Chang'an court.

A fierce quarrel was taking place among the officials of the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, Liu Pi, the governor of Xichuan Province, has written a letter to request that the governor of Xichuan River be transported to the three rivers."

"Your Majesty, how is Liu Pi's move different from openly conspiring to rebel? Please punish this traitor!"

An old minister held the scepter in his arms and said loudly.

Just as he finished speaking, another person came out of the class to report:

"Your Majesty! The land of Sanchuan is remote and has rugged roads. It is difficult for the imperial court to control it and it is useless to take it. Moreover, it is adjacent to Tubo. Even if it is taken back, we must always be on guard. It is better to comply with Liu Pi's request and take the land of Sanchuan.

Just leave it to him and let him fight with Tibet, your majesty can reap the benefits and appease Liu Pi, isn't it the best of both worlds?"

"shut up!"

Several people came out of work and pointed at this person and cursed angrily.

Earlier, the old minister almost wanted to hit him with his wat, but he was held tightly by the person next to him, and he was still cursing angrily.

That person dared to say this in court, so he naturally had a large number of supporters.

People from the two factions kept yelling at each other in the court, which gave the new emperor Li Chunpo, who was sitting on the dragon bed, a headache.

Although he has a vicious mind, he is also resourceful and far-sighted.

He also has his own opinions on how to govern the country.

He had already made up his mind to cut down the vassal towns.

But the complexity and difficulty involved were far beyond his expectation.

From the high-spirited moment when he ascended the throne to now, over the past few years, he has been constrained everywhere and made every move difficult.

Now, he somewhat understood that in his eyes, his father, whom he looked down upon, was not as stupid and incompetent as he thought.

In fact, he already knew that if Emperor Dezong and the Supreme Emperor had not smoothed the way for him and laid the foundation stone, he might not even be able to sit on the throne now.

"Your Majesty! We have urgent military information!"

Chao Shang was getting anxious with the quarrel, when suddenly Jin Wuwei came into the hall and knelt down.

"Liu Pi, the military governor of Xichuan, sent troops to capture Zizhou in Dongchuan a month ago! Li Kang, the military governor of Xichuan, was captured alive by him!"

As soon as these words came out, the court fell into dead silence.

"Bang!"

Li Chun suddenly grabbed the inkstone on the table in front of him and smashed it down hard.

His face was livid, his eyes were on fire, and he almost said word for word: "Why are you reporting now!"

The Jinwu Guards were only reporting based on an urgent message, so how could they know the whole story?

He could only kneel on the ground, his forehead close to the ground, and dare not speak.

"Your Majesty, the roads in Sanchuan are dangerous..."

"Bang!"

"Oh!"

The minister who had previously wanted to persuade the emperor to accept Liu Pi's petition wanted to explain a few words. At this time, Li Chun already hated Liu Pi who slapped him hard on the face. He also hated him and waved his hand.

Another white jade paperweight smashed down, directly hitting the man's head and bleeding.

"Your Majesty, Liu Pi has blatantly plotted rebellion. We have learned from the past and the chaos in the feudal town cannot be repeated. This trend must not rise. We should immediately send a large army to capture Liu Pi and scare Xiaoxiao!"

Li Chun smashed a head, breathed out a little, and regained some composure, knowing that getting angry at this time was useless.

Sitting back on the dragon bed, his eyes slowly passed over His Highness's ministers and asked: "Who can help me solve this trouble?"

"..."

This statement caused all the officials who had been noisy and impassioned to quiet down immediately. They all lowered their heads and lowered their eyebrows, for fear of attracting the emperor's attention.

Li Chun nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Just a moment ago, they looked like they were loyal to the country, but when things came to pass, they all turned into cowards.

Now, he couldn't help but start to regret in his heart.

Although the old ministers of the Supreme Emperor are all noble, each one is more stubborn than the last, which is disgusting.

But at critical moments, only those people are really useful.

Thinking of this, the complacency that I had felt for speaking the truth in the court over the past few years gradually cooled down, and I suddenly felt tired, and my previous ambitions seemed to be less fervent.

In the parade of His Highness's generals, several Shence generals looked at each other vaguely, and they all saw the sarcastic smiles in each other's eyes.

Only they knew that the emperor in front of them was a puppet from beginning to end.

Even the troops from various towns guarding Chang'an were already empty.

There has been a war outside for several years, but the emperor seems to be blind and has no idea at all.

Even the current battle report is only for him to know so that he can know.

Come to think of it, the traitor Liu Pi, who made everyone in the court filled with righteous indignation, had already been captured by General Fan.

In the Tang Dynasty, the last rebellion has been wiped out.

All the military forces in the world have fallen into the hands of the Supreme Emperor who lives deep in the forbidden palace and never shows his face.

Just as they thought.

Zizhou City is thousands of miles away.

At this time, the city wall was in ruins, corpses were everywhere on the city and below, and the ground was covered with blood.

Apparently there had just been a big battle.

"General! The traitor Liu Pi has been captured. More than 300 members of the Liu family have also been captured. They have been taken to the city. General, please make a decision!"

Fan Xichao, who has white beard and hair, is dressed in armor, has a majestic air, and is full of evil spirits. Compared with a few years ago, Fan Xichao has only increased.

A sergeant rushed over and bowed to report.

The veteran general was looking at the city with emotion in his eyes.

The work of several years has been completed today.

After that, the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty was over, and it was time to flex your muscles and regain all the lost ground.

Your Majesty's great talents and great strategies are not enough to repeat the glory of the prosperous age, to recreate the Zhenguan Dynasty, and to have all the nations come to court in the Kaiyuan Dynasty.

After hearing the report, he looked away, just held his white beard lightly, then waved his hand and said softly: "Verify his true identity and execute them all."

"yes!"

The sergeant was not surprised at all and took the order and left.

Whether it is for personal gain or for the country,

The essence of war is killing, and there is no room for mercy.

It's always been like this...

When Fan Xi swung the butcher's knife and ran away without even showing his face once, Liu Pi's head rolled off.

The stars in the sky suddenly twinkled.

Yesterday's light is inherently unstable, and ordinary people cannot detect it.

At the same time, there were some beings in the Forbidden Palace, on Longhu Mountain, in the mountains and fields, and in the marketplace. They raised their heads, each with a different look on their face.

In the Nine Nights Golden Palace.

At this time, there was nothing but the majestic giant pillar, looming in the curling clouds and smoke, with the bright golden light shining in it.

Layers of clouds and smoke suddenly surged and rolled endlessly, splitting in all directions.

Slowly revealing the figure of the Emperor of Heaven, who is taller than the mountains and brighter than the sun and the moon.

The face of this de facto Lord of the Three Realms is always hidden in a cloud of smoke and light and cannot be seen.

He slowly raised his head, and the clouds and smoke billowed out, revealing the boundless darkness of Taixu, and the shining stars all over it.

He stretched out his hand, and a small pennant flag appeared on his palm.

He waved his hand and threw it, and the pennant flew out, hanging in the void, swaying in the wind.

Countless stars actually began to rotate slowly.

If you look closely, you can find that there are still some stars in it, totaling 365, which is exactly the number of stars in the sky.

Across Taixu, no matter how small the flag flutters, it never moves.

In that moment when the stars were shining, it was more like being angered, and suddenly the stars were shining brightly.

There are also green dragons, white tigers, redbirds, black basalts,

Pigs, cows, bats, wolves, rabbits, chickens, leopards, snakes, deer and other strange phenomena made of stars of various colors appeared together.
To be continued...