The courtyard corridor in front of you is winding, with long slanting light and shadow, deep stone path, and dense thorns on both sides.
Li Xuan walked forward slowly, his brows furrowed slightly. He was still thinking about Pei Xingjian's military training skills.
A burst of footsteps sounded behind him, and Li Xuan came to his senses instantly. He turned back and saw that Deng Liang was already behind him.
"Deng Liang has met the prince." Deng Liang bowed his hands to Li Xuan seriously.
Li Xuan returned the gift with her hand, and asked curiously: "Brother Deng, doesn't he have something to discuss with Dou Weng in the hall?"
"We've finished talking." Deng Liang stood up straight, then slightly cupped his hands and said, "Deng has something to ask. Can I ask the prince about it?"
"Brother Deng, please tell me." Li Xuan smiled gently, then stretched out his hand, motioning for Deng Liang to walk side by side with him, and at the same time said: "Xuan will definitely tell everything that can be said."
"I'm sorry to trouble you, Your Majesty." Deng Liang took a breath, kept up, and then said, "I heard that Your Majesty was investigating a counter-case in Hangzhou, and the matter involved the British heir?"
"Huh?" The expression on Li Xuan's face suddenly darkened. She looked at Deng Liang in surprise as she walked, and then said suddenly: "I understand, your father was a subordinate of the British Duke back then."
Deng Liang nodded and said with a hint of worry: "During the late emperor's dynasty, my father joined the army and conquered Liaodong under the British Duke. In the first year of Qianfeng, the British Duke conquered Korea again, and my father was still serving under the British Duke. So this time Since the rebellion involves a British prince, my father entrusted his subordinates to inquire about the details."
At this point, Deng Liang stopped, then cupped his hands and said solemnly: "If the matter involves secrets, I will not ask any questions."
"There's nothing secretive about it." Li Xuan waved her hand, and then said: "The British public's involvement in the Hangzhou case was not very deep. He just made careless friends and was a bit of a fish in the pond."
Deng Liang's expression relaxed slightly, and then asked: "Please elaborate, Your Majesty."
"Yeah!" Li Xuan pointed to the stone platform in the small courtyard in front, and Deng Liang nodded immediately.
Soon, the two people sat down on both sides of the stone table, and Li Xuan said: "Xue Zhang, a classmate of the British government, was appointed as the Hangzhou Law Cao to join the army two months ago. After arriving in Hangzhou, within a few days, he and Xiao Shan The county lieutenant Wenxu got very close and even accepted a valuable manor as a gift. Later, Wenxu led the unscrupulous soldiers and the Zhoushan pirates to attack Hangzhou City at night. Although they entered the city, they were immediately destroyed."
Deng Liang nodded slightly. He had heard people talk about the mystery behind it.
Originally a black soldier of Wu Sheng Dao under the King of East China Sea, he linked up with the Zhoushan pirates and attacked the city of Hangzhou, but was plotted by the imperial court. The King of Nanchang and the governor of Hangzhou, Lai Jingye, were well prepared. In one battle, they completely overturned the Zhoushan pirates. and the Donghai King forces in the southeast.
The First World War eliminated all hidden dangers in the waters off Hangzhou.
Thinking about what Li Xuan said, Deng Liang asked with some confusion: "But the British Duke's friend is the British Duke's friend, what is the relationship between the British Duke and the British Duke?"
"When Xue Zhang first served as Hangzhou's legal officer and joined the army, he temporarily lived in the Hangzhou Villa of the British Government. Later, he moved to the manor donated by Wenxu. Among them, Wenxu also lived in the British Courtyard for one night...
Not long ago, Wenxu was captured, and the place where he was captured was the British Duke's Courtyard. Only then did the British Duke become involved. "
In a few words, Li Xuan told everything that was involved with Li Jingye in the whole process.
"So it's an unforeseen disaster." Deng Liang felt a little funny, but also a little helpless.
If it were another family that was infiltrated by a traitor, the officials would leave after just asking a few words, and even take the initiative to cooperate and report in advance. The court would still reward him, but it happened to be Li Jingye, and now he would be in trouble.
"Although Lord Si Yingying is just the governor of Meizhou, he is proficient in military strategy and good at making decisions. And there are many old troops in the army. If someone makes a suggestion to frame him at this time, then Lord Si Yingying will be in big trouble." Li Xuan's expression There was a hint of worry, as if he was really worried about Li Jingye.
"What is false is false after all. The British Duke, the British Duke, is loyal to the court, His Majesty and the Queen. How could he be connected with the conspiracy? If someone makes a suggestion in the future, the important ministers in the DPRK will definitely fight against it." Deng Liang raised his hands to Li Xuan, and then said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for reminding me. I'll save it."
"The Colonel has an idea. Although this matter is a bit troublesome, it is not a big deal." Li Xuan waved his hand and said: "Now the focus is still on Tibet in the Western Regions. Now that the Eastern Expedition is coming to an end, the Colonel doesn't know if he has the intention to go there." A trip to the west?"
Hearing Li Xuan mention Tubo, Deng Liang shook his head slightly and said: "Although the official is intentional, he is also self-aware. The affairs of Tubo are very different from the maritime conquest. If the official goes to the Western Front, not only will it be difficult to achieve meritorious service, but he will also be injured. Due to various reasons, delaying the march of the army is not a good thing."
Li Xuan glanced at Deng Liang in surprise, and then sighed: "Indeed, there are not many people in this world who are as sober as Brother Deng."
Deng Liang smiled bitterly. Some things were not just what he wanted.
