At noon, the Jiuquan Building in Nanshi was extremely lively. The lobby was filled with drinkers. Several bartenders were busy and sweating. It was September. It had been two months since the Emperor Shenlong of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne. He worked hard to govern the government and the atmosphere of the government and the country was renewed.

Drinkers were crowded with interesting stories that had happened recently, but more people were concerned about the changes in the power of the court.

"Have you heard that? The Prime Minister Anguo refused to accept the title of Prime Minister and the Crown Brother. He resigned three times, and the emperor finally agreed."

An old man stroked his beard and smiled, "This is normal! It means that the Prime Minister Anguo is not confused, otherwise he will cause death."

Everyone gathered up and asked in a slight manner: "Mr. Liu, how do you say this?"

The old man smiled, "Think about it, what happened at that time, why did the emperor make the Prime Minister the Crown Brother?"

Everyone thought about it, and one of them suddenly shouted: "I know, I heard that the Xiangwang had raised 80,000 troops at that time."

"Yes! The civil war is about to break out, so in order to avoid the civil war, the emperor can only sign the Prime Minister as the crown prince and make it clear that he is the heir. In this way, the Prime Minister has no excuse to start a war."

"But... Now the Crown Prince of the Prime Minister is gone again. Isn't this a loss?"

The old man glared at him, "Do you think the people in the world will support the emperor or the prime minister? Who is the orthodox? This is obvious. Will the prime minister win the battle? He knows it well, so he gave up fighting for the throne. If he still insists on the crown prince now, do you think there will be a result?"

Another old man said, "Mr. Liu is right. I heard that the Prime Minister had just resigned as the Crown Prince. The emperor immediately appointed Prince Xingyi as the King of Wei. The next step is to enthrone the crown prince."

At this time, the shopkeeper came over and said with a smile: "Eat and drink well, don't talk about it."

Only then did the two old men realize that they were saying too much, and if they continued, they would slander the court. They waved their hands and said, "I won't say it anymore! I won't say it anymore! Everyone has a meal."

Everyone returned to their seats, but continued to discuss in a low voice.

At this time, two guests were sitting in front of a small table by the window. It was obvious that they were all Hu. One of them was worried, and the other was advising him, "Don't worry, I believe the general will definitely help this and will not let us go in vain."

These two people were Corning and the Prince of Bahan Arun who had been in Luoyang for more than three months. Arun came to the Tang Dynasty to ask for help, but happened to encounter a coup in the court. He had to endure it. However, now the new king has been ascending the throne for two months, but there is still no news, which really made him worried.

He sighed and said, "I'm not in a hurry. I also know that it will take at least a year or two to go on a mission. I'm afraid that it will take too long, so the Dashi army will come. Besides, my father told me to go back before winter. Now it's September. How can I not worry?"

"Wait a little longer! I have asked my brother to help me, and he should have a reply in the next two days."

At this time, a person came up from the stairs. It was the Jiuzhi who had just been promoted to General Qianniu Guard. He was wearing ordinary clothes. Most people didn't know his identity. Kang Ning saw him at a glance and waved to him, "Here!"

Jiuzhi walked over quickly, sat down and smiled, "Sorry, there are many things in the military yamen today, so I came one step later, so I have to wait for a long time."

It doesn't matter if you wait for a long time. The key is that you can't wait for nothing. Corning quickly asked in a low voice: "Is there any explanation for our affairs?"

Jiuzhi poured himself a glass of wine, drank it dry in one sip, and said with a smile: "There should be good news! The general said that he had already talked to the Lord. The Lord was very interested and was ready to meet His Highness."

Allen was so excited that he poured out all the wine in his hand, and he hurriedly said, "General Drink, don't lie to me!"

Jiu Zhi patted his chest, "I am a county marquis now! I am also a nobleman with titles. How could I lie to you? It should be just two days."

At this moment, an Aron's entourage ran to the restaurant and ran to the master and said anxiously: "There is someone from Honglu Temple, please go back."

Allen jumped up suddenly, pulled his feet and ran away. He felt something was wrong again, so he stopped quickly. Corning waved his hand and smiled, "Go quickly! I'll have a few drinks with the general here."

Aron ran away like a gust of wind. At this time, Jiu Zhi whispered to Corning: "Actually, things are not that simple."

"What's wrong?" Kang Ning asked anxiously.

"I can't explain it clearly for a while, and you will gradually understand it in the future."...

p>Arun ran back to the inn and saw that the inn was full of tolerances. He hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Are you looking for me?"

A tall and thin official came out of the inn and bowed and smiled, "You are the prince who is sweating?"

“That’s right!”

"Below is Li Linfu, the young minister of the Honglu Temple. The emperor is preparing to meet His Highness the Prince tomorrow. Please follow me to go back to the Honglu Temple to study etiquette, take a shower and change clothes at night, and prepare for tomorrow's reception."

