After hearing Yang Guozhong's explanation, Li Linfu showed a delighted smile, stretched out his hand to stroke his beard and said, "Oh, so that's it." Then he stood with his hands behind his back and smiled without saying a word.
The emperor's interest dropped, he stroked the armrests of the bed with both hands, and said rather unhappily: "Li Siye's one-sided words cannot be trusted."
"That's right," Li Linfu immediately helped: "As the saying goes, those who benefit from the high are suspicious. Li Siye has been coveting the Anxi Jiedu Envoy for a long time. From his standpoint, what he said should be mixed with a lot of water and cannot be trusted.
"
When Yang Guozhong heard this, he couldn't help but feel anxious: "Your Majesty, you know Li Siye. He is an honest and upright man. How could he tell lies that favor him?"
Li Linfu added: "Truth and lies are just things that are easy to say. They are driven by interests. What kind of words cannot be said."
"How can he tell lies with such a big heart and heart when he can play music as deafening as the General's Order?"
"Yang Guozhong." Li Linfu's voice suddenly became louder: "You are talking about character with me, but you are talking about music with me!"
Yang Guozhong retorted: "Why am I so frightened when I hear the word "character" from the right minister's mouth?"
"Yang Sinong," Li Linfu said one word at a time: "I have some local specialties that Xianyu Zhongtong sent from Lingnan. Do you want to try them?"
Yang Guozhong closed his mouth angrily.
Li Longji narrowed his swollen eyelids and glanced at the two of them, and said in a deep voice: "You two, don't yell." After that, he raised his arms and said to Gao Lishi behind him: "Lishi sent someone to inform the civil and military officials, don't ask them to go
We are waiting for Gao Xianzhi at the gate of the city. We only need to send a few ministers from the Ministry of War to go there."
When Yang Guozhong heard this, he was secretly happy. It seemed that the emperor who had just been impeached had listened. However, Emperor Xuanzong's next words directly poured cold water on him: "Genu, go down and draw up a decree, and order Gao Xianzhi to enter the city."
Later, at the far gate, I cut off the car at the nose and removed the khan."
"Well," Li Linfu's expression gradually turned regretful after hearing this, as if he had expected something.
Yang Guozhong wanted to speak again, but the emperor had already waved his hand: "Stop talking, you can go down."
The two of them crossed their hands and left. Yang Guozhong hesitated and turned back as he walked. When he stood at the door of the Qinzheng Building, Ji Wen came out from nowhere and crossed his hands and said, "Mr. Yang, have you submitted your memorial?"
"Well," Yang Guozhong nodded sadly: "I gave it to the saint, but unfortunately the effect is not ideal."
"How to say?"
"The saint didn't believe the memorial sent back by Li Siye at all. He said it was just one-sided words. Not only did he continue to protect Gao Xianzhi, he also ordered Gao Xianzhi to kill the King of Shi Kingdom and the Tuqi Shi Khan outside Kaiyuan Gate."
When Ji Wen heard this, he quickly crossed his arms and said congratulations: "Mr. Yang, that's a good thing. This shows that the saint has listened to the content of the memorial."
"It's a good thing
1How do you say this?”
Ji Wen analyzed it carefully with his fingers: "Please think about it carefully, why the saint asked Gao Xianzhi to kill the King of Shi Kingdom and Tuqi Shi Khan as soon as he entered the city, why he didn't dare to summon them, and went to Qinzheng Tower to find out.
Count them to blame. Because His Majesty began to believe that the two of them were unjust, and was afraid that they would cry out in the palace and cause a snowstorm in June, which would make it impossible for anyone to step down. If the saint can think like this, it means that he believes in Gao Xianzhi.
Cheated him."
"Oh," Yang Guozhong finally figured it out after Ji Wen mentioned it.
This was Li Longji's embarrassment. He needed the frontiers to decorate his prosperous Tang Dynasty with victory after victory. Gao Xianzhi was such an advanced example he set up in the Western Regions. He needed to convince the people of the world and even future generations that the Tang army was the righteous one.
Master, Datang can uphold justice in this world and be responsible for peace in the Western Regions.
Of course, Gao Xianzhi, an advanced model, must continue to be a leader. Only the Anxi Protectorate's achievements in the past two years of the Tang Dynasty can be discussed. For example, An Lushan's crusade against the Xi tribe and the Khitan either resulted in more defeats or fewer wins, or they just used banquets as a pretense.
