Chapter 705: The Current Situation in Jiangnan
Halfway, Gao Sishi was speechless in surprise, looking at Li looking at himself, but his eyes didn't focus on himself at all. This is already a feeling of not possessing the body, Gao Sishi didn't know why, but there was actually a little tingling in his heart, and he couldn't help coughing lightly.
In fact, many people don't know that the two attendants around Li, Gao Sishi and Li Siguo, both have a body of cultivation, and in addition to serving the master, they usually devote themselves to cultivation. Although he rarely fights with people, in fact, the realm of self-cultivation is extremely high. The purpose of their existence, this life, is to help and serve Lee.
From the time when Emperor Li was still in power in Yang Wu, in order to protect his main sons, he trained a group of orphans as his sons' attendants. These people usually study hard and practice hard, but they are also hiding their eyes and ears from others, and they are really a group of shadow-like masters.
Times have changed, and in the end, there are not many people left in this group, but Gao Sishi and Li Siguo are rare people who have been with each other for decades. At this time, seeing Li's expression, he knew that something must be tangled in his heart. Based on Gao Sishi's understanding of Li, this cough was also emitted by the qi of the dantian, which can be said to be enough to shock people's hearts.
Sure enough, it seemed that because of this unintentional cough, Li, who was in some kind of thought, tilted his head instantly, as if he had been shaken by some kind of shock, and then slowly came back to his senses. Of course, he didn't say anything right away, but he glanced at Gao Sishi slowly.
Only then did he realize that the servant he trusted was quietly looking at him. Thinking of his expression and performance just now, Li's mouth opened a few times, as if he wanted to speak, but he didn't make a sound. It seemed that he didn't know what to say at the moment, but he suddenly understood what Gao Sishi meant.
"Don't worry, you can take care of it alone!" Looking at Gao Sishi's worried eyes, I don't know why Li's heart suddenly warmed, and he actually felt that his eyes seemed to be a little moist. Li actually didn't have to worry about seeing it, and he was no longer the boy he was back then, so he couldn't help but nod slightly at Gao Sishi.
"The lord of the country works day and night, and the merits of this life are revealed, and many things don't have to be minded!" Gao Sishi's voice was faint, and it sounded heartwarming.
At this time, Li had a hint of warmth in his eyes, but it made people feel a little closer: "It is said that Li Jigong, the special envoy of the Zhou State, has seen Peng Datou with Hongyi!" ”
Gao Sishi was slightly stunned, and then thought of who Peng Datou Li said, although he was a little surprised, but he also replied quietly: "When Master Peng accepted the seal of Zhou Guo, it was this Chuzhou regimental training that Lord Li came to give the decree, and they have a connection with each other, so it must not be surprising!" But he actually introduced the person to know, and he was really dizzy! ”
After all, in these years, the Tang State and the Zhou State went to war, and the Zhou State can be said to have completely occupied the initiative, and finally the Tang State ceded the north of the Yangtze River, all the land as a courtesy, and the demotion of the vassal states as the bottom limit, so that the war stopped. So on the surface, Zhou Guo can't say it, but as the lord of the country, Li's grievances in his heart can naturally be imagined.
Although after several years of war, both countries have suffered damage to each other. However, the Zhou State escorted all the civil and military officials captured in the previous wars to Bianjing. This is a shame for the Tang State, and then the Tang State cannot have any objections yet.
This was not the main problem, and the most difficult thing for Li to accept was that the Zhou State not only knighted these captives, but also bribed the civil and military officials of all ranks in Jinling. After the Tang State sued for peace at the end of last year, these captured officials were successively released back to Jinling by the Zhou State, and many officials in Jinling and Tang were also awarded, and the intention was obviously very obvious.
Emperor Li had to thank him on the surface, and even maintained a good attitude towards the officials who returned. Although Li basically rarely used these people again, he was worried that they would become the Zhou country, but the main thing was that they all had an additional Zhou State seal, which also included the god of war Bian Hao.
For the Li family of the Tang Kingdom, this kind of additional seal on their civil and military officials is tantamount to a great shame, but there is no way to do it. Because according to common sense, even their own country has become a vassal vassal state of the Zhou State, what else is there to say?
And Peng Shi, the head of Peng, in Li's mouth, was a captured general in Chu back then, although he had never been to Bianjing, but because he was one of the generals to whom Chu was attached at the beginning, he was also the strategic object of Zhou to separate people's hearts. Zhou Guo is obviously not surprised to woo him!
After the Tang State was demoted to a vassal state by itself last year, the Zhou State also seemed to be a formal official of the Tang State. Of course, like those officials below the fifth grade, they naturally and generously appointed the Li family of the Tang State and arranged the appointment and dismissal in the Tang Dynasty on their own. But a general like Peng Shi, who has a knighthood and a real seal, needs Zhou Guo to appoint and dismiss him on the surface.
"It is said that Hongyi went to Shengyuan Temple, even if there is no hint of that Peng Datou, but they went to Shengyuan Temple together, isn't it a big deal for those people." Li's voice was a little cold, and he looked out of the high wall: "This may be their handle at any time, Peng Datou, Peng Datou!" ”
"Shengyuan Temple is now also famous in the Central Plains, even if the Shu people go to Shengyuan Temple, it is also human nature. You must know that Master Muping is stationed in Xi, that is an Arhat who can judge life and death! The Zen family that the lord of the country respected the most at the beginning, but now because of the identity of the Shuren, maybe it can become a turning point! ”
Gao Sishi naturally knew that before the abolished prince Li Hongyi, he also had a lot of intersection with Master Muping, and if he could see the master again at this time, Li Hongyi would have a little more hope in his heart, which would not be strange in Gao Sishi's opinion. However, Li is worried that Master Peng will be involved, which can be regarded as a kind of foresight!
"It is said that Hongyi went to Shengyuan Temple in a bright yellow regular clothes, didn't Siguo remind him that he couldn't be dressed in white?" Although Li is in the inner palace, he obviously still knows a lot of things. Because Li Hongyi's current identity is a commoner, he can't wear other colors.
Even if you wear a bright yellow regular dress inside, it doesn't matter if you add white clothes to the outside. Since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, to the Sui and Tang dynasties, the court has issued a strict distinction to the people.
The purple, red, and green of the princely generals represent the dignity, and the green clothes represent the ordinary class of officials, while the white color is the common clothes of the common people, and as for the rich merchants, they can only wear black like the butcher. Li didn't care, he didn't even have the most honorable status, what was the point of these foreign things!
But Zhou Guozai Jinling City, and even the spies in the crown, are obviously a lot. This time, in order to destroy the belligerent Li Hongyi, Zhou Guo obviously created a lot of incidents. Whether it is the death of the imperial brother or the deposition of the crown prince Li Hongyi, it seems that it has something to do with the Zhou State now!
Looking at this ancient cypress with his hand, Li Hongyi seemed to have some emotion in his heart.
It seems that there is a pull in the dark, and I can't wait to deal with it. There was a drizzle in the sky, and there was no figure in front of the hall, but Li's mind seemed to have an indescribable entanglement.