In late autumn in Chang'an, the wind already carries a hint of chill. However, people in the Liyuan Forbidden Garden within the Daming Palace cannot feel it.
Charcoal-burning floor heating will make the place feel like spring all year round, and there is no need to worry about smoke exhaust.
At this moment, Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty was watching Yang Yuhuan's newly rehearsed "Dance of Colorful Clothes and Feather Clothes". Yang Yuhuan is proficient in music and has a lot in common with Li Longji in this regard. She said to Brother Ji: The existing backup dancers for the song "Nishang Yuyi" are not worthy of this song, and there are many areas that need to be refined.
So recently, Brother Ji took this "Taizhen monk" to the Daming Palace every day to rehearse singing and dancing in the Liyuan.
Aunt Gongsun's apprentice danced with Yang Yuhuan, accompanied by Lei Haiqing, Li Guinian and others, and Brother Ji served as the "artistic director". This lineup was so luxurious that Datang would never find another one.
Li Longji looked at Yang Yuhuan dancing on the stage, took a sip of Shunqi Cynomorium tea, and squinted his eyes with satisfaction. The smile on his face was a little unbearable, and it looked a little meaningful.
It seems that he has thought of something good that stimulates his nerves and makes people want to stop.
"Sage, I will supervise the memorial sent by the imperial censor Wang Xie from Liangzhou to impeach Fang Chongyong, the governor of Ganzhou, for embezzling the money allocated by the imperial court."
Gao Lishi came over and whispered in Li Longji's ear.
"I understand."
Brother Ji waved his hand and said, not even wanting to look at the memorial handed over by Gao Lishi. Now his mind was on the colorful and feathery dance, or to be precise, on Yang Yuhuan's graceful and graceful twisting figure, and he couldn't care about anything else.
"Sage, what happened at the Ganzhou Iron Mine..."
Gao Lishi asked again.
"That's all, let the two prime ministers come to Xingqing Palace to discuss matters tonight."
Li Longji finally turned around, sighed and took the memorial from Gao Lishi, read it at a glance, and then returned it to the other party.
Li Longji's face showed disapproval, exactly as Gao Lishi expected.
"Let Wang Fei return to Beijing to report on his duties.
This man didn't even wink at all. After returning to Beijing, he was relieved of the post of supervisory censor and allowed to go to the Ministry of Personnel to wait for the election of officials. "
Li Longji waved his hands in disappointment.
What kind of bullshit are these newly appointed central officials? They don’t even have the IQ of a ten-year-old child.
Li Longji was extremely disappointed with Wang Fei.
This guy wants to make meritorious deeds and is eager to rush to the front line. He doesn't even see some basic official routines.
Yang Shenjin and Wang Jin's father, Wang Jin, were cousins, and Wang Jin was recommended by him.
When Yang Shenjin recommended Wang Zhi before, he said that he had the ability to govern and had a good family background. After Li Longji made a little investigation, he rewarded Wang Xian with a supervisory censor, placed high hopes on him, and asked him to go to Hexi to check the accounts.
Of course, checking the accounts is secondary, grabbing Fang Chongyong's pigtails is the primary thing.
What did this guy find out?
Fang Chongyong misappropriated public funds to buy medical books and clothes for a local girl from Hexi. He spent more than 100 yuan in total. As for other issues, Wang Fei did not investigate. The main reason was that the local forces in Hexi were intertwined, and it was not easy to investigate a new supervisory censor.
Wang Fei is just eager to climb up and make meritorious deeds, and he doesn’t think deeply about many things!
Although Brother Ji wanted to find fault with Fang Chongyong, he finally pardoned him to show his "magnificent imperial favor".
But he’s not looking for pigtails that insult his IQ!
If this incident spreads, everyone will say that he is an emperor who cannot tolerate others and deliberately framed it, even a ten-year-old child.
Wang Zhi actually can't even write a memorial to throw dirty water. This person is so useless that he can't even be treated as a dog and is not worth training.
