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Chapter 371 Zhang Xuan's Performance

Chapter 379 Zhang Xuan's Performance
Although it aroused strong opposition from some courtiers, Li Heng still strongly opposed the canonized edict.

In Li Heng's view, this was just a temptation.Test Zhang Xuan's movements.

If Zhang Xuan made any changes, he would immediately change his attitude and show his favor to Zhang Xuan.But in that way, it was tested that Zhang Xuan really had a different intention. In the future, when the An Lushan rebellion was put down, Li Heng would immediately attack Zhang Xuan without mercy.

At the same time, Li Heng wanted to firmly hold the 8 people in Qinghai in his own hands. With these [-] soldiers and horses, and Ge Shuhan's Hexi soldiers, even if Zhang Xuan rebelled after An Lushan, he would have A bit of capital to contend with.

Li Heng's edict was issued in Liangning Prefecture and Qinghai in the shortest time. Li Guangbi of Liangning Prefecture and Yang Lian of Shaliuhe received the edict at the same time, but they reflected differently.

Yang Lian was taken aback, and immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

He hesitated for a long time in the study, and then took the initiative to send a memorial to the court, which probably meant that he was not worthy of such a generous title from the court for his insignificant achievements, and asked to resign from the title of Marquis of Ningbo.

At the same time, Yang Lian immediately repaired a letter, and sent someone to rush eight hundred miles day and night to Tongguan to send a secret report to Zhang Xuan.

In fact, there is probably no need for Yang Lian's secret report, this news has already been sent out by Zhang Xun.

And in the Qinghai Governor's Mansion in Liangning Prefecture, Li Guangbi received the emperor's canonization edict, his expression was calm on the surface, but his heart was ecstatic.

Li Guangbi has always been an ambitious person, unwilling to be inferior to others.Before Zhang Xuan took office, he was suppressed by Guo Ziyi, and he was very upset.Therefore, they confronted Guo Ziyi tit for tat and fought openly and secretly.

After Zhang Xuan took office, he unified Longshuo's military and government with a strong iron fist, and he paid equal attention to Li Guangbi's kindness and power. The unwillingness and ambition in Li Guangbi's heart were gradually suppressed.

However, as his military exploits grew, he led an army to attack Tubo this time, defeated the Tubo army one after another, and finally took down the Tubo royal court directly, and supported a puppet Tubo king.

As a result, his desire for power and personal ambition continued to expand.

As for Zhang Xuan, he has long been left behind intentionally or unintentionally.In his heart, his talent, prestige and even meritorious service are no less than Zhang Xuan. This time, he was canonized by the emperor as the county king acting as the governor of Longshuo, which is reasonable and should be done.

Therefore, unlike Yang Lian's reaction, Li Guangbi immediately wrote to the emperor to express his gratitude and loyalty.

As a result, Li Guangbi was full of ambition in Liangning Prefecture, ready to lead his army back to Longshuo at any time, and take control of the entire Longshuo feudal town.

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Tongguan.

Zhang Xuan was reading a book in the study, and the secret reports from Zhang Xuan and Yang Lian arrived almost at the same time.

Nan Jiyun hurried in, clasped his fists and said with a complex expression, "Commander, Master Zhang Xunzhang of Lingzhou and General Yang Lianyang of Shaliuhe sent a secret report! Please have a look at it, Commander!"

Zhang Xuan was taken aback and nodded.

After receiving the letters from Yang Lian and Zhang Xun, Zhang Xuan opened Zhang Xun's letter without hesitation, and looked at it.

Immediately his face changed.

What Zhang Xun wrote in the letter made Zhang Xuan furious, but he suppressed the emotion of wanting to run away, and then opened Yang Lian's letter.

After reading the letter between the two, Zhang Xuan immediately burned the letter, and his actions were clean and without sloppy.

Standing below, Nan Jiyun caught a glimpse of the change in Zhang Xuan's face, but didn't dare to say anything.

Although Nan Jiyun didn't see the contents of Yang Lian and Zhang Xun's letter, but he also got some news from the person who sent the letter, and probably guessed what was written in the letter.

Li Heng's "action" this time was too amazing, almost a kind of unscrupulous provocation.

He actually surpassed Zhang Xuan and attributed the great victory of the Tang-Tibetan battle to Li Guangbi and Yang Lian, directly made Li Guangbi the county king, and temporarily acted as the governor of Longshuo. exempt.

Li Guangbi was canonized as the county king and concurrently served as the governor of Longshuo. His status and power level were almost equal to those of Zhang Xuan.Strictly speaking, Zhang Xuan's position as Grand Marshal of Countering the Rebellion is a temporary position. Once the An Lushan rebellion subsides, the position will be automatically dismissed, and he will lose his military position in Longshuo, which means that there is only one prince left. .

Nan Jiyun stood by the side in fear and trepidation, but did not "wait" to imagine Zhang Xuan's furious and violent reaction.

"Nanba, reward Yang Lian and Zhang Xun's envoys with ten guan each, and send them away quickly, and don't stay in Tongguan." Zhang Xuan waved his hand, his voice very gentle.

Nan Jiyun quickly raised his head and glanced at Zhang Xuan, as if he didn't expect Zhang Xuan's performance to be so calm, and he was stunned for a while.

Zhang Xuan said indifferently, "Nanba, didn't you hear what I said?"

Nan Jiyun was taken aback, and quickly blushed and bowed to accept the order, "The general will obey."

