Huainan, Jiangdu.

In the Mengxia season, the fireworks in the south of the Yangtze River have also withered.

On the banks of the sparkling canal, willow trees are already flourishing.

Under the willow tree, Huainan pacified Li Yuan, wearing a linen robe and holding a fishing rod, fishing the riverside.

There was a sound of horses' hooves, and as soon as they flew, the hoofs alarmed the fish in the river, and a fish that was biting the hook was startled away.

"You came at the wrong time, and scared my fish away." Li Yuan said to his son Shimin who dismounted and strode over.

"If I don't come, it'll be too late." Li Shimin walked up to his father and stood still.

Li Yuan looked at this second son, he hadn't seen him for more than half a year, after he came back from Liaodong, he left Shimin with Luo Cheng, or the last time he met King Qin of Yanmen, but he was also in a hurry at that time.

After not seeing him for a long time, he found that his son seemed to be more mature, the skin on his face was rough and dark, and one eye was blindfolded.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Father, don't you know what is going on? Wang Shichong previously led a large army to fight Li Mi in the Tiger Prison, but he was defeated in three battles, and now he retreated into Luoyang City, and he did not dare to come out. Fan Zigai led his troops into Hedong to suppress the thieves, and the thieves were suppressed, but he went on a killing spree there, killing tens of thousands of people, and making the people of Hedong and Hanoi counties panic. ”

Fan Zigai suppressed thieves in the north of Luoyang, and he killed tens of thousands of people at once, although the rebel situation was contained by him, but the old Fan Zigai also died of illness on the way back to Luoyang. As soon as he died, his subordinates withdrew to Luoyang, and the rebels in Shangdang counties in Hedong and Hanoi immediately revived, even more violently than last time.

Li Shimin said again, "Li Mi is now unstoppable in Henan, and he has entered the Beiyuan in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and has surrounded Luoyang City. Although the imperial court has newly set up Shandong Dao, but Laihu'er, the envoy of the Shandong mighty army, has been still in Jiangdu, and Zhang Xutuo, the deputy envoy, has been recuperating in the rear of Qi County, and Shandong Dao is now led by Shi Luogui, although there are tens of thousands of horses under his command, but they are all brave militiamen in the countryside, and it is rare to be able to barely maintain the east of the canal from the rebels. ”

"Luo Cheng sent you to Jiangdu, what happened?" Li Yuan asked, of course he knows very well what his son said, but although he is said to be a pacification envoy of Huainan, he has a lot of troubles.

Meng Rang was crisscrossing Huaixi, and the soldiers were very strong.

In addition, there are two thieves, Zuo Caixiang and Li Zitong, who are chaotic in Huainan, and Li Yuan has fought several times, but they are all ineffective. Meng Rang, Zuo Caixiang, and Li Zitong all had no less than 100,000 troops, and he Li Yuan had tens of thousands of troops under him, and he had to be stationed on the Huai River to prevent Li Mi from going south, and he had to garrison troops on the periphery of Jiangdu to prevent bandits from making trouble and threatening Jiangdu and disturbing the holy driver.

Li Zitong was originally voted for Zuo Caixiang, a general under his command, who could fight well, but was suspicious of Zuo Caixiang, and was finally forced to lead people to run away and stand on his own.

So now in Huainan, Li Yuan can maintain the situation and prevent the rebels from coming to the east, which is good.

"Luo Cheng asked me to ask you if you want to be the prime minister." Li Shimin said.

Li Yuan was surprised.

"To be the prime minister? Why? ”

"Luo Cheng said, if today's son is deceived by Yu Pei's four traitors, resulting in the turmoil of the country now, the people are in dire straits, he wants to pull out the chaos and set things right, as long as his father is willing, he will help you worship the prime minister, and then his father will live above the court, assist the king, and he and the heirs and other loyal ministers will live outside, sweep away the rebellion, and stabilize the frontier, then the world can enter the prosperous era and restore the emperor's scene."

Li Yuan held the fishing rod and muttered for a long time.

"It seems that although Luo Cheng is outside the customs, he is still very concerned about the affairs of the DPRK and China. It is estimated that he is sensitive to information, and he has already heard some rumors, which is to make a first move. Li Yuan said.

