjudge An Lushan.

Looking back, what he saw in front of him was the ridiculous scene of An Lushan rolling on the couch, shouting "I will die" because of his harsh words... He rubbed his old eyes and saw only the pavilions and pavilions in front of him. It starts to get blurry.

"I will die!" An Lushan was still shouting.

Then the shouting turned into belly laughs.

"I will die! Hahahahaha!"

"Impossible, this is Zhang Bian's plan to alienate each other." Li Linfu waved his hand to calm himself down, "I'll tell you when I ask Hu'er..."

"Grandpa, Grandpa."

"What about people?!"

"Hu'er has left Beijing..."

"Send fast horses to chase!"

Li Linfu yelled angrily, overthrew the screen in front of him, and cursed: "I am a bastard in one hand, how dare he betray me?!"

"Grandpa?"

Li Xiu didn't understand what had happened, but when he saw this scene, he suddenly remembered the scene when he remonstrated with his father.

The Youxiang Mansion is like a cart pulling the heavy cargo of the Tang Dynasty. It is entirely supported by the wheels below, that is, disciples and old friends. Once the wheels come apart, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion will also fall.

In the past, you could take off the wheels that you didn't like, but now, it seems that one of the most important wheels is about to fall off?

In Li Xiu's mind, he couldn't help but recall his cry at that time, "I have been in the position for a long time, and the road ahead is full of thorns. What should I do if disaster strikes?"

Finally, one of the subordinates came back.

"Ah...Alang...the villain has sent people to chase him out of the city gate, but Hu'er said...he can't return to the capital..."

At this time, Li Linfu had calmed down, stroking his long beard and thinking, suddenly he was excited and said in surprise: "Brother Shuhan."

"Grandpa?"

"Quick, come to Ge Shuhan quickly!"

It was a longer, more excruciating time.

Half an hour later, Cang Bi returned to the main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion while trotting and wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Li Linfu was standing outside the hall and pacing when he saw him, his eyes burning.

Cang Bi became nervous inexplicably and shouted from a distance: "Alang..."

Suddenly, his foot stumbled and he fell to the ground, but he couldn't get up immediately with his old bones.

Li Linfu was in an extremely bad mood and couldn't help scolding him.

He couldn't help but think of the time when Xue Baiyi reminded him arrogantly that the manager of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion should be changed.

After today, he will replace Cang Bi, it is indeed too old.

"Alang."

"Say!"

"Alang, Ge Shuhan refuses to come. He, he is...in Zhang Bian's mansion..."

On this day, no one said it was "Princess Ning's Mansion". That house was rarely called "Zhang Bian's Mansion" in the past twenty years.

"Cough cough cough..."

Li Linfu was about to curse, but he felt that his throat was so dry that a mouthful of phlegm was blocked in his throat.

He felt that he was about to lose. Originally, all the barbarians in Bianzhen were his partisans, but he did not expect that these barbarians were the most unfaithful and would betray them at the slightest sign of betrayal.

"Go find Xue...cough cough cough cough..."

~~

Ziwuyi.

Xue Bai was sitting in the posthouse waiting for people, thinking about what Du Wei had told him about the eight steps to reach the position of prime minister in the official career.

Although he is moving fast, his qualifications are still too low, and he will definitely face many difficulties in the future. But this time Yan Zhenqing has become a member of the Ministry of War. If he can move to Zhongshushe in the next step, even if he is not the prime minister, he can still have the power of the central government.

Now is the ninth year of Tianbao. Within two or three years, the problem of Nanzhao will be properly resolved so that the court will not lose troops and generals in this matter. At the same time, we will make great achievements and help Yan Zhenqing become the prime minister. In another three to five years, we will ease the situation in Hebei and temporarily eliminate the biggest problem. hidden dangers. After that, there may be time to address more of the root causes.

Therefore, it is said that the Nanzhao rebellion was a big crisis, but it was also a big opportunity. Without this change, there would be no chance to make great achievements that could lead to rapid promotion.

As I was thinking about it, there was smoke billowing in front of me, and someone was coming on horseback.

Xue Bai stood up and looked around for a while. When he saw Yan Zhenqing's majestic figure, he smiled slightly and felt a little nervous for no reason.

Finally, the horse arrived in front of the post house.

"Shut up!"

"teacher."

"You have returned to Chang'an." Yan Zhenqing said, still in the dust, "First tell me the details of the Nanzhao rebellion."

"The court had already noticed Ge Luofeng's heart, so Zhang Qiantuo wrote to let his concubine return to Nanzhao. The court also sent troops to occupy the salt fields in Yaozhou and Nanzhao. But no one expected that Ge Luofeng could be killed if he rebelled. Defeating the Yunnan Prefecture, beheading Zhang Qiantuo and defeating the Tang army, he himself may not have expected..."

