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On the night of December 28th, King Liang was in his inner study in Jiangzhou City. King Liang and his best confidant Jingxiang talked all night long. It was not until the sky gradually grew brighter that Jingxiang left Xingzai with his eyes red.
On December 29, dozens of envoys led by high-ranking civil servants rushed out of Jiangzhou City and dispersed in all directions. The highest ranking among them was the Observer Envoy of Henan Province and the Deputy Envoy of the Xuanyi Army.
Li Zhen, the direction he is going to is Xichuan.
Basically no one would be happy to be traveling on the road during the first day of the year, but Li Zhen was very excited at the moment. As the right-hand man among the advisers of King Liang, Jingxiang certainly asked for his opinion in planning this matter, and he was very excited about it.
He also agrees. But he will not directly touch the bad luck of King Liang like Jing Xiang. You must know that the person who proposes this strategy, no matter how high his credit is, will leave a sharp thorn in King Liang's heart that will never be eliminated.
Although King Liang finally adopted Jingxiang's strategy, who knows whether he will be wary of Jingxiang from now on?
Li Zhen did not participate in this matter, but it did not mean that his gains would be less. Thinking that he might be able to seal the country soon, he sincerely admired Jingxiang. You Zizhen is really a character.
Jianlang, I dare to bring up such an idea in person. In this regard, I, Li Zhen, am not as good as you, but although I admire you, I don’t want to imitate you!
Li Zhen hoped that this matter could be accomplished and hoped that it would be accomplished quickly, so he slept and ate in the open air along the way and rode fast, from Jiangzhou to the south, through Puzhou, from Hanzhong to Jiannan, directly to Yizhou, and arrived in Chengdu.
It happened to be a heavy snowfall in Chengdu, which covered this world-famous city with snow. Li Zhen and his party stepped on the plum blossoms on the snow. They were visited by Dr. Guanglu and Lin Dedian Wen Ying Du Guangting to visit the hotel.
Du Guangting was originally enshrined in the imperial court. During the reign of Emperor Xizong, he followed the emperor to Shu to avoid the chaos in Huangchao. After Chang'an was restored, Du Guangting felt that the chaos in the world was better than the stability in Shu, so he asked for orders to stay.
After Wang Jian rose to prominence, he admired this world-famous Taoist scholar very much and appointed him as his son's teacher. He respected and trusted him greatly. In terms of his status among the civil servants in central Shu, at least among the important ministers in Xichuan
Ranked in the top three, only behind Tang Daoqi. He is almost as important as Wei Zhuang, and even the great poets Feng Juan, Zhang Ge and others cannot compare with him.
Li Zhen felt very proud of this and happily moved into Guanyi, waiting for the king of Shu to see him.
Later, Du Guangting came to Guanyi in person and led Li Zhen to see the King of Shu. Wang Jian granted the title of Queen of Shu, and the Xichuan Festival Capital Mansion next to Xuanzhong Palace was being renovated and expanded into the new King of Shu Mansion according to regulations. Therefore, Du Guangting
Take Li Zhen to Taicheng in the east of the city. The King of Shu is currently living in the governor's mansion.
As soon as he entered the lobby, the heat that hit his face made Li Zhen feel warm all over. After getting used to the light and dark in the hall for a while, he finally saw clearly the layout of Xichuan's reception for him. The King of Shu was in the middle. There were several tables on both sides.
There were several people sitting behind the table. Li Zhengda had been to Chengdu two years ago and was not completely unfamiliar with him. Among them, the observation commander Tang Daoxi was recognized by him. He had given him many valuable gifts back then, and he also brought him this time.
Wang Zongji, the envoy of Wu Xinjun Army and the Du Yamen, was also acquainted with him. The two had had a long conversation. In their words, Wang Zongji was quite in awe of Xuanwu's momentum. He was also the one Li Zhen needed to win over during this trip.
Key objects.
Another person I met was Feng Juan, the judge of Jiedu, but Li Zhen had never dealt with him. Feng Juan was an important minister under Wang Jian, but he was old. The last time Li Zhen was on an envoy to Chengdu, Feng Juan was ill.
He was not alive, so Li Zhen only came to visit him once but never talked to him.
