Contains a cool hall.

Although it is August, the autumn tigers in Xi'an are still powerful. However, the Hanliang Hall is built by the water, but it is a very rare place to escape the heat in the palace. The north is a pond with a cool summer. Not only that, but the palace also installed a mechanically driven refrigeration equipment, using the method of cold water circulation, using a fan wheel to shake and generate wind to send cold air into the palace. At the same time, it also uses mechanical cold water to send to the top of the temple, and let it go straight down along the eaves to form a water curtain and stir up cool air.

The wind hunts the placket, and the hall contains coolness.

Not only in the huge Hanliang Hall at this time, except for Tian Lingzi and Lu Xian, there was only Li Yi, the son of heaven, who sat on the throne.

Li Yi was dressed in a green dragon-style full-body gold armor, sitting on the throne, with a helmet on the case, and a five-foot two-handed sword unsheathed in both hands. His eyes stared at Tian Lingzi and Lu Xian for a long time.

"Since Emperor Xuanzong, the country has never had such a good situation, and the efforts of Su Daide and even His Majesty Xianzong Xuanzong have not had such a good opportunity as now. The southwestern and northwestern frontiers are stable, and the troubles in the northeast have been eliminated. I thought that this was a good time to complete the unfinished great work of Emperor Dezong Xianzong. ”

Tian Lingzi's heart trembled, and he finally understood the meaning of the emperor's words today.

Emperor Dezong and Emperor Xianzong were both sons of heaven who advocated the cutting of Tibet.

At the time of Dezong, in the second year of Jianzhong, Li Baochen died in Chengde Festival, and his son Li Weiyue asked to stay behind and implement the inheritance of the town. Dezong did not allow it, and the war broke out. Although Li Weiyue was defeated and killed, because the generals were not satisfied when he was dividing the territory into Germany, Zhu Tao of Youzhou joined forces with Wei Botian Yue, Ziqing Li Na and Huaixi Li Xilie to raise troops to rebel again. As a result of the rebellion in the Four Towns, Wei Bo and Chengde even sent assassins to Chang'an to assassinate the prime minister.

Later, because Dezong transferred Jingyuan troops to Xiangcheng for help, which led to the Jingyuan Mutiny. Zhu Zhu claimed that the emperor broke through Chang'an. Dezong fled to Fengtian. If it weren't for the Divine Army, Li Sheng and others defeated the rebels. Li Tang almost perished. At that time, although the towns of Lulong and other towns finally expressed their submission to the imperial court and the rebellion of the four towns subsided, in fact, the towns of Hebei still supported their own troops and seized Hebei.

When he arrived at Xianzong, the son of Dezong, because Xianzong was familiar with the prosperity of Taizong and Xuanzong since he was a child, he wanted to restore the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, and "Zhiping rebelled". He had long been tired of the arrogance of those feudal towns. At this point, after Xianzong ascended the throne, he began a war that lasted for more than ten years.

Xianzong's war of cutting the feudal domain lasted for more than ten years, and the last remaining Yuan and 48 feudal towns were left, almost all of which were subordinated to Emperor Xianzong, known as Yuan and Zhongxing.

It successively pacified Yang Huilin, the queen of Xia Suiyinjie, Liu Pi after the stay of Jiannan Xichuan, Li Qi, the envoy of Zhenhai Jiedu, Yang Boyu and Zhang Zuoyuan of the Yiwu Army, and recovered Weibo Town, Pingding Huainan Town, Chengde Town, and Pingding Ziqing Town.

At that time, the war of cutting down the feudal domain for more than ten years ended the situation of separating the feudal towns for more than 60 years since the reign of Emperor Daizong Guangde, and dealt a good blow to the power of the feudal towns, so that the whole country was unified at least nominally. Arguably. It was precisely because of Xianzong's reduction of the feudal domain that the Tang Dynasty continued its rule for more than 100 years.

If it weren't for Mu Zong's wrong strategy against the feudal towns, it would have been difficult for the feudal towns to rise again.

