When Ning Ke entered Luoyang City, the emperor had severely rejected the Khitan peace conditions, and the Khitans, who had been rejected for peace terms, re-entered Kou Hebei, and at the same time played a clear political slogan: "Return my Luling, Xiangwang!" ”

Li Xian, the king of Luling, and Li Dan, the king of Xiang, were the only two sons of the first emperor Li Zhishuo, both of whom were once made emperors, and were successively deposed by Wu Zetian, Li Xian was demoted to the king of Luling, and in fact has been under house arrest in Fangzhou. Li Dan has changed from an emperor to a crown prince, but everyone knows that he is an ornament.

The Khitans raised the banner of grievances for Li Xian and Li Dan, which was far more lethal to Wu Zetian than the annihilation of the 160,000-strong army. She can't wait to reorganize the army and fight again, and completely annihilate the rebels, but the soldiers and horses have not been arranged.

After Princess Taiping heard the news of Yang Fan's disappearance, she was also worried, secretly asking people to look for her, and deeply regretted that she should not have made up her mind and let Yang Fan return to the army, so that it made a big mistake.

But when the Khitans announced their political program, although they knew that this was a slogan for them to reduce resistance and demagoguery, but it was not impossible to take advantage of it, even though Princess Taiping was in turmoil, she was keenly aware of this opportunity, and immediately cleaned up the mess and began to make arrangements.

Over the years, Princess Taiping has gradually subdued a group of people with her clever political skills, and secretly mastered a number of positions in the imperial court, but on the one hand, she needs to continue to cover up her liliang, and on the other hand, she is indeed unable to compete openly with Wu Chengsi, Wu Sansi and Erzhang, so the positions she gets are not particularly important.

However, these positions, which are not particularly important in peacetime, play a very important role in wartime, and these posts are all positions in logistics, baggage, ordnance, grain and grass, and even household registration management.

However, at this critical moment, Princess Taiping instructed the subordinates who were placed in these positions to passively slack off and reduce the operational efficiency of the imperial court, but it played a great role.

Wu Zetian didn't know what was going on, she entered the palace at the age of fourteen. He has been in the deep palace for more than sixty years. She was good at palace scheming, and she didn't know much about the many external operations, she only knew that since the Khitans shouted the slogan of justifying the name of King Luling and King Xiang, the huge and effective war machine of the Wu Zhou court had fallen into a difficult situation.

The major families also quickly discovered that this political slogan of the Khitan people could be used, but they needed to add fuel to the fire, so that this slogan could have a practical effect and expand its effect. Ring the alarm bell for the high-ranking female emperor, so they immediately arranged it.

They control the local economy, and the influence of a large family can spread all over the state, and it is easy to do something in the dark to counteract the influence of the imperial decrees. Therefore, despite the imperial court's repeated edicts. However, there has been no progress in raising food and salaries and recruiting soldiers at the local level.

In addition to the Li Tang royal family and the family's secret efforts, the officials of the Li Tang faction who have been transferred to the local area over the years have undoubtedly played a major role, and the reason why they have been degraded is because they have the brand of Li Tang on their bodies, and the empress can't trust them, and they are also determined to restore Li Tang, so it's strange not to give Wu Zetian eye medicine at this time.

They were originally high-ranking officials of the imperial court. When you arrive at the place, you will either be the chief official of a state or a county. Either by virtue of their prestige and qualifications, they are also enough to have a significant impact on the local chief officials by virtue of their status as deputies and idlemen. Under their influence, these state capitals were also seriously slow in raising food and salaries and recruiting soldiers for the imperial court.

The entire empire continued its speed of operation for some unspeakable reason, and Emperor Bixia, who was in the center and did not leave the palace gate, was completely unaware of this secret and obscure resistance, and was completely powerless against this inexplicable slowness, and she could only attribute the reason to the people's nostalgia for Li Tang.

Liliang, who is loyal to Li Tang, is still so large and so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people?

This made her secretly panic.

She didn't understand, her Great Zhou Jiangshan had been established for so long, and people still remembered Li Tang, just because she was a woman?

She was not convinced!

She must completely defeat the Khitans, she wants to pass on the Wuzhou and Zhou rivers forever, she wants to be the founding ancestor of the country, and she will be the ancestor of the country for thousands of generations!

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Jiaqing Fang in the south of Luoyang City, there is a house here, the people in the square know that the owner of this house is from other places, rarely come to Luoyang, even if it is a New Year's holiday, it is rare to see the owner of this family appear, only one old family often goes out to buy vegetables, everyone is familiar with some.

This house, which actually belongs to the Dugu family, has finally ushered in one of its owners after being empty for many years.

Ning Ke has been living quietly here for three days.

Under the moonlight, there was a faint sound of the piano in the elegant and quiet garden, which was like a thin cloud with moonlight in the sky, faintly, if there was nothing.

There is a faint night fog in the garden, under the window before the moon, a piano is horizontal, Ning Ke gently plucked the strings, the sound of the piano is sad but not sad, the middle is pure and elegant, and the unspeakable thoughts are all put into the sound of the piano, and they are swept into the fog of Na.

Hate and think, only for the moon, difficult to talk to people.

Ten fingers are delicate, and when the piano is pressed, the lingering aftersound suddenly stops, Ning Ke sighs wistfully, and her pretty face is like frost under the moon.

