Chapter 446: Give up past grudges

The letter of the letter of the World promulgation in Hanzhong caused an uproar in Chang'an. Some people printed a large number of copies overnight in the printing shop, which was widely circulated in Chang'an. In the letter of the letter of the World promulgation, Li Longji pointed out that when the son ascended the throne today, he regarded himself as orthodox, and called on officials and royal families to return to the south. In particular, he clearly stated in the book that he would protect the property safety of the officials and royal families, which caused great chaos. Some people scolded and some supported them. On the streets and alleys of Chang'an, the wine shops and teahouses in Chang'an, the supporters and critics fought one after another. For two days, a large number of powerful royal families fled Chang'an with their families. There were carriages and ox carriages that were about to leave Chang'an. Li Longji's letter of the World promulgation was like an extremely sharp knife that cut off all classes in Chang'an.

But in sharp contrast to the chaos in Chang'an city, the silence of the court was the court. Since Li Longji issued the letter to the world, the court has not made any relevant counterattack remarks, nor has it prevented the escape of the royal family and some officials. It was as if it had acquiesced to the spread of the letter to the world and the departure of its supporters, and only sent troops to patrol the main areas of Chang'an to maintain the stability of the order in Chang'an.

However, some officials of the court revealed some unusual news. The high-level officials of the court were not actually a pool of quiet water. Right Prime Minister Li Qing'an and the supervisor Li Heng had serious disputes in handling this matter. Li Heng asked to ban the sue from the world and strictly prohibit the departure of officials and royal family members. However, Li Qing'an only agreed to refute it, but did not oppose the departure of officials and royal family members. He believed that keeping these strangers in Chang'an would be a hidden danger. In the debate in the Political Affairs Hall, Li Heng was also at a disadvantage, Li Yan, Minister of Justice and the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Personnel.

Shangshu Pei Min firmly supported Li Qing'an's proposal, especially Li Yan, who was called "Li Zhengtian", said bluntly that the departure of the royal family and the powerful can reclaim a large amount of farmland. Within half a year, the number of self-cultivated farmers in Guanzhong will increase to 70%. On the contrary, Chen Xilie, the Minister of War, and Yang Guozhong, the Minister of Rites, both left Chang'an and defected to Li Longji in Hanzhong, causing a fatal blow to Li Heng's power in the Political Affairs Hall. While Zhang Yun remained neutral, only Wang Gong was left in Li Heng's power alone, and he could not compete with Li Qing'an's power.

On the third day, Chang'an Zhengshi Hall finally released the "Refutation of the Book of the World", which was written by Li Yan himself, refuting Li Longji's so-called unorthodox theory with detailed facts. The new emperor Li Shi was the eldest son of the late emperor. When the late emperor ascended the throne, he was appointed as the crown prince of the Eastern Palace. When the late emperor passed away and the crown prince succeeded to the throne, how could it be unorthodox? Li Yan particularly pointed out Li Longji's contradictory points in his book. Since he recognized the late emperor Jingzong as a legal ruling, then why was the crown prince enthroned by Jingzong illegal? Since ancient times, the crown princes were determined by the emperor as the emperor. Where was the abdicated emperor Taizu emperor designated the emperor? At the end of the "Refutation of the Book of the World", Li Yan clearly stated that the Zhengshi Hall would continue to restrict the annexation of land and acres, and swear to carry out the late emperor's unfinished career to the end.

The release of "Refutation of the Letter of the World" aroused strong support from the people of Guanzhong. As Li Longji's army was approaching, self-cultivated farmers who regained their land due to Li Yu's land reform spontaneously rushed to Chang'an from various parts of Guanzhong, willing to send grain to join the army and fight back against Li Longji's restoration. This is actually a struggle that concerns their own personal interests.

In the early morning, Li Qing'an's carriage was escorted by hundreds of personal guards, and Li Qing'an was writing a letter in the carriage. Next to it, three short orders had been written. He was writing today's fourth order, converting 60,000 Anxi militia into a regular army, responsible for the defense of the Saiye area. Correspondingly, he transferred 50,000 troops from Saiye, Shiguo and Tocharo to Chang'an, with Li Guangbi as the head commander and Li Fei Yuanli as the deputy head commander.

In the past few days, Li Qing'an has been issuing orders to Anxi, first of all the countries in Anxi should send a prince-level special envoy to Chang'an to meet the new emperor, to congratulate the new emperor ascend the throne, in order to compete with Li Longji's unorthodox theory.

