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20. The waves rise again and again

The emperor's life during this period was as expected by Gao Yue, and it was difficult to live.

It is true that Zhao Jing sent troops without authorization, but he did receive a secret edict from the emperor, so he also played the "Schrödinger mode". It was a fact that Princess Deyang returned to Tang, so the emperor had no way to punish Zhao Jing.

Since Zhao Jing could not be punished, the emperor had achieved such great "war results" against the Uighurs, so the emperor had to admit it. The four military towns of Lingwu, Tiande, Zhenwu, and Tianbing gave the soldiers who had given the war, and had already emptied their respective military fund treasurys. Now the four towns sent officials to the court to ask for rewards. Each of the soldiers in the four towns was eight to ten, plus two pieces of silk cloth. For this reason, the emperor found Du Huangshang and asked the national treasury to pay.

Du Huangshang refused, saying that according to the previous agreement between the high school doctor and His Majesty, the reward money should be released in the treasury of the emperor.

In desperation, the emperor took out 500,000 guan from Nekuri to distribute the soldiers of the four towns.

Originally, after Gao Yue pacified Yuanyi of Mingzhou, this money was well stored in the Qionglin Library of Daying and was ready to contribute to the war against Huaixi immediately, but now he could only take it out in advance. In addition, the construction of a temple for Empress Zhaode and various expenses in the palace (for example, Princess Deyang also needs money when she comes back), the emperor did not have any spare money to save this year.

But this is not over. When the four towns went to war, the food accumulated in the camp was also spent. As the six cities and the Jingyuan Water Transportation Commissioner, Wang Shao reported to the emperor that the court should quickly purchase grain and ship it to the Hetao military towns, otherwise the soldiers would go hungry if they were not met.

At the same time, the situation of the Uighurs has not actually stabilized. Fengcheng Khan, who was in the tent of Wang Tingya, was too young, and the entire country was in an explosion. The ethnic groups that had disobeyed the Uighurs' levies either resisted or established themselves and separatist. The Khagas and Geluo and others invaded the north and west. The right-killing general Jiegangas, who had previously stationed in Beiting, held heavy troops and had the help of Manichaeism and Hu merchants, had an ambiguous attitude.

Therefore, Fengcheng Khan, who was worried about internal and external troubles, sent an envoy to the Daming Palace and called the emperor "great-grandfather" (Wuyi Khan was the emperor's son-in-law and son, while Pan Guan Teqin, who was poisoned, was the emperor's grandson, and now he was great-grandson.), and asked his great-grandfather to provide a fund for support to help him stabilize the country.

My great-grandson asked for a lot of money, and he said that he would be 700,000 guan and 200,000 pieces of silk cloth.

The Emperor of Money did not want to give up anyway, but the Tang army had already entered the Uighur tent royal court as a sect leader, but now it is difficult to abandon it.

The emperor asked Gao Yue to discuss it.

Although he had submitted two resignations before, it was a major issue related to the country. Since Gao Yue was still the Minister of the Secretariat, he would still discuss it seriously with the emperor.

Gao Yue's opinion on this was that "Since Princess Deyang has returned, it is no longer necessary or beneficial to entangle the Uighurs again. It is better to find an excuse to continue to maintain the defensive system on the front line of Hetao and no longer participate in the battle between Uighurs, Kiagas and Gelu."

In short, Gao Yue's approach was to simply let the dragon and tiger fight in the desert first. In this competition, I, Tang, would take the energy to deal with him.

The main force now needs to deal with Huaixi.

After listening to Gao Yue's plan, the emperor agreed in principle.

The Minister of the Ming Palace has taken measures to detain six ministries by the prime minister, and most of the civil servants of each ministries have gone to the Political Affairs Hall to connect with each other with documents. Therefore, surrounded by locust trees and pine and cypress, the temple seems particularly quiet.

Zhao Jing, who walked over from the Zuocheng Hall, stood behind the curtain of the door.