As for the other two people, Li Zhen had never seen them before. Therefore, after nodding greetings to Tang Daoxi and Wang Zongji, he briefly greeted Feng Juan and took a seat at the guest table under the guidance of Du Guangting.
Tang Daoxi introduced the other two people to Li Zhen during the banquet. When Li Zhen learned about it, he stood up quickly and bowed to the two of them. It turned out that one of them was Wei Zhuang and the other was Zhang Ge, both of whom were famous people all over the world.
Poet. In the past two years, these two people fled to Xichuan to avoid the war. Wei Zhuang was recruited as the Secretary of Jiedu Prefecture, and Zhang Ge was appointed as the governor of Yizhou.
In the twenty years after Emperor Xizong, famous figures from the Tang Dynasty such as Du Guangting fled to Shu to avoid the war, making Chengdu a world-famous literary holy place in this era. Looking at the people in the hall, Li Zhen couldn't help but sigh.
Du Guangting, Feng Juan, Wei Zhuang, and Zhang Ge are famous all over the world. They are all heroes for a while, but they are gathered together at this moment. The lineup for today's banquet is enough to be remembered as a memorial.
To be honest, Li Zhen was a little frightened at the beginning, but after the banquet started, he quickly calmed down.
After three rounds of wine, the food was tasteless. Judge Feng Juan, trembling and slightly swaying his long beard, asked, "Li Kuang came to Shu. I don't know why?"
Li Zhen chuckled: "I came here for Shannan."
As soon as the words came out, everyone was silent. The King of Shu was eating and drinking by himself, while Feng Juan smiled and stroked his beard. Everyone else was silent. Only Tang Dao glanced at Li Zhenpin and signaled him not to talk nonsense.
Li Zhen ignored it and stared directly at the King of Shu and said: "Your Highness, I came to Chengdu this time to ask Your Highness whether the covenant between Xichuan and Xuanwu still counts?"
The King of Shu couldn't eat or drink anymore, so he coughed dryly and said: "This... cough... it will naturally count."
Li Zhen asked: "But how can we explain the Xichuan soldiers entering Fangzhou?"
The King of Shu looked slightly embarrassed and turned to look at Wang Zongji. Wang Zongji did not agree with the matter itself and turned a blind eye to the King of Shu's eyes. The King of Shu looked at Tang Daoxi again, hoping that Tang Daoxi could help smooth things over.
Tang Daoxi hurriedly said: "Li Kuan has misunderstood. Xichuan and Xuanwu have always been in good terms. If Xuanwu is in trouble, Xichuan will naturally help him. The children of the Zhao family suddenly rebelled and threatened Henan. Therefore, a certain highness did not dare to sit idly by and marched eastwards with a large army."
Entering Shannan, only then can we contain the Zhao family's infantry."
Li Zhen asked again: "Fangzhou is under the jurisdiction of Xuanwu. Since Xichuan is to contain Jingnan, why did it enter Fangzhou?"
Tang Daoxi replied: "The soldiers from Jingnan went north to Xiangzhou with the intention of taking care of the houses and alleviating them. Therefore, some of them had to go north. It was not for their own purposes, but actually to help each other. Li Kuan should not think too much."
The coldness on Li Zhen's face suddenly passed away, and he nodded pretending to be sober: "So that's the case, but someone misunderstood..."
The king of Shu slapped his thigh in the audience: "It's just a misunderstanding! Li Kuan must not worry too much, and he also gave many suggestions to the king of Liang. Xichuan and Xuanwu will always be friends. There is no need to doubt that Gu is not a treacherous person!"
Li Zhen stood up and saluted the King of Shu: "I am also feeling anxious. Your Highness should not blame me."
The King of Shu raised his hand and said: "There is no need for this. I don't mean to blame you. The road between Xichuan and Henan is long and blocked, and information is blocked. It is normal for there to be misunderstandings."
Li Zhendao: "Your Highness is right, the journey is indeed long, so I ask Your Highness to send the letter to Jiangzhou as soon as possible, otherwise there will be a war between the two families, which will not be beautiful."
The King of Shu smiled and agreed, then put down his pretensions and invited Li Zhen to drink. The two of them drank three cups in a row.