Secondly, the work of relocating the first batch of 50,000 immigrants from Guannei Road, Longyou Road and Henan Road has begun. He ordered Anxi Political Affairs Hall to prepare for acceptance. Secondly, Feng Changqing was ordered to conquer 100,000 civilians from Xinde to Beiting. The general Zhao Chongjie began to build the Tangzhi Road from Chang'an to Anxi. At this time, Li Qing'an felt that the front line was too long and his troops were insufficient, so it was difficult to deal with it in full. There was also the emptiness of Longyou after Geshuhan left. He could only entrust Lifei to stop Yu's Hexi Army to send troops to take over, but the troops were still seriously insufficient. Once Tubo took the opportunity to invade the north, the results of the battle in the previous few years would be lost. For this reason, Li Qing'an was deeply worried.

At this time, Yan Zhuang, the staff member next to him, saw that Li Qing'an was worried, and advised him: "Although Longyou is important, it is not a strategic place in the Central Plains after all, and it has little impact on the future general's superior position. His subordinates advised the General to focus on the struggle for the Central Plains. Now An Lushan has suffered a severe blow and he already wants to give up Hedong. Hedong is a heavy place in the granary and the source of the rebellion of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty. Such an opportunity must be fought for. In addition, the Henan Daofu was corrupt and the troops were empty, which was also a good opportunity to enter. The Central Plains had a large map, and the north could advance to Qi and Yan, the south could control Jingxiang, and the east could go to Jianghuai. It was actually a strategic location. If it was not occupied early, it would be too late to destroy it."

Li Qingan nodded silently. Although Yan Zhuang said it very reasonably, after the Anshi Rebellion broke out in history, the Tang court abandoned all the Helongxi Regions in order to collect troops and was eventually occupied by Tubo. As a result, the Han army's power was weak for hundreds of years, and the lessons of the past must be taken.

Li Qing sighed and said, "The ancients said, since I got Long, how could I look for Shu? Although I am determined to occupy the Central Plains, I have insufficient troops. I can only focus on it. Although Longyou is not the only way for me to take over the world, I must be guarded against the wildness of Tubo. Once they break into Helong and suffer from the creatures, I am the sinner of the Tang Dynasty. Geshuhan also told me that Tubo has made great progress in preparing for wars over the years. It will surely attack Tang in the next two years. Even if I do not occupy the Central Plains, Hehuang and Longyou must also garrison heavily. This is unquestionable. As for Hedong, I can let the Lei Wanchun troops of Yunzhou go south to recruit troops in Hedong, expand their strength, and occupy them step by step. As for Henan Road, I can only consider it in the future."

After pausing, he smiled and said, "Besides, the greed is too great, and it has been criticized. Henan Province, I am planning to recruit troops in the name of the court, and it is controlled by the court, and cannot belong to the Anxi Army."

Yan Zhuang's eyes rolled and he made a suggestion: "It would be better to send General Anxi to Henan to recruit soldiers. That is called the court soldiers, but it is actually controlled by the general."

Li Qingan smiled slightly and said, "Since you don't want to, then just do it cleaner and don't do such small moves. In fact, as long as it is Tang Jun, it will be used by me sooner or later."

Yan Zhuang was not adopted for even two suggestions, and he couldn't help feeling a little sad. These days, since Li Qing'an used Wei Qingping as his aide, he attached great importance to him and repeatedly adopted his two major suggestions, which made Yan Zhuang feel a little unbalanced. He followed Li Qing'an for many years before he could get to the position of Li Qing'an's confidant. As soon as Wei Qingping came, his identity background had not been verified yet, Li Qing'an adopted his major suggestions and prepared to resign as the right prime minister and build the Tang straight road. This made Yan Zhuang sigh in his heart that clothes were not as good as the old and people were not as good as the new.

Li Qing'an glanced at Yan Zhuang. Seeing that he was depressed, he knew that he was a little disappointed in Wei Qingping's affairs. Li Qing'an couldn't help but smiled slightly. He had been with Yan Zhuang for many years and knew very well about this person's temperament. Yan Zhuang's conspiracy is good and loyal to him, but he is a little narrow-minded. In Anxi, King Qing's aide Yan was suppressed by him and it is still difficult to turn over. Of course, this is also a normal mentality. Most planners are more meticulous.

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Yan Zhuang had a childlike mentality. When he heard that Li Qing'an had adopted his suggestion, he immediately threw away his frustration and smiled immediately. When a large number of royal family members wanted to go Chang'an, many people hoped that Li Qing'an could stop him, but Yan Zhuang had a unique vision. He saw that letting these royal family members go would reduce great resistance to Li Qing'an's advance in the future.

Yan Zhuang smiled and said, "Actually, these guys are also stupid. It is obvious that Li Longji has not lived for a few years and is still running away. Didn't they think it's easy to go out and come back?"

Li Qingan also smiled and said, "This shows that they were oppressed by Li Yu. Suddenly, a door of light was opened, and they rushed over impatiently. As for the consequences, they couldn't care about it. Perhaps they still hoped that Li Longji could fight back."

