Yang Guozhong did not spend the night in Li Chenghong's mansion in the end. He had to go to Linghu Fei, and after drinking, he said goodbye.

"Don't send me away, I can go back by myself. I'm not drunk, haha! I've never been as clear as today."

He staggered into the carriage and waved his hand and said, "Go back home!"

The carriage started and headed towards the gate. Li Chenghong watched Yang Guozhong's carriage disappear, and immediately ordered his brothers: "Go and invite all the princes, and say I have something important to discuss with everyone."

"Does my brother really want to act?"

Li Chenghong nodded, "Yang Guozhong said it well, we really don't have time."

"I understand, I'll go now."

"Wait a moment!"

Li Chenghong called out to his brother again, and he walked up and whispered, "Come your men and raise your troops for a thousand days, it's time to use troops for a while."

"Don't worry, brother, I know it."

Li Chengning ordered people to bring his horse, turn over and gallop away. Li Chenghong ordered people to clean up the door of the mansion, and the door closed with great worries.

There was no one in front of the mansion, only two dim lanterns swaying in the wind. At this time, two doves suddenly flew out from a thick tree opposite the mansion, flapping their wings and flew northwest.

In Pinggao County, Yuanzhou, Li Qing'an invited more than 200 representatives of the people from Guannei Prefecture in the Yanei Prefecture. These are highly respected people from each prefecture, county and major clans. They have high prestige among the people. Most of them are elderly people over 60 years old, and they are recommended by local governments.

I couldn't sit in the lobby, so the banquet was placed in the yard in front of the lobby. More than 200 people were gathering in the courtyard. Everyone was chatting and laughing, and it was very lively. There were mats on the ground, and each two people had a table, with fine wine, fruits and vegetables on the table, and the dishes were quite rich. This was provided by three big restaurants in Pinggao County. More than a dozen of friends were busy serving dishes and delivering wine to the elderly for dinner.

Li Qing'an sat above, with more than a dozen prefects and chief officials from each state in front of a long row of tables, and more than twenty county officials were sitting at the tables on both sides. The Guannei Road was vast in territory and densely populated, with many prefectures and counties. Here are only some prefectures and counties.

"His Highness Zhao's battle completely wiped out An Lushan's army, so that we will no longer be hit by the violent army. I would like to express this glass of wine to your highness on behalf of the elders and fellow villagers in Yanzhou."

The person who spoke was Xu Duanming, the prefect of Yanzhou. An Lushan's army stayed in Yanzhou for the longest time and was the most cruel to the people in this area. Xu Duanming was also bullied. He was full of gratitude to Li Qing'an.

Li Qing'an also stood up and clinked with him, and said with a smile: "Premier Xu is polite. In the future, Anxi Army will have a team stationed in Yanzhou to defend An Lushan from crossing the river again. Please take care of Xu."

"Sure! Sure! I can't ask for it."

The two of them drank the wine in one go. Li Qing'an poured another glass of wine, picked up the wine glass and whispered to everyone: "Dear fellow villagers, dear envoys of prefectures and counties, please listen to me."

The courtyard suddenly became quiet, and everyone's eyes all turned to Li Qing'an.

Li Qing'an raised his voice and said slowly: "The Guannei Road has been the only way for the northern nomadic people to enter Guanzhong since ancient times. Since the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu, Turks, Uighurs, and the Five Barbarians invaded China, have brought serious disasters to the Guannei Road. In the past two years, the Uighurs invaded, and now Fan Yang's wolf soldiers have advanced westward, massacred and killed, and the villages and towns are ignored. However, the court is weak and cannot send troops to rescue all the elders and the elders. Li Qing'an, as a royal family in the Tang Dynasty, feels very guilty when he thinks of this. This time I was named the Guannei Pai Pacifier by the Emperor. This is

The Supreme General Guannei Road entrusted me. I will never let down the holy grace and the expectations of all the fellow villagers. So I decided to temporarily station 20,000 troops in Guannei Road to defend Caorong in the north and resist tigers and wolves in the east. These 20,000 people are elite soldiers in Anxi. They have always been strict in military discipline. However, in order to prevent individual soldiers from being rude to the local area, I decided to set up a Military Discipline Supervision Department in Anding County, Qingzhou, which is directly under the supervision of the Anxi Supervision Office. As long as the Anxi Army has any violations of laws and regulations, all the villagers will go to complain, and the Anxi military regulations are strict and will be severely punished!"

