Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 205 Tang Xuanzong's thoughts ([-])

Li Fei's memorial and An Lushan's memorial arrived successively.

During this period of time, Tang Xuanzong became more and more obsessed with the court, and handled much less government affairs than in Li Linfu's time, all of which were handed over to Yang Guozhong for handling.Therefore, both Li Fei and An Lushan's memorials went to Yang Guozhong first.

Li Fei and An Lushan, one is the adopted son of the imperial concubine, the other is the adopted son of Taizong, and they are both related to the war between the border and Khitan. Although Yang Guozhong would not dare to detain it and not show it to Tang Xuanzong, he himself can read it first. again.

Yang Guozhong had nothing to say about An Lushan's memorial, but Li Fei's memorial made Yang Guozhong so angry that his face turned black.

Li Fei actually suggested that His Majesty let An Lushan come back to be the Prime Minister. If His Majesty is really thinking about it, where will he be the current Prime Minister?
Yang Guozhong was very annoyed, and his face was very dark. He hadn't caused trouble for Li Fei yet, but Li Fei made trouble for him first.

Actually, it's not that Yang Guozhong didn't want to trouble Li Fei during this period of time, it was because he was involved with too much energy. The Jiannan Dao army lost another battle against the Nanzhao Kingdom. Almost all his energy was spent on the Nanzhao Kingdom. Before the matter was resolved, he had no more energy on Li Fei.

In history, Yang Guozhong ordered to attack Nanzhao many times regardless of everything, but each time he failed miserably because of his poor employment and blind command. Datang lost no less than 20 times for Nanzhao. Thousands of people, and a huge amount of supplies, is simply more than the combined losses of the Xi and Khitan tribes. Jiannan Road, Shannan Road, Henan Road, etc. have been tossed to the point where their potential has been exhausted.

After the Anshi Rebellion broke out, why did Tang Xuanzong go to Jiannan Road, which is known as the land of abundance, and the prince Li Heng went to Lingwu, but Tang Xuanzong didn't have much power to command, instead he went to Lingwu. Right, commanded by Anzai's elite army.

It was because Yang Guozhong's potential was exhausted in the process of ordering Jiannan Road to continuously attack Nanzhao Kingdom.

Of course, the Anshi Rebellion is still far away, at least there is no rebellion in Anlu Mountain, and Tang Xuanzong still trusts Anlu Mountain.

Finding trouble for Li Fei is not something that can be done right away. The most urgent thing now is to enter the palace first and submit the two memorials to Tang Xuanzong.

Immediately, Yang Guozhong entered the palace.

"Lushan really lived up to my expectations and defeated Khitan. From now on, Fan Yangpinglu will have no worries at the frontier!" Seeing Anlushan's report, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang praised him greatly, and he seemed very happy. Shan's performance is even more satisfactory.

"Lu Shan also said in the report that Li Fei also participated in the war. He personally led three thousand Anton cavalry to surprise the Khitan Chifeng King City, and captured tens of thousands of Khitan people in the king city in one fell swoop. I didn't expect that kid to have such a performance. It's amazing. It's beyond my expectation." Tang Xuanzong was also very satisfied with Li Fei's performance in the An Lushan Memorial.

Although An Lushan hated Li Fei very much and didn't want to help Li Fei to show credit, but Li Fei's surprise attack on the Chifeng King City could not be concealed. For the sake of the overall situation, he still endured to give credit to Li Fei, and in order to show that he was a brother and brother with Li Fei 'Love, said a lot of good things for Li Fei.

"Isn't there still Li Fei's memorial? Let's see what Li Fei said in it." Tang Xuanzong finished reading An Lushan's memorial, and then continued to read Li Fei's memorial.

"Hahahaha———" Tang Xuanzong really laughed out loud when he saw Li Fei suffering in Anton and being frozen when he pissed outside in winter, and his mood was relieved.

"We should let this kid suffer more and let him know his mistakes. But this kid is indeed a talent. He has only been in Anton for half a year, and Anton's law and order has improved a lot."

Whether it was Li Fei's participation in the Khitan War, the surprise attack on the Khitan King's City, his indirect support for the decisive battle between An Lushan and Khitan, or Li Fei's governance of Anton's public security, Tang Xuanzong was very satisfied, and his previous dissatisfaction with Li Fei disappeared. Not a lot.

"Guozhong, you should have read Li Fei's report first. He mentioned Lushan. It is true that Lushan has been on the front line for many years and has been helping the court to suppress the Xi and Khitan tribes. I have suffered a lot. Now that the Xi and Khitan tribes have been completely subdued, and they no longer have the power to resist the Tang Dynasty, Lushan should be allowed to return to Chang'an City to enjoy the blessings. With Lushan's status and achievements, the court I really don't know what position is suitable for him." After all, the emperor, although he firmly believed that An Lushan would not have anything to do with the rebellion, but he secretly didn't want one person to be in charge of so many elite border troops for a long time. Some thoughts of taking the opportunity to withdraw troops.

"If I really let Lu Shan come back to serve as Prime Minister as Li Fei suggested, Guozhong, do you think I value Lu Shan more than you?" Tang Xuanzong asked half-jokingly.

Yang Guozhong's heart skipped a beat, although he could hear Tang Xuanzong's half-joking tone, and he didn't necessarily mean it seriously, but who knew if Tang Xuanzong really had something in his heart.

At this time, Yang Guozhong certainly couldn't show his stinginess.

"Your Majesty, the king of Dongping County has worked hard and made great achievements. In terms of status and merit, he is more than enough to be the prime minister for one term than his ministers. Naturally, the ministers have nothing to say, and the prime minister will be in his place."

Speaking of this, Yang Guozhong pretended to ponder for a moment before continuing to speak: "But Your Majesty, the king of Dongping County is from a Hu family, and he can't read all the big characters. I am afraid that he will need a translator to help His Majesty handle government affairs. I am not talented. I am willing to ask for help." Be the translator and assist the King of Dongping."

When Yang Guozhong said this, of course he was trying to show his generosity as much as possible, and he would not compete with An Lushan, but in fact he reminded An Lushan of his fatal flaws.

Sure enough, Tang Xuanzong was stunned for a moment, and then realized that An Lushan really didn't seem to know all the big characters.The prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, who governs all officials, reviews memorials, and handles government affairs, of course cannot be accompanied by a translator who can read characters. If it is spread like that, the Tang Dynasty will not be laughed at by all nations. possible.

But if it weren't for the position of prime minister, what other official position could match Yilushan's current status and achievements?
"I just said it as a joke. Guozhong, you are my most important choice for the prime minister. You are the prime minister who controls all the officials, and I have to let you come to review the memorials." Tang Xuanzong comforted Yang Guozhong.

"About the rewards to Lushan and Li Fei, etc., and Li Fei mentioned that the imperial court's 'deficiency' to Anton these years, I have to think about it again, you go back first, and I will wait until tomorrow at the court, and I will come back to you." Let all the officials discuss together." Tang Xuanzong waved his hand and let Yang Guozhong go down first.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will retire!" Yang Guozhong laughed secretly, with the fatal flaw of incomplete literacy, An Lushan could never threaten his position as prime minister.However, Li Fei dared to suggest that "his heart can be punished", and he would not let Li Fei go easily.
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