Your Majesty, Yang Xiangguo is here! Colliers' whispered report interrupted Li Long

"Announce him in!" Li Longji settled his mind and slowly returned to his seat, he looked at Gao Lishi's back and disappeared at the door, and couldn't help but shake his head gently, there are too many things recently, which makes him feel like he is hanging in the air, he really wants to have someone to help him solve these problems, originally this Gao Lishi is the most suitable person, but it is a pity that he is too close to Li Qing, which makes his loyalty reduced.

Although Li Longji no longer trusts Gao Lishi in military affairs, but he is inseparable from Gao Lishi in life, decades of service, so that he has a deep reliance on Gao Lishi, and over time, even leaving Gao Lishi, Li Longji has a feeling that he can't live, Li Heng saw this in history, first exiled Gao Lishi, and then moved Li Longji to the palace, and soon, Li Longji died of depression.

And although Yang Guozhong is stupid, he is a cousin of the concubine after all, and he is Xiangguo, Li Longji is confident that he can control him, as for his close relationship with Li Cong, Li Longji understands, almost everyone thinks that Li Cong wants to inherit the unification in the past year, and even Zhang Yun's brothers are frequent guests of Li Cong, which is human nature, just like when Li Heng was too much.

However, now that the overall situation has been decided, Li Longji thinks it is necessary to wake him up and let him know his true intentions, which involves his relationship with the concubine, and cannot let Yang Guozhong go too far.

After a while, Gao Lishi brought Yang Guozhong in, since the last time he plotted in Li Cong's mansion, for more than a month, Yang Guozhong has been living in anxiety, the fake secret decree was sent away, An Qingzong was killed, but An Lushan did not move, so that Yang Guozhong, who was already trembling, fell into a desperate situation. A palace coup, he didn't even know what to do, where were his soldiers? He signed the letter of allegiance in a daze, a total of five people, excluding the Li Cong brothers, in fact, there were only three, a eunuch with no office and no power, and a guy who saw the wind and steered, in fact, the weight of the letter of allegiance was only his three words 'Yang Guozhong'.

Yang Guozhong was remorseful. The two biggest stupid things he did in his life were signing twice. Once it was planted in An Lushan's hands, and this time it was grabbed by Li Cong. The previous time it was Li Longji who spared him, and this time! Will Li Longji spare him again? Yang Guozhong was frightened for a while, and he also knew in his heart that this time he couldn't tell Li Longji no matter what.

In fact, having the prince of Guangping as the crown prince did not have much impact on him. Why did he panic when he heard the news that he was the prince, Yang Guozhong thought about it, in the final analysis, it was because of Li Qing, he didn't know why he hated Li Qing so much, this person seemed to be the nemesis of his life. Let him be afraid, make him restless, make him hate. Maybe Li Qing knew that his old background was too deep. Maybe many years ago, he wanted to step on Li Qing under his feet.

"Minister Yang Guozhong see Your Majesty!" Yang Guozhong will kneel respectfully. kowtowed to Li Longji three times.

"Sit down!"

Li Longji also saw Yang Guozhong's crampedness, he didn't expect that this was because his uncle was involved in a conspiracy to overthrow him, but thought that his iron-fisted withdrawal of military power these days had caused the overall situation of this right-hand opponent to be uneasy.

"I asked you to investigate the cause of An Qingzong's bizarre death, but can there be a result?"

For the death of An Qingzong, Li Longji is not very concerned, he has mobilized nearly 400,000 troops to defend around Chang'an, as well as in Luoyang, Chenliu also deployed heavy troops, for Hedong An Lushan disgusted 32 high-level Han generals, he also rewarded, got their allegiance, with the smooth progress of the cutting of the domain, his confidence began to gradually recover, he is no longer afraid of An Lushan rebellion, as for An Qingzong, sooner or later he will be killed.

But what Li Longji wants to know is who killed An Qingzong, and he wants to know who wants to force An Lushan to rebel, which feels that this is likely to be a conspiracy, and what kind of secret is hidden behind this conspiracy?

