Datang, the eastern capital of Luoyang.

After Li Linfu took the position, his reliance on Yang Yun did not decrease at all, for fear that Yang Yun would lose trust in him, so he would go to Yang Yun's house almost every two days and tell Yang Yun what happened during this period.

If something really big happens, Li Linfu doesn't dare to make his own decisions, and he has to move Yang Yun to ask Li Longji for advice.

But every time Yang Yun basically doesn't go to meet with Li Longji to discuss, because Yang Yun can feel that Li Longji is also suspicious of him now, not to mention that Gao Lishi's power is still very strong, and he doesn't want to tell the truth.

"National teacher, this southwest border is not very peaceful, a six edicts, a Tubo, are all making trouble, I heard that the rebel forces of Nanzhao are becoming more and more rampant, they were originally a Tang vassal vassal, but now they are united with the Tubo people to make trouble in the southwest border, do you think you ask Your Majesty to send troops to solve this problem?"

Li Linfu was cautious about military and political affairs, and even Niu Xianke, who had been a border commander for a long time, did not dare to decide this kind of thing casually, so after they discussed, they decided to ask Yang Yun to go and talk to Li Longji.

Originally, it was only a local military and political matter, but for Yang Yun, he saw an opportunity to change the current situation.

Yang Yun immediately nodded in agreement, and said: "I will play this matter with Your Majesty for you, and see what Your Majesty's opinion is, but there is news from the palace that Your Majesty will hold a court meeting in two days, in fact, it will not be too late to show Your Majesty at that time." ”

Li Linfu smiled: "It's better to decide earlier." ”

Li Longji is now hiding in the inner courtyard of the palace every day, indulging in pleasure, and seems to have forgotten that there is such a thing as a court meeting, saying that a court meeting will be held in two days, but whether it will be held as scheduled at that time is another matter.

Besides, what Li Linfu wants to do is to monopolize the bottom-up way of speech, if he really wants to rely on the occasion of the gathering of hundreds of officials to participate in the deliberations, then the situation of his painstaking management will be broken, and it will not be conducive to his monopoly on the government and government.

Yang Yun took Li Linfu's performance to the palace.

This time in the Zhenguan Palace, Yang Yun saw Gao Lishi, who was in a state of malaise, with white temples and dark eye circles, and looked much older.

Colliers held his tired eyes and served by Li Longji's side.

"Your Majesty, this is an urgent performance from Jiannan Dao, the war in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty is tight, the Tubo people have repeatedly violated the border, and they have been repelled by our Tang garrison, and after the unification of the other five edicts, the strength of Nanzhao has risen sharply, and the soldiers are directed at Yaozhou, and they have broken several bonds...... Yang Yun handed over Li Linfu to his recital, and handed it over to Li Longji by the inner servant.

Li Longji didn't bother to look at it, just asked a few casual questions, and Yang Yun answered truthfully.

Li Longji said with emotion: "The Tang Tianwei cannot be desecrated, and Di Yi must send soldiers and horses to conquer the territory, but why can't the Jiannan Dao Jiedu be properly resolved?" ”

Gao Lishi reminded on the side: "It is probably because Jiannandao has experienced defeat before, and Wang Jiedu has resigned because of this, so that the successor does not dare to rush to send troops...... I am afraid that I will cause trouble after defeat. ”

"These courtiers like to speculate on my intentions, how can I be a calculating person? Zhang Shouqi failed to send troops, and I didn't give an order to punish him...... They shepherd one side, and when they are attacked by Yidi, they only send troops, even if there are occasional deviations, can I still slaughter them? Li Longji spoke very directly.

But in fact, what the officials below are worried about being held accountable by Li Longji.

Wang Yu was defeated before, and he gave the local officials of Jiannan Province a very bad start, Wang Yu used troops against Tubo in a row, fought a lot of battles, and basically won them, but after a defeat, he lost his position as a festival envoy, and he was idle at home for nearly a year, which was enough to make his successor become much more cautious and dare not start the war casually.

For more than a year, the unified Nanzhao and Tubo in the surrounding areas of Erhai jointly used troops, so that the southwestern border of the Tang Dynasty repeatedly suffered from wars, if not decisively sent troops, the western part of Yazhou and most of Yaozhou will be lost, which will make the Tang Dynasty lose face and lose face in successive foreign military victories, and will also reduce the success of the Kaiyuan Dynasty a lot.

