Chapter 615 Family Affairs and State Affairs (Part 1)

Not everyone agreed to Li Qing'an personally lead troops to the south of the Yangtze River. Li Qing'an's adviser Yan Zhuang was one of the opponents. That night, Yan Zhuang found Li Qing'an.

"You also want to persuade me to stay in the capital!"

In the study, Li Qing'an stopped writing and looked at Yan Zhuang with a smile. Li Qing'an's calmness made Yan Zhuang a little confused.

"General, don't you think it's wise to leave the capital and go to Jiangnan? I admit that it's winter now, and An Lushan suffered heavy damage again. He was huddled in Hebei and did not leave. It was indeed an opportunity to seize Jiangnan by taking advantage of this gap. But the general doesn't have to go there in person. He can appoint Li Fei Shouyu to go south. With the weakness of Li Lin's army, he can completely defeat him. Why should the general go there personally without staying in the capital to create an opportunity to ascend the throne? Of course, I am just a vain staff and do not have the weight of persuading you like the important court officials. But after all, I have been with you for so many years, and I hope the general can still listen to me."

Yan Zhuang seemed a little excited and poured out his dissatisfaction in one breath. Li Qingan felt a trace of dissatisfaction in Yan Zhuang's tone.

Yan Zhuang is now Li Qing'an's aide, in charge of the allocation of grain, grass, military arsenals, and logistics. But on the other hand, Yan Zhuang is still white and has no official position in the court. In the past, he was afraid that An Lushan knew that he was not dead, so he did not dare to show up. But now that An Lushan has rebelled, Yan Zhuang has no need to hide his identity.

Yan Zhuang was also a Jinshi in the Kaiyuan period, but because of his poor appearance, he was eliminated by the Ministry of Personnel during the assessment. However, this did not destroy his enthusiasm for fame and fortune. He defected to An Lushan and gained importance with his own talents. Unfortunately, An Lushan betrayed him for fear of offending the Yang family, and almost killed him, causing Yan Zhuang to suffer a heavy blow. He has followed Li Qing'an for eight or nine years. As Li Qing'an gradually became strong, his desire to enter the political field was rekindled, but Li Qing'an did not have this intention for a long time. He was almost fifty years old and had not much life left. His desire to enter the officialdom became particularly eager.

Today he is here to persuade Li Qing'an not to leave Chang'an, but he also wants to take this opportunity to express his willingness to enter politics to Li Qing'an.

Li Qing'an understood in his heart that Yan Zhuang was very talented and capable. He had handled food and grass for him over the years and had a lot of money from his hands. He had never greed for a penny. Such a person would not be able to be a villager if he was allowed to go to the place to be a prefect, but Yan Zhuang was a little bad. He was arrogant and looked down on his colleagues. He had never gotten along well with the officials in Anxi. To put it bluntly, he was a bit bullying. If he was placed in the court as an official, he would not know how many people he would offend for himself, but if he was put in the place, he felt a little wronged.

So Li Qingan has always been unable to make up his mind. Since he already has an idea today, why not ask him what plans he has?

Although I thought this way, Li Qing'an was not in a hurry to get into the topic, and he still talked about going to Jiangnan first. He smiled and said, "Mr. Sir, I know what I advised. If I attack Jingxiang, I can send Li Fei Yuanli to lead my army south. However, Jiangnan is different. It is the economic lifeline of my Tang Dynasty. It is extraordinary. I must go there myself. First, to protect Jiangnan from military disasters. Secondly, I also want to use this opportunity to win over the officials in Jiangnan and get their support. As for Chang'an, I am not worried about Chang'an. With Zhang Yun as the prime minister, this person has no enterprising ability, but his ability to fight in the internal struggle is first-class. I have already given him questions, and he can't finish it for a while, so I am not worried about Chang'an at all."

"What about defense? The general is not in Chang'an, so he must be considerate in military affairs!"

Li Qing'an nodded, "I know, I am only worried that Li Heng of the Southern Tang Dynasty would use the strategy of surrounding Wei to save Zhao to save Li Lin, so Hanzhong is the most important. Cui Guangyuan has insufficient experience. I plan to make him renamed the governor of Hanzhong, and An Baoyu, the former general of the Yulin Army, took over as the governor of Hanzhong. He has been renamed Li Baoyu, and he guarded Hanzhong, so that Hanzhong can be safe. In addition, in order to prevent Li Heng from taking risks to Longyou, I have ordered the general Ma Su to lead 20,000 troops to defend Wuzhou and Dangzhou. Of course, the most important thing to be wary of is An Lushan. In order to prevent him from launching a lightning attack, I have sent Li Siye to lead 80,000 troops to Hedong, echoing Guo Ziyi, which can make it difficult for An Lushan to break through the defense of Hedong. In the end, I led 30,000 elite troops of Anxi to march into Xuzhou, joining Li Fei Shouyu for 40,000 troops, and a 70,000 army is enough to wipe out the south of the Yangtze River."

Li Qing'an's careful arrangements were carried out behind the scenes, and no one in the court knew about it, and even Yan Zhuang didn't know about it. He was stunned. It was not until this time that Yan Zhuang realized that Li Qing'an's march into Jiangnan was not on a whim, but that he had planned it. The soaring prices in Chang'an were just an excuse for him.

But he was also a little disappointed. Li Qing'an would tell him and discuss these major military deployments and military plans in advance, but now, Li Qing'an no longer discusses with him, so he came to persuade Li Qing'an not to fight in person.

"Since the general has made careful arrangements, there is nothing to say about his subordinates. Now I will go back and arrange food and grass to help the general win the flag!"

