Liu Xiu pondered for a while, and then asked rhetorically: "If General Feng is transferred back, who can be the chief general of the Western Army?" ”

Wang Yuan replied: "This matter should be decided by Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xiu took a deep breath and said, "There is no one in the court who can replace General Feng now!" ”

As he spoke, he looked around to the left and right.

At present, the generals and officers who are good at fighting in the DPRK and China are all fighting abroad, and the only ones who can take on the heavy responsibilities are the right general Deng Yu and the left general Jia Fu.

In the past, Deng Yu was the chief general of the Western Army, but later he was replaced by Feng Yi due to unfavorable operations, and now it is impossible to transfer Deng Yu back to the Western Army, and Jia Fu lacks the experience of leading the army to fight, and is not suitable to serve as the chief general of the Western Army.

Wang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, since General Feng has made a mistake, he should be transferred back to the Jingshi for accountability!" ”

His duty was to supervise whether the Son of Heaven had done something wrong, and as for who could succeed Feng Yi, that was not something he needed to consider.

Liu Xiu glanced at Wang Yuan and said, "Let's talk about this matter later!" General Feng has great talents! ”

The implication is that with Feng Yi's talent, although there are mistakes, they can also be tolerated and forgiven.

When Wang Yuan heard this, he immediately frowned, and said meaningfully: "The kings of the dead country are very talented!" Xia Wei is talented, and businessmen are also talented! ”

As soon as he said this, all the ministers present changed color, and some ministers unconsciously opened their mouths wide, and their faces were full of horror.

Liu Xiu was furious, Wang Yuan took Xia Wei Shang as an example, did he compare himself to Xia Ji Shang, or did he compare Feng Yi to Xia Ji Shang?

Liu Xiu was so angry that his liver hurt, and he said angrily: "It's just nonsense! ”

Wang Yuan doesn't know that he said the wrong thing, he is a counselor, if the emperor is wrong, he has to find the wrong one, if the emperor he annoys because of this is killed by the emperor, then he can also leave a name in history.

Throughout the ages, Yanguan has this problem, that is, he is not afraid of death, if he is really executed by the emperor, it seems to have completed the greatest achievement in his life.

By the time of the Ming Dynasty, this ethos had reached its peak.

Of course, Liu Xiu would not kill Wang Yuan because of his inappropriate example, but he was really tired of it.

He frowned and said, "I will consider this matter carefully." ”

Although Wang Yuan pointed out in public that Liu Xiu was wrong for not punishing Feng Yi, Liu Xiu still didn't listen to Wang Yuan after all.

The Sanfu region is not very peaceful, Gongsun Shu is ready to move in Shu, and from time to time he sends troops to attack and harass Sanfu, and the hustle and bustle in the north turns a deaf ear to the imperial court's order, and has been accumulating strength.

This south and north are all troubles for Sanfu and even Luoyang's henchmen, and at this time, it is impossible for Liu Xiu to transfer Feng Yi from Chang'an back to Luoyang.

Luoyang doesn't have any feelings for Gongsun Shu, after all, they are too far apart, if they have feelings, that is, some time ago, Gongsun Shu launched a public opinion war and spread books of proverbs that were unfavorable to Liu Xiu, and in the end they were successfully resolved by Liu Xiu, and they did not make much waves.

But Chang'an is different, the Sanfu area is full of Gongsun Shu's hidden piles and eyeliner, and some local officials have long been secretly bought by Gongsun Shu to do things for Gongsun Shu.

Like the executed Chang'an Order, Feng Yi had already found out that he had frequent contacts with Gongsun Shu, and Feng Yi had been quiet, but the matter of Chang'an Order's seizure of military rations had touched Feng Yi's bottom line, and there was no food in the army, so what could it be?

Soldiers can not be paid military salaries, they can have no money to spend, but they must not be hungry, this is a major event that will cause soldiers to mutiny.

Chang'an Ling stepped on this red line, how could Feng Yi still tolerate him?

The people of Chang'an all called Feng Yi the king of Xianyang, which was also the result of the secret demagogy of the people of Gongsun Shu.

