Tiantang

Chapter 283 Changing Wang Qiang's military authority

Chapter 290
Gu Li Pei Luo's attitude was very serious, he would never allow Su Hudong to cause any trouble again this time.

He warned Su Hudong again and again that Zhang Xuan was different from Guo Ziyi's son, if he offended Guo Ziyi, Huihe could still hold on, but if he offended Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan, a powerful minister under one man and above ten thousand in the Tang Dynasty, would not be able to survive. Losing face, the consequences will be very serious, and Huihe cannot afford it.

If Zhang Xuan was ordered to lead the Longshuo army to conquer Huihe, the fighting power of the Huihe people would definitely not be as good as Tubo.The Tubo people were all played by Zhang Xuan and lost a large area of ​​land, not to mention the Huihe whose national strength was much weaker than Tubo.

Although Su Hudong has a distinctive personality and a strong personality, he is not the kind of person who does not know the general situation.When she understood in her heart that her marriage involved the future and destiny of her country, she dared not act rashly.

At the very least, on the way from Huihe Royal Court to Chang'an, Su Hudong lived in seclusion, hid in the carriage and honestly became a bride to be married.

When the team of Zhang Xuan and Jianning King Li Tan arrived in Longzhou, Huihe Khan also led his people into the Tang Dynasty.

Although Huihe is weak and is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, Guli Pei Luo is the king of the country after all.Li Heng gave Gu Li Pei Luo a lot of face, ordered the officials of the states along the way to greet him according to the etiquette system, and sent Dong Chang, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, to lead his people to welcome him.

But at this time, the news of Longshuo's victory had already reached Chang'an, which once again shook the court of the Tang Dynasty, and the city was full of excitement.

When Li Heng got this memorial, he couldn't believe his ears.He didn't expect that Zhang Xuan brought him another big surprise not long after.

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Xingqing Palace, Mingde Palace.

Li Heng got up slowly, stared at the civil and military officials excitedly, and said with a loud smile, "Longshuo has another good news, King Pingxi once again won the four cities of Tubo and more than ten fortresses for the court, and the land with a radius of [-] miles will be included Our territory. So far, Zhang Xuan has conquered Longshuo, and in less than a year, he has established a territory equivalent to the size of the Hexi feudal town for the imperial court... Such unrivaled feats cannot be described in words!"

All the ministers remained silent.Some are excited, some are envious, and some are jealous and depressed.Different states of mind, complex expressions.

"Yang Xiang, Zhang Xuan's memorandum is all approved. The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War will discuss and come up with a plan to reward the three armies in the shortest possible time."

"Soldiers who have meritorious service must be rewarded, heavily rewarded." Li Heng waved his hand abruptly, "Let the world know that Longshuo will win another battle against Tubo, and we will honor the might of the Tang Dynasty and our military.

"King Jianning sent a letter to the palace to set up a meritorious minister's pavilion for Zhang Xuan and the Longshuo army outside the Anhua Gate, to enshrine Zhang Xuan's portrait and erect a monument to remember the unrivaled feats of the soldiers of the three armies in opening up the territory for the court. What do you think? ?”

Li Henglang said.

The ministers were still speechless.

The establishment of the Pavilion of Meritorious Ministers to enshrine Zhang Xuan's portrait and erect a monument to commemorate it is of course beyond the standard, but it is also worthy of Zhang Xuan's great achievements at the moment, and there are precedents in the court.

The so-called facts prevailed. In the face of Zhang Xuan's unparalleled military achievements, at this time, even Chen Xuanli, who had always hated Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Jiyong, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, were speechless, and could no longer speak against Li Heng's gift of Zhang Xuan.

Seeing that all the officials were silent, Li Heng glanced at Yang Guozhong and said calmly, "Mr. Yang, what do you think?"

Yang Guozhong hesitated for a moment, but in fact he was somewhat against it.Because Zhang Xuan's power and prestige are getting higher and higher, and he has faintly surpassed him as the prime minister. If this continues, I am afraid that in the future... Yang Guozhong's worries will become more and more serious.

However, worry is all about worry. As Zhang Xuan's staunch ally, he cannot object, at least not publicly.In the current Yang family, there are already many people attached to Zhang Xuan. If Zhang Xuan falls, the Yang family will definitely be hit hard.More importantly, if Zhang Xuan falls out of favor, Li Heng will definitely turn to Yang Guozhong after taking Zhang Xuan.

This is inevitable.

Therefore, Yang Guozhong said calmly, "Your Highness, I agree. King Pingxi has made such great achievements and will shine through the ages. If the court does not praise him, it will chill the hearts of the meritorious officials. Besides, there are precedents in the court."

Li Heng nodded, then turned his head to look at Chen Xilie, Chen Xuanli, and Zhang Jiyong, and smiled softly, "Chen Xiang, Chen Xuanli, Zhang Shangshu, do you have anything to say?"

Chen Xilie smiled and bowed down, "Your Highness is wise, and the veteran agrees."

Chen Xuanli and Zhang Jiyong looked at each other, gritted their teeth and said in a low voice, "I think it's quite appropriate."

Li Heng laughed loudly, stood up abruptly and said, "Since that's the case, it's settled like this. Chen Xiang, immediately ordered the Ministry of Industry to supervise the construction of the heroic stele... At the same time, spread an edict to the world, and changed Zhang Xuan to be the king of Yongning. Zhu Guo, who is also the commander-in-chief of the four towns of Longshuo, Hexi, Anxi, and Beiting, knows all about Tang's defense against Tubo and appeasement of the countries in the Western Regions!"

