Li Fuguo seemed to have prepared the answer a long time ago, and replied without thinking:

"Luoyang has just recovered, the war is still unsettled, the traitors are entrenched in Hebei, eyeing the tiger, maybe one day they will come back, so not only should Doctor Qin be rewarded, but also make him go north to completely eliminate the remnants of the thieves!"

His words are understandable, but in Li Yu's opinion, they are all correct nonsense, and of course the remnants of Hebei are not at peace, and it is also appropriate to let Qin Jin take advantage of the victory to cross the river to the north to pursue the traitors. However, he also knows a lot about this villain's powerful eunuch, and this person will never do anything that only benefits others and is not good for himself, and even only does something that harms others and benefits himself most of the time.

Therefore, Li Yu did not reply, but only hesitated and did not say anything. But Cui Lian laughed.

"What the general said is very true, reward and fight the thief, and we must not let the remnants of the thief revivenation. ”

The folds on Li Fuguo's face were squeezed together, forming an ugly smile.

"Cui Xianggong really made a wise decision, since the good news of recovering Luoyang is true, why don't you entrust Dr. Qin to stay in Luoyang?"

This proposal made Li Yu's heart move, and his brows jumped unconsciously, thinking about what Li Fuguo was planning.

Immediately after, Li Fuguo explained:

"Only when Doctor Qin guards Luoyang, the traitors will not dare to act rashly, this is also the determination and means of the imperial court to declare to the world that Doctor Qin is the core to quell the rebellion!"

After thinking for a while, Cui Lian nodded and said:

"It's okay to do that, in extraordinary times, you should treat it very well. ”

The folds on Li Fuguo's face were squeezed even more densely.

"I heard that the queen intends to use her nephew as a general, trying to replace Dr. Qin as a recruit, and now that Luoyang is recovering from it, they must be speeding up their pace. ”

Li Yu has always heard all kinds of rumors, but they are all rumors that seem to be unfounded, and his eyeliner in the palace has not received accurate relevant news. And today, Li Fuguo bluntly said this, which shocked him very much, if Empress Zhang seeks to replace Qin Jin with her nephew of her own family, it will be equivalent to seizing the military power of hundreds of thousands of thieves.

"The old man has also heard about it, but he has always thought that it is some rumors that catch the wind and shadows, does the general have credentials?"

Li Fuguo changed the appearance of the old god, stomped his feet fiercely, and said hurriedly:

"What more credentials do you need? Half of the Shence Army now has the surname Zhang, and even Li is difficult to mobilize all, isn't that enough?"

Li Yu was shocked, Qin Jin kept Li Fuguo and did not remove him, because he took a fancy to him as the envoy of the Taoist temple in Guannei and controlled two powerful troops and horses, one was the reorganized Zuo Wuwei, and the other was the Shence army that had escorted the Emperor Taishang to hunt in the west.

"Could it be that Yu Chaoen took refuge in Queen Zhang?"

Cui Lian blurted out and asked, Li Fuguo also took off the disguise of the old god at this time, and his face was worried.

"Yu Chaoen is a villain at both ends of the rat's head, whoever has a big family will take refuge in whom's family, and now Queen Zhang's power is tilted into the palace, and she has previously taken the emperor to open the knife, and acted in a good show of killing chickens and monkeys, this guy has long been scared to change the court. I heard that Empress Zhang's nephew will be named the general of Shence in the next few days, and he is already on an equal footing with Yu Chaoen!"

Li Yudao:

"Isn't Yu Chaoen doing this to be a cocoon and self-restraint? Once he is robbed of military power, he will lose his use value to Empress Zhang, and he can abandon her at any time!"

"Who says it's not, but people are like this, they always only look at their feet, even if they drink to quench their thirst, they are willing!"

In the end, it was Cui Lian's words that relieved Li Yu and Li Fuguo's worries.

"In fact, there is no need to be so pessimistic, one is that the general has Zuo Wuwei in his hands, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has the six rates of the East Palace, which is enough to resist any unpredictable mutiny attempt, not to mention that Doctor Qin's Shenwu Army is not something that can be taken away by just a cat or a dog, and it is difficult to pose a sufficient threat with the prestige and qualifications of the Zhang family. ”

Li Fuguo is still inevitably worried.

"What if Empress Zhang directly issued an edict in the name of the emperor?

Although he and the crown prince Li Yu are not of the same mind, but the reality of the situation makes them stand on the same front, although Li Yu often despises what his people do, but he has to admit that this person is a suitable ally.

In the past six months since the Shenwu Army went out, Li Yu, Cui Lian and Li Fuguo have come to this day without any trouble in this kind of dislike and cooperation.

"Since Dr. Qin is left behind in Luoyang, and the three dukes are added, it is inevitable that the prince of the country will be crowned, so it is better to reward them together!"

Li Fuguo high-fived and praised:

"Your Highness is wise, and the slave and maid admire it tightly!"

On the surface, these words were flattering and flattering, but there was a light pickiness in the words, Li Yu suppressed the dissatisfaction in his chest, but his face remained silent.

