Opium was first brought back from the Western Regions when Zhang Qian went on a mission to the Western Regions in 139 BC and introduced to China. In the 7th and 8th century AD, poppy was introduced to China as a medicinal herb from India and other places. There is another record of poppy in historical books, "In the second year of Qianfeng (667), (King of Fumo Kingdom) sent an envoy to offer Diyega" (Fusuits, formerly known as "Da Qin", that is, the Eastern Roman Empire).

The Chinese pronunciation "A" was pronounced as "Ah". However, at that time, it was more called "Ther iaca (also called Diyega)." It is said that it was evaluated as "a thousand volumes of magic formula, eight hundred medicines, Huangwan can distinguish a thousand ah, and it is good at eliminating all diseases."

Because the flowers of poppy are bright and dazzling, after being introduced to the Tang Dynasty, people initially called it Afurong, and only regarded poppy as an ornamental plant. Later, it gradually evolved into a drug and is also an important raw material for modern heroin production.

Poppy cultivation began in China at the end of the 7th or early 8th century. A Tang poem reads: "The empty path is better than grass, and the fruits of the people have never helped the people. But I laugh at the wild fields and millet, and I don't hear the chords and live my youth."

This is the earliest record of poppy cultivation in China that can be found (Rice Closs is another alias for poppy).

Li Zexuan did not study history or medicine in his previous life. Naturally, he didn't know that Diyejia was a poppy, and he had never personally come into contact with poppy flowers, but he saw it in a TV series called "The Fantasy Night of the Tang Dynasty".

The first case in the play is related to A Furong, which tells the story of someone using a cruise ship to trade A Furong, causing a tragedy.

So when Du'er drew the petals of "Dieyega" in Dali Temple and said, "This flower is bright and dazzling, just like a lotus." Combined with the analgesic effects of the Tianlong Sect's Yaochi Holy Water and the side effects that are addictive, Li Zexuan instantly reacted that "Dieyega" is probably poppy, which is what people in the mid-Tang Dynasty called A Furong!

Liu Dewei, Dai Zhou, Sun Fujia and others may not know the horror of poppy, but Li Zexuan, as a modern man in the 21st century, has read modern Chinese history and naturally knows the painful harm that opium brings to this ancient country. In the 19th century, China almost destroyed the country and exterminated the Western powers because of opium. Li Zexuan now has an official position and has the right. Of course, he must do his best to prevent poppy from raging in the Tang Dynasty!

In the Ganlu Palace, after hearing Li Zexuan's words, Li Er's breathing became a little quicker. The scene described by Li Zexuan was so terrifying. Li Er stared at his eyes and said with a shocked face: "A Furong! Is there such a terrifying flower in this world?"

Li Zexuan bowed again and said, "What I said just now is absolutely true. I hope Your Majesty will consider it carefully. Don't underestimate this Furong, otherwise no one can stop this once this thing becomes rampant in the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Er's face was grim. After a while of silence, he nodded and said:

"Okay! After the Tianlong Sect was resolved, I issued an order to completely ban the holy water of the Yaochi Pond, and listed this Furong as a taboo flower, and strictly ordered the monarchs of all generations after the Tang Dynasty to not touch the taboo! If this order is violated, people and gods will punish them together!"

No matter what, Li Er is a relatively enlightened monarch. Of course, the most important thing is that Li Zexuan said it with confidence and brought out his master Lingxu Zhenren. Old Li has to believe it!

"Your Majesty's wise!"

Li Zexuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The ancients valued filial piety, and even the emperor could not be above filial piety. With this system determined by Li Er, it would at least ensure that the Tang Dynasty would not have large-scale planting of poppy in China!

Li Er frowned and asked again: "But as you say that, the Chang'an people who have recently joined the Tianlong Sect are all addicted to the Yaochi Holy Water and can never leave it again?"

Li Zexuan thought for a while and shook his head, "It shouldn't be! According to Du'er, the number of holy water in Yaochi is limited, while the Tianlong Sect's sect has tens of thousands of people. Therefore, not every Tianlong Sect disciple can get the holy water in Yaochi every day. Even their inner disciples can only get a bowl after a period of time. Most people will not be addicted to this level of dosage. For those small groups of people who are already addicted, they can forcibly quit the addiction to holy water in Yaochi after detaining them for a while!"

"That's good!"