As a result, Li Longji's impression of Yang Shenjin was somewhat negative. It's just that now is the time to employ people, and there are no other good candidates for the time being, so he can only endure it for the time being and observe him again.
On the contrary, Fang Chongyong, a child, is very aware!
Knowing that Ganzhou's status has skyrocketed and that all forces in the imperial court are vying for control of Ganzhou, he will not be able to serve as governor for long.
That's why I took the initiative to hand over the pigtail, hoping to exit Ganzhou smoothly and legitimately.
Li Longji couldn't help but feel some appreciation for this "prodigy".
After Fang Chongyong arrived in Hexi, he accomplished many major events, including participating in the plan to capture Tubo New City, participating in guarding Baiting Fort, planning Ganzhou smelting and mining, etc.
If nothing else, just say that this guy just came to Hexi and went deep into the border sergeant's army to write family letters to Qiu Ba. It is not something that ordinary people can do.
It is said that he wrote more than a thousand letters home in total!
Brother Ji felt that even if Fang Chongyong had no other means of making money, he could buy a lot of things just by making money from writing family letters. Is it necessary to embezzle the military resources of the Mo court to support Ganzhou?
After all, she is just a slave girl next to her. How can she be greedy for the imperial court’s military resources to please her?
All kinds of unreasonableness forced Brother Ji to seriously think about the underlying reasons why Fang Chongyong did this.
Because in his impression, that child seemed extremely smart!
If Jieduzhi's son wanted to receive money, most of the losers would be willing to offer it. The Hu merchants in the Western Regions, a group headed by Sogdians, especially like to do similar things. Due to emotions and reasons, if Fang Chongyong wanted to make money, there were more, safer and more hidden channels.
As for what was said in Wang Xian's memorial that "you are young and lustful, just like animals", it is even more nonsense!
What's the point of a Hexi native girl who hasn't grown out yet? Brother Ji secretly mocked Wang Fei for not seeing the world.
This memorial should highlight some of Fang Chongyong’s inconspicuous but few details. For example, laziness and indifference in governance, incompetence in words and deeds, vulgar words, arrogance and paranoia, etc.
Anyway, just pull out some unfounded stuff, slap Fang Chongyong on the butt and tell him to get out of here, and that's it! This is the real method of supervising the censor.
Thinking of this, Brother Ji's mood was completely ruined. He stood up and nodded to Gao Lishi: "Go back to Xingqing Palace and ask Brother Taizhen to accompany you."
…
When Li Linfu and others arrived at the study room in the main building of Qinzhengwu, they saw Li Longji with his back to the door and his eyes fixed on the map hanging on the wall.
It was a partial map of the Hexi area. It was very detailed. Even every station and stronghold of the Tang Army was clearly marked.
Among them, the Dadou Army where Dadou Bugu was located was specially marked with a red pen.
"Has the news about the iron mines in Ganzhou spread? How is the matter going?"
Li Longji turned around and asked Zhang Shougui, who was bowing.
His face was solemn and he looked domineering. He was completely different from his anxious expression when he and Yang Yuhuan were having sex on the bed in another building of Xingqing Palace in the afternoon!
"Back to the saint, Weichen has sent spies to spread the news in Tubo. I believe that the senior officials of the Tibetan army are aware of this matter. It's just that it's hard to say how the Tubo people will act. Weichen is paying close attention to this matter and is ready to respond to any surprises. situation."
Zhang Shougui said very cautiously.
As for the detailed dispatch of troops and horses, there is no need to talk about it here. Anyway, Li Linfu was a layman in military affairs. This was the only advantage he retained as a leftist prime minister.
Zhang Shougui's answer was no surprise. Li Longji nodded slightly and asked Li Linfu next to him: "Ge Nu, Niu Xianke is responsible for dispatching military resources in Liangzhou. Does he have any difficulties?"
"Back to the saint, last time Niu Shang wrote a memorial saying that there was enough food and supplies in Hexi to meet the military needs.
