Gao Lishi was speechless for a while, but at this moment he had a faint feeling that the prince had rebelled against him, and he and Concubine Wu Hui had been used, and even Concubine Wu Hui had paid the price of her life for it, and that time it was Yang Yun who showed the heavenly opportunity, and he was able to resolve the emperor's trust crisis, which was somewhat similar to the situation in front of him, very much like Yang Yun's handiwork again.

"Your Majesty!"

Gao Lishi knelt down and kowtowed vigorously, and after a while, blood oozed from his forehead, and he had the intention of dying to admonish Li Longji.

After the death of Concubine Wu Hui, Li Longji temporarily lost his spiritual sustenance, Gao Lishi, as Li Longji's most trusted personal person, did not want to see the emperor's superstitious and ethereal heavenly opportunity, and the scene in front of him greatly damaged his interests, and at the same time, he was afraid of losing the emperor's trust in the future, so he simply persuaded in the most direct way.

Li Longji saw Gao Lishi's attitude, he was a little soft-hearted, thinking that his favorite concubine had just passed away, if he lost Gao Lishi, a loyal servant, wouldn't he be alone?

"Lux, I can understand your feelings, but if you think about it, there has never been a grudge between the Xuannu and the frontier generals, how could you design to let me kill the ministers of the Tang Dynasty? What good is this for a woman like her who has been in the palace for a long time? ”

Li Longji explained to Gao Lishi pertinently, and obviously after calming down, he also considered how much this matter affected him.

Even Colliers, after thinking about it carefully, felt that it made sense.

Whether it is the real Immortal Nine Heavens Xuannu, or the mortals Yang Yun and Yang Yuhuan, they have nothing to do with the generals of the Hu people in the frontier, and there is no need to put these completely irrelevant people to death.

In this way, the heavenly machine has greater credibility.

"Besides, the border town reuses Hu generals, which is already criticized by the ministers of the DPRK and China, and these crimes will be held accountable for the defeat of the battle, if it weren't for the feelings of some people before me, I would have ordered them to be killed to calm down the public opinion of the government and the opposition, and now there is a warning from heaven, how can you let me keep them?"

Li Longji looked calm? Speak clearly? Tell me? It's convincing.

"Lux, do you have anything else to say?"

Li Longji looked at Colliers to see if Colliers still insisted on his opinion.

Gao Lishi thought that he had taken a bribe from Zhang Shouqi to speak for the offending border general, and now the emperor explained to him with such a sincere attitude that if he still did not know how to advance or retreat, the future would definitely not be good.

"The old slave understands His Majesty's decision? The old slave just wanted to ...... Your Majesty makes any decisions and does not interfere too much with external objects. "Colliers calmed down and began to reflect on himself? It is definitely not a long-term solution to confront Li Longji like this, and he explained his previous actions.

Li Longji smiled and patted Colliers's shoulder? Said: "Can I understand your painstaking efforts? After the original punishment of Wei, you made great contributions, so it can be said that there is no you? There is no throne for me...... I said that? One day I am on the throne, I will ensure that you are rich and prosperous for one day. ”

"Your Majesty."

Colliers heard Li Longji's words? Excited? I don't want to question Li Longji's decision anymore.

Li Longji said: "Go back with me?" Get rid of those nonsense generals first...... In the past, the ministers of the DPRK and China have been in the middle of the country, but this time I just let it be. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Colliers respectfully receive the order? He went back with Li Longji, and then began to draft the edict.

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In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Li Longji issued an order to kill General Hu, a criminal minister at the border gate, on the same day.

Zhang Jiuling had already left the government office and took a carriage home, and a clerk from Zhongshu Province rode a fast horse to catch up with him and tell him the news, and hurriedly turned back to the palace gate.

In the official room, Zhang Jiuling summoned officials to inquire about the situation.

"What's going on? How could His Majesty suddenly change his mind? ”

Zhang Jiuling had repeatedly proposed to severely punish the convicted border generals, but he had not obtained Li Longji's permission, he thought that there was no hope, and Li Longji suddenly ordered to kill, which was something he couldn't understand at all.

