Li Xilie wanted to conquer Xiangzhou, Shannan, of course, not out of loyalty, as Yang Yan said, they were just for their own interests.

It turned out that during the Great Calendar, Emperor Daizong had formulated a "reward" for the army, called "Reward for Officials".

When the Tang Dynasty was still in its heyday, the army reward was very simple - four kinds of awards: awarding officials, giving houses, rewarding money, and dividing war spoils, but after the Anshi Rebellion, the country withered, and the money was scarce, and it was impossible to meet the rewards required by the meritorious envoys and subordinates, so Daizong could only follow the power and make a "body official award", so what is a "body official award"? To put it simply: whoever defeats the rebel party (this is the criterion for the traitor, uh), the original officials, assets, and even territory of the rebel party will all belong to the meritorious person, so it is equivalent to "giving it to the enemy".

Therefore, Li Xilie actively wanted to conquer Liang Chongyi, the purpose was to capture Liang's Xiangzhou and other places through "official repayment", and then swallow all his territory and financial resources into Huaixi Town, so that he could not only greatly increase his strength, but also use the banner of "quelling the rebellion for the imperial court" to justify his name. In addition, Li Xilie did this because he had a collusion with the object of the court, and this person was the new imperial historian Cheng Lu Qi.

Yang Yan was frustrated by the true thoughts of Huaixi Town.

This time Yang Yan is really out of public intentions, firstly, Liang Chongyi is indeed an object that can be appeased, and secondly, the seven states of Xianghan occupied by Liang are the inner belly of the country, if Li Xilie is allowed to swallow it, then Huaixi will really quickly eat Liang's corpse and swell into an uncontrollable monster.

But the situation has reached this point, and public and private interests have long been involved in confusion.

Gao Yue, who was standing in the small courtyard of the Yushitai, looked up at the cold stars in the night sky, and a few lonely stars seemed to be constantly connected into one word in his eyes.

A huge "friend" word.

No one can be right, and the left side is always the slanted word "friend".

He himself only came out from the moment he formed the "Taofen Shed" (Peng), and he took the initiative to ask for Guo Xi to be exiled, but in fact he wanted to paralyze Yang Yan.

Gao Yue knew that the entire Chang'an City was caught in a hidden and terrifying whirlpool:

From the moment Yang Yan retired from Wu Shaocheng's brothers, Lu Qi and Li Xilie also began to set up nets against him;

Yang Yan was laying a net with his henchmen, actively wanting to avenge Yuan Zai and put Liu Yan to death;

Of course, Yang Yan thought that Cui Ning and Gao Yue, the son-in-law who had just been wooed, had a very subtle position in secret, Gao Yue secretly promised Liu Yan to rescue this benefactor to him, and Cui Ning would not let go of Yang Yan who took away his Xichuan in his heart;

Liu Yan naturally can't sit still;

In the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace, Li Shi's eyes were secretly staring nervously at all the people, constantly swaying.

The dark tide has not subsided, and it has risen again and again.

The envoy sent by the imperial court to Jingyuan asked Duan Xiushi, the envoy of Jiedu, about his opinion on "building a city in Yuanzhou".

Duan Xiushi had already discussed with Gao Yue, so he said to the Chinese envoy without thinking:

"Please report back to the Holy Lord, the matter of Anbian, the strategy of retreating from the enemy, should be considered in the long run, now the military and civilians of Jingzhou are busy with spring ploughing, and they should not suddenly go to Yuanzhou to build a city." Later, he added, "Recently, I heard that the court has discussed that there is a theory of setting up the original state in Jingzhou and camping the fields, which is the best policy, and you can ask the branch and the farmers to plan after the spring ploughing." ”

After the envoy returned to the court, he truthfully reported Duan Xiushi's words.

Yang Yan was furious and said privately: "Duan Xiushi must be in the same party as Liu Yan." ”

So he said to Emperor Li Shi: "Your Majesty's peaceful destruction of Ma Lan's mansion and stopping the wind of the wood demon is a very happy thing. However, Duan Xiushi complained and slandered the Holy Lord in the Jingyuan Military Mansion, saying that Ma Xuan's house was demolished, and the Anxi camp was also noisy. ”

Li Shi didn't believe it at first, but soon Li Huaiguang's prison envoy Zhai Wenxiu also sent a secret letter from Changwu City, which was not much different from Yang Yan.

