The sun was exceptionally warm, the window of the room was wide open, Li Qing was facing the window, like Dai, and the white clouds were floating above his head, extremely slowly, as if he was experiencing the soaring New Year's joy in the city.

On the table behind him were two rolls of the same size, fluffily rolled into two balls, pressed by the paperweight, one was Li Longji's secret decree, asking him to hand over the military power of Longyou to Dong Yanguang immediately; The other is Tai's secret letter, so that he will hold on until the return of Huangfu Weiming no matter what.

The contradictions of the two interest groups collide and converge here in him, and Gao Zhandao can withdraw and leave without taking away a little burden, but what about him? Will he be able to go? The safety of the family, the rewards of the bloody battles of the Doulu army, and the Anshi Rebellion, like mountains from small to large, pressed heavily on him, he wanted to close his eyes, but the two secret letters were engraved in his mind word for word, so that he could not erase them, he had to make a choice, the banner was clear, and there was no room for ambiguity.

If he didn't know history, he would not hesitate to tear up Tai's secret letter, but his pain lies in knowing what will happen in ten years, whether the train of history will continue to go the same way, or whether it will deviate from its original track because of his arrival, one more gear.

The history of Nanzhao has been changed, is this just a fork in the road, or the train of history did not stop at the predetermined platform, he only knows a little about history, which is his second pain, he does not know the subtleties of history.

When a person is faced with a dilemma in life and cannot make a correct judgment. The best thing to do is not to grab one with your eyes closed, but to wait, like a train slowly coming out of a culvert, just by looking at its head, you can't tell whether it is carrying people or goods, where it ends and where it starts, and when it comes out, you will understand everything.

Just learn to be patient, and you'll know what you're making. In fact, you don't need to know history.

Li Qing silently turned around, put away the two secret letters one by one, took out another blank piece of paper, sat down at the table and wrote a letter to his relatives in the distance:

"Curtain, I may not be able to come back for the New Year, there are so many things I need to deal with here.

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I've already thought of a name for my daughter's place. I remember two lines of poetry: 'Affection is only the spring moon, like leaving people to shine on the flowers,' since she was born with a bright moonlight, let's call her Li Tingyue! The name of the milk is 'cake', which is the name of my milk when I was a child.

After the New Year, I will go to Chang'an to report on work, and then I will go back to Shazhou directly, I am not at home, everything depends on you.

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Say hello to Xiaoyu on my behalf and kiss our cakes on my behalf. Also, take good care of the geese.

husband

December 28, 4th year of Tianbao"

Finished. Li Qing read it twice more and added New Year's greetings. Then the ink was dried, stuffed into an envelope and painted with fire paint, and the two soldiers were sent back to Shazhou.

But at dusk, the answer that Li Qing was waiting for had already come, and when the five hundred light horsemen escorted the new deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu Dong Yanguang and the great eunuch Bian Lingcheng appeared in front of the steps of the official office, Li Qing's position as deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu came to an end.

Hearing that Dong Yanguang had arrived, Li Qing led Cao and a group of officials to greet him with a smile, and he walked down the steps quickly. suddenly found that Bian Lingcheng was also there, and his heart felt slightly uncomfortable.

Bian Lingcheng urged him to step forward immediately. Holding the gold medal high, he said in a long voice: "Pass on the emperor's words, Li Qing will accept the order!" ”

Li Qing hurriedly knelt down, and the next class of officials also knelt down and pressed down.

"Minister Li Qing listens to His Majesty the Emperor."

"Li Qing, the governor of Shazhou, immediately dismissed the deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu, and immediately returned to Beijing to report on his work, without delay, and the post of deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu was held by General Dong Yanguang. Chin this! ”

"Minister Li Qing takes the order!"

The next group of officials looked at each other, and they didn't know what was going on? Li Qing was dismissed from his post just five days after he became the deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu, so what else is necessary to appoint, just wait for Dong Yanguang to take office.

Li Qing's heart is like a mirror, appointing himself is just Li Longji to let Huangfu Weiming feel at ease to go to the capital, now that the goal has been achieved, there is no need for him to stay in the state, he sneered in his heart, and demolished the bridge after crossing the river, which shows that Li Longji doesn't believe in himself at all, otherwise why send a Dong Yanguang?

Li Qing's eyes flashed with a hint of loss and gloom, but his face did not show anything at all, he only arched his hand to Dong Yanguang, and said with a faint smile: "Congratulations to General Dong!" ”

Xun Yanguang snorted, he should not congratulate Li Qing, he was about forty years old, slender, skinny and ridged, his face was gray, his cheekbones were high, and his two crab eyes bulged outward, and they were far apart, and he was slanting upward, looking down at Li Qing from his horse with a contemptuous and arrogant look.