Li Er nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Li Zexuan with a look of relief, and said, "From the morning I handed over the task of clearing the conspiracy of Tianlong Sect to you, to now you have seized Du Er and thoroughly figured out all the deployment of Tianlong Sect. Yong'an Hou, you have done a good job this time. After the Tianlong Sect is destroyed tomorrow, I will reward you! It's still late now, so you can go back and rest first!"

"Your Majesty said it seriously. All this is what I should do. It's not too early, so I will give up!"

Li Zexuan said modestly and then bowed down.

He naturally had to go back to his old house in Yonglefang, rather than to Dali Temple. Although he had asked everyone in Dali Temple to leave tonight, this person did not include himself. First of all, he would definitely not disclose the news of Du Er's arrest. Secondly, there was no place for him to rest. In addition, he had an important thing to do after returning to his old house!

"Zhao Song, Jun Xian is not in Chang'an. Tomorrow morning, you will take the Hundred Cavalry to cooperate with the secret whistle of the Right Wu Guard and secretly monitor these officials on the list. Once they have any abnormal movements, there is no need to report to me and capture them directly!"

After Li Zexuan left, Li Er closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and suddenly opened his eyes and said to Zhao Song.

Zhao Song's face turned solemn, and he bowed to his order and said, "I obey the order!"

But he was sighing in his heart: It seems that the Chang'an City tomorrow will be filled with blood, right?

Li Er nodded and ordered: "You go to Dali Temple now, take Due out in person, and take it to the Baiqi barracks, and be under the Baiqi guarding!"

Du'er's confession not only confessed the deployment of the Tianlong Sect over the past year, but also admitted that he intended to kidnap Li Chengqian and Changle in Xicheng City this morning. Li Er naturally wanted to die immediately for such a person who was extremely guilty. However, in the current situation in Chang'an City, Du'er was an extremely critical witness. Li Er didn't want him to die immediately. In order to ensure his safety, Li Er had to let Zhao Song take him to the Baiqisi!

After all, in the current undercurrent situation, the only army in Chang'an City that Li Er can absolutely trust is Baiqi!

"Here~!"

Zhao Song bowed his promise, then turned around and left the hall and went to Dali Temple!

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"Go~!Go~!"

"Hurry up! Hehe! All the little bastards!"

On the official road outside Jingyang County, a cavalry with ten thousand people was running rapidly on torches. The generals led were Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, and Cheng Yaojin. They walked from Longmen Pass to

In Tongzhou, he received a telegram from Li Zexuan. In addition to asking them to march day and night, and to rush to Chang'an City before dawn tomorrow and ambush in advance, he also specifically instructed them to bypass the vicinity of Snake Ling Mountain. So starting from Tongzhou, the ten thousand troops changed their routes to Fengxian, to Huayuan, Sanyuan, Yunyang, and Jingyang, and then directly arrived outside Chang'an City.

Although he was marching overnight, Cheng Yaojin's face was not tired at all, but was full of excitement. While Old Cheng urged the soldiers behind him, he turned his head to Qin Qiong. Yuchi Gong laughed: "Haha! I heard Xiaoxuan say that the Tianlong Sect wanted to plan for Chang'an City, and he really didn't know how to be tall and strong! It just so happened that he hadn't fought with the Turkic Wolf Cavalry outside Yonghe Pass. This time he went back to Chang'an to get the Tianlong Sect to vent his evil spirits in his heart!"

Qin Qiong frowned and said, "You don't take it lightly, since the Tianlong Sect dares to attack Chang'an City, it proves that it has certain strength and chance of victory. Xiaoxuan specially sent a telegram to ask us to ambush outside Chang'an City, which shows that he dare not underestimate the strength of the Tianlong Sect, so we should just deal with it with it carefully!"

Cheng Yaojin touched his nose awkwardly, and then said dryly: "Haha! OK! I will listen to my second brother at that time. If you ask me to rush, my old Cheng will be rushed. If you let me lie down, I promise not to move!"

Qin Qiong couldn't help but be speechless.

Yuchi Gong couldn't help but say a blow and said, "Hey! Cheng Crazy Man, your irritable temperament, if you can restlessly, the sun will come out from the west!"

Cheng Yaojin stared at his eyes and said unconvincedly: "Bah! Yuchi Laohei, your special mother is looking down on others! You can see when the time comes!"

"Ha! Just look at it as you go!"

Yuchi Gong said unwillingly.

Cheng Yaojin suddenly smiled and said, "Hehe! According to my old Cheng, you should be worried about yourself! With your black face, you can't see others in ambush at night. When it dawns, the people of the Tianlong Sect can see you from afar!"

This guy said in a different way that Yuchi Jingde was so dark!

