Half desire and half dawn,

Drunk and smelling flowers, sleeping and smelling warblers.

The bell shook and moved,

Twenty years ago, Xiao Temple Love.

—————————— Yuanzhi's "Spring Dawn", when the author was taking a nap, a puppy touched the bell, which reminded him of a love affair in the temple twenty years ago. That relationship is too famous, you can refer to Yuan Zhen's "Huizhen Ji".

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

The more than 20,000 rebels besieging Fengtian City immediately collapsed and fled along the mountains around Fengtian County.

Li Yuanping buckled Li Xilie's horse's head and suggested to the king of Chu that he should not run along Jingchuan, in that case, it is very likely that Cui Ning and Han Yougui will block the road - it is better to arrive in Xianyang from Ludian Chen Tao obliquely.

Li Xilie listened to the suggestion, waved his hand and shouted to the fake children who were riding mules closely behind him, "Walk back to the middle road for me, stop at Xianyang!" ”

And Li Huaiguang over there with the Changwu army flocked to the Jingyang area, and the two Li also parted ways.

When the Huaining army rushed back to the middle road, it was blocked by the Mogu Lake dug by Gao Yue in advance, the road narrowed, people and mules roared, fell off the bridge and fell into the water, or were squeezed into the lake and drowned. ”

"Why?"

"Zhu Zhu will inevitably occupy Chang'an City and betray us."

"How?"

"Li Huaiguang can return to the river, and we will return to Shangzhou for the time being, and then contact the Wu brothers and Chen Xianqi and others to block Wuguan Dao and take the opportunity to negotiate conditions with the imperial court."

"Is the court still willing to negotiate terms with me?"

"It doesn't matter, the court is also stretched thin now. King of Chu, you responded to the imperial court, went to the king's number, and ensured the continuous luck of the imperial court, so that if you occupy one state, you will have the price of one state, and if you occupy three states, you will have the capital of three states. ”

"Well, I'll listen to you!"

In Mukden City, all the defenders and reinforcements stood in a line along the six thoroughfares of the outer city, and because there were too many people, some of them could only stand on the walls or outside the city.

When Li Shi, accompanied by many ministers, appeared at the heavy wall, the soldiers shouted Long live the Son of Heaven, and the whole scene was very enthusiastic.

Li Shi wiped away his tears again.

Immediately in the bell tower hall, Li Shi personally met with the heroes who came to help, Gao Yue and Wei Gao.

Li Shi also asked Duan Xiushi about his current location with great concern, and replied that he was in Fengxiang Mansion to appease the situation in the west.

"The important task of Duan Gong is Anxi, the envoy of the Beiting Xingying Festival, the assassin of Jingzhou, and the recall of Meng Hao as the prince of Shu."

At the same time, the emperor fulfilled his promise and once again promoted Gao Yue to the head of the Ministry of Officials, Shi Langzhong (this is really the number one Lang official among the 26 divisions of the Southern Province), and Wei Gao was Jin Wu Tongzheng (regarded as a civil to military position).

"Your Majesty, now that King Qin's army has gathered, it is a good time for the six dragons to return to the palace and the ten thousand horsemen to return to the palace." Pei Yanling, a scholar of Jixian, took the opportunity to congratulate the emperor.

Li Shi bowed his head, just about to announce something loudly.

Whoever wanted Gao Yue said: "Your Majesty, it is already the middle of winter, although the rebels have retreated from Fengtian City, but the grain and corn obtained by the minister in the Jingyuan camp field have also been consumed. ”

"......" If it had been left before the change of the Changwu Division, Li Shi would have insisted on going his own way, and now he held back for a while, and finally asked Gao Yue, "According to Gao Qing's opinion, what should I do." ”

At this moment, behind the powder wall in the inner hall, Tang An was with his mother, and he was also listening quietly, but the hand in his sleeve kept pinching his legs, she was suppressing herself in pain, trying to disguise herself in front of the concubine and her sister, and disguised her bland expression that she had nothing to do with herself.

Gao Yue seemed to be very calm and relaxed, and said eloquently:

First of all, please continue to reside in Fengtian City and command the Quartet King Qin;

After that, the soldiers of Fengxiang and Jingyuan were divided into parts and continued to camp in the fields in order to harvest the next year;

Li Sheng has now arrived in Tongguan, and Sanmenxia in Shaanzhou is also in the hands of the imperial court, so please ask Your Majesty to divide the wealth of the southeast.