Wang Wei, who was standing respectfully and solemnly, said: "The will was sent by Gao Gong personally, and he had a stern attitude, and told the military department and the criminal department to act in strict accordance with the rules and not delay. ”

Zhang Jiuling felt relieved in his heart.

With his experience, of course, he could think that Gao Lishi and Zhang Shouqi had a good relationship with almost the same pair of pants, and it was difficult for him to succeed.

But now Gao Lishi took the initiative to send the holy decree, which means that even Gao Lishi has changed his position, and Zhang Jiuling thinks that something major must have happened that made the emperor suddenly resolute about this matter.

"Let the Criminal Department and the Military Department speed up the case-handling process as appropriate, and strive to carry out the execution at noon tomorrow." Zhang Jiuling didn't want to delay, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, he gave instructions to the people below before he was relieved and returned home with relief.

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Zhang Jiuling returned home, and as soon as he entered the door, he learned from the acquaintance that a border envoy had arrived.

Immediately, Zhang Zheng appeared in front of him and said anxiously: "Father, Zhang Shuai, the governor of Youzhou, sent an envoy to the door, and he has been waiting in the study room of the mansion for a long time. ”

"Why did Zhang Yuanbao send someone?"

Zhang Jiuling is not unaware.

Before, he strongly advocated the elimination of Hu generals who committed crimes at the border gates, but Zhang Shouqi did not plan to give him gifts to help mediate from the beginning, and probably thought about dealing with Zhang Jiuling as a person, and it was impossible to change his course to help Hu people.

The countermeasure that Zhang Shouqi thought of was to seriously blow Zhang Jiuling's prestige and influence in the court, try his best to prevent Zhang Jiuling from meeting with Li Longji, and at the same time use Gao Lishi, Li Linfu, Niu Xianke and others in the court to explain the item, which was originally a great success, and whoever wanted such a change to suddenly appear, the envoy could only come to the door for help.

Now it seems that only Zhang Jiuling can save those Hu generals who are known as Zhang Shouqi's favors.

Zhang Jiuling went to the study.

I saw a man in his forties dressed in official clothes standing in front of the bookshelf, holding a book and reading. Hearing the footsteps, the other party looked sideways, and saw that it was Zhang Jiuling, so he hurriedly put the scroll back on the shelf, and walked quickly to the door to salute and report, Zhang Jiuling knew that this person was the governor of Youzhou, and he usually stayed in Gyeonggi to make some connections for Zhang Shoujue, named Zhang Zhong.

"Zhang Linggong, my handsome family has an order, saying that I want to send you a generous gift, thank you for your help to my handsome family over the years."

As soon as Zhang Zhong came up, he put on a posture of "many people are not to blame".

This is also the consistent style of border generals, and it is no stranger to Zhang Jiuling.

In order to get more money and grain and to implement it as soon as possible, all border towns must give heavy profits to the senior officials of the DPRK and China.

Although the rule of officials in the middle of the Tang Dynasty has not been completely corrupted, many officials still don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, and if they don't give benefits, they will drag you down for everything.

But after Zhang Jiuling took the position, he tried his best to change this situation, strictly reviewed the border expenses, and this year sent two groups of personnel to the border towns to investigate the distribution of money and grain, and held grudges against the border envoys and leading generals.

In addition, Zhang Jiuling has always opposed the dispatch of troops to northern Xinjiang before, and he has contradicted the main battle faction like Zhang Shouqi, and the two sides have a big disagreement.

"The old man is not short of this little thing, go back and tell General Zhang that his kindness is understood by the old man, but everything still has to be in accordance with the rules." Zhang Jiuling's attitude is resolute, which is also his consistent style.

Zhang Zhong saw that he couldn't open the gap of Zhang Jiuling, and sighed: "I think Zhang Linggong has learned that His Majesty has ordered to deal with the generals who committed crimes at the border gates, right?" ”

"So what?"

