On December 9th, the Purple Chen Hall held a daily court meeting, and there were a few new faces in the court hall.
Li Longji may have felt guilty about Li Heng, so he allowed the prince's guest, Donggong Zhanshi and other three people to participate in the internal court. This increased the prince's usually weak voice in the court.
Wei Jiansu first reported that Marshal Rong Wang Li Wan of the Eastern Expedition was seriously ill in the army, and then reported the news that Gao Xianzhi's advance in Shaanxi County was frustrated.
Li Longji rubbed his frown and shook his head. He had heard enough of this kind of bad news.
Seeing this, Li Heng quickly winked at Lu Lu, the official in the East Palace. Holding the wat in his hand, Lu took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, at this time of turmoil, it is the time for the people of the imperial court to do their best. Your Majesty, take the wat."
Qing Qing revived Guo Ziyi and appointed Li Guangbi arbitrarily. Both of them are talented. But if we want to quickly put down the rebellion and restore the country to Qingping, we must transfer Li Siye to lead troops into Guanzhong."
When Yang Guozhong heard this, he quickly jumped forward and crossed his arms to object: "No, Li Siye has always been proud of himself. During the time he was in charge of the three towns, he dominated the trade routes to make money, and used his private treasury to reward the soldiers. The three armies were only grateful for his kindness, but they did not know the magnitude of the emperor's kindness.
Don't forget the rumors about Chang'an before. How could they be groundless? Who can tell whether his heart is loyal or treacherous? Who can control the power of a hundred thousand soldiers from Longyou and Xiliang into Guanzhong? If he followed the example of the Eastern Han Dynasty
Dong Zhuo, isn’t the country in danger?”
Lu Lu immediately retorted: "What the Right Prime Minister said is very ridiculous. Li Siye has only been in charge of Longyou for four years. He has always been strict and impartial in rewards and punishments. He opened up business routes just to reduce the burden on the court. After hearing about An Lushan's rebellion, Dr. Li immediately ordered
The people distributed food and grass to the various garrison cities, and strictly prepared Tibetans to actively prepare to enter the court and quell the rebellion. His Majesty summoned Li Guangbi to lead the army to Hedong, and he immediately mobilized 25,000 Chishui troops to assist him. May I ask your right minister, Your Majesty, in the imperial edict
The text did not specify how many troops Li Guangbi was asked to lead, but Dr. Li assigned him 70 men of the Hexi First Army. Is this what a man who respects his troops can do?"
Yang Guozhong was at a loss for words, so he pointed at him and said angrily: "You are sophistical...you..."
"Stop arguing!" Li Longji waved his sleeves majestically and said: "As for summoning Li Siye to lead the army into Guanzhong, we will postpone the discussion. Retreat from the court!"
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In the palace of the Crown Prince of the Sixteenth Prince, Li Heng and Left Prime Minister Wei Jiansu were sitting cross-legged opposite each other in the warm pavilion, talking about Go. Two palace maids were squatting beside the copper stove, stirring the bamboo charcoal in the stove with fire chopsticks.
Li Heng was in a daze? He lost two games to Wei Jiansu in a row? When the two men moved to the third game, Wei Jiansu broke the double formation with one piece? He killed the white piece and a big dragon. While he was collecting the pieces, he also talked about the chess game.
Discussing the political situation: "Your Highness is acting in a hurry. Don't you think that haste makes waste?"
The prince understood and frowned and said: "But the situation on the chessboard is dangerous? How can we slow it down?"
"Today in the court, did you ask Lu Yu to admonish Li Siye to lead troops into the court? Not only to suppress the rebellion? But also to deal with Yang Guozhong. In the past, the pepper case of the Western Regions Chamber of Commerce was widely spread in Chang'an City, and no one in the court knew it.
How could His Majesty not know that the conflict between Yang and Li has deepened? If he was determined to protect Yang Guozhong, he would definitely not allow Li Siye to lead troops into Guanzhong. Now His Highness has intervened in advance? How could he not see that you are a saint?
intention of?"
Li Heng's face turned slightly pale, and he quickly crossed his hands and asked for advice: "Xiang Wei has a keen eye on fire. Please give me some advice from Li Heng."
Wei Jiansu put down the chess pieces and smiled calmly: "I am just a bystander. Now the situation has gradually become favorable to His Highness. You will be more useful if you don't do anything than if you do something."
Li Heng nodded meaningfully.
On the second day of court attendance? The princes and princes did not mention the matter of summoning Li Siye to lead troops into the court again, but only discussed the defense affairs of the eastern capital Luoyang. Now that Marshal Rong Wang Li Wan is seriously ill? It is only Gao Xianzhi who has the final say in the Eastern Expedition Army, and Li Longji asked Zhongshu
Shall we give him an order? Let him lead troops to help Luoyang quickly.
