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Hanjing.

Li Shimin finally found that long-lost feeling again. After taking the immortality pill in Luona's world, he felt as if he was floating like a cloud and mist. He even spent the whole day refreshing and sharp-eyed. He even found that his originally exhausted body had become fierce recently.

When Wu Cairen kneaded his shoulders for him, the faint fragrance emitted from his body even made him feel hot and unable to control himself. He turned around and picked up Wu, reached out to sweep away the memorial on the imperial desk, and rushed forward.

The plum blossoms are seven degrees.

Wu's family has fainted several times.

Cool!

The emperor has never felt so good, nor even so brave. He feels that he can now compete with the Lion and Tiger and the Ten Women of Ye Yu.

Originally, Li Shimin was a little skeptical about this elixir of immortality, but now, he truly believed it. Luo Na'er Saha is a true monk.

He immediately issued an order to build a luxurious temple for the monks, just outside the Han capital, with plans to cover an area of ​​1,800 acres, and to use gold to shape Buddha statues and build an 18-story pagoda.

In short, you must not be wronged by this monk, you must give him the best alchemy environment.

As for the various magical medicinal herbs prescribed by the monk, Li Shimin even gave an order to search for the six gates from all over the world without saying a word.

Under the Secretary of the Central Committee.

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Yu Wenshi and Qu Tongtu presided over the joint meeting of the Third Academy.

"Zhang Chao has captured the entire territory of Jiangnan Road and captured half of Jiangxi Road."

Fang Xuanling, who was over 50 years old, has become much older and has gray hair. Even his eyes are a little turbid. His eyes are swept over everyone, "The situation in the north is not very good. General Yuchi's attack on Lu Longsai has not made any progress so far. General Li Ji has attacked Jiuji Mountain for several months and is still difficult to break. He launched seven or eight offensives, but he lost tens of thousands of troops and still cannot advance."

"And Hexi."

Fang Xuanling sighed.

"After the fall of Lanliang and Liang prefectures, Hexi is now basically captured by Cheng Yaojin and Su Dingfang. Qinghai Road and Longyou Road are also mostly lost. They joined forces with Subi and Tuyuhun troops and their offensive is now extremely fierce, and the situation in the northwest is dangerous. Their offensive is not weaker than Zhang Chao. If they cannot be curbed now, in March, the entire Hexi, Longyou, Qinghai, and the Western Regions will all fall into the hands of the rebels, and the Xihai Territory, Hezhong Territory, and Xindu Territory of the court will also be isolated from the outside."

The situation is very unoptimistic.

"The next step is that the rebels in the northwest may turn to attack the Central Plains. Whether it is to attack Chang'an in Guanzhong, or to directly send troops from Longyou to Hanzhong, and follow the Han River to attack Hanjing, this is extremely dangerous."

"Zhang Chao has gathered heavily in Runzhou, with an army of 120,000 on the water and land. The next step is Yangzhou. And we only have 30,000 troops in Yangzhou!"

The prime ministers were silent.

No one can understand why the situation has reached such a point.

Where is the 800,000 army of the imperial court?

Why does it seem like the rebels are blooming on all sides, and they win wherever they fight? It seems that the soldiers of the court have become paper.

There were at least 200,000 imperial officers and soldiers who surrendered to various rebels.

Now, there are more than 300,000 rebels in total.

One rises and the other falls.

The imperial court no longer has such a great advantage in terms of military strength.

When it was eight hundred thousand to five thousand, I didn’t win.

Now it's even harder to win by 600,000 to 300,000.

Changsun Wuji took over the conversation.

"Recently, heavy rain has continued in the Jianghan Huaihe River Basin. It has been raining for almost a month. The Yangtze River, Han River, Huai River, and major tributaries, Xiangjiang River, Ganjiang River, etc. are all full of water. At present, the disasters reported from various places have become more and more serious. Many dams have been destroyed, many places have been flooded, and hundreds of affected counties have reached."

Changsun Wuji sighed, "And the heavy rain is still falling, and there is no intention to stop. Early rice in the Yangtze River Basin is basically out of harvest this year. Even if there are no flooded rice fields, the rice cannot be harvested. After harvesting, there is no land to dry, so I can only watch the sprouts and molds become bad."

The war has not yet settled, and natural disasters have occurred here again.

This flood can even be regarded as an once-in-a-century encounter.

It is almost comparable to the severe drought and major locust plague in the north at the beginning of Zhenguan.

Flooded fields are flooded, crops are flooded, villages and towns are flooded.

"So far, at least 100,000 people have been drowned, and countless property have been lost."

The prime ministers sighed.

Changsun Wuji said heavily, "I am the Minister of the Central Secretariat and the head of the prime minister of the Third Court. This year, such a big military disaster and natural disaster have occurred. This is my dereliction of duty in power, so I would like to resign myself."

Fang Xuanling said, "I am the minister of the army and should also resign."

The Privy Councilor Qu Tutong, the old marshal of the Privy Council, slapped the table in a slight manner.

"When is it? Is it useless to resign at this time? What's the benefit of the situation? Are you doing the loads of a car, are you still a little responsible? You resign and go home at this time, who will clean up the mess?"

