During this period, Zhaozong relied more and more on Du Shu and became distant from Cui Shaowei. The reason was naturally because Cui Shaowei's suggestion made Zhaozong frequently encounter confusion.

Du Rangneng's suggestions are often very useful, such as letting the kings take charge of the troops is Du Rangneng's suggestions.

Du Rang could say that the biggest external trouble of the court was the vassal states. Only by gathering the power of the royal family and nobles could the strength of the court be quickly enhanced.

When he returned to Yanying Hall, Du Rangneng also came to Yanying Hall, and Zhaozong talked about the marriage.

Du Rangneng thought about it and replied: "Your Majesty, the marriage granting has little impact on the direction of the vassal states. However, Fufeng Hou once collided with the Daming Palace. Marriage granting can block the excuse of the southern Sichuan army's rebellion. After all, the consequences of creating a crack in the southern Sichuan border are not good."

Zhaozong nodded, Du Rangneng hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, I have heard a message that the Wei family in Jinzhou and Nanchuan are actually one family. This rumor was sent by the Jiedushi of Jingnan."

Zhaozong was slightly stunned and said, "Southern Sichuan and Jinzhou are both Weishi, so it is not surprising that they are united."

"The problem is that the Jingnan Jiedushi said that Badong and Wuling were actually occupied by the Southern Sichuan Army." Du Rangneng said.

Zhaozong was surprised and said, "What you said in your family is true?"

"I cannot guarantee that it is true. This is a message sent by the Jingnan Jiedu governor. Perhaps it was the Badong Du Defense Envoy reached a joint venture with the Sichuan Southern Army." Du Rangneng replied.

In fact, he was half-believing and half-doubted about the information of the Jingnan Jieduan. Cheng Wei's information said that the Sichuan Jieduan was Fufeng Hou, and there was no other elder, the Sichuan Jieduan.

As the prime minister, Du Rangneng must be responsible for his words. If the words are not in line with the truth, it will make a joke. He believes that it is not important to who the governor of southern Sichuan is, and what is important is the true belonging of Badong and Wuling.

Zhaozong's face was gloomy. After a while, he asked, "If Badong and Wuling were indeed occupied by the Southern Sichuan Army, how should the Qing family think it should be dealt with?"

"Your Majesty, even if Badong and Wuling are occupied by the Southern Sichuan Army, their power is weaker than Li Maozhen, and at most it is equivalent to Tongguan Army. Badong is only a strategic significance, and it is far inferior to Jingzhou in terms of wealth. The ability of Jingzhou to not be annexed means that the strength of the Southern Sichuan Army is limited and unable to advance." Du Rangneng said.

Zhaozong nodded and said, "The Wei family in Jinzhou was threatened by the Tongguan army. There are Dongchuan army and Fengxiang army in southern Sichuan. They are indeed unable to enter Tujingzhou. However, it will be a big problem in the long run."

Du Rangneng nodded deeply.

Zhaozong asked: "Can the Qing family solve the problem for the Wei family in Jinzhou?"

Du Rang would think about it and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the person who can restrain the Wei family in Jinzhou is Lord Wei Zhaodu."

Zhaozong was slightly stunned, and Du Rangneng said again: "Wei Zhaodu is the elder brother of the Governor of Jinzhou. If His Majesty ordered Wei Zhaodu to send troops to cooperate, he might be able to mobilize the Jinzhou army to deal with Fengxiang's army."

Zhaozong was so naive, Du Rangneng said again: "But the cooperation of time is needed. For example, the imperial edict ordered the Southern Sichuan Army and the Dongchuan Army to attack Xichuan. After Li Maozhen learned about it, he would inevitably increase his troops to Xichuan. The court's military strength could be with the Jinzhou army to attack Fengxiang Prefecture."

After hearing this, Zhaozong nodded and said, "Your family's words are very wonderful."

Du Rangneng said righteously: "Your Majesty, the strategy of attracting wolves to fight tigers cannot be implemented urgently, otherwise it will be difficult for Weishi, the Jinzhou Weishi, and the marriage will create an illusion of being close to southern Sichuan, which will make Li Maozhen suspicious. Once the time is ripe, influence Weishishi in Jinzhou through Wei Zhaodu and cooperate with the court to seize Fengxiang Mansion."

