Chapter 344: The Kingdom is like a chess (9)

The day is about to end, and under the setting sun, long and sharp figures have fallen in front of the cavalry, and the night has quietly descended on the frozen land of Longyou for thousands of miles.

A team of three thousand Anxi cavalry came from the west, and the horses stepped on the ice river, and the snow was flying all over the sky. The snow had fallen for three days. The bad weather made their march very difficult. When they reached a leeward, Li Qing waved his hand and the whole army stopped moving forward.

A scout came from a distance and jumped off his war horse to Li Qing, and sent a letter of information from Fengxiang. Li Qing opened it, and only wrote eight words on it: "There is nothing in Chang'an, nothing in Hebei."

"Everyone rest for a moment and eat something."

After Li Qing gave the order, he turned his head and rushed towards Li Yu's carriage. He came from Kucha east. They had been marching for nearly a month. Li Qingming sent a large number of scouts to Guanzhong to inquire about Chang'an's information at any time. However, since the death of Anqingzong, Chang'an suddenly became silent and nothing happened. But Li Qing knew that this was just the calm waves on the sea surface, and the seabed had already been undercurrents.

Li Yu was originally riding a horse, but not long after he set out, he fell ill and could only walk in a carriage. Moreover, since the secret order was to order him to go west to the Qin Dynasty, it would be better not to appear in the team.

"Is Your Highness better?" Li Qing walked to the carriage, poked his head out, and asked Li Mi who was looking at him.

After traveling for a month, Li Yu's condition not only did not improve, but instead tended to worsen. Li Qing was very worried. The military doctor with the team asked Li Yu not to travel the bumpy road anymore and had to lie down and rest, otherwise he would have life worries.

Li Mi shook his head, his eyes were gloomy, and he was silent for a moment. Finally, he couldn't help but say: "General, let Your Highness be kept in Longzhou for a while!"

"I just came to discuss this with my husband. The situation in Chang'an is unclear, so it would be bad if you enter the situation rashly. Your Highness is going to be in Longzhou. If there is any situation, I will send someone to contact you at any time."

When Li Mi heard that he promised to stay in Longzhou for recovery, he felt happy, but when he heard his words, he was shocked again, "Is the general going to Beijing?"

Li Qing nodded, "Now that the wind and clouds in Chang'an are surging. If I put it aside, I'm afraid that if I can't do anything, I will lose all the money. It's hard to regret it at that time!"

"What about these three thousand troops? The general has not received the order. I am afraid that those who are interested will use this to impeach the general."

Li Qing smiled slightly: "Since the order has not been received, it is naturally not appropriate to show up in public. These three thousand troops will be left here. I will only bring a dozen people into the capital. If there is any urgent matter for Mr., I can go to Sining Prince's Mansion to find me."

After saying that, he bowed to Li Mi, rode his horse and rushed eastward.

The New Year has passed and the Lantern Festival has not arrived. The whole Chang'an is still immersed in peace and harmony. No one can think of what will happen in the twelve years of Tianbao. It is no wonder that the Tang Dynasty has been calm for a hundred years. Even if everyone knows that An Lushan is going to rebel, most people will still live quietly. No one will really take it to heart. The huge inertia has already numbed people's hearts.

Sining King Li Lin has retreated from the position of the Salt Iron Supervision Order. He was replaced by Jianghuai Salt Iron Envoy Di Wuqi. He is now idle at home. Like all parents in the world, he began to worry about his son's future. The eldest son Li Zhao has been the chief minister of Shaanxi Prefecture for almost five years, but he can't be promoted again. The second son Li Hugen originally wanted to go to Anxi with Li Qing, but Li Lin did not want him to leave, so he found him the position of Wugong County County lieutenant. However, in less than three days, he abandoned his post and returned home and was still wandering in Chang'an.

But now the person who worries Li Lin is his son-in-law. Li Qing has always been his proud person. He became the Minister of Shangshu Zuo Pushe at the age of thirty, and the Great Protector of Anxi, but the current situation in the capital made him feel deeply worried.

"Master, someone has sent this thing."

The housekeeper took a bracelet and found Li Lin in the study room. Li Lin put down the book, took it and looked carefully. It was a jade bracelet inlaid with gold wire, but the pattern of the golden wire, Li Lin suddenly stood up, and said repeatedly, "Where is the person who gave the bracelet now?"

He had already recognized it. This was his daughter Li Jingyan's bracelet. How could it appear suddenly? Without waiting for the butler to reply, he quickly ran towards the gate with the bracelet.

It was already dark outside, and several heavy lanterns were hung in front of the gate. With the faint halo of the lanterns, a carriage was parked at the gate. More than a dozen people in gray were standing next to the carriage. Seeing him come out, one person got off the carriage, and the same gray cloth clothes were wearing a wide-edged hat, and his face was invisible.

"Prince, it's me!" His voice was low and powerful, and Li Lin immediately heard it. It was Li Qing's voice. He was shocked and suspicious, but at this time he could not think about it carefully. He hurriedly turned around and said, "These are my friends, let them enter the mansion!"