Li Qing'an said this, which attracted a lot of warm applause. Most of the applause from the officials was a social event, especially the prefect of the state. They saw the problem far-reachingly. They understood Li Qing'an's implications. His army would not leave. The power of the Anxi Army would officially extend to the inner road. Some people were happy and some were worried about this news.

However, the applause from more than 200 villagers was much warmer. It was obvious that out of inner support, these fellow villagers were relatively simple. They would not care about Li Qing'an's purpose of garrisoning troops in Guannei Road. The court's power struggle had nothing to do with them. They only hoped that there would be a powerful army to protect their safety. The Anxi army defeated the fierce An Lushan army, which undoubtedly became their best support. Now Li Qing'an announced that he would garrison in Guannei Road and strictly advocated military discipline, which made these old people very excited and cheered together.

Li Qing'an smiled and waved his hand. The yard became quiet again. Li Qing'an continued: "The journey in Anxi is long and the logistics supply of food and grass is difficult, so I cannot send more troops, at most 20,000. The 20,000 troops are mainly stationed on the northern border to defend against the Uighurs' further invasion south. In this way, the hinterland of Guannei Road still seems empty. Although An Lushan was defeated, he is strong. I dare to assert that he will launch a large army again to relieve the shame of the entire army being wiped out this time. If he leads a hundred thousand troops across the river and come west, the people who suffer will be the ones who suffer. So I decided to recruit 100,000 soldiers in Guannei Road. I will train them into a powerful army to defend the elders and villagers here no longer suffer from An Lushan's misfortune!"

Li Qing'an's last two sentences were passionate, which made the old people present excitedly hear the blood and the applause sounded warmly again.

But more than a dozen state officials looked at each other. It was easy to recruit soldiers, but who would support this army? Li Qing'an himself said that it was inconvenient for Anxi to transport grain, and this burden would undoubtedly fall on them. At this time, the prefect of Jingzhou Cui Xun couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Your Highness Zhao, how should we solve the problem of recruiting soldiers and raising soldiers?"

Li Qing'an glanced at him and smiled and said, "This is what I want to say below. This time, we defeated An Lushan's army, and we seized a large amount of money, grain and materials. In addition, Anxi will also send a batch of silver dollars to come. The money and grain of recruitment can be solved. As for raising soldiers in the future, I plan to implement the military farming system first, and then gradually expand the number of self-cultivated farmers, so that the empowerment of grain tax in the inner road can be greatly improved, and a part of the rented grain is taken to support the army, so that the military's supply problem can be solved."

After Li Qing'an finished speaking, the faces of several prefects changed drastically. They heard Li Qing'an's implicit meaning, what is increasing self-cultivation farmers? To put it bluntly, it is to imitate Guanzhong to limit land. It is rumored that Anxi punishes land mergers extremely severely. Could he promote the Anxi scheme in Guannei Road? Anxi is vast and sparsely populated, and can Guannei Road work?

Cui Xun sighed in his heart, and he said, "I suggest that Your Highness, King Zhao, should discuss with the court. The roads in the inner palace are not as dense as Anxi, and have great interests. I hope Your Highness can act cautiously."

"I know this very well!"

Li Qing'an was not angry. The rebound of local officials was expected. He knew that this rebound was not actually an offense to their interests. Most local officials were just arbitrary and frequently mobilized. Few people were involved in the official land and occupied a lot of land. They were just afraid of violating the interests of the powerful and harming their careers, so they did not dare to get involved.

"I have another not very formal news to tell you that just yesterday morning, the emperor had issued an official order to grant me the right prime minister of the Secretariat. As soon as the imperial edict arrived, I would go to Beijing to the Main Government Hall. After I entered the Main Government Hall, the imperial court will officially implement the land inventory of Guannei Road.