The boat lady walked gently behind her.

Ning Ke asked softly, "What did you hear?" ”

The boat lady said: "Since the Khitan rebellion, the Turks and the adjacent Turks have been on the border, eyeing the enemy. After the Khitans defeated the imperial court and rebelled against the army, the Khitans immediately invaded Liangzhou, then attacked Lingzhou, and then attacked Shengzhou, until they were killed in Shengzhou, and were blocked by An Daomai, the deputy envoy of the Pingdi army.

They now have a heavy army outside the city of Shengzhou, and it seems that they still want to capture Shengzhou in one fell swoop and invade the Central Plains in the east. Therefore, the Western Regions and the states close to the Western Regions do not need to be deliberately delayed, and it is impossible to draw out a single soldier to participate in the Northern Expedition, where it is necessary to reserve troops in case of Turks. ”

Ning Ke responded lightly and asked, "What about Tufan?" It's impossible for the Tufan people not to take advantage of the fire to rob, right? ”

The boat lady smiled slightly and said: "Miss's expectation is good, of course the Tufan people will not let go of this opportunity, but the Tubo people are fighting for power, and the internal struggle is in full swing, so they don't want to fight with the court for the time being, so they sent messengers to negotiate peace with the court, and the content of the discussion includes the four towns of Anxi and some areas bordering the two countries." ”

Ning Ke hit the nail on the head and said: "The four towns of Anxi." The imperial court has already eaten into its mouth. It is impossible to spit it out again, this is the greatest martial art that the imperial court is proud of. The Tibetans also know this, and they talk about the four towns of Anxi to make concessions, and what they want is those areas where the borders are difficult to divide. ”

The boat lady said: "Miss said yes! ”

Ning Ke plucked the strings in his hand, one by one, and muttered for a long time. Fang Dao: "The empress is old and lacks energy, and she is no longer able to fully control this empire. At this time of internal and external troubles, she will definitely make concessions! ”

The boat lady asked cautiously: "In this case, it will have an impact on our family's business in the Western Regions, do you want to tell Childe about these analyses?" ”

Ning Ke shook his head and said, "No need." The eldest brother is the head of the family, there are some things he should want, and I should try to minimize the impact on him. ”

The boat lady replied in a low voice, and said, "Yang Fan...... Still missing, Mrs. Yang was grief-stricken. The strange thing is that the second lady of the Yang family has no news and seems to be not in the house. Miss...... Do you want to come to visit? ”

Ning Ke's eyes dimmed. Said quietly: "What are you going to do?" No one can help her, unless Yang Fan has news. Again. In what capacity do I come to the door? ”

Ning Ke said faintly: "Everyone, sooner or later, will die, sadness, can only make themselves sad, what help to the dead?" If there is nothing to help, then why grieve? Hehe, in fact, I'm a very affectionate person, not just love, I see everything very lightly, very lightly......"

Two clear tears silently dripped from her eyes and fell silently into her skirt.

Ning Ke stood up lightly and smiled back: "If I die one day, you must not be sad!" ”

The boat lady looked at the slenderness of the face, and mourned in her heart: "Miss! ”

Ning Ke smiled faintly and said, "People are going to die after all, right?" ”

The boat lady silently watched Ning Ke's figure walking towards the door, her figure was as slender as the moon, and she was weak.

The boat lady said in a low voice: "Dr. Jiang Yechun Jiang will return to Luoyang tomorrow, and I will invite him to come and treat the young lady again." ”

Ning Ke hummed noncommittally and gently closed the door.

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Before the army of the Second Northern Expedition was gathered, the Turks launched an attack on Helong, and Tubo did not miss the opportunity in the civil strife, and sent envoys to exert diplomatic pressure on Wu Zhou.

In desperation, Wu Zetian had to make certain concessions.

She issued an order to summon Di Renjie and Wei Yuanzhong back to Beijing, and worshiped Yao Chong, the squire of the military department. These people are all clear-cut royalist heirs, and the revival of Di Renjie and Wei Yuanzhong is a strong political signal to the people: "The crown prince must be of the Li family, and the emperor will not make the nephew of the Yi Wu family the crown prince!" ”

In this situation, the Khitans in the north are in a hurry, the Turks and Tufan are taking advantage of the fire to loot in the west, and the barbarian rebellion in the south has just been quelled......

And Wu Zetian also received news that the Khitan people seem to be in contact with the Xi people, and the Xi people are not as deferential as they were when Taizong and Gaozong were now.

Wu Zetian, who has always been strong and never bows her head, can't help but make a gesture in the face of such a situation, but she still holds the hope of what happens, and only transfers Di Renjie and Wei Yuanzhong, who are from the royalist heirs, back to the capital, and does not change the status quo of her two sons in the slightest.

She also hoped that after the Khitan rebellion was quelled, the threat from the Turks and Tibetans would be resolved, and then she would turn her hands into rain and suppress the royalist heirs who had exhausted their use. Bear with it for the time being, just take advantage of this crisis, and let those royalist heirs who have always been warm and ignorant also jump out, and when the time comes, they will be wiped out.

It's just that she didn't expect that today's predicament was actually caused by Yang Fan, the little fox she sent to Liaodong, how could she think that Di Renjie, the old fox who was invited back to the capital by her, would bring her some surprises...... (To be continued......)