Speaking of this, Li Qing'an smiled at Yan Zhuang and said, "I know you have always wanted to buy a house in Chang'an. Those who left the royal family have vacated many houses. You can go and see it yourself! In addition to the Wang House, which other houses do you like, you can tell me, I will make you happy."

Yan Zhuang was overjoyed. He had known that Chen Xilie had a different house in Qinrenfang, which was given to Chen Xilie in the fourth year of Tianbao. Although the house was not very big, Yan Zhuang knew that the feng shui in the house was very good. He had been jealous for many years. Now that Li Qing'an spoke, he would be polite.

"Thank you, General."

Li Qing'an smiled but said nothing. Not only Yan Zhuang, but also his old Anxi subordinates.

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The carriage stopped in front of the Daming Palace, and several personal guards guarded Li Qing'an into Danfeng Gate. The Daming Palace covers an extremely vast area. It advances in depth in sequence with the three main halls of Hanyuan Hall, Xuanzheng Hall and Zichen Hall as the axis, forming three major government districts. If you want to walk in, it will take at least a quarter of an hour to walk, and many elderly ministers are even more difficult. Therefore, there are many light carriages in front of the Danfeng Gate to send some elderly ministers to the court room.

Li Qing got into a carriage and ordered: "Go to Zichen Palace!"

Today he wants to have a good talk with Li Heng. This time, he and Li Heng have common interests. The carriage starts and drives quickly towards Zichen Palace.

In the Zichen Hall Supervisor's State Office, Li Heng was discussing the candidate for the new prime minister with Wang Gong. Li Heng was unexpected to the departure of Yang Guozhong and Chen Xilie. Instead, Zhang Yun did not leave. In this way, the Political Affairs Hall became the Five Prime Minister. Li Heng only had one seat. This was something Li Heng could not accept. He now needs to finalize the two candidates and then go and discuss this with Li Qing'an in detail.

One of these two candidates has been decided, which is Linghu Fei. This is beyond doubt. Now he is the person Li Heng relies the most. Linghu Fei will replace Yang Guozhong's position as Minister of Rites. The key is another candidate. In fact, many candidates are good, such as Fang Guan, Minister of the Secretariat of the Secretariat of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Hao, Minister of the Ministry of Works, Cui Huan, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Miao Jinqing, etc. These people are all talented in the prime minister and have a good relationship with Li Heng. The key is to find someone who is most worthy of his trust. Li Heng thought about it for a long time, and the final goal was to Fang Guan, Minister of the Secretariat of the Ministry of Works, Cui Huan, Minister of the Ministry of Works, both of whom are worthy of his trust.

"Prince Wang, I am considering using Cui Huan, the Minister of Works, as the Minister of War, what do you think?"

The reason why Li Heng chose Cui Huan was largely because Cui Huan was the backbone of the famous Cui family. If Cui Huan was appointed as prime minister, it would be to bring the entire Cui family to his side.

In fact, whether Cui Huan is prime minister or Fang Guan is prime minister, Wang Gong doesn't care. What he cares about is Linghu Fei's prime minister. He has already felt the threat from Linghu Fei to him. Li Heng's trust and reliance on him is obviously more than him, and it is related to his own personal interests. Wang Gong was extremely dissatisfied.

But Wang Gong was in a deep city and did not show his dissatisfaction with Linghu Fei, but said lightly: "Your Highness, what I mean is that Cui Huan and Fang Guan are both good choices. The Cui family is in Hedong and Henan Province, and he has children as state officials. He can not only win the support of the Cui family, but also fight against Li Qing'an's Pei family's children, but Fang Guan has a deep connection in the Secretariat. It is said that he and Li Qing'an are not happy to get along with each other. If he wins over, it means that His Highness's power has extended into the Secretariat, and the significance must not be underestimated."

Wang Gong's suggestion made Li Heng a little moved. It should be said that what Wang Gong said was indeed very reasonable, but it was impossible for both of them to become prime ministers. Li Heng naturally thought of Linghu Fei again.

