Chapter 211 Article 3 Plan

This was the first time Li Qingan saw Mingyue's mother. He had long heard that Mrs. Pei was the second daughter of former prime minister Pei Yaoqing. From the ups and downs between him and Mingyue, he had learned the deep-rooted concept of this family of famous families in Hedong.

However, Li Qing'an could also understand that the concept of family status in Chinese history did not fade until after experiencing the chaos of the late Tang Dynasty and entering the Song Dynasty. Now it is only the middle Tang Dynasty. Although Wu Zetian once severely cracked down on famous families, the powerful forces owned by famous families could not be destroyed overnight.

His unknown origin has always been unwilling tolerated by these famous families. However, since Mingzhu can get her mother's consent and travel thousands of miles to Beiting to find her, it means that Mrs. Pei's attitude towards her has loosened.

However, Li Qing'an didn't know that just half an hour ago, Dugu Mingyue's parents had another big fight for him. The reason was that Dugu Haoran was very annoyed when his daughter went to prison to visit Li Qing'an. When the princelings were fully cleansed, his daughter was still so obsessed with Li Qing'an. His only hope now is that his daughter can be successfully named Princess Mingyue and marry Ge Luolu, thereby saving his career.

Unexpectedly, a series of unfavorable news came. Prince Gelu had been shot and killed by Li Qing'an, and his daughter Princess Feng Mingyue was hopeless. Then, news came from the Ministry of Personnel that he had been demoted to the magistrate of Xunyang County.

Dugu Haoran was almost collapsed. When the prime minister had only two months ago, he fell from the high platform into the abyss. Everything was because he was a princeling. In order to survive in desperate situations, he actually thought of promising his daughter to Zhao Xuming and then put on Zhang Dang's cloak, but this time it was Mrs. Pei who firmly opposed it.

Many things in the world are so funny. They always go from one extreme to another. The evening is raining in the evening and the morning is cloudy. Perhaps it is the old saying that there is often only a thread between heaven and hell.

A maid invited Mrs. Pei, who was worried, into the living room and gave her a cup of tea. Mrs. Pei was very upset. Although her daughter was rescued from the crisis, her husband encountered great setbacks. When she just went out, she heard that Lu Huan committed suicide in prison. What about her husband? Can the husband, who has always been arrogant, withstand this cruel blow?

"Let Mrs. Pei wait for a long time!" Li Qing'an walked out quickly and gave her a deep salute.

"I came uninvited to disturb Li Jun."

Mrs. Pei returned the favor slightly, and she was thoughtful and gentle.

Li Qing'an asked her to sit down and said with a smile: "I just happened to want to go to Dugu Mansion, but I didn't expect that the wife would come first."

"Is there anything wrong with Envoy Li going to Gudu Mansion?" Mrs. Pei asked knowingly.

Li Qing'an nodded and sighed, "I will leave Beijing tomorrow morning. Before leaving Beijing, I want to have a good talk with my uncle and aunt."

"For the bright moon?"

"That's right! I want to formally propose to Dugu Mansion."

Mrs. Pei was silent for a long time before sighing: "I came to find you, but it was actually for this."

"Madam, please say it!"

"Mingyue is my beloved daughter. I was worried about her lifelong event. Her sister was unfortunately killed by the Khitans a few years ago. When I heard that Yue was chosen to marry again, do you know? At that moment, I felt the desire to die."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Pei gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and continued: "In order to save Mingyue, I agree that Mingzhu traveled thousands of miles to Beiting to find you. Now, because of your efforts, Mingyue doesn't have to marry Manhu, Li Envoy, I am full of gratitude for you."

"Madam, don't be polite, I won't let Mingyue marry Geluo."

"I know you won't let Mingyue down."

Mrs. Pei smiled and said, "I came to you today and I want to tell you that as Mingyue's mother, I will formally entrust Mingyue to you."

Li Qingan was not overjoyed. He lowered his head and stroked the teacup on the table, and then smiled faintly: "Madam, do you know that I have been demoted to the prefect of Liuzhou and no longer the governor of Beiting."

"I already know."

Mrs. Pei sighed and said, "You are still old and can get up again. Actually, I don't care what position you hold. If I have to say I have something to care about, I care about your family background. You are not a child of aristocratic families. This has always made me feel very sorry. But then again, what about the child of aristocratic families? I would rather not have such a son-in-law."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Pei took out Mingyue's birthday and wedding book, put it on the table and smiled: "I know you don't have an elder..."

"I'll be Qilu's elder!"

