Chapter 309: Everything is snowing in the air

February is coming, and spring is warm and bright.

There were a few peach trees in the East Palace, and colorful and delicate flowers had already bloomed on the branches. Standing under a peach tree, Li Lu shouted in an vague voice: "Yeah, Yeah."

Li Lingyue pinched his little face and said, "Brother, he will call you."

Li Lu looked at the little aunt with his black eyes, and was not afraid. He laughed loudly. Li Lingyue said, "Brother, let me hug you."

Li Lu took it from Li Wei and said, "Brother, the second brother is so irritating."

After the spring, Li Wei did not go to Danshui. He was not afraid of ten thousand, but was afraid that if his father was sick, he was getting worse and worse, and his head became less and less responsible. He really wanted to... he thought that he might be in an unfavorable environment and fight with the war god who might be active on the stage and definitely squeezed into the top three...

So I learned very seriously.

But after the two kings were sentenced to the father, the dispute was quiet for a while and began to make noise again. Leading troops to fight, it is estimated that none of the civil officials and the children of the royal family were Lun Qinling's opponents, but it is not easy to play political conspiracies. Immediately find the flaws and make a fuss about the huge identity gap between Liang Jinzhu and Li Ming.

"He is still young and has been bewitched again."

"He's already an adult."

"In my heart, you are always children. It makes sense to make a mistake. After a few years, he will understand."

"Brother, you are so nice," Li Lingyue grew up one year ago. If she knows a lot, she can feel Li Wei's love for her. She held Li Wei's hand in emotion.

Suddenly, Wan'er's shout came from afar: "Swallow is back."

Following Shangguan Wan'er's shout, more than a dozen swallows circling among the green willows with yellow and half yellow in the distance, like a dozen black elves dancing beautifully. They rushed out of the green trees, flew past everyone's heads, and flew under the eaves of various palaces.

Li Shoucheng said excitedly: "Look at it, is it the swallow from last year?"

The little eunuch replied: "It is far away and not clearly visible, so I can't recognize it.

The return of the swallow means that it brings vitality to the East Palace, and also means that Li Wei has come to the Tang Dynasty for another year. He has not let go of his guard and does not know the specific history, but he has been safe for another year. The direction of history is changing, and tragedy may not happen...

...

Li Zhi was impatient for the quarrel. In anger, he issued another edict, saying that Heng was the ambassador of Henan Province, Xue Yuanchao was the ambassador of Hebei Province, Cui Zhiti, the left chief of the Shangshu, and Zheng Zuxuan, the Imperial Master, were ambassadors of Jiangnan Province, and were governors of the separate ways. This ambassador was the ambassador of various ways of promotion and demotion, and had more real power than Di Renjie's envoy.

He also issued an edict to make Hao Chujun the third rank of the Secretariat. The officials reported that the governor of Cizhou, Li Shangjin, was guilty of being punished, and Li Shangjin was expelled and placed in Lizhou. Lizhou is Li County in Hunan, no less than exile. At this moment, the court immediately became silent.

Li Wei was also very surprised when he heard this and quietly asked Pei Xingjian: "Shilarious Minister Pei, why do you hold the third brother?"

"Your Highness, think about it again."

After thinking for a while, Li Wei finally understood.

"So it may not be of no use to say that something happens to be true."

Li Wei didn't take it seriously, which may be beneficial, but no matter how many benefits he had, he didn't want to argue with Lunqinling.

Xue Mansion and Xue Yuanchao are packing their luggage and preparing to leave.

Being an ambassador for promoting and demoting each other may not be a demotion. If you do well, you can add a contribution to your resume to your resume. But how to look at it? If you have a normal governor, it will have no impact on his career. But this time, each official governor is quite reminiscent of it. Can the governor of Hebei continue to serve as the third rank of the Secretariat when he comes back? It is very difficult.

"Alang, let's go, the carriage outside is ready."

"Let's go," Xue Yuanchao sighed and said.

Just as he was about to leave, the concierge ran in from outside and reported: "Li Shoucheng, the eunuch in the inner palace, asked to pay homage to his husband."

Xue Yuanchao hesitated for a moment and said, "Let him come in, no, I will greet him in person."

He welcomed Li Shoucheng in, quickly made tea and said, "What's the matter with Eunuch Li?"

"The queen asked our family to bring a word to Mr. Xue, you have forgotten your roots."

Forget your origin? Xue Yuanchao was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, and then he was sweating in cold sweat. He was not neglecting himself, but thought of the words "The Mantis stalks the cicada and the Oriole is behind".

"In addition, the queen asked our family to bring you a gift." Li Jiecheng said, untiing the yellow silk outside the bag on the table. Inside was a gold-painted ladies' picture plate, Chilong vermilion lacquer box. The box was a bit big. This was not a jewelry box, but a box for documents or other use. It was very exquisitely made. The box body was carved with various pictures of ladies, with gold paint on it. The top of the box was oval, and a Chilong made of gold was discarded at the top of the middle.

Li Shoucheng said again: "The Queen of Heaven said that there are three pieces in this box, but Mr. Xue can only choose one."

Xue Yuanchao looked at the box again, and then he noticed that there were two thin slits in the middle of the box. The workmanship was exquisite, and if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to see the gap. The queen's meaning was very simple, but she was a prime minister after all, at least she was a prime minister now...

I was silent for a long time and didn't move.

Li Shoucheng snorted coldly and said, "I need this when I see Mr. Xue."

After saying that, he divided the box into three sections, pushed the end of the box to Xue Yuanchao, and was about to stand up and leave.

"Don't," Xue Yuanchao pulled his sleeve and said weakly: "I chose the head of the box."

Li Shoucheng smiled and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Xue for making a wise choice and taking office with peace of mind. After returning, Mr. Xue is still the position of prime minister in the court."

