Li Linfu never expected that Pi Luoge, the king of Nanzhao, would be willing to use the whole country's troops to quell the rebellion, which was very different from his previous guess.

He originally thought that Pi Luo Ge, the king of Nanzhao, would send a maximum of 10,000 or 20,000 troops to symbolically contain the powerful forces of the land in the south and share part of the pressure for the Tang Dynasty, in order to show his loyalty to the Tang Dynasty, which is also the consistent practice of the vassal countries since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and Pi Luo Ge is obviously beyond this category, so it naturally surprised Li Linfu.

"Second prince, does the king of Yunnan really plan to quell the rebellion with the whole country's troops?"

Li Linfu was still a little unconvinced, and opened his mouth again to confirm.

Yu Chengjie patted his chest and said: "Jun has no jokes, this is what my father told Xiao Wang personally, how can this be fake, why, the right minister doesn't believe it?" ”

Li Linfu smiled lightly: "This is a major military matter, we must be cautious, it is always good to confirm more." ”

"Haha! It turns out that this is the case, and please believe in the loyalty of our father and son to Datang. ”

Yu Chengjie patted his chest again to express his innocence.

Li Linfu smiled kindly and looked at Yu Chengjie: "The king of Yunnan is loyal to the Tang Dynasty and shares worries for the Tang Dynasty, and my Datang can't treat loyal ministers badly, dare to ask the king of Yunnan what conditions he has?" ”

In any case, Li Linfu never thought that Pi Luo Ge would unconditionally help the Tang Dynasty to quell the rebellion, he thought that Pi Luo Ge must have his own purpose.

Yu Chengjie pursed his lips, put on a not very happy expression, and said in a low voice: "The right minister still doubts the loyalty of our father and son to Datang, before leaving, my father has made it very clear, my task is to ask Your Majesty for my life, and let Your Majesty give me a chance to serve the Tang Dynasty, that's all, my father did not let me make any requests." ”

When Li Linfu heard this, he was still puzzled, his eyes rolled slightly, and he glanced at Yu Chengjie with his residual vision, but he didn't find anything abnormal, Yu Chengjie's expression was extremely sincere, as if everything he said was true.

"The loyalty of the king of Yunnan, I will definitely tell Your Majesty truthfully, the second prince will rest first and leave!"

Li Linfu showed his signature sweet smile and got up to leave.

"Xiao Wang sent the right phase."

Yu Chengjie got up to send him off.

"The second prince is tired from the journey, so let's rest first! Rest! ”

Seeing Yu Chengjie send out the door, Li Linfu turned around and smiled, so that Yu Chengjie didn't have to send it anymore.

"Walk slowly on the right."

Li Linfu frowned slightly, and slowly left the Honglu Hall with a group of officials, preparing to go to the imperial city to work.

"Right Minister, you have been talking to the second prince of Nanzhao for so long, do you know the purpose of his trip?"

"Yes! Right Minister, the rebellion is intensifying at the moment, but most of the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are concentrated in the west and north, and they can't be transferred for a while. ”

"The second prince of Nanzhao sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty at this juncture, it must be for the purpose of rebellion?"

Several officials followed behind Li Linfu and whispered.

Li Linfu didn't hide it, and said softly: "The king of Yunnan wants to use the whole country's troops to quell the rebellion for the Tang Dynasty. ”

"What, the king of Yunnan wants to fight against the rebellion with the army of the whole country?"

"Although the king of Yunnan is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, he will not raise the country's troops to level the ground!"

"This is impossible, there is a threat from Tibet in the west, and there are remnants of the five edicts in the interior that often cause chaos, how can the king of Yunnan dispatch troops from all over the country to level the land."

"This is just the statement of the king of Yunnan, if he wants to show his loyalty to the Tang Dynasty, it is possible to send half of the troops."

"With the help of the king of Yunnan, it will be much easier for me to quell the rebellion."

"The king of Yunnan took the initiative to ask for help, and he did not hesitate to use the power of the whole country to quell the rebellion, but I am afraid that I have something else to ask for!"

A group of curious ministers began to talk about it.

Li Linfu stretched his brows slightly, looked up at the officials, and was suddenly stunned: "What about Captain Li?" Why isn't he there? ”

Li An is responsible for guarding Yu Chengjie all the way, and naturally he should be sent to the Honglu Hall intact in Chengjie, so that the task can be completed, and at this moment, he Li Linfu has just come out of the Honglu Hall, but Li An is gone, when did he leave and where did he go?

"Right Minister, when I entered the city from Mingde Gate, Xia Guan saw Captain Li quietly leaving alone, as for where he went, Xia Guan didn't know."