He handed over this case to Yang Guozhong, and then his energy was focused on cutting the domain, and he didn't care about this matter, and now the problems of the three feudal towns of Hexi, Shuofang, and Jiannan have been solved, and he suddenly remembered this matter, this matter is not big, but it is not small, although there is no follow-up development of this matter, but Li Longji, who is extremely sensitive to power schemes, still feels that there is a problem.

Suddenly, hearing Li Longji ask about this, Yang Guozhong's heart jumped violently, his throat was dry, and he swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice: "The minister is incompetent, he didn't find a clue, but the minister thought, thought.

He wanted to say the excuse he had prepared, but when he saw Li Longji's stern gaze, as if he had seen through his old bottom, he felt weak for a while, and he couldn't say it.

"Why do you think so?" Li Longji saw Yang Guozhong's uneasiness, and his eyes immediately softened, he couldn't find out, so forget it.

As Li Longji's eyes and tone became gentle, Yang Guozhong's heart suddenly relaxed, and the pressure suddenly subsided, and he immediately bowed and said, "The minister guessed that it would be An Lushan's own doing, in order to find an excuse to send troops." ”

"! An Lushan will only pick him up, not kill him. Li Longji heard him say such low-level words, his heart was angry and funny, and he waved his hand. Said disdainfully: "Don't ask Xiangguo about this matter, I will explain something else to you." ”

"Yes!" Yang Guozhong didn't know what he really thought, so he had to respond nervously.

Li Longji took two steps behind his back, looked back at Yang Guozhong, and suddenly smiled faintly: "In the past ten days, you have been to Qingwangfu three times, the first time you stayed for an hour, the second time you stayed for half an hour, and the third time, that is, the day before yesterday, you stayed for two hours, is your relationship so close to this extent?" ”

This sentence seemed to be a bolt from the blue, Yang Guozhong was stunned, his relationship with Li Cong, the emperor actually knew it clearly, his legs were weak, 'Plop! He knelt down, and the beads of sweat on his forehead fell to the ground, and he trembled as if the end was coming.

Li Longji saw that Yang Guozhong was suppressed, this effect was what he hoped to see, he showed a smug smile on his face, and said slowly: "Xiangguo, you are the chief of the hundred officials, and you are also a model for the hundred officials, you must pay attention to your identity, your words and deeds are an indication to the hundred officials." Pay attention to the correct guidance of the hundred officials, do you understand? ”

Li Longji's step-by-step teachings made Yang Guozhong suddenly see hope again, and he immediately realized that Li Longji only knew that he had a close relationship with Li Cong, but he didn't know that there was a conspiracy between them, and there should still be a chance. Let Giwin bear it, who let him without his consent. Unauthorized rebellious ideas.

He immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the minister and King Qing have a good personal relationship. The minister thought that since he wanted to be the East Palace, he should know more about the court rules and regulations, and more about the hardships of people's livelihood, so he had more contacts. ”

"Who told you that he was going to be for the East Palace, did I say that? He is long. It is appropriate to share worries for me, does this mean that he wants to be for the East Palace? ”

Li Longji spoke softly at first, but when it came to the back, he was a little annoyed, stared at Yang Guozhong and said, "Tianbao five years, I treat Heng'er like that." Li Linfu did not dare to speak lightly about the abolition. You are also the right phase. But without warning, I dared to say that I wanted to establish King Qing as the East Palace. misleading hundreds of officials, but not doing anything serious, with Li Linfu here, why am I so hard-working, you,

It's so far away from Li Linfu! ”

The more Li Longji spoke, the more angry he became, he saw Yang Guozhong lying in front of him like a pig, and remembered that last time he agreed to transfer the Anxi Mo Sword Army to An Lushan without authorization, he was so angry that he almost exploded, he couldn't help it anymore, kicked him fiercely regardless of his identity, and scolded: "I'm really blind, I actually let a fool like you be Xiangguo!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Yang Yuhuan, who was hiding behind the curtain, saw Li Longji furious, his face was pale, and he actually kicked and beat the minister regardless of the emperor's identity, which she had never seen before, it seemed that the matter was quite serious, she could no longer care about avoiding it, and hurriedly ran out of the palace with a long skirt, knelt in front of Li Longji and said: "The concubine's cousin can't convince the public, his talent is inferior, he can't assist the king, he can't lead hundreds of officials, and the governance of the country and the people disappoints His Majesty even more, and it also makes the concubine sad, and the concubine once again begs Your Majesty to remove Yang Guozhong from the post of right minister, Don't let my Yang family be laughed at by the world again. ”

She said in a loud voice, and it was also very soft, but when Yang Guozhong heard it, it dug into the center of the earth like a knife, and he closed his eyes in pain, but he didn't know that for Li Longji, Yang Yuhuan's words were just the time to extinguish the fire and rain, like a spring breeze turning into rain, which instantly soothed Li Longji's anger.

