"Your Highness, I'll give you a toast." Pei Yuhe poured a glass of wine and handed it over, her eyes shining with excitement and joy.

"Why toast me with wine?"

"I heard about what Your Highness had done at the court meeting yesterday. I feel honored to be with you."

Li Wei sighed and asked, "Have you heard anything strange?"

Pei Yuhe hesitated and said, "Some people said that the sky was full of colorful clouds yesterday morning, like rainbows, followed by cloudlessness and a thousand miles of blue sky. Some people said that hundreds of birds gathered on the Tianjin Bridge to congratulate..."

"Then did you see hundreds of birds coming to celebrate yesterday, and the clouds are like long rainbows?"

"I didn't pay attention yesterday morning and didn't leave the palace."

"Don't believe it, it's not as good as the rumor, but there's a saying that I want to say to you."

"Please give your order."

"I don't like disputes, and I don't like killing, especially the family killing each other for the sake of power. Therefore, in the Eastern Palace, there are not many wives and concubines, and they don't easily get infected by the palace maids. You probably don't have personality, but you have family members, and Wei Yue also has family members." Excluding Shangguan Wan'er and Bi'er, Bi'er's family background is too cold, and if she doesn't support her, she is very weak in the Eastern Palace. Shangguan Wan'er should not be underestimated. Shangguan Yi had many close ministers back then, and may not all be demoted. His mother came from the Zheng family in Xingyang, but her mother was still alive, and this influence was still very small. If she fought, it would only be Pei Yuhe's family and Wei Yue's family. The two families had almost the same power, and there were many people who were unwilling to be lonely.

"I know that I am a pure and quiet person who does nothing."

"The banner does not want to move the wind to urge it. It is not that you can be quiet if you want to be quiet. But remember the word "Wuwei" and as long as you don't do it, there will be no gaps for people to get into. If you are not in the Eastern Palace, Wei Yue and Wan'er are young and Bi'er are simple-minded, you have to take care of them for you."

"Your Highness, where are you going?"

"I don't know, merely an assumption. If you don't go out, you'll just be fine. If you come back after going out, merely, merely will let you sleep with me. By the way, merely never had sex with you before. First, I was young, and it took me a long time before I really took me into the room. Second, I have something, I can't see clearly, I don't want to harm you or me. The reason in this is more complicated than what you think."

"Yes," Pei Yuhe replied with a red face.

When it comes to behavior, Pei Yuhe is impeccable. Therefore, there are reasons for pride of aristocratic families. When it comes to behavior and education, even if the royal family is not as good as the royal family.

Li Wei did not say anything, and then looked through the map. It was becoming more and more possible. He was not afraid of sharpening his knives because he chopped wood. So he ordered people to bring them all over Qinghai, even Tubo, Western Regions, Tuyuhun, Lian Nibura, Dongnu Qiang and other maps, watch them one by one, and try to remember them in his mind.

This is the first step, and the second step also depends on the information that the scouts have found, the conflicts and living conditions of the Tubo tribes. I don’t know whether it is useful or not, maybe it is not useful, but I don’t think so I’ll use it, but I don’t like it after reading it, so I won’t want to use it at that time but don’t know it.

...

But this March was destined to be a turbulent autumn, and then another thing happened. Liu Rengui was seriously ill in Qinghai. This is understandable. Qinghai has a high sea of ​​qi and is in anger. After all, the old general was in his sixties. He was bedridden and could no longer command. Therefore, he wrote a letter to ask the court to ask him to return to the court to recuperate, and also recommended Li Jingxuan to replace him. The reason was that once the army conquered Tubo, the number of soldiers was more than Xue Rengui's army that time. There were no respected people, and there was no way to command these soldiers. Second, Li Jingxuan was in charge of the prime minister for many years, and was quite talented, and was also the best commander to go on the expedition. Third, Li Jingxuan was born in the Li family, among which the Li family in Longxi had been in Longyou for a long time and was familiar with the situation in Qinghai. Therefore, looking at the court, if you want a great victory, Li Jingxuan was the best choice.

In fact, Li Zhi has already felt dazzling with the Li family.

Li Yuan showed goodwill to the Li family and was ridiculed for it. Of course, there was a reason. Li Tang's career was not stable at that time. Li Shimin was very talented and did not care. Moreover, as Pei Xingjian said, he realized the benefits of the Xianbei bloodline on his body, and even asked the Hu people to guard the gate of the bedroom for him, but he was still unhappy. Therefore, the clan sect deliberately suppressed the five surnames and seven families. Li Zhi did not speak up, but asked Li Yifu to re-revise the clan sect, which shows that he was still unhappy.