"Divide the wealth?" It was the first time the Emperor had heard of such an operation.

At this moment, Wei Gao also suddenly said: "Your Majesty ordered all the rescued soldiers to be given the title of 'Fengtian Yuancong', and transferred to the seven seniorities, which is a very happy thing, but Fengtian City is now short of food and straw, and there is a shortage of money and silk, and the words are not enough, and there are already complaints among the soldiers." ”

Hearing the phrase "there are already complaints among the soldiers", Li Shi and the ministers, bachelors, and lieutenants in the hall, including the royal ladies behind the wall, couldn't help but change their faces.

Soon, the emperor asked Gao Yue to talk about how to divide the wealth to support the army.

Gao Yue got up and pointed to the bronze map of the mountains and rivers in the hall, "The wealth of the southeast of Jianghuai can be divided into two roads, one along the old Bianshui Cao, and then to Sanmenxia in Shaanzhou, and then into Weishui, which is gathered in Dongwei Bridge and controlled by the king of Hechuan County; The other is to take the river road (Yangtze River route), trace into the Shannan West Road, and then go to the Qinling Road, and Shu land wealth into Fengtian City, opened up by Liu Yan, His Majesty bowed to control. In this way, a fiscal and tax support for the Shence army (Li Sheng, Liu Dexin, etc.) at the Tongguan in the east, and a fiscal and tax support for the Qinwang camp around Fengtian City. By the summer and autumn of next year at the latest, there will be a bumper harvest of grain in the camp, and then the grain, money, silk, horses, salt, and soldiers will be ready, and Your Majesty will be able to return to Beijing again, and Kinai will be at peace. ”

"What you said is very true." In the end, Li Shi calmly accepted Gao Yue's opinion.

"This emperor has finally matured." When Gao Yue sat down again, he looked back at the soldiers who were standing densely outside the hall and brought them to the rescue, and couldn't help but sigh that after this ordeal, Li Shi had really grown a lot.

Soon, the topic came to the envoy of Xifan, that is, whether to borrow troops from Xifan.

Jiang Gongfu and Lu Zhen, who supported this, knew that this was a face-saving matter after all, so their tone in the hall was also very tactful, calling me Tang Nai the uncle of Xifan, and Xifan was my nephew of Tang.

Therefore, Jiang Gongfu and Lu Zhen asked His Majesty to meet with the Ou Qizan in the Fengtian City Pavilion as soon as possible.

But Jiang Gongfu and Lu Zhen also concealed the truth, that is, the "nephew" of Zampu in Xifan has coveted his uncle's family property for a long time, and Ou Zhizan's trip is to talk to Li Shi about the ownership of Helong, Anxi, and Beiting.

"Hmm......" Regarding the matter of borrowing soldiers, the emperor seemed to be moved again.

But he had a heart, so he looked at Yan Zhenqing and Xiao Fu, these two have always been more "hawkish".

But the two were unexpectedly silent.

"......" The emperor who had settled down was just about to open his mouth.

"Your Majesty, this is a very important matter, it is related to the territory of the country, please gather the ministers to discuss it again." At this time, Xiao Xin said quietly.

Yan Zhenqing, Xiao Fu and others immediately picked up the wat board and expressed their approval.

The Emperor's mouth immediately closed.

The so-called ministers, of course, are not only in Fengtian City, but also must adopt the opinions of Liu Yan, Li Sheng, Han Yun, and Zhang Yansheng, even if the imperial court has decided, but the opinions of this group of local real power factions are also very important.

The emperor agreed again, saying that when the solstice (winter solstice) was approaching, he asked these envoys to come and convey their opinions, and as for Ou Cheekzan, he could continue to stay in the city pavilion.

Outside the bell tower hall, Gao Yue, who was just about to go to the mansion to get a pen and paper and report his safety to his wife and Zhihui in Baili City, was called in the side alley.

But it was Xiao Fu, the secretary of the new army department who had nothing to do with each other.

"Your Majesty will summon the right person in the backyard hall after nightfall, and invite Gao Tailang to play."