That Shao Tingjuan saw that Li Yi's expression did not seem to be fake, knowing that the news in Yunnan was blocked, maybe it was possible that he really didn't know.

Only then did he let out a long sigh, lowered his voice and said, "Alas! It has been more than three months since His Royal Highness died. Speaking of which, isn't it all because of the Jiaozhou assassin Shi Jiaogong's envy that caused this tragedy? ”

"Originally, this guy was honestly the commander of his Jiaozhou soldiers and horses, but he was restless, he had to kill Yang Tingyi, the assassin of Jiaozhou, and he had to do this assassin himself, and he was clever in his words, so that His Majesty gave him an official appointment."

"This is good, originally Yang Tingyi's henchman Wu Quan has been in charge of the army, but now Jiao Gongxian has climbed on his head all of a sudden, of course he can't swallow this breath."

"He sent troops to defeat and drive away Jiaogongxian, and took Jiaozhou over, and appointed himself as the assassin of Jiaozhou, but he did not declare it to the imperial court, and he really did not take the imperial court seriously."

"After Your Majesty learned about this, of course he was very angry, and he originally decided to personally lead the troops to crusade against Wu Quan."

"I didn't expect His Royal Highness Wanwang to take the initiative to invite Ying, and the emperor has always been very relieved of this beloved son who is both civil and military, and he also wants to train him, so he sent His Royal Highness Wanwang to lead an army of 50,000 to conquer Jiaozhou."

"At the beginning, His Royal Highness Wan Wang had the advantage of troops and won several battles at sea in succession, but Wu Quan was not an ordinary figure."

"This man was cunning and cunning, and deliberately faked defeat to lure the kings to pursue after the victory, but laid countless sharp iron anchors on the coast, and when the tide fell, the iron anchors pierced the king's ship, and the kings fell into the water and died, and the war against Jiaozhou ended in a fiasco."

"Alas! Originally, victory and defeat were a common thing in soldiers, and His Majesty would not take it to heart, but the unfortunate death of his beloved His Royal Highness the King made the emperor sad and sad. ”

"Although Your Majesty has nineteen sons, the eldest prince and the second prince both died young, and with the unfortunate death of the kings this time, how can Your Majesty bear it."

"Alas! His Majesty has been resigning from the dynasty for more than two months because of this, and has been washing his face with tears on the agarwood platform, not asking about political affairs, and no one dares to persuade him. ”

"So after your recital arrived in the capital, because the emperor had no intention of taking care of the government and no one dared to play it, it was always shelved. It wasn't until a month ago that Lin Tong, who you sent, found me through Li Pian, that His Majesty learned about it from me. ”

"Hearing the news of your rebellion in Yunnan, Your Majesty swept away the sadness and sadness of the past ten months, and his spirit was greatly uplifted, thinking that you were a scholar and had such a talent for setting things right, which really made his old man very pleased, so he immediately sent me to announce the decree and commend me."

"Otherwise, the edict of the imperial court would have arrived a long time ago, how could we wait until this time."

Li Yi nodded, and said in his heart, it turns out that this is the case, no wonder there has been no news for so long.

It's just that there is one more thing that has always reassured me, and that is the capital where Zhong Xu, Lin Tong and others went together.

Most of the people, including Zhong Xu, came back with the envoy's team, but Lin Tong was nowhere to be seen, which made people a little confused, and they didn't know what was going on.

Because he has been with Shao Tingjuan, he has not asked Zhong Xu in person.

Now in front of Shao Tingjuan, Li Yi directly raised this doubt.

Shao Tingjuan saw Li Yidong asking, and said with a smile: "Hehe! Why worry about it! Lin Gongzi went to the capital this time, but he encountered a great good thing. ”

"When His Majesty summoned them, he took a fancy to this Lin Tong Lin Gongzi at a glance, not only summoned the narrator in person, but also personally decreed that Lin Tong be canonized as the Hussar Marquis of the Seventh Rank and stay in the palace for use."

And he is also preparing to let Lin Tong participate in the martial arts examination at the end of the year, which has the intention of promoting and reuse. How many people can get this kind of creation! ”

Hearing this, Li Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he was slightly worried.

Although Lin Tong was invited to the Holy Grace, it was more beneficial to his personal development in the future.

Although Lin Tong is from a big family, he has been in the countryside for a long time, he is young, and he speaks and acts from his heart, which for Liu Yan, who has been in the deep palace for a long time, maybe this is what can move him and attract him.

But through the history of the Southern Han Dynasty, we also know that Liu Yan has always been capricious, and arbitrary killings are commonplace, and even the people around him are often innocently victimized.

As the saying goes, a companion is like a tiger, and if you are not careful, you may offend Long Yan, which is not a good errand!

Whether Lin Tong can win Liu Yan's further trust depends on his own creation.

Thinking of this, Li Yi said thoughtfully: "The martial arts competition at the end of this year, but I don't know what the requirements are, and are there any restrictions on the personnel participating in the competition?" ”

Shao Tingjuan nodded and said: "Your Majesty feels that there is a lack of talents in the army, so it can be said that he attaches great importance to this martial arts competition, and he has ordered preparations as early as a few months ago, as long as he is a military attache with a rank in the army, no matter what his qualifications are, he can be signed up by his boss." ”

"And Your Majesty also made a heavy promise, although only the top twelve will be admitted in this martial arts competition, as long as they are ranked in the top three in the martial arts examination, they will be directly awarded the rank of five ranks, and will serve as the deputy commander of the newly formed Janissary Twelve Battalion."

"The other nine were all directly awarded the rank of sixth rank, and they were also assigned important positions in the Praetorian Guard. Therefore, this martial arts exam is unusual! ”

After listening to Shao Tingjuan's explanation, Li Yi's heart suddenly moved, he had always wanted to cultivate the power of his lineage, but there was no internal support from the military in the capital.

Since any military attache with a rank can participate, why not send a few people to try your luck.

If you can recommend a few important people to participate and make some achievements in this martial arts competition, it is equivalent to installing your own cronies in the capital and having a force that you can trust in the military.

Li Yi's mind immediately appeared with the figures of Pan Chongche and Liu Huang, these two people have both humanities and martial arts, if they are cultivated more in the past few months, maybe there is a great chance of winning.

Although the two of them don't have any grades yet, it is completely possible to add a ninth-grade rank to them on the grounds that the two of them have made meritorious contributions to the thieves.

While making a small calculation, Li Yi toasted Shao Tingjuan and Le Fan attentively, and talked about various situations in the imperial court and Yunnan, as well as the situation of the disaster victims in southern Sichuan entering Yunnan.

Shao Tingjuan and the others probably hadn't gotten the news when they left Beijing, and they were even more surprised when they heard it.

It is really unexpected to think that Li Yi can have such courage and courage to accept all of them in the face of such a large number of victims.

He also said that when they returned to Beijing, they would definitely face the emperor and apply for relief for Yunnan.

After receiving his promise, Li Yi immediately expressed his heartfelt thanks to the two.

Shao and Le didn't drink much, and after drinking a few glasses in a row, they were a little overwhelmed, but they couldn't stand the repeated advice of Li Yi and everyone, so they had to reluctantly drink a few more glasses.

It wasn't until the two of them were drunk that they were hot and their limbs were weak, that Li Yi couldn't get enough of ordering people to leave the table and personally sent the two envoys to the luxurious rooms of the restaurant.