In fact, to a certain extent, the prime minister is a representative of a certain force and does not represent a vulnerable group. Judging from the current five prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall, Zhang Yun was the son of Zhang Shuo, a famous prime minister of Kaiyuan. He was born in the Hanlin Grand Secretary. He was a literati leader of the Tang Dynasty. He had been intricately linked to the court for many years and had formed the Zhang Party. Wang Gong was a representative of the Wang family of Guanlong. Although Emperor Gaozong was deposed by Wu Zetian, the family was once depressed, but his family was once in a downturn. Wang Gong held more than 20 positions and was once a real power faction in the court second only to Yang Guozhong. Pei Min also represented the Pei family of Hedong. The Pei family had many talents, and his father Pei Zunqing was also a famous prime minister of Kaiyuan. Li Yan was a royal family of the Li family, with a high reputation in Chang'an and was a representative of the reformists in the court. As for Li Qing'an, it goes without saying that after Li Qing'an, he was the ruler of half of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Linghu Fei entered the Zhengzheng Affairs Hall, with little experience, no background, no power, and no words in the Zhengzheng Affairs Hall. Wang Gong's words indirectly reminded Li Heng that letting Linghu Fei enter the Zhengzheng Affairs Hall was a bit of a waste of this precious place. It would be better to provide more compensation in other aspects and let Linghu Fei be his military advisor and counselor at ease.

Thinking of this, Li Heng changed his mind and asked Cui Huan and Fang Guan to be both in court. Before he could speak, his confidant eunuch Li Fuguo said at the door: "Your Highness, Li Qing'an is here."

Li Heng was startled and hurriedly said, "Come in!"

He said to Wang Gong again: "According to your opinion, Cui Huan and Fang Guan both joined the prime minister. Li Qing'an is here, can you meet him with me."

Although Wang Gong did not want to see Li Qing'an here, he saw Li Heng's nervous expression and was worried that he would deal with the mistakes, so he nodded and sat aside.

After a moment, Li Qing'an walked in quickly and smiled when he entered the door: "Come on, Wang Xiangguo is here too, so I won't save myself from going to the door."

Wang Gong stood up and bowed and smiled, "Li Xiangguo is full of energy. Is there a good way to retreat to the enemy?"

"Of course, I have a plan to retreat to the enemy, so I came to discuss with His Highness the Superintendent of the State and the Prime Minister of the State."

Li Heng nodded and waved his hand and said, "Please sit down for Li Xiangguo!"

Li Qing'an sat down, and a eunuch brought in a cup of tea. Li Qing'an picked up the teacup and blew the heat, but put it down again and said with a smile: "Let's talk to your highness about the vacancy between Yang Guozhong and Chen Xilie! I wonder if there is a suitable candidate for Your Highness?"

Li Heng and Wang Gong looked at each other. Although they had already made a preliminary decision, Li Heng had not had a detailed discussion with them. It is not advisable to propose to Li Qing'an now.

Li Heng smiled slightly and said, "I am considering that I can submit a list to the Political Affairs Hall tomorrow."

Li Qing'an said slowly: "Today, Shangshu Pei of the Ministry of Personnel proposed several candidates for prime ministers, and he suggested promoting them from the local level."

Li Heng's face changed. He didn't understand what Li Qing'an meant. Pei Min proposed the candidate. Wouldn't the Zhengshi Hall be monopolized by the Zhengshi Hall? This violated the tacit understanding reached by both sides. His face darkened and he said unhappily: "What does Li Xiangguo mean?"

Li Qing'an said slowly: "I told Shangshu Pei that there is no rules and no order. He should not propose the candidates of the two prime ministers."

Li Qing'an's words undoubtedly gave Li Heng a reassurance. He slowly felt relieved. As long as Li Qing'an still recognizes the tacit understanding reached between them, it would be easy.

At this time, Li Qing'an said again: "There is another thing, I want to discuss with His Highness the Superintendent and the Prime Minister of the King."

"Please say it to Xiangguo Li!"

Li Qing'an pondered for a moment and said, "I plan to resign from the position of Right Prime Minister and retain my other position. The Secretary of Shang Jue Pushe is still a member of the Central Secretariat. According to my Tang Dynasty, the Right Prime Minister generally serves as the Minister of Personnel. Therefore, I recommend Pei Min to take over the position of Right Prime Minister."

Li Qing'an wanted to resign as the Right Prime Minister, which surprised Li Heng and Wang Gong. But after a change of thought, they both understood at the same time. Needless to say, this must be the heavy court affairs of the Right Prime Minister, which made Li Qing'an have no time to look west, so he proposed to change his position as the Minister of Shangshu, the false position. Moreover, Li Heng also understood what Li Qing'an said just now, without rules, it is impossible to achieve square circumference. The implication is that if you choose your candidate, I will adjust my power, and we will not interfere with each other.

In fact, according to Li Qing'an's current strength, it is not surprising that he wants to do any position. The key is that the power comparison of the Political Affairs Hall has not changed. Li Qing'an's resignation is just an appearance, but he has moved from the front to the backstage. This time, Wang Gong made his statement first.

"I support Li Xiangguo's resignation and support Li Xiangguo's nomination. At the Political Affairs Hall meeting tomorrow, I hope to clarify these two things as soon as possible. The situation in Chang'an is now critical, and we should not spend too much energy on personnel changes."
Chapter completed!