Chapter 303: Proposal

Geshuhan returned to Chang'an and celebrated his victory since the first month of the year, but has not returned to Longyou. After resting for three months, his health has improved a little.

On the fourth day of the third month, he woke up on Cao Buzhe's couch, remembered something, recruited personal soldiers, and ordered a family dinner in his mansion in the afternoon.

"Abus was recommended as the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, and I have to place wine to practice it for him."

"Yes! By the way, General, I heard that he doesn't want to go."

"Can you please tell me?" Geshuhan said, "This is Chang'an."

"But it is said that it is An Lushan..."

"Go! Go back to Chang'an and learn to talk too much."

Cao Buzhe came out from behind the screen and said sarcastically: "After all, he is a general. If you have something to do, you have to go back to your house. You can't stay in the small and broken house in the outdoor room all the time."

Geshuhan laughed and said, "What should I do? Take you back? My grandson is older than you."

"Bah, go and die!"

At this time, Cao Buzheng looked over, and didn't know how to call his sister the mistress, so he said directly: "That Xue Lang has handed over another reply."

"Have Xue Bai returned to Chang'an? He happened to take him to Longyou." Ge Shuhan waved, "Reply to him to come to my house for a banquet in the afternoon."

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At noon, Qinglan helped Xue Bai tie his hair and fed him a few cherries.

"Okay, I won't eat it anymore. I'll go to Geshuhan's house to eat big fish and meat later. You can have a good lunch yourself."

"I'll go to Lady Guo's Mansion to eat."

Because Xue Bai went to Haiyang County to take up post, she did not take Qinglan. She got along better with Yang Yuyao this month. She also learned singing with Niannu. Last night, she sang her newly learned song for Xue Bai, babbling, very nice.

Qinglan was dressed up happily and noticed where he just said he was going.

"My husband wants to see Brother Shuhan, but should he use a carriage to cover it up?"

"No need." Xue Bai said, "The general trend is invincible."

When he returned to Chang'an, the first person he visited was Geshuhan, because he believed that Geshuhan was the most critical figure influencing the current situation.

When he left the door, he took the Diao brothers to the south and walked across the long street. From time to time, scholars crossed their hands and bowed to Xue Bai, shouting "Judge Xue".

After all, the most lively story in Chang'an City is "Judge Xue directly advised Longyan on the Yuan Dynasty and demoted Chaoyang; asked for a fight to stop the way of saying something, but did not know that Nanzhao would rebel, and the Western Yue would be suspended." Of course, this story should have been spread by Zhang Ye.

In short, Xue Bai's reputation is indeed different.

...

"Haha, Yushi Xue is here."

"General Geshu, I thought that when I was about to go to Lingnan, the general had already returned to Longyou. I didn't want to meet again today."

"Then you have to thank Zhang Ye. I heard that you are now a sharp sword in his hand."

"Did the general listen to the right prime minister?" Xue Bai asked.

Ge Shuhan laughed and scolded, too lazy to say this to him anymore, led him into the hall, and said as he walked: "I don't care about the disputes between the court. If you are promoted, I can recommend you as the judge of the Jiedushi. Let's go and follow me to Longyou to make achievements."

His house was rewarded by a saint, and it was extremely generous and magnificent. The lobby was as large as an ordinary family. He could not be busy with the banquet without more than ten maids. However, he had been fighting outside for many years and had hardly lived here. When he was bypassing the two courtyard gates, he almost got lost.

Geshuhan had no intention of telling Xue Bai about secret matters, and did not stop him from leaving, and sat down carelessly.

Xue Bai only wanted to talk about political affairs, so he took his seat and asked, "Is the general still staying in Chang'an because of the Tubo envoy?"

"This matter has nothing to do with you, don't ask."

"The general wants to recommend me to Longyou as a judge, but he doesn't let me know about Tubo?" Xue Bai smiled and said, "It's not sincere."

"Okay, you guessed it right. I stayed in Chang'an to contact those Tubo envoys."