Gao Lishi said: "Your Majesty should send capable people to calm the border troubles." ”

"Oh? Lux Lux, who do you think should be the right person to send? ”

Li Longji blinked and asked thoughtfully.

Yang Yun saw that Li Longji and Gao Lishi, the two monarchs and ministers, had started a question-and-answer mode, as if they had already made a decision, and it was not because he came to report that Li Longji knew that there was a crisis in the southwest frontier.

In this way, although Gao Lishi has always claimed that he is not sick, he is actually still secretly controlling the government.

Perhaps Gao Lishi's illness was a good countermeasure to discuss with Li Longji, to see if after he hibernated, the government affairs of the DPRK and China would fall into the hands of some ill-intentioned ministers.

Yang Yun has always behaved very modestly, has never been involved in government affairs, and has left Niu Xianke and Li Linfu to solve it by themselves, so that Gao Lishi can't find fault with him, and he can't slander Li Longji.

It can be said that this can be regarded as a test for Yang Yun by Li Longji, and it is a precursor to entrusting him with a big responsibility.

Gao Lishi said worriedly: "There are many people in the DPRK who know the army, but if the southwest border trouble is solved by simple military conquest, it will inevitably be ...... It is suspected of working hard and hurting money, but if there is a master like the national teacher who is proficient in the heavenly phase and Taoism to lead the troops...... There shouldn't be any problems. ”

Gao Lishi did not conceal his purpose at all, and directly recommended Yang Yun to take charge.

Probably Gao Lishi felt the pressure on Yang Yun now, he always suspected that he was "living a ghost" because Yang Yun was casting a spell behind his back, if it wasn't for his strong will, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to hold it a long time ago.

Now that he had a rare opportunity to send Yang Yun out of Luoyang, he spared no effort to fight for it.

Li Longji hesitated a little, and said hesitantly: "But...... The national division has never had the experience of leading troops in battle alone. ”

"The old slave heard that when Wang Yu, the governor of Jiannan Province, led the troops, he used the means of the national teacher to win the victory...... Later, the national teacher spied on the heavens and left Jiannan Road ahead of schedule, and Wang Yu was defeated. "Colliers deliberately rehashed the old story.

"Oh? And so on? ”

Li Longji's eyes widened, he looked at Yang Yun in disbelief, and his reaction was very exaggerated, which was enough to show that it was not the first time he had heard about it, and the traces of his performance were too strong.

Gao Lishi said with a smile: "So it is better for the national teacher to take over the important task of the Jiannan Daojie envoy, lead the soldiers and horses, and conquer the Nanzhao, which is also an experience for the national teacher." ”

Li Longji thought about it carefully and did not raise any objections.

"National teacher, I don't know what you think?"

Li Longji asked Yang Yun about his attitude, indicating that he was inclined to Yang Yun to take up a local post.

Yang Yunbi said respectfully: "If you can do something practical for Datang, you should do your best." ”

Yang Yun then led the errand of the Jiannan Jiedu envoy to the southwest of the Tang Dynasty to lead the war against Nanzhao and resist the invasion of Tibet.

After Yang Yun left the Zhenguan Palace, Li Longji frowned and said to Gao Lishi: "So you can be completely relieved?" ”

Gao Lishi was stunned by the question, and quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Longji, while Li Longji went to the inner hall with a deep face, leaving Gao Lishi in a trance for a while.

Soon after Yang Yun returned to the palace, he was officially appointed by the imperial court.

He, the new envoy of the Jiannan Festival, still holds the position of Zhongshu Shilang, and at the same time adds the rank of servant to control the soldiers and horses of Jiannan Road, and at the same time, the imperial court also sent several accompanying officials to go to Jiannan Road with him.

Needless to say, the officials who went with him would definitely monitor along the way, after all, generals need to have a supervising army outside, and Li Longji treats anyone equally, not to mention that Gao Lishi is very uneasy about Yang Yun.

For Yang Yun, leaving Luoyang is also the best choice at the moment.

I have been worried about the problem of not having military power before, but now it has been successfully solved at one time, and it will be much easier to mobilize people to go to the Americas when I get to Shuzhong, a place where the emperor is far away.

Where can the soldiers tell if it is the Americas, or the wild land on the southern border of the Tang Dynasty?