Soon, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Pei Yanling, appeared from the corner of the corridor.

The two quickly bowed each other and began to talk in a low voice.

"Yanying asked about it the day before yesterday. After the other priests retreated, the Holy Lord left the servant alone and talked for half an hour." Pei Yanling took the lead in speaking.

Zhao Jing is still the Left Chief of the Shangshu. He has not done much practice in this position and basically cannot enter Yanying Hall.

But Pei Yanling is different. After all, he is in charge of the Duzhi Department. Not only can he go to Yanying Palace frequently, but he can also get close to the emperor in terms of national economy.

"What did the Holy Lord tell Xiao Pei to explain to Mr. Pei?" Zhao Jing asked.

"The Holy Lord is hesitating. The court's money is only so much. Should it be used in Huaixi or Uighurs?"

Zhao Jing sneered, turned sideways slightly, looking at the colorful flower rafts outside the capital, "I guess the high school doctor insisted on using troops in Huaixi..."

"What Zhao Zuocheng said is correct."

"But does the Holy Lord know that although Shen Guangcai is small, he can touch his whole body with one move. Whether it is the Pinglu army in Ziqing, the Tianxiong army of Wei Bo, or even the Xuanwu army of Bian Song, it is impossible to ignore the court's move. If it is stalemate, the country and the country will be in danger."

"That's right." Pei Yanling expressed his admiration for Zhao Jing's foresight.

"This is called riding a tiger hard to get off!" Zhao Jing touched his beard and poked his index finger twice with his other hand.

"Of course, this time, Zhao Zuocheng was in charge of the northern army and defeated the Uighurs. Not only did Fengcheng Khan say that he would welcome Princess Deyang back and made such outstanding contributions to the Holy Lord, but at this point, there was still no Baima Xuan, and it was worthless to be the Zuocheng." Pei Yanling instigated sinisterly.

"The white mahjong must be announced, but I am not willing to eat Gao Yue's companionship." Zhao Jing said indifferently.

"Gao Yue is just acting, and the Holy Lord believes in him deeply. He is so popular that he can't avoid this identity as Jia Pushe and Lu Zhi. How can you do it?"

Zhao Jing smiled and pointed at Pei Yanling and asked, "Does Xiao Pei think that Master Pei will say bad things about Gao Yue in front of the Holy Lord? Haha, Master Pei is not that stupid, that is just a way to die. However, Master Pei is not a person who is willing to give up on others. This meeting will definitely teach me."

Now, Pei Yanling looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he approached Zhao Jing and told him secretly: "It is said that Gao Yue gave a letter to the Holy Lord and wanted to leave Huainan..."

"I don't want to be the Minister of the Secretariat, but I want to guard Huainan. Gao Yue's actions are of great significance." Zhao Jing raised his eyebrows, "But if Gao Yueru really leaves Chang'an and goes to Yangzhou, it will be a good thing for us."

"Zhao Zuocheng, you and I really have the same views!" Pei Yanling also understood it.

Just two days before Princess Lingxu entered the palace to visit her relatives, the emperor summoned Gao Yue alone in the Golden Palace and persuaded him: "I have announced Zhao Jing before and wanted to grant him the white mahjong system, but Zhao Jing refused to drop it."

Gao Yue was a little surprised by this.

Then the emperor then said to him: "Since Zhao Jing refused to enter the Political Affairs Hall, I want him to be the governor of Huainan. In this way, Gaolang, you can continue to be the Minister of the Secretariat. The orders of the chief ministers remain unchanged. When the Uighurs come to peace, I will work with Gaolang to pacify Huainxi. How about it?"

Gao Yue thought carefully for a while and said to the emperor very sincerely:

In fact, for the sake of the present, if Your Majesty really wants to pacify Huaixi, Chen Yue thinks it is better for Chen Yue to go to guard Huainan in person.

Seeing Gao Yue's determination to leave, the emperor was also anxious, "Why don't you think about it in the third year of high school?"
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