Fu Tang

Li Congjia received the information the day before, and Nan Zhou's credentials were delivered to his desk the next day.

Yes, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, after the split of the Zhou Kingdom, ruled across the river, one in the south and the other in the north. They all said they were orthodox, but when they came to others, they became the Northern Zhou and the Southern Zhou.

Li Congjia shook Bei Zhou's credentials and said, "Let's all take a look at this stuff."

Everyone glanced at Li Congjia's expression, and guessed that there was nothing good written in Nan Zhou's letter of credence.

Sure enough, the same is true. It is not so much a book of state as an imperial edict, or an imperial edict canonized by Dao. It is nothing to confer Li Congjia as the king of Tang. The Long family is still the Ganzhou Uyghur, and they all have the canonization of the Central Plains Dynasty in their hands.

This canonization is actually useless, it is just to give an honorary title, and then the Western Regions regime sends people to pay tribute every year, and then brings back rewards that are more valuable than the tribute.

In fact, these regimes in the Western Regions are willing to bow their heads and bow their heads, partly for these rewards, and partly for the advanced technological productivity of the Central Plains.

It's just that this time the Southern Zhou Dynasty was very dishonest. They sent envoys and handed in the letter of credence, but there were no rewards. They even asked Li Congjia to send troops to attack the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Li Congjia especially wanted to know whether Fan Zhi, Wang Jun and other famous ministers of the later Zhou Dynasty stayed in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and who was working in the Southern Zhou Dynasty. Was it because the Southern Zhou ministers collectively lost their minds that this letter of credence could be issued?

Not to mention that Datang needs to recuperate now, but to send troops, and let the soldiers of Datang and Southern Zhou merge to obey the dispatch. In terms of geographical location, Datang is now separated from Southern Zhou by the Northern Zhou, Shu, and Jingchu. The country, if you want to join forces, at least fight a way first, who will fight?

The ministers of the Southern Zhou Dynasty are probably all idiots, purebreds!

After everyone read the Guoshu, they all looked incredible. Li Congjia asked, "Where are the envoys from the Southern Zhou Dynasty arranged?"

Han Chou stood up and said, "It has been arranged in the post house, does your Highness want to see him?"

Li Congjia waved his hand: "What do you see? Tie him up and send him to Northern Zhou. Well, wait, before you tie him up, send someone to ask whether Wang Jun, Fan Zhi, and Wang Jun are in Southern Zhou or Northern Zhou."

Wang Jun and Fan Zhi were also very famous ministers of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and their fame was earned by their own wisdom.

Before them, there was another Wang Pu who was very powerful, but it was a pity that Wang Pu died early. Not long after his death, the state of Zhou was divided into two. If Wang Pu was still alive, it is estimated that the state of Zhou would not be reduced to this point.

Thinking of the two years ago when Guo Rong was still alive, every time he raised his sword, he was against the enemy. Even though he didn't take all the territory in the Central Plains, he had already started to fight Liao, trying to take back the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

As a result, it has only been a few years since the state of Zhou split up and fought with each other, allowing other regimes to take advantage of the opportunity to become bigger.

No one knows Li Congjia's emotion. He can think this way because he has a good impression of Guo Rong. I have to say that Guo Rong is indeed a powerful person, which is a pity.

However, when I came to Zhou Zong and others, I was very happy to see the current chaos of Zhou State. After all, Zhou State was a giant before. Some sleepless posture.

Now it’s all right, Zhou Guo committed suicide by himself, not only splitting but also consuming each other’s national power, the Tang Dynasty can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, every time he thinks of this, Zhou Zong can’t help feeling that the fate of the country is really a very delicate thing, and emperors have called it true since ancient times Son of Heaven, in Zhou Zong's view, Li Congjia may really be the Son of Dragon, with great luck, otherwise how could everything go smoothly?

At that time, the Southern Tang Dynasty was powerful, but in the end it ended in subjugation. If the crown prince was Li Congjia in the beginning, wouldn’t it be true that the Southern Tang Dynasty has now occupied half of the Central Plains?

