The Golden Age Chapter 540: Wolves wait and see

Qin Xiao felt a little dry in his throat.

After a moment of silence, he asked: "Does the saint know Li Tuo's plot?"

"Although the saint is a female stream, with her wisdom, it is of course impossible not to see this." Yuwen Huaiqian sat in a chair. Although he had just come out of prison and was still wearing a prison uniform, his The sitting posture is straight.

Qin Xiao asked immediately: "How will the court deal with it?"

"Blocking Jiayu Pass is the first move to deal with Li Tuo." Yuwen Huaiqian thought for a while before slowly saying: "Cut off the passage between Xiling and Guan, not only can Xiling's taxes be greatly reduced, but also Xiling will fall into a food crisis sooner or later. Xiling and Wutuo are now using each other to maintain harmony, but over time, the two sides will inevitably depart from virtue. Li Tuo's group is absolutely unwilling to be controlled by the Wutuo people, the longer the time is. , The contradiction between the two sides will deepen, and within three years, Xiling will fall into internal and external troubles."

Qin Xiao crossed his fingers and asked: "The second master meant that if Jiayu Pass was sealed off, Xiling would be broken without attacking sooner or later if I didn't care about them?"

"After the customs is closed, it will naturally have a blow to Xiling, but Datang will also be affected, the commercial roads will be cut off, and the taxes on the empire will be greatly weakened." Yuwen Huaiqian said solemnly: "Xiling can last three years. However, the imperial court must also buy time. Within these three years, no matter what method is used, it must prevent those forces that intend to turmoil from acting rashly. As long as there is no chaos in the customs, Li Tuo will not have the courage and strength to enter. When they collapse, the imperial court will send a soldier and horse out of the customs, and at least 70% of the time will be able to take down Xiling in one fell swoop."

Qin Xiao nodded slightly and said: "The biggest opponent of Datang right now is Nanjiang Murong. As long as Nanjiang Murong does not act rashly within these three years, Li Tuo can be consumed."

"Murong in southern Xinjiang is naturally not weak, but Pei Xiaogong's tens of thousands of troops are deployed on the southern front. Even if the southern military moves, it may not be able to break through the southern defense." Yuwen Huaiqian thoughtfully: " The Tusun people in the north have heard that in recent years, I heard that the Khan King Tiehan of the Durhu tribe led his iron cavalry to annex many tribes, and their strength is growing day by day, but they want to become a climate within three years and even head south. It’s almost impossible. Moreover, when Taishi Cunxu commanded the four northern towns to garrison the northern defense line, the Tusun people did not dare to act rashly."

Qin Xiaodao: "If the people of Southern Xinjiang Murong and Tusun dare not act rashly, then within three years, there should be no major wars in the pass, and Li Tuo can't wait for the chance to enter the pass."

"I was only worried that something might happen in Bohai." Yuwen Huaiqian sighed lightly: "Whether it is from the southern Xinjiang or the northern Tusun people, although they will not be the first to take action, but once war breaks out in the empire, this Nanyi The two wolves in the north will surely rush out of the den and rush towards the Tang Dynasty. The Bohai Kingdom surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. It was a helpless move that was stepped on by the Iron Knights of the Tang Dynasty. Sincerely attached to the Tang Dynasty, I even regarded my Tang Dynasty as the enemy of life and death. Now Bohai is controlled by Yuan Gaijian. As far as I know, this man is ambitious and extremely warlike. Bohai has not only recovered its vitality, but also expanded outwards. Sooner or later, this kind of people will point their blade at Datang."

Qin Xiao naturally met many Bohai people in Xiling, but he didn't know much about Bohai country.

"But looking at it now, the threat of Bohai Country is certainly not small, but the biggest threat is the Queen Mother’s meeting." Yuwen Huaiqian frowned: "Ten years ago, they had the means to be less than In the past two years, there are tens of thousands of believers in the development department. Now in the past ten years, they have developed in secret. It is difficult to estimate how many believers they have. Once this group of people suddenly rises, I can hardly predict that they will appear

What kind of situation. "

Qin Xiao was silent for a moment before saying: "They not only develop believers, but also defraud a large amount of property from those believers. If they have been engaged in secret activities for the past ten years, whether it is a believer or property, it will be huge. The number of."

"Being able to be so secretive, even the court’s eyes and ears are hard to detect. It can also be seen that these people are really capable." The corner of Yuwen Huaiqian's eyes twitched slightly, and he said solemnly: "I only worry about one kind of Possibly, if that is the case, the current situation is already very serious."

Qin Xiao immediately guessed what Yuwen Huaiqian was thinking, and said: "Is the second master worried that the Queen Mother might collude with Li Tuo?"

"Yes." Yuwen Huaiqian nodded and said: "Able to design to capture Xiling, Li Tuo and Fan Ziqi's group are naturally not the generals, they are smart and well-planned. Since they took the initiative, they naturally won What happened after Xiling was also planned. Of course, Li Tuo could also think that once the court did not send troops, it would only block Jiayu Pass to weaken them by delaying them. If they were not given a chance to enter the Pass, they would eventually accomplish nothing, and Xiling would eventually re-emerge. Back to Datang, if this is the case, why did they dare to do this? If you think about it carefully, the greatest possibility is that Li Tuo is sure that within three years, there will be chaos in the Guan, and they must not be counting on Murong in southern Xinjiang or even Tusun in the north. People take the lead."

Qin Xiao sneered: "Are they waiting for the Queen Mother to start a rebellion?"