He helped Yang Guifei up in distress, patted her hand gently and comforted: "Concubine Ai will go back to the palace first, I have my own measure in this matter." ”

Yang Guifei was helped away by the palace maid, and only Li Longji and Yang Guozhong were left in the main hall, "Get up!" I have something to say to you. ”

Yang Guozhong was sweating all over his body, he knew that he had escaped death, and secretly screamed in his heart, stood up and stood with his hands down, but he didn't dare to sit down.

"I am ready to appoint the emperor's eldest grandson as the prince, do you have any objections?" Li Longji didn't want to hint at him anymore, so he directly said his thoughts.

Although Yang Guozhong had already known about this, he still pretended to hear it for the first time, his face was stunned, and he said for a long time: "Your Majesty directly set up the eldest grandson, have you ever thought about disagreeing?" ”

"Which one of them can I stand for?" Li Longji sneered: "Everyone wants to succeed to the great unification, but what I want to consider is the long-term stability of my Tang Dynasty, there is only one throne, and only the virtuous can live!" ”

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"Your Majesty, the minister has no objection!" Yang Guozhong said cautiously, he tried his best to show a humble posture of sincerity and convincing.

Li Longji glanced at him, shook his head and said, "I knew you would say that, if it was Zhang Ling, he would have abandoned his hat and hit the pillar a long time ago, and I would have to rush up and grab him." ”

After that, he let out a long sigh and said with a gloomy expression: "That's it, don't mention this matter, Yang Xiangguo, I came to you today to hand over the matter of Ge Shuhan to you." ”

"Your Majesty, please!"

Li Longji was silent for a long time, Ge Shuhan is the most difficult bone to gnaw, he has a deep foundation in Longyou, and the leading generals are his henchmen, if he wants to stop his military power, he can't use strong military power, otherwise once it rebounds, the disaster is better than An Lushan, but Longyou is the west of the pass, and its strategic location is more important than Hexi and Shuofang, with the lesson of An Lushan, Li Longji can no longer tolerate the military power of the first general, he decided to use the way of negotiation, and offer favorable conditions for Ge Shuhan to give up military power.

It's just that whether he can hand over this matter to Yang Guozhong makes Li Longji a little dilemma, it stands to reason that Yang Guozhong is the right minister, and he can best represent him, and he has the right to agree to some ad-hoc decisions, but his ability really worries Li Longji.

That's fine. Let Yang Guozhong try his bottom line first! ’

Thinking of this, Li Longji said slowly: "Xiangguo went to ask Ge Shuhan, I want to keep him as an official in Chang'an, what does he think?" As soon as there is news, report it to me immediately, and there is no delay in the slightest! ”

"Wechen obeys!" Yang Guozhong didn't dare to say a word, accepted the task and hurriedly retreated.

Li Longji watched his back disappear all the time, and then sat down tiredly, gently rubbing his temples, he was indeed a little haggard. He began to miss Li Linfu a little, if he was there. How can he be so passive as today, Yang Guozhong can't do it in the end!

He put the blame on Yang Guozhong. But he didn't know that as early as the later period of Li Linfu, the imperial court was unable to pay military expenses, which led to today's passive situation. Who should pay for this responsibility?

"Your Majesty, rest early!"

When Li Longji was most tired, Gao Lishi's familiar voice sounded in his ears, Li Longji sighed softly, got up and patted Gao Lishi's shoulder. Slowly walk towards the inner palace. When you walk to the door. He suddenly stopped, and said thoughtfully to Gao Lishi, "General." Who do you think was responsible for An Qingzong's death? ”

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"If you have the conditions, you can mention it!"