In fact, for Gongsun Shu, the biggest threat is not Luoyang, Luoyang's soldiers and horses can't hit Shu for a while, and the hustle and bustle in the north is not a threat, Kui Hustle is not stupid enough to fight hard for Liu Xiu and himself, his biggest threat is Feng Yi.

Feng Yi has 100,000 troops under the command of the Western Army, this Western Army, has experienced a series of wars such as the conquest of Liu Xuan, the conquest of Red Eyebrows, the extermination of Deng Feng, etc., experienced, brave and good at fighting, the Western Army in Sanfu, not only the Sanfu is impregnable, but also poses the most direct threat to Shu.

No matter how strong the combat power of the Western Army is, if there is no excellent commander, there is no need to worry.

What's worse is that the commander of the Western Army is Feng Yi, the general of the Han Army is not good at money, not good at women, indifferent to fame and fortune, and is very good at governing the army and fighting wars.

In order to get rid of Feng Yi, or to get Feng Yi away, Gongsun Shu took great pains here.

However, Feng Yi's position in the Western Army has always been stable and unshakable, even Feng Yi privately executed Chang'an Ling, and was called the King of Xianyang by the people of Sanfu, but he failed to annoy Liu Xiu and was not transferred away by Liu Xiu, which made Gongsun Shu at a loss.

Shudi, Chengdu, Imperial Palace.

Gongsun Shu found Mo Yan and discussed the matter of Sanfu in private.

With his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed, he paced back and forth in the main hall, and said with a worried brow: "I have already done what Mr. wanted, let Chang'an order detain military rations, and also provoked the people of Sanfu to call Feng Yi the king of Xianyang, but as a result, there was still no movement on the Luoyang side. ”

Feng Yi, who is stationed in Sanfu, is a roadblock, as long as Feng Yi is there, it is difficult for him to send troops to occupy Sanfu.

Mo Yan glanced at Gongsun Shu, smiled slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Xiu and Feng Yi have a good relationship, in the early years, Feng Yi also saved Liu Xiu's life, and Liu Xiu's trust in Feng Yi is far beyond others.

Some time ago, Wang Yuan, Luoyang's counselor, also accused Liu Xiu of inaction against Feng Yi. ”

Gongsun Shu spread his hands and said, "But Liu Xiu still didn't transfer Feng Yi from Chang'an after all!" ”

Mo Yan nodded, this matter was indeed more tricky than he had imagined.

Mo Yan's eyes rolled, smiled indifferently, and said, "Your Majesty thinks that Liu Xiu can really trust Feng Yi without the slightest suspicion?" ”

Gongsun Shu was stunned, blinked, and thought about it carefully.

If a general under his command commands 100,000 soldiers and is stationed thousands of miles away, it is difficult for even his own henchmen to be 100% trusted.

He shook his head slowly and said, "Probably not." ”

"Since it won't, and Liu Xiu hasn't transferred Feng Yi away yet, this can only mean one thing."

"What's the matter?"

"We haven't done enough."

"Not enough?"

Gongsun Shu said in surprise: "Feng Yi privately beheaded the local county order, and the people of Sanfu called him the King of Xianyang, is this not enough?" ”

Mo Yan said quietly: "At least it didn't directly hurt Liu Xiu. ”

"How can I directly hurt Liu Xiu?"

Gongsun Shu asked with a puzzled expression.

Mo Yan lowered his eyes and said, "Liu Xiu is in Luoyang, but he can know everything about the counties and even local officials under his rule, what does he rely on?" ”

"The Imperial Envoy."

"Hmm!"

Mo Yan nodded and said, "Now the imperial envoy has frequent exchanges between Chang'an and Luoyang, if the imperial envoy suddenly dies in Chang'an, then, can Liu Xiu still trust Feng Yi so much?" ”

Gongsun Shu was secretly taken aback.

In Chang'an, the imperial envoy who assassinated Liu Xiu?

Mo Yan smiled and continued: "Killing Chang'an's order, the people call Xianyang King, these two things, although not enough for Liu Xiu to transfer Feng Yi back to Luoyang, but also enough to make a rift in the trust between the two, if Liu Xiu's imperial envoy dies in Chang'an again, Feng Yi, the chief general of the Western Army, can be regarded as the end." ”

When Gongsun heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help nodding again and again.

