The two chatted, An Jinquan and the others also came to the vegetable garden one after another, and Lu Wenjin was the last to come over from the Yanmen Festival.

"The new news from the Dongdan Kingdom, since the forced relocation of the Dongdan capital to Dongping Mansion (Liaoyang), the Khitan lord Yelu Deguang's care for the human emperor is relatively relaxed, and the human emperor wants to take advantage of the opportunity of winter hunting to escape to the Central Plains." After Lu Wenshi saw Li Qi, he first reported to him.

Yelubei, the former prince of Khitan, has been under strict surveillance after Yelu Deguang inherited the throne, and his life was very unsatisfactory, so he had the idea of fleeing south to the Central Plains. Yelubei likes Han culture, can speak fluent Chinese, and the main advisers around him are also Han Chinese, advocating the full implementation of sinicization in the Khitan.

It is precisely because of this that the Empress Dowager Shulu believes that if he ascends the throne, it may endanger the inheritance of the Khitans, so she dislikes this eldest son very much. After Abaoji's death, it was with the full support of the Empress Dowager Shulu that Yelu Deguang finally replaced his brother and became the Khitan Emperor.

After Yelu Deguang became the emperor, with the help of Shulu's family, he has been busy cutting off Yelubei's henchmen, so in the past few years, Li Qi has been content to develop without much interference. Now, Yelu Deguang's position is becoming more and more secure, and he has relaxed the supervision of his eldest brother.

Yelubei sent someone to find Lu Wenjin last year, expressing his desire to invest in the Tang Dynasty in the south, but Li Qi welcomed this and kept Lu Wenjin in charge of this matter.

"How did he get here?" Li Qi asked.

"The king of Dongdan has quietly prepared a sea ship and came by sea." Lu Wenjin replied.

"Can you build a ship on the other side of the Bohai Sea?"

"Yes, yes, but it's not as big as in the south, and most of them learn the shipbuilding techniques of the Silla and Ryukyuan people." "Silla and Baekje have always been in contact with the southern countries. ”

Li Qi couldn't help but be a little speechless, since the Middle Tang Dynasty, the north has become more and more Huhua, and now it is not as good as the Bohai State, which was considered a barbarian in the past, in terms of shipbuilding technology.

"Okay, you can contact again and see if you can bring more shipbuilding craftsmen with you when King Dongdan comes." Li Qi said.

"No, the ministers will handle the implementation when they go back." Lu Wenjin said.

Although the family does not like extravagance, but although the amount of food is not much, it is extremely exquisite, An Jinquan and Kong Qing did not touch the food for several days after Wang Qiang came over, and at this time, seeing Li Qi finished explaining the matter, he hurriedly urged the internal supervisor to serve the food and start the banquet. It's just that after just a few drinks, I saw that Yan Laodao actually came to the banquet, and my appetite suddenly decreased greatly.

But it's not good to offend the old man on the surface, so that he expects others to see a doctor later.

Although this old Taoist has superb medical skills, he was appointed by Li Qi as a doctor in Tai Hospital, and he is also the director of medical education in Jinyang Academy, but his favorite hobby is to do the work and dissect corpses.

This makes people eat at the same table with him, which feels a little unacceptable......

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Around Luoyang, there is never a shortage of displaced people fleeing.

After a heavy snowfall, hundreds of frozen corpses were added outside the city, and the officials of Henan Prefecture were directing the hired people to move the frozen corpses to ox carts and pull them to the suburbs for burial.

Li Congke couldn't figure out why there were so many hungry people in the river this year, and where did the court spend all this money and grain?

Yangliang Pass was built very firmly by the Northern Army, and it could not be defeated at all, and the road leading to Jinyang in the river was blocked by the Northern Army, and if you want to attack Jinyang, you can only start from somewhere else. Li Congke repeatedly wrote that he should try to pass the middle of the country first, but the court was calling for Zhenzhou and Youzhou first.

However, after the plan to attack Zhenzhou was set at the beginning of the year, nearly a year has passed, but there has been no movement. Except for Shi Jingtang and Xia Luqi who confronted each other in Zhaozhou for less than a month after the autumn, the two sides did not even fight a battle, and returned to their respective armies.

