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Chapter 754 Clearing the Side Couch (Second Change)

In the court, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng were in a state of tension.

The court officials are all hearty, and here they come again.The confrontation between the King of Qin and the Crown Prince has not happened once or twice.

Most of the people watched their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses. They lowered their heads and pretended to be indifferent, but in fact they were observing their every move.

Li Yuan, on the other hand, has always remained silent on the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two sons.

Li Shimin met Li Jiancheng's gaze, and said loudly: "Since the crown prince wants to say it, then I will say it bluntly, the north of Jingbei and the west of Henan are in the field of the Four Wars, there is no danger of Hanwei to block the east, and there is no danger of the Yellow River in the north. As long as Li Chongjiu owns Luoyang, he can send troops from all directions along the canal to attack at any time, so it is really unwise to move the capital to Jingbei and west of Henan, where the danger lies.'

"In my opinion, it is possible to set up a large platform in the north of Jingbei and west of Henan, and station half of the soldiers from Chang'an Mansion here. Firstly, it can relieve the pressure of Chang'an's population, and secondly, it can also guard Henan and protect Jing Xiang, as the barrier of Chang'an, resisting Zhao Jun's westward advance, this is the best policy! "

'well said! '

The voice came from the dragon chair. Li Jiancheng heard that Li Yuan had spoken, and he could no longer refute Li Shimin's opinion. He could only smile and said: "The words of King Qin are really insightful." '

Li Shimin saw that the opinion was accepted by Li Yuan, so he took a step back and said: "I'm just throwing bricks to attract jade, I still need to listen to the opinions of the ministers, and your majesty will make a decision." '

Li Yuan nodded and said, "That's right, all the ministers and workers feel free to discuss it." '

After retiring from the court, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji left the hall. They looked at Li Shimin and the other ministers from a distance, discussing the preparation of Henan Daxingtai, and their expressions were not good.The court has made a decision to let Wen Daya guard Panzhou, and Zhang Liang, the chariot general, will lead more than 1000 people from Wuguan to prepare for the establishment of Daxingtai in the north of Jingbei and west of Henan in the future.

Both Wen Daya and Zhang Liang are Li Shimin's confidantes. Li Yuan did this because he intended Li Shimin to be in charge of Henan Daxingtai.

Li Yuanji said: "If Henan Daxingtai is established, the king of Qin will governor Henan people, Li Xiaogong, Li Jing and others will listen to his restraint, as well as the Guanzhong government soldiers who moved eastward. When he leaves Chang'an, he will have people on hand." And territory, we have nothing to do with him. '

Li Jiancheng nodded, looked at Li Shimin and said, "So we must not let King Qin go to Henan. He is a dragon in Henan, but he is just a man in Guanzhong."

Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Has His Highness the Prince made a plan?"

Li Jiancheng nodded slightly.
A moment later, in the harem of Miyagi, Li Yuan's favorite concubine Zhang Jieyu was looking at the secret letter quietly handed to him by the eunuch, which was secretly given by Li Jiancheng.

After Li Yuan entered Chang'an, he took in many harems, because Empress Dou was not around and no one dissuaded him.Moreover, since ancient times, the founding emperors of all dynasties have many descendants, and Li Yuan is no exception. In terms of age, it is really not easy.

However, in the harem, Li Yuan liked Xue Jieyu, Zhang Jieyu, and Concubine Yin De the most.Among them, Concubine Yin De and Zhang Jieyu both gave birth to princes for Li Yuan, so Li Yuan loved them even more. One was named King Feng, and the other was named King Zhou.

It was also because of the birth of a son that Zhang Jieyu had to think about the future for the sake of her son's future.The last time she and Concubine Yin De said together that Li Shimin privately granted land property to make friends with Li Shentong, she had already offended Li Shimin.

With Li Shimin's personality, if he becomes emperor in the future, he, Concubine Yin De and their son will surely die without a place to bury them.