It was not until he entered Li Lin's study that Li Qing took off his hat. The light in the study was bright, warm and comfortable. He finally relaxed. When he got here, he was home.

Li Lin put a cup of hot tea in front of Li Qing and asked with concern: "Is it good to be shocked?" He also heard that his daughter was pregnant, which made him very concerned.

"If you have Lian'er take care of her, please don't worry, Uncle Shi."

Li Qing said while looking at Li Lin. He should be sixty years old this year, but the years seem to have not made him old. Instead, he is younger than when he first met him more than ten years ago. He is a person who can't sit still, and busyness makes his life more fulfilling.

"Did Uncle Shi have any news of his appointment?"

Li Lin shook her head gently. He had been unemployed for three months, but the emperor had no idea about his arrangements. No wonder, the current situation? Alas!

Thinking of the situation, Li Lin immediately realized, why did Li Qing come in disguise and not want people to recognize him, he hurriedly asked, "Nephew, are you entering Beijing without authorization?"

He became scared. If Li Qingzhen went to Beijing without authorization, wouldn’t he just fallen into the trap? If he had a few shortcomings, what would Jingyan and the child in her womb do?

But the facts did not change because he was afraid. Li Qing nodded silently. Li Lin suddenly became anxious. He grabbed Li Qing's wrist and roared in a low voice: "You idiot! Don't you know that Zhang Qiqiu has been killed by the emperor?"

Li Qing was shocked. He received a lot of information from Chang'an, and he was calm, but he didn't expect that there was such a huge secret hidden under this "calm".

"Uncle Shi, what's going on? Tell me about it!"

Seeing that his eyes were surprised, Li Lin immediately returned to calm. Knowing that he was mentally prepared, she sighed: "This matter is extremely secret. Not many people know it, and I learned it by chance."

He let go of Li Qing's wrist, stood up and walked slowly in the room, "I heard that after Zhang Qiqiu's report, the emperor immediately appointed him as the general of the Left Guard, but he agreed that he would sneak back to Shuofang that night, but when he ran to Xianyang, he was caught and beheaded on the spot. Not only him, but his two sons and a nephew who were left in the capital were killed together."

"Who is the governor of Shuofang now?"

Li Lin shook her head, "No appointment is available for the time being. I heard that it was temporarily replaced by the deputy governor Guo Ziyi!"

Li Qing was speechless. He knew that Li Longji summoned these military governors to Beijing to collect their military power, and there would be no less protests, but he did not expect that it would be so fierce that he would actually solve the problem by killing. This shows how Li Longji was afraid of these military governors in his heart.

"Who else? Is Zhang Qiqiu the only one?" Li Qing asked again.

"No! This morning, the emperor just appointed the Hexi Jiedushi, the governor of the army, and the general of the Jinwu Guard, and he was appointed Duke Suguo, Kaifu Yitong Sansi. The governor of Hexi is now served by King Shou Li Mao, and the specific military affairs are under the command of the Chief Du Hongjian."

Li Lin suddenly turned around and stared at Li Qing and said, "There is also the Jiannan Jiedushi Xian Yu Zhongtong who has voluntarily resigned from his position as Jiedushi. He is now the Jingzhao Yin, and the Jiannan Jiedushi is also served by Yang Guozhong, and all this happened within ten days."

When Li Lin said this, he slowly sat down in front of Li Qing and said to him gently: "You are half of me, and I am also watching me walk out of a small businessman. How could I not care about you? I guess the next person the emperor wants to move should be Ge Shuhan instead of you. But since you have arrived, let's stay at home and let's wait and see what happens."

Li Qing nodded silently. He suddenly remembered something and said to Li Lin: "I have another thing, I want to ask Uncle Shi to help me inquire."

"What do you think?"

Li Qing wanted Li Lin to ask what the secret decree Li Longji gave to Li Yu was? But in this way, Li Lin would be involved in the struggle to seize the crown prince, which he did not want to.

Li Qing shook his head, "It's nothing, don't take it to heart."

Li Longji has lived here for nearly a month and a half. Although his original intention was to accompany Yang Guifei here to spend the winter leisurely, in fact, he could not have been able to relax for a while. An Qingzong was killed and An Lushan's army was abnormally mobilized; several Jiedushi began to report on his duties; the enthronement of the crown prince was imminent, and it was all major issues, but the meal had to be eaten one by one, and things had to be solved one by one.

An Lushan still needs time to prepare and did not rebel immediately, so he can put this aside first; Li Yu has not returned to Beijing yet, so it is probably because of heavy snow, so don't consider this for the time being.

The first thing to solve is the military power of several other major military governors to prevent them from taking the opportunity to become stronger and even proclaiming themselves kings after An Lushan's rebellion. Things went smoothly. The other five military governors had already been solved by him. However, he also knew that the real difficulty was Geshuhan and Li Qing, who were not fuel-efficient. One had a high position and a powerful person, and his subordinates firmly grasped the military power of Longyou; the other was long and there was no hostage available in Chang'an.

Li Longji put aside the bamboo plaque with Li Qing's name, but his eyes fell on Geshuhan's sign. How to remove Geshuhan's military power must also prevent his confidant from rebelling because of extreme consequences.
Chapter completed!