Late Tang

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In the northwest of Luoyang City, the Luoyang Palace with twelve gates on all sides stands in the middle of the twelve miles of Zhouhui. Under the arch guard of the Qin army, it is as solid as gold. .

Li Jing tossed and turned in Guanfeng Hall of Shangyang Palace built during Emperor Gaozong's time, but couldn't fall asleep. Yu Youniang asked the palace servants to burn the fireplace so hot that he still felt hot when he opened the doors and windows.He knew in his heart that this was the heat from the heart and lungs.Just today, Duke Wen and Wu of the Qin Dynasty pushed the leading troops to gather in Shuozhou to intimidate the grand masters of Zhenwu and Tiande towns, Yu Jing, to go to the table, and once again led the ministers to play, and took the lead in persuading them to advance.

For the first time, it was Li Jing's teacher, Grand Tutor Cui Yunqing, who took the lead in the promotion of civil and military officials. This time, it was the turn of Li Jing's other teacher, Grand Master Yu Yu.Although their official titles of Taishi and Taifu were conferred by the imperial court, in Qin Fan, these two were not the highest positions, but their qualifications were the most important. Even after the new dynasty, the title of Taifu and Taishi was definitely accepted. Well deserved.

Yu Jian's letter of persuasion was very gorgeous.

Li Jing couldn't help but sat up again, and picked up the persuasion form written in beautiful regular script.

"Building a foundation and starting a business is not only the map of the grand and prosperous world; responding to the sky and obeying people, it is appropriate to uphold the throne of the majesty. The common people look up to each other, and the red sun rises. Gai Wen calls the emperor who transforms the people with Taoism, and the emperor who educates the people with virtue. ...His Royal Highness Qin Wei, brave and wise from heaven, wise beyond the world. Sweep away the wind and dust of corruption, and save the people of Zhaomin from fire and water...The world returns, like the emperor of Jianghan; the state is Zhaolong, There is the consolidation of golden soup. Since the calendar is enshrined in the bow, it must be in the residence of the imperial court. The upper level is to answer the heart of heaven, and the lower level is to conform to the expectations of people.... Issue policies and benevolent, counselors for the cultivation of the two; system Rituals and music will open up the peace of the world. I would like to ask you to listen to it!"

Qin Fan's situation is very good now, so good that it is beyond everyone's expectations.Going back to half a year ago, no one dared to believe that there would be such a good situation half a year later.Under such circumstances, the civil and military officers and soldiers of the Qin Dynasty really couldn't wait to support Li Jing to ascend the throne and proclaim the emperor immediately. In this way, everyone will reward their merits, confer titles, and honor their ancestors , Shining the lintel.

The timing is really good now, so good that even Li Jing is a little moved.

Even at the joint meeting of the Provincial Cabinet Office, the ministers have already passed several new articles.

The Zaizhi and the Tangbu Provincial Court are ready for the enthronement. The newly established Qin Tianjian has recruited professionals in astronomy, astrology and almanac from Datang, Bohai and many other places, and has completed a new chapter. Compilation of calendar calculations to prepare for the new dynasty of Li Jing's 'Huang Li'.The Department of Justice has also assembled a large number of specialized legal talents. The new law "Qin Law Shuyi" has been compiled, and it can be promulgated immediately after the new dynasty is established.Even the two departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs have prepared Li Jing's enthronement dress, empress concubine's and official's greeting dress.Even the etiquette of the emperor's ascension to the throne has been practiced many times.

Civil and military officials have made full preparations in all aspects, and they are waiting for Li Jing to add a yellow robe and ascend to the throne.

After receiving this second letter of persuasion, Li Jing still refused.However, it was not just because of the three pushes that he rejected the second persuasion, but because Li Jing really thought that the time was not really ripe yet.The battle was imminent, and Li Jing didn't want the civil and military officers and soldiers to be distracted by this matter, and he didn't want to be dissatisfied because they felt that they would be rewarded for meritorious service, which would eventually affect the critical battle now.

In addition to this, there is another very important reason, and that is the problem of the capital.

The vast majority of officials did not mention the question of where the capital was established, because they felt that there was no need to mention this question at all.Contrary to Li Jing's thinking, almost [-]% of the civil and military personnel, including the two imperial teachers Cui Yunqing and Yu Yu, took it for granted that the government should be located in Luoyang.

