"Weichen Duan Mingcheng (Gao Zhenyuan) greets Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live." In the solemn and magnificent Taiji Hall, countless ministers stood on both sides, Duan Mingcheng and Gao Zhenyuan showed fear on their faces, and they knelt on the gold bricks as soon as they met.

"Get up!" Li Jing's voice sounded on the dragon chair, his voice was gentle and full of majesty, he looked at the two of them with a smile, and said: "Since I ascended the throne, I only visited the leaders of the Western Regions when I conquered the Western Xia, in fact, until now, only you Dali have come, Duan Zhengyan and Gao Liangcheng did not come, but let the two juniors come." ”

Duan Mingcheng's face was pale, his mouth opened, but he couldn't speak, Gao Zhenyuan was also nervous, but he still had a little guts, and hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty's words, the lord of the country has long admired His Majesty's prestige, but it is only blocked by Guanshan, Dali is too far away from Bianjing, and it has to pass through the Bashu area, the Southern Song Dynasty army is blocked, it is difficult to come, and please forgive your majesty, that is, the ministers and others also came to Bianjing from Bashu through the Jingxiang area, and the ministers want to wait for the Tang Dynasty to recover Bashu, and the lord of the country will definitely come to Bianjing to meet Your Majesty." ”

Li Jing hummed before saying, "You are from Bashu, you must have seen the situation in Bashu, how is Bashu now?" Ren Chengjun Wang led a large army to recover Bashu, what impact did it have on Bashu? ”

"Back to Your Majesty's words, when the minister passed through Jinguan City, the well of Jinguan City was normal, but the minister heard that the rich merchants in the city had begun to hoard grain and grass, and Zhang Jun sat in Bashu, but the minister thought that the rich families in Bashu did not like Zhang Jun, and the supply of grain and grass would only be delivered in three days. Gao Zhenyuan hurriedly said.

"Bashu is rich, I didn't expect that there is still old grain to be transported to the army, it seems that Zhang Jun still has a lot of grain and grass in his hands." Zheng Juzhong couldn't help but say: "Is Bashu so rich? There is so much grain and grass. ”

"Zheng Qing, it's true that Bashu is rich, but Zhang Jun doesn't know how much grain and grass he has, the grain and grassland in the army originally used this year's grain, but the Bashu people replaced the new grain with old grain." Li Jing said with a smile: "The price of new grain is far above the old grain, before the new grain was delivered to the army, these new grains have been replaced by the Bashu officials with old grain, and the new grain has long been embezzled by these guys." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming, this kind of thing has long been spread in Bashu, and the minister was very surprised when he heard it at first, but then he thought about it, probably because His Majesty's heavenly soldiers were about to recover Bashu, and the people of Bashu welcomed Wang Shi, so they used this method to expel Zhang Jun." Duan Mingcheng finally recovered at this time, and hurriedly spoke.

"Prince Duan is wrong, those rich families in Bashu may not welcome my army into Bashu, whether it is old grain or new grain, as long as they can make money, these people can do anything." Li Jing laughed and said, "No matter what these rich people are, even if they support Zhang Jun, there is no way to do it in the general situation, and my army will recover Bashu sooner or later." ”

"Your Majesty." Above the main hall, the voice of long live sounded again.

"Although I am in Bianjing, I still know a thing or two about the situation in Dali, although the king of Dali is diligent in political affairs and treats people leniently, but there are Muning, Yuan, Yi, Po, Ma and other tribes rebelled in the past, and then there are 37 barbarian rebellions, and the small Dali rebellion continues, I don't know if Dali needs the help of the imperial court?" Li Jing's face was calm, but he never thought that Duan Zhengyan had not surrendered to Li Jing until now, and the so-called king of Dali was canonized by Zhao Song, so it was a little inappropriate for Li Jing to call the other party.

"Back to Your Majesty's words, although there is a small rebellion in Dali, there is a Ming Jun command in Dali, and there are soldiers under him. A small rebellion is nothing. Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, I believe that Dali will soon be able to quell the rebellion in the country. Gao Zhenyuan is not a fool, although Li Jing's tone is relatively calm, but if he really agrees to something, Gao Zhenyuan will not have to go back to Dali, just hide in Bianjing.

"Really? How did this official hear that the people of Dali are poor and the country is weak, and the internal strife is very strong, and it is very difficult for the king of Dali to mobilize soldiers and horses, you are a member of the Gao family! Who are Gao Mingqing? That Gao Mingqing was killed by the rebels, can you really put down the rebellion in Dali? Gongsun Sheng suddenly said: "We don't care how the king of Dali deals with internal contradictions, but Dali has always been a vassal of my Central Plains, and the people of Dali are actually the people of my Tang Dynasty. ”

After Li Jing heard this, he couldn't help but nodded, who said that he was shameless, look at Gongsun Sheng, this is the most shameless person, interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, what he said was so justified that people had nothing to say. Even Li Jing felt that what Gongsun Sheng said made sense.

After Duan Mingcheng heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, rest assured, after the ministers return to China, they will definitely show their father and the emperor, mobilize the troops of the whole country, and let the father personally lead the army to conquer, exterminate the rebellion, and return me to Dali a peace." "This Duan Mingcheng is not a fool, as soon as he heard Li Jing's words, he knew that this was the best opportunity to seize military power, even Li Jing paid attention to Dali, paid attention to the contradictions between Dali and the DPRK, and Gao Liangcheng had the courage to dare not move the Duan family.

Gao Zhenyuan's eyebrows trembled, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and his fists were clenched tightly, his friend was betraying him, the Duan family was a white-eyed wolf, did he forget his original promise, after seeing Li Jing, what would become of him, did he really think that Datang would support the Duan family?

"It's rare that you still have such thoughts, yes, yes." The smile on Li Jing's face was even worse.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." At this time, a cold snort came, which shook the entire court, and everyone looked over, but saw that it was Gongsun Sheng, and only heard a sneer: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Dali is rude to my Tang Dynasty and despises the king, so Dali should be eliminated from the vassals, and the king of Rencheng County is ordered to attack Dali immediately after recovering Bashu, eliminate Dali, and bring Dali into the arms of my Tang Dynasty." ”

"This, this lord, although my King Dali has not personally come to see His Majesty, but one of the ministers is the prince of Dali, and the other is the son of Dali Xiangguo, this time he came, and also brought tribute gifts. Gao Zhenyuan's face changed after hearing this, if Li Jing was attracted to pay tribute to Dali, everything would be over, maybe the Duan family would still be rich, but the Gao family would definitely not have the glory of the past, and Gao Zhenyuan couldn't care about resenting Duan Mingcheng, so he hurriedly defended.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will never dare to treat the kingdom slowly, and please ask Your Majesty to be aware of it." Duan Mingcheng's face was pale, and he couldn't help but kneel on the ground and argue loudly, his whole body trembled, this news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and Duan Mingcheng didn't know what to do.