"This is the greatest possibility." Yuwen Huaiqian looked at Qin Xiaodao: "The two main forces of the Tang army were stationed on the north and south sides respectively, with empty abdomens. Except for the guards of the Shence Army in Kyoto, the large camps of the local prefectures Not much. In fact, this is precisely because the saints rebelled in three states and seven counties after the saint enthroned. The saints imposed restrictions on the soldiers and horses of the local states, and the maximum establishment of no more than 5,000 people was worried about the local state army's rebellion. If the queen mother would To confuse believers to revolt, local states may not be able to cope with it in a hurry." After a moment of silence, he said: "The rebellion of the Tianshidao in the previous dynasty spread to all states and counties across the country within a few months, and it took a full seven. It took years to quell the Tianshidao rebellion, but the vitality was greatly injured, otherwise Li Tang might not be able to replace it."

Qin Xiao's expression is even more solemn, thinking that the innocent people will be deceived by the queen mother, causing the world to become chaotic and blood flowed into a river, and his heart is trembling.

"If the size of the Queen Mother's Association is really the same as the Tianshidao of the previous dynasty, it spreads in the states of the empire, and there are no soldiers available in the local states, it will have to mobilize the four northern towns and even the soldiers of Pei Xiaogong to quell the chaos. Come, Tusun people and Nanjiang Murong will certainly not miss the opportunity, and Xiling Li Tuo naturally waited for the opportunity to enter the customs." Yuwen Huaiqian looked awe-inspiring: "So the most urgent thing is to figure out what the Queen Mother will have. What a conspiracy, and all state camps must be fully guarded just in case."

Previously, Qin Xiao only felt that the imperative of the imperial court was to send troops to Xiling as soon as possible, to recover Xiling and to avenge General Heiyu, but Yuwen Huaiqian said today that the situation in the Tang Dynasty was far more severe than he wanted. .

"Why didn't the second master write a booklet and present it to the saint?" Qin Xiao said: "You see Weizhizhu. After you have written the booklet, I can help you present it to the saint."

Yuwen Huaiqian shook his head and said: "I have a low status, and I am not qualified to make a discount. And these are my personal conjectures, and there is no complete evidence. Maybe the queen mother congregation you see is just the queen mother back then. The few remnant parties in the meeting did not spread all over the place, and did not even form a climate. If you rashly submit a letter, the palace will feel alarmist."

Qin Xiao thought that Yuwen Huaiqian's words were good.

I'm just here

Yongzhou saw the congregation of the Queen Mother of Xiaogu, and only a few hundred villagers were bewitched. Besides, how many believers they developed and whether they were only active in Yongzhou, I really don’t know. , If there are only a few hundred people, of course, it is impossible to pose any threat to the empire. In this case, if you write a letter rashly, you may really be considered by the saints to be alarmist.

"But once the facts are as the second master thought, the court has no preparations. It will be unthinkable to wait until the queen mother will rebel." Qin Xiao frowned and said, "The second master doesn't need to write a letter about this. , I will mention it in the above paper when I look back, I only hope that the court can make preparations early."

Yuwen nodded slightly and stood up and said: "Thank you today, Master Qin, for returning me to my innocence, so that I can get out of the cage. There is still an old wife in the family who has not seen you for a long time. Look."

"Second Lord, wait a minute." Qin Xiao also got up and said: "There is one thing I want to discuss with Second Master."

"Master Qin has any instructions, please show me below."

"Don't dare." Qin Xiao knew that the second master of Yuwen's family in front of him was very knowledgeable. It is no wonder that Chang Yihou would be afraid of him and let him come to Kyoto as a pity, and respectfully said: " The saint had a purpose and asked me to purge the Dali Temple and go to waste it. Many officials in this Dali Temple are ignorant and unworthy. Naturally, they want to drive them out of the Dali Temple. The second master also saw it today. The four officials of Dali Temple, I believe that the Ministry of Criminal Affairs did not frame the four of them, so these four people must not be used at Dali Temple anymore."

Yuwen Huaiqian was noncommittal and did not speak.

"The second master works as a member of the staff of the staff, I heard that because...well, the officials of the staff of the staff are quite a bit of exclusion from you, the staff of the staff of the staff, Mr. Song Shilian, recommended you to come to Dali Temple. I don’t know what the second father meant. How about next?"

"Song Shilian?"

Qin Xiao nodded and said: "If Master Song hadn't mentioned you, I wouldn't know you were locked up in Kyoto Prefecture."

"So that's the case." Yuwen Huaiqian sighed: "I am also surprised that since we were imprisoned, everyone has been indifferent to us, why this time the Dali Temple will suddenly be on trial. It turned out that it was Master Song. Help from behind." With a wry smile, I shook my head and said, "I have been in the staff for many years. I have no name and no real errands. I don’t have more staff, and I don’t have much less. My life is saved by Master Qin. If I can Naturally, I will not refuse to work for Master Qin."

Qin Xiao said happily, "Er Ye agreed? That's great. I immediately called the staff to Dali Temple. Er Ye went back and rested for a few days. After finishing here, I will send someone to send you the official letter of mobilization, and when you recuperate, you can go to Dali Temple to do business."

Yuwen Huaiqian was silent for a while, after all, he didn't say much, he just bowed his hand to Qin Xiao, and then turned and walked back.

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ps: I saw what a friend said and wrote about water. In fact, the rhythm of desert writing has always been this way. Each chapter is written carefully after thinking twice, never going to hydrology. This book is made in accordance with strategy and hegemony, so the protagonist must also be aware of the situation in the world, so as to be able to stand up and down. The rhythm of my book writing has always been gradual and deepening. When typing the text, I have repeatedly reminded myself to guard against arrogance, rashness and calmness, and I am determined not to let everyone down. So believe me, this book will be wonderful!