But even so. At the beginning, the most powerful three towns of Hebei and Huaixi, Huainan these five towns, also suffered a devastating blow, Ziqing and Huaixi were completely pacified, Hebei three towns were divided into five towns, until now, has not been able to really recover its vitality, but is to survive.

However, since Xianzong died at the hands of eunuchs, the next Tang emperors were mostly established by eunuchs, and most of them were short-lived. Therefore, over the years, the central government of the Tang Dynasty has done nothing at all, and local feudal towns have begun to raise their heads again.

Especially now, Li Jing's strong rise in Dengzhou has made the Zhenguo army unprecedentedly huge.

Tian Lingzi didn't expect that this son of heaven, who only knew how to play in the past, would not make a splash, and he was a blockbuster. Now as soon as he opened his mouth, he first wanted to recruit in person, and then in the blink of an eye, he wanted to cut the domain, this is Tian Lingzi, and he was a little dazed.

"Your Majesty has high ambitions, and your ancestors are blessed. His Majesty has the ambition of the virtuous sect, which is a great good. The land of the world is not the land of the king. At present, the frontier is stable, but there are some feudal towns in the place, which is the time to imitate Dezong Xianzong to cut the feudal domain and revive the Tang Dynasty. Tian Lingzi couldn't see for a while whether the emperor was just a temporary reason, or whether he was really an aspiring monarch. But no matter what, since the emperor has such an idea, it is just right to take advantage of it.

It is a good thing to use the emperor's intention to cut the feudal domain to deal with Li Jing.

As soon as Lu Xian heard Tian Lingzi's words, he immediately came back to his senses. immediately answered: "It is naturally a good thing that His Majesty wants to cut the domain, but the minister thinks that although the towns of Hebei have always supported their own troops and are self-reliant, the towns of Hebei are not the first enemy. The minister thought that if he wanted to cut the feudal domain now, the first one to cut should actually be Li Jing. ”

Li Yi didn't expect Lu Xi to say this, so he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and shook his head. "What Qing said is bad, Li Jing is loyal to the country, guarding the East China Sea, leveling the king and respecting the military, and recovering Liaodong and Liaoxi, which is a great achievement."

Lu Cheng replied: "However, it is also a fact that Li Jing now owns the land of 16 states alone, holds 200,000 soldiers and horses, and is also the commander of the five towns of Datong, Lulong, Ziqing, Zhenguo, and Andong. Li Jing may have been a loyal and good general in the past, but if His Majesty did not restrain him, it would be a disservice to him. ”

Tian Lingzi said coldly on the side: "Even if Li Jing is loyal to His Majesty, who can guarantee that Li Jing's subordinates have no dissent. If they rebelled against Li Jing for the sake of their own glory and wealth, Li Jing was afraid that he would not be able to change. If His Majesty really loves Li Jing, then it is not appropriate to let this happen. ”

Li Yi was silent, although he was young, he understood some things. It's like when Yizong was seriously ill, he was originally set up to succeed the throne. As a result, the lieutenants of the Shence Army thought that the eldest prince was old and intelligent, and it was difficult to control him as the king, so he decided to make him the crown prince at the age of twelve, and then directly killed all four of his brothers. In the final analysis, this matter is the reason why those eunuchs are for their own interests.

What Tian Lingzi said is not unreasonable, Li Jing may be loyal to the monarch, but his subordinates may want to support Dai Yuanzuo's merits?

With this idea, Li Jing held 200,000 soldiers and horses, hung the seal of the five towns, and unified the land of the sixteen states, which couldn't help but make Li Yi frown.

"Your Majesty, the heart of guarding against others is indispensable. Today's Li Jing is just like An Lushan back then. Lu Xian said another sentence at the right time.

Li Yi began to hesitate, and was a little uneasy by what Tian Lingzi and Lu Xi said.

Tian Lingzi struck while the iron was hot, and said: "Your Majesty, go to Liaodong at this time, in case there are those chaotic ministers and thieves around Li Jing who have different intentions, Your Majesty will inevitably be in danger." If such a thing really happens, although the ministers and the soldiers of the Shence Army can desperately defend His Majesty, they will inevitably harm the king of Andong County. ”

"Qing wants to persuade me to dispel my relatives?" Li Yi said unhappily.