The news from Li Qing'an was like a miniature thunder blew up at the wine table. The prefectures and county officials present were stunned. Li Qing'an was the right prime minister. The shocking power of this news was far greater than defeating An Lushan for these officials. Before that, Li Qing'an was the governor of Anxi. Although he served as the sanction of the Guannei Dao, it was just a temporary position, symbolizing more than substance and having no actual power. Li Qing'an was still a military position. He basically did not violate the rivers of the civil service system, but he was a right prime minister. The right prime minister was the head of all officials and the general leader of these prefect county officials. Officials below the fifth rank, he could be promoted and removed directly. From officials below the third rank, he could propose promotion and removal cases and handed over to the emperor for approval. Generally speaking, he was rarely refuted.

The officials were so scared that they wanted to stand up and greet him again. Li Qing'an quickly waved his hand and smiled: "The imperial edict has not arrived yet, and it is too early to say this now. Come on! I would like to wish you a glass of wine. I hope you will take care of the Anxi garrison in the future."

Everyone did not dare to neglect, so they all stood up and drank the wine. The tension at the table immediately eased. At this time, a personal soldier quickly came to Li Qingan and whispered a few words. Li Qingan nodded and smiled at everyone: "I have some military affairs to deal with. I will lose my companion for a while, you can talk first!"

He gave Yan Zhuang another wink at the seat of the side, and Yan Zhuang got up and left with him. Li Qing'an's temporary headquarters was next to the prefecture. Soon, they entered the headquarters and met Tian Zhen with a report to report: "General, the prisoners of war have been sent to Lingzhou, and General Lifei sent someone to send the reorganization plan."

"Let it be on my desk first, and I'll talk about this later."

Li Qingan walked into the room, Yan Zhuang followed in and asked, "General, what happened?" He knew that Li Qingan hurriedly left the banquet, and something must have happened.

"An emergency information has arrived in Chang'an. Some royal families are going to be unfavorable to Li Yu, and it may be in these two days."

Yan Zhuang sighed and said, "It is obvious that the general is about to enter the court to become a prime minister. There is not much time left, and some people are about to jump over the wall."

Li Qingan walked a few steps behind his back. He pondered for a moment and said, "The key is what should we do? Do you want to remind Li Yu?"

"Don't the general think this is an opportunity?"

Li Qingan glanced at him and saw Yan Zhuang laughing with a meaningful smile, and said, "What's the chance?"

Yan Zhuang gently stroked the short beard of the goat under his jaw and said, "Actually, I had a premonition that Li Yu would have taken away the fertile land and money from the royal family on such a large scale. How could these royal families tolerate him? They first placed their hopes on Li Longji, but after so long, Li Longji still could not stand up for them. He could only protect himself. If the general did not enter Guanzhong, this time might be longer, but the general was named the right prime minister, and they could only take action in advance. If something happened to Li Yu, the inheritance of the throne would be in chaos. No matter who ascended the throne would not be legitimate, which would leave a chance for the general in the future."

"Sir, are we out of the way?"

"Yes! I suggest that the general should not rush to enter Beijing or get involved in it, so as not to leave a word for others. But watch coldly and wait until the matter comes out before entering Beijing, preside over justice in a high-profile manner, and start building your own power while taking advantage of the chaos in the court."

Yan Zhuang's suggestion talks about Li Qing'an's heart. Although he has strong military strength, his political strength is very weak. He has almost no followers in the court. Although he has gained the status of a royal family, Li Jiancheng's group has long been cut off. Now Li Shimin's descendants control the world. These royal families will never support him. If he goes to Beijing to become prime minister, it will largely help Li Yu consolidate the throne. Although it can suppress the deterioration of the land in the Tang Dynasty, it will not be beneficial to his own future. Therefore, although Yan Zhuang's suggestion is a bit unkind, this suggestion is a wise move.

Thinking of this, Li Qingan nodded and said, "Okay! Just follow the words of the gentleman and watch coldly."

At this time, a personal soldier reported outside the door: "General, an old friend is visiting in Chang'an."

