The emperor intended to attack the local emperors in Lingnan, but in fact he had a very obvious attitude before the New Year. Before the New Year, Ning Changzhen, the prefect of Ning Yue County, Lingnan, presented Hepu Dazhu, and Feng Xuan of Yongxi County, entered Libu.

But the emperor did not accept it.

The emperor did not accept tribute from the two counties, and his attitude was very subtle.

Originally, it was normal for the place to pay tribute to the emperor, but what was abnormal was that the two counties paid tribute to pearls and libu this time, but neither of them used the same way as before. They used the tribute method they paid to the central dynasty many years ago.

This method of tribute fully demonstrates the desire of Ning Changzhen and Feng Xuan to bring the relationship between Lingnan and the court back to the time before the Sui Dynasty.

At that time, the Central Plains court's policy to these local tyrants in Lingnan was a system that as long as they surrender to the central court and included it in this system, they would fully enjoy autonomy over their territory.

Officials are appointed by themselves, the army is summoned and controlled by themselves, and taxes are also determined by them. They do not even pay taxes to the court, but only pay symbolic tribute.

This is the relationship between them and the court they are used to and want to return to.

Ning's family has been in Lingnan West Road for several generations. It was a hereditary local leader and has several counties. Feng Xuan is Feng Ang's brother, the father of Ning Changzhen's daughter-in-law, and the family of children.

Feng Xuan participated in the rebellion when he was still in the Sui Dynasty in his early years. Later, his grandmother Lady Xian was removed from military power. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Feng Xuan followed Xian Baoche to rebel. Later, Xian Baoche was defeated, so he had no choice but to follow his brother Feng Ang's advice and surrender to the Qin Dynasty.

But now, he is in a fierce fight with Ning Changzhen and plans to be autonomous.

At this time, the Lingnan area was actually very barbaric and backward. It was the so-called south of the Five Ridges, with people mixed with people. In addition to Nanhai County (Guangzhou), Guilin County and Jiaozhi County, the three coastal ports or key areas that entered the ridge have been the key points for the Central Plains dynasty to control Lingnan since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, other counties, especially the mountainous areas, had almost no control, and in the west road of Lingnan, the control power was even weaker.

For this reason, the long-term implementation of the ruling system is like the court in Yunnan and Guizhou, where there is no practical control.

Last year, when the imperial court fought in the northwest, Ning Changzhen, the prefect of Ning Yue County, Ning Daoming, the prefect of Hepu County, Ning Chun, the prefect of Yongping, Feng Xuan, the prefect of Yongxi, and Tan Dian, the prefect of Yulin County, etc., secretly discussed and discussed it many times.

They all wanted to get rid of the Qin Dynasty's attempt to further control Lingnan and want to return to their own kings.

Later, Ning Chun opposed the rebellion and withdrew from the alliance, and Feng Ann from Gaoliang County was not willing to conspire with them at all.

In order to test the attitude of the court, the tribute changed to tribute this time before the New Year.

The emperor directly rejected their tribute. The news came back to Lingnan. Ning Changzhen and others began to step up their conspiracy. The information reached Luoyang, and Luo Cheng was also stepping up his deployment.

However, before Li Jing could return to Lingnan, the Jinyiwei rushed to report to Lingnan.

Ning Daoming, the prefect of Hepu County, took the lead in starting a military campaign in Hepu. Then Feng Xuan, the prefect of Yongxi County, also raised an army to respond. Then, the chief general Tandian, who was as famous as the Feng family in Lingnan, also led the barbarians of Zhuxidong to raise an army.

In a short time, most of the cities were captured at the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi, and many of the slanders of Ningyue, Hepu, Yongxi, Yongping and Yulin counties at the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi were incited.

The emperor received an urgent report and was not allowed to summon Li Jing, Li Xizhi, Feng Ang and others immediately.

"Issue Li Jing to be appointed as the commander-in-chief of Guangdong Road and the prefect of Nanhai County, Feng Ang is appointed as the commander-in-chief of Guangdong Road and the prefect of Gaoliang County, Li Xizhi is appointed as the commander-in-chief of Guangxi Road and the prefect of Guilin County, and Qiu He is appointed as the commander-in-chief of Guangnan Road and the prefect of Jiaozhi County."

Because the two chiefs Ning Chun and Chen Longshu refused to conspire to cause trouble, the emperor issued an order to grant Ning Chun the title of the prefect of Yongping County and the right commander of Guangxi Road, and Chen Longshu the title of the prefect of Cangwu County and the third-rank general.

"The situation in Lingnan is quite complicated, and the Han sluts are mixed, but no matter what the situation is, they will definitely not tolerate the rebellion of these people. You will immediately return to Lingnan, lead the troops to recover the cities of the counties first, and then enter the mountains to fog and open the mountains to encircle the Tan Hall and other liars. This time, we will completely combat these traitors."

After rushing to send Li Jing and others back to quell the rebellion, Luo Cheng couldn't help but feel a headache.

I want to rest and rest, but these people just don’t give me a chance.

They were all staring at the court. When they saw that the court was seriously injured, they wanted to lie up and suck a few mouthfuls of blood.

However, when Li Jing went south, the emperor did not transfer any troops to Li Jing. Li Jing also said that the troops from Lingnan were enough to quell the rebellion.

Luo Cheng didn't want to travel thousands of miles to circle around the three feudal families in the south of the Yangtze River. It was too troublesome and too much to consume.

Li Jing had been able to pacify Lingnan a few years ago when the Raptors crossed the river. Now that he had a few years of operation, he believed that he would be able to quell the rebellion. Maybe it would take more time, but Luo Cheng couldn't control it. Anyway, there was no real tax collection in Lingnan in recent years, and it was relying on the taxes and benefits of the maritime trade market in Nanhai Port, Jiaozhi Port and Guilin City.

This time, the emperor asked Li Jing to be the prefect of Nanhai and personally took charge of Nanhai County. He also wanted to ensure that this largest commercial port along the South China Sea coast was an important stop on the Luocheng Maritime Silk Road. He looked a little bit and must not be destroyed by the rebels.

As for trusting Ning Chun and Feng Ang, it was a last resort.

"It's really a turbulent time. Can't I give me three or five years?"

Another night passed and it was just dawn.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial City Admiral asked for your visit."

"Prince."

Li Xian came in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, Xiong has taken action. The Xiangxiong people raided the Tubo Embassy. They took advantage of the days that Jinwu could not help but, and the Chengfang Gate did not close at night. The lanterns and night markets on the street all night, suddenly attacked the embassy in the early morning. Fortunately, we were prepared."

"Just talk about the result, how many people have been arrested?"

"A total of more than 100 Xiangxiong people participated in the attack, and dozens of Hu mercenaries. In addition, we arrested dozens of those who were under cover afterwards."

"In the Tubo embassy, ​​more than 30 Tubo warriors died and more than 20 were injured. The Tubo envoy Gar Dongzan was also slightly injured. Princess Saimaga was only a little scared and not injured."

"Can you prove that the attackers are Xiangxiong people? Can you prove that they were sent by Li Mixia?"

"Your Majesty, the Tubo people can prove that among the attackers were Li Mixia's subordinates, and some of the captured people confessed that they were sent by Li Mixia."

Luo Cheng nodded.

"Very good, we have all we want. Now let Princess Qianmaga enter the palace. As for Tubo and Xiangxiong, let them bite the dog and bite it!"

Tearing these two dogs can save him some trouble. Luo Cheng kneaded his temples. He has had too many troubles recently, and it is also one less thing to lose.
Chapter completed!