Just when Guo Song defeated the Tubo army and recovered Shazhou, several major events also occurred in the imperial court, one was the case of Zhang Shen's bribery, there was an imperial history to impeach Xiangguo Zhang Shen for accepting a bribe of 100,000 taels of silver from the general Xin Gaojing, and Xin Gaojing also admitted the matter.

Li Shi did not expect that Zhang She, who has always been known for his integrity, also accepted bribes, which made him extremely disappointed, and immediately dismissed Zhang She, and at the same time removed him from all official positions, and ordered him to return to his hometown for retirement.

And another thing also involves Han Yun, that is, the Jingzhou garrison Liu Wenxi rebelled, the reason was that Xiangguo Yang Yan ordered the Jingzhou defenders to go to Yuanzhou to build a city, but the Jingzhou soldiers refused to go because the military was too low, Liu Wenxi took the opportunity to make a request, he could persuade the soldiers, but asked the court to make him the Qingning Festival envoy, and was rejected by the court.

Liu Wenxi was annoyed and ashamed, so he took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the soldiers to occupy Anding City to rebel, Li Shi immediately issued an order, and transferred the Fengxiang army to make Li Huaiguang and Jingyuan Jiedu make Zhu Zhu lead the army to exterminate Liu Wenxi, although Liu Wenxi was quickly exterminated, Liu Wenxi also committed suicide with a sword, but the people in Anding County also suffered heavy casualties.

This incident caused the Son of Heaven Li Shi to be furious, and demanded that the case be handled strictly, and just two days ago, Yushitai officially impeached Xiangguo Han Rong, and Liu Wenxi was recommended by Han Rong as the military envoy of Jingzhou.

Zhang's case and Liu Wenxi's case were together, and Han Yun also knew that the Son of Heaven would no longer tolerate him, so he asked the Son of Heaven to resign from the position of recommendation and implore the Son of Heaven to let him go back to his hometown for the elderly.

At this time, Guo Song led the army to defeat the Tubo army, and the news of the recovery of Shazhou reached Chang'an, and Li Shi's anger disappeared a lot.

Although Guo Song's recovery of Shazhou was not welcomed by the court officials, Li Shi was overjoyed, and Guo Song did not disappoint him, and indeed captured Shazhou from the hands of Tubo.

At this time, Li Shi stood in front of the map with his hands in his hands, and the joy and excitement brought by the recovery of Shazhou made his heart difficult to calm down for a long time.

Li properly knew the importance of Shazhou's strategic position, and capturing Shazhou meant that he could go to Anxi from Shazhou, open up a channel to contact Anxi, and could send troops to Anxi and deliver supplies, which could not only enable the Tang Dynasty to keep the four towns of Anxi from losing, but also continue to recover the lost territory and completely drive the Tibetan forces out of Anxi.

Guo Song is still really his own blessed general, he remembered his father's last words before his death, Guo Song can be used to the west, which shows the wisdom of his father, he has long seen Guo Song's positioning, that is, the second Wang Zhonghei of the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, a eunuch reported at the door, "Li Xiangguo asks to see!" ”

This is Li Mi coming, Li Shi nodded, "Xuan him in!" ”

After a while, Li Mi walked into the imperial study, bowed and saluted: "Weichen, congratulations to Your Majesty on recovering Shazhou!" ”

"This is the joy of the Tang Dynasty, isn't Xiangguo happy?"

"Of course Weichen is happy, Weichen is still thinking about whether to take advantage of the situation to recover Guazhou?"

Li Shi shook his head, "Guazhou can't move for the time being, send troops to Guazhou, Tingzhou can't be saved, although this is an agreement reached between Guo Song and Sha Tuo, and it doesn't represent the imperial court, but I also recognize this balance, in order to keep Tingzhou, I can only temporarily not take back Guazhou." ”

Li Mi was silent and said for a moment: "Your Majesty is reasonable, but Weichen is not thoughtful. ”

Li Shi laughed, "Li Xiangguo came to find me, not for this matter, right?" ”

Li Mi shook his head, "Weichen is actually here for Han Xiangguo's affairs, although Han Xiangguo is negligent, but Yushitai's impeachment of him is indeed a bit too harsh. ”

The smile on Li Shi's face disappeared, he took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and said coldly for a while: "Don't you think he has been in the prime minister for too long?" ”

Li Mi was silent for a moment, and it was only then that he realized that everything was an excuse, and the fundamental reason was that the Son of Heaven wanted to change his face.

