Huang Gonggong stood in the corner with low eyebrows, his expression seemed to be a little moved, but he was very shocked in his heart, he was very aware of the decision-making process of Emperor Taiding, when Emperor Taiding was under great pressure, the gate valves in Qingzhou and Jiangnan in Jizhou were all changed, and the impeachment notes were piled up in the imperial study, and the gate valve clan showed great strength. [No pop-ups.]

Emperor Taiding gave in and sacrificed the prince's subordinate officials, but after two years, Emperor Taiding began to settle accounts, set off a rebellion case, and destroyed several families.

But now the emperor wants to open this case, and even open the case of the rebellion of the king of Zhaoyang County, which is bound to shock the government and the public, especially the latter, the first emperor did not know that the Zhaoyang rebellion case was an unjust case? Of course, it was clear, and he directly ordered the internal guards to produce evidence.

These two cases, especially the latter, absolutely cannot be opened! Once opened, half of the world's gate valve families will be involved.

Because of this case, the Xu family of the Jizhou royal family retreated to Jizhou and did not set foot in the imperial capital for nearly ten years; Cao Huangzhishi, a military boss, stayed in the imperial capital and was under the strict supervision of internal guards.

It was an exchange, a tacit exchange on both sides.

Just thinking about it, the emperor signaled for tea, Huang Gonggong hurriedly went out and instructed the little eunuch, the little eunuch quickly sent tea, Huang Gonggong took it and sent it to Zhang Meng and Peng Zhu.

"The court should cheer up," the emperor gradually became excited, and said loudly: "But these officials, in the twilight, know how to get power, and if they move a little, they feel that the sky is about to fall, and they can do anything to petition the * palace." ”

Peng Zhu nodded excitedly, Zhang Meng was very calm, if eight years ago, he would have been as excited as Peng Zhu, but in the seventh year of Liangzhou, he became sober and saw the world clearly, so he couldn't get excited anymore.

The emperor talked for a while, and Peng Zhu finally found a chance to speak.

"Didn't the emperor want to ask about Liangzhou, Jing Luo has been in Liangzhou for seven years, and he knows everything about Liangzhou, and the emperor can consult him. ”

When the emperor heard this, he turned his head to look at Zhang Meng, on the way, Peng Zhu asked about it, Zhang Meng had already prepared, he wanted Peng Zhu to play on his behalf, but Peng Zhu was unwilling, he had to play to the emperor in person.

"Zhongxian has already told the grass people about this," Zhang Meng said: "The king of Tubo, Zandongbu, this person has been on the throne for four years, he is only eighteen years old this year, and the state affairs are in the hands of the minister Dejidu, who is ambitious, and wants to expand externally by taking advantage of the strength of Tubo, but he still has scruples about my Great Jin, so the strategy he formulated is to defend the east and attack the west, take a defensive posture against our Great Jin, and the main force will go west and attack the Western Regions, so these years, the border is quite calm. ”

The emperor couldn't help frowning when he heard this, these words were far from Qiu Yun's judgment, and he was about to speak, Zhang Meng had already continued: "The situation in the Western Regions is more complicated now, and it is being attacked by the east and west, and the Tubo in the east and the one in the west seem to be called... ，”

Zhang Meng shook his head with some regret: "The grass people have forgotten, the countries of the Western Regions were still united, Your Majesty, you may not know, who has controlled the countries in the Western Regions over the years?"

"Who is it?" Pengzhu involuntarily asked.

Zhang Meng sighed softly: "Liu Han, Liu Han of Hanhai Trading Company." ”

"Who are you talking about?" Peng Zhu was very surprised, the emperor felt that this name was a little familiar, as if he had heard of it there, he looked at Zhang Meng suspiciously.