"Thank you, Queen," she sent Li Shoucheng out, and then leaned softly on the wall. Behind the wall was a pear tree. This year, the weather was warm and the flowers bloomed early. When the wind blew, pear blossoms fell down, like crystal clear snow... When it fell on the ground, the wind rolled up the dust on the dry ground again. In just a moment, the noble pear petals became dirty and unseen.

...

A huge convoy appeared from the distant horizon, and Liu Rengui and Li Jinxing came over with their guards.

Since the spring, Lunqinling sent troops to attack the border several times, and the materials and weapons were consumed very much. Lunqinling did not get any benefits, and attacked the city twice, causing the gunpowder to explode. But as Li Wei said in the Eastern Palace, Tubo was a cavalry, and the lethality of gunpowder was limited.

The only benefit is that Qinling dares not attack the city.

When he arrived in front of the convoy, the general who was carrying the supplies handed over the list of supplies and a letter from Li Jingxuan to Liu Rengui. Liu Rengui took it and saw it, and then started to curse.

I came to Qinghai for a long time, but there were no large-scale battles, and many small-scale fierce battles were fought. Liu Rengui was still welcomed by this kind of battle. After coming to Shanzhou, he found that the soldiers lacked confidence in combat, had a slack military discipline, and had little combat experience, so he had to reorganize and train the army immediately. This small-scale battle, regardless of the outcome, did not hurt the soldiers, but gave them practical experience.

The emergence of gunpowder and stone catapults made him even more powerful. However, he could only be used to defend the city, and gunpowder was expensive and could not be used with it. Therefore, it was mainly cold weapons. There were also few horses. The Heyuan Army had 600 horses, 100 horses, and 200 horses from the Jishi Army, and 200 horses from the Momen Army. Either the Chishui Army was under the jurisdiction of Qibi Ming, mostly cavalry, but the Chishui Army was located in Liangzhou and did not have the right to directly govern unless it was a war and it was difficult to mobilize in peacetime. Or after Li Jin arrived in Guzhou, he brought some Mahe Army and had hundreds of war horses.

The soldiers of the three armies in Heyuan reached nearly 20,000, with a large number of people, but most of them were infantry, and they could not cope with Lun Qinling's tactic of running away as soon as they fought. Liu Rengui himself wanted to train a group of powerful cavalry to come out with ambitious efforts, but these horses were not even enough to train. Lun Qinling did not start a war and barely did it. After the war, he had to send a cavalry to intercept it. After several battles, some horses were consumed. So he submitted a memorial to ask the court to send another batch of war horses. However, Li Jingxuan rejected it, saying that he was just defending and allocating a large number of war horses, and the expenses would increase. Moreover, the fall of the four towns and Tuyuhun was seriously lacking in the court. This is also a fact. A horse may not be expensive, but the cost of raising a war horse is very high. Unless the Tubo people do not invade and are scattered on the grasslands of Hehuang. In addition, the cavalry equipment far exceeds the equipment cost of the infantry.

But the number of war horses was too small! Liu Rengui knew that Li Jingxuan was stumbling on him, so he changed his method. The three major foreign cities in the court, Youzhou, Fengzhou, and one was located in Shanzhou. It was precisely located on the plain between Shancheng and Guzhou. In order to prevent the Tubo people from infiltrating, a city was built and the guards were strictly guarded. After the establishment of the Fan City, it helped both the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. After Qinling invaded many times, the Fan City did not move. Liu Rengui came up with another method, asking the court to transport a batch of porcelain, tea and cloth, and then sent people to the Fan City to exchange horses with the Tuyuhun people. The thin horses were transported back to the Central Plains as plowing horses, and the good horses were left as war horses.

Using this method can not only obtain a large number of war horses, but also save a lot of money. However, Li Jingxuan laughed in the letter, "Are you the prime minister of the court, and you also want to learn from merchants?"

He blocked Liu Rengui's mouth in one sentence.

Until this time, I don’t understand the difficulty of the prince in order to raise funds.

Moreover, the amount of gunpowder supplied is insufficient, and the number of arrows, armor and weapons is also insufficient.

Li Jinxing took the letter from him, took a look, and frowned. He comforted him: "General Liu, General Manager Liu, I heard that the imperial court has abolished the establishment of the Xiongjin Governor's Office, and will soon launch a large army against Tubo. Let's hold on for a while."

Silla was difficult to give birth, and became a chicken strait. It was a pity to abandon it. Without the support of the army, the garrison was not large in scale under the joint attack of Silla and Baekje rebels, but they lost consecutive battles. It was unlikely that the two-line battles would be fought. The court simply cancelled the Xiongjin Governor's Office, which means vacate the enclave of Baekje and gave it to Silla, and withdrew the army to the north of the Shishui River (Datong River). It should be said that this was a shame for the powerful Tang Dynasty. Since the Han Dynasty, China's territory was in the area of ​​Daling and Han River alone. Silla was equivalent to relying on shamelessness and tenacity, and stripping a large area of ​​territory from the Tang Dynasty.

This imperial edict also means that the Tang Dynasty decided to pull herself away from the Silla battlefield and deal with Tubo with all her heart.

But Liu Rengui was even more worried.

Lun Qinling's abnormal behavior was unsightly, but it could be seen that Lun Qinling forced the Tang Dynasty to fight him in a decisive battle, and was prepared to fight. However, the court was full of confidence and did not realize the power of the Tubo people. Liu Rengui, who held the power, stumbling behind him, made him feel that the prospect was gray.

After all, I am old, and the destruction of a heroic reputation that is victorious in every battle is not counted. I may be exiled like Xue Rengui. Thinking of this, all my ambitions disappeared.
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