So Zhang Jieyu is also very firmly on the side of Li Jiancheng.The letter from Li Jiancheng in Zhang Jieyu's hand reads: "You can secretly tell Your Majesty that the people around the King of Qin were all very happy when they heard that the King of Qin was going to Luoyang. Judging by the intention of the King of Qin, I am afraid that he will not return to Chang'an in the future. It is obvious that the king of Qin went here under the pretense of resisting the Zhao army, and went out of the town of Henan, in fact, he planned to take over the military power, and cherished the heart of the king of Liang when Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty."

After Zhang Jieyu read the letter twice, she found another eunuch who had read the book and asked Emperor Han Jing what the allusion to King Liang was.After figuring out everything, Zhang Jieyu burned the secret letter.Soon Li Yuan's royal driver arrived outside Zhang Jieyu's palace.Zhang Jieyu finished her most beautiful makeup and waited quietly for Li Yuan's arrival.

Inside Luoyang Palace.

The intelligence from all parties was continuously collected and presented to Li Chongjiu's desk. On the side of Li Chongjiu's desk, Qu Yanran, a master of music, was adding incense to Li Chongjiu's censer.After Li Chongjiu finished writing a memorial, he raised his head and saw the scene of a beautiful woman adding fragrance with her bare hands, and felt very pleasing to the eye.
Li Chongjiu put down his pen and said with a smile: "I remember that you are from the south of the Yangtze River. Qu Kan, the school secretary of the Chen Dynasty in the past, was your grandfather, right?"
Qu Yanran raised her head in surprise, looked at Li Chongjiu and said, "I just met His Majesty that day, but I didn't expect His Majesty to remember it."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "I remember what you said. You told me that when you went back to take revenge, your enemy was dead or died of illness. I'm afraid this is not true."

Qu Yanran looked at Li Chongjiu and said, "Where did your majesty start talking?"

Li Chongjiu took out a memorial from the case and said: "This is a secret report sent to me by the forces of the Xiao family in the south of the Yangtze River. One of them happened to be written about you, and it said that after your grandfather Qu Kan returned to seclusion, he was forced to raise troops Anti-Sui people were never killed, and the mastermind is still living in Jiangnan, right?"

Qu Yanran bit her lips tightly and did not speak.

Li Chongjiu walked up to Qu Yanran and asked, "Why didn't you tell me when you were in Luoyang?"

Qu Yanran lowered her head and didn't speak for a long time, before saying for a while: "For revenge, Yanran dare not lay hands on others."

Li Chongjiu asked: "Is I someone else in your heart?"

Qu Yanran's tears rolled down from her eyes and she said: "Your Majesty, Yanran is afraid that if you tell her, you will think that Yanran's friendship with you is to avenge yourself with a false hand."

Hearing what Qu Yanran said, Li Chongjiu hugged the beautiful woman in his arms and said, "Is it true that you are sincere to me, can't I see it?"

Qu Yanran listened to Li Chongjiu's words, tears wet Li Chongjiu's clothes, Li Chongjiu said softly: "Yanran tell me that the mastermind who harmed your family is Lin Shihong, Sikong Wang Rong, right?"

Hearing this name, Li Chongjiu could feel Qu Yanran's body tremble suddenly in her arms, and her palms were clenched tightly.

Li Chongjiu said to Qu Yanran: "It seems that it is, I know about this matter, you don't have to worry about it."

Qu Yanran raised her head again, with tears still in her eyes.Li Chongjiu patted Qu Yanran on the shoulder and said with a smile, "If you want to thank me, you can study ink for me."

Qu Yanran smiled through tears, and then happily came to the book case to continue studying ink for Li Chongjiu.Li Chongjiu picked up the pen, and he was already outlining the current territory of Da Zhao in the world in his heart.

The territory of Dazhao has crossed the Liaoshui River in the east and reached the territory of Liaodong, went north to Songmo Duhufu, went deep into the desert, looked at the vast sea in the distance, arrived in Luoyang in the east, pointed at Chang'an with the sword, occupied the entire Huaishui River in the south, and embraced the danger of the great river. , Confronting Lin Shihong in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Now that Li Tangxin is defeated, it is difficult to take action, and the separation of Mobei Turks has become a trend, so there is nothing to fear for the time being. As for Lin Shihong and Feng An, who are on the separatist side, they are dead bones in the tomb, and they will perish sooner or later.