Zhaozong nodded and asked, "What is the meaning of your family? Let Duke Qi return to the court."

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I dare not say much when I enter the temple, but Your Majesty wants to keep Lord Wei’s Xichuan Jiedu, and later decree Lord Wei to regain Xichuan with the Southern Sichuan Army. If Lord Wei Zhaodu fails in Xichuan, he will inevitably desire to avenge his previous shame." Du Rangneng said.

Zhaozong frowned and said, "Wang's family occupied Xichuan, wouldn't it be even more powerful?"

"Your Majesty, you can gain if you have any mistakes. You don't have huge benefits to seduce you. How can Wei be used by the court? The hidden danger of the court is Fengxiang Mansion. Besides, Fengxiang's military strength is strong and he fought against the arms of southern Sichuan and both suffered losses. Later, Wei occupied Xichuan, and Your Majesty summoned Lord Wei back with an imperial edict." Du Rangneng explained, implying that the emperor, Wei Zhaodu could be hostage.

Zhaozong nodded. He really wanted to take over Fengxiang Mansion the most.

I heard Du Rangneng say again: "There are too many military forces in the court. Now the most urgent thing is to strengthen military training and military preparations. Please wait patiently for the opportunity."

Zhaozong nodded and said, "Just follow your family's good words."

The monarch and ministers communicated properly, and Zhaozong returned to the harem in a good mood. On the way back, Zhaozong's mind changed a little again, and suddenly returned to Yanying Palace and ordered Xuan to summon Li Yan to see him.

Li Yan was called to see him in a nervous mood. He was in a bad mood these days.

That day when he went home and saw the smashed mansion, he was shocked and frightened. He was an official who had experienced the Huang Chao Rebellion and had experienced the pain of war and escape.

What made Li Yan the most unhappy thing was that after the Fufeng Army smashed the mansion, he had congratulated his relatives and friends on his old friends and relatives before, but only four families came to express their condolences, which obviously kept a distance from Li Yan.

Li Yan tasted the situation of being isolated for the first time. He knew that his relatives and friends were afraid of Fufeng Army and were worried that they would get closer to Li Yan and would be vented by Fufeng Hou in the future.

The hearts of Chang'an were turned into frightened birds by the turmoil that had happened.

But from the other side, it also shows that Chang'an officials were not optimistic about the Tang Dynasty court and lost confidence in relying on the court. They all took a cautious attitude to sweep the snow in front of the door.

Li Yan originally wanted to become the prime minister and keep his name in history, but after obtaining the qualification of prime minister, he felt bored. With other prime ministers, he felt inferior and humble, and felt that other colleagues were mocking his prime minister's qualifications for being incorrect.

Walking into Yanying Hall, Li Shi saluted the emperor respectfully. Zhaozong asked directly: "I heard that Badong was occupied by the Wei family in Jinzhou. Does the Qing family know?"

Li Shi was stunned and said, "I don't know. I only know that I have known Lord Wei Zhaodu and have never met Wei in Jinzhou before."

Zhaozong frowned and asked, "Li Ji has served as the governor of Fuzhou, and he should know the relationship between southern Sichuan and Badong."

"Your Majesty, I have talked about the matter in southern Sichuan. Southern Sichuan and Badong are two forces. The military and political parties of the two are different. In addition to the four prefectures under the jurisdiction of southern Sichuan, only a few states in Qianzhong Road were ruled by Yuzhou." Li Yan replied.

Zhaozong nodded and said, "I came to Xuanqing's family and told me about something. In order to restrain Li Maozhen, I need to appease the governor of southern Sichuan and decide that the royal family's daughter will give the marriage to the Marquis of Fufeng."

Li Yan looked a little surprised and said, "Your Majesty wants to give the Marquis of Fufeng."

Zhaozong nodded and said, "It is a stopgap solution for the overall situation. Southern Sichuan and central Guizhou are border areas. I am worried that the governor of southern Sichuan will split the land and ban the territory. If there is such a consequence, the court will not be able to attack for the time being. I tried to let the Fengxiang army send troops before, but the Fengxiang army refused to do so, so I could only appease me."