"What's the wind?" Li Shimin asked puzzled.

So Li Yuan told his son that Pei Yu Sixiang was planning to transfer Yuwenshu back to the court recently, and when Yuwenshu returned to the court, the next step was to deal with Luo Cheng and cut the military power of the Luo family's uncle and nephew.

At that time, Qu Tutong would take over the post of envoy of Anton Jiedu, and Wang Rengong's Yanmen Governor's Mansion and Luo Siye's Dingxiang Dao would be merged into one, and Wang Rengong would be the new Dingxiang Dao Jiedu envoy. When he came to Hu'er, he would also go to Shandong to take up the post of Shandong Jiedu envoy. ”

Li Shimin didn't expect that they would have such a plan, which Luo Cheng had never told him.

"What about my father, has there been any change?"

"Well, how can the current relationship between our family and the Luo family not be implicated, I got the news that they plan to transfer me to Longyou as the envoy of the festival."

"Longyou? Isn't there that Zhao Cai is the envoy of the festival, and there seem to be many Qiang rebellions in Longyou now? ”

"Zhao Cai is already dead, and he died in ambush during the campaign against the Qiang rebels, but in order to stabilize the morale of the army, the court only said that he died of illness. Now the Qiang people over there are rebelling fiercely, and Tuyuhun has been restored, and the imperial court is no longer able to suppress Qinghai, so it plans to give up Qinghai and transfer Pei Renji back to Henan to serve as Henan's pacification envoy, and Wang Shichong will replace Fan Zigai, who died of illness, as the eastern capital guard. ”

To go to Longyou, that is to depreciate.

Li Yuan didn't want to go.

He looked at his son, "What is Luo Chengke's plan?" ”

"Naturally, there is a plan." Li Shimin replied.

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Jiangdu, the camp of Xiaoguo Army in Jiangbei.

A young general of the Xiaoguo army rode out of the camp on horseback, and on the way, a horse stopped him.

"Is it General Shen? I have been waiting for the general for a long time by order of Princess Izumo, can I ask the general to move and delay you a little time? ”

Shen Guang is not very old, less than thirty, but he is very famous in the Xiaoguo Army, and now he is the general of the left first army in the newly built Xiaoguo Fourth Army.

His father was originally a servant of the Chen Dynasty, and after the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen, the family moved to Xijing. Later, his father was Yang Yong's subordinate official, and then Yang Yong was abolished and became Yang Liang's subordinate official, but because of Yang Liang's rebellion, Shen's father was implicated and was removed from his position as a citizen.

Therefore, Shen Guang's family was very poor when he was young, and his father and brother could only copy books for others. But Shen Guang is different from his father and brothers, he is uninhibited, likes to make friends with heroic people, and he is also brave and agile, and he is good at horse racing, nicknamed Meat Flying Fairy.

Slowly, he became the leader of the ranger prodigal sons in Chang'an City, and he was supported and dependent, and there were many businessmen who gave him money, and his life was not bad.

But he wanted to make a contribution, so when he later conquered Liao, he signed up to join the army. And when the emperor attacked Liaodong City, he performed extremely well and was favored by the emperor, so he was exceptionally awarded the position of the court doctor, although it could not be compared with Luo Cheng, but it was also a soaring sky.

After two expeditions to Liao, coupled with the siege of Yanmen, they performed very well, so he was able to build the Xiaoguo Army again, and he was able to become the chief general of one of the four new armies.

But this year, he is only twenty-eight years old.

The emperor admired him very much, and now in Jiangdu, he often called him to accompany the guards, and even often rewarded him with his own food and use, and he was one of the few people who could see the emperor now.

Shen Guang looked at him, "Since the princess has summoned her, naturally there is time, please lead the way." ”

As a general of the forbidden army, he should not have befriended the clan and ministers, and usually Shen Guang didn't even pay much attention to the pull of Yu Shiji and other prime ministers, but the other party was Princess Izumo, and when he came to him at this time, he still decided to meet him.

Because Princess Izumo is not only the emperor's favorite princess, but her husband is also Luo Siye.