The head of the Ziqing vassal states is now called the full name of the Pinglu Ziqing Jiedushi. Li Tianquxin said that he was granted the title of the Yicheng Army Jiedushi. An Shiru, who was supposed to take office, is now unknown where he was wandering around. He was originally appointed as the Ziqing Jiedushi. Because of his poor ability, he was expelled by his subordinate Wang Jingwu mutiny.

In addition to Zhang Guiba who was good at commanding the war, Zhang Guihou, who was charging into battle, their brother Zhang Guibian had repeatedly ordered to form neighboring forces in the official history. After Li Tianqu took over the Taining Army's vassal state, he soon sent him to the Zibo Qing army to deepen their relationship.

However, Zhang Guibian had not met with the governor of Ziqing, so he returned home and urgently reported to Li Tianqu: "Lord, the Ziqing Army may also change its owner."

It turned out that when Zhang Guibian was still rushing to the Ziqing Army vassal state, he had already received news of the death of the Jiedu governor Wang Jingwu, and the candidate to succeed the throne in the vassal state was Wang Shifan, the second son of Wang Jingwu.

Whether it was Wang Jingwu or his son Wang Shifan, Zhang Guibian should have gone to represent his own forces to repair it according to Li Tianqujun's order. However, with Wang Jingwu's death, the Ziqing Army's vassal states suddenly fell into a situation of internal and external troubles. Because there were five prefectures such as Dengzhou, which were nominally governed by the name, Zhang Chan, the governor of Dizhou, who was actually in the territory controlled by the Ziqing Army, refused to support Wang Shifan as the commander of Jie, but instead asked the court to send another Jiedu governor to take over the vassal states.

The Emperor Li Ye of the Tang Dynasty, who inherited the throne, was about to take drastic measures to reduce the vassal states, so he immediately sent the Prince Shao Shi, and Cui An, who took over the vassal state of Zhongwu Army, was transferred to serve as the governor of Ziqing to welcome Zhang Chan into Dizhou and jointly discuss the attack on Wang Shifan.

The Ziqing Army sent the commander Lu Hong to resist the troops that joined forces with the rebel general Zhang Chan of Dizhou. However, Lu Hong had turned against him during the march and led his troops to change directions and counterattacked Yidu, Qingzhou, where the Ziqing Army's capital is located...

After all, Wang Shifan, the current governor of Zibo, was only sixteen years old. Zhang Chan and Lu Hong rebelled one after another. They probably thought that he was young and could not convince the public, so they chose Tang Ting, who began to implement the policy of reducing the vassals, as their backer, and then strive to maximize their own interests.

In this situation, Zhang Guibian thought that even if he met Wang Shifan, how many days could he be the governor of Ziqing? It would be useless to deepen his relationship with a young man who was about to lose his power. After Zhang Guibian inquired in detail, he immediately returned home and reported to Li Tianqu that he had found the information he had heard.

The governor of Ziqing, Wang Jingwu, had indeed passed away, and his second son Wang Shifan took over the vassal state... Li Tianqu supported his elbow on the Shuai Case and clenched his fists and his cheeks while Sifu was just right, he also found that the eyes of his subordinates in the hall were looking towards him.

Li Tianqu could probably understand the thoughts of the generals under his command: Since the lord has used conspiracy to force the Taining Army, and now he has taken over the civilians, military and political affairs of the vassal states and the death of the Ziqing Jiedushi in the north, and the rebellious generals have repeatedly rebelled against the young master and succeeded to the throne. I am afraid that Wang Shifan's position as the throne of the Huangkou Little Brother Jiedushi will not be able to sit for long. If Tianyu really refuses to take it, he will suffer the chaos... Then will the lord still plan to make suggestions and take the opportunity to take advantage of the tricks to merge with the next vassal state?

However, after thinking for a long time, Li Tianqu ordered Zhang Guibian:

"With the Wang Shifan of Ziqing Army, Guiban still has to go and convey my intentions, but... it is to tell Wang Shifan that the civil strife of Ziqing Army is now in chaos, and although the Tang court intervenes, the two vassal states in Taining and Yicheng will fully support him in extinguishing the rebels, and will also issue a notice that only the second son of Wang Jieshuai is in charge of the Ziqing vassal states will our army be in good terms. However, Wang Shifan is suspicious, and the Taining Army will also guard the border and will never take the opportunity to take the opportunity to step into the Ziqing Army.

But if Wang Shifan wanted to destroy the rebels who were rebellious as soon as possible and sent someone to inform him, our army would have no choice but to send troops to help quell the rebellion! As for why I spared no effort to help the Ziqing Army... I said that I did not covet his vassal states and prefectures, and I was close to him. After Wang Shifan quelled the civil strife, I only hoped that I could trade and help him in the future. If I still had the right to follow, I would also be willing to swear an alliance with him. In short, Wang Shifan's affairs are mine. If he was willing to let me take care of me, I would also help him!"