Deng Liang stabilized his mind and then turned to ask: "Before I went to the official position, I heard that the prince and Dou Weng mentioned that the prince did not intend to go to see the Silla envoy and the Japanese envoy immediately?"
"Well!" Li Xuan frowned slightly. Deng Liang asked too many questions, but he still nodded and said: "Silla people have always been capricious and dishonest in their words. At the beginning of the year, they sent envoys to Tang Dynasty to apologize. However, when the envoys who apologized were still in Chang'an, they had already linked up with the generals of Baekje and started rebellion again.
Although I am retreating with my army now, there will be a war with Tibet next year. What will happen to Silla then..."
Li Xuan sneered, and Deng Liang nodded slightly in agreement.
The people of Xinluo have never respected the contract. It is common for them to rebel today and tomorrow.
"Therefore, the Silla envoy needs to cool off for a while. What's more, it is a good thing to have the Japanese envoy to back him up. It is good to make him panic for a while." Li Xuan said one sentence, and Deng Liang immediately understood what Li Xuan was thinking. I couldn't help but laugh.
"As for the Japanese envoy!" Li Xuan's expression immediately became solemn: "This time the army was able to win three times in three battles on the East Island. The bravery of our soldiers is naturally the reason, but it is undeniable that the movements of the Japanese country at this time have given Silla was under great pressure, so it allowed its second and third army to attack Maixiao City, but in the end it failed."
"Indeed." Deng Liang took a breath. He was a personal participant, so he couldn't see through the role of the Japanese country in this.
Li Xuan raised her head and looked at the bright moon above her head, then turned to the east and said in a deep voice: "Silla has repeatedly behaved like a villain, but the Japanese country is also ambitious and covets them very much. It is inevitable that they will not be able to open their mouths like a lion, so I I feel that we should take it easy for a while and wait for him to calm down before meeting him again."
There was a sneer at the corner of Li Xuan's lips. Silla and Tubo were not good enemies.
That is to say, he is afraid of the affairs in the court. Otherwise, if he lands in Silla personally, he will completely destroy Silla if there is no chance, and then spy on the Japanese country.
"What the prince said is true. I have learned a lesson from you." Deng Liang stood up with some emotion, cupped his hands towards Li Xuan and said, "Thank you for your advice, I will not disturb the prince's rest. I will take my leave."
Li Xuan stood up, looked at Deng Liang's leaving figure, and suddenly looked at Su Baotong with an indifferent expression, and said: "Baotong, if I remember correctly, that Governor Deng, when he was promoted from Sima Yizhou to meritorious service, To be the governor of a state, you should still be under the command of Duke Xing, right?"
"Yes." Su Baotong said with a complicated expression: "Back then, my grandfather first served as the general manager of the march on the Shenqiu Road to annihilate Baekje. Later, he served as the general manager of the march on the Liaodong Road to attack Goguryeo. Later, because of the lack of food and grass, he was forced to retreat. Deng Jiuguang, the governor of Dengzhou It was at that time that he was promoted from the governor of Dengzhou to the governor of Dengzhou."
"Look, although your father is now the Duke of Wuyi County, his job is just to serve the emperor. Now he has been forgotten. You are standing behind me, and people don't even ask you a question. It’s so obvious what his heart is like!”
After Li Xuan finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards the small courtyard. Only Su Baotong still stood there blankly, clenching his fists.
After returning to the courtyard, Li Xuan sat in the study. At this time, several secret letters were already placed on the desk.
Li Xuan opened and read them one by one. He had everything under his control in Yangzhou during this period.
Afterwards, Li Xuan wrote a few more replies and went to wash up and rest.
The next day, when he got up early, the letters on the desk had long disappeared.
…
For a whole day, Li Xuan arranged for Qian Niuwei to take over the inner court guards of Silla's petitioner and the Japanese envoy. At the same time, he checked the credentials brought by the two. After sorting them out, he immediately sent them to Chang'an. .
This time the Tang Dynasty withdrew its troops, and Silla, which had lost three consecutive battles, immediately re-energized itself. Although this was the second time to apologize, the abbreviation in the apology letter was the same as the last time, and its intention was clear.
On the contrary, he was the envoy of the Japanese state. The contents and connections written in the credential were exactly the same as those discussed by the monk Daozhen.
Do business, study, and then canonize the son of King Tianwu as the Crown Prince of Japan.
Although the current King Tianwu has several sons, there is only one who is really carefully cultivated to succeed the throne.
King Tianwu was not worried about any problems with his inheritance. He had killed all his brothers who could kill him, and no one of his generation could snatch his son's throne. What he was more worried about was actually the throne of his grandson.
Unless he is willing to ruthlessly kill all his sons except the heir, then his grandson will still have to face the situation of his uncle competing for the throne.
Therefore, he was thinking that starting from him, every prince had asked the Tang Dynasty to grant him a title. Under this situation, even if it was a hundred years later, with the Tang Dynasty suppressing him, his sons would not dare to act rashly.
Li Xuan saw through King Tianwu's thoughts, but he also figured out Daozhen's plan.
He asked King Tianwu to focus more on his grandchildren, but ignored the threat that was so close at hand.
As for canonization, does the Tang Dynasty really care who becomes the Japanese king?
Except for the meeting, Li Xuan did everything that the young minister of Honglu Temple should do.
After making sure that nothing was missed, he headed to the lobby of the Governor's Mansion.
Today, Dou Xuande held a special banquet to welcome the army returning eastward, the Silla envoys, and the Japanese envoys.
This will also be the first meeting between Li Xuan and the Silla envoy and the Japanese envoy in several months.
However, before these two people could find him, someone had already stalked Li Xuan.
(End of chapter)
