It's the height of summer, the lotus flowers on the Qujiang pond are blooming beautifully, and on the path by the pool, a Tsing Yi waiter is panting and rushing to the island in the middle of the lake.

In the pavilion on the island in the middle of the lake, Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, was leisurely enjoying the singing and dancing, and Yang Yuhuan, who was only wearing a light veil beside him, peeled the grapes from time to time, cocked his orchid fingers, and elegantly sent them into Li Longji's slightly open mouth.

"Majesty, majesty, it's not good, it's not good!" the waiter in Tsing Yi rushed into the pavilion sweating profusely, threw himself on the ground, and shouted loudly.

The song and dance were sluggish, Li Longji frowned, and reprimanded unhappily: "What's the alarm?"

"Your Majesty, Huaiyin is urgent, Li Lun is dead!" said the chamberlain in Tsing Yi hurriedly.

"What?" Li Longji stood up in shock and asked loudly, "Li Lun is dead?

"Lord Hua came to report that Li Lun sent troops to fight the rebels, and the whole army was wiped out and died on the battlefield!"

"Get out! Don't go and call Hua Da in!" Li Longji shouted angrily.

Hua Da usually does not need to be notified when entering and leaving the forbidden palace, just enter directly. However, in the past few days, the heat has been unbearable, and there has been a lot of noise in the court, so Li Longji, who was upset and irritable, hid in Qujiangyuan, and at the same time ordered that no one should enter without being transmitted!

After the Tsing Yi waiter received the order, he had to run towards the gate again in a hurry.

After half a ring, the same anxious people who were waiting in front of the door were led in by the waiter.

When Hua Da met him, Li Longji was no longer on the island in the middle of the lake. On the top of the main hall, as soon as Hua Da entered the door, Li Longji opened his mouth and asked, "What happened? It's only been a few days? Li Lun is dead?"

Returning to His Majesty, Li Lun led 30,000 cavalry to raid Yangzhou, but unexpectedly, the rebels had already laid an ambush and annihilated them in Yang Shou, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses were annihilated, and Li Lun himself was beheaded by the rebels. Hua Da tried to use the most concise language to report the situation in the south.

"Damn it! Li Lun should be damned! Attack lightly, and you want to go crazy if you want to make meritorious contributions!" Li Longji roared loudly. Although there were no judgmental words in Hua Da's report, Li Longji had been in power for many years, and although he had never been in charge of the army, he still understood the military affairs in a simple way, and it was not difficult to see Li Lun's way of destruction as soon as he listened to Hua Da's report.

"What about the rest of the soldiers and horses?" asked Li Longji, staring at Hua Da with round eyes.

"Back to Your Majesty, the 30,000 soldiers and horses killed at this time were all cavalry from Hebei County, which was the first counterinsurgency army to rush to Huaiyin, and the remaining 70,000 soldiers and horses were still on the way to Huaiyin, and the nearest one was at least more than 100 miles away. Hua Da replied.

"Where are the rebels now? How many counties have been lost in the surrounding counties of Yangzhou?" Hearing that the rest of the soldiers and horses had not been lost, Li Longji was slightly relieved and turned to ask about the movements of the rebels.

"After the rebels set up an ambush in Yang Shou, they retreated back to Yangzhou again, and never attacked Huaiyin to the north!" After Hua Da got this information, he also had a lot of doubts and speculations in his heart, but he kept his own duty, and the role of the internal guard was only the eyes of the saint, just report the situation truthfully, and analyze the battle situation It was the prime minister and the generals' business.

After listening, Li Longji frowned and pondered for a while, before raising his head and saying in a loud voice: "Drive back to the palace and let the hundred officials wait in Hanyuan Palace!"

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Not long after, in the Hanyuan Palace, the civil and military officials sat down in different positions, waiting for the arrival of the emperor here.

"Xu Xiang, didn't the saint stay in Qujiangyuan for the past few days? Why did he suddenly gather his ministers today? This meeting is a bit big!" Behind Xu Fan, a familiar official leaned over and asked softly.

Xu Fan shook his head slightly and replied: "The old man doesn't know, I think something big happened!"

A few days ago, something happened in the DPRK that was not big, but it was not small. At first, it was just a little-known imperial history who stood up to impeach a smaller petty official in the East Palace when there was a grain shortage in Chang'an a while ago, hoarding and filling his own pockets.

Originally, it was just an innocuous trivial matter, what Yushi did was the work of finding fault in the eggs, and when there was a grain shortage in Chang'an a while ago, there were not a few people who hoarded Juqi, and Xu Fan himself killed a lot, and he didn't need Yushi to take it to the Golden Palace to impeach.

However, since Wang Ce transported the second batch of grain to Chang'an, the grain shortage in Chang'an has long been completely lifted! Those grain merchants who had been going to wait and see saw that the "grain shops for the people" at the entrance of the household department had once again continuously transported countless grains from the wharf, and one by one they lowered their prices like crazy, and in just half a day, the grain prices fell back to their previous levels.

