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Chapter 749 Difficult Peace Agreement (6)

"Your Majesty waits to kowtow to His Highness."

It's past noon, but Lin Mingdu and other peace officials from the prince's department didn't leave. They all gathered in the study of the East Palace, chatting with Zhang Jianzhi, but most of their minds were on the door of the study. At the screen, it was because of this that Li Xian turned around from behind the screen. The crowd had already noticed something early on, and they all got up in a hurry, and each paid their respects in a hurry.

"It's all free."

After a big fight with Empress Wu, Li Xian was obviously not in a good mood. Although his expression remained calm, the tone of his return was obviously much lighter than usual.

"Your Highness, what happened?"

Although Li Xian was extremely calm, all the people present were smart people, and they had been with Li Xian for some years, so they had some idea of ​​Li Xian's temperament. Seeing that the situation was wrong, they didn't dare to speak up easily However, Xiao Ming, an official who was born as a censor, was more courageous and was the first to stand up and ask questions.

"Well, it's nothing serious. Let's just say, there is chaos in Tubo's old place, and the peace talks may have to be stepped up. In addition, in a few days, the imperial court may use troops against Tubo's old place, and there may be some adjustments in Hexi's military administration."

Although the news has not been spread yet, it will be a matter of time, but there is no need to hide it. Li Xian frowned slightly, pondered for a while, and told the truth in general.

"Your Highness, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. There is Yuan Wanqing here, and the peace talks may be far away. I think it is better to report to His Majesty and choose another person."

Xiao Ming is loyal and quite capable, but in terms of the overall situation, he is far behind. He didn't realize what kind of game exists behind the chaos in Tubo. Unavoidably, some sons were in a hurry, and hurriedly spoke out to remonstrate.

"Your Highness, I think peace negotiations are a trivial matter, but the stability of Hexi is a critical point. If there is a change, the front line may be in danger, so arrangements must be made early."

After all, Lin Mingdu was a minister who had stayed in Hexi, he knew how important Hexi was to Li Xian, what he cared about was not such a dispensable thing as peace talks, but what he was worried about was that the court situation would be completely out of balance as a result, and he was worried Next, I didn't dare to be silent any longer, so I hurriedly made a suggestion.

"Your Highness, if necessary, I would like to go to Hexi."

Among the ministers, Wang Fangming had the lowest official position and the least seniority, but he was the one with the most courage. Once he realized that there might be chaos in Hexi, he knew that this was a good opportunity to make contributions, so he stepped forward boldly. He volunteered to ask for his life.

"Well, I'm afraid it's not good for Junying (Wang Fangming's words) to have such a heart. Let's discuss this matter later. Since you are participating in the peace negotiation now, it's better to finish this matter first. You all go back first. It's good to think about it for a few days. How should the day be discussed?"

To Li Xian, Hexi is of course extremely important, but after all, it is a place of bitter cold. Unless the imperial court selects them, otherwise, not many people are willing to go there to eat sand. Hearing that Wang Fangming volunteered, Li Xian was really surprised. He just praised him a few words, but he didn't intend to discuss more with everyone, so he simply assigned a task and sent everyone out, leaving only one person, Zhang Jian.

"The situation doesn't look good, Your Majesty is clever but was misunderstood by his cleverness, what will His Highness do?"

Zhang Jianzhi is one of the most wise men in the world, and his calculation ability is naturally very strong. Although Li Xian did not explain the process of today's Zichen Palace discussion, Zhang Jianzhi has already analyzed Li Xian's performance. Situation, I couldn't help feeling quite worried in my heart, and after waiting for everyone to leave, I didn't wait for Li Xian to speak, and then simply stated the judgment in my heart.

"Um……"

Li Xian had analyzed Gao Zong's psychology long ago, so he knew what Zhang Jianzhi meant. In his opinion, Gao Zong was really overconfident. He always thought that Gao Zong had the final say on the world, but I don't know why there is such a situation where he seems to be alone at the moment, but it is just because of the mutual restraint of various forces. If Empress Wu really has the absolute advantage, it will not only be unlucky for Li Xianyao, I am afraid that Gao Zong himself could not escape being killed, but Gaozong couldn't see the far-reaching, he wanted to be his emperor in a stable way, but he did something that really disrupted stability. Such a stupid behavior, Li Xian really I don't know how to comment, Li Xian could only shake his head helplessly when asked by Zhang Jianzhi, but didn't say anything.

"Since the matter has arisen, it must be resolved in the end. If the Persian army can be transferred back, the matter will still be fine, and His Highness does not need to worry too much."

Seeing that Li Xian was in an extremely unhappy mood, Zhang Jianzhi was afraid that Li Xian would take a risk, so he muttered a word of comfort.

"Well, my father has already agreed to this one, and the thing is like this..."

Li Xian has never been a person who complains, no matter how bad his mood is, he will never lose his sense of control because of it. After taking a deep breath, he quickly put all his irritability aside, and detailed the proceedings of today's Zichen Palace. Described in detail.