Ge Shuhan said, waved his hand and asked the maid to retreat temporarily, shook his head and sighed: "I didn't lie to you. The Tubo coup is true, but it is true that Tubo wins over Nanzhao. Two groups of people, one group was sent by Tubo minister Mei Se, hoping that the saint can support him; the other group was the spy arranged by the zibozhudan in Chang'an, and some people even lie beside the Nanzhao hostage..."

Xue Bai lowered his head, picked up the wine glass to drink, and remembered that he had a poor alcohol tolerance, so he just smelled it. In fact, he used this action to cover up his reaction when he heard the news.

At that time, the reason why Nanzhao's host Feng Jiayi escaped was that he asked Fan Lao to lure him and deliberately let the Longwu Army catch up. If Feng Jiayi was captured alive, he didn't care, but it was indeed surprising that Feng Jiayi would rather die than surrender. Today, he realized that it turned out that the Tubo people hiding beside Feng Jiayi killed him at the last moment.

This is the arrangement that goes with the flow. Even if there are such accidents, it will not affect the entire plan.

"I know you are very keen, but I and the Right Prime Minister are not all wrong in this matter. Who would have thought that it was two groups of Tubo people?" Geshuhan said: "Geluofeng's rebellion is not serious."

"A general is a general. Everything should be considered from the worst perspective. How can you say such mixed words to protect the right prime minister?" Xue Bai asked: "If the general was Zhang Qiantuo, who died in a foreign land, was still guilty of being lustful and causing a major military and national affairs. What do you think in your heart?"

Geshu Han looked around and said to him, "I once raised an outdoor woman, not Cao, who looked a bit like her. She called "Pei Liuniang", she looked soft and charming, and played the pipa well... But she died very early. I kept her spirits for seven nights and finally dreamed that three yakshas came to eat her flesh and blood. I cut off the yaksha's legs with one knife. Later, I joined Qinghai, thinking that yakshas would not kill me, and I would see who could kill me. But do you know? If she could come back to life, I would like to give up my achievements after she was forty years old. Look, I am also a border general, but I can understand Zhang Qiantuo."

"The general said this simply because he knew that this assumption was impossible. Moreover, Cao was not charming. Perhaps the general had forgotten Pei's appearance?"

Ge Shuhan smiled and shook his head and said, "Since I'm in Chang'an, why talk about the wind and moon, why bother with border affairs?"

Xue Bai didn't hide it and said, "If I talk about the wind and the moon, I will not be busy and I will not talk to the general. Today, I hope that the general will stand on our side and face up to the affairs of Nanzhao."

"Who are you? How do you face it?"

"Simple deduction two steps, one is to replace Li Linfu with Zhang Ye and the other is to revive Zhang Qiantuo?"

"The right prime minister and prime minister have been in charge of the world for more than ten years. At this time, wouldn't it be even worse if Zhang Ye, who had never paid attention to state affairs?"

"The way of governing the country is to be too strict will be resentful, and too lenient will be unrestrained. Since Li Linfu became prime minister, he has been indulged in favor and constrained power. Those who have a little reputation in the court will be slandered by secret schemes, which will lead to no talent in the court today. Zhang Ye has become the only choice. If he becomes prime minister, those who have both virtue and talent will have a way out, and there will be no change in the court."

"After being both morally and talented," Geshuhan thought for a while and asked, "Don't you want to refer Du Youlin as prime minister, right? Or Yan Zhenqing?"

Xue Bai felt a stern and said calmly: "Why can't Dr. Geshu be appointed as prime minister?"

Ge Shuhan was stunned.

Xue Bai said: "But brother will definitely not allow you to worship the minister. The so-called "use all the Hu people in the border towns". What he thought was that the Hu people could not replace his prime minister."

"Don't let me get apart from the right minister."

"How many years can the general be in Longyou in poor health? But who will lose to the general's strategy? Once Genu left the prime minister, the talented and heroes of the Tang Dynasty could do their best..."