Li Yan nodded and said seriously: "Your Majesty is very worried."

Zhaozong said: "I feel ashamed of your family."

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"Your Majesty, I originally didn't like to marry Fufeng Marquis, but after the marriage was terminated, the cruel nature he exposed made me feel even more disheartened. I am a scholarly family and hate rude men." Li Yan replied with a firm heart.

"It made the Qing family frightened." Zhaozong said, then asked Li Yan to leave and return to the harem.

When he returned to the queen, Zhaozong said calmly: "I have approved what Princess Heng asked for. Marquis Fufeng served as the governor of Qianzhong. The royal family's county lord seemed to be despised. I gave the title of Xuerou County to be promoted to Princess Jiangcheng and had a fief of Yuzhou."

The queen said happily: "Your Majesty, Prince Heng's Mansion must be grateful."

Zhaozong smiled faintly and said nothing. There were two intentions for granting the princess. One was to show the sincerity of the court's appeasement, and the county lord's marriage was ordinary. The other was to spread the prestige of the court and seize the prestige of the governor of southern Sichuan.

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Li Xian returned to his home, and Li Xian, who had already returned home, came to pay his respects.

After hearing Li Yi's advice, Li Xian's face immediately turned gloomy and he couldn't help but blurt out: "It's shameless enough."

"Rareless." Li Yan scolded him in anger.

"Yes, my son shouldn't be talking nonsense." Li Xian hurriedly admitted his mistake.

"Get out." Li Shi said angrily, and Li Xian left respectfully.

After leaving his father's yard, Li Xian sneered and said to himself: "A wise ruler? A slutty ruler who is obviously self-righteous can become a vassal lord. That's not a human spirit."

Li Xian turned around in the courtyard disdainfully. Unlike his father Li Yan's feelings, Li Xian still felt as bright as before.

After the door of the mansion was smashed, Li Xian met the secret envoy of the Governor of Jinzhou. Soon after, he was told that the fourteenth girl had left and was accompanied by Wei Fufeng.

Therefore, Li Xian was in a good mood, but Li Ji was in a depression. He went to Honglu Temple to order Mao every day and left, drinking tea and listening to music outside to relieve his depression.

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Hengwang Mansion is located in Yanshoufang outside the southwest corner of Taiji Palace. It is separated from Taiji Palace and is far from Daming Palace in the northeast.

King Heng was the second hereditary generation of Jiaen, and his seniority was the emperor's cousin.

The Lord of County Xuerou is a sister of King Heng. With the outbreak of Huang Chao, the court became increasingly weak, and the survival of the kings in Chang'an City was also on a downward path.

The lord of Xuerou County is eighteen years old and it is difficult to find a suitable husband to marry.

The sunset of the Tang Dynasty and the respectful status of the royal daughters made the nobles and officials unwilling to marry the royal daughters. The county lord Xuerou fell into the embarrassment of being unable to succeed or to be in a low position.

Princess Heng received the reply from the queen and went to congratulate her sister-in-law happily. When she heard her sister-in-law coming, County Lord Xuerou, who was reading a book, hurriedly got up to greet her.

"My little sister welcomes the princess." County Lord Xuerou saluted respectfully.

"Sister, don't call her sister-in-law the princess in the future. Now her sister has been awarded the title of Princess Jiangcheng, the first-class." Prince Heng's mansion smiled and supported Li Xuerou.

"Give the princess a title?" Li Xuerou said in surprise and whispered.

Princess Heng smiled and said, "My sister said she likes Fufeng Hou, so she went to beg the Empress. In the end, not only was she granted the marriage, but Her Majesty the Emperor also granted her the title of Princess Jiangcheng and a fief of Yuzhou."

Li Xuerou's delicate face changed slightly, and then she said in surprise: "It's really done?"

"Of course it's done. Now my sister can be satisfied." Princess Heng said happily. As her sister-in-law, she should be worried about her sister-in-law's marriage. She has never been able to get married, and her face is also lost.

"Xuerou thanked his sister-in-law for fulfilling her kindness." Li Xuerou thanked shyly.

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