Chang'an, Imperial City Political Affairs Hall.
A clerk hurriedly walked into the political hall and saw Prince Li Heng processing official documents.
He walked over and handed over a memorial and said: "Your Highness, this is a memorial sent by Marshal Zhao eight hundred miles away."
"Oh" Li Heng immediately took the memorial and opened it to read.
After reading it, he immediately shouted: "Li Fuguo, go and invite the prime ministers to come and discuss the matter."
"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince" After a while, the prime ministers who received the notice rushed over from their respective duty rooms.
Everyone saluted Li Heng together and said, "I will pay my respects to Your Highness."
"No need to be polite, sir, please take a seat.
Let's sit down and talk."
Li Heng said and sat on the chair.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Several prime ministers thanked him and found their seats to sit down.
Fang Guan cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, I don't know why you have summoned me here so urgently."
"Zhao Ziliang sent an urgent memorandum from eight hundred miles away, saying that An Lushan and his son could not compare with Shi Siming in terms of political or military talents.
Although the rebel forces of An Lushan and his son have been wiped out, Shi Siming's rebel forces are still in Hebei.
It has become deeply rooted in various places and must be eradicated as soon as possible.
However, the Tubo bandits It was no longer one or two years ago.
Although the Tubo people were coming this time with great force, they could not stay in Longyou for long.
There was no need for him to lead troops to meet the Tibetan army.
He recommended that Li Guangbi command 200,000 troops to march west to Longyou.
He will attack the Tibetan army, and let him stay in the Central Plains to completely wipe out the rebels, so as to avoid future troubles.
Let's see."
The memorial was passed to Fang Guan, and soon to Wei Jiansu.
After one read it, he passed it to the other, and several prime ministers quickly read it again.
Li Heng asked: "Masters, what do you think of this matter?"
Cui Huan cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, I believe that the more Zhao Ziliang wants to stay in Hebei, the less the court will allow him to stay in Hebei.
Shi Siming only has a small piece of land with less than 200,000 soldiers and horses.
The mob is not strong in combat, but Zhao Ziliang said that he is the most difficult to deal with.
This is absolutely alarmist.
This is the excuse he made to stay in Hebei and refuse to hand over military power."
Zhang Hao disagreed with this view and said: "Master Cui's words are a bit too extreme, didn't Zhao Ziliang say in the memorial?
After Shi Siming is defeated, he will take the initiative to submit a letter to hand over military power.
You are purely a villain who thinks of a gentleman."
"belly" Cui Huan sneered: "Only you believe his words.
If he didn't say so, how could he stay in Hebei and continue to control hundreds of thousands of troops?
Since he said so, Your Majesty will definitely be embarrassed to seize his military power again."
Li Heng asked Fang Guan: "Master Fang, what do you think?"
Fang Guan thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, I think that Prince Zhao's letter is reasonable.
None of us have been to Hebei, and we don't know the true strength of the rebels.
I'm afraid what Prince Zhao said is not unreasonable.
We must do it."
Be prepared for the worst, if Prince Zhao is transferred to Longyou to deal with the Tubo army, and Shi Siming cannot be eliminated in time in Hebei, and instead he is defeated by him, then things will be bad."
Li Heng felt that Fang Guan's words were reasonable, but he still wanted to hear other people's opinions and asked Wei Jiansu: "Master Wei, what do you think?"
Wei Jiansu cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, I believe that Prince Zhao is a loyal minister, but sometimes loyal ministers may not be loyal to the end.
Now that Prince Zhao has too much military power, the counter-insurgency matter has also entered the final stage.
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I think it is too It should be time to take back military power.
Who can guarantee that Prince Zhao will not Will be supported by his generals.
If Prince Zhao really goes to this point, the Tang Dynasty will be over.
Now take back part of the military power and let General Zhao go to Longyou to deal with the Tubo people.
Not only can he protect him, but he can also crush the Tubo people's conspiracy.