What's more, this time Yang Yun has the right and responsibility to raise money and food for soldiers and horses by himself, that is to say, Li Longji will not give Yang Yun too many resources, it may be that the imperial court can't take out too much money, food and materials, and there is no way to transfer soldiers and horses to Yang Yun from the center, everything needs Yang Yun to prepare by himself.

The standing strength of Jiannan Province is about 32,000 people, half of whom are government soldiers and half are recruited soldiers. As long as Yang Yun has enough money and food, with the current strength of 8 million in 32 states and one government, he can easily expand his troops to 100,000 or even 200,000.

"Master, if we all leave, what will I do on my aunt's side?" When Wu Yuan learned the news, he was most worried that Yang Yun would stay in Luoyang to continue to assist Yang Yuhuan, feeling that he had been abandoned.

Yang Yun said with a smile: "There is a space gate, what is the difference between us and where we are?" This way to rush to Shudi, without the slightest delay, it is best to arrive in Yizhou in about a month, as for you...... You can only work hard, walk on three sides, Yarou will pick up and drop off at any time......"

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Yang Yun left Luoyang for Shudi.

This time, in addition to the female disciples around him, there were also Zhang Yu and Li Kong'er, who he married back to the door, as well as Wang Ji and Songmei and others.

Wang Ji offered to go back to Shu with Yang Yun, but Songmei had no place to mix with at all, so he could only follow Yang Yun to see if he had a chance to get weight.

For Yang Yun, although he didn't treat Songmei well, he didn't think about reusing such a useless charlatan, and promised him to accompany him more for the sake of Yidan's face, anyway, with his current net worth, even if he leaked a little bit between his fingers, it would be enough for Songmei to eat and drink.

The group went to Shudi, and Yang Yun and several of his disciples, as well as the accompanying officials and guards, walked in front.

The second group is Yang Yun's family.

This batch was escorted by Yang Yun hired by Yang Yun along the way, and Wang Ji and Songmei were arranged by Wang Ji to go to Shudi, and the escorts used were also provided by the Wang family.

The last group of people secretly went to Shuzhong, it was Liu Qingyuan, who was escorted by the Cao Gang.

Liu Qingyuan is already Yang Yun's woman, and this time when she returned to Shu, she can be said to be "returning to her hometown" and married a real Jiannan Dao Jiedu envoy, and Yang Yun, the Jiannan Dao Jiedu Envoy, is more powerful than Wang Yu and Zhang You.

This time, Yang Yun is more like a messenger sent by Li Longji to Shudi, who is specifically responsible for pacifying the invasion of Nanzhao and Tubo, and it is also a shortcut for Yang Yun to gain military merits and be promoted to prime minister after he returns.

As soon as Yang Yun and his entourage left Luoyang, the state and county officials came to give gifts and condolences.

And Yang Yun'an Ruoyi, along the way, slept in the carriage during the day, and went to the American continent through the space gate in the post station where he stayed at night to continue his work.

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The news of Yang Yun's departure from Beijing made Colliers breathe a sigh of relief.

He has always been sure that this matter is Yang Yun behind his back, thinking that if Yang Yun is gone, he will not have to be haunted by those "ghosts" every day.

It turned out that after Yang Yun left, his condition did not improve at all, he only saw ghosts at night before, but now he can even bump into ghosts during the day, his spirit is in a state of high tension every day, and he has to be accompanied by several people to sleep at night, even so, he is often scared to the point of urine, babbling, and even unable to control his actions.

Li Longji still has great trust in Gao Lishi, and seeing that Gao Lishi has fallen into such a situation, he constantly sends people to diagnose Gao Lishi, but there is no result at all.

The imperial doctor didn't have a good solution for this kind of hysteria, and when he went back to report it, he always prevaricated Li Longji on the grounds that Gao Lishi was suffering from soul disorder.

Li Longji felt something, thinking that Gao Lishi was under too much pressure on weekdays, so he specially allowed Gao Lishi not to go to the palace to serve, and gave Gao Lishi better treatment, while raising his salary, he also gave dozens of slaves to take care of daily life, so as to show his respect and concern for Gao Lishi.

Even so, Colliers's condition is still getting worse, and he is in a state of madness many times every day, and he hits people when he sees them.