Firstly, Luoyang is the center of the world, and since the Wei Dynasty, it has been known as Shenjing.After Empress Wu changed Luoyang to the capital of the gods and designated it as the capital of Wu Zhou, Luoyang became more prosperous and magnificent.Especially after the Anshi Rebellion and the Huangchao Rebellion not long ago, Chang'an, the number one city in the world, was no longer prosperous and dilapidated. Chang'an, which had been breached several times, was already dilapidated, leaving only thorns and ruins.In contrast, during the Anshi Rebellion, Luoyang City did not fight any major battles, and did not suffer much damage from the flames of war.Especially in the Huangchao Rebellion that ended not long ago, whether it was Huangchao's seizure of Luoyang or the imperial court's recovery of Luoyang, Luoyang was occupied without bloodshed.At the beginning, because Huang Chao successfully captured Luoyang, he wanted to win people's hearts and change the grass army's impression of bandits, so the military discipline in Luoyang City was very good, and there was no excessive action.After the imperial court regained Luoyang, Yang Fuguang's base here also managed very well.

Compared with Chang'an, which is ruined and ruined, Luoyang can be said to be a rare and prosperous capital in the Central Plains at this time.What's more, although Guanzhong is in danger of four fortresses, since the mid-Tang Dynasty, the problem of grain and material supply in Guanzhong has become more and more serious. Most of the food and material supply depends on the southeast. more and more difficult.For an imperial court, if the capital is in this kind of crisis for a long time, it will be fatal.As Luoyang is the center of the world, the supply of food and materials will never be a problem.Regardless of whether it is from the southeast or southwest, or even Hebei, Shandong, and Guanlong, Hexi and other places, it is much more convenient to pay taxes, money and food for food and materials.

They agreed that Luoyang was more suitable as the leader of the new dynasty than Chang'an.

Li Jing also thought that Luoyang was better than Chang'an, but he didn't want to set the capital of the new dynasty in Luoyang. In other words, Li Jing could set the capital in Luoyang, but he didn't plan to set the capital in Luoyang.Of course, Chang'an will never be the capital of the country. In Li Jing's mind, the best place for the capital of the new dynasty is Yanjing in Hebei.

Yanjing was chosen instead of Luoyang, nor Chang'an as the national capital, not only because Yanjing was Li Jing's place of prosperity, but more importantly, since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the political center of gravity has been continuously shifting from west to east.Especially for Li Jing today, Qin Fan is the successor of Tang Dynasty, Qin Fan will not only inherit Datang, but also surpass Datang.The most important point is that the new dynasty will have actual control over the entire Northeast.Moreover, the Northeast is not the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, nor is it the Northeast of the Tang Dynasty.This is neither an enclave far away from the Western Regions, nor is it a prison area with only nominal control.The Great Northeast Region, a newly developed territory equivalent to a small half of Middle Earth, will be the engine for the new dynasty to take off. This will be the granary of the new dynasty, and it will also be the key to stabilizing the new dynasty and solving the continuous troubles in the north once and for all.It is conceivable that in the future, not only in the era of Li Jing, but also in the era of Li Jing's descendants, the development and construction of the Northeast will also be a constant theme.The significance of a developed Northeast to the new dynasty will definitely not be weaker than the development of Huguang by the Song Dynasty in history.

It is precisely because Li Jing has already decided in his heart that developing the Northeast will be a constant strategic national policy for him and his descendants. Therefore, it is of great significance to establish the capital of the country in Yanjing, Hebei.This is related to the fact that the entire national policy is tilted to the northeast in order to adhere to the implementation of this national policy.On the other hand, the Maritime Silk Road that Li Jing built after more than ten years is already very mature and prosperous, and its benefits are huge, far exceeding the Silk Road.Setting the country's capital in the northern coastal area is not only a firm belief in Qin Fan's consistent development of the core area around the Bohai Sea, but also a firm support for maritime trade and expansion.There is another one, that is, whether it is the development of the Northeast in the future or after the pacification of the world, for the development of the Jianghuai and Huguang areas in the southeast, along the coastline, will become the most important transportation line. Whether it's local taxation into Beijing, or the control of the capital's radiation to various places, it will be greatly enhanced.And these, whether it is Luoyang or Chang'an, are not available.

