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Under the wide corridor of the Changsheng Hall of Huaqing Palace, there were loud laughter coming one after another.

The golden glazed tile roof is covered with a layer of snow that has been transformed into most of the vast snow. Crossing the majestic and magnificent dome of the main hall, the heat from the hot springs rises and condenses into a curling white mist.

Tian Lingzi stood in the corridor of the hall with a white whisk in his hand, wearing a brocade robe, smiling and looking at the red and green on the white snow. The emperor was very interested today and was having fun. The young emperor was always so carefree. No matter what happened outside, he could always find a happy way. At such a time, he was playing snowball fights with young palace maids in the Huaqing Palace. Such things could only be played with the emperor with a childlike heart.

Thinking of this, Tian Lingzi kneaded a piece of urgent report sent by a eunuch and stuffed it into his sleeve. Just a mere thief, but only a group of salt dealers. The leader of the Tianping Army, Xue Chong, was really a fool. He could not destroy such a thief repeatedly, and he suffered several losses, causing the thief to rampant in the states of the Tianping Army. He had such a thief, and he was even more embarrassed to send letters to Chang'an to ask the court to send a large army to wipe out.

It's really ridiculous. Such a small thing can disturb Your Majesty's joy? If there is something in the world, I will take it to the court to trouble the emperor, what else would the emperor want them to do?

"Puff!" A snow ball suddenly flew over the sky, exploded on the face of a Qianniu Guard soldier under the corridor. Among the falling snow powder, the tall and burly Qianniu Guard twitched a few times, and even held his hands on the Qianniu Kniu Killing. He didn't even wipe the snow powder on his face, and his body remained motionless like a sculpture.

The young emperor Li Yan was wearing a large cloak of golden peacock fur and a black hat on his head. He laughed and turned out from under a medicine tree. Behind him, the young palace maids were brittle like silver bells.

"Shan Tai collapsed in front of him and his face did not change his expression. It is said that those with thunder in their chests and whose faces are like flat lakes can be called the general. A snow ball hits his face and can remain motionless. This also has the momentum of a general. Good, good. Father, what is this guard's name? I want to reward him heavily!"

The young Qianniu Guard was excited and quickly knelt down to thank him. Li Yan patted the snow powder on his hand and waved his hand to the Qianniu Guard who thanked him, "Stop, I will promote you to prepare for the sixth-grade Qianniu Guard, hold the imperial sword, and accompany you in the future."

The palace maids were full of envy when they saw that the Qianniu Guard was awarded the position of the sixth rank Qianniu, and they all wanted to reward them.

"Okay, okay, all rewards, all rewards!" Li Yan's face, which was still a little green, was full of smiles, and laughed: "Are you still afraid that I can't afford it?"

While talking and laughing, the guards reported to Duke Qi, the Secretary of the Secretariat, Tongpingzhangshi, Zhenguojie, Lu Long's army, and Datong army's three-town Jiedushi Li Jing.

"Li Aiqing is here, okay, aren't you going to give me a reward? I, this love, is the most wealthy and extremely wealthy. You can just ask Li Pingzhang for it later."

Surrounded by a group of beautiful palace maids, Li Yan, who was energetic, sat down by the brazier under the corridor. Tian Lingzi quickly put a bear-skin robe on the emperor, waved his hand and asked the palace maids Fu Wei and others to return to their positions.

A breeze blew, and the snow on the several medicine trees in front of the hall was swaying down. Li Jing, who followed the little eunuch, looked at the snow scene and couldn't help but feel a little emotional. It has been two and a half centuries since the Tang Empire has reached today. The empire is still majestic on the outside. Moreover, with the demise of the Uighurs, the Tang Dynasty's biggest rival, Tubo, has fallen into decline and can no longer cause trouble for the Tang Dynasty. Silla and Bohai, the two eastern countries, have experienced more than two hundred years, and have now become weak.

Looking at the world, it seems that there is only Nanzhao in the south, and the Khitan in the north can cause some minor trouble to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty seems to be invincible in the world!

But Li Jing knew that the Tang Dynasty seemed majestic outside the present, and although there were no powerful foreign enemies, the inside of the Tang Dynasty was actually empty. The prosperity at present was just the last feast of glitz before the end.

It was like the snow after this night, and the last night it fell, but it was already March and there was not much time left.

Unfortunately, at this time, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was still fascinated by the play all day long, while the eunuchs in charge of the government always wanted to intrigue and fight for power and profit.

A burst of laughter interrupted Li Jing's thoughts. He tidied up his clothes and returned to his usual smiling face.

"I am Li Jing, please see Your Majesty!" Li Jing took a few steps and knelt directly into the snow.

But before he could kneel down, Li Yan smiled and said, "The Duke of Qi is exempted from gifts. This is not under supervision and politeness, it is just another palace."

Li Yan sat there, with a white breath emitting from his head. After the young emperor played, he was still full of energy. "What is the urgent matter for the Duke of Qi? Why don't he enjoy the hot soup from Huaqing Palace?"

Li Jing still gave the gift, then got up and handed over the previous draft.

