Chapter 400 Transfer

Xue Bai was quite curious about how Yang Guozhong knew that Zhang Bian leaked secrets to An Lushan. When he asked, Yang Guozhong's power level was revealed.

"That day I went to the palace to report to the emperor. After seeing me, the saint summoned Zhang Bian."

"so what?"

"What's the reason? I'm the prime minister, what's the matter with the saint that I can't solve, so I need to summon other ministers?!" Yang Guozhong was very excited.

Seeing his jealous look, Xue Bai couldn't help but think that people in the past said that Li Linfu was jealous, but now Yang Guozhong is no different from him. Is it really due to his personality? Not necessarily.

Yang Guozhong used to be generous, but since he held more than thirty positions, Li Longji only consulted him on everything, and gradually developed the habit of being exclusive.

"Then what?"

"That idiot Yang Guanghui dared to report groundless news to me, which made me lose ground in front of the saint. I was worried that the saint was dissatisfied with me and wanted to replace Zhang Bian as prime minister, so I sent someone to bribe his servants. Later I learned that, Before Fu Chulin went to Fan Yang, I met him secretly."

As he said that, Yang Guozhong frowned. In fact, this matter had been reported to the police a long time ago, but he didn't pay attention to it at the time. He didn't react until the results came out. He actually regretted not discussing it with Xue Bai earlier.

"Today Fu Chulin reported that An Lushan is willing to go back to pay homage to the prime minister. I thought about it and realized that this should never happen. It must be Zhang Bian who revealed something to Fu Chulin."

You could say that Yang Guozhong was not smart, because he keenly grasped the ins and outs behind the incident; but if you say he was smart, by now, he had lost the initiative and allowed An Lushan to express his loyalty first.

Xue Bai pondered and said: "What did Zhang Bian reveal that would make An Lushan come? Unless...it guarantees that he can be released back to Fanyang."

He didn't believe that An Lushan really dared to leave Fan Yang, so this was the only possibility.

"Are you still coaxing me?" Yang Guozhong no longer believed Xue Bai.

Feeling that Zhang Bian and An Lushan were increasingly threatening his position, he could no longer trust Xue Bai.

"You originally insisted that Zahu would not come, but now he is here. You also said that he will definitely go back. When he steals my position, are you going to say that he will resign soon?"

Xue Bai shook his head and said: "That's not how things look. You have to look at his core interests. If his core interests are in Fan Yang, he will definitely not leave Fan Yang. This is inevitable. As for the rest, it is nothing more than a means to confuse the saint. "

"Then do you know what my core interests are?" Yang Guozhong asked back, asking and answering himself: "I will definitely not lose the power to rule the world. This is inevitable."

He waved his hand vigorously with the authority of a prime minister to stop Xue Bai from speaking, and said: "No need to say any more, I asked you to come to discuss with you how to deal with Zhang Bian."

"Is there any evidence that Zhang Bian revealed secrets to Fu Chulin?"

"Is it easy to get evidence for this kind of thing?"

"Then get the evidence that Fu Chulin accepted bribes. It shouldn't be difficult to get."

Xue Bai casually guided Yang Guozhong to shift his focus from Zhang Bian to Fu Chulin, but he was no longer interested in this kind of court dispute. When things reached this point, he could increasingly feel the crisis coming from Fan Yang.

How can anyone care about Yang Guozhong, who is quite unsettled?

But today's meeting still gave him a very important clue.

The first time he left Yang's house, he went back to find Du Jin.

"Have Lao Liang and the others arrived?"

"We can get there in two days."

"Okay, I need to know the route An Lushan takes to go south this time."

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On the seventh day of November, it snowed heavily in Guanzhong, folk farm work had stopped, and there were fewer business travelers on the road.

Amidst the ice and snow, a group of people braved the biting wind and entered Chang'an City.

"General, the Golden Gate has arrived!"

Wang Rao pulled off the scarf wrapped around his face and looked up at the magnificent city gate in front of him with mixed emotions. He did not like Chang'an City as much as others because he felt that Chang'an was too complicated and full of turbulent and treacherous court struggles. He

I like Longyou, you can see the horizon at a glance, simple and clean.

Li Sheng wanted to lead him to Longyou to enter the Memorial Hall, but Wang Nannan refused, saying: "Let's go to Wang Jieshuai's home to pay homage first."

"good."

They then turned to Wang Zhongsi's house, and when they reached the gate, they looked up and saw the three words "Yanshoufang" hanging on the plaque above. Wang Nan could not help but think that living in Yanshoufang could not really extend Wang Zhongsi's life.

Nowadays, several of Wang Zhongsi's sons live in the Wang's residence. None of them had official positions during their mourning period, and all of them are taciturn. The spiritual tablets are placed on the table in the lobby, but there are no other things around them, making it look deserted.

Wang Nan put on the three sticks of incense, turned around and saw some luggage and items placed in the side yard, and asked, "What are these?"

"We plan to sell this house and move elsewhere."

Li Sheng was puzzled and asked: "Why? After all, it is Wang Jieshuai's home."

"It's too expensive to live in Chang'an. It's better for us brothers to split up our families. We have lived with my grandfather in Longyou, Mobei since we were young. We are not obsessed with living in Chang'an."

Wang Ruolan and Li Sheng were all sighing after hearing this. They didn't expect that the death of a famous general who once made a name for himself in four towns would be so careless.

