Crown Tang emperor

Wei Sili said with a look of embarrassment, the Turks asked to surrender, but the emperor kept silent, hoping to use this to recall the army of Hedong, and King Yong used this to make trouble and sent his troops back east.These series of variables are all out of their control.

The situation in the court is chaotic, and even if the army of Hedong returns to the division, it will be beyond their reach, which is second.The key is that the uncertain factor of King Yong also became agitated, which immediately caused them to be troubled by a difficult situation and a dilemma in their plan.

"That rebellious son is so rebellious! Could it be that the saints in the capital have no checks and balances?"

When the King of Luling heard the news, his face changed drastically.Although he knew a little about King Yong holding the power to divide Shaanxi, he still didn't have a deep understanding of the situation in the two capitals. In addition, along the way, everyone around him was telling him that this trip would be a success, which naturally filled him with excitement. Optimistic, but he didn't expect to be greeted head-on before officially entering Heluo.

Naturally, the road was not a place for gossip, and the group continued on their way, entrusting King Luling's family to settle down in a temporarily prepared garden. A rebellious act that does not follow the rules of the ministers. Now the court is actively negotiating to deal with it, hoping to stop King Yong from the west of Tongguan. As long as the situation between the East and the West is at a stalemate, the ministers will directly entrust the king to inherit the order of Fu and inherit the land. King Yong This trip was originally used as a cover for the Turkic disturbance, and at that time, the east army will be added, so that the western army and the east army will face each other along the river and attack each other."

"That bastard, he, is he willing to obey my order? He even, even today..."

Hearing Wei Sili's simple words, the King of Luling felt a little unconfident, and said: "Since the east and the west are confronting each other, and the two capitals have become boiling water, why don't we leave our hometown and recruit from Henan and Hebei..."

"Your Majesty is the heir of the Emperor, and only when you live at the root of the country can you show your dignity and prestige. If you go to the rivers and lakes and chase after the end, the future will be even more unpredictable!"

After hearing the words, Wei Sili quickly waved his hands and said: "Although the Western Army is fierce, it has already been exhausted from gathering and dispersing at the beginning of the year. Now King Yong is going out in a hurry. The army in Hedong was originally set up by the imperial court to guard against the Western Army, and they cannot live in peace with each other. If King Yong If Tongguan is obstructed, it can be seen that its power is still weak. Because of the troubles in the east side of the river, the artifacts in the imperial court will change, and it will not dare to attack! If Tongguan does not hinder its progress, the East and West will soon fight, and the king can benefit from it!"

After Wei Sili withdrew, Li Xian was still a little uneasy, summoned the relatively trustworthy Pei Yixian, and couldn't help sighing: "The situation in the two capitals is already so severe, and the various honored sects lied to me, so far, it's a dilemma. Sigh. , if I had known this earlier..."

Pei Ni groaned for a while after hearing the words, and then said: "Now the situation is stalemate, the king is still calm. Since King Yong has come from the east, Xijing must be empty. Even if the two capitals fight, the king will not take power after all. Let Yuan Xi go westward and hide in the ancestral mausoleum, and when he retreats, he will have the work of things, and if he advances, he will have the weight of inside and outside."

"This, this is a good plan!"

After hearing the words, the king of Luling's eyes lit up immediately, and Pei Ni first expressed his position immediately after seeing the situation: "Nowadays, all families still have the power to look up to the king, and dare not forcefully disobey the will. Once the capital changes and regenerates, it will be unpredictable. Fearing that I will lose my composure at this moment, Your Majesty needs to make a quick decision! A humble position is not a lowly talent, fortunately Your Majesty sees it seriously, and is willing to serve you as a prince, and go to the ancestral tomb to beg for shelter!"

"I have to think about it, think about it..."

The King of Luling nodded thoughtfully, then waved his hand to screen Pei Ni away.

On the second day, the King of Luling finally decided to dispatch a group of soldiers to secretly escort Li Chongrun, his son-in-law, to bypass the capital and sneak into the imperial mausoleum in Guanzhong. The attached Luling Princess Wei's family.