After Nan Jiyun left, Zhang Xuan's expression darkened immediately.He slapped the table suddenly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Li Heng's move directly angered Zhang Xuan, and at the same time made him very disappointed.He knew very well in his heart that Li Heng used this method to beat and test himself, to see his own bottom line.At the same time, it was also for the world's feudal towns and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to suppress Zhang Xuan's prestige and power in this invisible way.

If Zhang Xuan behaved fiercely, Li Heng might immediately change his attitude when the An Lushan rebels were present.

Before the mill is finished, are you impatient to kill the donkey?Zhang Xuan smiled coldly, picked up the cup of tea on the table, drank it in one gulp, then got up abruptly, left the study and returned to his bedroom.

But what made Zhang Xuan most angry was not Li Heng's actions, but Li Guangbi's performance.Li Guangbi unexpectedly An Zhiruosu was conferred the title of county king as it should be, acting as the governor of Longshuo.For Zhang Xuan, this is equivalent to a kind of betrayal.

This means that Zhang Xuan may not have used the wrong person, but he has misunderstood the wrong person.He handed over the defense of Tubo and the entire Qinghai to Li Guangbi, and his kindness in supporting and recommending him is unparalleled.But in this case, Yang Lian knew to show Zhang Xuan a modest attitude, but Li Guangbi accepted it calmly.

How can Zhang Xuan not be angry with all these things!
The so-called unfathomable.After all, he is a human being and not a god, and the most difficult thing to control in this world is the human heart.

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On the same day, news of Zhang Xuan's illness came out.

All the generals came to visit one after another, including Chu Wang Li Yu, the supervisor Huo Changqing, and Jianning Wang Li Tan who had just arrived in Tongguan in the name of rewarding the three armies.

At this time, Li Heng surpassed Zhang Xuan and directly canonized Li Guangbi as the king of Pingfan County and the temporary governor of Longshuo, and Yang Lian as the Marquis of Ningbo. The army trembled.

But what Li Heng didn't expect was that he originally tried to suppress Zhang Xuan's prestige, but unexpectedly, this move directly stimulated the rebound of the Longshuo army, and the soldiers were disappointed.More and more soldiers complained about Zhang Xuan's grievances, and the voices of dissatisfaction with the imperial court in Tongguan became louder and louder.

Li Heng wrongly underestimated Zhang Xuan's prestige, influence, and control in the Longshuo army.

Zhang Xuan's prestige in the Longshuo army did not come from high power, but from the baptism of war and the gradual condensation of personality charm.Whether it was the invention of firearms, or the strategizing of the Tubo war, or the style of loving soldiers like a son and selfless high-mindedness, Zhang Xuan's status in the hearts of Longshuo soldiers was far beyond that of a general like Ge Shuhan.

It is already universal logic that the cunning rabbit dies like a dog.When the emperor used his actual actions to reveal the phantom that was about to attack the heroes, it still made the soldiers of Longshuo feel disheartened.

Li Heng, who was far away in Lingzhou, didn't know the true military spirit in Tongguan, but Chu Wang Li Yu and the supervisor Huo Changqing who were in Tongguan were anxious, fearing that the emperor's move would force Zhang Xuan to rebel and lead to a mutiny.

Given Zhang Xuan's prestige in the army, if he was betrayed by this, he would be given a yellow robe when he ascended the heights, and the country of the Tang Dynasty would be in danger.

As time passed day by day, Zhang Xuan was bedridden and stayed behind closed doors. All military affairs were handed over to Feng Changqing and Guo Ziyi.On the surface, the Tongguan army is very calm, but in the hearts of Li Yu and Huo Changqing, it is more like the short calm before the storm.

The news also reached the rebels.An Lushan in Luoyang was very excited when he learned about it.He immediately sent envoys to Tongguan to write a letter to Zhang Xuan, saying that the emperor had no way and wanted to form an alliance with Zhang Xuan to take over the world.

All of a sudden, the morale of the army was uproarious, and all kinds of gossip were flying all over the sky.Many middle and low-level generals and soldiers in the army even clamored secretly to support Zhang Xuan as emperor, set up a separate imperial court, and divide the world with the Fanyang army of Anlu Mountain.

Li Yu, Huo Changqing and even Li Tan felt even more fearful in their hearts, and they all had the idea of ​​leaving.

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To the end of November of the first year of Germany.

Zhang Xuan gathered the generals to discuss matters, and Li Yu, Huo Changqing and Li Tan were of course present.

Above the handsome hall, the generals lined up on both sides, and Zhang Xuan walked in slowly wrapped in a cloak.

After Zhang Xuan came to the commander's case, all the generals bowed and bowed loudly, "The last general is waiting to see the commander in chief!"

Li Yu and Li Tan hesitated for a moment, and followed the generals to bow down.

Zhang Xuan's cold and calm gaze swept over the crowd, and he smiled lightly, "You are welcome to sit down, please. Your Highness King Chu and King Jianning, please sit down."

Li Yu looked at Zhang Xuan with complicated eyes, but he didn't find a decadent and strange expression on Zhang Xuan's face.Li Tan sighed inwardly, secretly complaining that Li Heng was stupid.

Even if you want to kill the donkey, you have to wait until the Anlushan rebellion subsides, right?At this juncture, wouldn't such a public slap in the face of Zhang Xuan force Zhang Xuan to have a heart of infidelity?

Zhang Xuan sat there, silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled slowly and said, "Everyone, before discussing the matter, I have a few words in my heart, so I can express them quickly."

"Commander, please tell me, and the last general will be all ears." Feng Changqing and Guo Ziyi took the lead in clasping their fists together, and then all the generals stood up to meet him.

(End of this chapter)