Li Shi walked to the window with his hand, and said after a while: "There is also Cui Xiangguo, although he is old, his health is too poor, the imperial doctor suggested several times that I let him rest, and I decided to accept the imperial doctor's advice." ”

Li Mi felt that something was wrong, and after such adjustment, there were only two Xiangguo left in the imperial court, and he and Han Yun, could it be that the Son of Heaven planned to restore the previous two-phase system.

Li Shi understood what Li Mi was thinking, he looked at the sky and said slowly: "I am still inexperienced in many things, after more than a year in power, I gradually realized a lot of my father's good intentions, including my father's change from the multi-phase system to the two-phase system, I now know that under the multi-phase system, all kinds of prevarication, my intentions have not been implemented at all, I have proposed since last year to limit the authority of the feudal town, but to this day, I still do not see any measures introduced." ”

Li Mi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the restriction of power in the feudal towns is a matter of great importance, especially the state of joint protection has been formed between the feudal towns, if something happens in one town, the other towns will follow the army to make trouble, which will cause chaos in the world. ”

Li Shi snorted extremely dissatisfied, "I want to recover Hexi, the political hall opposes it, I want to limit the power of the feudal town, and the political hall also opposes it, I don't understand, is this world surnamed Li or surnamed Zheng?" ”

Li Mi felt the dissatisfaction in the heart of the Son of Heaven, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the power of the prime minister and the power of the monarch are completely separated, and the power of the prime minister will not infringe on the power of the king. ”

"Really?"

Li Shi sneered: "It is the power of the monarch to use troops abroad, but how difficult is it for Guo Song to send troops?" I wanted to commend the soldiers who had made meritorious contributions to the country, but the government affairs hall vetoed it with a sentence of lack of financial resources, don't I know about financial difficulties? This political hall has overridden my head, and the two proposals to limit the feudal domain were rejected by the political affairs hall, and I feel like a mud bodhisattva in the temple, just an ornament, such a political hall is not what I want, and I am now deeply aware of my father's good intentions in implementing the two-phase system, which is really a painful realization. ”

Li Mi also knew that he couldn't persuade him anymore, and it was not impossible to restore the two-phase system, but the Son of Heaven retained a narrow-minded villain like Yang Yan and deposed Han Rong, who was so capable, that he was really not good at knowing people, and Li Mi also knew that the Son of Heaven had made up his mind, and it was difficult to persuade him back, so he could only try to retain the possibility of Han Rong's comeback.

"Your Majesty wants to dismiss Han Xiangguo, and the minister has nothing to say, but Han Xiangguo is talented, loyal to the country, and is in the prime of life, it is a pity to demote him to an idle position, Weichen recommended him to sit in Zhejiang Province, in order to ensure the continuous wealth of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Shi pondered silently, although Han Rong recommended Liu Wenxi to be responsible, but he also thought that Han Rong strongly recommended Guo Song to be the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, and vigorously supported Guo Song in the recovery of Shazhou.

"Alright! I will think about this matter carefully, and besides, is the imperial court's attitude towards the recovery of Shazhou a little too cold? ”

Li Mi sighed in his heart and persuaded: "If Your Majesty wants to limit the power of the hand domain, then you must cool down the war in the west, this is a very real problem, and the imperial court is simply unable to deal with the two fronts at the same time. ”

Li Shi was silent for a moment and said: "Okay, the war in the west will end here, and I will not publicly commend it, but the reward should still be rewarded, and those who should be recompensated cannot be ambiguous, this is what the imperial court must do." ”

"Wechen understands!"

Li Shi took a few steps and said: "There is also the Tubo side, we must pay close attention to the movements of the high-level in Tubo, whether as Guo Song said, the battle of Shazhou will lead to the downfall of the hardliners, this is the thing I am most concerned about." ”

"Wechen will definitely pay close attention to the trends in Tibet!"

"Go ahead! Discuss it with Yang Xiangguo, where should we start with the restriction of power in the feudal town? ”

Li Mi pondered for a moment and reminded Li Shidao: "Your Majesty, Jiannan Jiedu has made Cui Kuan come to the court to report on his work. ”

Li Shi's eyes lit up, starting from Bashu, he should have thought of it a long time ago.

In the afternoon, news came out of the forbidden middle school that the Son of Heaven issued an order to remove Han Rong from his post as a servant, retain the Pingzhang affairs, and reappoint him as an observer of the east and west of Zhejiang.

At the same time, Cui Youfu was dismissed from the post of left servant of Shangshu and allowed to return to his hometown.

Li Mi was appointed as a subordinate servant, the left minister.

All the officials of the imperial court realized that the Tang Dynasty had changed from the multi-phase system back to the two-phase system, which meant that the power of the right minister Yang Yan had been greatly improved.