Three hundred and thirtieth eight chapters to be king
In this way, Yang Xingmi defeated Sun Ru and led the generals back to Yangzhou. He submitted a letter to the court to ask Tian Fu to guard Xuanzhou An Renyi to guard Runzhou until August. Yang Xingmi was appointed as the governor of Huainan. Tong Pingzhangshi appointed Tian Fu to guard Xuanzhou and An Renyi as the governor of Runzhou.
Yang Xingmi's system in Yangzhou was finally confirmed. This time, Yang Xingmi planned everyone in the court, including Duan Mingyu, who was also saying good things to him to seek the position of governor, which is not a big deal. Yangzhou is far away from Chang'an, and the military situation is extended by one year is not a problem. When he is about to win a great victory, he is a stunning temperament.
Yang Xingmi has two generals in his hands, Zhang Hao and Xu Wen. At this time, both of them were talented. In which era was Duan Mingyu. After Yang Xingmi's death, his son was young, and they controlled the lifeline of Jianghuai. Finally, Zhang Hao and Xu Wen started a competition. Xu Wen defeated Zhang Hao and replaced Yang Xingmi's young son and changed it to Li. The famous Southern Tang regime in history. The late ruler of Southern Tang Li Yu was the descendant of Xu Wen.
But Yang Xingmi did not dare to do anything, but the three of them were sitting in front of the fire. Yang Xingmi said, "The two brothers, now I have taken all my hands. I think what should I do next."
Zhang Hao said: "You have now reached the top of a minister, but you are still unable to expand your strength with great fanfare. Now the top priority of the minister is to win the throne, and the words will go smoothly. By then, I will definitely be greatly increased in strength. The cohesion of my subordinates will definitely be higher."
Xu Wen pondered for a moment and said, "It's good that Brother Zhang said it is reasonable, and I also think that this is the best strategy."
Yang Xingmi looked at Zhang Hao and Xu Wen and said, "The two are good plans. This coach can do a lot of things once he has won the throne. But the matter of becoming a king is not a small matter. You should send a minister to the capital to ask for a seal to use a lot of money to open up the way, so big things can be accomplished."
Zhang Hao and Xu Wen looked at each other and bowed together, "I'm willing to go."
"Okay, okay, I can win two of you. I'm very lucky. I'll leave this to Zhang Hao. You can go to Beijing on a date and hope you can live up to expectations." Yang Xingmi stood up and waved his hand and slowly retreated.
Chang'an had just had a heavy snowfall, covered with silver and silver, and the white copper basin in the white hall was burning strongly. The heat was overflowing and warm as spring. The seventh prince and a group of close ministers sat around the brazier while eating hot pot while talking about national affairs.
What is talking about at this moment is that the Seventh Prince has been promoted to the Central Secretariat Shi Pingzhang as deputy prime minister since Duan Mingyu entered Beijing. He knows best how to figure out the Seventh Prince's thoughts. Every time he says, he can scratch Li Jie's itchy spots. Now he has officially replaced his ex and become the most caring spokesperson for the Seventh Prince.
The seventh prince said that he was sweating on his forehead, and then took off his outer robe. An eunuch immediately stepped forward and took over the seventh prince smiled and said, "Now, Sun Ru, the Jianghuai, started to cause chaos. I thought that Yang Xingmi wanted to suppress the rebellion and suppress the rebellion. It was not a matter of half a day. Jianghuai had just integrated and cleaned up the people there to make them sincerely surrender to Chang'an. It would take some time for us to practice political principles, comfort the people, and train strong soldiers to wait for everything to stop. Then calmly control Jianghuai. If we wait for this day, it would take three or four years at the earliest, but..."
"However, I never thought that Yang Xingmi would put us easily and lied about military affairs and deceive the position of governor. Now he sent General Zhang Hao to the capital and asked to be named Yang Xingmi as King of Huainan and exempt from taxes for three years in Jianghuai. His ambition is really well known to everyone." Duan Mingyu frowned and indeed underestimated the ancients.
The seventh prince took the conversation and shook a cowhide letter in his hand and said in a deep voice: "I just got the news that Zhang Hao, the envoy of Jianghuai, has spent a lot of money to open up Tian Lingzi's way. Tian Lingzi had already learned about His Majesty's attitude and actually refused to turn Zhang Hao out. It seems that Chang'an and Jianghuai will have a battle."
Duan Mingyu said: "It's not bad, but the prince must know that the tens of thousands of troops in Jianghuai are good at water warfare than our army. If we use fewer troops, it will be difficult for our Tang army to win, especially if the war is prolonged, many changes may arise, and the people's livelihood of the Tang Dynasty will be decayed. This is a coincidence. If we accidentally repetition of Emperor Yang of Sui's attack on Goryeo."
A few days later, Li Yan had not been on court for three days. Today, he thrust his waist and said in a deep voice: "I weigh the pros and cons of late attack and early attack. It is more appropriate to take down Jianghuai early. The alliance has decided to launch Jianghuai in March next year. What suggestions do you have?"
The seventh prince who took over as Jingzhao Yin said, "Your Majesty, when our Tang Dynasty attacked the pseudo-Qi State, the Khitan sent troops to obstruct the Khitan because the Khitan was out of reach and had no contact with Huang Chaosu, and there was a dispute in the country. Therefore, he did not go south. Now the Jianghuai has become an obstacle to our Tang Dynasty's unification of the world. If the internal disputes within the Khitan were not intensified or Yelu Abao could take the military power in time, then it was very possible to send troops to attack us behind the back to disturb our battle in the Yangtze River and Huai. Therefore, I think it is still necessary to prevent the Khitan from being in a war in Youzhou, Liu Rengong, who defended the north, and then fought against Yang Xingmi. When the war against Yang Xingmi must be quickly decided to cut off the delusions of others."
Li Yan was confused when he heard this, but knew that the problem must be serious and he quickly corrected his body and said with a smile: "The emperor's words are in harmony with the United States, although the northern country is in civil strife, it is not bad."
Another Hanlin scholar came forward and said, "Your Majesty has not yet been reported to our Tang Dynasty. Important information such as military deployment has been reported. If we want to attack Yang Xingmi, we must have the Yangtze River Water Map and the deployment of troops in various parts of the Yangtze River. Otherwise, we may have to make ten times more efforts. Should spies speed up collecting information in this regard?"
Li Yan smiled proudly and looked at Duke Duan Mingyu, who was lightly locked his eyebrows and lowered his head to ponder and asked with a smile: "What are Duan Aiqing thinking?"
Duan Mingyu's eyes flashed and thought into the mind. Li Yan called out twice, but he never heard the seventh prince beside him look at him in confusion and gently twisted him. Duan Mingyu woke up and raised his head suddenly.
Chapter completed!