In the early years, Li Zhi and Li Shimin were both rulers of the country. It was impossible for them to deliberately exclude the Li family because of this. Some ministers of the Li family were used in the court. However, Li Jingxuan joined the clan to surrender, but he was the royal family and could not tolerate it. Li Zhi was very unhappy.

Not only that, Li Jingxuan has been in the Ministry of Personnel for a long time. Although Pei Xingjian is also here, Li Jingxuan can be the main one. For example, Du Shenyan's cousin Du Yijian was able to write at the age of nine. He is very talented and respected Cen Wenben. Later, he served as the censor of the palace. He did not avoid Li Jingxuan on the road, which was nothing. Compared with his cousin, Du Yijian was already very modest. Then Li Jingxuan was dissatisfied and summoned Quzhi as the examiner. At this time, Pei Xingjian and Li Jingxuan were in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, which had nothing to do with appreciation. Good writing does not mean that the official was doing well. He was just dealing with Li Jingxuan. So he turned this out and said that Li Jingxuan was guilty. Li Jingxuan only said: "Xiangyang's son is frivolous." He also reported that Yi Jian was dangerous and was impatient. Li Zhi was angry and demoted to Kaizhou Sima. Then he disappeared...

Therefore, many officials in the officialdom are now given Li Jingxuan's favor.

This is one of them. Li Jingxuan married three times before and after, all of whom were famous families in Shandong and had a family with the Li family. He himself held an important position in the middle office. In order to show his kindness, he appointed some children of the gentry to serve as officials to make private graces. This was another unhappy thing for Li Zhi.

During the fight for power with the prince, Li Jingxuan helped his son many times, which made Li Zhi very dissatisfied.

This is Li Jingxuan's shortcomings, but he was diligent when he was in office and made a lot of contributions to the court. He could not be demoted for no reason because he was unhappy. Besides, Li Jingxuan's power in the court is not small, and deposing his position without a suitable reason will cause great controversy. Li Zhi has always tolerated it.

And Liu Rengui's letter just gave Li Zhi a chance.

Later, many people didn't understand why Li Zhi asked Li Jingxuan to lead the army. No matter how dissatisfied he was, he could not have been buried with the lives of more than 100,000 Tang soldiers! Just a minister, Li Zhi would consider the struggles and power schemes of the court, and he would not have been able to rely on more than 100,000 troops. How many troops could the entire Tang Dynasty have? Xue Rengui's defeat in Dabichuan was already unbearable, and the Tang Dynasty had not stopped yet. How could Li Zhi faint so far?

In fact, the reason is very simple. As Pei Xingjian said, if a king does not understand military affairs, he can only do whatever he wants. In the early stage, Li Ji was alive, and he would not miss his soldiers. Once Li Ji died, Xue Rengui, a farmer, had no prestige, and Liu Rengui had prestige and had low qualifications. Pei Xingjian only showed it a little, but the civil officials still did not believe it. So Li Zhi could only command blindly, just like the Song Dynasty later used civil officials as commanders and eunuchs as commanders. The transfer of Li Jingxuan was related to power schemes. What would happen after the transfer? Li Zhi didn't understand military affairs and couldn't think of it. This was the reason why Li Zhi asked Li Jingxuan to be commanders.

Besides, Liu Rengui said that Li Jingxuan had a good idea, such as the ones he chose, Pei Xingjian and Heiqi Changzhi, both of whom were suitable for the few people he chose.

Therefore, after seeing this edict, Liu Rengui immediately asked him to return to the court to recuperate. Li Jingxuan replaced Liu Rengui as the chief supervisor and appeasement ambassador of Taohedao, prosecuted the governor of Shanzhou, and ordered Jinwu General Cao Huaishun to recruit warriors in Henan and Hebei. In fact, he was recruited very early. Some were reorganized and "trained" for a long time. Li Shentong's son Li Xiaoyi, the chief general of the Yizhou Grand Governor's Office, and Tuo Feng, the governor of the Li Prefecture, to join the Jiannan army with the Shannan army. A total of 180,000 troops were divided into eight roads. Liu Shenli, Wang Xiaojie, Li Jinxing, Qi Bi Ming, Wei Daijie, Wang Gao, Cao Huaishun, Heichi Changzhi, Lou Shide and others were the chief supervisors of various roads, deputy chief supervisors or generals.