Before Mrs. Pei finished speaking, Gao Lishi walked out and took the wedding letter and smiled: "Leave Qilang's engagement to me. If I guess correctly, Mingyue's father wouldn't agree with this marriage!"

"Mr. Gao guessed well, but I will convince him that today I will hand over Mingyue's wedding letter to Mr. Li. Even if this marriage is settled, I will hold a wedding for you when it is appropriate."

Li Qing was overjoyed and bowed quickly and said, "Thank you, aunt, I have given a piece of jade to Mingyue, that is the token I gave to Mingyue."

"Okay then! I'll leave first."

Mrs. Pei stood up and smiled at Gao Lishi again and said, "Mr. Gao, I'll ask you for everything."

Gao Lishi and Li Qing'an kept sending Mrs. Pei out of the gate. Then Gao Lishi smiled at Li Qing'an and said, "Congratulations, but I believe that your second joy will come soon."

Li Qingan also squinted his eyes and smiled, "How did Mr. Gao know?"

"Of course I know, since you can relieve your military power, will you not have a backup plan?"

Gao Lishi patted his shoulder and entered the mansion with a smile.

Just as dawn the next day, Li Qing'an and three hundred guards left Gao Lishi's mansion and set off. They walked slowly along Zhuque Street. The street was very quiet and there were no pedestrians. There was a hint of coolness in the morning of Chang'an in April. A thin layer of white mist enveloped the street, as if flowing gauze was fluttering in the wind. They soon arrived at Mingde Gate. The city gate was already open, and both sides were filled with Chang'an people waiting to go out.

"Brother Li!"

Li Qingan suddenly heard Mingzhu's voice. He looked in the sound and saw a carriage parked next to the city gate. In front of the carriage, Mingzhu jumped and waved to him with excitement. Behind her was Mingyue in a long yellow dress, and her eyes were filled with endless joy.

Li Qingan also smiled. He had never seen the bright moon as bright as today. Her faint sadness in the past has now been swept away. Her eyes were flashing with a dazzling gem. This spirit made Li Qingan feel intoxicated, just like the peony that had just bloomed in the morning, fragrant and fragrant.

"Brother Li!"

Mingzhu ran up, Li Qingan turned over and got off the horse, greeted him, and said with a smile: "Do you want to go with me?"

Mingzhu pouted and said, "We want to do it, but my mother doesn't let you, just let us give it to you."

Speaking of this, Mingzhu asked with a smile again: "I heard from my mother that your marriage with your sister has been decided?"

"Little girl, you've made a great contribution this time!"

Li Qingan pinched her nose and walked towards Mingyue. Mingyue's face suddenly flew over a touch of red clouds. She shyly lowered her head and whispered: "Mingyue is here to see you off."

"Don't you go with me?"

Mingyue shook her head and said, "Since I have already promised you, I will wait for you to marry me. I will wait for you to return. Even if you wait until the end of time, Mingyue will have no regrets."

Both of them were silent. After a moment, Li Qingan smiled and said, "Okay then! I believe that one day, I will definitely take you to see the bright moon in Tianshan."

He turned over the horse and smiled at Mingzhu again, "Mingzhu, take good care of your sister, and I will find you the best husband in the future."

After saying that, he waved to Mingyue and led his personal soldiers to the door.

"I don't want it!"

Mingzhu muttered in a low voice, and she suddenly realized it and quickly shouted to Mingyue: "Sister, Brother Li is leaving, will I not send him away?"

"No need, I'll give you a thousand miles away."

Mingyue silently stared at Li Qing'an's back and walked away, murmured: "I wish you take care of yourself all the way!"

Five days later, on April 18, the ninth year of Tianbao, Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty finally issued an edict, saying that Prince Li Heng was not suitable to be the crown prince because he used the witchcraft technique, so he officially abolished his position as crown prince, and appointed him as King Liang, and withdrew from the Eastern Palace.

Li Heng gave the order with tears in his eyes, but fainted under the steps of the East Palace. He disappeared as if he had wings. It was spread to all parts of the country in an instant. Some people were shocked, shed tears and worried about it, but some people were happy and excited about it. The Prime Minister celebrated.

On this day, Li Qing'an had arrived in Xiangyang. He received the news that the prince was deposed and stopped immediately. The time for implementing the third plan of Yanzhuang in a series of 10,000 words was finally here. He immediately ordered someone to send a letter of ten thousand words to Chang'an and asked Li Linfu to write a letter to him.

In the Zichen Hall of the Daming Palace, Li Linfu's slightly old figure hurriedly walked past a pillar, holding a thick memorial in his hand.