An official whispered.

"Quietly left?"

Li Linfu was stunned suddenly, Li An actually left without greeting, and this is a very rude behavior, ordinary officials will never do such a thing.

'Youthful frivolity, really youthful frivolity. ’

Li Linfu sighed in his heart, raised his legs and walked towards the political hall.

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In the Honglu Guild Hall, Yu Chengjie leaned comfortably on a chair in a small pavilion, looking at the beautiful scenery in the distance, beside him were three cronies and entourage, and four guards with strong martial arts stood thirty meters away.

The road was bumpy, although it was very hard, but Yu Chengjie was young after all, and his health was not bad, so as soon as Li Linfu walked on his front foot, he left the room and found a small pavilion that was most suitable for viewing.

"Second prince, the right minister looks very good, and it doesn't seem to be as unbearable as the rumors say."

"Everyone says that Li Linfu, the right minister of the Tang Dynasty, has a honey-bellied sword, he is very well disguised on the surface, but he is actually worse than anyone else, so I must be more careful."

"My subordinates heard that the right minister controls the Tang Dynasty politics, and if the second prince can get the support of the right minister, it is equivalent to getting the support of the Tang court, and this person must not be offended."

"Second Prince, we should try our best to befriend the right minister to gain his support."

Three henchmen and henchmen talked about it.

Yu Chengjie sighed slightly and looked at the three henchmen: "Xiao Wang heard that the right minister of the Tang Dynasty and the prince are extremely discordant, and now the right minister has an advantage in the court, and it is a good idea for us to try our best to make friends with him, but this is bound to offend the prince of the Tang Dynasty, Xiao Wang is worried that once the Tang Emperor has an accident and the prince ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, the right minister is only afraid that it will be difficult to save his life, and we are only afraid that it will be ......."

"Second prince, why do you have to think so much about things in the future? We should focus on the present. ”

"Yes! Second prince, is it not certain whether the prince of the Tang Dynasty can sit on the throne? Wasn't the previous crown prince deposed? From the perspective of subordinates, the current prince of the Tang Dynasty may not be able to sit firmly in the position of prince, and we still have to press the treasure on the right minister. ”

"Second Prince, subordinates feel that it is not appropriate for us to participate in the politics of the Tang Dynasty, whether it is the Tang Prince or the Right Minister, we should all make friends, if they can support the Second Prince, then wouldn't we kill two birds with one stone?"

The three henchmen began to discuss.

Yu Chengjie's eyes lit up: "That's right, Xiao Wang came all the way to Chang'an to seek the support of the Tang Dynasty, not to participate in the internal disputes of the Tang Dynasty, as long as Xiao Wang is sincere enough to give them a satisfactory promise, they have no reason not to support Xiao Wang." ”

"Clever plan, we give a promise alone, the right minister and the prince don't know the promise we gave each other, so, in order to win over the second prince, they are naturally willing to support the second prince, but the attitude of the Tang Emperor is the most critical, if the Tang Emperor does not support the second prince, no matter how many officials support it."

Yu Chengjie was stunned: "How can I get the support of the Tang Emperor, what does the Tang Emperor like, money, beauty, or land." ”

"The Tang Emperor has no shortage of these things, what he needs most is loyalty, and he will always submit to his loyalty."

Yu Chengjie smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Loyalty, this is good, the most important thing for Xiao Wang is loyalty, the Tang Emperor is estimated to summon me soon, a few of you represent Xiao Wang, and make friends with the right minister, the prince, and the eunuchs in the palace, all influential people in the Tang Dynasty, especially those who can influence the emperor, must be befriended." ”

"Second prince, rest assured, we know what to do."

"Prepare as soon as possible, and don't be reluctant to spend money."

"Yes, Second Prince."

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In the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace, the Tang Emperor Li Longji was looking through the folds sent from all over the country, although Gao Lishi could share most of the burden for him, but those most important folds, Gao Lishi did not dare to make decisions at will, so he had to let Li Longji personally deal with them.

At this moment, what Li Longji is holding in his hand is the performance of Zhang Qiu and Qiong, the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, in this compromise, Zhang Qiu and Qiong boldly stated the various mysteries of the rebellion in the land, and hinted that the black hand behind this is very likely to be Pi Luoge, the king of Yunnan.

This is an extremely sensitive twist and turn, so much so that Gao Lishi only glanced at it and determined that he could not call the shots, and Li Longji was even more uneasy after seeing it himself.

Li Longji has always hoped for the stability of southern Xinjiang, because only when southern Xinjiang is stable, can he free up more energy to deal with the threats from the west and north.