"Li Dudu, since the emperor has officially appointed me as the deputy envoy of Longyou, then your term of office will also end, I will give you an hour, please pack up your belongings, I don't want there to be two deputy envoys in the palace tonight."

Xun Yanguang's rudeness suddenly caused a buzz,

Li Qing was also annoyed by his arrogance, but he held back his anger and said to Dong Yanguang: "General Dong, I have no objection to you coming to replace me, but I haven't handled the transfer with you yet, and you are not the deputy envoy of Jiedu, besides, even if we do the transfer now, but I don't have a residence in the state, you asked me to move out of the office overnight, so where do I live?" I can't say anything about it because of my feelings, and I hope General Dong will think it through. ”

"Consider?"

Xun Yanguang sneered for a while, and pursed his mouth, "Didn't you hear the emperor's words?" Immediately dismiss you from your position, which means that you are no longer the deputy envoy of the festival, but dismissed! Is there any handover that needs to be done? As for your accommodation, you might as well stay at the inn. ”

"What!"

Li Qinghuo took a step forward, pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword, and looked at Dong Yanguang, "Surnamed Dong Di, you don't want to deceive people too much!" ”

Bian Lingcheng saw that Li Qing was angry, and hurriedly came over to persuade Li Qing away, pulled him aside, and said in a low voice: "Li Dudu, you must not be dissatisfied with this matter, let alone act recklessly, Dong Yanguang has 20,000 garrisons thirty miles outside the city, and I am afraid that it will not be good for you if you fall out, besides, the emperor naturally has his deep meaning, you might as well come and live with me tonight, and we will go back to Chang'an together tomorrow." ”

Li Qingchang let out a long breath in his chest, and also whispered to Bian Lingcheng: "I understand what Your Majesty means, but I haven't done anything he handed over to me yet, and I'm worried that if this person doesn't handle it well, it will ruin Your Majesty's affairs." ”

Li Qing refers to the matter of purging the emperor's confidants, he has not had time to do it, this matter is extremely sensitive and very tricky, and it needs to be handled cautiously and carefully, if it is not right, I am afraid that it will cause a mutiny.

Bian Lingcheng pondered for a moment, and then glanced back at Dong Yanguang, who was giving a lecture to the official, heart

He despised him as a person, but he was responsible for his duties and could not be biased towards Li Qing, so he said: I know what it is, but judging from the emperor's cautious chess style, I am afraid that the emperor has already taken it into account, and General Li doesn't have to think about it anymore, just go back to Chang'an with me tomorrow. ”

Li Qingxin sighed, Li Longji was indeed too thoughtful, his army was far away in Shazhou, and Huangfu Weiming left a hand when he left, and did not give himself the military power of the Longyou Army, fighting on these sides, he became the weakest link, so Li Longji sent Dong Yanguang to seize power so quickly, in fact, it also contained the possibility of guarding himself against falling too much.

"It's okay, Li Weixiu will bear the weight, and after returning to Beijing, besides, if he doesn't enter Beijing for a day, it is estimated that the rewards of the soldiers of the Doulu Army will not be able to come down."

Thinking of this, Li Qing instructed the soldiers beside him: "Go and pack up all my things, and give the office to Deputy Envoy Dong." ”

He didn't pay attention to Dong Yanguang, turned around and walked away.

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In the Xingqing Palace of Chang'an, Li Longji set up a political hall here, except for the monthly dynasty held in the Hanyuan Hall or the Xuanzheng Hall of the Daming Palace, the rest of the daily political affairs are handled here, the place is small, the court hall can not be opened, only the heads of the main departments such as Xiangguo, Shilang, Shangshu, and Qingjian come here to discuss it, 'from now on, the king will not be in the early dynasty', referring to this.

Li Longji's imperial study was also moved to Xingqing Palace, and at this moment, this Tang Tianzheng was sitting behind the imperial case, listening to the two towns that had just arrived from Longyou, and the emperor Fu was reporting on his work. The debriefing itself is very simple, but it is necessary to do a lot of work in advance, summarize the population, taxes, people's livelihood and other achievements under the rule of the year, hand them in first, and then answer some questions from His Majesty the Emperor, and every year, the emperor sends envoys to various places. For example, the envoys of the festival, the regimental training envoys, the observation envoys, the supervision envoys, as well as the kings and governors of various countries have to come to Beijing to report on their work.