"You... you, Cheng Crazy Man, are really not talking. When I see Chang'an, I won't smash your mouth!"

Yuchi Jingde said furiously.

Qin Qiong shook his head and did not participate in the argument between the two. In fact, this phenomenon has become commonplace throughout the way. Anyway, these two people will automatically stop quarrel after a while!

"In about half an hour, we will reach the ten-mile slope outside Chang'an City! Then let everyone hide in the woods, and ask Meng Wenhao to send a telegram to Xiaoxuan! Wait for the offensive orders in Chang'an City tomorrow, and then act according to the opportunity!"

After the quarrel between Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde stopped, Qin Qiong said in a deep voice.

Both of them were people who could distinguish between importance. When they heard this, they looked solemn, clasped their fists and said, "Get orders!"

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Chang'an City, Yonglefang.

After Li Zexuan returned to his old house, he did not rest immediately. Instead, he came to the study room and quietly recalled what happened today in his mind, and sorted out the internal situation of the Tianlong Sect in detail. After all, there were too many people and things involved in the rebellion of the Tianlong Sect. If he missed something, it would likely lead to more people who died and injured tomorrow!

In addition to sorting out the matter about the Tianlong Sect, Li Zexuan was also waiting for news about the 10,000 troops led by Qin Qiong. When he left the palace, he borrowed the telegraph machine in the palace temporarily. It was not that Li Er was easy to talk to, but now no one in the palace can use the telegraph machine. Even if he received the telegraph, no one could translate the telegraph code, so Li Er simply agreed to Li Zexuan to borrow the telegraph machine!

At noon, Li Zexuan sent a telegram asking Qin Qiong to lead the army to march overnight. Fortunately, the Tianlong Sect ambushed in advance before siege the city, and then wait until tomorrow to attack inside and outside, which can greatly increase the chances of victory of the court.

But after Du Er was arrested in the evening and confessed the conspiracy and internal status quo, Li Er is not only aware of the strength of the Tianlong Sect, but also guards against officials who may be betray the court and surrender to the Tianlong Sect. With such a situation of knowing oneself and an enemy, the court will be invincible in the battle to defend the city tomorrow. In general, the current situation is no longer as critical as before, and is almost under the control of Li Zexuan and Li Er!

The key to the problem now lies in how to reduce casualties among ordinary people, rather than defending Chang'an City and defeating the Tianlong Sect!

Li Zexuan heard Du Er say that when the Tianlong Sect attacks the city tomorrow, the mysterious dragon head will make ordinary people who have newly joined the Tianlong Sect use as vanguards, and the well-trained 20,000 troops in the Tianlong Sect will support the vanguard troops behind the vanguard troops. This is obviously to make those ordinary people treat them as scapegoats!

So at this time, Li Zexuan could only place his hope on the ten thousand light cavalry led by Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, and Yuchi Gong. Since the dragon leader of the Tianlong Sect liked to let ordinary people charge and his confidant army behind the palace, he would let Qin Qiong's 10,000 elite soldiers directly kill the elite soldiers of the Tianlong Sect from the rear without leaving any armor!

Only by quickly defeating the main force of the Tianlong Sect can we minimize casualties among ordinary people. Li Zexuan understands that he is not the savior and cannot save everyone. All he can do is this!

"Didi~!"

As the middle of the day approached, the telegraph machine in the study finally rang out a "drip" sound. Li Zexuan quickly opened his eyes, first sent a string of telegraph codes, confirmed his identity to the other end of the telegraph, and then listened to the telegraph contents in peace.

"Captain of the Mountain, the 10,000 army led by General Qin has arrived in the woods on the ten-mile slope outside Chang'an City. Please make your next arrangement!"

On the other end of the telegraph, after learning that it was Li Zexuan next to the telegraph, Meng Wenhao sent such a string of telegraph codes.

Hearing this, Oh, no, after learning the content of the telegram, Li Zexuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. His fingers moved slightly and began to reply to the telegram: "Very good! Let Uncle Qin give an order, all soldiers should hurry up and rest on the spot, accumulate energy, and do not start a fire and camp. Wait for my telegram tomorrow and send troops to attack the Tianlong Sect!"

After a while, a telegram was finally sent to the other end of the telegraph:

"Didi~!" (Yes, the mountain leader!)

Li Zexuan finally showed a smile of relief on his face, and he murmured: "Now everything is ready, I only need the east wind! Tomorrow is the time to completely end the Tianlong Sect!"

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Chapter completed!