Yan Zhuang sighed and was about to say goodbye and leave, but Li Qingan smiled and asked, "How is the sir's legs now? It seems that they are walking freely?"

"Thank you for your concern to the general. My subordinates have been paying attention to recovery over the years. Now they are walking normally. There is no abnormality from the outside, but they just can't walk too much. If the distance is a little longer, they can't bear it. They are too tired."

Li Qing'an said a little bit, and smiled and said, "How many years have Mr. Yan been with me?"

Yan Zhuang's heart was thunderous and he hurriedly said, "I have been following the general since the seventh year of Tianbao, and it has been eight years since then."

"In the past eight years, Mr. Wang has been loyal to me and has devoted great effort to me step by step to this day. I remember all of these. I have wanted Mr. Wang to be a local official several times, but I feel that he still cannot live without Mr. Wang, and he has always had a conflict in his heart...."

"I am also reluctant to leave the general."

"With that being said, Mr. Husband is also an ambition. I should give him a chance. I want him to go to Taiyuan and serve as the young emperor of Taiyuan. I wonder what his intention is?"

Taiyuan Yin is Guo Ziyi, and he is not only concerned about government affairs. Yan Zhuang served as Taiyuan Shao Yin, but is actually in charge of Taiyuan's government affairs. Yan Zhuang felt Li Qing'an's good intentions. He neither wanted to make the court criticize him for using people as relatives, but he did not want to aggravate himself. Yan Zhuang was moved. He knelt down and cried, "I will remember the good intentions of the general in my heart!"

Li Qingan helped him up and said with a smile: "I will go to the battle in about three days. The sir finally prepares food and grass for me, so I will go to Taiyuan to take office! I will naturally make arrangements for the political affairs hall."

"Thank you General!"

Yan Zhuang said goodbye and left. Li Qing'an sat on the soft rattan chair and began to think about some details about going to Jiangnan. In fact, Li Qing'an originally planned to go directly from Luoyang to Jiangnan, but Pei Zunqing was assassinated.

This forced him to rush back to deal with the chaos in the court. Now the situation in the court has stabilized, and An Lushan was forced to defend Hebei because of the burning of forage. This is the best time for him to go to Jiangnan. Try to rush back before spring. That is the time when the army has been rested and the training of the recruits has come to an end. Guo Ziyi's army should also recover, which is the beginning of his competition for the Central Plains.

Li Qing'an pondered and said nothing. At this time, the door of the study opened. His beloved concubine Rushi brought a cup of ginseng tea and gently placed the cup in front of him. "Dalang, drink a cup of ginseng tea, don't stay up late, go to bed early!"

Li Qing'an's army took Jiangnan, and the only thing he apologized for was his family. He had almost no time to stay with them for a long time. This time he could only stay with them for five days in the end, but they did not complain and supported him as always.

Li Qing'an held Rushi's hand and hugged her on his lap. Rushi wanted to struggle to stand up, but was pulled by Li Qing'an and could not move. He could only say, "Dalang, the midwife has come to see her sister today."

"How is it! Her situation?" Li Qingan asked hurriedly.

"The midwife said that there is no big problem with the eldest sister, that is, the fetus is large, so the eldest sister should try to exercise as little as possible and rest on the bed more often to prevent improper fetal position. In particular, sexual intercourse should be prohibited."

Li Qingan was also preparing to comfort his wife tonight. After saying this, his thoughts were dispelled and he smiled. He whispered in Rushi's ear: "Then I have sex with you tonight."

Although Rushi has been married to Li Qing'an for many years, when she talks about this, she is still as shy as a little girl. She nodded shyly, trying to say something, but she didn't say it.

"What do you want to say?" Li Qingan asked with a smile.

"I... want to have another baby for you."

"I also want to work hard tonight!"

"Um!"

Rushi nodded with a red face and asked again: "When will Dalang set off?"

"It's three days later! The day I left was Duoduo's birthday, so let's celebrate her birthday one day in advance."

"Dalang, she is still young, let's go next year! I'll celebrate her birthday when I was three next year."

Li Qing'an knew that Rushi didn't want to celebrate her daughter's birthday. She was worried that Li Qing'an would not be able to catch up with her son's birthday. She was afraid that Mingyue would be unhappy. Li Qing'an sighed in her heart. This is why he liked Rushi the most. He always understood others and would rather be a little wronged than maintain family harmony. Moreover, he loved her the most, but she was never arrogant and remained low-key.

He thought about it and smiled, "Let's do this! I guess I really can't come back to Tan'er's birthday, so he and Duoduo will spend it together."

"There is Siyue." Rushi reminded him, "Her birthday is also December, so why not spend it together."

"Okay! You're still thoughtful. If you discuss this with Mingyue, let Ruhua and Mingzhu run errands, they are willing to do it."

Rushi stood up and smiled and said, "Okay, I'll discuss with my elder sister now. Dalang, please be busy first. I'll boil water for you later."

Li Qingan laughed, "You want to urge me to go to bed early!"

"I thought wrong!"

Rushi gently knocked on his head, gave him a flash of hope, and quickly left the study. Li Qing'an slowly leaned on the rattan chair, thinking about his wives. Although he could marry more women according to the etiquette system, he became a seed for giving birth and a stallion. It is said that many emperors were involuntarily uncontrollably. Everyone sleeps with every night was arranged by the eunuch, and they were miserable. If he was the same, except for his temporary satisfaction in his curiosity, he could no longer feel the tenderness and consideration of Rushi from the heart. He did not want to lose too much.
Chapter completed!