Li Congjia didn't know what Zhou Zong was thinking, and after getting his order, Han Yu went to talk to the envoys of the Southern Zhou Dynasty. Sure enough, both Wang Jun and Fan Zhi were assisting Chai Xijin in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Without further ado, Li Congjia directly ordered the envoys to go to Northern Zhou. Han Xizai couldn't help asking, "Is Your Highness going to form an alliance with Northern Zhou?"

Although the relationship between China and other countries in troubled times has always been complicated, it is best not to betray an ally. They can remain neutral now, and there is no need to wade into this troubled water.

What Han Xizai could think of, Li Congjia could naturally think of, he shook his head and said: "No, I just don't want the Northern Zhou to misunderstand our alliance with the Southern Zhou, and have someone write a letter of credence, telling them that the Tang Dynasty is located in a remote place, It's beyond our reach, what do they like to do, don't drag us into the water!"

What Li Congjia said was impolite, but the cabinet ministers were relieved after hearing it. As long as Li Congjia would not get involved in it, it would be fine. The autumn harvest is about to come. They are very grateful to Jing Qiong for not resisting desperately, and the crops are preserved. Yes, when the harvest is put into the warehouse, it is roughly estimated that at least half a year's rations for the army, plus the purchases from Khotan and the Kara Khanate, Tian Wen, the Minister of the Household Department, is really relieved after the calculation.

As long as the autumn harvest is delayed, even if they really want to fight, they will have the confidence.

As a result, within two days of Tian Wen's relaxation, he was called to Linde Hall by Li Congjia.

After Tian Wen saluted, Li Congjia asked, "Is there enough food and grass for the army for a period of time after the autumn harvest?"

Tian Wen looked at Li Congjia vigilantly and asked, "Your Highness wants to use troops?"

Li Congjia said ambiguously: "Not necessarily, it depends on the situation, no matter what, we must be ready before we talk about it?"

After Tian Wen told him the result he had calculated, he withdrew. When he came out of Linde Hall, the more he thought about it, the more he thought it was wrong, and finally he couldn't help but ran to the office of the cabinet.

So Li Congjia saw Zhou Zong and Xiao Yan coming together, and immediately realized that Tian Wen must have said something, and couldn't help scolding Tian Wen with a big mouth!

When Zhou Zong faced Li Congjia, he was not as cautious and polite as Tian Wen, and asked directly, "Your Highness wants to raise troops again?"

Li Congjia said helplessly, "It's just a preparation."

Xiao Yan couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Now that the people of the Tang Dynasty have just settled down, is your Highness going to follow the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and conquer the world with the power of the poor treasury?"

It would be great if we can really get the same achievements as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Li Congjia complained in his head, but he also knew that if he didn't give these two people an answer today, he was afraid that the cabinet ministers would take turns to persuade them, and if it didn't work out, they would probably form a group with Yushi. How could this work?

In order to finish work earlier and go to see Shi Xueting, Li Congjia had no choice but to say: "I'm just worried. We are sitting and watching Zhou's internal chaos, and others are waiting. They are in the Central Plains. The more chaotic Zhou is, the more benefits they will get. I don't want Zhou The country is weakened, and when the time comes, there will be a few more tiger and wolf countries... then we will really only be able to hang out in the Western Regions."

It seems to be the case.

Zhou Zong and Xiao Yan looked at each other and said: "Northern Han Dynasty, Shu Kingdom, Jingnan...Where does Your Highness want to take?"

Li Congjia raised his head and said, "Northern Han Dynasty."

Although the Northern Han Dynasty was very happy to trade with them, but at this time, those are not worries. As for the trading partners, aren't there Shu Kingdom and Jingnan?Even in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, anyway, Li Congjia's caravans were imperial merchants when they left the customs, and ordinary caravans when they entered the customs. In wars between countries, ordinary people can't do anything, can they?

Zhou Zong thought for a while and said, "Before that, what should we do with the party...?"

Li Congjia waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about it."

"But..." Zhou Zong was a little hesitant. He was able to form an alliance with Dangxiang before because they were far enough away, with a Ganzhou in the middle. Now the land borders, which is very delicate.

What Zhou Zong meant was that it would be better for the party to surrender. Anyway, Datang's current population structure is already very complicated, and adding another party will not make it much more complicated. Moreover, party members are born warriors, which can be used to fight wars.

