"Your Majesty is willing to take risks for the people and protect the country's gates. I am really grateful!"
Pei Mian fell to the ground and gave a flatterer at the right time.
When Li Heng heard this, his already pathological face turned pale. The emperor guarded the national gate? Luoyang was lost and Tongguan was lost. Now even Chang'an, the capital has been captured by rebels. Which national gate is he guarding?
Could it be that Pei Mian really hopes that he will regard Lingwu, a place where birds do not shit, as the capital, and live there forever?
Yu Chaoen seemed to see Li Heng’s thoughts, and coughed a few times from the side, saying, “Master Pei came to His Majesty just to sigh, right?”
After Yu Chaoen mentioned this, Pei Mian smiled brilliantly and said, "The fish man is indeed as expected. Pei really has important things to ask for when he meets the emperor this time."
"Pei Qing just said it's okay." Li Heng waved his hand impatiently and said whispering.
"Your Majesty, the messenger who visited the Uighurs is back!" Before Pei Mian finished speaking, Li Heng was shocked and shivered.
"What did Pei Qing say? Say it again!" Li Heng didn't even bother with the Emperor's Majesty, and asked repeatedly.
"Your Majesty, the messenger who visited the Uighurs has returned. Weiyuan Khan agreed to send troops to recover the two capitals for Your Majesty!" Pei Mian nodded proudly at Li Heng and said in a harmonious voice. Through these time of time, he had already figured out.
His Majesty’s Thoughts. (Note 1)
Nowadays, the emperor has no talent or virtue of a wise ruler, but he wants to be a first-class wise ruler for generations. Such people are most happy to be a meritorious person. Now the rebels occupy the two capitals in a turmoil. For His Majesty, the emperor who has just ascended the throne, the most important thing is
The important thing is undoubtedly to recover the two capitals. Once the two capitals are recovered, His Majesty the Emperor will have enough confidence to order the world to raise troops to fight against the thieves. Once he quelled the Anshi Rebellion, it will prove that he was the right choice to ascend the throne to the emperor.
"That's great, it's great, what did Weiyuan Khan say?" Li Heng was overjoyed, stood up and walked back and forth with his hands.
"Weiyuan Khan has long admired His Majesty's reputation. When he heard that His Majesty ascended the throne, he even sent blessings." After a moment of pause, Pei Mian coughed lightly and said, "But, Weiyuan Khan has a request."
Li Heng was overjoyed at this moment. He waved his hand indifferently when he heard this, "Don't say that one request is ten, I will satisfy him!"
"Hehe, Weiyuan Khan said that he had only one requirement, that is, 'On the day of conquering the city, the land, the common people return to the Tang Dynasty, gold and silk, and all the women return to the Uighurs'."
Pei Mian owed Li Heng and added a sentence.
boom!
Li Heng's mind exploded and instantly turned blank.
What, he actually asked to plunder all the gold and silk, a woman? If he really agreed to him, wouldn’t the Chang'an City he got become an empty city?
"This guy, this guy is too bullying!" Li Heng shook his sleeves angrily, walked to the window frame with anger, and sighed heavily.
"Why should your majesty be so guilty?" Pei Mian smiled and chased after him: "The most urgent task at the moment is to recover the two capitals. As for the financial women in the capital, why should they be too concerned about it? I think my Tang Dynasty is vast and wealthy, so I don't have to make a few horses at all.
Bu and silk, a few women and the Uighurs were so sad that they were so kind."
For some reason, when Li Heng saw Pei Mian's smiling face again, he felt disgusted. He forced himself to suppress the disgust in his heart, Li Heng waved his hand and said, "Is there no other way?"
Pei Mian smiled and said, "There are other ways. Guo Linggong and Li Guangbi are in full swing now. I believe that if they continue to waste, they will definitely defeat the rebels, but don't you have to wait? Now your Majesty is eager to recover the lost territory, so use the Uighurs to
Elite cavalry is the best choice.”
Li Heng fell into silence for a moment.
Although the Li family started in Taiyuan, they really established the Tang Dynasty but were in Chang'an, Guanzhong. Its political significance was unquestionably important. Under the efforts of his father, Chang'an City became the world's largest city, Hu Min
They all looked up.
Such a heroic city has now fallen into the hands of the rebels, and if you want to take it back, you have to rely on the hands of the Uighurs!
"Hiss!" Li Heng took a deep breath as if he saw the ancestors pointing at him and cursing him.
"Your Majesty does not need to gather here, but I feel that what Lord Pei said is reasonable." At this time, Yu Chaoen cleared his throat and said, "When I was branching with the Supreme Emperor, I said that Your Majesty is the Emperor, I will do everything.
It is great filial piety! What is great filial piety? Supporting the royal family and quelling rebellions is great filial piety! In order to fulfill its filial piety, it is also worth sacrificing some people. The people in Chang'an City are your subjects and will understand your painstaking efforts."
"Yes." Li Heng responded softly, but was unhappy.
It is true that they will be their own subjects, but they will understand their hard work. They may hate themselves if they become slaves to the Uighurs.