The army avoided its edge, lured it deep into the hinterland and then cut off its rear road, turned defeat into victory in one fell swoop, killed nearly 10,000 enemies, captured more than 3,200 people, and captured countless war horses and armor. Present a prisoner to the emperor. ”

Huangfu Weiming was a military and political envoy, and the content of his work report was more important than that of the military. In particular, the Battle of Tangbo occurred a month ago, which was the focus of his work report. He has been talking for nearly half an hour, and he has recounted the details of this Longyou battle, of course, the credit for repelling the Tubo army and forcing the Tubo people to sue for peace is his place, and Li Qing's Doulu army acted without his consent, which is ignored, even if Li Qing occupied Shibao City. That was also the result of his bloody battle and the transfer of enemy troops. Li Qing just picked up a ready-made bargain, so Li Qing asked him to ask for a reward for the Doulu Army, but he was just perfunctory, but in fact it was impossible, if the credit went to the Doulu Army, then what is he, Chu Zhilian died in battle, nearly 20,000 dead and wounded, how can he cover it up.

Li Longji smiled, he never said a word, quietly listened to Huangfu Weiming's statement, and after he finished speaking, he turned his head to Chen Xilie, the left minister who listened to the debriefing together, and said: "Chen Xiangguo, you are in charge of the military department, what do you suggest in this battle of Longyou?" ”

Although Chen Xilie is in charge of the military department, but he asked Li Linfu for instructions on everything, he has no opinion of his own landlord at all, after a long time, he also developed a habit, ask less and see less, and pretend to be confused, so for this battle of Longyou, he also directly asked the military department to report to Li Linfu, but he did not know it, only heard that Li Qing killed Tubo Zampu and captured Shibao City, the official book and battle report are also a song of praise, and the details and things that should not be said on the table, he is even more confused, and he is also an observer of this debriefing, If there is anything, Li Linfu will naturally come forward, and he does not need to participate.

But Li Longji just asked him, not Li Linfu beside him, Chen Xilie was worried, he didn't dare to speak, he first looked at his face, saw that the emperor was very happy, and Li Linfu smiled again, so he had a bottom of his heart, so he bowed slightly and replied: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that soldiers are nothing more than rewards and punishments, and those who have military merits should be rewarded heavily, and those who commit crimes should be severely punished or even beheaded; The Longyou soldiers have made great contributions to the defeat of Tibet, and they should be rewarded heavily. ”

After a pause, he saw that the smiles of the two were still the same, so he said slowly: "But Li Qing, the governor of Shazhou, killed Tubo Zampu without authorization, and its impact is extremely bad. ”

Although this sentence is an old tune, but when it is said at this time, it has a qualitative meaning, the room was quiet, and after a while, Li Longji asked Li Linfu: "What does Li Xiangguo mean?" ”

Li Linfu pondered for a while, and said: "Although Li Qing killed Tubo Zampu without authorization, he had merit in capturing Shibao City, but the merit was offset by the merits and demerits, and he was not investigated, but the soldiers of the Doulu Army had meritorious service in running thousands of miles, and they should be rewarded together with the soldiers of Longyou." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate!" It was Huangfu Weiming who spoke, and I saw him say in a deep voice: "As the next army of Hexi Jiedu, the Doulu army should obey the overall command, and the unified deployment is, but their operation is to send troops privately, without prior notice to me, and even killed Tubo Zampu without authorization, causing the Tubo army to hate to attack, causing heavy casualties to our front army, and they peeped aside but did not come to the rescue, they captured Shibao City is also standing on the bones of countless soldiers on the right side of my Longyou, if such behavior should also be commended, it will inevitably encourage other armies to also obey the command, all of them do it without permission." , the emperor, the minister agrees with Chen Xiangguo's words and should be severely punished, but he is now acting as the military affairs of Longyou, and he can be dealt with after the minister returns. ”

It stands to reason that Li Qing is a member of the Tai Party, and Huangfu Weiming should be strongly recommended, but now it seems to be upside down, he tried his best to belittle Li Qing, but it was Li Linfu who spoke for Li Qing, which seems a little funny, but this is human nature, Huangfu Weiming must shirk the responsibility of Zhu Zhilian's death, he does not allow the Tai Party to threaten his status to appear, and he has a bad relationship with Wang Zhonghei for this reason, as for the big plan, he knows it, tomorrow is the New Year, even if Li Longji really wants to depose Li Qing, it will be half a month later, and the big thing will be completed at that time.

However, Li Linfu did the opposite, using his strength to fight, so that there would inevitably be disagreements within the party, and as soon as the party fell, the party would fall apart.

At this time, Li Longji spoke, and he said lightly: "I have my own considerations for this matter, and I will talk about it after the New Year, when it comes to the emperor's contribution to the society, I must not be rewarded, and the emperor will only listen to it!" ”

Huangfu Weiming got up and knelt on the ground, "The minister is here!" ”

Li Longji's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he smiled slightly: "I have crowned you as the champion general, inspected the Honglu Temple, and had a thousand households in the city, so I admire this!" ”