Li Congjia said: "When the Uyghurs in Ganzhou were at their most powerful, Dangxiang did not bow down. This nation is very tough in its bones. Let's take down the Northern Han Dynasty first. They don't care. Don't worry, as long as we don't do anything, Dangxiang will not come to provoke us."

Don't dare to provoke, Datang obviously has a larger population than the Dangxiang territory. The most important thing is that after taking Ganzhou, it is obvious that the supplies are much richer. In addition, there are several states occupied by Zhao Kuangyin. It can be said that Tang State Today's country is larger than all the countries in the Central Plains—originally, Zhou State could compete with it, but Zhou State committed suicide and got two little emperors out. The country is split in two.

After Zhou Zong and others left, Li Congjia thought for a while and felt that in fact, he still needed to find professionals for the war, but Li Congjia's assured professionals were lying on the bed, oh, no, lying on their stomachs, and the rest... Li Hongji and Li Jingda were afraid of being feared by Li Congjia, and wished they could live in seclusion every day, and when asked, they would only say that they obeyed His Highness's command.

It made Li Congjia scold Li Jing every day according to the meal time. He was not good at martial arts and martial arts, but he suspected that his family was very good at it. This made Li Hongji and Li Jingda worried that Li Congjia would catch Li Jing's problems as he grew older.

Except for the two of them, Li Ping and Zhu Yuan, although they are also good fighters, they still have some shortcomings.

After thinking about it, it seems that there is only one Zhao Kuangyin, which is not bad. However, since the attachment, Zhao Kuangyin has also begun to live in seclusion, and he is also like an invisible person in court.

Li Congjia simply asked Zhao Kuangyin to be called over.

When Zhao Kuangyin saw the peach talisman, he was very puzzled, but he was also a little vigilant, for fear that Li Congjia would find an excuse to kill himself, even though recently Li Congjia treated him no differently from other ministers, but Zhao Kuangyin just felt that... Do not feel at ease.

After Zhao Kuangyin arrived at the Linde Hall, Li Congjia was sitting on the throne reading the scriptures, and happened to see the scriptures from the Ministry of Punishment, which contained many criminal cases, which made Li Congjia angry.

When Zhao Kuangyin saw that Li Congjia's little face was half dark, he couldn't help but thumped in his heart.

When Li Congjia looked up and saw Zhao Kuangyin, his expression softened a little and he said, "Come and show Zi Tinghou a seat."

Zhao Kuangyin became more and more vigilant, but after being vigilant, he felt bored. He was already attached and was still in the palace. Even if Li Congjia yelled for someone to cut him off, he couldn't resist. What's the use of being vigilant?

Li Congjia threw the booklet in his hand on the imperial case, Zhao Kuangyin was taken aback for a moment, and then heard Li Congjia say: "Killing mother, wife and son is simply a beast!"

Only then did Zhao Kuangyin realize that Li Congjia's unsightly expression was due to seeing such a thing, so he couldn't help saying, "Your Highness, calm down."

Li Congjia didn't answer, but just asked: "According to Zi Tinghou, if Datang uses troops now, where should the blade point?"

Zhao Kuangyin was taken aback by the question. Before he came, he thought about many possibilities. He thought that Li Congjia probably wanted to send people to Xiazhou and other places to replace all his people, so he comforted him first, but he didn't expect Li Congjia to ask He has this problem.

Zhao Kuangyin came back to his senses and thought for a while and said, "Shu Kingdom."

Li Congjia was a little surprised: "Why Shu? Why not Northern Han?"

Li Congjia never doubted Zhao Kuangyin's military literacy, he was only worried that Zhao Kuangyin would not tell the truth, after all he thought it would be easier to fight the Northern Han Dynasty.

Zhao Kuangyin said very frankly: "Because of the salt."

Li Congjia instantly thought that there is a lack of salt in the Western Regions. Although he guards a few saline-alkali lands, it is not enough after all. Li Congjia has been busy developing military achievements, and he has not had time to worry about improving the use efficiency of saline-alkali lands. The most important thing is But even if he has time, he may not know how to do it.

