Four hundred and thirtieth chapters backup strategy
Dou Yi smiled and said: "I heard that the emperor thinks that Qiao Xiangguo is too old, dim-sighted and deaf to be the prime minister. I wonder who the Dugu family is going to recommend to succeed Qiao Xiangguo?"
"One is Zhang She, the Minister of Rites, and the other is Du Xiquan, the Minister of Official Affairs. Brother Dou decides who is more suitable?"
"Zhang She is good, he is steady, modest and self-disciplined, but Du Xiquan and Yang Yan are too close."
Although Zhang She had a close relationship with the Dugu family, he had also received favors from the Dou family in his early years and had a good relationship with the Dou family. Dou Yi used this appointment in exchange for his support for Guo Song as the governor of Hexi Province.
Du Lingqiu nodded, "You can consider Zhang She!"
The next morning, the political hall voted whether to approve Guo Song's appointment as the governor of Hexi Province. Li Mi abstained, Han Huang, Qiao Lin, and Zhang Yi voted in favor, and Yang Yan and Cui Youfu voted against. The final vote was 3 to 2.
, Zhengshitang approved Guo Song's promotion to Hexi Jiedushi.
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Shi issued a decree. In recognition of Guo Song's contribution to the recovery of Suzhou, he was promoted to Hexi Jiedushi, and concurrently served as the governor of Liang, Gansu and Suzhou.
Guo Song did not know that he had been promoted. He had just received two consecutive flying pigeon letters from the emperor and the court, vetoing his suggestion to withdraw the soldiers and civilians from Beiting.
It can be said that this result was expected by Guo Song. Emperor Li Shi still lacked courage and responsibility and pushed the matter to Zhengshitang. How could the corrupt scholars in Zhengshitang agree to abandon Beiting.
In the governor's house, Guo Song handed the two pigeon letters to Pan Liao and Zhang Qianyi. Pan Liao smiled bitterly and said: "This is troublesome. Shatuo Khan agreed to this plan, but we were denied. This will make them
dissatisfied!"
Guo Song walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "It doesn't matter. As long as Zhu Xie Shenglu is in our hands, no matter how dissatisfied they are, there is nothing we can do. Just tell them that our emperor opposes this plan and can only change to another plan."
"I wonder what plan the governor wants to change?" Zhang Qianyi asked.
Guo Song pondered for a while and said: "I can promise to reduce the number of sheep by 100,000. They only need to compensate for 200,000 sheep in the end. But these 200,000 sheep are not given to me, but to Tingzhou. This means reducing the number of sheep by 100,000."
Conditions for ten thousand sheep.”
Guo Song had already guessed that Emperor Li Shi would not agree to give up Tingzhou, so he had to adopt a backup strategy, that is, he would try every means to support Tingzhou and let them persist and wait for the time to come.
Pan Liao and Zhang Qianyi looked at each other, "Give it directly to Tingzhou? I'm afraid the other party won't agree!"
Guo Song said calmly: "You should prepare today and talk about it tomorrow. I will find a way to make them agree."
Pan Liao and Zhang Qianyi didn't know what other countermeasures the governor had, so they had to stand up and leave. Guo Song also asked Pan Liao: "The court requires us to report the negotiations in a timely manner, so you should write a report to them every day to save those bureaucrats from working all day."
Thinking about us."
"I humbly obey my orders!"
The two of them went down to prepare. Guo Song said to the tea boy next to him: "Go and tell the carriage to be prepared. I want to go out!"
Cha Tong was about seven or eight years old. He was not only responsible for making tea, but also running errands and delivering messages. After a while, the carriage was ready, with twenty soldiers on horseback guarding both sides. Guo Song walked out of the Governor's Mansion and said: "Go to the great Sogdian merchant Shijia!"
He got on the carriage, which started slowly and drove towards the Shifu in the west of the city.
The carriage was very spacious and very comfortable. There was a small table inside for handling official duties. This carriage was also a trophy. It was Zhu Xie Shenglu's carriage. It was favored by Guo Song and used as his own special carriage.
The curtains of the carriage were lowered and the light in the carriage was dim. Guo Song looked solemn. He was still thinking about Li Shi. The attitude of the political hall was as expected and not surprising at all, but Li Shi made him a little disappointed.
Historically, Li Shi was full of ambitions when he came to the throne. He wanted to do great things and realize the resurgence of the Tang Dynasty. However, after encountering the Jingyuan Incident, he completely stopped and began to favor eunuchs and treat generals and officials.
They are all full of doubts, which shows that he is weak-willed and is not a strong monarch.
In fact, it can be seen from these few things that Li Shi lacked courage. He wanted to regain the Hexi Corridor, but he was hesitant and compromised with the civil officials. He was ambitious but cherished his life. He lacked courage and responsibility. Such a person could not achieve great things. For him
If you work hard, you will be betrayed by him sooner or later.
This incident has already shown his nature of betraying his teammates. He told him in a private message that he just didn't want the Political Affairs Hall to be involved in the matter. If he didn't agree, he could just veto it. But he betrayed himself to the Political Affairs Hall and let Guo Guo
Song was extremely disappointed, and it also sounded the alarm in Guo Song's heart.
The carriage slowly stopped in front of the Shi's Mansion, and Shi Donglai hurriedly greeted him, "Welcome Governor Guo!"