Naturally, Wei Sili and the others disliked Luling King's self-assertion, but the current situation between capitals and bases was already unpredictable, and they really didn't dare to restrain the Luling King too strongly, so they could only acquiesce in this.

Chapter 0759 Shengjia crossing the river, let's talk about it

Although the night is extremely dark in the sleeping hall of the Wendian Temple in the capital of God, the lights are still brightly lit. In the hall and between the verandahs on both sides, there are many middle-ranking officials and maidservants standing and wandering.The palace walls and corridors around the hall are also frequently patrolled by Beiya sergeants with armor and sabers.

Suddenly, there was a rapid and dull exclamation from the inner hall, and the middle-ranking official who stayed straight in the outer hall told several eunuchs to rush in, kowtowed on the ground, "What are your orders?"

"No, nothing, what time is it?"

A slightly tired and hoarse voice came from inside the tent, the emperor Li Dan who woke up from his sleep wiped the fine cold sweat on his forehead, and raised his hand to signal the slightly panicked concubine to roll up the curtain, and then there was The palace servants poured out a bowl of decoction that was simmering with charcoal fire from the silver pot on the left outer window of the couch, and carefully brought it forward.

"Three quarters of the ugly hour have just passed."

The Zhongguan glanced at the scale of the copper leak and replied, and then said: "The night is still long, the servants are waiting for orders in the outer hall, everyone's health is the most important thing, please hang your tent and sleep peacefully."

After waking up from sleep, although Li Dan was exhausted, he didn't feel much sleepiness. He sipped the warm soup lightly, the interference in his mouth faded slightly, and his slightly dull thoughts gradually flowed, before he asked again: "Tonight in the inner garden Who is upright?"

"It's Shangguoyi Zhou Pingan, the battalion commander of Youtun at the North Gate."

Hearing this name, Li Dan frowned subconsciously: "What is Ping An's life experience this week? I remember that Wan Qi had Guo Yi's name Li Shun, and his skills in corner resistance were the best among all battalions. It was difficult for ten men to get close to him. Choose it straight!"

"Zhou Ping'an from Huaizhou, Yifeng recruited Long March athletes last year, and awarded Guoyi in Linzhang Prefecture, Xiangzhou. In March last year, he joined Sansu Guard and awarded it to the leader."

After hearing the words, the Zhongguan said quickly, but after introducing Guo Yi's life experience, he paused, peeking at the saint's affection, and then continued to whisper: "As for Li Shun, because he is a member of the old clothing society, he has been tied into Li Shun. Jingmen Inner Prison..."

When the emperor heard this, his eyelids twitched immediately, and after a moment of contemplation, he said again: "Tomorrow morning, deliver the book to the north gate, Mr. Zhou is on duty to stay loyal and diligent, bestow the word 'courage', and confer the title of guerrilla general."

Speaking of this, he was still sleepless, he simply got up and settled down on the couch, put on his robe and took a seat, and then asked again: "Where is Su Yong?"

"Mr. Su is guarding the idle stables in Xuanwu City tonight. Do you want to summon me?"

"Don't bother him with his work, go and get the North Gate tonight's guard record."

After Li Dan heard the words, he said again that after the Zhongguan got the Beiya tonight's guard registration book, he would read it carefully under the lamp. Only then did he settle down a bit, and he ordered that he must give generous soup and rice when he meets tomorrow, and never treat the tired soldiers of the guards lightly.

"What happened in Shangyang Palace?"

After learning about the internal palace defense, Li Dan asked again.When he heard the Zhongguan's answer and said nothing, he couldn't help but frowned and said in displeasure: "The times are different, the situation is changing, how can there be no abnormality? There must be something that is not seen by the eyes and ears, go to the supervisor quickly ask!"

After the Zhongguan heard the words, he nodded quickly and said yes, and then he couldn't help but said: "Everyone is pure filial piety and virtue, and asks about daily life several times a day. Although the two palaces are slaves and humble officials, they are also touching. It's better, it's better to welcome the empress dowager, the two Combining all the guards in one place can also save more space for the guards at the north gate..."