The purge of the princelings ended yesterday. None of the twenty-three people planned by Li Longji escaped, was imprisoned, removed from office or demoted. Zhang Yi, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice who interrogated Li Qing'an, was demoted to Sima of Luzhou. The last one was demoted was Pei Min, the young minister of Dali Temple, who was demoted to Huayin County Magistrate. At this point, all the backbones of the princeling were beaten to the city.

The situation in the court suddenly changed drastically, from the original four factions to the Prime Minister, Yang Party and Zhang Party, and the princes also had undercurrents and dependent on the three parties. The emptiness of the East Palace made every son of Li Longji become ambitious.

In addition to the annihilation of the entire crown prince, Li Linfu's Prime Minister and the Kuomintang was also hit hard. His Ministry of Personnel was lost, but Yang Guozhong's power rose sharply because of his acquisition of the Ministry of Personnel. His confidant Minister of the Ministry of Personnel Wei Jiansu was named Pingzhangshi of the Secretariat and officially became Prime Minister. At this moment, among the seven prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, the Yang party faction occupied three, and the Prime Minister and the Zhang party each had two. In the Political Affairs Hall, Yang Guozhong had already gained an advantage.

Li Linfu also became old. He walked to Li Longji's imperial study and said to an eunuch: "Please report to the emperor, I have urgent matters to ask for my meeting."

"Please wait for a moment, Li Xiangguo!" The eunuch turned around and entered the imperial study.

Li Linfu snorted in anger. Everyone used to call him "prime kingdom", but now he called him "prime kingdom", and added a surname, which was to distinguish him from "prime kingdom Yang". A rogue in the market, but because he was a relative of the foreign country, he actually competed with him, Li Linfu.

Li Linfu sat on the soft pier at the door in a depressed mood and waited for summoning him. At this time, he looked at Li Qing'an's memorial again. The anger on his face slightly cleared, and a hint of comfort flashed in his eyes.

He knew better than anyone else that Li Qing'an was not a princeling. At that time, he tried his best to insert Li Qing'an into the princeling to provoke Li Heng and Yang Guozhong's confrontation, and finally the prince was deposed, which means that the Li Linfu family would not be punished by the clan because the prince came to power. From this point of view, Li Linfu achieved his goal, but Li Qing'an was purged because of this and was demoted from the governor of Beiting to the prefect of Liuzhou.

Li Linfu felt a little guilty and a little regretful. Originally, Li Qing'an could have become his right-hand man, but he did not expect that Li Qing'an would actually publish a book after the prince was deposed. At this time, Li Longji had completed the storm-like cleaning of the princelings, and began to take a breath, stopped to re-examine the convictions of the backbone of the princelings. Li Qing'an wrote a letter at this time, and the timing was clever, which made him amazed.

"Secretary Li, Your Majesty invites you in!" The eunuch whispered at the door.

Li Linfu stood up, tidied up his clothes, and quickly walked into the imperial study room. In the room, Li Longji was reviewing a memorial, which was on the way to Gao Xianzhi's office in Anxi. At this time, Gao Xianzhi's appointment as the governor of Beiting should be still on the way, but Gao Xianzhi sent the news of the great victory of the Imperial Army. However, for some reason, the great victory of the Imperial Army did not bring any ecstasy to Li Longji. In a sense, it is far from comparable to the recovery of the Shattered Ye Jun Town.

Li Longji pondered for a long time. Gao Xianzhi proposed to attack Yuezhi at the end of the memorial and completely drove the Tubo forces out of Tochar, because these small Tochar countries had not been to Beijing for many years and had long stopped treating the Tang Dynasty as the sect leader country, and should be subdued by the kingly way. Moreover, the Tochar countries have a lot of money and food, so the imperial court does not need to spend military funds.

Although the great victory of the Imperial Kingdom did not bring any ecstasy to Li Longji, Gao Xianzhi's final proposal made Li Longji quite moved. He could take down the entire territory of Tochar without the expense of military resources and drive the Tubo forces out of Tochar. Why not do this? He took out a secret report from the military supervisor Bian Lingcheng, saying that the Anxi army was in full swing and the terrain passed by was unstoppable. Li Longji had already agreed in his heart.

At this time, Li Linfu walked into the imperial study room and bowed and said, "My minister Li Linfu will meet your Majesty!"

Li Longji put down his pen and laughed: "The Prime Minister is coming just right. I am just about to discuss with you the matter of Gao Xianzhi's proposal to attack the entire territory of Tucharo."

