Chapter 224: Persuading the General

"The Shiites only recognize Ali and his descendants of the Hashem family as legal heirs. Therefore, in the uprising against the Umayyad dynasty supported by the Sunnis, the Shiites, Kharasans and Abbas reached an agreement to overthrow the Umayyad Queen and would be the descendant of Ali Sharik to inherit the position of the Caliph and establish a new dynasty that integrates politics and religion. However, with the support of the Kharasans, Abbas seized the position of the Caliph. This is the root of their conflict. Abbas was betrayal and the Shiites broke out in an uprising...."

In the old mansion of Anxi Jiedushi in Kucha, Li Qing'an was listening to the introduction of the Dashi civil strife by the Yinlong Association Li Huichun. It has been a month and a half since Li Qing'an returned to Anxi. Three days ago, he had just arrived in Kucha from Beiting. There were some tricky things that he needed to deal with, but unexpectedly he met Li Huichun who moved here.

Due to Li Qing'an's reminder, before the fall of the Thunder Leaf, the Yinlong Society moved back to Anxi and Beiting in batches, scattered in five places including Shule, Bahuancheng, Kucha, Gaochang and Tingzhou. Li Qing'an's return undoubtedly brought great excitement to them, which will be an epoch-making beginning of the Yinlong Society.

Li Qing'an listened attentively to Li Huichun's story, and he asked, "How powerful is the Shiites?"

"The power is quite powerful, spread all over the country, but it is mainly concentrated in the northern part of Khorasan and the Hezhong area. Sharik's nest is in Bukhara, the capital of Anguo. The Protestant people in the Hezhong area basically believe in Shi'ite sects. If the Shi'ites want to break out, it will definitely happen in the Hezhong area."

Li Qing'an nodded. The news that Li Huichun told him was far from enough for military operations. He smiled and asked again: "Is the other person in Yinlong?"

"Everyone is very good. Thanks to the young master telling us the news of his retreat in time, otherwise he would be massacred by Dumozhi. This Dumozhi recruited troops in Dumozhi. Over fourteen years old and under sixty years old all Tuqi Shimen were going to join the army. I heard that he already had more than 30,000 troops, and he received support from Dashi, which would be a roadblock to recover Shumozhi."

Li Qingan snorted and said, "Dumozhi is just a clown who is not incest. He cannot become the second in Sulu. All I pay attention to is the Dashi Army."

After saying that, he stood up and said, "I have something else, so I won't say much to you. You can continue to pay attention to the situation of Saiye for me and report it to me at any time."

"I will definitely pay attention to the situation of Broken Leaf at any time."

This time, Li Qing'an came to Kucha. One of the important reasons was to persuade Feng Changqing. Gao Xianzhi took away a large number of confidant backbones when he was transferred to Jiannan. This was not because Li Qing'an was afraid that Li Qing'an would clean it. Jiannan where Gao Xianzhi went was Yang Guozhong's territory. If he had no subordinates, it would be difficult for him to command the army. Gao Xianzhi took his subordinates away, which saved Li Qing'an a lot of trouble to some extent. After he took office, he quickly filled the old Beiting's vacancies in Anxi. For example, he downplayed the military functions of Kucha and Yanqi, concentrated the Tang army in Anxi, Bahuancheng and Yutian, and appointed the steady and cautious Li Feishouyu as Shule, and Li Fei Yuanli as Bahuan military envoy. He was willing to transfer Shule military envoy to the Imperial Army, Zhao Chongyi as the Imperial Army of Khotan, and transferred Li Siye to Beiting, and continued to serve as the deputy guru of Anxi and command the Anxi Modao Army.

But another general of Anxi, Feng Changqing, did not go to Jiannan with Gao Xianzhi. He was the deputy governor of Anxi and still stayed in Anxi. Since Li Qing'an took office, he has claimed to be sick at home.

Feng Changqing was a famous general in the middle Tang Dynasty. In history, after Gao Xianzhi was transferred from Anxi due to the failure of the Battle of Talas, Feng Changqing took over as the position of Anxi Jiedushi. However, history has been disrupted by Li Qing'an, an outsider, and Feng Changqing lost the opportunity to become a chief official.

Feng Changqing was different from Cheng Qianli. He did not involve factional struggles in the court. The reason why he was not sick was largely worried that Li Qing'an would take revenge. After Li Qing'an was arrested in the capital, Feng Changqing was in charge of the Beiting military. He once purged and demoted a large number of Li Qing'an's confidants. Now that Li Qing'an returns to Anxi, how can he let him go?

Feng Changqing's home is in the north of Kucha City, not far from the former Anxi Jiedu Mansion. It is a medium-sized house. Feng Changqing is short, ugly, squinting, and lame. In the Tang Dynasty, which values ​​appearance, such a person is not qualified to be an official, but Feng Changqing has become one of the famous generals of the middle Tang Dynasty with his outstanding talents.