Regardless of whether those grain merchants suffered heavy losses or not, these big men in the court breathed a sigh of relief. It stands to reason that this matter should end here, Xu Fan lived up to the trust of the saint and perfectly solved the problem of food shortage in Chang'an, although he was ruthless, but there was no mess, Li Longji was still very satisfied.

But after the dust settled, a small imperial history suddenly got a bullet stamp. At first, Xu Fan didn't care, but he didn't expect that as soon as the bullet seal was released, a large group of imperial historians immediately stood up, and they also began to impeach the officials in the East Palace.

The officials of the East Palace are all reserve talents for the prince to use after he ascends the throne, most of these people are not very old, their grades are not high, and they are unlikely to have any real power, the only thing they have is a good hope.

Such a group of people naturally couldn't resist a few times in the face of the surging impeachment of the imperial historians, and they could only wait to be disposed of one by one.

But after these impeached officials were imprisoned, Miki confessed a bigger secret!

The prince of the East Palace, Li Heng, who has always been known for his generosity and purity, secretly controlled the grain merchants in Chang'an during the grain shortage a while ago!

As soon as this incident came out, it was an earth-shattering shock!

The crown prince Li Heng immediately wrote a letter to defend himself, crying with tears in his eyes, and the top of the Golden Palace actually said that he was not virtuous enough to attract the covetousness of villains, and begged the emperor to depose him as the crown prince, etc......

As soon as Li Heng said this, the court immediately exploded, and those who supported Li Heng naturally tried their best to dissuade him, but those with ulterior motives asked the emperor to investigate the matter thoroughly and return the prince to a clear cloud.

The matter has reached this point, and if these bigwigs in the court still can't smell the smell of conspiracy, they will have lived in vain for so many years! Not only the bigwigs, but also those officials with higher positions have also speculated one by one.

Xu Fan is the master of the imperial history, and the real power is the leader of the imperial history platform, and the first people to jump out are all imperial historians, so he naturally became the first target to be suspected.

Officials of lower rank will definitely say that Xu Xiang is so stupid that he would be so stupid as to blatantly use his subordinates to stir up trouble? But the officials who have climbed to the top have their own calculations in their hearts, and everyone has played with virtual and real means, and it is difficult to say that Xu Fan really will not do this.

But after thinking about it, he found that Xu Fan had killed a lot of people during the grain shortage, but none of the people with the background of the East Palace had died, and this was not because Xu Fan was favoritism, but because the people from the East Palace were not involved at all! At least, Xu Fan could be sure that there was no shadow of the East Palace in the information he obtained. Since he didn't do it at that time, there is no reason to do it after the matter is over! Moreover, Xu Fan's primary phase and the prince almost didn't have a holiday, and Xu Fan's power was mostly built up by Li Longji, and there was not much conflict with the prince!

The officials couldn't figure it out, so they set their eyes on Li Linfu again, after all, this guy has a criminal record, and he has supported King Shou to compete for the crown prince before, and there have often been things against the prince over the years.

But the crown prince's position has been firmly seated for ten years, and the impression of King Shou in the hearts of the hundred officials is far less profound than that of the prince Li Henglai, so the hundred officials can't think of Li Linfu's motive for making a move.

I guessed them one by one, but I couldn't find a person who was tall, short, fat and thin.

The low-level officials are confused, but they think more simply, and the more information the high-ranking officials gather, the more distractions, the more unable to find a clear answer.

After arguing for several days, they sent people to thoroughly investigate the petty officials who had been imprisoned, and as if they could not resist the great pressure, they actually retracted their confessions during the trial!

After the file was submitted, the quarrel in the court gradually stopped, and Li Heng continued to go back to be his crown prince, while the few false petty officials were exiled to the border.

This small turmoil came and went quickly, except for the unlucky petty officials of the East Palace, the court did not suffer any impact, and the officials didn't even see the three flavors clearly, and the matter was quietly over.

But some people with clear minds have their own opinions in their hearts, but it's just hard to say them.

Li Longji was also annoyed by this turmoil, so he left the palace and went to Qujiang to escape the summer. However, today, when the ministers were suddenly gathered, it was inevitable that some thoughtful people would have a lot of reverie.

The one behind Xu Fan was thinking too much, and he couldn't make up his mind, so he would ask Xu Fan out loud, in fact, in the hall at this moment, almost everyone was talking in the urn.

The turmoil of the past few days is not simple, this is the consensus in everyone's heart!

Just as the hundred officials were guessing, Li Longji hurried to the main hall.

As soon as he came in, Li Longji angrily threw a secret guard of the internal guard in front of the white-haired veterans at the front of the military commander sequence.

"Show them all to me! This is the general you chose for me! Hehe, what a skill! In the first battle, you lost 30,000 warriors of the Tang Dynasty, tell me, how many soldiers and horses in this world are enough for you to lose!"

In the first month of the thirteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan came to the court, tasted the secret music, and Yunlu Mountain had the opposite. Xuanzong didn't listen. In November of the fourteenth year, Lushan rebelled and called the soldiers. In December, Ding Wei fell into Tokyo. Xin Chou, the crown prince supervised the country, and still sent the army of the pro-general to discuss. Shi Lushan was named after Yang Guozhong, and the soldiers and civilians cut their teeth at the Yang family.