"Your Majesty, I am here for this matter."

As he said that, Li Linfu presented Li Qing'an's memorial to Li Longji with both hands, "This is the memorial made by Li Qing'an on the way to his post. I am deeply touched by him and I will present it to His Majesty."

"Li Qing'an?" Li Longji was stunned for a moment. He took the memorial and looked at it. He wrote more than ten pages in a row, which was as many as ten thousand words.

‘I think that in the Tang Dynasty, whether from Beiting or Anxi, it took a long journey to enter the west of the Tang Dynasty. It was a long expedition to the expedition. It was a Jiayun. Meng Lingcha's powerful troops advanced westward, but it could not last long. Because the west of the Tang Dynasty had no foundation, the broken leaves were restored, which would change the disadvantages of the Tang army, which was actually a turning point in the west of the Tang Dynasty.

Now that we are taking the broken leaves, everything is waiting to be developed. The most urgent task is to take advantage of the opportunity of the big food that has no time to look east, recruit soldiers to store grain, build cities, migrate to the broken leaves, and appease Tuhu, so as to consolidate the foundation of the broken leaves. We should not use rash weapons to alarm the big food, and lose the opportunity for our Tang army to station troops and recuperate.

I think the strategy of the Hezhong should be divided into two steps. First, actively consolidate and strengthen the foundation of the Shaye Leaf, so that our Tang army can have the foundation for its establishment. Second, we should implement the strategy of uniting and connecting Zhaowu's nine countries and supporting them to fight against the Dashi westward. The ancestral temples of the nine countries of Zhaowu were destroyed, their faith was lost, the people's taxes were heavy, and the nobles' property was not guaranteed day and night. They were dissatisfied with Dashi for a long time. Unfortunately, the country was weak in its small state and could not fight against Dashi. If our Tang Dynasty supported it with a strong arm, the situation in the Hezhong would inevitably change drastically; then another Tang envoy was sent to Byzantium to go westward. Byzantium was a big food enemy and the country was strong. It was only because of different religions and was incompatible with Dashi. The Tang Dynasty should unite with Byzantium to plan for Dashi, so that Dashi had no time to look east. I dared to assert that according to my plan, the land in the Hezhong should return to Dashi within three years.

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Li Qing'an's memorial opened up the horizon that Li Longji had never seen before. He pondered for a long time. At this time, Li Linfu replied: "Your Majesty, I think Li Qing'an is different from Wei Jian, Huangfu Weiming, Wang Zhongsi and others. They have neither marriage nor old friendships with the old prince, and they have become the old prince. However, when the Yangzhou salt case involved Prince Qing, he had a way of self-protection. He was not a long time since he became a prince's prince and was far away in Beiting. Although he had the gold medal of the prince, he could not think that he was the prince's best friend. This man started his business entirely by military merits, neither aristocratic background nor a royal family blood relatives, which should be of great use. He had a profound understanding of the Western Regions, and there were no two people in our dynasty. Your Majesty, it would be a pity to let him go to Liuzhou."

Li Longji's left hand sichuan finger gently tapped the imperial case. Last night, the imperial concubine complained that he demoted Li Qing'an to the deserted area of ​​Liuzhou. However, now that the princelings have been destroyed, the situation in the court is in chaos, so it is not advisable to repeat it again, which makes him feel that he has the illusion of letting the prince go.

At this time, a eunuch at the door reported: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister Yang has arrived."

"Show him in here!"

After a moment, Yang Guozhong hurried in. He is now the Minister of War and the Minister of Personnel. He is highly entrusted and can compete with Li Linfu. His career is proud and his face is extremely radiant. He walked into the imperial study room and saw Li Linfu also being there. He couldn't help but be stunned. He looked at him hostilely, and immediately knelt down and worshiped: "My minister Yang Guozhong met with Your Majesty, I wish you a long life."

"Yang Aiqing is not a favor and calm!"

Li Longji summoned Yang Guozhong to discuss with him the matter of Gao Xianzhi's attack on Tucharo, but a memorial from Li Qing'an made him hesitate a little.

At this time, Li Longji quickly glanced at Li Linfu. Seeing that he had a sincere smile, he was completely free from the cold faces of a political enemy, Li Longji suddenly felt a little alert in his heart. He knew this prime minister so well, and had a sweet mouth and a sword in his waist. His uncle Yang Guozhong burst into an enemy when he entered the door, which was obviously lower. Can he defeat Li Linfu?