"Shut up! It's a matter of heaven and earth, how can Cao be able to ask questions!"

When Li Dan heard this, he immediately became annoyed and reprimanded in a low voice.

Seeing this state, the Zhongguan hastily prostrated himself on the ground to plead guilty, he didn't dare to say anything more, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Ever since King Yong entered the east, the emperor has fallen into this highly nervous and suspicious mental state. The courtiers outside may not know it, but all the servants in the inner palace can feel this tension. Naturally, we can also see the sage's concern for King Yong's eastward travel. Fear can be said to go deep into the bone marrow.

Not to mention that the emperor himself was restless day and night, and the people in the inner palace were also affected by this and suffered terribly. I don't know how long this kind of life will last.

People's sorrows and joys are not the same, the emperor doesn't feel much of the trembling of the palace people, and the palace people also find it hard to understand why the emperor is so afraid of a king Yong who is far away in Xijing, and dare not even give the emperor The Empress Dowager took her back to Da Nei for resettlement.

The past years of living in seclusion, including the coup d'état that he experienced in the past, have cast a shadow on Li Dan, even he himself cannot estimate.

Previously, these negative feelings were covered and suppressed by the powerful feeling of being in control, but as the situation gradually got out of control, the feeling of powerlessness and helplessness spread from the bottom of my heart again, and it was even more turbulent than before surging.

After reprimanding the middle officer, Li Dan continued: "Tomorrow, two hundred more soldiers will be sent to Shangyang Palace. Anyone related to personnel matters will not be allowed to enter or leave. In addition, King Fen and others will move into Shangyang Palace together..."

Speaking of this, Li Dan's tone trembled.His feelings for his mother are very complicated. There is not only a strong resentment and fear that cannot be resolved, but also a kind of dependence from the bottom of his heart.

It is obvious that the current Empress Dowager is a powerless old man, and even his life and death are only in his mind, but deep in his heart he still has a respect or expectation for his mother.Right now, he doesn't have full confidence in Ouchi's palace defense, but he still has a vague feeling that if the situation is completely out of control, his mother may still be able to guarantee the safety of his children.

The Zhongguan took the order to withdraw, and Li Dan did not continue to go to sleep on the couch, but just sat there, and occasionally a distracting thought flashed in his mind, so he called people to ask, for example, how many people knocked on the door yesterday, for example, how is the situation in Hedong? , or the itinerary of Prime Minister Li Sixun.

It wasn't until it was almost dawn, when the meager morning light fell into the bedroom, that he felt a little tired.Taking advantage of this drowsiness, Li Dan took a short rest directly at his desk.I felt that I should have slept for a long time, but when I was awakened by the sound of footsteps outside the hall, I realized that the candles beside the seats had not been cut.

"What happened?"

The emperor's vision was still slightly blurred, but when he saw that the person who entered was Su Yong, the servant who was supposed to stay in Xuanwu City, and his expression was quite anxious, he suddenly woke up and asked questions.

"Yes, it's a letter from Hedong. Di and Di Xianggong died in Fenzhou, Fenzhou Lingshiyi..."

Su Yong stepped forward, half supporting the emperor and said in a low voice.

"W-how... do you know who did the harm?"

Hearing this, the emperor was shocked again, he clenched Su Yong's arm tightly, and asked in a low voice through gritted teeth.

"No, the newspaper has said that although there are signs of thieves sneaking into the Lingshi Station, Di Xianggong's death was not caused by others, but hanged himself... It should be no doubt that King Yu sent someone to pass the report."

"Hang yourself? Mr. Di, how could he, how could he!"

Hearing Su Yong's answer, Li Dan became even more excited, stood up tremblingly from the seat, wandered around the room anxiously for a moment, turned to face the north, sighed deeply, and when he closed his eyes, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes: "How could he Can abandon me, him... what a lord I am, let him die! I, the old thief... the old thief deceived me! When I was welcomed in the palace, he, he abandoned me! Home country Worry, I should, ha, the old thief has lived half his life, and his reputation is greater than his reputation, so he is just a cowardly rat!"