Just as he put down his wine cup, Wang Zongji asked abruptly: "Li Zongwen, just now you said that there will be a war between the two families?"
Li Zhen secretly raised his thumb and praised in his heart: "Well done!" He said solemnly: "Exactly, this matter must not be delayed, and it needs to be explained to Jiangzhou as soon as possible."
Wang Zongji asked: "What's the explanation?"
Li Zhenyue looked at Wang Zongji more and more, and replied with a smile: "The prince of a certain family has mobilized an army of 100,000, and will arrive in Fangzhou soon, just to wipe out Jingnan. If the two families do not make it clear, they will inevitably use weapons at that time.
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In one sentence, everyone in the house was shocked!
Secretary Wei Zhuang spoke up, and said with a cold face: "Li Kuan has a sharp tongue, and he is really arrogant. I heard that Xuanwu retreated steadily in Hedong, Ge Congzhou was trapped in Yanzhou, and Yang Shihou surrendered to Xuzhou, but where did he get the 100,000 yuan?
An army?”
Li Zhen admired Wei Zhuang's talent, but it did not mean that he would back down. He immediately said: "Xuanwu gathered 200,000 troops in Jiangzhou, how can there be any talk of defeat? Tongmei's generals besieged Yanzhou, and a certain person had not heard of the besiegers.
As for the trapped ones! As for the Huainan soldiers who betrayed their faith and brazenly raised their troops to invade the north, the two generals Yang and Li are gathering momentum in Xuzhou. I believe that within ten months, the events of last year will be repeated!"
Li Zhen's words sounded high-sounding and seemed to make sense, but everyone in the room was a high-ranking official in Xichuan, and they all understood Xuanwu's current situation to some extent, so they were not convincing. Li Zhen never thought of persuading Xichuan to withdraw from the army.
, he waited for the next question from the Nishikawa civil and military personnel.
Sure enough, Wei Zhuang asked with a sneer: "But I didn't know that Li Kuanhao's shocking words were understood by Wei. The king of Liang threatened the emperor to move the capital, and all the feudal towns in the world were angry. No matter how fierce Xuanwu was as a tiger, he could not withstand the ring of wolves.
Do you want to wait? Now that Xuanwu is in danger, Li Kuan is here to follow the example of Zhang Yi and Su Qin?"
The meat of the show finally came. Li Zhen calmly took a sip of wine and said loudly: "Mr. Duanji said something different. Two years later, the emperor was controlled by a middle official, took him to Fengxiang, and was imprisoned by Fengxiang.
The prince of a certain family thought of the country, obeyed the emperor's orders, and rescued the world from the fence. Unfortunately, Chang'an was destroyed by the war, and the whole area was desolate. Not only the palaces could no longer be lived in, but even the houses of the people were destroyed. The prince could not bear the emperor and his family.
The people suffered, and Henan's wealth was used to overhaul the eastern capital, and then the emperor and the people moved to Luoyang. I don't know what Mr. Duanji meant by 'taking the emperor to move the capital'?"
After clearing his throat, Li Zhen continued: "Your Majesty loves Li Tang and has always respected him with integrity. How could he have the intention to violate the prohibition? As for the current situation, it is not that Xuanwu is sluggish. Now the world has been fighting for thirty years.
Years ago, the central government did not dredge, the localities were alienated, the emperor was in trouble, and the people were in ruins. A certain prince could not bear it, and planned hard to make concessions for the sake of the Tang Dynasty. The feudal towns all over the world did not understand the true meaning, and repeatedly invaded Henan. However, this was overestimated.
The power of our own military has underestimated the wealth of Henan. The fertile fields of Henan are thousands of miles away, and if a prince of a certain family rises to the top and raises a million soldiers, even if the feudal towns all over the world rebel against the Tang Dynasty, what will the prince of a certain family be afraid of?"
Wei Zhuang sneered again and again, and was about to refute when he suddenly heard Wang Zongji ask: "Li Kuan, you said that the King of Liang planned hard, but how did he plan?"
Wang Zongji had always had a good impression of Xuanwu, and was afraid that Wei Zhuang would embarrass Li Zhen again, so he seized this point and quickly intervened. In fact, the question he asked was what Li Zhen deliberately told him. (To be completed.