In the spring of the third year of Jianzhong, Li Weiyue's head, together with Liang Chongyi's, was sent to Beijing.

After the rain stopped last autumn, Liang Chongyi's true form was revealed, and he failed to survive three months under Li Xilie's Huaining army and Cao Wanggao's army: Xiangyang City was broken, Liang Chongyi, his wife and children all committed suicide by throwing themselves into the water, and their bodies were fished out and beheaded.

"Quick, quickly send Li Cheng to be the envoy of Shannan Dongdao, and ask Li Xilie to give up Xiangyang City." Emperor Li Shi was at the meeting of the ministers in the Zichen Palace, while increasing the amount with his hands, loudly praising the blessings of the ancestors of the Liezong, and at the same time busy arranging the selection of a new commander of the Shannan Dongdao Festival.

Li Cheng, now the Yin of Hezhong, had previously served as the envoy of Huaixi to depose the Emperor, and after returning to the court, he reminded the emperor that Li Xilie was extremely ambitious and that His Majesty should be on guard.

In fact, Yang Yan also said such words earlier, but the emperor's disposition was: kill Yang Yan, but let Li Cheng contain Li Xilie.

But now the emperor is hesitating about this question:

If he wants Li Xilie to withdraw from Xiangyang City, it will be tantamount to violating the policy of "giving back the official award" tacitly approved by the Daizong Dynasty, Li Xilie will be angry, and this also seems to be a bit of a chicken thief in the imperial court, so just in case, the emperor wants to let a forbidden army escort Li Cheng to take office.

I have thought about which forbidden army to use, "Let Liu Dexin, the general of the Shence army stationed in Yuzhou, go, there are 3,000 soldiers and horses in his camp." ”

"Your Majesty is wise." The Chinese book waiter closed the broadcast, and the subordinate waiter Lu Qi slapped the emperor's ass in unison.

Li Xilie secretly hooked up with Lu Qi, so Lu Qi proposed again, please be prepared with both hands, let the forbidden army bring 300,000 yuan to reward the Huaining army, so that Li Xilie received the reward, and he did not dare to rebel against the court again, so that he could return to the town as soon as possible.

At this time, the crown prince and master Yan Zhenqing came out and advised: "Your Majesty, if Li Xilie is willing to hand over Xiangyang City, then Li Cheng can go alone; If Li Xilie is unwilling, what can Liu Dexin's 3,000 army do? If Li Xilie dares to disobey, His Majesty can send a large number of forbidden troops to Xing Junya, Zhu Zhongliang, Yang Huiyuan, Zhang Juji and other troops in Tonghua, Yuzhou, and Shaanzhou, and work with Liu Dexin to oppress Li Xilie and let him surrender. ”

"Li Xilie is a loyal minister, the Taishi is so distrustful, doesn't he want to force the Huaining army?" Lu Qi firmly disagreed.

Yan Zhenqing snorted coldly and did not answer Lu Qi's question, so angry that Lu Qi secretly made himself ruthless.

Yan Lugong's words made the emperor worry again, and he really had to think of a complete strategy.

At this time, Zhang Yi, the squire of Zhongshu, and Yan Ying, the imperial historian, proposed: "Your Majesty, Li Xilie's Huaixi Town is the central core of Shen, Guang, and Cai Sanzhou (now Xinyang, Huangchuan, and Runan, Henan), which is extremely close to the eastern capital and Biansong, and the key point in the middle is none other than Ruzhou. ”

The emperor nodded, thinking that the truth that both hands should be hard was right, so he asked who was competent in the history of Ruzhou Assassin?

After thinking about it in his heart, Lu Qi proposed to the emperor that the minister should enter a sage: Gao Yue has the right to know Ruzhou.

The emperor quickly vetoed: "Gao Yue is now in Fengtian Yingcheng, it is to seek benevolence and benevolence, and there is no need to bother him (whether it is fulfilled or not, I have to settle accounts with him), not to mention that Gao Yue still has the right to know that Yuanzhou is in Xingzhou, and he can't go to Ruzhou." ”

At this time, Zhang Yi and Yan Ying had not yet spoken, and the Chinese scholar Guan Bo couldn't wait to stand up, saying, "The minister has a friend, likes to read military books, and has tens of millions of armored soldiers in his chest, which can be compared to the history of Ruzhou assassination." ”

The emperor asked who it was.

Guan Bo said that this person is a disciple of my Tang Sect, named Li Yuanping, and he was originally a judge of the Hunan Observation Envoy.