Yan Zhenqing said: "In the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan, Chi Daizhudan married his sister to King Xiaobolu. The country of Xiaobolu was willing to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and attach itself to Tubo. Now that Geluofeng dares to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, the purpose must be to establish himself as a powerful nation. King, Tubo obviously promised him to send troops to support or treat the country as a brother. He threatened to rebel against the Tang out of helplessness, and actually had the intention of the three parties to stand together. If the Tang Dynasty did not rush to send troops for a while, as time went by, Nanzhao and Tubo would inevitably There is a gap, and if we send troops, we must seek a quick victory."

Xue Bai was convinced, and said that the Subi Kingdom also wanted to be independent from Tubo, and united with the Tubo minister Mei Se in the coup.

Yan Zhenqing nodded and said, "I know about this matter. I heard about it when I was in Longyou. Ge Shuhan is also trying his best to promote this matter."

"No wonder Zhang Bian wants to recommend a teacher."

Yan Zhenqing said: "Did you know that Queen Subi, Meilingzan, wanted to lead her troops to defect to the Tang Dynasty?"

"Yes, more than 2,000 of his troops were killed."

"Bu Lingzan had a son named Xinolo. He wanted to avenge his mother, so he bribed two of the nine political ministers of Tibet and prepared to rebel against Tibet."

"It's a shame that the student has been investigating for so long. The teacher turns out to know that. Why didn't he tell him when he impeached Li Yanye?"

"It doesn't matter whether you say it or not." Yan Zhenqing sighed slightly, "The saint and the right prime minister have always known it, but they just didn't expect the result to be like this."

When Xue Bai recalled it, he realized that his brothers Shu Han and Yan Zhenqing had actually known for a long time that there were two groups of Tibetan envoys, one of which was contributing to the rebellion against Nanzhao. It's just that they thought that both sides were instigating opposition to the other's vassal states. The Tang Dynasty was stronger and could obviously suppress Nanzhao and cause civil strife in Tubo first.

Ge Shuhan trusted the saints and the right prime minister more, so he advocated keeping quiet; Yan Zhenqing believed that the law must be maintained and impeached Li Yanye. But no one expected that the rebellion against Su Bi State had not yet made any progress, while Nanzhao had already broken through the southwest.

Thinking about it again, Xue Bai understood that during the Yuanye Festival, Li Longji must have felt that he was hopelessly stupid, but the result was good.

"The saint and the Right Prime Minister thought they had everything under control, but in the end they didn't, so they had to desperately find ways to make amends and put all the blame on Zhang Qiantuo?"

Yan Zhenqing said: "It is useless to ridicule. The sky in the southwest is broken and needs to be repaired."

“Students are just afraid that they are filling too much into this hole.”

"I am telling you these inside stories today to let you know how the saint feels about this matter."

"I understand. The angrier you are, the easier it is to make mistakes. The more you fill in, the more you fill in, just like a gambler." Xue Bai said, "Fortunately, the teacher's move to the Ministry of War is an opportunity to climb up on Zhang Bian's footsteps."

"Zhang Bian has paid homage to the prime minister?"

"To be a true Prime Minister, there is still one step left, but there is one thing." Xue Bai said jokingly: "He is too close to the prince and An Lushan."

A few casual conversations between the teacher and the student probably outlined their next plan.

Afterwards, Yan Zhenqing said, "Your wedding is coming soon."

"Yes."

Xue Bai became a little cautious.

He was a little ashamed.

That is to say, Li Longji did not go to Huashan, and Nanzhao also rebelled, otherwise he might not be able to be promoted and return to Chang'an. At that time, a white body who was plotting rebellion would run back to Chang'an to marry Yan Yan, and he might even be questioned.

However, the situation seems to be good at the moment. If the chaos cannot be prevented, the days to come will be very difficult.

Their thoughts returned to personal matters, and the master and apprentice did not say anything more along the way.

When they arrived outside Chang'an City, a group of servants from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion caught up with them from a distance.

"Xue Bai, Prime Minister You has summoned you to the Prime Minister's Mansion to speak."

"I'm taking a rest today to wash away the wind and dust for my teacher. I'm sorry that I won't be with you anymore."

Not long after entering the city, before arriving at Dunhuafang, Li Xiu came over on horseback.

"Xue Bai!"

In front of Yan Zhenqing, Li Xiu stepped forward and grabbed Xue Bai, and whispered: "The sage wants to persuade Wang Zhongsi to pacify Nanzhao."

Xue Bai thought about it, but his face remained calm and said, "I can't make the decision in this matter."

Li Xiu's face was full of anxiety and he still wanted to pester.

However, a servant of the Yan family came forward, bowed politely, and said: "Li Shilang, please let go of my son-in-law, in case others see it and think that the Prime Minister's Office wants to steal the bride."

Li Xiu was stunned.

He finally felt that the authority of the Right Prime Minister's Office was not easy to use...

(End of this chapter)