Fang Xuanling was in a state of discomfort.

"I will stay in my position when the situation improves, and then leave."

Changsun Wuji also expressed his willingness to stay and clean up the mess before leaving.

But when everyone sat down again, they found that the mess was really hard to clean up.

Originally, the fire of the rebellion was getting bigger and bigger, and the situation was out of control. With the economic crises in various central plains, the court was already in a state of great trouble, but now it has encountered a once-in-a-century flood in the south.

This is really adding fuel to the fire, and it rains all night.

"Everyone, the current situation requires everyone to work together. If there is any good solution, please tell me."

The censor Du Yan said, "The most urgent task is right now. I believe that it should win back people's hearts. The situation in Hanjing has been too chaotic recently, with money bank runs, paper money depreciation, economic depression, and students making trouble. The court is not allowed to be tough, the tougher the people are, the more they rebound. I suggest that Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda, Lu Deming and other detained officials should be released immediately, and the detained students should be released immediately."

"I want me to tell you that Your Majesty should issue a crime and then pardon the world and clear the prison." Fang Xuanling suddenly interrupted.

This old prime minister said this, which was amazing.

"If you want to do it, do it more simply, otherwise, how can you win back the hearts of the people? How can you fight in this situation? I think you can't fight anymore. If you fight again, the court will be over. Even if you can win in the end, how much will it cost?"

"At present, we should negotiate peace with the prince, and the two sides will make every effort to rescue disasters and restore the economy."

Changsun Wuji didn't speak.

Of course, the old prime minister's words make sense. The Tang Dynasty can no longer withstand this war of rebellion.

If you really fight, you will inevitably collapse.

It's easy to say, peace talks?

How is this possible if the emperor and the prince negotiate?

"We must negotiate. Even if Your Majesty doesn't want to, he has to persuade him to agree. We can't fight now, and if we really fight, we may not be able to win. Look at Zhang Chao and his team's march, wherever they go, it's not that no one can stop him, but that no one is willing to resist. Local merchants, powerful people, and even scholars and landlords all welcome him. What is this? It's a ridicule to us!"

Changsun Wuji shook his head.

"Your Majesty won't talk."

Du Yan said, "We can not talk about peace talks, but only talk about a temporary truce and rescue the victims first. If the prince and Zhang Chao do not agree to a truce and rescue the disaster, then they will lose one city first. At that time, we can say that they ignore the lives and death of the people and usurp the throne just to seize power. If they agree, then we can temporarily take the lead and clean up the chaos first."

"We can even use this name of a disaster relief ceasefire to step up the dispatch of troops, re-adjust the deployment, and be prepared for the fight. Zhang Chao and the others can no longer conquer the city and plunder the land, as if they have entered a no-man. Jiangnan Road can be lost, Fujian and Zhejiang can be lost, but Jiangxi and Huainan Road must be held firm, and we must step up the dispatch of troops to defend."

"We must not throw away Hedong, Shaanxi, and Hetao here. We can throw away Hexi and the Western Regions, but we must take back Longyou."

Du Yan has always been known as having many tricks, and he really has a clear understanding of the situation at this time.

It is no longer realistic to blindly think about eliminating the rebels in one battle.

The rebels have formed four routes.

The prince and Zhang Chao in the southeast occupied Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guangnan and Funan.

Qin Qiong and Zhang Tieqin in the northeast also occupied Yingzhou and Lulongsai.

Luo Shixin, Niu Jinda and Shan Xiongxin of Daibei occupied Zhangjiakou and Datong.

There are also Cheng Yaojin and Su Dingfang from Hexi, who joined forces with Supi and Tuyuhun, and now occupy most of Hexi, Qinghai and Longyou.

Among these four routes, Zhang Chao in the southeast and Cheng Yaojin in the northwest are the strongest, one east and one west, and it has become a trend, and it is very difficult to quickly eliminate it.

At present, the court might as well admit the situation.

Hexi Qinghai will not care about it first. Only by taking back Longyou and defending Longyou and Shaanxi can we block the important Guanzhong Plain, Jianghan Plain and Hanjing important areas.

The same goes for the southeast.

If Jiangnan Road and Zhejiang Road were taken away, they would not care about it. They would first defend Huainan Road and Jiangxi Road. At least they had to control the situation and not allow the rebels to conquer the cities and plunder the land.

Let’s stabilize first, then talk about counterattack.

"Everyone, if we only regard Zhang Chao as an ordinary rebellion, it may not take long before his battle flag will appear outside the Hanjing City. Don't forget that the last time Zhang Chao fought all the way from Liaonan to the Hanjing City, it only took a few months."

Last time, Zhang Chao was the king, and this time he was the guardian of the law.

Who dares to say that Zhang Chao doesn’t have the ability to fight Hanjing?

When Zhang Chao raised his troops in Jiaozhou before, who would have expected that in less than half a year, Zhang Chao had occupied the six paths and one territory and was supported by countless people in the southeast?

"But in the end, your Majesty will agree." Shangshu Ling Yuwen said helplessly.

"As long as our prime ministers in the third court agree, they can enter the palace together to meet the saint. Please ask Your Majesty for your agreement!"
Chapter completed!