The war machine of the Tang Dynasty was launched as expected under several provocations of Lun Qinling.

In fact, there is no one with low qualifications and prestige in charge, so it is difficult for so many troops to command. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has rarely dispatched more than 100,000 troops except for the conquest of the ***. Even if the court makes an exception and lets Heichi Changzhi command, the right person is used, will Liu Shenli and others obey the orders of Heichi Changzhi?

The scene is also glorious. How many times have the commander of the 180,000 army been since the founding of the Tang Dynasty?

But Li Jingxuan wanted to cry loudly. This Liu Renji bastard is simply too bad, extremely bad.

He immediately ran to Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, I don't understand military affairs, and my life and death do not matter, but it is related to the lives and safety of more than 100,000 soldiers, and the fate of our dynasty and Tubo in the next few decades."

"Are you afraid of war?"

"I am not, I am just a civil servant."

"Then Minister Pei is a military general, and the prince is a military general?"

"..." Liu Rengui couldn't say it anymore, or it was wrong to have no brave generals. There were more brave generals this time than the prince at that time. Hei Tooth Changzhi was among the top three armies. Qi Bi Li's son Qi Bi Ming was not simple, and there was also the mature Linghu Zhichong. In terms of equipment, there were gun hammers, catapults, gunpowder, and the thunder in the mouths of Tubo people. But isn't that the case?

Li Zhi was even more displeased and said, "Xue Rengui was defeated because he was careless and generals were in harmony. Therefore, the commander must be highly respected. What are you afraid of being defeated in the southwest of Tubo? Rengui is sick, otherwise it will not be your turn to make great contributions this time. He said, Xuqing, you are the only choice. If Rengui wants me, I will also go. How can you leave!"

Li Jingxuan's mind was covered with lard, and you went there in person. It would be better for me to go there than if you were going there.

There was no choice but to leave the uterus, stretched his face, and was worried and heartbroken, and the heart was broken. Anyway, the intestines, heart, and five internal organs and six lungs were twisted together.

After thinking about it, I took out the battle between Qinling and Xue Rengui and read it again. At that time, Xue Rengui had the statement of Xue Rengui, and Guo Kaifeng had the statement of Guo Kaifeng. Therefore, if this file was not an expert, I would not see the truth of the battle at all.

After watching for a long time, I couldn't tell why, so I found Hao Chujun. We are all ***, a party, and Hao Chujun dared to give advice and asked Hao Chujun to ask for a relationship.

Hao Chujun dared to make suggestions, but he didn't understand military affairs, and said in a daze: "You shouldn't look for me, go find Mr. Zhang."

"But when you followed Li Jizhengdong in the first year of Qianfeng, you were the deputy chief executive."

"It's true, but the deputy general manager, Pang Tongshan, Qi Bi He Li, and each performed their own duties. I only took charge of military discipline and military command, and I did not participate."

Li Jingxuan looked for Zhang Wenguan again, but it was the same year. However, in the second year of the expedition, Zhang Wenguan followed the army with the Dongtai Sheshou people. He had just led his army to the city of ***. Before the formation, the *** army arrived, and the soldiers gathered. Zhang Wenguan sat calmly on the Hu bed, that is, on a low chair, and ordered the soldiers to eat dry food immediately, simply select elite soldiers, and defeated the crowd, and all the soldiers were convinced.

This master shot his sword and gun, so he found Zhang Wenguan and told him the difficulty. Zhang Wenguan pulled Li Jingxuan to the corner and whispered: "Mr. Li, you misunderstood me too. When I led my army to the ***, I didn't know anything. The army of *** arrived. I was extremely scared. I didn't know what to do at all, so I had to issue orders randomly, everyone had something to eat, and the strong men attacked. This battle was won in a daze."

He was not without scheming in his heart when he could climb to such a high position, but he was very scared, but there was no expression on the surface, because the soldiers thought that the commander was brave and the morale of the army was determined. He was not the one who chose the brave soldiers, so he won.

“…”

Zhang Wenguan said again: "Your Highness has advised you several times, the generals and the country will prosper, but you don't listen, alas!"

He shook his head straight, disgusted with Li Jingxuan and Liu Rengui.
Chapter completed!