Tibet

Chapter 264 Foresight
Cui Yuan is a member of Yang Guozhong, and Li Linfu knows it well. Yang Guozhong recommended him as Zhongshu's servant in order to grab his own Zhongshu seal. In Chen Xilie's hands, the Great Seal of Zhongshu is in his own hands. Although he will basically approve the imprint, Yang Zhongguo is still worried and must hold the Great Seal of Zhongshu in his hands.

Li Linfu smiled and said: "Cui Yuan's qualifications are a little less senior. If His Majesty thinks he is suitable, I have no objection!"

Li Longji was silent for a moment and said: "Then let Yang Guozhong be the Minister of Zhongshu, Aiqing is getting old, and he will be changed to the right servant of Shangshu, and the Zhongshu Ling is temporarily vacant, how about it?"

This is actually Yang Guifei's suggestion. She has never been involved in politics. This is the first time she has made suggestions on the court's personnel affairs, but she expressed her position on Li Linfu's arrangement. Li Longji thought she was thinking about King Ning's superior position, so she agreed. her advice.

Li Linfu was excited. This is the ladder the emperor gave him to go down. It is difficult to go up in the officialdom, but once you reach the top, it is even more difficult to go down. This is the reason why you must fall down when you climb high.

Li Linfu quickly stood up and saluted, "The old minister thanked His Majesty for the arrangement and is willing to obey!"

Li Longji smiled, and changed the subject: "I really want to hear Aiqing's advice about the battle between Tang Jun and Dashi fighting for the river."

Li Linfu has been the prime minister for nearly 20 years, and he really understands the mind of the emperor Li Longji.

Li Longji was very happy, and was keen to expand the territory. In the seventh year of Kaiyuan, he lost Suiye, which had always been a shame in his heart. Later, he launched a war to get Suiye back. How could he follow Yang Guozhong's suggestion and abandon the west of Congling.

Li Linfu said slowly: "Yang Xiangguo looks at the problem from the perspective of the Ministry of Accounts. He is in charge of the Ministry of Accounts. It is understandable that he is worried about finances, but to maintain the dignity of the Tang Dynasty, we must stand at a higher point of view when it comes to the Great Food War. look at.

If we abandon the west of Congling, what impact will it have on the gentry and people in the world, on the soldiers of all armies, and on the confidence and dignity of the entire Tang Dynasty?
On the contrary, if the Anxi Tang army defeated Dashi and maintained the respect of Datang, they could shout like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, 'Those who offend Datang will be punished even if they are far away! 'It must have a huge influence on the people of the world, and it can unite the hearts of the people, making them more recognized by His Majesty and the imperial court. "

Speaking of this, Li Linfu lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, foreign wars can effectively divert the attention of the people of the world, and ease the various dissatisfaction and contradictions of the low-level scholars and common people towards the imperial court."

Li Longji nodded again and again, Jiang is still old and hot, and he thought of using foreign wars to divert various internal conflicts in the Tang Dynasty, which is very clever!
Li Longji pondered for a moment and said: "But I am a little worried. Will the Anxi army have a little less troops against the 10,000+ big food army?"

Li Linfu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I received a letter from my grandson Li Ye. In the letter, he mentioned a plan to fight the Great Food War. I think it makes sense."

"What plan?"

"He mentioned that it would be best for the Beiting army to join the battle. The Beiting army went out of the Yili River Valley, and it was Suiye, not far away."

"wonderful!"

Li Longji clapped his hands and praised: "It's really a brilliant plan. With the Beiting army participating in the battle, I feel more at ease. Ling Sun is not only excellent in martial arts, but also has a good strategic vision. He is really a jewel of the Tang Dynasty royal family!"

Li Longji suddenly thought of something, took out the report submitted by Li Ye, read it hastily again, and said a little strangely: "Such a good plan, why didn't it be mentioned in the report?"

Li Linfu smiled wryly and said, "He is now the Suiye soldier and horse envoy, and Gao Xianzhi's subordinate. Gao Xianzhi may not be happy when this proposal is proposed!"

Li Longji laughed loudly, "That little guy has a lot of thoughts! He actually knows how not to contradict his boss head-on, and then fight in a roundabout way. Very good, very smart, Li Xiangguo, you have successors!"

"The veteran also hopes that he will fight in the storm and become the pillar of the Tang royal family as soon as possible!"

Li Longji nodded, "Xiangguo is right. There are too many disciples of the Tang royal family, and too few who have made contributions to the country. When this battle against Dashi is over, I will let him alone."

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Longji summoned Gao Xianzhi and formally approved the Anxi Jiedu Mansion's proposal for the Great Food War. Li Longji also made a promise that as long as Gao Xianzhi could lead the army to defeat the main force of the Great Food Army and defeat the Eastern Expansion of the Great Food, he would consider Seal him as the Duke of the country.