The enemy leader was killed with poison. Ge Shuhan led the Hexi Longyou army to recapture the stone castle at the cost of tens of thousands of lives. This is not so much a feat as a slap in the face. If even Gao Xianzhi's victory turned into nothingness
The moisture, where does this put the emperor's face?
Yang Guozhong said happily: "In this way, the saint will definitely get rid of his Anxi Jiedushi. As long as he is replaced by Li Siye, Li Linfu's control of the Western Regions will fall into our hands."
Ji Wen shook his head firmly: "If this is the case, the saint will not take him away, because at least Gao Xianzhi still has the expedition to Xiaobolu, and the victory of the expedition to Jie Shi Kingdom is at the bottom. The Doctor Li you are talking about seems to be still
He doesn’t have any outstanding military exploits.”
"Isn't this possible?" Yang Guozhong suddenly lost his temper. He suddenly remembered something and said firmly: "Li Siye wrote a letter saying that he also left a back-up man beside Gao Xianzhi, which must have miraculous effects."
Ji Wen nodded convincingly and couldn't help but curse in his heart, "I dare you to form a party with you, Yang Guozhong, as the leader. Among these people, you have the lowest leadership level."
…
Although Li Longji felt disgusted with Gao Xianzhi's behavior, he still held a banquet in Huaxianlou to entertain him. On the surface, this banquet was for Gao Xianzhi, but in fact it was for all the border generals. It seemed to be telling them that they had seen it.
Well, I don’t have high demands on you, as long as you can win big battles, I can tolerate even if you make mistakes.
He granted Gao Xianzhi the title of Kaifu Yitong Sansi, which was the highest rank for civil and military officials in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. He could open a mansion and build a residence according to the standards of the Three Gongs and Three Divisions, which meant that he was the most subordinate of the Three Gongs. In order to cover his ears and save face, Li Longji
Gao Xianzhi can be regarded as the most benevolent and righteous person.
The saint was not in high spirits during the banquet. He just gave Gao Xianzhi a few words of encouragement and left the Huacalyx Tower and went directly to the Nanxun Hall. Instead of pretending to preach victory there, it would be better to get some comfort in the arms of the beauty.
As soon as he reached the entrance of the palace, Gao Lishi came from nowhere and bowed to him and crossed his hands: "Your Majesty, the supervisor of the army sent to Anxi by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is here to see you."
Li Longji looked impatient and muttered: "What's the matter again."
"He has something to offer the saint."
The emperor squinted his thick eyelids, waved his hand and said: "Invite him into the palace."
Bian Lingcheng led two white camels into the Nanxun Hall. The hooves of the two animals were covered with dust. He wrapped their four hooves with silk cloth and dragged them across the white wool carpet.
, the eyelids of the little eunuchs in the palace twitched when they saw it. The celebrity in front of the godfather, General Gao, was so capable that he dared to lead such a dirty animal into the Queen's Nanxun Palace.
The emperor was sitting on the embroidered pier outside the Nuan Pavilion. His wife Yang Yuhuan stood at the door of the moon cave, gently lifting the bead curtain and glanced at the old emperor.
Bian Lingcheng stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and said excitedly and piously: "I am in Qixi, and I am always thinking about the saint's voice and smile. Although it has been two years, it doesn't seem to have changed at all."
Xuanzong was secretly happy. The person next to him said every day that he was so powerful that he never aged. He thought it was to comfort him and make him happy. But when Bian Lingcheng said this today, it seems that Luo Gongyuan's elixir really worked and actually delayed the disease.
senescence.
Seeing that the emperor was silent, Gao Lishi frowned and said to Bian Lingcheng, "Let's get down to business."
Bian Lingcheng straightened up quickly, pointed at the white camels behind him and said, "These are the things that my slave brought back from the border, two white camels and two gold camels."
Li Longji felt bored, but did not want to dampen his enthusiasm. He nodded blankly and said: "White camels are good. Gao Xianzhi also brought me twenty white camels from the Western Regions. Gold is also fine. You have your heart."
Bian Lingcheng crossed his hands and said: "Your Majesty, these two white camels and the gold were given to me and Li Siye by the Prime Minister of High School in Shiguo. Li Siye asked me to take them back to Chang'an and present them to Your Majesty." After saying this, he peeked out of the corner of his eyes and looked at them secretly.
He glanced at the emperor's face.
Li Longji's face was clouded and he said coldly: "Keep talking."