Zhang Jiuling felt that Zhang Zhong should have something important to say.

Sure enough, Zhang Zhong sneered: "Zhang Linggong thinks that His Majesty is to support justice, so he killed the generals who made mistakes at the border pass?" It was a big mistake, and the following officials found out that it was entirely because His Majesty received a warning from the heavenly machine from the immortal enshrined in the palace today, saying that some of the generals in custody would make a rebellion in the future......"

"Your Majesty listened to the prophecy of Fang Shu, so he temporarily changed his mind and killed people, and the persuasion of others is useless, Your Majesty is determined to believe that nonsense, is this the scene that Zhang Linggong wants to see?"

Zhang Zhong's ability is really extraordinary.

He not only found out the secrets of the palace, but also deliberately targeted Zhang Jiuling, which was very effective, Zhang Jiuling was determined to kill the border general, but after hearing these words, his attitude was shaken.

Everything is because Zhang Jiuling has always opposed the emperor's belief in the "Nine Heavens Xuannu", and he does not want Li Longji to rule the country with Taoist magic.

"There is a mistake in sending troops to my family, but the responsibility should not be borne by the generals below, if a dispatch is not smooth, you will kill all the criminal generals, in the long run, who dares to fight bloodily for the Tang Dynasty?" Zhang Zhongyi said sternly.

This was not accepted by Zhang Jiuling, but now that he was shocked to hear that Taoist magic was mixed in this matter, Zhang Jiuling suddenly had a new opinion.

"Father?" Zhang Zheng was familiar with Zhang Jiuling's character, and when he saw Zhang Jiuling's expression, he felt that his father had plans to change his mind, so he stepped forward to ask for instructions.

But Zhang Jiuling stretched out his hand to stop him.

Zhang Jiuling didn't let his son continue, after all, there were outsiders present at the moment, and it was inconvenient to say a lot of things.

Zhang Jiuling said: "This is Your Majesty's decree, tomorrow will be the canonical punishment, if you don't want to change the result, it is better to speak to Your Majesty, if Your Majesty can listen to your advice, it is good, if not...... Don't expect the old man to come forward for you. ”

Although Zhang Jiuling was shaken by the concept he adhered to, he took care of his face and would not show his indecisive side in front of Zhang Shouqi's subordinates.

Zhang Zhong did not drag the mud and water at all, and when he saw that he had not achieved his goal, he bowed and retired.

Waiting for others to leave, Zhang Zhengcai hurriedly said: "Father, this matter is not trivial, and what is the heavenly opportunity, it seems that the previous abolition of the prince is also related to this, I am afraid that someone will take advantage of His Majesty's trust in the Taoist family and cholera chaogang." ”

"What did Yu'er say from there?" Zhang Jiuling suddenly thought of his granddaughter who was married, after all, Zhang Yu was married to Yang Yun, the "national teacher" of the dynasty.

Once it comes to the matter of heavenly chances, Zhang Jiuling's first thought is the nominal grandson-in-law, although since Yang Yun and Zhang Yu got married, he has not taken the initiative to see Yang Yun, and Yang Yun has never visited the door.

Zhang Zheng said helplessly: "After Yu'er got married, it is said that she has been alone in the boudoir, and that uncle has never taken care of his family, and he still lives outside...... Maybe I don't want to get involved in the red dust, and I am innocent, but I just suffer Yu'er......"

Zhang Jiuling was silent.

Seems to be thinking about something.

After a long time, Zhang Jiuling said: "Needless to say, nine times out of ten, things are related to Yang Yun...... With his age, it is impossible to make so many famous halls in the court, and there must be someone behind him. ”

"Father's Meaning ......"

Zhang Zheng didn't quite understand Zhang Jiuling's intentions.

"Go and call him, and the Father will ask him what he is going to do. I have to secretly investigate to see who is behind that kid. ”

Zhang Jiuling said angrily.