Although the Shu Kingdom is not near the sea, there are many places there that are rich in well salt, which can be regarded as a great supply.

However, the Northern Han Dynasty did not have much land for producing salt. Seeing that Li Congjia was thinking, Zhao Kuangyin added: "The Northern Han Dynasty borders the Liao Kingdom. We should not have contact with the Liao Kingdom at present."

Zhao Kuangyin said it tactfully, in fact, he said that Datang is not as powerful as Liao State now. If the Northern Han Dynasty is killed, it may arouse the vigilance of Liao State.

Li Congjia instantly understood what Zhao Kuangyin meant. Isn't this just because he didn't want to fight Khotan's attention, and it made sense to keep Khotan to block the Kara Khanate?

Seeing that Li Congjia was listening carefully, Zhao Kuangyin added casually: "If Your Highness wants to send troops, it's better to take advantage of the unprepared state of Shu and do it as soon as possible."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Kuangyin wanted to slap himself, and accidentally said too much. He shouldn't be the one who suggested this kind of suggestion.

In the end, he didn't expect Li Congjia to let out a sigh of relief and said: "I thought so too, but I originally planned to attack the Northern Han Dynasty. I discussed it with the chief assistant before, and we can discuss it again at the Great Court tomorrow."

Zhao Kuangyin's heart was relieved, not because Li Congjia listened to his suggestion, but because Li Congjia spoke to him with the same expression and tone as other ministers, so it seems that, among other things, Li Congjia is tolerant At least there is.

The most important thing is that he can admit in front of him that he didn't think enough, and that what he wants to fight is the Northern Han Dynasty. This is probably the greatest trust an emperor can give his subjects.

Zhao Kuangyin took the initiative to say: "It is not a long-term solution to suspend the governor's position in Xiazhou and other places. Your Highness needs to send someone there as soon as possible."

Li Congjia looked at him in surprise and asked, "Has there never been a governor before?"

Zhao Kuangyin was speechless, how could it be possible?It's just that those are all his people, isn't he trying to avoid suspicion?

No one would want to rebel if they have nothing to do. Zhao Kuangyin had already done it once, and he didn't want to come again. What's more, he thought the same thing as Zhou Zong. He felt that Li Congjia had great luck, and it might not be a good end for him to fight against him. Well, it's better to be honest, even if he donates his soldiers and territory, he can still cover the whole family.

Seeing that he was silent, Li Congjia knew what Zhao Kuangyin was thinking. He just said, "Since it was there before, don't worry about it. People are changed every day, policies are changed day and night, and the common people are not at ease. Let it be like this."

After Zhao Kuangyin heard this, he was in awe. He felt that he still underestimated Li Congjia, because of his broad-mindedness, it was not comparable to ordinary people.

Li Congjia is also suffering and cannot tell. His territory is gradually expanding, but the number of officials working under him has not kept up. He wants to send people there, but no one can go. If you suspect others at this time, then wait. Let the official system become a mess, and then it will collapse across the board.

What's more, Li Congjia now has confidence and is not as worried about gains and losses as he was back then. As long as he can stabilize and let the people on the site live a stable life, even if someone wants to rebel, the people will not agree.

Li Congjia asked Zhao Kuangyin about his life recently, thought for a while and said, "Yang Xin's caravan is about to leave again, if you have anything you want, you can ask him to bring it back."

Of course, this is an excuse, just telling Zhao Kuangyin that if he is interested, he can buy a share from Yang Xin.

After all, after Zhao Kuangyin was attached, although the family property was not confiscated, the source of income was almost cut off, and he did not find a good way for a while.

Li Congjia's daughter-in-law is still in custody at Zhao's house, so he can't treat the future princess badly. In addition, Zhao Kuangyin cooperated enough and didn't make any troubles again, so he simply pointed out a bright way for Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "I thank Your Highness."

After Zhao Kuangyin left, Li Congjia continued to critique papers, but he couldn't sit still anymore. He couldn't help but want to see Shi Xueting, but he didn't want to miss work. After much deliberation, he finally decided to let Chunsheng and Tao Fu embrace each other. With the booklet, I went directly to Jinhualuo.