"Enough, I'm not finished talking."

"Then I finally asked the general, if you were the prime minister, how would you deal with the matter in Nanzhao? Is it really a crime of Zhang Qiantuo? Ren Ge Luofeng's clever words and despise the truth of rebellion, but Nanzhao has never been the key, the key lies in Tubo!"

"Eat the dog's intestines." Ge Shuhan cursed, "You are just sweet words. If you want to attack Nanzhao, you still have to prepare money and food."

"If you need a lot of money and grain and attack tens of thousands of troops in the south, the court will be deeply trapped in the quagmire at this point." Xue Bai said: "Even if only 50,000 people are mobilized to Nanzhao, will the general think that it will not affect Longyou? In the territory of Nanzhao, you should select elite soldiers and generals. You do not have to exceed 10,000 soldiers, but you must be elite and do not need a military governor. You should be a divine weapon like Gao Xianzhi. How about it better to recommend one person? I promise, Zhang Ye will agree."

Before Ge Shuhan could interrupt, he leaned closer and continued to encourage him.

"If Zhang Ye is a prime minister and his foundation is not solid, he will listen to the general's words in the border affairs."

"Don't say it again!" Ge Shuhan scolded seriously, "Besides, get out."

Xue Bai smiled, and as he wished, he would not mention these things again.

Both of them are already very clear that Geshuhan's choice is related to the results of the matter between the prime minister and Nanzhao, so they should be carefully considered.

The maid continued to serve the dishes and add wine. After a while, Abus also arrived, but Geshuhan forgot to greet him because he was chatting with Xue Bai.

Because it was said that it was a family dinner, Abus came with his wife. His wife was the princess of Geluo. She had fair skin, shiny eyes and a high nose. She was a beautiful and heroic grassland woman.

When the guests arrived, Ge Shuhan called on several generals who followed him to Chang'an to sit down. After a little greeting, he brought the first glass of wine.

"Come on, this first glass of wine, He Xianzhong is promoted to the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu."

All the generals laughed, and Xue Bai almost mistakenly thought he was a rebel when he listened to the Chinese name of "Xianzhong".

These people spoke bluntly, regardless of Xue Bai's presence. Someone said among them: "The right prime minister is ready to dismiss Zhang Qiqiu, and General Li will be the governor of Shuofang by then."

This matter is not a secret. It seems that Li Linfu was uneasy if he didn't replace all the border towns with Hu people.

But Abus was a little frowning and said, "General, this deputy governor of Shuofang is afraid it is not easy to be a member of the army."

"What do you mean?"

"Zhahu ran to tell the saint that he wanted me to move all his tribe members to Youzhou."

“Why?”

"Just be on guard against me."

Geshuhan frowned and said, "There is no reason."

Abus said: "Zahu obviously doesn't want me to gain a foothold in Shuofang. Didn't Zahu's brother also stare at the position of Shuofang's Jiedushi?"

They didn't say the reason, but Xue Bai could probably guess... Abus was originally the leader of the Turkic tribe and belonged to one of the nine surnames of Tiel. Back then, Wang Zhongsi attacked the Turks in the north, and defeated the Turks' civil strife and perished. Abus also surrendered to the Tang Dynasty at that time, and his tribe was also placed by Wang Zhongsi, so he had never been very harmonious with An Lushan.

As for Geshuhan, he has always had some holidays with An Lushan. The reason seems to be related to what they call "My Hu's brother".

At this time, Xue Bai didn't say anything, listening to their few words.

Finally, Geshuhan gave Abus an idea.

"For this matter, you go and ask the right prime minister."

"The right prime minister is probably more partial to the slut."

Geshuhan said: "You are young and you are the right prime minister as your adoptive father. If you have any problems in the future, take care of your righteous brother and your righteous brother. The right prime minister will miss your love."

In front of Xue Bai, his words seemed to express his opinion, and it also made Li Linfu's thoughts. What Li Linfu was most worried about recently was that his sons were ineffective.
To be continued...