"Liu Han," Zhang Meng nodded affirmatively: "This Liu Han is very interested, more than 20 countries in the Western Regions, more than a dozen countries have been controlled by him in various ways, it is strange to say, the countries of the Western Regions are very willing to be controlled by Liu Han, under his control, the countries of the Western Regions live in peace, and they can also work together to resist it, but, two years ago, Liu Han suddenly gave up all this and returned to Dajin, speaking of which, in Liangzhou, I still have a relationship with him, in Liangzhou, two years ago, in Guzang, I helped people sell jewelry, he bought a jade screen, a hundred birds and a phoenix. ”

"Hundred birds and chaofeng! he bought it in Guzang!" Peng Zhu was stunned for a moment, Zhang Meng nodded: "I saw it with my own eyes, it cost 100,000, and he boasted that he could sell it for 300,000 yuan in the emperor." ”

"He sold it for seven hundred thousand. Peng Zhu smiled bitterly: "Ding Xuan spent 700,000. ”

Zhang Meng was slightly stunned, and then shook his head with a wry smile, he estimated that he would sell 300,000 taels of silver in the emperor, but he didn't expect it to sell 700,000.

The emperor didn't pay attention to the 700,000 silver, he finally remembered who Liu Han was, Yangzhou Salt, it was this person who was in the middle of the contact, and the Yangzhou Salt Political Reform could be carried out smoothly, and this person was meritorious.

In addition, it seems that Grandpa Mu also talked about this person, what is it?

"After this Liu Han left, what happened to the Western Regions?" Peng Zhu then asked.

"My news comes from the news of the merchants on the Western Regions Trade Road," Zhang Meng explained first, and then said: "After Liu Han left, the countries in the Western Regions were in chaos, and the contradictions that were originally suppressed by Liu Han all broke out, adding fuel to the fire, Xianbei also eyed the Western Regions, and the Western Xianbei sent troops to the Western Regions several times, although General Qiu made arrangements when he was in Liangzhou, which dragged down the pace of Xianbei's westward advance, but the danger facing the Western Regions was still there. ”

"Let's talk about Tibet," Zhang Meng said: "Tubo is advancing westward, first of all, Gaochang State, Gaochang State is a big country in the Western Regions, with about 20,000 troops, compared with Tubo, the strength gap is relatively large, but Gaochang has the support of Wensu and other Western Regions powers, and Tubo is unable to hold on, and Tubo also has some internal problems, mainly because several tribes are not satisfied with Dejidu, so this line is temporarily in a stalemate. ”

"However, the situation in the Western Regions is very dangerous," Zhang Meng pondered and said: "The countries of the Western Regions are now facing siege from three sides, and with Dejidu's eyes, it should be seen that as long as he makes the countries of the Western Regions feel that Tibet no longer threatens the Western Regions, the countries of the Western Regions are bound to resist the big powers in the west, and at the same time, there will be internal turmoil, and the countries of the Western Regions will even use him as an Austrian aid, so Dejidu wants to attack Liangzhou, but when he attacks Liangzhou, he can't lose too many troops, so as soon as the Liangzhou garrison leaves, Tubo will definitely advance eastward." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Meng looked up at the emperor and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Qiu Yun's opinion is right in this regard. ”

"Oh," the emperor felt that there was still a deep meaning in his words, and hurriedly asked, "Then what does Aiqing think should be done?"

"The minister thought that when the strategy of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf was used to lure Tubo to the east, and then hold it on the border, Tubo went east not for Liangzhou, but for the Western Regions, so it was bound to dare not go deep into Liangzhou, so that the countries of the Western Regions would think that the threat of Tubo had gone, and they would mobilize troops to hold on to Xianbei, Xianbei was powerful, and the Western Regions would not be able to hold it, so they could only ask for help from the outside world. But looking around, who can they ask for help? Only Tubo, Tubo will have to compete with Xianbei for the Western Regions, and in this way, Xianbei in the west will be stabilized. ”

Zhang Meng took a sip of water, and then continued: " Stabilize the western Xianbei, you can concentrate on dealing with the central Xianbei, the desert rebellion, in fact, the main central Xianbei king Dugu Ying, the Dugu tribe is the central Xianbei second to none big tribe, Dugu Ying this person has studied in the imperial capital, I know a lot about the Jin, Dugu Ying is returning to the desert, was elected as the king of the central Xianbei, these years, Dugu Ying in the desert vertical and horizontal, the power expanded rapidly, more and more tribes to take refuge in him, and the same central Xianbei tribe of the wooden dish and the begging department, contradictions, this central Xianbei rebellion, these two to the Dugu Department of difficulty。 ”