"Who is it?"

"It's the old friend who visited the general at night in Ganzhou last time."

‘Li Qi!’

Li Qingan reacted and he smiled and said, "Please come in!"

He smiled at Yan Zhuang again and said, "Sir, can you go to the banquet to socialize for me first, and listen to what those state officials are talking about?"

"Then I will go first."

Yan Zhuang left, and for a moment, several personal soldiers brought Li Qiu in. As soon as Li Qiu entered the door, he bowed deeply and said, "I am not a good job and meet the prime minister!"

Li Qiu's behavior seemed a bit reckless, but in fact, he was expressing his opinion to Li Qing'an that no matter what happened in Chang'an, Li Heng still admitted that Li Qing'an was the right prime minister. This is a prerequisite. Only when this prerequisite is met can they continue to talk.

"The little prince's words are wrong. I am not a prime minister yet. Even if the imperial edict is issued, it is still the same thing. Please sit down first!"

"Thank you... General!"

Li Qiu couldn't figure out Li Qing'an's attitude. He sat down nervously and said, "Last time the general said, it took time to consider the conditions, I wonder how he was thinking about it?"

"I've already thought about it."

Li Qiu was overjoyed. They were afraid that Li Qing'an would not consider any conditions, which meant that Li Qing'an would have the possibility of turning against them and things would be troublesome. As long as Li Qing'an was willing to consider the conditions, everything would be easy to discuss. Before he left, Li Heng had already authorized him that he could promise Li Qing'an all conditions outside the imperial power.

He hurriedly said, "Please tell me, General!"

In fact, Li Qing'an's conditions were already considered when crossing the Yellow River. Although he didn't know where Li Heng would go, no matter what purpose Li Heng had for, he just kept the lion from speaking out his own conditions.

Li Qingan smiled slightly and said, "I have three conditions. As long as the Supreme Emperor can agree, I will fully support him."

"Just say it!"

"Okay! First, I want to serve as the governor of Shuofang and the observer of Guan's inner road."

After saying that, Li Qingan looked at Li Qiu and waited for his response. Li Qiu nodded silently. Li Qingan's first condition was expected by Li Heng. Li Qingan had sent troops to occupy Lingzhou. After defeating An Lushan, he actually occupied the Guannei Road. Now he just wants to legalize his occupation. This argument with Li Qingan is meaningless, but Li Qiu is not in a hurry to express his opinion, and said: "General, please continue to speak!"

"Okay! I continue to say that my second condition is that Pei Min is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel and serves as the Minister of Personnel and the Minister of Personnel."

This is also an extremely important condition. Li Qing'an did not have strong gangs in the court. Although there were two officials in the Han and Tang dynasties, their status was too low and they were not a big deal. Although his father-in-law was good, they still needed to reconcile. Only Pei Min, who was both a famous official and his wife and uncle, could be entrusted to him. He was very worried that Pei Min would be liquidated, so he had to save him first.

This condition should not be a problem, Li Qingan said again: "My third condition is that I want to serve as the Grand Marshal of the World."

This condition made Li Qi a little embarrassed. The Grand Marshal of the World's Army means that Li Qing'an wants to take charge of the world's army. Of course, now that the warlords are separating, everyone leads an army. Li Qing'an actually doesn't care much, but with this name, he can just recruit soldiers from all over the Tang Dynasty. Although Li Heng's prohibition of official titles does not include this, Li Qi personally thinks that this condition cannot be agreed, and Li Heng will not agree.

He hesitated for a moment and said, "I can agree on the first and second conditions on behalf of the Supreme Emperor without reservation, but I can ask the general to consider the third condition."

Li Qingan knew that they would not agree, but as a means of negotiation, he had to first come up with an unattainable condition. After the other party refused and was psychologically at a disadvantage, he would then come up with his own real conditions. In this way, the other party would fully agree.

He smiled and said, "Okay! Since the little prince is in a dilemma, I will settle for the second best. The third condition will be changed to move 500,000 Han citizens to settle in Anxi within three years. What about? This condition is not too much!"
Chapter completed!