Li Huaiguang hated Duan Xiushi for protecting Wen and Ruya, while Zhai Wenxiu had already befriended the new prime minister Yang Yan, so the two hit it off again.

At this time, Li Shi panicked and asked Yang Yan how to deal with it.

"Duan Xiushi can be summoned back to the dynasty as Si Nongqing."

"If the soldiers of the Xixing camp are not angry, how about it?"

"Li Huaiguang used to be under the camp of the king of Fenyang, and he has always been known for being upright and strict, so Li Huaiguang can be used as a representative of the section to make affairs for the Jingyuan Festival and supervise the city of Yuanzhou. Your Majesty, it can be seen that the construction of the city in Yuanzhou cannot be delayed any longer, in which year is there no spring plowing and autumn cropping? If you listen to the shallow views of Tian Shengong, Duan Xiushi and others, the old soil of Longyou River Huang will never be restored. ”

Li Shi followed Yang Yan's suggestion, after all, among this group of Shuofang and Anxi generals, only Li Huaiguang is his standard henchman, and he will suppress this group of proud generals in Jingyuan, so it should also be the right choice if he can directly build a city in Yuanzhou.

Then he asked Yang Yan if he wanted to appoint a few people from the DPRK to assist Li Huaiguang in building the city?

At this time, Yang Yan paused for a while, and then reported to the emperor:

"Li Zhou is upright and talented in the matter, and he can be appointed as the envoy of the camp city of Yuanzhou, the inspector of the camp, and the envoy of the army."

Hearing this, Li Shi suddenly remembered something, "Xiang Liu Yanzuo, please set up Yuanzhou in Baili City, Zeng raised Gao Yue, I also love Gao Yue's talent, so according to Qing's opinion, can you let Gao Yue go?" ”

As a result, Yang Yan said without hesitation: "Gao Yue's qualifications and prestige are too shallow, and he is too close to Liu Yan and Duan Xiushi, and I am afraid that he will be unpopular when he builds a city in Yuanzhou." ”

"Oh?" Li Shi had some mixed feelings in his heart, so he asked Yang Yan bluntly, "I heard that when Yang Qing moved to Daozhou, Gao Yue, who was still a prisoner of the country, not only came to send him off, but also gave Yang Qing and his wife Sichuan capital, but now?" ”

"A minister will never harm justice with his personal feelings!" Yang Yan replied dignifiedly.

Li Shi bowed his head and said to Yang Yan that this matter could be handled directly by the political affairs hall.

A few days later, Li Zhou was appointed, resigned from Beijing with his entourage, and marched to Lingaoyi, preparing to go to Changwucheng first, and then to Jingzhou City, to read the edict.

Soon, Cui Youfu, who was still sick in bed, was by the wall of the house, and after Huo Zhongtang said goodbye, he came here and quietly told Gao Yue who came here to wait for the final selection of the Yuanzhou City.

"Really?" Although Gao Yue was a little angry in his heart, he was more relieved, he finally understood what he meant in Yang Yan's heart.

Looking up at the clouds in the early spring sky, Gao Yue seemed to be able to see where the arrow he shot should be and where the target should be.

"It's not fun to trick me."

After Gao Yue thought about it like this, he handed over a huge volume to Huo Zhongtang, "This is a special edition that was promised in advance and dedicated to Princess Tang'an." ”

After Huo Zhongtang accepted it, he went to Daming Palace.

Gao Yue turned around and walked along the narrow alleyway, "It's just a pity, the soldiers of the Anxi camp...... Yang Yan, why do you put your selfishness above innocent people again and again? ”

At the same time, before Li Zhou arrived in Changwu City, Li Huaiguang and Zhai Wenxiu conspired to behead Wen Ruya, Pang Xianhe, Zhang Xianming, and Li Guangyi, four Shuofang veterans who had failed to kill last time.