It is conducive to the long-term peace and stability of the Tang Dynasty.
This is a multi-purpose thing."
Some people couldn't help but sneer in their hearts after hearing this.
You, Wei Jiansu, are the only one who can talk about such insidious things in such a high-sounding way.
Li Heng thought for a while and said to everyone: "This matter is of great importance.
I feel that I should report it to my father, who will make the decision."
All the prime ministers stood up and cupped their hands and said: "I am waiting for your highness's good news."
Li Heng immediately brought Zhao Ziliang's memorial to the palace to meet Xuanzong and reported: "Father, Zhao Ziliang wrote a letter saying that Hebei cannot do without him now, and suggested that the imperial court appoint Li Guangbi to deal with the Tubo people.
This is the memorial."
Xuanzong, who was lying on the hospital bed, took the memorial and read it again, and asked: "What do the ministers think?"
Li Heng explained the opinions and suggestions of several prime ministers in detail and waited for Xuanzong's decision.
After listening to Li Heng's story, Xuanzong closed his eyes and did not speak for a full half hour.
Li Heng did not dare to leave and could only stand beside him.
"Hey" Xuanzong opened his eyes and sighed, and said: "I have sent an order to Zhao Ziliang.
I have made up my mind.
There is no need to say more about the follow-up counter-rebellion matters.
I have my own arrangements.
Let him lead the Beiting Army and the 100,000 Central Plains Army as quickly as possible.
Rush to Longyou to fight the Tibetan army.
We must set off within ten days from the date of arrival of the decree."
"promise" In Yecheng, Zhao Ziliang looked a little unhappy after reading the contents of the imperial edict.
He handed the imperial edict to Cen Shen: "Everyone, take a look.
The emperor's will is very firm.
I must lead the army to set off within ten days.
His tone is stern, unquestionable and Disobedience!
If I write another letter and insist on my opinion, I’m afraid my life will be difficult in the future.”
After reading the imperial edict, all the staff looked at each other.
Cen Shen sighed: "After the general leaves, who else can control the hundreds of thousands of troops in Hebei?
I'm afraid that by then, the armies will go their own way and it will be chaos.
If Shi Siming catches him, If you have a chance to see a problem, you’ll be in trouble.”
The staff all stopped talking.
It was obviously unnecessary to speak at this time.
Zhao Ziliang was silent for a while, looked up at everyone, took a long breath and said: "It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married, let it go."
In this country of the Tang Dynasty, I, Mr.
Zhao, think that I have done my best, and with a clear conscience, I pass on the order.
The Beiting Army and the First Army of the former Henan Army will go to the Eighth Army to do the west.
In preparation for the expedition, the Marshal's Mansion will be disbanded after the order is conveyed.
You gentlemen are all people I rely on.
Naturally, I hope that I can still listen to your teachings at any time in the future.
If anyone is unwilling to follow me on the Western Expedition, I will not force it.
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As the saying goes, everyone has his own ambitions, and the melon that is forced is not sweet.
I will send you a heavy thank you gift to express your dedication to help me over the years."
Du Fu was the first to say: "I think the only one in the world who can tolerate my bad temper, Du Zimei, is the marshal.
Wherever the marshal goes, I, Du Zimei, will go.
As long as I, Du Zimei, remain in the eyes of the marshal." some use” After Du Fu, other staff members all stood up and expressed their willingness to follow Zhao Ziliang in the westward expedition.
Although the Marshal's Mansion announced that it was disbanded, Zhao Ziliang's Western Expedition still needed manpower from the former Marshal's Mansion, so all the people from the Marshal's Mansion stayed and continued to do their original work, but their job titles were different.
On April 23, Zhao Ziliang led the Beiting Army's 100,000 main force, 20,000 reserve force and 100,000 Central Plains Army to go south in the rain, crossed the river to Chenliu, and then from Chenliu along Xingyang, Luoyang, Hangu Pass, Shaanjun, and Tongguan.