The imperial envoy is not a big official, but he is Liu Xiu's cronies, and he is appointed by Liu Xiu himself and is directly responsible to Liu Xiu.

If the imperial envoy died in Chang'an, especially in the current situation, Liu Xiu would definitely suspect Feng Yi's head.

The corners of his mouth curled up and said, "Good! This matter is in the opinion of the gentleman! ”

Mo Yan bowed his hand to Gongsun Shu and said, "Your Majesty, leave this matter to Weichen." ”

"Very good."

Most of the time, the envoys made their rounds in civilian clothes so as not to arouse the minds of the local officials.

Some time ago, an imperial envoy impeached Feng Yi, but Liu Xiu did not deal with it, and recently, the imperial envoy has frequently come to Chang'an.

Feng Yi's loyalty is very important, after all, he is the chief general of the Western Army, and there are 100,000 brave and good fighting Western Army under his command, once Feng Yi changes, it can pose a direct threat to Luoyang, and Lantai does not dare to be careless.

In the imperial history, Li You specially sent his henchman Li Bing to be stationed in Sanfu to monitor Feng Yi's every move.

Li Bing was ordered to come to Chang'an and settled in Chang'an as a businessman.

Don't look at Li Bing as Li You's confidant, but he doesn't often go on the road, not to mention that the officials in Luoyang don't know that there is such a person as him, and the officials here in Chang'an don't know who Li Bing is.

But Li Bing, whose identity is so secret, was found out by Gongsun Shu's eyeliner, more precisely, by Mo Yan's subordinates, on the fifth day of his arrival in Chang'an, Li Bing and even more than ten of Li Bing's subordinates died in the inn.

For Chang'an, this was a vicious homicide, but when examining the body, the officials found the imperial history token on Li Bing's body.

When it comes to the imperial history, this is not an ordinary homicide case.

The newly appointed Chang'an Ling realized that the matter was very important and hurriedly reported the matter to Feng Yi, the commander of the garrison.

When Feng Yi heard the news, he was also taken aback, and hurried to Chang'an City to check on the bodies of Li Bing and others.

In the county government's office, Feng Yi saw the bodies of Li Bing and more than ten others.

Without exception, the fatal injuries are in the neck.

Feng Yi's face was solemn, and he said to the servant on the side: "Explain." ”

He cleared his throat and said cautiously: "There are no traces of a fight at the scene, there are no bruises and other wounds on the corpse, the fatal injuries are all in the neck, and he was killed by one blow, and his subordinates guessed that there was more than one murderer, and all of them were masters of excellent swordsmanship!" ”

Feng Yi frowned and asked, "Can their identities be confirmed?" ”

"It's supposed to be the Imperial Envoy!"

Chang'an Ling replied on the side.

"What's his name?"

"Li Bing."

Li Bing...... Didn't hear of this person. ”

Feng Yi shook his head, turned around and walked out of the morgue.

When they got outside, several generals under Feng Yi's command quickly followed, and Han Xin said: "General, if nothing happens, this must be done by Gongsun Shu!" ”

Feng Yi glanced at Han Xin.

Han Xin said quietly: "Gongsun Shu has done everything to bring down the general! ”

In the past, Gongsun Shu had successively sent assassins to assassinate Feng Yi, but they all failed, and the assassins were ineffective, so Gongsun Shu turned to other methods, such as buying the Chang'an Order, seizing military rations, bewitching the people of Sanfu, calling Feng Yi 'King of Xianyang', and so on.

Now, Gongsun Shu has intensified his efforts and put his ideas on the head of the imperial envoy.

Han Xin sighed and said: "Some time ago, the imperial envoy impeached the general, and now the imperial envoy died in Chang'an City, Gongsun Shu wants to put the general to death!" ”

It is foreseeable that once the news of Li Bing's killing is transmitted back to Luoyang, it will cause an uproar, and there has never been a case of the imperial envoy being killed in this dynasty, and this time Chang'an is also a precedent for this dynasty.