The eastern coastline must be the top priority of the new dynasty.However, Li Jing did not set the capital in Weizhou, Hebei, Denglai or Qingzhou in Shandong, or Xuzhou in Huangxing, or Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, but in Yanjing, which was also the rule of the north and the south in ancient times. Law reasons.In any case, even if the tribes in the north are surrendered at the moment, the Mongolian Plateau just north of the Central Plains, and the more barbaric tribes in Siberia north of the Outer Xing'an Mountains in the northeast and further north, must be guarded with caution the savages.

One of the important reasons why the capital of the country is located in Yanjing in the north is to better prevent problems before they happen.Whether it is the Han and Tang empires, or the Roman and Persian empires, their greatest enemies are barbarians whose civilization is far weaker than theirs.This is true in China, and even more so in Western languages.Historically, after the Tang Dynasty, Liao, Jin, Mongolia, and Jurchen, which one was not the rise of barbarians who drank blood and defeated the civilization of the Central Plains.

Li Jing's vision is not limited to this era, he has a natural advantage over all civil and military people.Because of this, Li Jing made up his mind to establish the capital of the new dynasty in Yanjing.But judging from their attitude now, he also knew that they didn't think it would be feasible to establish the country's capital in Yanjing in the far north.In their minds, either Chang'an in Guanzhong or Luoyang in Central Plains.If there is a third choice, then maybe it can only be Taiyuan.Yanjing?Although it is very prosperous now, no matter how prosperous it is, it is only a corner of Hebei. For hundreds of years, there is no great dynasty to establish its capital in Yanjing.

Li Jing didn't want to have a big debate with the ministers at this time, so he simply decided not to ascend to the throne for the time being and wait.When this war is over, and when he takes advantage of this time to have a good breath with the important ministers, get to the bottom of it, and blow the air.

After thinking about it a few times, Li Jing took over the many frontline battle reports that had just been delivered in the evening and read them again, comparing them carefully with the map and analyzing the latest situation.

Gongsun Lan suddenly asked for an audience, and when the guards led her into the palace, she was still panting.

"You came here?" Li Jing asked. Except for Li Jing, no one else in the palace was allowed to ride horses or chariots. Shangyang Palace is a huge palace complex built by Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Wu Zetian. The Luoyang Palace built by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was comparable.As Li Jing's intelligence director, Gongsun Lan was able to enter the palace for an emergency meeting at a special time, but she still couldn't ride a horse or chariot, and it was quite hard for her to run all the way.

"The military situation is urgent. I dare not delay. As soon as I receive the urgent report, I will send it immediately."

Li Jing's face was a bit serious, it must not be easy to be reported by Gongsun Lan so nervously.Has the front line changed again?Did Gao Renhou break through the Shannan line of defense, or did Zhu Wen lead the troops to kill him, or did Yang Fugong, the dead eunuch, actually break through the Fenhe line of defense?Or, Yang Xingmi and Qian Liu couldn't help but take the opportunity to cause chaos in Jiangdong, or the four towns of the Fan people in Guanzhong, what happened again?

He couldn't help his heartbeat speeding up, the more eve of victory, the more he couldn't relax carelessly.Although Qin Jun has a great advantage now, it is not yet the time to sit back and relax.

Gongsun Lan took out a lacquer box and opened it in front of the imperial case in front of Li Jing.There are four hand scrolls lined up inside, and some black ink stains can be vaguely seen on the back of the rolled white paper.

On the heads of the four hand scrolls, a small red sticker was pasted.It was actually red, Li Jing frowned a few times involuntarily.Although Li Jing has now set up a new official system, there are three provinces and six ministries, there are government cabinets and provincial courts, there are government affairs halls and cabinets, but there are still too many things that need to be reviewed in person every day.In order to be able to prioritize, the prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall read the memorial and wrote a proposal for the proposal, which will be approved by the cabinet on behalf of Li Jing.General affairs are handled by the political affairs hall and the cabinet, and then reported to Li Jing.After they review the memorial, they will prioritize and paste a piece of paper on the memorial.After they reviewed the general affairs memorials, they just made a memorandum and submitted them to Li Jing for review.And if it is an important memorial, it will be pasted with yellow paper, called paste yellow.And if it is a very important matter, an orange piece of paper will be affixed to indicate it, and it will be submitted to Li Jing for personal review immediately.On top of yellow and orange, there is the most important level, which is to paste red.Under normal circumstances, yellow is already very important, orange is very urgent, and red, if it is not urgent, should not be pasted indiscriminately.