Pi Luoge's Nanzhao Kingdom, for the Tang Empire, for Li Longji, is an extremely important strategic ally, with the help of Nanzhao, the southern part of the Tang Dynasty can be guaranteed, if it loses the support of Nanzhao, the Tang Dynasty will have to devote more energy to the south, thus affecting the overall strategic deployment.

The reason why Li Longji dared to fully support Piluo Pavilion and let it unify the Six Edicts was because since the founding of the Southern Zhao, he has always been unswervingly loyal to the Tang Empire, and has never broken away from the Tang Dynasty, which made Li Longji quite satisfied.

In Li Longji's heart, Nanzhao will always be a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and all generations of Nanzhao edicts are loyal ministers of the Tang Dynasty, there must be no accidents at this point, Li Longji will never allow Nanzhao to betray the Tang Dynasty, of course, he will never admit that Nanzhao will really betray the Tang Dynasty, because once the rebellion of Nanzhao is confirmed, it will be tantamount to declaring his complete failure of Nanzhao's policy, which Li Longji will never tolerate.

"Zhang Qiu and Qiong are really crazy, they actually doubt the loyalty of the king of Yunnan to me, and they dare to play the matter of chasing after the wind and shadows."

Before Li Longji finished reading the recital, he angrily threw it out, and the little eunuch who was waiting glanced at Gao Lishi, and when he saw Gao Lishi shaking his head slightly, he stood still.

"Everyone, please see each other."

"Let him in."

Li Longji's tone was very heavy, but he startled the little eunuch who had just entered the door.

"Right Minister, everyone is angry, you must be careful."

The little eunuch accepted Li Linfu's benefits and kindly reminded him.

Li Linfu's heart tightened, paused for a moment, settled down, and resolutely walked into the Zichen Palace.

As soon as he walked into the Zichen Palace, Li Linfu found that there was a book on the ground in front of him, which was obviously thrown out by Li Longji when he was angry, and this also verified the reminder of the little eunuch just now.

Li Linfu carefully picked up the fold on the ground, bent down and saluted: "Your Majesty." ”

Li Longji raised his eyes and looked at Li Linfu: "Since you picked it up, let's take a look!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Linfu responded respectfully, and gently opened Zhang Qiu and Qiong's recital.

Just a simple glance, Li Linfu was startled, Zhang Qiu and Qiong were really bold, and they dared to rashly doubt the loyalty of the king of Yunnan to the Tang Dynasty without sufficient evidence, and even implied that the mastermind behind the rebellion was Pi Luoge, the king of Yunnan.

Regardless of whether Pi Luo Ge is really the mastermind behind the rebellion, this twist and turn alone is enough to reflect the boldness and arrogance of Zhang Qiu and Qiong, after all, Pi Luo Ge, the king of Yunnan, is the king of a country and an extremely important ally of the Tang Empire.

Li Linfu and Zhang Qiu and Qiong have always been at odds, seeing Zhang Qiu and Qiong so reckless, there was a feeling of schadenfreude in his heart, and when Li Longji was very dissatisfied at present, if he added another fire, it would definitely be able to deal a greater blow to Zhang Qiu and Qiong, and even cause Zhang Qiu and Qiong to be demoted.

'Zhang Qiu and Qiong, you can't blame me, this time, it was you who made your own recklessness and made Your Majesty unhappy. ’

Li Linfu sneered in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be a worried expression of the society, and kept looking down, when he saw Zhang Qiu and Qiong recommend Li An to lead the pacification of the rebellion, Li Linfu was even more shocked, Zhang Qiu and Qiong were in Jiannan Dao, he himself proposed that Pi Luo Ge had a problem, but he put the responsibility for solving the problem on Li An, which made him quite puzzled.

Could it be that there was a premeditated plan between Zhang Qiu and Ang Lee, or did Ang Lee point out that there was something wrong with Pi Luo Ge and took the initiative to ask Zhang Qiu and Qiong to recommend him? ’

Li Linfu raised his eyes to look at Li Longji with doubts: "Your Majesty, the minister has the courage to speak out, and the marshal of Zhang Qiu Jieshuai rashly slandered the king of Yunnan just with the suspicion of chasing the wind and catching shadows, which is extremely inappropriate, this really chills the hearts of loyal ministers!" ”

Li Linfu still knows Li Longji's mind very well, and for this reason, everything he says is to cater to Li Longji, and he knows that Li Longji will approve of it.

"The right minister also thinks that the king of Yunnan is a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Longji asked lightly. (To be continued.) )