Occasionally, his mental condition was better, but he still could not perform his duties in the court, let alone interfere in the government, so that Niu Xianke completely handed over the affairs of the court to Li Linfu to deal with, so that Li Linfu controlled the court without getting the name of the left minister.

On this day, Li Longji heard that Gao Lishi's condition had improved, so he summoned Gao Lishi into the palace, and it had been half a month since Yang Yun left Luoyang.

Li Longji was very worried about his relationship with Yang Yuhuan, he had only seen Yang Yuhuan once during this time, and he still left in a hurry, which made Li Longji very annoyed, and the purpose of his call to Gao Lishi was to ask Gao Lishi to help him find a way to "reunite" with Yang Yuhuan.

"Your Majesty, the old slave thinks so hard about you...... But these old slaves really don't understand! ”

When Gao Lishi saw Li Longji, he was very excited at first, his face was full of joy, and his eyes were moist, but then he became crazy, bared his teeth, and said something that made Li Longji very puzzled.

Li Longji frowned and asked, "Lux, are you saying that you don't know how to give advice to me?" ”

Without saying a word, Gao Lishi pulled out a short dagger from his boots with a "swish" and rushed towards Li Longji, actually wanting to assassinate the emperor.

Li Longji was shocked and hurriedly retreated to avoid it, because at this time, Li Longji had no guards around him to protect him, and he still relied on a few eunuchs serving in the palace to come forward to stop Gao Lishi, so that Gao Lishi did not act further crazy.

"Escort!"

In order to show his loyalty to Li Longji, a eunuch hugged Gao Lishi's body, but as soon as his words fell, the person had been stabbed by Gao Lishi.

When the eunuch fell into a pool of blood with a knife in his waist and abdomen, Gao Lishi seemed to wake up from his sleep, "pop", the dagger fell to the ground, and then he took a few steps back in a row, his face was full of panic, and with a "bang" sound, he knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Li Longji.

At this time, the guards had already rushed into the hall and pressed Gao Lishi's hands on the ground, so that Gao Lishi couldn't move if he wanted to.

"The old slave was confused, and the old slave somehow did he do such a crazy thing...... There must be someone who wants to control the old slave's body, which is not good for His Majesty. ”

Colliers tried to defend himself.

This time it was a blatant assassination of the emperor, and it stands to reason that he would definitely be punished, but Li Longji remembered the old and still didn't think of being ruthless to Gao Lishi.

Li Longji waved his hand and ordered the guards to let go of Gao Lishi, but he still let the guards stay aside, keeping an eye on Gao Lishi's every move at any time to prevent him from moving again.

Li Longji sighed and said: "Lux, what kind of character are you, I know best, I have been with your monarch and minister for many years, can't I see your loyalty?" ”

Colliers couldn't do anything other than kowtow.

Li Longji shook his head and continued: "But no matter how loyal you are, there will be an old day, people will become confused and stupid, you are a mortal in the end, you can't expect to serve me like in the prime of life in the past, you are still a person in the palace, your body is disabled, plus you have done too much for me before, you are riddled with injustice, and it is easy to understand that you are mentally disordered." ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister is dedicated to His Majesty, and he doesn't dare to slack off for a moment!"

Colliers cried tears.

Li Longji waved his hand and said, "You don't have to explain much, I understand you, but you have to understand that I can't use someone who has been rude to me...... Alas, perhaps it was because I trusted you too much in the past that you took advantage of the opportunity to enter the palace with a dagger...... I will give you a mansion and retire in Luoyang City. ”

Colliers was very unwilling to hear this.

Now he doesn't even know what he has done, and he is like a drunk, and he can't help but do some foolish things.

Now that he has lost Li Longji's trust, he is about to be swept out of the palace, how can he be willing?

He kept kowtowing until his scalp was broken and drenched in blood, but Li Longji still didn't change his mind.

Li Longji turned around, with a posture of not wanting to talk to Gao Lishi, and sighed: "General Gao is a hero who helped me ascend the throne, and those who are talented and learned from the descendants of the Gao family can enter the court as officials, and I will arrange everything, and General Gao can rest assured that he will retire...... Step aside. ”

So he was reluctant to be in Gaolishi, and he was also set up by the guards, dragged his legs out of the Zhenguan Palace, and then escorted him all the way out of the palace.

In this way, it also means that Gaolishi has lost his holy grace, is far away from the center of the court, and can no longer interfere in court politics.