"Has the Lord agreed to send troops?" Allen asked excitedly.

Li Linfu smiled slightly, "This is not my scope of responsibility, please clean up! Come back to Honglu Temple with me, where there is a special museum."

Allen cleaned up briefly and followed Li Linfu toward the imperial city...

In the study room of the Dunhuang Palace, Li Zhen stood in front of his official room with his hands behind his back and stared at the distant sky for a long time. This morning, Li Dan officially resigned from his position as the Crown Prince and Prime Minister. He had known this day that Li Xian had already hinted that if Li Dan was not tactful, a major case might occur.

From this afternoon, Li Chongjun was named King of Guard. Li Xian was already impatient with Li Dan's crown prince, but this is common sense. His father's throne will naturally be passed on to his son, so it is natural that Li Chongjun is the crown prince.

But Li Zhen knew that he had changed history. The removal of Wei and Princess Taiping means that Li Xian will not die unexpectedly again, and also means that Li Chongjun will not be killed by Wei. It is very likely that Li Chongjun will replace Li Longji and become the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Li Zhen was not interested in these things. He was completely flew away, and the good bow was hidden, the cunning rabbit died, and the lackeys were cooked. Li Zhen was already the most powerful minister and was named the prince. He was very powerful and shocked to the lord. How long can Li Xian tolerate him?

Now maybe he wants to establish an image, maybe he has not yet sat firmly on the throne, once he is firmly on the throne, he will be the first to deal with himself, and this will be the case within a few months.

Frankly speaking, Li Xian is in good governance now, but he is the emperor after all. He doesn’t even tolerate his own sister. Will he still tolerate him Li Zhen?

Where should he, Li Zhen, go?

At this time, Di Yan walked into the study and placed a cup of ginseng tea on the table. She hugged her husband from behind and put it on her back, "Husband,? Will the thing she said last night really happen?"

Li Zhen turned around and took his wife's hand and said, "What I said is what will happen in the future. I have resigned as Dunhuang Prince five times, but he is not sure. But he doesn't plan to cure me any more."

"What should we do?" Di Yan said in fear: "The children are still so young, I don't want them--"

Li Zhen smiled and said, "Don't worry, I already have a solution. You can clean up tomorrow, and go to Chang'an first like last time."

“When will you leave?”

"Waiting for my arrangement, after I go to war, Zhang Li will help you leave."

"Husband, will he let us go?"

Li Zhen hugged his wife in his arms and comforted her, "Don't worry, maybe this is a condition, he has to agree."

The next morning, Li Xian, the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, summoned the prince of Bahan at Yingtianmen. Arun was wearing a white robe and was in an extremely nervous mood. Under the leadership of a guard, he walked up to the Yingtian Tower with his legs trembling.

After waiting in front of the gatehouse for a while, a guard shouted loudly: "The envoy Xuanbahan, who was the envoy to see him!"

"The envoy Xuanbahan met with him!"

A shout came out, and Aaron quickly sorted out his clothes and recalled the etiquette he learned yesterday afternoon. He walked onto the long carpet and walked to the emperor's carriage. He knelt down and kowtowed, and said loudly: "Aron, the envoy of Pahan, paid homage to the Emperor of Tang, wish His Majesty a long life!"

Li Xian was wearing a regular dress, and behind him was Zhaoyi Shangguan Wan'er, who was assisting government affairs. Two rows of high-ranking officials such as the Prime Minister and the Six Ministry, Honglu Temple, Guanglu Temple, etc., Li Zhen sat next to the Prime Minister Li Dan of Anguo, and stared at Ahlun calmly.

Li Xian was not interested in meeting the prince of Bahan. Unlike Wu Zetian, Li Xian lacked a talented strategy to expand borders and borders. He focused more on maintaining success, focusing on domestic people's livelihood, and focusing on improving various etiquette systems. It would take several years to correct the various agreements and customs of the Wu Zetian era.

On the contrary, King Wei Li Chongjun seemed very interested. He was curious about Aaron's fluent Chinese and smiled at Li Zhen in a low voice: "General, this special envoy speaks Chinese very well!"

Li Zhen bowed slightly, "He has been studying in Chang'an for ten years."

"So that's it, no wonder Chinese is fluent."

"I heard that he will ascend the throne as king in the year and win him over well is crucial to the stability of the Broken Leaf."

Li Chongjun nodded. He had seen the map yesterday. It was Dayuan in the past. The Han army once fought for Dayuan. I wonder if the Tang Dynasty army had this opportunity.

Li Xian smiled and said, "Don't give him a seat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Ahlun took out the national letter and the tribute gift list from his arms and handed it to the eunuch next to him. Then he got up and sat down on the soft pier beside him. The eunuch presented the national letter and the tribute list to Li Xian. Li Xian opened it and looked at it, and asked with a smile: "How far is Bahan from Luoyang?"

