On December 23, the fourth year of Zhonghe, Li Yi and his entourage stayed in Xingyuan Mansion for less than three days, and then set off to return to the capital Chang'an via the Bao Slope.

Since three days ago, Li Yi injured Li Ye because of his anger. During Li Yi's three days in Xingyuan Mansion, Li Ye did not go to Li Yi's place, including the day Li Yi left for Beijing, Li Ye also did not go because he was unwell.

Although I don't know why the relationship between Shengshang and King Shou suddenly became very stiff, and even King Shou returned from Shengshang with an injury, thinking of the imminent return to Chang'an, many people put this matter behind for the time being.

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Maybe Li Yi also knew that he was a little impulsive, and after Concubine Zhang Shufei summoned Liu Chenyan and her daughters, he also agreed to the marriage of Princess Changning and Liu Kui. and promoted Liu Kui to the general of Zuo Qianniu Weizhonglang, and asked him to lead the army to return to Beijing with Li Yi, and then marry Princess Changning.

In this regard, Liu Kui also consulted Li Ye, and after Li Ye thought about it, he did not object. To a certain extent, letting Liu Kui go to Chang'an is also a good thing for him.

Li Ye's biggest disadvantage now is that there is no one in the court, because of the business tax matter before, the ministers attacked, and there were few weighty people to speak to him. Liu Kui went to Chang'an, although he was a Zhonglang general, but Qianniuwei existed in name only, this was just a fictitious position, and it had to be seen what position Li Yi arranged for him after returning to Chang'an.

But even so, Liu Kui was in Chang'an, which also gave Li Ye his own people in the court.

In his opinion, the reason why Li Yi is like this is nothing more than to ease the relationship with him. However, the two also knew that the cracked scar was not so easy to repair.

Although the relationship between the two is very stiff, Li Ye will still send the 700,000 guan to Chang'an, which can be regarded as filling the empty treasury.

The team of Li Yi and his entourage is very large, there are tens of thousands of eunuchs and court officials alone, not counting the family members of the court officials and the accompanying Shence army, the whole team is as high as 70,000 or 80,000 people.

In order to allow Li Yi and his entourage to return to Chang'an quickly, the Baochuan Road was closed to the outside world, and pedestrians and business travelers could only detour from several other roads.

"Your Highness, after Commander Liu left, the commander of the back of the Right Tiance Army was vacant. I wonder who His Highness intends to let take the position of commander? ”

"Do you have the right person?" Li Ye asked casually.

"Sun Jiameng, Zhang Zao, and Shi Ling can both be." Pei Rong replied.

"Sun Jiameng?" Li Ye shook his head, "He can't." The right carriage guards the ramp and lets Zhang Zao go, and the king is not at ease. Let Shi Ling make up for it. ”

The command envoy in the right compartment is a trivial matter, and Li Yi's return to Beijing is also a trivial matter. He controlled several roads in the Qinling Mountains, and as long as he wanted to, the army in Guanzhong would not want to attack Hanzhong at all, unless it was from Shangzhou and Jinzhou.

As for Li Yu and his entourage when they arrived in Guanzhong, whether it was Li Yu, Tian Lingzi, or other ministers who were dissatisfied with him and wanted to deal with him, I am afraid they didn't have the energy.

At this time, the situation in Guanzhong was complicated, the situation in Hedong, the Central Plains and other places was even more complicated, and there were many problems in front of the imperial court.

Just when Li Ye was preparing to welcome the New Year, the Ordnance Department brought him good news, that is, the first copper cannon was made by the Firearms Institute of the Ordnance Department.

Then Li Ye hurried to the workshop of the firearms station.

There are several workshops in the Ordnance Division, and the firearms booth cannot be in a place with too many people due to secrecy. In addition, hydraulic machinery was needed, so it had to be close to the river, so it was finally selected in a riverside open space on the south bank of the Han River from Xingyuan Mansion to Chenggu.

As a river that runs through Hanzhong, the Han River is mostly mountainous to the south of the Han River and many plains to the north of the Han River due to the alluvial nature of the river. As a result, the population of Hanzhong is mostly concentrated in the plain area on the north bank of the Han River, and the population on the south bank is much sparse.

In addition, after Li Ye moved all the nearby people away, there was naturally no problem with the secrecy of the firearms station. You must know that there is still a capital army stationed in the firearms station, and it is difficult for outsiders to touch it.

Just as Li Ye was about to board the ship and head to the workshop of the South Bank Firearms Institute, a carriage was coming quickly, and Link hurriedly asked his soldiers to keep on guard.

Li Ye also found out that the carriage was coming for himself, but he didn't know who it was, but he still chose to wait for a while.

When the carriage stopped a few steps away from the pro-soldiers, I saw that it was the new observer Wang Hui who came out of the carriage, and then ran quickly towards Li Ye.

Originally, he set up an envoy to be inspected, but Li Yi changed it to an observer envoy. Of course, he knew that the observer had the same meaning as the observer, but it gave people a different feeling.

The status of the observer envoy is generally lower than that of the jiedu envoy, but in southern regions such as Hunan, the observer envoy is in power. The establishment of an observer envoy in Shannan West Road will give people an illusion and be used to compete with Li Ye for power, so he will change to an observer.

It's just that since the court wants to change to an observer, then an observer, he doesn't believe that Wang Hui can still set up his knots.