It turned out that the previous Hunan observation made Xin Jinggao harsh in politics and forced his subordinate general Wang Guoliang, so Wang instigated a riot in Xiyuan at the junction of Hunan and Guiguan, and the imperial court sent Guan Bo to pacify it, and Wang Guoliang surrendered. In this process, Guan Bo got acquainted with Li Yuanping, and at first sight, he hurriedly recommended it to the emperor.

The emperor said that since Guan Zhonglang recommended him, this gentleman must have something extraordinary, but Ruzhou assassinated the history.

In addition, when talking about the disposal of Cheng Dejun, the emperor was full of praise for Zhang Xiaozhong's anyway, calling it the first merit of the difficulty, and wanted to award the festival to Zhang Xiaozhong.

"Your Majesty is wise." Lu Qi and Guan Bo praised in unison.

Who would think that Yan Zhenqing, Zhang Yi and Yan Ying disagreed, "Your Majesty, it is Wang Wujun who lives in the Hengji Military Mansion now, Your Majesty can first pass the Jingjie to Wang Wujun, Zhang Xiaozhong is the training envoy of Yi and Ding's two states, and Kang Rizhi can be the training envoy of Zhao and Shen Tuan, so that the old army of Chengde will be able to calm down." As for Zhu Tao after Lu Longzhen stayed, he could give his Cang and Jing Erzhou as official awards. ”

"Li Weiyue is dead, so Wang Wujun still dares to ask for it? If my will cannot be carried out in the Eternal Order, then what is the point of this battle? The Emperor was displeased.

Yan Zhenqing said that Wang Wujun is a Khitan species (Zhang Xiaozhong is a member of the Xi nationality, Kang Rizhi is a native of Kangguo, and is born in Samarkand today), and he is impermanent, and he likes to repeat the most.

But the emperor insisted on his own idea very much, he thought that if he didn't give Zhang Xiaozhong to sit on the festival, it would be tantamount to chilling the heart of the chief hero anyway, and he couldn't reward and punish clearly.

"What Your Majesty said is very true!" Lu Qi and Guan Bo all echoed.

"Your Majesty, Zhu Tao previously sent an envoy to the court, hoping to get Shenzhou (now Hengshui, Hebei)." At this time, Yan Ying reminded.

"No, Shenzhou I have promised Kang Rizhi, and I can change Cangjing Erzhou."

Yan Ying said that Shenzhou is prolific with silk cloth, and Zhu Tao is bound to get it, hoping to use this state to expand the wealth of Youzhou, and also ask His Majesty to give in a little and meet Zhu Tao's request, as long as Zhu Tao and Wang Wujun are settled, they can concentrate on destroying Wei Bo's rebel town first, so that the world can be determined soon.

The emperor set his eyes on Lu Qi at this moment, meaning you see how to do it.

Lu Qi understood in his heart, so he scolded Yan Ying and said, with Zhang Xiaozhong and Kang Rizhi here, what waves can Zhu Tao and Wang Wujun make, they are all as appeased as you, then the imperial court has spent millions of dollars since the war, isn't it equivalent to throwing it into the water?

The emperor nodded, saying that Lu Menlang was right.

Yan Zhenqing, Zhang Yi and Yan Ying all sighed and retreated.

Lu Qi followed, staring at the three of them with damp eyes, thinking that he had not yet reached the point of being arbitrary.

Now that Yang Yan has been removed, and Liu Yan is in Guiguan as a strategic envoy, you have lost the meaning of the original use in this court.

Guan Bo was heartlessly happy (the emperor agreed to my recommendation), and after returning to the political affairs hall, he let people fly to the hall and let Hunan observe the judge Li Yuanping, and immediately go north to Ruzhou to serve as the assassin.

A few days later, after receiving the text of the Tanzhou Observation Mission, Li Yuanping happily danced with his hands, and he was less than five feet tall, so he hurriedly went to the Mansion to meet the new Observation Envoy Cui Kuan, who was sitting in the palace, and made a request:

"Weizhou Guan Wuyuan (broadcast) is now in the court for the minister, and I used to be friends, and now the day of my flying Huang Tengda has come, the history of Ruzhou Thorn is only the first order, after which the three princes and nine kings are not rare, please observe the pearl to give Xiao Ke as his wife."

When Cui Kuan heard this, he was stunned.

Li Yuanping actually asked his daughter Li Niang to be his wife.