"It's good to say in the local state and county, you can set a trap, and put their families under house arrest."

Li Ru's eyes widened, he never expected that a scholar could easily say such thoughts, he was stunned and turned to laugh.

Yang Liechen suddenly frowned, "It's hard to say that the military power on King Huai'an's side is not easy to say, after all, it is an army that controls 400,000 soldiers, and it will backfire if you don't get it right." ”

Li Ru naturally knew what this meant by being counterproductive, he stood up and patted Yang Liechen on the shoulder, "You don't have to worry, Li Zizhen has already reversed." ”

"Click".

Yang Liechen was about to pour the water cup in his mouth and fell to the ground, and said in his mouth: "Li ...... Li Zizhen...... It's the other way around? ”

Lu Dongshan, who had been waiting outside the door, heard the sound, he suddenly pushed the door in and glared at Yang Liechen angrily, and he was about to point his nose and scold.

A eunuch who commands 50,000 eunuchs in the harem is actually only half a grade lower than the prime minister, plus this big eunuch is a big celebrity around the saint today, he saw Zhang Xuanlin just out of politeness to say hello, if he turned a blind eye to the prime minister, Zhang Xuanlin couldn't do anything about him.

This second-grade festival envoy is nothing in his eyes, and his respect for him is just out of respect for the literati, but this Yang Liechen has repeatedly failed to know what to do.

Lu Dongshan scolded: "Yang Liechen! What are you doing? ”

This festival made the lord still stunned, and did not listen to Lu Dongshan's words.

Li Ru waved his hand and chuckled: "Father-in-law Lu, it's okay, Lord Yang just can't accept one thing for a while, and there is almost half an hour before he goes to court, if you don't worry, just wait in the house." ”

Lu Dongshan didn't dare to borrow a donkey to wait in the house, on weekdays, the emperor dealt with the folds of his own in the house, it was fine, but tonight he was talking about the affairs of the world, the affairs of the family and the country, how could he be a little eunuch who could listen, usually when Wang Zhangjiao came to talk with His Majesty all night, he was waiting outside, and he couldn't break the rules because of a Yang Liechen.

Lu Dongshan changed his angry face, smiled at the Son of Heaven and said, "Since Lord Yang is fine, the slaves are not here to provoke suspicion, just wait outside the door." ”

Li Ru waved his hand, Lu Dongshan's gloomy eyes glanced at Yang Liechen again, and then closed the door and walked out.

Li Ru shook his hands in front of Yang Liechen's eyes, "What? I didn't say anything, you can't stand it? ”

Yang Liechen woke up suddenly, and he apologized: "Your Majesty, this is indeed too unbelievable...... Now that Li Zizhen has also rebelled, Da Zhou Ke is becoming more and more unfavorable. ”

"This is all something I have to worry about, you just have to concentrate on getting your centralized power, and I will leave this matter to you, the military generals are whatever you want, but the civil officials can't move."

Yang Liechen nodded heavily, since the emperor didn't have any worried looks, he didn't want to do the kind of thing that the emperor was not anxious about and the eunuch was anxious about.

Li Ru tapped his forehead, "I'll give you a thorough explanation, there are about a million people in the local army and the imperial city in this Great Zhou, but there is no military general who can serve as the commander, do you have anything you can recommend?" ”

"This ......"

Yang Liechen pondered, he pinched his nose and told the saint about the defense of the city in Yuzhou overnight, and Yu Youjun and Tong Yanhai were about to boast to the sky, this is not a kind of praise for others, and praise for themselves, in disguise to tell the emperor, I can also work with such a powerful person, and I am still a literati, and I can be called a Confucian general.

But at this time, the emperor suddenly asked him to recommend the generals, how could he recommend it? Still pinching his nose to recommend Yu Youjun and Tong Yanhai? That Yu Youjun is very powerful, what did he say at the beginning, how could the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty tolerate small invasions, and now they are all farts, but they are under the command of King Huai'an, and now it is estimated that they have also rebelled with the old master.