Feng Changqing was originally from the Yi family of Puzhou. He was exiled to Anxi for his grandfather's conviction and became an army. He also came to Anxi. When Feng Changqing was young, he lived with his grandfather. His grandfather was once a guard at the southern gate of Saiye. He liked to read poetry and books. He often taught him to study on the city gate. Under the guidance of his grandfather, Feng Changqing read poetry and books well and had great ambitions. After his grandfather's death, Feng Changqing had no support and lived a poor life from then on.

Until he was thirty years old, he recommended himself to Gao Xianzhi again and again, and was finally valued. Feng Changqing was a stern and upright person and had a high prestige in the Anxi Army. When Li Qing'an was the scout captain under Gao Xianzhi, he had a good relationship with him.

Li Qingan came to Feng Changqing's house and happened to meet Feng Changqing's wife going out. He stepped forward and smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, do you still remember me?"

Madam Feng felt that Li Qingan was very familiar. She looked carefully again, suddenly remembered it and said in surprise: "You are Li Qilang!"

"That's right, I wonder if Brother Feng is at home."

"Oh! Now!"

Madam Feng enthusiastically invited Li Qing'an into the door. She didn't know that Li Qing'an had replaced Gao Xianzhi, and she didn't know that her husband was staying at home because of Li Qing'an.

"Qilang, I haven't seen you for several years. I heard that you have become a high-ranking official in Beiting. Congratulations."

"Thank you sister-in-law! Is Brother Feng in good health?"

"He is in good health, but he just refuses to go out. Alas! He is really going to quit. Qilang, please persuade him to stop doing stupid things."

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'm here to persuade Brother Feng."

They walked into the East Courtyard and faintly heard Feng Changqing's reading sound.

"Chang Qing, Qilang is here to see you."

The sound of reading continued for a few words, but suddenly stopped abruptly, and the east courtyard became quiet. After a while, Feng Changqing walked out with a calm face and barely bowed to Li Qing'an, "See General of the Jiedushi!"

Madam Feng was stunned. She looked at Li Qing'an and couldn't say a word for a long time. Feng Changqing waved to her, "You go and do it! It has nothing to do with you."

Madam Feng seemed to understand something, sighed, turned around and left.

"Eunuch Li, please come in!"

Li Qingan smiled and walked into the house with Feng Changqing. The room was Feng Changqing's study, which was very simple. The wooden racks were filled with various books. In addition, there was only one table and one chair.

Feng Changqing brought a chair from the next room, brought a few tea cups, poured Li Qing'an a cup of tea, and said, "Eunuch, please have tea!"

Li Qing'an took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "How come General Feng is not sick?"

Feng Changqing lowered his head and said nothing. After a while, he took a letter from the desk and handed it to Li Qing'an and said, "This letter was originally intended to be given to you today. It happened that you came, so I will give it to you directly."

Li Qing'an glanced at the letter with the words "resignation letter" on the letter. Li Qing'an took the letter and tore it off without looking at it. Feng Changqing was shocked, "Eunuch, you are...."

"How can a general be as petty as a woman? It is true that you cleanse my old subordinates in Beiting, but you think I will hold a grudge against you, so you underestimate me Li Qing'an. A real man works and looks at the world in front of his eyes. How can he be rebellious about these trivial matters? General, I am here to invite you to work in Beiting. Seeing that the recovery of the broken leaves is about to be reborn, it is time to serve the country. How can you put state affairs behind your head because of personal grudges!"

Li Qing'an's voice gradually became stern. Feng Changqing's face was hot and he lowered his head without saying a word. The reason why he was worried about Li Qing'an was that he saw the fate of Cheng Qianli and Zhao Tingyu, and he was afraid that he would become Li Qing'an's ghost under the knife. Li Qing'an came to Kucha to invite him today, which made him a little moved, but his doubts were still not completely removed.

He pondered for a moment, and then said, "I wonder how General Li is going to deal with Dashi?"

When Li Qingan saw that he asked about military affairs, he felt at a loss and smiled slightly and said, "My technique may be a bit different from that of Gao Shuai. I will use both soft and hard skills to win over one faction and attack another."

Feng Changqing nodded, and a smile finally appeared on his gloomy face, saying, "I hope to hear it carefully!"

"I can claim to be much deeper than Gao Shuai's understanding of the Hezhong region. Gao Shuai's failure in Tochar is due to underestimating the enemy. This is what he told me when he handed over power. In fact, he was not completely right. It was because he did not understand Da Shuai. When I was a teenager, I traveled to the West, especially in the Arab region, and deeply felt the profound influence of religion on the Hezhong region. It can be said that Islam is their life and their spirit. They always believed that Islam should be spread all over the world and that everyone in the world should believe in Allah like them. This is the deep reason for their external expansion. However, the Hezhong region, as well as in India and Tochar, they believe in Zorozoicism and Buddhism. The conflict between religions will inevitably strongly resist the eastward expansion of Da Shuai."