"Since the incident has happened, it is useless to be sad. The ministers will swear to the death to obey the emperor's order, and go to the crisis together!"

Li Dan was indeed filled with grief and anger, but it was obviously not the time to indulge his emotions. He shook his somewhat dazed head, and then said: "Di died in Fenzhou, so where did King Yu go? Did he come to Jin?" state?"

"Not yet, the king of Yu is still staying in the northern border of Fenzhou. In order to receive the cattle and horses that the Turks asked to send in, he didn't make it in time..."

Hearing Su Yong's words, Li Dan laughed back with anger, bending his back with laughter: "My good son! He knows very well that material resources are difficult, and he cherishes every thing and every thing. He, he... the capital is in critical condition , Idiots only love the cows and horses in Monan! Su Yong, am I wrong? There are some things that are very different. It should be admitted that the mediocre and inferior species of our family are indeed inferior, inferior to the strong species left by the second brother!"

"Sages, don't think like this. His Royal Highness King Yu has not been in residence for a long time, and he is already able to handle major affairs alone. Given time, he will be able to support his family and country..."

Hearing this, Su Yong quickly said again.

"Give time? In today's world, who is willing to take time to be with me?"

Li Dan sneered, then raised his hand to rub his face, and then said: "Who is the one who stays straight in the Zhengshitang today?"

"It's Mr. Wei and Jiang."

"Call them into the palace to see them, as well as Yuan Shuji from Zuotai. If they are still in the Yamen, they will be summoned together."

Although he hadn't slept all night, but after learning of Di Renjie's death and the army in Hedong was still far away, the emperor naturally lost his sleepiness, washed up a bit, changed his clothes and went straight to the palace.

King Yong led his army to the east, deeply shaking the court's sentiments.Although the important officials in the court made the decision to send Prime Minister Li Sixun westward to appease and dissuade them after two days of non-stop discussions, they did not dare to report too much confidence in whether it would succeed.

Recently, the emperor has been living in the palace and no longer set foot in the outer court. People in the outer court are also in panic. Many courtiers are worried about the situation or the future, and they are indifferent. There is a serious shortage of staff in various divisions. Most of them also want to inquire about news, and the government affairs of the court are basically neglected because of this.

As the ruling center of the imperial court, the political affairs hall should be busy all day long, dealing with military and political affairs large and small.However, in fact, the political affairs hall has been more leisurely for the past few days, not to mention the normal affairs, even the documents of impeachment of Yushitai, which makes people irritated on weekdays, are rarely submitted.

It is not a good phenomenon to be noisy and noisy, but if even the basic monitoring and maintenance are stagnated, it means that the situation is even more serious. confidence and participation.

Such a situation never happened even during the most tense moments of the Wuzhou Revolution and the North Korean situation. At that time, no matter whether they supported or opposed it, there were at least disputes and confrontations between the North and China.Unlike now, the surface is a pool of stagnant water, but the inside is already torn apart.

After being summoned by the emperor, the two prime ministers of the Zhengshitang and Yushi Zhongcheng Yuan Shuji arrived at the palace one after another. When they saw each other, a slight surprise flashed in their eyes, but more of it was a sinking heart. The worry and helplessness in the bottom of the eyes.

When the emperor entered the palace, the three stood up to salute.The emperor did not exchange greetings with them too much, and after sitting down, he looked at Duke Yi Jiang Xi and asked, "Is there any news from the west?"

Jiang Xi shook his head after hearing the words, but added: "Although there is no news, it can be confirmed that King Yong's eastward journey led the western army to number [-] soldiers, which is much worse than the imperial court's previous estimation. After the army year, there are still [-] troops gathered. It can be seen that even the Shaanxi Dao army still has objections to King Yong's unauthorized advance, and King Yong dare not send out all the soldiers..."

"When King Yong attacked the North Gate, the number of his troops was not more than a thousand."

Wei Juyuan rolled his eyelids, glanced at Jiang Xi, and said, after saying this, he ignored the expressions of several people in the auditorium, and sat down again in silence.