"If this is the case, the peace talks may break the situation, but if General Lin's troops withdraw, the situation in Persia will definitely repeat itself again."

Although Zhang Jianzhi strongly opposed Li Xian's overall strategy of using foreign troops earlier, he had no intention of letting go of the territory that had already been conquered. In his mind, the old land of Persia had already been included in the Tang Dynasty's territory. After gaining and losing again, it is inevitable that there is some reluctance, but more of it is to use this incident to imply that Empress Wu may reveal the changes in the general's situation to the cannibal, and Li Xian should be mentally prepared accordingly.

"Don't worry sir, I have my own arrangements!"

The main force of the Hexi army that went out of Persia is not so much Tang's army, but Li Xian's private army. As long as there is such an iron army in hand, there is no fear that Empress Wu can play tricks. This is exactly what Li Xian fights. The fundamental reason for bringing this army back in anticipation of the turmoil in Tubo is that he did not hesitate to make some political concessions in Hexi. It will not be so chaotic that it can't be controlled. Besides, Gaozong's time is not long. It is not difficult to play delaying tactics and hinder the progress of Empress Wu's mixing with sand. Li Xian still has this confidence. Li Xian also has corresponding arrangements for the gain and loss of the land. Although there is no guarantee that Persia will survive the torment of the past few years, it is not difficult to teach the big cannibal a bloody lesson.

"It's a good thing Your Highness can think like this. After today, there will be great chaos in the court situation. Your Highness must make preparations early."

Seeing that Li Xian's mentality was still not disturbed, Zhang Jianzhi's tense heartstrings relaxed a little, and worried that Li Xian was overconfident, so he hurriedly said another sentence.

"Ah."

After Li Xian responded sullenly, he didn't speak anymore, just sat silently on the big seat, and carefully deduced the possible changes in the court situation in his heart... "My minister kowtowed to the Queen of Heaven."

Just as Li Xian and Zhang Jianzhi were deducing the changes in the court situation, the summoned Yuan Wanqing had already rushed to the Daming Palace. Fang Yi went into the study room and saw Empress Wu sitting at the head with a tense face. Slightly flustered, not daring to be negligent, hurriedly walked a few steps, rushed to the front, saluted and greeted him respectfully.

"Aiqing is alive, is there any progress in the peace talks in the past few days?"

Although Yuan Wanqing has always been a loyal queen, but Empress Wu is not very interested in him, the reason is Yuan Wanqing's arrogance, if he gives a little color, this master dares to open a dyeing workshop, because of this, Empress Wu Even if you want to use it, you won't give it a very good look, and it's the same at this time. Facing Yuan Wanqing's salute, Empress Wu just raised her hand indifferently, and called out indifferently.

"If you go back to your mother, everything will remain as usual. I believe that according to this trend, it will be difficult to make great progress in a year or so. This minister..."

This time being summoned into the palace by Empress Wu urgently, Yuan Wanqing couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. He was worried that Empress Wu would be dissatisfied with his performance. Hearing that Empress Wu asked about the peace negotiation, he was eager to show his merits, so he was nervous. Hurrying to describe the quarrel between the parties in the peace talks in detail, some of them put gold on his own face, and created himself into a steadfast and unyielding mighty image.

"Well, Yuan Aiqing is trustworthy in handling affairs. Now that there is chaos in Tubo's old place, it may be difficult for the Hexi armies to help Persia. However, our national prestige in the Tang Dynasty cannot be damaged, and we must not let the big food and the small country underestimate it." Go, Yuan Aiqing knows what to do?"

Empress Wu listened quietly to Yuan Wanqing's nonsense, and did not interrupt, but nodded after he had finished speaking, and then gave him a few words of encouragement, and then assigned the task, that is Yuan Wanqing was required to withstand the possible pressure from Li Xian, in order to completely disrupt the peace talks.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I know."

When he heard that there was a commotion in the old place of Tubo, Yuan Wanqing was startled at first, but then he was relieved, because he didn't care about Li Xian's attitude at first, and he only thought about praising Empress Wu's stinky feet. Entrusted, Yuan Wanqing smugly thought this was a sign that he would be reused, and his heart was immediately filled with the fighting spirit to deal with Li Xianhao, and when he answered Empress Wu's words, he seemed very confident.

"Well, that's good. Discussion matters are related to the face of the court. It must not be ignored. With Yuan Aiqing around, I can feel at ease. It's getting late, and Aiqing is exhausted."

Now that the things that should be explained have been explained, Empress Wu did not intend to leave more Yuan Wanqing, after a few words of encouragement, she immediately issued an order to expel the guests.

"No, my minister will leave."

Yuan Wanqing rushed over, and was sent away after just a few words of conversation. He felt a little resentful, but he dared not show it in front of Empress Wu, so he could only bow down and accept the promise, and retreat on his own. I will not mention it.

"how?"

Empress Wu ignored Yuan Wanqing's departure, but cast her eyes on Gar Yingong who was standing by the side with her head bowed all the time, and asked with an unclear meaning.

(End of this chapter)