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Under the wide corridor of the Changsheng Hall of Huaqing Palace, there was a sound of laughter one after another.

The golden glazed tile roof is covered with a layer of snow that has melted most of it. Beyond the majestic dome of the main hall, the heat of the hot springs rises and condenses into a curling white mist.

Tian Lingzi held a white whisk in his hand, stood under the corridor of the main hall in a brocade robe, and looked at the red, green, and green on the white snow with a smile. The emperor was in high spirits today, and he was having a great time. The young emperor was always so carefree, no matter what happened outside, he always found a way to be happy. At such a season, there is a snowball fight with the young palace maids in Huaqing Palace, and this kind of thing is estimated to be played by the Son of Heaven with a childlike heart.

Thinking of this, Tian Lingzi crumpled up an urgent report that had just been delivered by a eunuch and stuffed it into his sleeve. It's just a grass thief, it's just a group of salt sellers, and Xue Chong, the marshal of the Ping Army that day, is really a straw bag. Such a little grass thief, he couldn't exterminate it repeatedly, and he also suffered a few losses, allowing the grass thief to run rampant in the states within the territory of the Tianping Army. With such a thief, he was embarrassed to send letters to Chang'an again and again to ask the court to send a large army to exterminate them.

It's ridiculous, is such a trivial thing used to disturb the joy of His Majesty? If there is something in the world, it will be brought to the court to bother the Son of Heaven, and what does the Son of Heaven want them to do.

"Poof!" A snow ball suddenly flew into the air and exploded in the face of the Thousand Niu Guard soldiers under the porch. In the falling snow powder, the corners of the mouth of the tall and burly Qianniu Guardian twitched a few times. Even his hands are still on the sword. I didn't even wipe the snow powder off my face. The body is motionless like a sculpture.

The young son of heaven, Li Yi, was wearing a large cloak of woven gold peacock fur and a black gauze hat on his head, and he turned out from under a medicine tree with a big smile. This was followed by the crisp laughter of the young palace ladies like silver bells.

"Tarzan collapsed in front of him and his face did not change color, good. It is said that there is thunder in the chest, and the face is like a peaceful lake, can be worshiped as a general. A snow ball smashed on the face and was able to stand still, which also had the momentum of a general. Good, good. Father, what is this guard called? I want a reward! ”

The young Qianniu Guard hurriedly knelt down excitedly to thank him, and Li Yi patted the snow powder on his hand. He waved his hand at the Qianniu Guard who thanked him, "Let's go, I will promote you to prepare yourself for the Zhengliupin Qianniu, take charge of the imperial sword, and serve you in the future." ”

When the palace maids saw that the Thousand Ox Guards were suddenly rewarded with the position of preparing for the six-grade Thousand Ox, they were all full of envy and wanted to be rewarded.

"Good, good, all reward, all reward!" Li Yi's still somewhat green face was full of smiles. Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled: "Are you still afraid that I will not be able to reward you?" ”

was talking and laughing, and the guards reported to Qi Guogong and Zhongshu Order. Tongping Zhangshi, Zhenguo Festival, Lu Longjun, Datong Army Three Towns Festival made Li Jing to meet.

"Li Aiqing is here, okay, don't you want a reward, I, Aiqing, is the most wealthy and rich, you can directly ask Li Pingzhang for it in a while."

Surrounded by a group of beautiful palace maids, the radiant Li Yi went to the brazier under the porch and sat down. Tian Lingzi hurriedly held a bearskin robe and put it on the emperor, beckoning the palace maids to pay for the guards to return to their respective positions.

A gentle breeze blew the ground, and the snow fell from several medicinal trees in front of the hall. Li Jing, who followed the little eunuch all the way forward, looked at this snow scene, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional. The Tang Empire has been up to today for two and a half centuries, and the empire is still strong on the outside, and with the fall of the Uighurs, the biggest opponent of the Tang Dynasty, Tibet, has also fallen into decline, and can no longer make trouble for the Tang Dynasty.

Looking at the world, it seems that only Nanzhao in the south is left, and the Khitan in the north can still cause a little trouble to the Tang Dynasty. Datang seems to be invincible in the world!

But Li Jing knew that the current Datang looked majestic on the outside, although there was no strong external enemy, but in fact, the inside of the Datang tree had been hollowed out. The current prosperity is just the most flashy feast before the curtain ends.

It's like the snow that lasts after the night, and the snow falls after the last night, but now it's March after all, and time is running out.

It's a pity that at this time, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was still intoxicated with playing all day long, and the eunuchs who were in charge of the government always wanted to intrigue and fight for power.

A burst of laughter interrupted Li Jing's thoughts, and he was dressed and returned to his usual smiling face.

"Minister Li Jing see Your Majesty!" Li Jing took a few steps and knelt directly into the snow.

But before he could kneel down, Li Yu had already said with a smile: "The Duke of Qi is exempt from etiquette, and there is no supervisor in charge of this, it's just another palace." ”

Li Yi sat there, with a puff of white air on his head, and the young emperor was still full of energy after a play. "What is the urgency of Qi Guogong, why don't you enjoy the hot soup of Huaqing Palace?"

Li Jing still finished the ceremony, then got up and directly handed over the fold he had prepared earlier.