Shi Xueting has moved from Zengfu Temple to Jinhualuo. During this process, Li Congjia was very strong. He didn't ask Shi Xueting's opinion at all. He took advantage of his medicine and fell asleep and moved him here. When he woke up, he could only accept the fact with a helpless face.

At this time, Shi Xueting was able to get up and sit for a while, and when Li Congjia passed by, he happened to see him sitting on a chair reading a book.

"Why don't you take a break?" Li Congjia reached out and touched Shi Xueting's forehead. He was relieved to find that the other person's body temperature was normal. What he fears most these days is Shi Xueting's wound infection. Although there is alcohol, no one can Guaranteed, not to mention Li Congjia felt distressed every time Shi Xueting was disinfected with alcohol.

Now that the wound has scabbed over, Shi Xueting presumably doesn't have to do this crime any more.

Shi Xueting held Li Congjia's hand and said, "How can I lie down all the time?" After speaking, he asked again: "It's cold outside? Why don't you wear more? Your hands are so cold."

Li Congjia twitched his hand, but without twitching, he said, "Wait until it gets warmer, let me go first, don't freeze you."

Not only did Shi Xueting refuse, he even held Li Congjia's other hand, trying to warm him up.

Li Congjia hadn't been close to Shi Xueting for quite some time, he couldn't help feeling a little distracted for a moment, he turned his head and took a look, Chunsheng and Taofu immediately wisely took the rest of the palace people out.

After everyone went out, Li Congjia leaned over and gave Shi Xueting a long kiss.

Fortunately, he still remembered that Shi Xueting was injured, so he held back his body that was about to move, and wanted to retreat to calm down, but he felt Shi Xueting's hand wrapping around his waist.

Li Congjia was concerned about Shi Xueting's injuries, so he didn't dare to struggle, but said: "Your injuries are still not healed."

Shi Xueting came over and bit his earlobe and said, "I want to help you."

Li Congjia's face turned red instantly, and after thinking about it, he felt that this was a good opportunity to counterattack, but Shi Xueting was injured, which made him a little bit reluctant.

When Shi Xueting saw that he was moving, he didn't say much, he touched this with his hands, and soon Li Congjia gave up his resistance, and stretched out his hand to tear off the shirt on Shi Xueting's body and said, "You asked for it. "

Picking up the sun is worse than bumping into the sun, when the right time, place and people are available, Shi Xueting is still so active, if he doesn't make it, he is too unmanly.

However, Shi Xueting's actions proved that Li Congjia was thinking a little too much. Even if he was injured, he was still a national teacher.

Afterwards, Li Congjia nestled next to Shi Xueting, feeling like a salted fish that was about to dry out. He felt that if there was a mirror, he must be more like the injured one than Shi Xueting.

After realizing that Shi Xueting's hand was still lingering around his waist and hips, Li Congjia said weakly: "No more."

Shi Xueting withdrew his hand and just said: "When I recover from my injury..."

Li Congjia shivered suddenly, thinking about whether he would not be able to go to court for a few days after Shi Xueting recovered from his injury.

In order to dispel Shi Xueting's thoughts, Li Congjia said: "I know you are in such a good spirit, I don't need to ask Zhao Kuangyin today."

Shi Xueting paused and asked, "See Zhao Kuangyin? What did you ask?"

Li Congjia narrated the matter and asked, "Do you think what Zhao Kuangyin said makes sense?"

Shi Xueting thought for a while and said: "It is indeed a problem. If it is for salt, it is indeed the most suitable to attack the Kingdom of Shu."

After exhausting a lot of energy, Li Congjia said drowsily, "Then we can discuss later."

Shi Xueting said: "It's not too busy, Shishilang's caravan also went to Shu, right? Let him help me bring a few letters to my old acquaintances. If it goes well, maybe Shu can follow the example of Zhou and split , and there is no need to waste too many troops at that time."

Li Congjia was shocked when he heard this, looked up at Shi Xueting and asked stupidly: "How many old acquaintances do you still have?"

The author has something to say: Li Congjia: You are injured, so forget it.

Shi Xueting: It's okay, I'm prepared, what do you think of this?Made to my size.

Li Congjia: Wait...why is there a tail?