Allen quickly bowed and said, "Report to Your Majesty, you have tens of thousands of miles apart and the itinerary is about four months."

"It's really too far. Master Xuanzang seemed to have been there too. Then he turned south to Tianzhu. Was Bahan directly connected to Tianzhu?"

Shangguan Wan'er next to him laughed in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there is a Tocharo in the middle, and it is thousands of miles away from India."

For some reason, when talking about Tochar, Li Xian immediately thought of King Ah Shang, and the relics case and the poisonous scripture case. He glanced at Li Zhen and began to lose interest in the country of Bahan.

But out of etiquette, he still reluctantly asked about the customs and customs of Bahanna. When he heard the confused, he couldn't help but yawn. These subtle movements were seen by the prince Arun of Bahan. He was very anxious and ignored the etiquette and knelt down and cried, "Your Majesty, the Dashi army has invaded Bahanna several times. Bahanna's soldiers are few and unable to resist the Dashi army. I beg your Majesty to send troops to expel the Western barbarians and protect the border."

Li Xian smiled and said, "Where did I send troops to fight? The one who can do the Khan has not been destroyed. I am not famous for sending troops!"

"Your Majesty! The thirty-six Tochar states have been destroyed by the Great Food, and the Sogdian countries have also been conquered by the Great Food. They are nominally vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, but in fact they have been controlled by the Great Food. The Great Food also sent officials and kings to jointly rule and impose high taxes. Your Majesty, once the Great Food quells the Persian rebellion, they will immediately point troops to the Khan. If the Khan is not protected, it will be difficult to protect the broken leaves!"

"That's right, let me discuss with the ministers. You have worked hard on the road, so go and have a rest first!"

Before Ahon could speak again, Li Linfu, the young minister of the Honglu, walked up and said, "Please!"

Allen had no choice but to bow and retreat.

When he walked away, Li Xian smiled and said to the ministers: "Dear friends, tell me, are you here to ask for help? Should I save you or not?"

Yang Zaisi, the Minister of Rites, was quick-witted. He understood Li Xian's intentions and went forward to me and said, "Your Majesty, the journey of the Khan is long and the journey is tens of thousands of miles. The Tang army is difficult to take care of. If there are few troops, it will be useless. If there are many troops, the food supply cannot be solved. I think it is time to wait and see, depending on the situation."

Tang Xiujing, Minister of War, said anxiously: "Your Majesty, I have been guarding the Western Regions for a long time and are very clear about the expansion of Dashi in the east. Once the Dashi army occupy Bahanna, not only will all the bonded states west of Datang Pailiang be lost, but it will also seriously threaten Suye Jun Town, and at the same time, it will threaten the security of the Western Regions. Bahanna is the barrier of the Tang Dynasty's Western Regions, and must be rescued!"

"Then I ask Shangshu Tang, how to solve the military supplies?"

"Our Tang Dynasty established various military towns in the Western Regions, and the supply can be completely solved. The southern line can go to Gaochang, Kucha, Shule to Saiye, the northern line can go to Yiwu, Luntai to Saiye, there are countless small countries along the way, and they can provide supplies. The Han army can still attack Dayuan, why do our Tang army regard it as climbing to heaven?"

"Shisan Tang is too presumptuous!"

The two started a fierce argument. At this time, Li Xian coughed heavily, and neither dared to argue again. They bowed and listened to the imperial edict together. Li Xian's eyes fell on Li Zhen. He knew that the envoy who was the arrangement of the khan was Li Zhen, so he must have had a vain. Li Xian smiled and said, "How does the general think about this?"

Li Zhen stood up and said calmly: "Your Majesty, I agree with the opinion of Shangshu Tang. The Khan is not guaranteed, and the Western Regions are shaken. I am willing to lead an army to fight for the great food in the west, recover the Sogdian Tochar, expand the borders for Your Majesty, and build a great cause for your Majesty!"

Li Zhen's words made the whole room full of an uproar. Shangguan Wan'er looked at Li Zhen deeply. She understood Li Zhen's true thoughts.

Li Xian returned to the imperial study room. His face was gloomy and he paced back and forth in the imperial study room with his hands on his back. How could he not understand Li Zhen’s thoughts? Li Zhen resigned several times to the Dunhuang princes and the fief, but he just was not sure, but it did not mean that he was willing to give Li Zhen. Li Zhen’s contribution was too high, and he had completely overshadowed his reputation and vaguely threatened his throne.

More importantly, Li Zhen was a descendant of Prince Yin, and once his identity was revealed, he would have been unable to ascend the throne.

Now he actually wants to leave, wants to go to the Western Regions to establish a country, and wants to imitate Zhao Tuo of the Qin Dynasty?

Li Xian couldn't help but sneer. At this time, the guards reported: "Your Majesty, the King of Guards asks to see Your Majesty!"
To be continued...