Li Congke was guarding the river, the closest to Jinyang, and he got more news from the caravans in the past, and he knew very well that the strength of Jinyang was growing day by day, and he couldn't help but look a little anxious for his father-in-law Li Siyuan.

When he returned to Luoyang this time, after meeting his father-in-law, he would definitely show his pain and let everyone know the danger of the situation.

Li Congke came to the north gate of Luoyang with his pro-army, and the soldier guarding the city shouted when he saw this: "The coming will stop, and the foreign general must not bring the pro-army into the city!" ”

Li Congke was furious when he heard this, and raised the whip in his hand and struck it on the soldier's head: "Put the trick brighter, and you will stop the pro-army of a certain family?!" ”

The city gate became chaotic, and the captain on duty came out of the city gate, and when he saw that it was Li Congke, he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Don't blame the town marshal, his subordinates are also acting on orders, don't make it difficult for him to be humiliated." ”

Li Congke glared and said, "Whose order?" Could it be that he is a prisoner? ”

The lieutenant took out a piece of paper from his bosom and handed it to Li Congke and said: "It is a strict order of the privy envoy, and the foreign minister is not allowed to bring his own army into the city, otherwise he will be punished for rebellion." ”

Li Congke took the official document and read it again, and couldn't help but say angrily: "I have heard that Na'an reinforces the dictatorship and manipulates the dynasty, which is simply too deceitful!" ”

The lieutenant said: "Where the duty is, the town marshal should not be embarrassed. ”

Li Congke said: "Don't embarrass you, and after a certain family sees the prison country, I will revisit him!" So he ordered his own army to stay in a post house outside the city, and only brought ten people into the city as required.

The ragged pedestrians who were busy making a living in Luoyang City had long been accustomed to it, and they had fought for half their lives, and the life of the common people had never been better.

He did not go back to his house, but went straight to the imperial city.

When he arrived outside the gate of the imperial city, he dismounted and shouted: "Li Congke, the envoy of the river festival, was ordered to return to Beijing, and he wants to meet the prison country, please report it!" ”

The forbidden army on duty knew Li Congke, and hurriedly reported it inside.

After a while, the chamberlain Li Ye came out of it, followed by Zhao Hongyin, the commander of the forbidden army.

Li Ye saw Li Congke and said: "The prison country is overjoyed when he knows that the general is back, and he is still waiting to be summoned in the Wenhua Palace." ”

Li Congke was about to follow Li Ye to the imperial city, but he heard Zhao Hongyin say: "In this imperial city, it is better for the general to hand over his blade." ”

"My father-in-law allowed someone to bring a knife to the temple!" Li Congke stopped and glared at Zhao Hongyin.

Zhao Hongyin said helplessly: "This is the rule of the privy envoy, not only the general, but also the two princes. ”

Li Congke became more and more annoyed: "This guy actually separates our father and son, sooner or later he needs to find a reason to beat him with a headache to relieve his anger." Although he said it, he also took off the saber and handed it to Zhao Hongyin.

Li Congke's original surname is Han, and his mother Han is a woman robbed by Li Siyuan when he was in Hebei, and she was taken as a concubine, so she was included in the family together with Li Congke, who was only seven or eight years old at the time. Over the years, Li Congke followed Li Siyuan's subordinates as a cavalry general, and as a pioneer, he fought all the way to the east and west, and made great achievements.

In the battle of Huliupo that year, Li Siyuan saw that the opportunity was not good, and led his troops to break away from the formation and fled to the north bank of the Yellow River, but unexpectedly, Li Cunqing, the king of Jin, turned defeat into victory in the end, and because of the death of Zhou Dewei's father and son, he was angry and abnormal. Fortunately, Li Congke fought desperately on the battlefield and made great contributions, so that Li Siyuan was spared punishment.

This Wei Bo mutiny, Li Congke was the first to lead the army to vote, and in front of Lianke Bianliang, Xingyang Pass, and Shi Jingtang made great contributions to Li Siyuan's entry into Luoyang, but now he didn't expect An Chongxue, who would only make ideas under the account, to manipulate the court, and dissociate the relationship between him and Li Siyuan, how could he not be annoyed!