After the dispersion of the dynasty, Li Longji asked Gao Lishi to keep Yang Guozhong and told him to come to see me in the study room in the back hall of Zichen Hall.
Yang Guozhong has been a lot more cautious recently. Although his senses are not very keen, he can also sense that there is more and more hostility around him.
He came to the emperor's study? Li Longji was sitting cross-legged in front of the desk reading the memorial. He raised his head and glanced at Yang Guozhong, and turned the paper in his hand upside down on the desk to prevent him from seeing the contents of the memorial through the back of the paper.
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"Guozhong, sit down."
He crossed his hands awkwardly and sat on the hut diagonally opposite, but he didn't dare to lie down on it, so he just sat with his butt next to the edge.
The emperor looked into his eyes and said in a slow tone: "Now the thieves are approaching Xingyang. If Xingyang falls, the eastern capital will be in danger. At this time of national crisis, I really need a general who can take the lead. In fact, Li Siye led the troops to
Guanzhong is a matter of time."
"Your Majesty!" Yang Guozhong remonstrated: "Li Siye has too many troops. I hope your Majesty will take this into consideration! I think that if we want to summon the Hexi Army into Guanzhong, we don't have to summon Li Siye. Your Majesty can bypass him and send military envoys to the various armies under his command."
The order was issued to let them lead the troops across the Yellow River, leaving Li Siye alone to defend the territory in Hexi."
Li Longji frowned and shook his head. He stood up from his desk and walked around in the study. Yang Guozhong also stood up quickly, bowing and waiting aside.
"It is said that a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. Fighting is not as simple as you said. You can win by just putting tens of thousands of people into the hands of anyone. The most important thing in the army is the general... That's all." He stared.
Looking at Yang Guozhong, he said: "You should understand that Li Siye has no different intentions. Those rumors in Chang'an City are just a treacherous trick carried out by the anti-Huan thieves. His willingness to let Li Guangbi take away almost the entire Chishui Army is enough to prove to me his
However, I still haven’t issued a decree to summon him to Guanzhong. You should understand what’s going on.”
After hearing this, Yang Guozhong burst into tears. He knelt on the ground and walked to the emperor, crying bitterly: "Your Majesty, I have a feud with Li Siye. If he leads troops to Guanzhong, he will not tolerate me. I should do the same."
What can I do?"
Li Longji turned around, picked up the memorial that had just been covered on it from the imperial case, and said in his hand: "After he sent Li Guangbi to Hedong, he gave me another memorial, called Six Strategies for Ping Thieves. The first strategy was to bear the brunt of it.
Let me kill you in the name of cutting off the rebels. He also cited the example of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty killing Chao Cuo. In the past, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty used Chao Cuo to cut down the feudal vassal, which touched the interests of the vassal states and triggered the Rebellion of the Eight Kings. The rebels
They attacked the imperial court under the banner of "Execute Chao Cuo and Qing Jun side". What crime did Chao Cuo have in presiding over the reduction of the vassal state? The guilty ones were the seven rebel kings. However, in order to divide the alliance of the rebels and make their divisions unknown, Emperor Jing still reluctantly ordered them to be executed.
Chao Cuo."
Before Yang Guozhong finished hearing the story, he was already sweating all over his body. He knelt in front of the emperor and kowtowed repeatedly, with bruises on his head and cried: "Your Majesty! I am loyal to your Majesty. If your Majesty wants to take my life, how dare I not be loyal to my country?"
I present it with my head. I have been serving your Majesty sincerely for many years. Please leave me a whole body, and do not tell your mother about this, so as not to make her sad. I can no longer listen to your teachings in front of you.
!Your Majesty..."
"Get up." Li Longji crumpled the memorial into a ball of paper in his hands: "How can I be the Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty who framed and killed a wise minister in order to appease the rebels?"
Yang Guozhong kowtowed gratefully: "Your Majesty's holy kindness and national loyalty will never be forgotten. I cannot repay you in this life, but I will have to work hard for Your Majesty in the next life."
"I just want you to be your prime minister, go down."
After Yang Guozhong retreated, Li Longji stretched out the six strategies of Pingthief crumpled into a ball of paper and looked at them carefully. The other strategies were all critical. He had already memorized the general idea, but the first strategy was really contrary to his original intention.
So he discarded it and threw the crumpled memorial into a burning copper furnace.
In fact, Li Siye has many hidden hints and predictions in Six Strategies for Ping Thieves. For example, killing one loyal person can save the world. This sentence appears twice in the memorial, but he changed salvation to redemption, and changed the world to Chang'an.
, the people of Chang'an can be redeemed by killing a loyal person. Do the people of Chang'an include the two ladies of the Yang family in Kaihuafang? Does it include Concubine Yang who lived before Lord Chenghuan?
It was obvious that killing a man could be done, so why did he have to wait until three or four women were forced to Maweiyi to die? The more the emperor could not be cruel and delayed, the more miserable the Yang family's final result would be.