But now, on the four hand scrolls sent by Gongsun Lan, there are actually four small red cards that are uniformly pasted, as bright as fresh blood.

Li Jing didn't care to ask any more, immediately grabbed one, and quickly opened it to read.

"Gao Renhou led troops from three rivers to attack Wuguan, captured Wuguan overnight, and then quickly moved westward. He has taken Shangluo and Shangluo one after another, crossed the Qinling Mountains, entered Guanzhong, and broke through Lantian Pass. The soldiers and horses have entered Bashui. We are besieging Lantian City, and the front of the soldiers is less than a hundred miles away from Chang'an City, only eighty miles away!"

Li Jing took a deep breath, and said to himself that Tian Lingzi is indeed an unpredictable character.It is estimated that if Yang Fugong knows the news now, he must sigh that he is not afraid of enemies like gods, but teammates like pigs.Red alert, this is great news. Tian Lingzi, a miraculous ally, made the first stab in the back. As a result, the situation in the entire Central Plains will change again, but it will change in a direction that is extremely beneficial to the Qin army.Tian Lingzi, you really should give him a like, no, he definitely deserves 32 likes!

With this great news, Li Jing's mood eased a lot.With a smile on his face, he opened the second scroll.

"Wang Yanzhang, the general with two spears, Gao Siji with the white horse and silver spear, Li Cunxiao, the tiger fighter, Wang Tan, the jade-faced flying dragon, Li Si'an, the white-faced general, Guo Tao, the little overlord, Guo Wei, the iron beast, the seven generals crossed the dragon gate at night, and outwitted Hancheng of Tongzhou. The lone army went northward and entered Danzhou, Baoda town. They fought for thousands of miles in three days and two nights, and successively broke through Xianning City, Jinchuan City, Fenchuan City, Wuren Pass and Mengmen Pass in Baoda Town. Da, Ding Nan, Zhen Wu, and Tian De Sifan towns!"

"Okay!" Seeing this, Li Jing couldn't help but patted his chest excitedly.Previously, Lin Weibing stationed on the Fen River line, confronted Yang Fugong's army, and reported to him that they sent several Taibao to lead an elite army to sneak across the Yellow River and sneak into the west bank, so as to cover the right wing of the Qin Army's East Army troops and horses. Deterrence of Sifan Town on the West Bank.He also agreed to this matter, but what he didn't expect was that Wang Yanzhang and the others did not make a small fuss, but caused such a big storm instead.He actually broke through Li Quanzhong's Han City in Tongzhou, and then broke into Danzhou in Baoda Town, and won such a series of victories.

This thing is really unexpected.Even so, it may push the Sifan town in Guanzhong to the opposite side.But considering the fact that the Sifan town first agreed to be neutral, and finally sent out [-] soldiers and horses to leave the customs, Li Jing felt that it was necessary to let a few young generals take the initiative to make trouble and beat them.However, it is necessary to control the temperature well and not to overdo it, otherwise, Si Fanzhen will simply be cruel and completely fall to Yang Fugong's side to fight against Qin Fan with all its strength, then there will be some troubles.

With excitement, Li Jing put the hand scroll aside and picked up another one.

After sweeping his gaze, the smile on Li Jing's face disappeared, and it became a little gloomy.