He is in charge of dispatching in Liangzhou, so there is no problem for him to come. "
Li Linfu crossed his hands and saluted.
After thinking for a while, he added: "Shuofang's army has no important military affairs now. Shuofang's army can be transferred to Hexi."
Hearing this, Li Longji waved his hand and said: "If you want to do your own thing in your position, these slaves don't have to worry about it. I know it well."
Li Linfu was scolded, and he stepped aside angrily and stopped talking. Li Longji did not seem to want him, the Right Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty, to participate in discussions on specific military affairs.
"Do the Tubo people know that a large amount of money and supplies were transferred to Ganzhou?"
Li Longji asked again.
"Returning to the saint, these must not be hidden from the Tibetan people's spies. We did not keep it secret when we shipped it."
Zhang Shougui bowed and saluted.
This great battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo people can be said to have been full of twists and turns, with both sides gaining gains.
The first confrontation was when the Tubo people united with part of the Later Turkic Khanate, intending to conquer Liangzhou and cut off the connection between the Western Regions and the border with the Tang Dynasty.
The specific plan was for the post-Turkic Khanate to send troops to attack Baitinghai, test and attract a large number of the main force of the Tang Army's Hexi frontier army, and concentrate them on the easternmost part of the Hexi Corridor, and then continue to use troops to form a confrontation.
The Tubo army then fought out from the Hehuang area and captured the Tubo New City that the Tang army had previously occupied (the Tang army only stationed a thousand troops here). Then they stormed Dadou Bagou, cut off the Hexi Corridor, and concentrated their attacks on Liangzhou from the direction of Ganzhou. The Tang army flanked the rear.
This plan cannot be said to be bad, but it was interrupted by a major event.
Youzhou Jiedu envoy Fang Youde led his troops to Shuofang's military defense area, Qikou north of Hetao, and instigated an uprising of nine Tiele surnames to attack the Turkic Yazhang!
Recently, the northern grasslands have been in chaos. The Later Turkic Khanate is sending troops to Hexi. Because the rear area is empty, Fang Youde's sap beat him until he vomited blood. He can only go back to the division's tent to protect himself and evacuate the troops north of Hexi. Soldiers and horses.
Without the cooperation of the Turks, the Tubo drama could not continue, so they could only angrily cancel the plan to attack Liangzhou and quietly move their troops to Longnan.
In this confrontation, the Tang army won the general victory, but it did not turn the victory into victory. Later, the Turkic Khanate blocked the blow for the Tubo people.
In the second confrontation, the Tang army's senior officials misjudged the direction of the Tibetan people's strategic attack. They were still searching for a sword, thinking that the Tubo's target was still Hexi.
Don't you know that the Tubo people, who have learned their lesson, have already deployed their elite troops on the front line of Longnan, and have no intention of competing with the Tang army for supremacy in the Hehuang area.
In this confrontation, the Tubo people completely took the strategic initiative and bribed the Dangxiang people to cross the border in Longnan, allowing them to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers.
The Tibetan army marched in several directions, divided into groups and attacked together, seizing cities and territories along the way in Longnan, and then ran away after taking one wave, with minimal losses to themselves.
Under Ji Ge's delayed command, Longyou Jiedushi Du hoped to lead his troops and was led by the Tubo people. Many horses and livestock were exhausted, but not even a Tibetan head was obtained.
In the two battles, the Tang Army and the Tubo Army had a win and a loss, but neither suffered any serious losses.
So this time, in order to regain his position, Brother Ji set a trap in Hexi that the Tubo people had to escape: Ganzhou!
Ganzhou is one of the few places with abundant water resources in the Hexi Corridor.
Apart from Liangzhou, only Ganzhou in the Hexi Corridor can provide external support for grain and fodder, and can be self-sufficient.
Now iron ore has been discovered here, and a place where coal can be mined has been discovered. Moreover, there is the largest horse farm in the Tang Dynasty in the south of Shandan County!