Head west.
On the eighth day of May, the Western Expedition army arrived in Chang'an, bypassed Chang'an City and camped on the north bank of the Wei River in Xianyang to rest and replenish food and supplies.
The generals followed Zhao Ziliang to inspect and inspect the military posts, patrols, security and camping conditions before returning to the Chinese military tent to discuss matters.
Zhao Ziliang said to the generals: "Everyone, the soldiers have been through several battles in the past few months.
They have been marching for the past half month.
They are exhausted physically and mentally.
Please give me an order to give the soldiers two days off to relax and Zheng San."
Each person is given a reward of the same amount of money, and the rewards for military leaders and generals are doubled step by step.
However, daily morning exercises and nighttime bedtime inspections are carried out as usual.
Anyone who violates military discipline when going out will be severely punished."
Even the generals were very happy to have a reward and a holiday.
They all clasped their fists and said, "Thank you for the reward, Commander-in-Chief."
At this time, the captain of the camp gate came to report: "Commander, Prime Minister Wei Jiansu has come to work for the army on orders."
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand, and the generals left one after another, leaving only the staff in the tent.
Zhao Ziliang said to the camp captain: "Go and bring him in."
"promise" Soon, Wei Jiansu was led by the camp captain to the Chinese army's tent.
When he saw Zhao Ziliang, he cupped his hands and said, "I've seen Prince Zhao."
Zhao Ziliang clasped his fists and said: "Master Wei is here, I am a little too far away to greet you, please forgive me."
"Your Majesty, you're welcome."
Wei Jiansu raised his hand again and said, "Your Majesty is grateful to Prince Zhao and the lieutenants of the army who have just finished the war in Hebei and rushed to the west for their hard work and achievements.
Your Majesty specially ordered the old ministers to come to work for the army.
Your Majesty rewarded the Western Expedition army with 30,000 kilograms of meat." , 20,000 jars of fine wine, 300,000 pieces of copper coins, 2,000 pieces of silk, and 3,000 pieces of satin."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ziliang cupped his fists in the direction of Chang'an and said, "I would like to express my gratitude to the Lord for your kindness to the soldiers of the Western Expedition."
Wei Jiansu handed the list of rewards to Zhao Ziliang and said: "Everything on the list of rewards is outside the camp.
The prince can send someone to receive it.
If there are no other problems, Wei will leave."
Zhao Ziliang hurriedly pulled Wei Jiansu and said, "Since Mr.
Wei is here, why rush to leave?
Zhao still has some things to trouble Mr.
Wei."
Wei Jiansu had no choice but to sit down with Zhao Ziliang and asked, "I wonder if there is anything else that the king can do for Wei?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "We are going to fight the Tibetan army in the Longyou area.
A large part of Longyou is on the plateau.
The altitude of Shibao City to the west and north is higher.
Although it is almost entering summer, the plateau area Even in summer it’s hot The weather is cold and the temperature difference between day and night is huge, so you have to prepare 200,000 sets of winter clothes for my Western Expedition Army, which must be transported to Lanzhou within half a month.
Otherwise, our Western Expedition Army will not be able to continue marching westward to fight against the Tibetan army without winter clothes to keep out the cold.
Can stop in Lanzhou”
"Two hundred thousand sets of winter clothes will be shipped to Lanzhou County Prince Xizhao within half a month.
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You are killing me.
Even if I have all the power, there is no way I can prepare two hundred thousand sets of winter clothes within half a month."
Send it to Lanzhou."
Wei Jiansu shook his head like a rattle with a bitter look on his face.
Zhao Ziliang said: "Yes, 200,000 sets of winter clothes will be delivered to Lanzhou within half a month, and they must be new, otherwise the Western Expedition to fight the Tibetan army will have to be abandoned.
I don't want my 200,000 sets of winter clothes to be sent to Lanzhou within half a month.
The army all froze to death before they could fight the Tubo people":