Just as they were about to say goodbye and go out, the sound of rapid horse hooves sounded outside the door. A tall woman wearing a mantle got off her horse and braved the wind and snow to rush to them. It was Wang Yunxiu. She crossed her arms and saluted Wang Nanlan: "Brother.

"

Wang Yunxiu also grew up in the army, and had a good relationship with Wang Ruolan. Because they were from the same clan, they always referred to each other as brother and sister. On the other hand, although Li Sheng was also promoted by Wang Zhongsi and praised as "the enemy of ten thousand people", Wang Yunxiu was already married at that time.

They are not that familiar with each other.

"Sorry." Wang Nan sighed, "You shouldn't have come here, so we're leaving now."

"How about I take brother to meet someone?" Wang Yunxiu said.

"who?"

…

The next day, before dawn, Xue Bai heard the crowing of roosters in the courtyard, rubbed his eyes, and got up from the couch.

This is a very difficult thing. Yan Yan and Qing Lan are still sleeping on the left and right, and their bodies are all warm. He is reluctant to leave that warmth.

The crowing chicken was actually not raised by Xue Zhai, but by Princess Hezheng's Mansion next door. The chicken's voice was so loud that it seemed like it could wake up half the people in Xuanyangfang.

Xue Bai entered the study room holding a candle. The fire dispelled the darkness and illuminated the messy documents and maps on the desk. There were more documents in boxes on the ground. There were various contents on them, including Datang Border Town.

The resumes of various generals, the battle reports of various towns over the years, and the maps are mostly of Hedong, Fanyang and other places.

The reason why these materials were collected was because Xue Bai was a member of the Zhongshu family and took advantage of his position to copy the backup copies kept by the Zhongshu family. Of course, some of them were taken from elsewhere.

Hearing the noise, a servant knocked on the door and walked into the study. The person he saw was Xue Bai. He made a few gestures in sign language, which meant "There is a lot of paper in the room, so please be careful with the candlelight."

This is a mute slave, and he is exactly the same mute slave who was in charge of the records library in Li Linfu's house.

No one knows when Xue Bai acquired such a person and how much of Li Linfu's inheritance he inherited.

Xue Bai then blew out the candle, gestured twice with sign language to show his understanding, sat down in the darkness, and rubbed his tired eyes that were still sore and swollen after a good sleep.

The mute slave brought a plate of food and retreated silently.

It was daybreak after breakfast. Xue Bai opened the window, and the cold wind blew in the snowflakes. It was so cold that people could not help but shrink their necks. However, he did not close the window again, but began to think about the information and organize it.

They are trying to weave a web that can contain the Anshi Rebellion. The various generals that the Tang Army now has can become the threads that weave this web.

He sat like this for a long time, and at noon Qinglan came in to deliver the meal and said: "Mr. Lang, the Wang family's wife has come to ask for an audience. She said she has brought someone you want to see."

"Which royal lady?"

"Oh, Yuan Zai's wife, the Yuan family's wife." Qinglan responded stupidly.

"I'll meet them in the hall."

"Mr. Jun, eat first."

Xue Bai had heard about Wang Ruolan for a long time, but this was the first time he saw him today. He was very impressed as soon as they met, and thought that Wang Ruo's fierceness did not disappoint him.

On the contrary, Wang Nan was a little disappointed when he met Xue Bai, because he felt that Xue Bai was too young and handsome, which was different from what he expected. However, he did not despise Xue Bai because of this, but held the ceremony very solemnly.

"I've met Xue Lang."

"General, don't be too polite."

Xue Bai hurriedly stepped forward and held Wang Nan's elbows to help him up, but it turned out that he was being held up by an iron frame and could not be lifted at all. He had no choice but to let Wang Nan make a full salute.

Li Sheng on the side was actually very familiar with Xue Bai. The two were about the same age and got along like friends. At this time, Li Sheng saw that Wang was rarely like this, so he also bowed.

After that, they sat down and talked.

"General Wang has been transferred to Hedong in a hurry, but for the time being, he is not worthy of the high position of general. The only one is Yunzhong Army Envoy." Xue Bai said, "But what I can guarantee is that in the future, there will be an opportunity to make contributions in Hedong.

More than Longyou. We should all know that the internal situation in Tubo has been very chaotic in the past two years. There will probably be a stalemate with the Tang Dynasty for several years. As for Hedong... you know why An Lushan had to get rid of Wang Jieshuai.

And then quickly.”

Wang Ruan was a very smart man and immediately asked: "Xue Lang means, An Lushan wants to rebel?"

"It seems that the whole world knows it?"

With this consensus, the subsequent conversation went more smoothly. Wang Nanwan originally wanted to explore the details of Li Heng's deposedness after the fireworks ceremony, but his focus was completely led by Xue Bai, and the content of the discussion was Ruo Anlu

If the mountains are going to rebel, what is the significance of the various cities and passes in the east of the river?

At the end, Xue Bai asked: "I have proposed that Li Guangbi be appointed as the deputy envoy of Hedong Jiedu. Will he return to Chang'an with the general?"

This kind of thing is like playing chess. He wanted to use one or two of Gao Xianzhi, Guo Ziyi, and Li Guangbi to replace An Lushan, but he couldn't do it at the moment, so he had to look at Hedong first. He originally wanted to transfer Guo Ziyi to Hedong Jie

Du envoy, but now Guo Ziyi was attacking Absi in the north, so he considered Li Guangbi.
To be continued...