Gao Xianzhi was so excited that he burst into tears of gratitude, and repeatedly expressed that he would live up to the holy will and win the battle of Hezhong.

Li Longji also proposed that Bei Tinghan's navy should also participate in this battle and be under the unified command of Gao Xianzhi.

Although Gao Xianzhi was very reluctant to share this opportunity with the Beiting army, since the emperor had already proposed it, he didn't dare to object, so he had to reluctantly agree.

At dusk, Gao Xianzhi came to Xiangguo Mansion again to meet Li Linfu.

It was Li Linfu's strong recommendation that Gao Xianzhi replaced Fumeng Lingcha as Anxi Jiedushi. In a sense, he was Li Linfu's man.

This time Gao Xianzhi came to Chang'an, on the surface to win the support of the imperial court and Dashi to compete for Hezhong, but in fact he came for his official career after his term of office expires next year.

Anxi Jiedu Mansion belongs to the third-class Jiedu Mansion among the major Jiedu Mansions in the Tang Dynasty. It can only be juxtaposed with Beiting and Lingnan. Compared with first-class Jiedu mansions like Longyou, Shuofang, and Fanyang.

Gao Xianzhi hoped that he could be transferred to the second-class Jiedufu in his next term, for example, as the Hexi Jiedu Envoy, and now Ge Shuhan is also serving as the Hexi Jiedu Envoy, isn't that his opportunity?
Gao Xianzhi visited Li Linfu a few days ago and gave him a counter ticket of 3 taels of silver, but he didn't mention it. He will return to Anxi tomorrow, so he has to put forward his ideas to Li Linfu tonight.

In the guest hall, Li Linfu squinted his eyes and listened to Gao Xianzhi's request, then nodded and said: "I understand your thoughts, and your conditions are actually enough, but I won't hide it, I'm staring at the person in the position of Hexi Jiedu envoy There are many, including Guanlong nobles like Dugu Lie and Yuan Yuan, as well as royal families like Li Yu and Li Xian, not to mention other senior generals, it is not an ordinary difficulty to achieve your goal!"

Gao Xianzhi said cautiously: "How much silver do you think Xiangguo needs to prepare?"

Seeing that Gao Xianzhi still didn't understand what he meant, Li Linfu felt a little displeased, so he shook his head and said, "It's not about money, but most of the time, it's more of an exchange of benefits."

"The humble official has ordered Sun Liye to be the envoy of Suiye's army according to Xiangguo's request!"

Li Linfu snorted dissatisfiedly, "Do you think I want Broken Leaf's envoy?"

It was only then that Gao Xianzhi suddenly realized that Li Xiangguo didn't like Suiye soldiers at all. He quickly said: "Although Lingsun's qualifications are not as good, as long as his military achievements are sufficient, there is no problem, but it is only his age."

Li Linfu said coldly: "The emperor praised him as Huo Qubing of the Tang Dynasty, and also praised him as the jewel of the Tang royal family. Do you think the emperor just said it casually? Do you understand what the emperor is implying? Huo Qubing is a plagiarized Captain Yao, 20 years old As a Hussar general, he commanded two battles in Hexi, when did the Tang royal family consider age when he was promoted? Did the emperor consider age when he made him a county duke?"

"Ah! I forgot that Lingsun is an imperial family. I don't know what Xiangguo wants him to do?"

Li Linfu took a sip of tea, and said in a calm and unhurried manner: "Before Li Ye served as the secretary of the Anxi Protectorate and joined the army, he was actually a civilian official, do you understand?"

"The humble official understands, please make it clear to Xiangguo!"

Li Linfu said slowly: "After this battle with Dashi is over, Datang's actual control range will extend to Hezhong. At that time, I will suggest to the emperor to set up Hezhong Jinglue Mansion to replace the current Suiyejun Town. Hezhong The Jinglue Mansion will be subordinate to the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion."

"Xiangguo hopes that the humble official will recommend Li Ye as Hezhong's economic envoy?"

Li Linfu shook his head, "Hezhong Jinglue envoy, I will suggest that Ning Wang Yao be the leader, and you recommend him to be the deputy envoy and the governor of the Jinglue government."

"Humble job understands, I must do it!"

Li Linfu got up to send him out, and said to Gao Xianzhi earnestly: "Don't worry about the Beiting army participating in the battle. To you, victory is the most important thing. The emperor has already granted you the title of Duke, and I will try my best to arrange for you to be the Hexi Festival." Dushi, the premise of all this is victory, everything else is false!"

"Promote and support the country, keep the humble job in mind!"

Leaving the Xiangguo Mansion, Gao Xianzhi felt his back covered in cold sweat. He really sighed in his heart. It turned out that Li Linfu asked him to arrange for his grandson to be the envoy of the Broken Leaf Soldier in order to prepare for the seat of the Hezhong Jinglue Mansion. What is foresight? Today is a lesson learned.

(End of this chapter)