Lu Xian's mind turned sharply, seeing that the emperor had been moved, and he began to have some estrangement and precautions against Li Jing in his heart, and of course he had to take the opportunity to rejoin Li Jing at this time. But he also knows that sometimes, it's too much.

Therefore, he immediately said: "The minister thinks that it is better for His Majesty to come to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and fight in Luoyang." ”

Li Yi was a little unhappy when he heard that he was only in Luoyang, but Tian Lingzi and Lu Xian could let him go to Luoyang, which was the biggest concession. After all, the territory of the Shence Army is in Guanzhong Gyeonggi, and Luoyang's control is already insufficient. It is impossible for them to really let the emperor go to Liaodong, even to Dengzhou. Once the emperor really comes into Li Jing's hands, if Li Jing is in the name of the Son of Heaven, he will have no place to cry out for grievances.

It's easy to say, plus the previous words to provoke the relationship between Li Jing and the Son of Heaven, the last thing finally got the Son of Heaven to agree to go to Luoyang first, and if necessary, then Dengzhou.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since the land of Liaodong has been actually controlled, there is no need to retain the name of Andong Protectorate. Anxi, Anbei, Beiting, and Shan Yu Metropolitan Protectorate have all been abolished, and the Annam Metropolitan Protectorate has also been changed to Jing Navy. It is better to change the capital of Andong to a feudal town, of course, the land of Andong is very large, and it should be divided into several towns. ”

There is an opportunity to split Li Jing's momentum, and Tian Lingzi and Lu Xi will certainly not miss it.

According to Lu Xian and Tian Lingzi's words, the sixteen towns under Li Jing's current control will be divided into several towns.

Among them, the original five states of Ziqing, Qingqi and Zi three states are Ziqing Town, and they are given the name Funing Army.

Dengzhou and Laizhou are Denglai towns, and they are given the name of the town national army.

The four prefectures of Ji, Tan, Ping, and Ying, which originally belonged to Lulong Town, moved back the Pinglu Army that moved to Ziqing Town during the Anshi Rebellion, and reestablished Liaoxi Town with the four prefectures, and gave the name Pinglu Army.

The four prefectures of Jinzhou, Jizhou, Jianzhou, and Anzhou on the Liaodong Peninsula were set up as Jian'an Town, and the name Andong Army was given.

The three prefectures of Xiuzhou, Hengzhou, and Qingzhou in the Yalu River area were set up as the eastern army of Hengqing Town.

The five towns of Ziqing Funing Army, Denglai Town National Army, Liaoxi Pinglu Army, Jian'an Andong Army, and Hengqing Town East Army divided 16 states and divided Li Jing's power into five.

"This" Li Yi hesitated for a moment when he heard this plan. He is not completely opposed to splitting the current Zhenguo Army, after all, Li Jing's Zhenguo Army is too strong. What he was worried about was, how could Li Jing agree to such a plan? If Li Jing refuses, what will he do then?

Lu Xi obviously realized this problem a long time ago, Li Jing is not Cui Yunqing, Cui Anqian, Zheng Jin, Wang Duo and other ministers, he has 200,000 elite soldiers and 100 generals. In case Li Jing is forced to be anxious and directly rebels, that will be the real trouble.

"The minister has a strategy, he only needs to give Li Jing's subordinates the rank of envoy of the Five Towns Festival, so that as long as his subordinates accept high positions such as Jieshuai and Assassin Shi, then who will follow Li Jing to have two hearts? Without those civil and military generals, Li Jing has other ideas, but I'm afraid he is also powerless. Lu Xian said with a smug smile. In his opinion, in front of such important official positions as Jiedu envoy, deputy envoy of Jiedu, Sima of Jiedu March, judge of Jiedu, assassin history, etc., Li Jing's subordinates who can really not be moved should not be impressed. After all, with ready-made high-ranking officials to do, who would want to risk rebellion? (To be continued......)