After hearing about Li Tianqu’s plan to deal with the civil strife of Ziqing Army in the north, it was indeed beyond the expectations of many generals in the ritual hall. Some people couldn’t help but wonder in their hearts that the lord was so cruel to his father-in-law. Why are he so righteous to a 16-year-old boy who had no friendship in the past?

It is true that the Ziqing Army commands Qing, Zibo, Lai, Qi, Deng, Di and other prefectures, and controls most of the territory of the Jiaodong Peninsula in the northeast of the North China Plain... In addition, the Taining Army controlled by Li Tianqu now and the Tianping Army controlled by Zhu Xuan, combined with the combined territory not only covers the entire territory of Shandong Province in later generations, but also extends to Hebei and northern Jiangsu... The current Jiedushi Wang Shifan, the governor of the Ziqing Army, is young after all, and is in the process of rebellion in succession, which has directly threatened the center of the vassal state, and seems to be an excellent opportunity to take advantage of the situation...

This is the reason, but nothing should not be taken too naturally.

Li Tianqu knew very well that although Wang Shifan was only sixteen years old, he had the ability to quickly eliminate the opposition forces in the vassal states and directly dispatched the court officials to replace him to expel him from the Ziqing Army. During this period, he seemed to be in danger of his position as a general in the vassal state, but in fact, he chose to stand on Wang Shifan's side at this time. People in the world seemed to be a timely help, but Li Tianqu knew that this was just a favor.

After all, he may not be ignorant at a young age. According to historical records, Wang Shifan has proved that he does have the ability to take over the Ziqing Army.

What's more, Wang Shifan's subordinates also had the wise general Liu Xiu who was capable of forcing Ge Congzhou, who was the best at fighting blitzkrieg, who was also at a loss...

Li Tianqu thought in his mind, and he looked around the generals in the hall, and then said: "After all, our army has had a feud with Zhu Xuan and Shi Pu, two neighboring vassal states. We must be wary of Zhu Quanzhong, and pay attention to the movements of Xuanwu Army. Taking advantage of the situation to seek the Ziqing Army, we must also make enemies everywhere. This is very unwise, so it is better to try to win over the neighboring allies. What's more, Zhang Chan, the rebel general of the Ziqing Army, and Lu Hong, who took the Tang court as his backer. Now the Emperor of the Tang court intends to reduce the vassal states and suppress the governors in various places is obvious.

Although our army still promises him that he is the emperor, how can we allow him to strip my power? You are born and die by my life, who is willing to be controlled by the court to follow him and let him suppress him? Even if our army supports Wang Shifan, the laws of the court to control the vassals are now in name only, and it is not as obvious as Huang Chao. Qin Zongquan has rebelled against the Tang Dynasty as much as Qin Zongquan, but at least he must let the emperor know that it is not that easy to reduce the vassals."

Although some of the generals present expressed their agreement after hearing this, Zhang Guiba thought for a moment and couldn't help but ask again: "But lord, after all, Wang Shifan is not upset. First, the governor Zhang Chan supported Cui Anqian, sent by the Tang court, to take over the vassal states. Even Lu Hong, the commander of the commander of the Ziqing Army who held military power, had already rebelled. Even if Guiban was sent, even Wang Shifan's face was not seen, and the Master Yidu was about to be captured by Lu Hong's rebels... Why should our army protect the child who was in danger at the throne of the military commander?"

After hearing this, Li Tianqu smiled slightly and said in a long voice: "Guiba thought that Wang Shifan would definitely not be able to protect the Ziqing Army. He also believed that the Yidu of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the near future was very likely to be captured by Lu Hong? But I heard that Wang Shifan was young, but he was talented and rigorous. When Wang Jingwu died, he did not pass it to his eldest son, but this time he passed it to him. I think he valued Wang Shifan very much.

Of course, Lu Hong betrayed and counterattacked Yidu. Although Wang Shifan was in danger, he still couldn't be sure that he would not be able to defend Yidu. Let Lu Hong meet first. At that time, Wang Shifan lost the position of Yidu and even the vassal state commander, or he could hold Yidu to death for a while, and even his counterattack could be a possibility of defeating Lu Hong... And since Guiba felt that Wang Shifan would probably not be able to defend the Ziqing Army, I said that he could defeat Lu Hong. It was important to be an interest, so we might as well make a bet..."

Ha? Bet again?

In the hall, Wang Yanzhang had made a bet with Li Tianqu at the beginning, and then became a general under his command in a confused manner. Wang Yanzhang seemed to have formed a conditioned reflex when he heard this. He frowned slightly, feeling that things were not that simple...
Chapter completed!