"As for the Baishan Xiongnu, it is a matter of inheritance, the Baishan Xiongnu king Wuqiang is old, his son Liu Qu is hostage in the imperial capital, the Xiongnu left Zuoxian King Yiriche and the big tribe Heishui have always been incompatible, the leader of the Heishui Department wants to get rid of Yiriche, and the right Xian King will take over as the king of the Xiongnu.

In addition, the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei in the west has long intended to infiltrate Xianbei in the middle, supporting the Heishui Department behind it, King Zuo Xian also has the support of the Dugu tribe, and the power of King Youxian to Bi is weak, but after uniting the Ministry of Heishui, he is at odds with King Yi Riche of Zuo Xian, the key now is the attitude of the royal court, Wuqiang's attitude is unclear, and the grass people judge that Wuqiang wants to pass the throne to his son Liu Qu, but if this is the case, he must kill Yi Riche and let his son Liu Qu serve as King Zuoxian, but Wuqu is afraid of my attitude towards Dajin, so now he is in a dilemma. ”

Zhang Meng peeled off the cocoon to uncover the root cause of the desert rebellion, the emperor was like seeing the sun through the clouds, and suddenly had a sense of clarity, feeling comfortable all over, thinking of the worries of the past few months, the court behaved at a loss, and couldn't help but be disappointed in the princes of Shangshutai.

"But, now that the desert is in chaos, how to deal with it?" Peng Zhu asked again.

Zhang Meng smiled bitterly: "The desert has been chaotic, the imperial court has lost the opportunity, now, we can only set the Baishan Xiongnu first, and then find an opportunity to attack Xianbei again." ”

"That," Pengzhu was a little puzzled, and asked in wonder: "Is it to fight Western Xianbei or Central Xianbei?"

The emperor was also puzzled, and Zhang Meng smiled: "Whoever beats whom." ”

Seeing that the two of them were still confused, Zhang Meng had no choice but to explain: "For thousands of years, the Hu people have always been eyeing our Central Plains, and to resolve this threat, only the desert has always been in a state of dispersion, and no single tribe in the desert can and dare not challenge my Dajin, so whoever wants to unify the desert is our enemy, and now whoever comes out will fight whoever comes, so that the desert will always be in a dispersed state." ”

Before he finished speaking, the emperor and Peng Zhu understood, and the emperor pondered for a moment: "Zhongxian, you better come to the middle book supervisor, don't go." ”

The emperor was unprecedentedly polite, Zhang Meng smiled bitterly, and had the intention to refuse, but he couldn't say anything, so he had to remind: "Your Majesty, the grass people are the ones who have been convicted, and they are suddenly promoted to the middle secretary, and the court and the central government are bound to be uneasy. ”

"Your crime is a false accusation," Peng Zhu burst up: "Zhongxian, that little muttering in your heart, what's the big deal, find a royal historian, and the emperor will announce rehabilitation, so it will be justified." ”

The emperor nodded, these C works are very simple, he is not unclear, but he feels that this is too much, and he can just issue an edict directly.

Zhang Meng shook his head: "Jing Luo, you take things too simply, rehabilitation? Are the people who framed us guilty in the first place? How should we deal with it? Should we sit back? Your Majesty, the reason why the grass people are not as good as the court is that they are worried about causing turmoil in the court. ”

The emperor's eyes lit up and nodded: "In this way, don't go back to Jiangnan, just stay in the imperial capital." ”

Peng Zhuyi was particularly unsettled, and Zhang Meng had already stood up: "Thank you for the emperor's compassion, and the grass people will receive the order." ”

Peng Zhu sighed heavily, but had to accept this result, and the emperor then asked: "Well, you see, how about I let Liu Qu go back?"

Zhang Meng nodded calmly, and Peng Zhu applauded after a little thought.