"Your Majesty, in the territory of the Tianping Army in Henan Province, there are salt dealers Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao who have been in turmoil for more than half a year, and they have been looting the prefectures of Cao, Pu, Ji, Yan and Yi, and the thieves are getting bigger and bigger. Just now, the minister had already received the express report, and a few days ago, this group of grass thieves had merged with the rebellious former Qingzhou general Wang Jingwu. They set up an ambush in Yanzhou and almost completely annihilated the 8,000 elites of the Tianping Army, including three cavalry. Later, he defeated the Taining army in Yizhou, and annihilated 5,000 officers and soldiers. At present, they are even more arrogant, after getting a large number of weapons, armor and war horses in the hands of the defeated soldiers of the official army, their strength has increased several times, and now they have surrounded the Li family in Yizhou City. ”

"Grass thief? Where did this grass thief come from, why haven't I heard of it all this time? Li Yi frowned and leaned back, "Is this news true?" ”

Li Jing said: "These are not ordinary thieves, they are now outnumbered, plus they have joined Wang Jingwu's rebels, plus after the defeat of the Tianping Army and the Taining Army, they have obtained a large number of armor, weapons and war horses. Now that the thieves have become powerful, if they don't exterminate them, I am afraid that after they capture Yizhou, they will immediately sweep the entire Henan. At present, the land of Henan has been hit by drought, locust plague and flood for two consecutive years, and the hungry people are displaced everywhere. As long as the thieves incite the slightest, they will be able to coerce countless people and horses to cause chaos, and the whole of Henan will be eroded. Even, even Chang'an, the eastern capital, is in danger. ”

Tian Lingzi snorted dissatisfiedly: "I'm afraid that Qi Guogong's words are alarmist, just a few salt dealers and a rebel general, how far can they go?" ”

Li Jing was-for-tat and refused to give an inch.

"A few salt dealers and a rebel? Can't get anywhere? Father-in-law Tian should not forget that the Qiu Fu rebellion was just a farmer's trouble, and what was the result? After the most Lu swept more than a dozen states in eastern and western Zhejiang, how much did it cost the imperial court to quell the chaos? Not to mention far away, let's just say that the Xuzhou Pang Xun Rebellion in Xiantong for ten years was just a few soldiers, and as a result, it swept half of the southeast, and even Jianghuai, the tax place of the imperial court, was all involved. How many soldiers and horses did the imperial court send, and how long did it take to exterminate them? Isn't it better to take precautions, and only when the lives are destroyed and the people are in the midst of fire and water, will they spend countless money, food, soldiers and horses to quell the chaos? ”

Tian Lingzi was speechless for a while.

Li Yi's heart was shaken, and he exclaimed: "This Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao and that Wang Jingwu, are they really so difficult to control?" ”

"Your Majesty, it will be easier to start early, and the later it is delayed, the stronger the thief army will inevitably be. It was like a snowball, it was just a small ball of snow at first, and we casually pinched it in our hands and threw it into the brazier, and it immediately turned into water vapor and disappeared into nothingness. But if we ignore it and are rolled in the snow by a thief with a heart, then it will not be long before the snowball will roll bigger and bigger, and even if it is thrown into the brazier after the climax, it will not be said whether it can be moved, even if it is picked up and thrown into the brazier, it will no longer be cremated with snow, but the snow will extinguish the fire. ”

As he was talking, another guard came up outside and said something in front of Tian Lingzi, Tian Lingzi's eyebrows wrinkled, and his face instantly became a little ugly. Then, the eunuch handed over a fold to Tian Lingzi and retreated.

Li Jing had already guessed at this time that this excerpt was estimated to be the situation in Henan.

Immediately, he said: "Father-in-law Tian, I don't know what the urgency is, if it is an urgent report, please let His Majesty take a look." ”

Li Yi also looked at Tian Lingzi, Tian Lingzi could no longer hide it at this time, so he had to hand the fold to Li Yu.

The emperor opened the recital, and after only a few lines of his gaze, he couldn't help but exclaim.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Li Jing hurriedly asked.

Li Yi handed the fold to Li Jing, "Qi Guogong look at it yourself!" ”

Li Jing took a look and saw that some of the handwriting was scribbled, which was very undeserved. But when he read the contents, he finally understood why the handwriting was so sloppy.

The fold was sent by the Li Department, the envoy of the Taining Army, and only one thing was written on it. After the grass army and Wang Jingwu's army teamed up to defeat Xue Chong and the Taining army, they surrounded him all the way to Yizhou City. Yizhou only held out for three days before it was breached, and Li escaped by disguised as a civilian. After the thieves ransacked Yizhou and the counties, they did not enter Haizhou, nor did they enter Xuzhou, the territory of the probation army, but killed a horse gun and entered Yanzhou. Last time, Huang Chao and they only hit the eastern corner of Yanzhou, but this time they have directly ordered the entire Yanzhou, and then entered Songzhou.

No wonder Tian Lingzi's face has also changed, Songzhou is different from Jeju, Yanzhou, and Yizhou. Songzhou is close to Luoyang, and to the northwest to Luoyang is only separated by Bianzhou and Zhengzhou. What's more, Songzhou is on top of the canal, and the canal is very long and passes through Songzhou. If the thief army captures Songzhou, it will be equivalent to directly stucking the only Jiangnan taxed grain and rice that is still maintaining blood transfusion to the imperial court.

Without the grain and materials transported from the southeast on the canal, Chang'an would have no rice to eat!

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to immediately lead the troops to beg for thieves!" Li Jing said loudly. (To be continued......)