"Since the general and the prime minister agree to such a reward, it is better to draft an edict now, and strive to stamp the seal of the Son of Heaven before sunset today......"

Cui Jian waved his hand and said:

"This matter should not be rushed, in addition to Qin Jin, there are a large number of Eastern Expedition soldiers who will be rewarded together, as for how to reward them, we have to wait for Dr. Qin's detailed military report to make a decision!"

As he spoke, he sighed slightly.

"Now the old man is only worried about one thing, the imperial treasury has been completely emptied in the half-year war, and the money for this reward is a big hole!"

The meritorious soldiers have to be rewarded, in addition to adding officials to the knights, but also to reward a large amount of gold and silver wealth, and Chang'an after the catastrophe of last year, almost to the point of exhaustion, Guanzhong after Sun Xiaozhe's rebels burned and looted, and has long ceased to be prosperous, white bones and corpses can be seen everywhere, and the abandoned land is overgrown with weeds, although Qin and Jin organized a large number of strong Tuntian in Chang'an, and even tens of thousands of soldiers were incorporated into the private sector of Tuntian, but after all, it is a drop in the bucket, and how can it fill the manpower gap in the thousands of miles？

Moreover, after the Shenwu Army went east, the tens of thousands of soldiers who surrendered to the customs and became auxiliaries as elite laborers to fight together. All of this is not counted, even if the imperial court tightens its belt and even owes the officials Lu rice for three months, it can't cut off a grain of rice from the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and it is not easy for Cui Jian to do so much without stirring up too much chaos. He only felt that he had the illusion of being ten years old in the past six months.

Li Yu was also gloomy, he got up and paced a few steps anxiously in the main hall.

"The army's salary can't be owed, it can't be stopped, the courtiers' rice is owed for the time being, and each family in the clan has a lot of gold and silver wealth, so it's better to borrow it first. ”

Li Longji originally set up the Ten Princes' Mansion and the Hundred Grandchildren's Courtyard, and all the clans were "raised", although he had no political status, he could lose the mulberry elm and collect the east, but he was extremely generous in terms of gold, silver, wealth and silk, so the family was very rich.

"Li Yu will donate all his family property, and he will dispose of it immediately when he goes back today!"

Cui Lian nodded, his expression showing a little disapproval, but he still affirmed his suggestion.

"Your Highness's abandonment of a small family is admirable, but thousands of soldiers need to be rewarded and this time? No matter how rich the clan is, how much wealth can the country donate?

At this time, Li Fuguo jumped out and poured a basin of cold water.

"Your Highness is naïve, even if His Highness takes the lead in donating the family property, those clan disciples will only cry poor one by one. Not to mention that there is no return for this donation, even if His Royal Highness borrows it in the name of the crown prince, I'm afraid few people will be willing to pay for it!"

Li Yu was a little angry in the end, and lost his voice:

Besides, the family property of the clan has been registered in Jingzhao Mansion, and after the dismissal of the clan's private enterprises, all their old family property has been returned, and it has only been a few months of hard work, so can they all be squandered?

Li Fuguo saw Li Yu's gaffe, and the folds on his face seemed to be squeezed more densely.

"Your Royal Highness is serious, don't say that His Royal Highness is only half a monarch in the position of the crown prince, even if the Son of Heaven is what? Let's just say that the emperor, the imperial world for more than 40 years, the prestige of martial arts has tended to be extremely prosperous, who dared to show his teeth and shake his hair in front of him? Even the atmosphere does not dare to show more, and then look at it now, not to mention the phoenix that has lost its hair, even if it is not as good as a chicken, a cat and a dog can humiliate it at will......"

Speaking of this, Li Fuguo raised his flabby eyelids and glanced at Li Yu.

"Your Highness, do you know why?"

Li Yu only snorted, but did not answer.

Li Fuguo smiled dryly:

"There is no other reason, once the prestige and the hearts of the people are lost, who else cares about this court? If it is placed before the thief rebels, the emperor Taishang said, don't these princes and grandchildren have to rush to donate their family wealth? and they have to be afraid of being left behind!"

Although these words were explicit and ugly, they were all truthful, and Li Yu's intuition made him feel as if a thousand arrows pierced his heart, but what method did he have? Even though he had the ambition to restore the prosperity of his grandfather's reign, he was always unable to do so, and bowed to this sad reality again and again.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Yu couldn't help but cry out sadly:

"In the more than 100 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the prince has been so pathetic, but Li Yu is the only one who ......"

"Your Highness doesn't have to be arrogant, and the sad prince of the Tang Dynasty is not just His Royal Highness? The abolished prince was built and inherited, including Zhongzong, Ruizong, and even today's son, which one is not on the line of life and death? If you don't pay attention to it, you will never recover, and you will be crushed!"

At this time, Cui Lian's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it after all.

Li Yu was even more out of shape when he heard this, and big hot tears burst out of his eyes.

"Everyone is envious of being born in the family of the emperor, but who knows...... The pain of being a prince!"

Cui Jian sighed secretly, for more than a year, he watched this young prince go from vigorous to gloomy and depressed bit by bit......