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "If you have something to do at the moment, please come uninvited. Please don't blame the Master of the Shi family!"
"Where! In fact, the governor sent someone to tell me. I should go to the governor to take orders."
"When you ask for help, you naturally have to lower your body a little."
"The governor just opens his mouth."
Shi Donglai didn't know what Guo Song wanted to do with him, so he was surprised and quickly invited him into the mansion.
The two of them sat down separately in the distinguished guest hall. Shi Donglai asked the maid to serve tea. Guo Song picked up the tea bowl and asked with a smile: "When is Master Shi going to the capital?"
"I'm going to leave in a few days. Things here are almost settled."
Guo Song nodded and changed the topic to the purpose of his visit, "Does the Master of the Shi family have any business dealings with Ge Luolu?"
"Ge Luo Lu?"
Shi Donglai was startled, then hesitated for a while and said: "We do have business dealings. The medicinal materials produced in Geluolu are very famous, and the sheepskin is also good."
"The Uighurs and Tubo were fighting over Tochara and the Hezhong area. Didn't the Geluolu people participate in the battle?"
Only then did Shi Donglai understand what Guo Song meant, and he quickly said: "Ge Luolu's territory is the Chu River Basin, which was the territory of Xi Tu Jue in the past. The capital is Suiye City. Huihe came from the north back then. Ge Luolu's territory was
On the surface, Luo Lu obeyed the Uighurs, but secretly they colluded with the Tubos. They did two things. One was to delay the Uighurs' military supplies at a critical moment, so that the Uighurs could not win a quick victory. They had been fighting with the Tubos for more than ten years.
A miserable victory.
The second thing the governor should know is to support Xue Yantuo to seize the south of Jinshan Mountain. After the Huitu War, Tubo retreated to the plateau, and the Uighur strength was also greatly reduced. It could not control Hezhong and Tocharo. In addition, Ge Luolu marched south of Jinshan Mountain.
, Uighur had to retreat to the north of Jinshan, but in the end he got an advantage from Ge Luolu.
Nowadays, Ge Luolu has great power, reaching Tochara in the south, Talas City in the west, and south of Jinshan Mountain in the east. I heard that Ge Luolu has formally formed an alliance with Tubo and is preparing to carve up Anxi and Beiting."
Guo Song nodded. Only now did he understand why Tubo was suddenly interested in Anxi again. It should have something to do with Ge Luolu.
"That's right. I would like to ask the head of the Shi family to tell Zhu Xie Jinman tonight that Ge Luolu has also sent people to Ganzhou."
Shi Donglai narrowed his eyes. This Guo Song was really powerful. He created a negotiating advantage out of thin air. If Tang Jun and Ge Luolu joined forces, Shatuo would be in danger.
Shi Donglai nodded, "I can send my eldest son to inform Zhu Xie Jinman, but does the governor want to find a few people to pretend to be Geluolu envoys?"
"This is what I want to ask the family master for help. I have never dealt with Ge Luolu. Why don't the family master arrange for a few people to pretend to be Ge Luolu people and show up in the city, and then I will accompany them to Xiedan County."
Shi Donglai gave a thumbs up, "The Governor has such a sharp eye. I'm afraid no one else in the Tang Dynasty can see through it. I can help the Governor."
Guo Song was overjoyed and said a little apologetically, "There is also a third request!"
Now Shi Donglai hopes that Guo Song will make more demands. He values Guo Song more and more. Guo Song is definitely a person who can do great things.
"The Governor said, as long as I can do it, I will try my best to help."
"The third request is about Tingzhou. I hope that the soldiers and civilians of Tingzhou will withdraw eastward. Shatuo agreed, but the court did not agree. I have no choice but to think of ways to support Tingzhou. I hope you can provide cattle and sheep to Tingzhou.
and grain, the money will be settled by Ganzhou."
The admiration in Shi Donglai's eyes became even stronger, "I can give it a try."
Guo Song thanked him and said with a smile: "I have prepared hundreds of kilograms of winter melon seeds and they will be delivered in two days. I would like to ask Lord Shi Dong's caravan to bring them to Tingzhou City when they go west."
Winter melon is also a way to solve the food shortage in Tingzhou. Winter melon can be planted in front of and behind the house, with a large yield, and then dried into dried winter melon to supplement food.
It was a trivial matter, so Shi Donglai agreed immediately. Guo Song discussed with him the details of pretending to be the envoy of Ge Luolu, and then left.
Shi Donglai sent Guo Song off. He sighed in his heart and said to his eldest son: "This Guo Song is a kind and righteous man. The Tang Dynasty was unkind and unjust to the soldiers and civilians of Anxi and Beiting, but he always cared about Tingzhou. In comparison,
Next, this is someone worthy of our close friendship and worthy of our help. You find a dozen guys, put on the gorgeous clothes of the Geluolu people, and go to the Dudu Mansion to visit. Then at night you go and tell Zhu Xie Jinman secretly,
Just say that Ge Luolu’s envoy has arrived.”
Shi Huan was a little worried and said, "If Ge Luolu's envoy is in the city, will the Shatuo people discover any flaws?"
Shi Donglai smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, Guo Song has already thought about it for you. He will personally escort the Geluolu envoy to Xiedan County, so that the Shatuo people will not see them and expose this situation."
"My child understands!"
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