"Your Majesty, there are salt peddlers Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao in the Tianping Army in Henan Province for more than half a year. The robbers plundered Hua, Cao, Pu, Ji, Yan, and Yizhou, and the thieves are becoming increasingly powerful. Just now, I have received the news that a few days ago, this group of thieves had joined forces with the rebellious former Qingzhou Ya general Wang Jingwu. They set up an ambush in Yanzhou and almost wiped out the 8,000 elite Tianping Army, including three cavalry. Later, they defeated the Li army in Taining Army in Yizhou, and then wiped out 5,000 more officers and soldiers. At present, they are even more arrogant. After obtaining a large number of weapons, armor and war horses from the defeated soldiers of the official army, their power has increased several times, and now they have surrounded the Li army in Yizhou."

"Bits? Where did this thief come from? Why haven't I heard of it before?" Li Yan frowned and leaned back, "Is this news true?"

Li Jing said: "These are not ordinary thieves. They are now crowded with many people. In addition, they have joined forces with Wang Jingwu's rebels, and after defeating the Tianping Army and the Taining Army, they have obtained a large number of armor, weapons and war horses. Now they need people, soldiers, and even generals. Now the thief has become a force. If they do not wipe them out, I am afraid that after they capture Yizhou, they will immediately sweep across Henan. At present, the land of Henan has suffered drought, locust plague and floods for two consecutive years, and there are displaced hungry people everywhere. As long as the thief incites, they will be able to carry countless people to make trouble, and the entire Henan will be decayed. Even the eastern capital Chang'an is in danger."

Tian Lingzi snorted dissatisfiedly: "The Duke of Qi is probably an alarmist statement. How can a few salt dealers and a rebel general make a fuss?"

Li Jing faced each other forward and refused to give in.

"Is there a few salt dealers and a rebel general? Don't forget that the Qiu Fu Rebellion was just a riot. What was the result? In the end, it swept over more than a dozen states in eastern and western Zhejiang. How much did the court spend to quell the chaos? Not to mention the distance, just the Pang Xun Rebellion in Xuzhou in the past ten years of Xiantong was just a few garrison soldiers. As a result, it swept half of the southeast, and even the Jianghuai, the tax-paying place of the court, was completely swept. How many soldiers and horses did the court send and how long did it take to wipe out it? Isn't it better to prevent Yu Weiran? It has to wait until the creatures are in trouble and the people are in the water and fire, and they have to spend countless money, food, and horses to quell the rebellion?"

Tian Lingzi was speechless for a moment.

Li Yan was shocked and said in surprise: "This Wang Xianzhi, Huang Chao and Wang Jingwu, are they really so difficult to control?"

"Your Majesty, it will be easier to do it earlier. The later you drag it, the greater the force of the thief army. This is like a snowball. At the beginning, it is just a small snowball. We just squeezed it into the brazier and threw it into the brazier. It immediately turned into water vapor and disappeared invisible. But if we ignore it and are carried by the intentional thief and rolled in the snow, then it won't take long to make the snow bigger and bigger. In the end, even if it is thrown into the brazier, not to mention whether it can be moved, it can be picked up and thrown into the brazier. It will no longer cremate the snow, but the snow extinguishes the fire."

As he was speaking, another guard came up outside and said something in front of Tian Lingzi. Tian Lingzi's eyebrows frowned, and his face instantly became a little ugly. Then, the eunuch handed a note to Tian Lingzi and retreated.

Li Jing had already guessed at this time that this note was probably the situation in Henan.

He said immediately: "Eunuch Tian, ​​I don't know what an urgent matter is. If you report it urgently, please let Your Majesty take a look."

Li Yan also looked at Tian Lingzi. Tian Lingzi could no longer hide it at this time, so he had to hand the memorial to Li Yan.

The emperor opened the memorial and glanced at him for only a few lines, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

"Your Majesty, what's going on?" Li Jing asked hurriedly.

Li Yan handed the memorial to Li Jing, "Duke Qi himself read it!"

Li Jing took it and saw that the memorial was written in some sloppy handwriting, which was very inappropriate. But after he understood the content, he finally understood why the handwriting was so sloppy.

The memorial was sent by Li Shi, the governor of Taining Army, and only one thing was written on it. After Cao Jun and Wang Jingwu Army jointly defeated Xue Chong and defeated Taining Army, he surrounded him all the way in Yizhou City. Yizhou only stood for three days before being captured. The Li Shi disguised himself as a commoner before escaping. After the thief army looted Yizhou and the counties, they did not enter Haizhou or Xuzhou, which was the territory of the Invasion Army, but instead killed a round of gunfire and entered Yanzhou. Last time, Huang Chao and the others only hit a corner of the east side of Yanzhou, but this time they had directly clicked the entire Yanzhou and then entered Songzhou.

No wonder Tian Lingzi also changed his face. Songzhou, Jeju, Yanzhou, and Yizhou are different. Songzhou is close to Luoyang, and the northwest direction is only separated by Bianzhou and Zhengzhou. More importantly, Songzhou is on the canal, and the canal is very long and passes through Songzhou. If the bandit army captured Songzhou, it would be like directly blocking the only tax grain and rice that still maintained blood transfusions to the court.

Without the food and food transported from the southeast on the canal, Chang'an will have no rice to eat!
Chapter completed!