"Is this the same as in the past! Regardless of the difference in the situation, things happened suddenly back then, and the inside and outside were less prepared. Now that King Yong is going and stopping, inside and outside eyes, it is no longer possible to duel in a hidden moment. Today, the two yamen in the capital are still united. , The defense of the city and the palace are more stringent. Besides, Li Xianggong’s mission is to go west and say that the court does not want King Yong to return to the country, and King Yong may not dare to..."

Jiang Xi glanced at Wei Juyuan, who was throwing cold water, and then continued.

Wei Juyuan smiled when he heard the words, and then attended the worship and looked up at the emperor and said: "The local people of Shaanxi, King Yong's management is profound, and the fact that all the honored families are avoiding eastward travel is a proof. Today, King Yong's simple travels are either pretending to be weak, or not at all. Rebellious feelings have far-reaching plans, and non-officials dare to spy on them. But according to Jiang Xianggong, an open formation can still win a battle, and hidden disasters are impossible to prevent. Today's capital is mostly concentrated in Luonan , Whether or not there is a scourge hidden in it, only the sage can judge."

Hearing Wei Juyuan's words, the emperor's eyes flickered with gloom again, and he thought for a long time before he spoke again: "Wei Chengqing, how is his daily life these days?"

Many conspiracies, especially the grand conspiracies related to the artifacts of the kingdom, have never been completely undetectable.Just like the revolution in Shendu in the old days, when King Yong came into contact with the military power of Beiya and commanded the Suyue Army, the kings of the Wu family were already alert and began to suppress King Yong, even almost succeeding.

If there were no clues to what Wei Chengqing planned at the beginning, then when a large number of Nanya soldiers rushed to the prefectures and counties under his arrangement, there was no way to hide it.

But the problem is that being aware of something and being able to suppress it are two different concepts.Wei Chengqing was already the prime minister of Zhengshitang at that time, and many Guanlongxun sects who followed him to gain power had gathered under his sect, and even Nanya Suwei didn't know what it was like to be infiltrated.

Although Beiya Wanqi had achieved initial results, the emperor began to suppress the prime minister, but it happened that the Turks invaded at that time.Under such circumstances, it would undoubtedly be a kind of self-mutilation to launch a cleansing of the court. It could only take away Wei Chengqing's phase and maintain a superficial calm.

The current situation facing the imperial court is that King Yong is about to pass through Tongguan on the surface, but King Luling may be closer to the capital in secret.Both threats are deadly enough, the only difference is which poison occurs earlier.

Hearing the emperor's words about Wei Chengqing, Jiang Xi couldn't help but said: "Now that King Yong is approaching Tongguan, we need to work together to stop him. If the court fights again, the situation will be even more critical!"

At this moment, Wei Juyuan was no longer eccentric, but directly said: "Although the Tibetans of disasters do not know where they are hiding, if they want to cause trouble, Wei Chengqing must be the leader! Please kill Wei Chengqing in the mansion immediately, so that he can be killed." The disciples have nothing to look forward to, they are terrified and harassed, and those who are involved with the incident must have the will to waver, or expose their evil..."

"But if King Yong takes advantage of the situation and goes eastward, how can he stop him?"

"King Yong's advances and stops are not out of order. If he really intends to use the divine weapon, he will send out the top soldiers of the Western Army, which is definitely not a mere five thousand people! His complaints are limited to border harassment..."

"King Yong's Tongjia does not exceed a thousand, and he dared to attack! Now in Zongyangguan, the momentum is strong, not only..."

"King Yong's Jieyue was still bestowed by the sage. But the thief in the wild who wants to fight for great achievements has already determined to be beyond the king's law!"

The two started a tit-for-tat quarrel, while the emperor frowned even deeper, struggling for a while, not knowing who to obey.