Speaking of this, Li Qing'an saw that Feng Changqing was fully focused when he heard this, so he deliberately stopped. Feng Changqing was shocked and hurriedly said, "Please continue talking."

Li Qing'an took a sip of tea and said, "So since the eastern expedition of the famous general Qubodi of the Great Food more than thirty years ago, until the Tianbao period, the Sogdian countries in the River have been asking for help from the Tang Dynasty. Although the Sogdian countries have been replaced by the Great Food, and although more than 50% of them have turned to Islam, why do they still ask for help from the Tang Dynasty? Have General Feng thought about this reason? Or have Gao Shuai thought about it?"

Feng Changqing shook his head slowly, they had never thought about it.

"This is because the Tang Dynasty never levyed taxes on them, nor did it interfere with their internal affairs and state affairs, but the food is different. According to the information I received, Ubaidura, the governor of Khorasan, once forced Anguo to pay one million dirham silver coins, which was equivalent to the tax revenue of Anguo for five years. Qu Dibo also forced Kang Guo to pay two million dirham silver coins at one time, and there were heavy taxes every year. As for Shiguo, Ningyuan Guo even wiped out its treasury, such a strong contrast

How could the countries in Hezhong not desire to return to the Tang Dynasty? But because many people in their country have converted to Islam and have a natural tendency toward the big food, they are very conflicted and hesitant, both surrendering to the big food and longing for the Tang Dynasty to rescue them. We must not be black or white like Gao Shuai. Instead, we should attack the side of their close food and then win over them away from the other side of the big food control. This is called winning over a faction and attacking another faction. Does General Feng understand?"

Feng Changqing agreed deeply, and nodded and sighed: "Actually, my national policy of the Tang Dynasty was to win over the countries in Hezhong to fight against Dashi. For this reason, Princess Heyi married Ningyuan. However, the court did not expect that Dashi's national strength was so strong. In addition, the focus was on dealing with Tubo, which led to the complete fall of the Hezhong region. I deeply agree with the two strategies of the two-handed ones."

Seeing that the atmosphere had arrived, Li Qingan smiled and said, "Can General Feng work with me to implement a two-hand strategy and completely drive the Dashi forces out of the river?"

Feng Changqing left all his doubts, so he stood up and bowed deeply to Li Qing'an, and said happily: "Feng Changqing is willing to serve the envoy!"

Li Qing'an was overjoyed. Feng Changqing took care of his logistics, and he would have no worries about the battle of Shattered Ye.

Li Qing'an and Feng Changqing agreed to go to Beiting together tomorrow. A difficult matter was finally solved. Li Qing'an felt very relieved. Seeing that it was still early, he brought his personal soldiers to the Central Plains Tavern that he often visited back then.

The restaurant has not changed any changes compared to the past. The same flags, same tables and chairs, and the former servants and shopkeepers. When the guest saw a large group of soldiers coming, he was extremely happy. Recently, the Kucha army mobilized their business to make their business lighter. It is rare that so many soldiers came together, so he hurriedly came forward.

"Guest, you want to drink... Li Zhengwei!"

The guy recognized Li Qing'an at once, and he suddenly realized and slapped himself in the face. He was so confused.

"Eunuch Li, welcome to the shop, shopkeeper, come quickly!"

Li Qing'an's arrival made the diner boil. The shopkeeper and the guys were old acquaintances with Li Qing'an. They surrounded Li Qing'an and went to the second floor, which was their old place to drink.

Li Qing'an asked the soldiers to sit down at will, smiled at the shopkeeper and the clerk and said, "It's better to bring the wine and food bowls according to the old rules."

"Envoy Li sat down for a moment, let's come now!"

The guys were busy, and the wine and food were served like flowing water. Li Qing'an poured himself a glass of wine. The familiar taste flowed into his heart. He remembered the past years, Duan Xiushi, Bai Yuanguang, Xi Yuanqing, and Wu Niang. Li Qing'an suddenly remembered Gao Wu's strange thoughts, and a gentle nostalgia arose in his heart. I don't know where the little girl went? Did she get married?

"Envoy Li!"

Someone next to him suddenly interrupted his memory. He turned his head and saw that there were several Sogdian merchants who seemed to have seen them drinking on the first floor just now.

"Is there anything you guys?"

Several Hu people looked at each other and stuttered: "We want to buy some weapons from the Tang Dynasty to leave the country, but I wonder if we can let it go?"

Li Qing'an's face sank and said, "Weapons are embargoes, absolutely not!"

"etc!"

Li Qingan suddenly thought of something and asked quickly: "Why do you want to buy weapons?"

"Report to General Li, we just received news that a large-scale rebellion occurred in Anguo area, and Shi Guo and Kang Guo also began, and the price of a knife tripled."
Chapter completed!