Originally, he wanted to discuss Gao Xianzhi's suggestion with Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong, but now he changed his mind in a moment of thought. Li Longji smiled at Li Linfu and said, "Prime Minister, I want to talk about family affairs with Yang Guojiu."

The implication was that Li Linfu had asked him to retreat. Of course, Li Linfu knew that Li Longji summoned Yang Guozhong to discuss Gao Xianzhi's affairs, and now he asked him to retreat, which was obviously taking away his dominance over Anxi affairs. He was extremely dissatisfied, but he did not dare to show it, so he bowed and said, "I will leave!"

He slowly retreated. When Li Longji waited for him to retreat, he gave Yu Chaoen a wink and asked him to close the door. Then he said to Yang Guozhong: "I have two things to come to you. First, talk about the drought in Henan. It has not rained for three months. Someone wrote to the local officials to embezzle the relief grain, which caused people to resent and hungry people to rebel. I want someone to go and see. You are the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and you can recommend one person."

Yang Guozhong hurriedly said: "I recommend Zhang Jie, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. He has been in the Ministry of Revenue for a long time and is familiar with the people's conditions in various places, so he should be competent."

Zhang Jun is Zhang Yun's third brother. He has always served as the chief ward of the Ministry of Revenue and is a key figure in Zhang Yun's control of the Ministry of Revenue. Yang Guozhong wanted to transfer him away, obviously because he was trying to attack the Ministry of Revenue, but he did not understand Li Longji's intention. Li Longji asked him to send people because his people had relatively little qualifications and wanted to give them a chance to exercise. Unexpectedly, Yang Guozhong was greedy and had the idea of ​​the Ministry of Revenue again, which made Li Longji slightly unhappy.

He then held the topic and said, "Forget it, the affairs in the court are complicated. You were the first to serve as the Ministry of Personnel, and there were not many people familiar with you. I won't ask you about this matter. I will send someone else."

Li Longji took Gao Xianzhi's memorial and said, "I want to ask you, since you are the Minister of War, Gao Xianzhi proposed to attack Tucharo. What do you think?"

"I firmly support it!"

Anxi affairs have always been the territory of Li Linfu. Yang Guozhong was in charge of Nanzhao. He had never been able to get in. Now that Li Longji intends to give him Anxi affairs, Yang Guozhong will certainly not let go of this opportunity. He quickly took out a memorial and said: "This is a memorial written by Tubo's envoy Yao Zhongting to go on a mission to Tubo. Tubo Zanpu had just died. Xinzanpu was young, and domestic factions fought fiercely for power, so he had no time to use troops abroad. Now Geshuhan has taken Jiuqu, and the border of Jiannan is calm. Nanzhao Watsons were guarding the Tang Dynasty and Anlushan was guarding the northeast. It was when Tubo was using troops in the northwest. Since Tubo had no time to take care of the Western Regions, I thought it was just a matter of sweeping Tocharo and completely driving the Tubo forces out of Tocharo. Your Majesty, you must not miss the opportunity!"

"What about big food? Why don't you consider the big food factor?" Li Longji asked.

Yang Guozhong sneered and said, "Dashi is just a Human in the Western Regions. It is slightly stronger than Kang and Shi Kingdoms. I only dare to compete with Zhaowu countries. How dare I fight against our Tang Tianjun? Besides, I heard that it is internal strife in the country and cannot advance eastward. Therefore, I do not consider the Dashi, but only Tubo."

Although Li Longji knew that Dashi was not just slightly stronger than Kang Shi and other countries, if that were the case, he would not support Tuqi Shi to fight Dashi, but Yang Guozhong said one thing correctly. Dashi was in a civil war, which was indeed an opportunity.

Although Li Qing'an's Western Regions strategy was very reasonable, it did not affect the Battle of Tochar. He could advance at the same time. Thinking of the Tang army's general sweeping over Tochar and attracting all nations to the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji felt an uncontrollable excitement in his heart.

He immediately picked up his pen and wrote a word "Certificate" on Gao Xianzhi's memorial, and said: "Transfer my will and grant Gao Xianzhi the title of Minister of the Honglu Temple and the Chief Censor of the Censorate, rewarding 10,000 taels of silver and 5,000 pieces of silk. Take down Tochar, and I will reward the three armies together."

Yang Guozhong was overjoyed. He was finally able to interfere in Anxi affairs. He took advantage of the opportunity of Li Longji's trust in him and quickly reported another matter: "Your Majesty, I heard that Li Qing'an disbanded his personal soldiers without authorization and went to Liuzhou as a private army. I hope Your Majesty will punish him severely!"
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