"Your Highness, the lower officials have something to report to Your Highness." Wang Hui came to Li Ye, saluted slightly, and then said in a little anxious.

"What can't we wait for the king to come back?" Li Ye was a little dissatisfied.

"Your Highness, the main thing is that the matter is more urgent, and the sooner Your Highness comes up with a decision, you can also lose a little bit." Although Wang Hui didn't know what Li Ye was going to do, in his opinion, his own affairs were the most important.

After getting along for a while, Li Ye knew the character of this Wang Hui. It's just that he usually doesn't want the other party to communicate too much, so he has to annoy him to death, Wang Hui was demoted, not for no reason, just his character, he offends people wherever he goes.

This one had offended him a year earlier.

Thinking that he was going to the firearms station, and then thinking that Wang Hui usually didn't take himself seriously, he made a decision in his heart, "Since the matter is urgent, let's talk while walking." ”

After speaking, Li Ye boarded the boat, Wang Hui was stunned, but thinking of the seriousness of the matter, he could only hurriedly follow the boat.

The Han River is not very wide in the territory of Xingyuan Mansion, so after a while, Li Ye arrived on the other side.

There was no carriage on the other side, and Wang Hui was not young, in his fifties. At the beginning, Li Ye originally wanted to make things difficult for the other party, but after the other party could actually ride a horse, Li Ye was even more sure that in the Tang Dynasty, the distinction between civil and military officials was really not obvious.

Maybe Wang Hui also saw that Li Ye was deliberately making things difficult for him, but he still didn't forget his intention.

Wang Hui is an observer, that is, he is responsible for evaluating the administration of officials, which is equivalent to the president of the High People's Court, the chief procurator of the High People's Procuratorate, and the Commission for Discipline Inspection today. He came to Li Ye, and nine times out of ten, there was an official below who had an accident.

Sure enough, and it was Pang Cong who had the problem. According to Wang Hui's statement, it is roughly that Pang Cong is suspected of corruption.

The reason why Wang Hui is so sure is that he has served as the assassin of Jizhou for several years before, and there are still some old departments in Jizhou. Now that he is serving as an observer envoy, it is normal for officials below Jizhou to look for him.

Although Jizhou is Xiazhou, the history of Jizhou is also an official position under the four products. The reason why Pang Cong was able to serve as the assassin of Jizhou was also because Li Ye wanted to win people's hearts.

"The king observes the envoys, and everything must be evidenced, so that people can be convinced. Of course, if Pang Congzhen is corrupt, he will naturally be severely punished.

This matter is within the purview of the observer, and the king can do it boldly, and the king still has this point. ”

"Your Highness." Wang Hui looked at Li Ye in some surprise and said in a deep voice.

After finishing business, Wang Hui found that the group had come to a military camp, could it be that King Shou came to inspect the army today?

But when I walked in, I realized that it wasn't what I thought, it wasn't the army at all.

After entering, he found that the buildings inside were densely packed, mostly brick and wooden houses. Wang Hui didn't know what was inside the house, but when he saw the neat buildings and the soldiers with 'five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry', he became a little curious about this place.

He had heard that there was a military camp here, but he didn't know the specifics, after all, he also knew that King Shou was not very satisfied with himself, and it was naturally impossible to tell him many things involving secrets.

And Li Ye didn't explain too much, the reason why he brought Wang Hui in was more to deter the other party and make the other party honest.

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"Jieshuai, we have bought off several generals in Jianzhou, as long as Jieshuai gives an order, these people will switch to Jieshuai and help Jieshuai win the Jianmen Pass."

In Zizhou, Dongchuan Jiedu Embassy, a middle-aged man was standing respectfully in front of Gao Renhou.

The smile on Gao Renhou's face was obvious, but he raised his hand and said lightly, "It's not in a hurry for the time being, don't startle the snake, beware of the Tiance Army's side of the detection." If the Tiance Army intervened, there would be little hope of retaking Jianzhou.

By the way, did the generals stationed at Jianmen Pass win over? ”

"Returning to the festival marshal, this is a bit difficult, the general of the Jianmen Pass garrison is Zhang Shi'an's henchman, and he is also very hostile to us, the people we sent to win over not only did not win over, but were killed by the other party." The middle-aged man said with a sad face.

"I don't know how to lift!" Gao Renhou's tone was cold.

"Jieshuai, there are only 1,000 defenders in Jianmen Pass, even if we can't win over the defenders of Jianmen Pass, but as long as we take Jianzhou, Jianmen Pass won't take much effort. Although the Jianmen Pass is dangerous, it is external, not internal, so why should the festival marshal worry.

Don't your subordinates believe that with the troops in Zhang Shi'an's hands, they can stop our tens of thousands of troops in Dongchuan? ”

"You can't say that, if there is no Tiance Army, Ben Shuai naturally doesn't have to worry. However, the Tiance army was stationed in Lizhou and Guozhou, and it had to be defended, and if the Tiance army intervened, it would be even more difficult to recapture Jianzhou. Gao Renhou worried.

"Jianzhou is the land of Dongchuan, what is the matter of the Tiance Army? If the Tiance army intervenes, we can also ask Chen Shuai to send troops and play the imperial court to cure King Shou for a crime of rebellion. The middle-aged man said in an excited tone.

Gao Renhou shook his head, this matter is not as simple as he thought. If it was as simple as the subordinates in front of him said, how could he sit and watch Jianzhou being controlled by King Shou?

(End of chapter)