After occupying this place, it means that Tubo can at least obtain stable food, horses, iron materials and even weapons.
As long as they can occupy Ganzhou and gain a foothold here, the radiation range of the Tibetan army can be further extended to all parts of the Hexi Corridor and threaten Shanzhou (the area east of Xining) where the Longyou Jiedushi is located from the flanks.
If the Tubo people clean the Longnan dungeon a hundred times, the benefits will not be as good as using troops against Ganzhou once.
Brother Ji is very confident that the Tibetans will definitely come this time.
"By the way, release the news that the gold mine in Ganzhou has been found, and then ask the Ministry of Industry to send a team to Shandan County to look for it. No matter whether it can be found or not, the Tubo people must think that Ganzhou must be there. There’s a gold mine.”
Li Longji sneered at the corner of his mouth, with a chill in his eyes, and told Zhang Shougui.
He was slapped by the Tubo people in Longnan before, and he must give it back now! He wants to teach the Tubo people a big lesson!
"Follow the will of the saint."
Zhang Shougui said very obediently.
He could not refuse Ji Ge's order, not to mention that this plan was reasonable, because Ganzhou was right under the Tubo's military front, and the other side did not need to make an expedition.
The Tubo people did not take action in the past because there was no point in taking action. If the scale of the troops is small, they cannot defeat the Tang army; if the scale is large, the harvest from Ganzhou is not proportional to the military expenditure.
But now the situation is different, Ganzhou is worthy of the Tibetan people.
"By the way, Ganzhou is no small matter now, so let Ouyang Kuan serve as the governor of Ganzhou and the military envoy of Jiankang.
As for Fang Chongyong..."
Li Longji got stuck halfway through what he said, and for a moment he didn't know what to do next.
He thought for a moment and then said to Li Linfu:
"Ge Nu, Quan Zhong came to Chang'an from Dunhuang thousands of miles ago. Why don't we arrange a more comfortable position for Fang Chongyong and let him go back to his hometown to visit."
Li Longji suddenly thought of his youthful years again, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
…
"The man who harnessed the horse is mighty and majestic..."
Fang Chongyong was riding on the little red horse specially prepared for him. While singing, he shook the udo in his hand. He was growing taller now than when he first came to Hexi.
The little Niwan was thrown out by Wu Duo, and accurately hit the goat that was drinking water on the shore of the black water!
The sheep was hit by a mud bomb, but it didn't seem to be injured at all. It was so frightened that it ran away instantly.
After a while, it disappeared without a trace, its alertness was unusually high, and Fang Chongyong was stunned to see it.
"You can indeed do it. I also want to have mutton for dinner today."
Fang Chongyong sighed and said to himself. He bought a sheep, then let it go, and finally imitated the Tibetan people in hunting, shooting the goat with Udo. After shooting all morning, I hit the one just now.
Is it because he has no talent?
Fang Chongyong was confused and had no intention of giving up practice.
Sure enough, it is still very difficult to hit stone bullets with Udo while riding on horseback. However, almost everyone on the Tubo cavalry can do it, which shows that their skills and tactics are strong.
Fang Chongyong led the horse back, and soon saw that Duan, who had just been riding a horse to chase the goat, came back. The unlucky goat hanging on the horse's back had an arrow stuck in its eye, and it could not be more dead. died!
"Why are you running so hard? You might as well be beaten to death with a stone bullet by me."
Fang Chongyong complained to the goat...'s corpse.
When he reached the gate of Zhangye City, he suddenly saw Fang Dafu leading his horse out, looking for him and Aduan.
After Fang Dafu saw the two of them, Fang Chongyong said with an anxious look on his face: "The imperial court has sent people, and they are at the government office now. Langjun, please go back to the government office to receive the imperial edict!"
It’s finally here!
Fang Chongyong breathed a sigh of relief and said to Aduan: "I can finally go back to Chang'an. Ganzhou is being stared at by the Tubo people, and I can't sleep well every day."
(End of chapter)