Yang Xingmi has captured Yangzhou and recruited most of the original Huainan generals, greatly increasing his power.And almost at the same time, Qian Liu of Hangzhou also used the power of one state to defeat the governors of the western Zhejiang states who had been in chaos, and to welcome Zhou Bao's name, he sent all the states in the western Zhejiang town to the sea. The governor has defeated successively and has occupied the eight states in western Zhejiang.But Zhou Bao, who was rescued by him, "died of illness" in his barracks.What made Li Jing look ugly was that Zhao Ji, who was sitting in Xuzhou, had already dispatched a 3000-man army to go south to Yangzhou when Yang Xingmi captured Yangzhou. As a result, these [-] Qin troops were on the ground in Yangzhou He was ambushed by bandits of unknown origin, and the whole army was wiped out.What angered Li Jing the most was that the two military missions he assigned to the two had lost contact with each other.The Military Intelligence Bureau found some news that Yang Xingmi and Qian Liu were secretly in close contact, and there seemed to be a secret alliance.It is estimated that the two military missions that suddenly lost contact may have been secretly cleaned by the two.

Everything pointed to a possibility, Yang Xingmi and Qian Liu finally felt their wings twitching, and couldn't bear it any longer.Taking advantage of the current Great War in the Central Plains, they actually jumped backwards!Li Jing couldn't believe it at first, how could they be so stupid in Qin Fan's current situation?But when I think about it carefully, I think it's normal.The strength of the two is getting stronger and stronger, but Qin Fan is also getting stronger and stronger. They know very well that if they don't seize this last chance to rebel, they really have no chance to rebel.Although they knew that the result of the rebellion was likely to fail in the end, the desire for power finally made them make the decision to rebel.

Although the matter has not been finalized, Li Jing already believes that it is very likely that this is the case.Previously, the Supervisory Office had already collected many small actions of the two, but Li Jing had no time to be distracted, and secondly, it was also judged that they did not have the strength and determination to rebel.Unexpectedly, after the annexation of Huainan and Zhejiang West, the ambition of the two finally inflated.And the Central Plains War at this time also made them mistakenly think that they had found the best time.

With a cold snort, Li Jing dropped the paper.The two fell out, but Li Jing found that he was not as angry as he imagined.He just felt a little unhappy, but not too angry.Come to think of it, maybe it's because I've been prepared for the two of them to come to this point.Or, Li Jing never took the rebellion of the two of them to heart at all.For a long time, they helped Li Jing stabilize and balance the stability of the land of Wuyue, and helped Li Jing reduce the troubles in the Huaisi area.Even if it finally rebelled now, for Li Jing, and for Qin Fan, Qin Jun was no longer afraid of the southeast rebellion at this time. Therefore, their rebellion could not make Li Jing too angry at all, nor would Qin Jun be too angry. frightened.

The last paper.

Shang Rang died. Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao, the second-in-commands of the two big thieves who used to run rampant in the world, finally died in an internal strife.

Qin Junquan and their Shannan camp have been victorious not long ago, and they have seized most of the territory in the east of Shannan.But not long ago, the Shannan Army fought against Liu Jurong's Five Towns Army in Xiangyang, and the Shannan Army, which underestimated the enemy, fell into Liu Jurong's scheme and was defeated.Once defeated, most of the territory that had been painstakingly laid down before was lost.Then, Qin Zongquan made a sudden move and attacked Shang Rang, Zhang Guimou, and Ge Congzhou, three former puppet Qi generals.No one expected that the knife came from behind, and even Ge Congzhou, Zhang Guimou, Shang Rang and other fierce warriors who once ruled the world were defeated in the end.

Shang Rang and many former generals of the Qi army died in battle, while Zhang Guiba, Ge Congzhou, Zhang Guimou and a few defeated generals followed Zhang Guiba and fled eastward to Xuzhou.

The Shannan province, or the Shannan camp, has now become Qin Zongquan's Shannan camp alone.

The four pieces of news are indeed very shocking.

Tian Lingzi betrayed his ally Yang Fugong, the seven generals of the Qin Army raided Baoda Town, which had betrayed a neutral agreement with the Qin Army, Yang Xingmi and Qian Liu betrayed Li Jing, and Qin Zongquan betrayed his allies Shang Rang, Ge Congzhou, Zhang Gui Mou and others annexed their power and monopolized the Shannan territory, which is tantamount to betraying Li Jing.

Li Jing couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly, betrayal, betrayal, or betrayal, sniper, you will never know who the next enemy will be!

"Alan, give me pen, ink and paper, I want to write a letter!"

Gongsun Lan fetched paper, ink, pen and inkstone, rubbed the ink with plain hands, raised her head and asked, "Who are you writing to?"

"To an old friend!" (To be continued.)