As soon as Li Heng said this, all civil and military officials in the court, including Yang Guozhong and others, turned pale with shock, gasped, and looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

It is not uncommon to change the title of king, anyway, the title of king is just a title, and the imperial court often changes the title of vassal king; but the chief commanders of the four towns of Longshuo, Anxi, Beiting, and Hexi are very important. Zhang Xuan controlled the military power of the three feudal towns of Ge Shuhan, Yang Qi, and Cheng Qianli, and handed over all the border military affairs of the entire Tang Dynasty, Tubo and the Western Regions to Zhang Xuan.

Controlling such a vast geographical area, with half of the soldiers and horses in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Xuan's stomping would shake half the sky of the Tang Dynasty.

In this way, Zhang Xuan is the only one under the imperial power.Zhang Xuan's power is so powerful that no one can compare it.

Chen Xuanli and Zhang Jiyong knelt on the ground immediately, and were about to express their strong opposition, begging Li Heng to take back his order, but at this time, Li Heng had already walked away, leaving only the personal eunuch who hastily shouted: "Retreat! "

Li Heng walked out of Mingde Hall excitedly.

His son Li Tan has successively written letters explaining Zhang Xuan's loyalty to the East Palace lineage headed by Li Heng.From the moment he received Li Tan's memorial table, Li Heng decided to push Zhang Xuan to an unparalleled power peak.

The reason why he took the opportunity to strengthen Zhang Xuan's military power, on the one hand, of course, was to reward Zhang Xuan for his feats, and on the other hand, it also represented his true state of mind at the moment.Although he had some slight suspicions about Zhang Xuan in his heart, Zhang Xuan still unswervingly supported him as the important minister on the throne. With Zhang Xuan's military achievements and prestige at the moment, he would be given more and more military power. Xuan expresses his position and persuades it to advance, who in the Tang Dynasty dares to speak out against it?
Li Heng had already made up his mind that Zhang Xuan's support for him was crucial if he wanted to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor around the Spring Festival of Tianbao's thirteenth year.

In fact, Zhang Xuan has been proving his ability and strategy to Li Heng, to the Tang court, and to all people in the world with iron-like facts. At this moment, in Li Heng's mind, Zhang Xuan has become the leader of his stable world An irreplaceable candidate who will stabilize the country and strive to surpass the previous emperors in martial arts and martial arts.

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Yang Guozhong walked out of Mingde Hall with a heavy heart, and went back to the mansion.He felt very uncomfortable. At this moment, Zhang Xuan had too much power, and it was beyond Yang Guozhong's control.

In the main hall just now, Li Heng strengthened Zhang Xuan's military power and did not leave time for the officials to object, which has already shown his firm attitude.Even if someone objected, it would be difficult to stop Li Heng from pushing Zhang Xuan to a higher level.

Yang Guozhong suddenly came to his senses. Some time ago, this young dignitary who he thought could be used, borrowed, and cooperated, had gradually surpassed him and became the object that even he had to look up to!
From now on, in the world of Tang Dynasty, Zhang Xuan can be said to want to cover the sky with one hand!Yang Guozhong sighed and entered his mansion.

Chen Xuanli and Zhang Jiyong did not go out of the palace, they were going to admonish them with death, and asked Li Heng to withdraw their orders.

You must know that both of them are Zhang Xuan's political opponents, and every rise in Zhang Xuan's power is enough to pose a fatal threat to them.

However, the two of them were not fools, and they also saw that Li Heng's attitude was very firm, so they didn't go to see Li Heng directly.Instead, they connected some civil and military ministers of their own faction in series, and a dozen people cried and knelt outside Li Heng's bedroom door, making quite a commotion.

Li Heng was just about to visit a beautiful court lady he had only recently liked, but was suddenly disturbed by Chen Xuanli and others, and felt very irritable.

Of course he knew why Chen Xuanli and the others came here.

Sitting there, Li Heng's face gradually became gloomy.After a long time, he waved his hand slowly, signaling the eunuch to bring Chen Xuanli and others in.

Chen Xuanli and the others entered the bedroom, knelt down in front of Li Heng with a thud, and shouted, "Zhang Xuan already holds a lot of power, if he controls the military and political power of the four towns, he will become the second Anlu Mountain in the future... ...At that time, the imperial court will raise tigers as a threat, how can it be so embarrassing? For the sake of the safety of the country, I beg Your Highness to take back my order!"

"Your Highness, don't keep tigers as trouble..."

"Your Highness, the lesson from the past is not far away, so we must guard against it..."

Chen Xuanli and others wept bitterly and kowtowed repeatedly.

Li Heng glanced at them with some disgust, but said indifferently, "Zhang Xuanwen's talent and military strategy are unmatched. My palace asked him to control the soldiers and horses of the four towns. Tubo appeases the countries in the Western Regions. Why do you make such a fuss?"

Zhang Jiyong was about to raise his head to argue a few words, but he heard Li Heng angrily scolded, "Zhang Xuan's meritorious service is in Sheji, and you, as court ministers, suspect what the meritorious officials are up to?! Zhang Xuan will not become the second Anlu Mountain, I am a suspect No, there is no doubt about the employment. This palace has its own opinions, so there is no need to say more."

"Zhang Xuan continued to open up territories for the imperial court. If the imperial court doesn't use these pillars more seriously, it can only show that this palace, the prince of the supervisor, is too fatuous. Alright, you all get up for this palace. Leave it at that, don't make any more noise in the palace, and leave the palace!"

After Li Heng finished speaking, he waved his hands coldly and said, "Everyone back down!"

(End of this chapter)