Yuan Shuji, who was also in the hall, did not make a sound, looking at the two prime ministers who were arguing endlessly, there was a hint of ridicule in his eyes.When the two of them paused and organized their speeches, he stood up and kowtowed: "King Yong's eastward journey is indeed difficult to stop. The disaster in the south of the mountain is also entangled with the court situation. But if the sage spreads the word to the world, he personally conquers Hebei to turmoil. The thief, with this great righteousness, can bind the feet of King Yong, drive the sage across Hebei, avoid the disaster of chaos in the capital, join forces with the king of Hedong, and gather the forces of Hebei people!"

"Here, Zhong Cheng elaborates on this plan!"

Li Dan's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Absolutely not! How can the holy driver go into the wild..."

Wei Juyuan and Jiang Xi were shocked when they heard Yuan Shuji's speech, but when they saw that the emperor showed a lot of interest in it, they became more anxious, temporarily gave up their dispute, and stopped in unison.

"What strategy do those two gentlemen have to determine the internal and external?"

Now that Yuan Shuji had spoken, he no longer backed down, looked directly at the two of them and said in a deep voice: "King Yong's disturbance in Kansai is only due to the disturbance of the Turks. Shengjia personally conquered, and his power has nothing to rely on. The court's love is hidden in the dirt, so Take advantage of the turmoil in the palace, otherwise it will not be possible. The army in the east of the river is hard to return, so the power of the court is weak and weak. If it is not me, I will take it!"

"Nonsense! Respected by the patriarchal clan of the emperor and respected by the community, how can he compete with the thieves!"

Wei Juyuan stood up and stamped his feet, pointed at Yuan Shuji and said angrily.

"Don't worry, Mr. Wei. I also know that this plan is not advisable. But now that the internal and external difficulties are difficult, we can no longer block the way of speaking. Let's talk about it for now."

Li Dan got up to persuade him to make peace, but his eyes were thoughtful.

Chapter 0760 Tang family has me, I have a sword

Although Tongguan is an important pass in the country, since Tang Xing, the function and significance of this pass in terms of real military defense have been greatly reduced.

If it hadn’t been for the Tianshou period during the Wu Zhou Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, the Empress Dowager feared that the disturbance in Guanxi would affect the situation of the gods, so she chose a new site to rebuild Tongguan.

After the revolution in Shendu, the existence of Tongguan has a new meaning, that is, the geographical dividing line between the imperial court and Daxingtai in Shaanxi Province.Although King Yong's elder brother Lu Wang Li Shouli once served as the governor of Shanzhou east of Tongguan, Xingtai did not take advantage of this to infiltrate his influence east of Tongguan.

Last year, however, the imperial court took advantage of the occasion of using troops in Hedong, and built a water town in Puzhou on the opposite bank of Tongguan.Of course, there is another meaning, which is to guard against the eastward invasion of Shaanxi Dao forces, so that Tongguan is not alone.

But no matter how good the city defense strategy is, first of all, it needs to ensure that it has sufficient execution power, otherwise even if the defense is closed, it will be useless.

For the court's cautiousness, Xingtai's response plan is to let the people of several prefectures respond to the court's recruitment. The three thousand soldiers all have a more or less deep or shallow connection with the Xingtai.

Faced with such a situation, the imperial court was not sure whether the armored soldiers recruited in Puzhou could restrict Xingtai. In addition, the situation in Hedong was still severe at that time, and it was too late to send troops from other prefectures to station in Puzhou. In the end, the opposite stronghold did not officially operate.

Of course, if the military in Hedong has calmed down, the imperial court regains this idea, and with time and in-depth management, it may really be able to manage Puzhou into a front-line town against the Xingtai military.But obviously, right now, this cannot be used to pose an effective threat to King Yong's eastward travel.

Therefore, after several days of discussions, the DPRK and China decided to deal with this crisis through negotiations.A dozen or so courtiers, headed by Prime Minister Li Sixun, rushed west and arrived at Tongguan, hoping to successfully dissuade King Yong and the Western Army from here.

When Li Sixun and others came to Tongguan, King Yong's troops had just entered the territory of Huazhou, but the defenders of Tongguan were also part of the Western Army, so the guard Li Zhan temporarily put them into Guancheng and settled down, waiting for His Royal Highness King Yong 's arrival