It’s really cowardly that I, the Emperor of Tang, cannot even protect my own people!
"Your Majesty, at an extraordinary time, you must make a quick decision. It is rare that Weiyuan Khan is willing to form an alliance with me, the Tang Dynasty. You must not let him feel disappointed." Seeing that Li Heng was hesitant, Yu Chaoen began to beat the drums on the side.
In any case, this is their best chance to turn defeat into victory and must not be missed.
"But, but, I" Li Heng felt very upset, thinking that the Uighurs were just a vassal state established by the Tang Dynasty, and Huairen Khan had always been humble to his father. Now, this ignorant Wei Yuanke, who is not aware of the world, was a great vain.
Khan actually took advantage of the situation and wanted to ask for the finances of Chang'an City, a woman.
"Your Majesty, if you don't quell the rebellion earlier and return to Chang'an, there will be a riot in Shuzhong, then"
Seeing that Li Heng was still hesitating, Yu Chaoen gritted his teeth and shook a harsh word.
"Shut up!" Li Heng was furious for a moment and snatched Yu Chaoen's latest chapter of the rebirth of the world's power. "Don't say too much about the matter between the Supreme Emperor in the future!"
Taking a deep breath, Li Heng said to Pei Mian: "Pei Aiqing, let's do this. Go and reply to the messenger and say that I promised Weiyuan Khan's conditions."
"Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty is wise! This is the blessing of the people of Chang'an, and this is the blessing of the people of the Tang Dynasty!"
Pei Mian fell to the ground for a moment and kowtowed to Li Heng repeatedly.
"Well, I'm tired, you go down first." Li Heng felt exhausted both physically and mentally, closed his eyes and gently buckled his forehead.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty"
"What's the matter!" Li Heng suddenly opened his eyes and his tone became a little sharp.
"Your Majesty, calm down!" Pei Mian, who had just stood up, was shocked and knelt down again, snatching the ground with his head.
"Forget it, get up, I'm losing my composure."
Seeing Pei Mian's behavior, Li Heng felt that he couldn't smile bitterly and waved his hand casually.
"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness!" Perhaps it was because of the kneeling that hit his muscles and bones, Pei Mian felt his knees sore. When he stood up with difficulty, he felt that his back was wet.
Being with the king is like accompanying a tiger, this is not a false statement!
"Your Majesty, I heard that Li Kuo, the Jianghuai regiment training envoy, had been ordered by the Supreme Emperor to enter Guanzhong to serve the king, but this army did not enter Tongguan from beginning to end. According to the informants sent by me, Li Kuo has now captured Tangzhou, Nanyang, and Fangcheng Three places, and use this as a base to build a wall of farmland."
Pei Mian slightly wiped off the sweat from his forehead and said in a harmonious voice.
Li Heng waved his hand and said, "I will tell you this kind of small matter. Isn't this Tang Dynasty anything that you, Pei Qing, like? Besides, he can seize several prefectures and counties from the rebels. It's also a good thing."
Pei Mian squeezed out a smile and said, "It is of course a good thing for him to conquer several states, but his rejection of the order of the Supreme Emperor to lift the siege of Tongguan is enough to show that he has a disobedient heart."
After Pei Mian said this, Li Heng also made a conspiracy in his heart.
Logically speaking, Li Kuo is also considered a party in the Eastern Palace, but he has a estrangement from himself because of some unexpected things. Now that he has ascended the throne and is in urgent need of such talents, it would be a good thing if he can be taken over to himself.
"At that time, Tongguan was surrounded by rebel generals Sun Xiaozhe and Cui Ganyou. Even if he wanted to enter the pass, he had no choice. Besides, he was training troops in his hands. He took the initiative to fight with the main rebels in the field, and wasn't he hitting stones with eggs?"
Li Heng thought for a while and understood Li Kuo's choice. Pei Mian was a little too nervous and was full of troops.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, think about it carefully. Why did this guy bring back many veterans from Shule when he was transferred from Anxi to Yangzhou? Why did he not hurry and slow when he went to Jianghuai North? He even sent the Emperor to the army. To supervise the army?"
Pei Mian refused to give up and spitted out a letter like a poisonous snake: "Now that he has occupied three places but no longer fought against the enemy north, but has just built walls and farming. He must have an ulterior motive. Please think twice!"
"This" Li Heng frowned and gradually became suspicious of Li Kuo's behavior.
"Now he occupies the north gate of Shandong East Road. If he takes the initiative to offer the city to join the rebels, then the Jianghuai River will be in danger!"
Pei Mian wiped his tears and cried to Li Heng: "Of course, all this is just my guess, but who would have thought that An Lushan would rebel? Your Majesty, it would be better to believe that such a thing is true. You can't believe it!"
Note 1: Weiyuan Khan: Uighur Khan, Weiyuan was awarded the title of Emperor Tang, and reigned from 747 to 759.
ps: There are such slander ministers in all dynasties and generations. Alas, poor Xiaoqi, who is devoted to the country and is still framed.