After working with Tong Yanhai for so long, Yang Liechen also understands a little bit, he is not a commander, he can only listen to orders and lead troops to fight, but he is not the kind of person who gives orders.

Li Ru saw that Yang Liechen was in trouble, and quipped: "What? Will this not talk about Yu Youjun and Tong Yanhai? Didn't you just boast about them to heaven? What Yu Youjun Shenbing jumped down from the sky and drank back an army of 10,000 people, what Tong Yanhai led 2,000 people to outflank from the side, and in the face of tens of thousands of horses, he could still shout 'Grandpa is here', can't they? ”

Yang Liechen smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, don't make fun of me, Yu Youjun is a subordinate of the Huai'an Army, Tong Yanhai has the ability to fight, but he has no talent to lead the troops." ”

"What if I say that Yu Youjun didn't rebel? Now I'm looking for him, and Li Zizhen is also looking for him, but I'm looking for him to use him, Li Zizhen is looking for him to kill him, and judging from the intelligence, his subordinates are all brave and good at fighting, Gongsun Jian and Liu Qingyun are all there, and recently a new Jianghu Grandmaster has been added, and finding him can be worth 100,000 soldiers and horses! ”

Yang Liechen breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Majesty, the minister won't hide it from you, Yu Youjun really can't let go, he is really powerful, if he is heartfelt to Da Zhou and gives him the same soldiers and horses as Li Zizhen, the minister thinks he can quell the rebellion." ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows, looking at Yang Liechen's serious expression, it was not like the dragon flying and phoenix dancing when he just talked about the defense of the city in Yuzhou, it should be the truth, I didn't expect him to have such a high evaluation of Youjun.

Li said: "If he is really sincere, he should also think of a way to break through the encirclement." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Li Ru regretted it, now although Yu Youjun suddenly disappeared with nearly 10,000 people, but his location is very bad, there are Li Zizhen's 400,000 Huai'an army in the front, and there is the army of the entire royal court of the Southern Dynasty in the back, if there are few people, it is okay, the sea is wide and the fish jumps, and the sky is high and the birds can fly, but he has an army of nearly 10,000 people, in that dangerous situation, as long as it is discovered, it is simply a moving live target, but it will be exposed, and it will be even more difficult to return to the Great Zhou.

Unexpectedly, Yang Liechen also agreed: "Although the minister has a lot of complaints about Youjun, his leadership talent is the best I have ever seen, and he has a lot of schemes, he will have a way to return to Dazhou." ”

The corners of Li Ru's mouth hooked, "Then I want to see how this general can stand out from the encirclement." ”

At this time, the huge night pearl on the roof of the imperial study gradually dimmed, Li Ru looked up at the window, the sky outside had already emitted a faint white light, and the sun was slowly rising on the horizon.

Li Ru stretched his waist, the bones on his body crackled, and he said lazily: "It's another sleepless night, and Grandpa Lu is going to talk in his ear again." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was another knock on the door, and then a soft voice came, "Your Majesty, you will go to the court in three minutes, it's time to wash up and eat." ”

Yang Liechen and Li Ru both burst out laughing when they heard the voice of the great eunuch.

After this day, the civil and military officials are all wet behind a large piece, this court meeting can be said to be the most difficult for most officials to scrutinize, than the deafening angry rebuke of the saint is even more I don't know why, that Li Zizhen really secretly conspired against the matter, this kind of thing is also unexpected, some old officials know that Li Zizhen's father Li Ruyi was the prince of the year, and the first emperor led troops to the Wuying Palace to forcibly force the palace to have Li Ru is current position.

Li Zizhen's rebellion this time in the eyes of the courtiers, is just to take back what belongs to them, they are at most a little rabbit dead fox sad lips and cold teeth, if Li Zizhen really ascended the throne, the current high position may be a big change, such as the prime minister and the eight generals of the four peace and four expeditions The position may not be guaranteed, and there is a high probability that these people will not move, and Li Zizhen does not have so many competent people.