However, the battle in Luoyang is over, Zhao Guo and Li Tang have gone all out in this battle, and now Li Tang and Zhao Guo are unable to launch another decisive battle of the same scale in a short period of time, so the two are also To maintain the current situation, it is just that they have deployed heavy troops on Henan, Luoyang, and Hedong to confront each other.

At the same time, Li Tang is now deliberately taking advantage of the Turkic civil strife to defeat Liang Shidu first, and then move westward to consolidate Longyou in Hexi. After stabilizing the rear, he will fight himself decisively.

Like Li Tang, Li Chongjiu was also ready to start cleaning the side couch.For Lin Shihong, Li Chongjiu no longer has to go out in person like he did against Du Fuwei.Li Chongjiu planned to let Xiao Xian and Song Jingang complete the encirclement and pincer attack on Lin Shihong from the north to the south.

With the strength of Xiao Xian and Song Jingang, it is more than enough to complete this battle.

Xiao Xian marched from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and led the navy to follow the trend, while Song Jingang could march from the Jianghuai River. For example, Wenren Suian, Wang Hua, Wang Xiongdan, and Kan Ling were all generals of the Jianghuai Army at the time. After Song Jingang's legion, Song Jingang's power increased greatly, surpassing the other five major government armies of Zhao State in one fell swoop.

Song Jingang and Xiao Mian had abundant troops, and Lin Shihong couldn't even beat Xiao Mian before, let alone now.

Thinking of this, Li Chongjiu wrote an imperial edict to Song Jingang and Xiao Xian, asking them to lead troops to attack Jiangnan. They were responsible for the specific matters of money, food, troops and horses, and they must send troops to attack Lin Shihong before winter.In the edict, Li Chongjiu also ordered that Lin Shihong, Sikong Wang Rong must be captured, and if he could not be captured alive, he would also see his body.

For a separatist force like Lin Shihong, Li Chongjiu is going to break through directly with force, but Feng An in Lingnan has another plan.

There is a lot of miasma in the south of the Lingnan, most of the people are descendants of Baiyue, and there are not many Han people. Even in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the land in the south of the Lingnan has been very barbaric since they crossed south.Whether it was the Tang Dynasty or even the Northern Song Dynasty, Lingnan was regarded as a sacred place for demoting officials. Generally, if the emperor wanted any minister whose life would be worse than death, he could just send him there.

For Lingnan, at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, it was more of an attitude of conquest, and most of the local management was in a state of stocking.

Ouyang Xun once spoke to Li Chongjiu because of the situation in Lingnan, saying that the imperial court could send troops to attack Lin Shihong, but it did not mean sending troops to attack Feng An in Lingnan.Although it is not difficult for Zhao Guo to capture Lingnan, but the traffic in Lingnan is congested, so what is the point of capturing it?The economy is not as good as that of Jianghuai and Jiangnan, which can supply the central government. The local people are mostly barbaric, and it is difficult to recruit troops. After the capture, they have to send another army to garrison, which is just a waste of manpower and material resources.

Therefore, regarding Lingnan's strategy today, Ouyang Xun advised the court to continue the Sui Dynasty's approach to Lingnan, focusing on Huairou.As long as Feng An is not in the battle between Tang and Zhao, he can take refuge in Li Yuan.If you really want to pacify the Nanman in the south of the Lingnan, it will not be too late to use troops after defeating Li Tang in the future.

Regarding Ouyang Xun's words, Li Chongjiu still agrees. Lingnan is still different from the barbarians outside the Great Wall and Liaodong. Although there have been barbarians in Lingnan throughout history, they have never threatened the regime of the central Han people. This is different from the barbarians outside the Great Wall and Liaodong. Therefore, Li Chongjiu can wait until the world is pacified before cleaning up Lingnan.

(End of this chapter)