But looking at the saint's confident appearance, and making it difficult for the courtiers to grasp the severity, what does this mean? There is a wolf in the south and a wolf in the west, and there is a vicious dog that bites the owner in the house, and the saint is still so good and good, as the so-called ancients said that the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuch is in a hurry, and he is vividly and exquisitely behaved at this moment, but the "eunuch" has become a civil and military official.

These things on the battlefield are not incomprehensible to the civil and military officials, but the holy oracles that the civil and military officials cannot understand the most are the two things that followed.

The first is the state and county restructuring, Xishu County was firmly held in the hands of Lu Ziyu, the king of Xishu, and the Huai'an army did not know that Huai'an County was guarding and making the heart of the county everywhere, so the restructuring of the saint directly disrupted the Great Zhou Dynasty, not counting the remaining four counties and ten states except Huai'an County and Xishu County.

The four counties are: Guzhou, Suzhou, and Jingzhou in Guangling County; Zhongzhou, Pingzhou, and Zhangzhou in Huguang County; Yingzhou and Shunzhou in Yingchuan County; Dongju and Van State in Donghae-gun.

A total of ten states were all disrupted, all the county systems were cancelled, Guzhou, Suzhou, Jingzhou, and Fanzhou were divided into Guangling Road, Yingzhou, Shunzhou, and Zhangzhou were divided into Yingchuan Road, and only Dongzhou was left in Donghai County, and there were no counties or roads.

The saddest thing is Huguang County, Huguang County not only has the county system gone, the name has also been changed, and one of the states is still someone else's, and finally it became Beijiang Province, which can only govern Zhongzhou and Pingzhou.

Subsequently, in the far north of the Central Plains, another Mobei Province was set up, which was managed by the Jiedu envoy and Taishou of the former Donghai County.

After the prefecture and county system became the state and county system, all the original jiedu envoys were set up to observe the envoys, and the emperor personally sent officials to the four provinces except Dongzhou, and all matters related to military and political affairs of the jiedu envoys and taishou had to be approved by the observation envoys before they could be implemented.

Moreover, the original envoys and taishou of each county had to enter the capital to face the saint, and they had to receive the holy decree in person.

As soon as this system came out, a few families were happy and a few were sad, and the happy Guangling Road and Yingchuan Road, the most bitter former Donghai County, and the Northern Xinjiang Road were not the best nor the worst, and they could accept it if they didn't go up or down.

Of course, in Donghai County, when the festival is envoy and Taishou, compared with Mobei Dao, which can't see a village for hundreds of miles, you don't need to look to know who is good and who is bad, Li Ru is to compensate these two high-ranking officials, and the price of 7,000 yuan has risen to 10,000, and the festival that learned the news made Wei Xinde Taishou sorghum pinch his nose to thank him.

Who of the officials still eats money now? A rich Donghai County, a barren Mobei Province, where the people's fat and people's ointment are good, they all know in their hearts.

This second thing is a matter of promotion, a history of thorns that was not passed down last year, jumped several grades in a year, from a small city to a county, from a second-grade festival envoy, not to mention, now he has become a scholar of the second grade palace, and his master has become a colleague of the same grade, and together he has become a close minister of the Son of Heaven.

Chu Hanlin couldn't laugh or cry at the greetings between some of his friends who had been promoted to a cabinet scholar.

He could clearly feel that Yang Liechen, a student, had changed, completely changed, and it was said that power confuses the mind and makes people become interested, but this change in Yang Liechen surprised Chu Hanlin.

This is still the Yang Liechen who refused to serve as the envoy of the festival because the credit was not his? Or is it the stubborn student who can sometimes the teacher to death?

After retiring from the dynasty, the scholar of the Jingguan Palace, who was promoted from the local festival envoy, did not walk with Chu Hanlin, but walked on the royal road by himself, and no one knew what he was thinking in his heart.

In the eyes of Chu Hanlin's "friends", they all thought that the two scholars were avoiding suspicion, after all, the most taboo thing in Gyeonggi was to form a gang.

Chu Hanlin said a few words perfunctorily past these colleagues, and as soon as he walked onto the royal road, an old and deep voice called out to him.