Although Yang Guozhong cowered like a mouse in front of Li Longji, his waist was straight in front of Ge Shuhan, he was the right minister of the dignified state, the head of the hundred officials, although his ability to handle government affairs was not good, but the official frame was full, Li Longji asked him to test Ge Shuhan's bottom line, but he wanted to reach a compromise at one time.

Of course, there is also his selfishness in this, that is, Ge Shuhan's bottom line cannot threaten his interests, as soon as he saw the door, he didn't take a sip of tea, and conveyed the meaning of Li Long's base to Ge Shuhan straight to the point.

At this moment, Ge Shuhan sat cross-legged across from him, gently pinching his painful feet and silently, he had finished his debriefing seven days ago, but

Ge Shuhan is a rough appearance, but the heart is extremely delicate person, he immediately realized that this was Li Longji hinting that he should not leave Chang'an, and Zhang Qiqiu was panicked, Ge Shuhan calmed down, but Zhang Qiqiu was killed, Feng Changqing was abolished from military power, Xian Yu Zhongtong took the initiative to abstain, these things happened one after another, constantly putting pressure on Ge Shuhan, and Ge Shuhan also realized that he could not pass this level ambiguously.

There must be a trade-off, Ge Shuhan knows that if Li Longji really wants to keep him, he will never return to Longyou, Zhang Qiqiu is a lesson from the past, he has no choice but to agree, and he has no intention of rebelling at all.

Feng Changqing agreed almost without hesitation, and many people praised this as a smart move, but Ge Shuhan thought that it was because he had served in Hexi for less than a year and lacked confidence, so it was a wise move for him to be named Changqing, but it was not suitable for him.

He can give up his business in Longyoudi, but he must talk to Li Longji in order to seek the greatest benefits, his brother Shuhan does not believe in promises, he only believes in what can be seen, he knows that Li Longji will come to him sooner or later, so in the past seven days, he has not left his house an inch, and now, Yang Guozhong is here,

"Xiangguo, my brother Shuhan is just a rough man, a veteran, His Majesty did not abandon me as the commander of Longyou, all the way up, and even became the king of Xiping County, so favored, I am content, now since Your Majesty wants to change the commander, just give an order, Brother Shuhan still dares to talk about the word "two words."

As soon as Yang Guozhong entered the door, he prematurely said that Li Longji wanted him to open conditions, so that Ge Shuhan immediately grasped Li Longji's bottom line, that is, as long as he delegated power, anything could be discussed, since Li Longji was very concerned about his henchmen rebelling, then what was his brother Shuhan anxious about? He wanted to see how high an official rank Li Longji could give him.

Yang Guozhong obviously didn't see Ge Shuhan's roundabout strategy, but was confused by his big purple-black face, burly general's body, and sincere and simple eyes.

"This is a rough man, you don't have to go around the bend with him." Yang Guozhong touched his nose, secretly smiled proudly, and said frankly: "General Geshu doesn't have to be arrogant, you know

Why put you last? It is precisely because Your Majesty values you that he asks that General Geshu not let go of this opportunity. ”

Ge Shuhan smiled coldly, but his face became more and more frightened, "Xiangguo's words are not right, what do you mean not to let go of the opportunity, Ge Shuhan is not a person who is greedy for power, please tell Your Majesty that Ge Shuhan is deeply ill, and he just wants to relieve his armor and return to the field, so he doesn't dare to talk about any conditions." ”

Yang Guozhong was stunned, just appointed by the emperor. Now that he wants to be disarmed and returned to the field, what does he mean?

Without waiting for him to say anything more, Ge Shuhan frowned, his face showed pain, he clapped his hands, and two concubines walked in at the door to help him up, he walked to the door with difficulty, turned back and said apologetically to the stunned Yang Guozhong: "I'm sorry Xiangguo, Ge Shuhan's foot disease has another attack, and he can't stay with him for a long time." Please take care of yourself. ”

Yang Guozhong didn't ask what was famous, he didn't dare to go home. Then he got into the carriage and galloped out of the city in the direction of Huaqing Palace. Ge Shuhan walked to the gate and watched his carriage go in the direction of the city gate, with a slight disdainful smile on his face, he knew. Tomorrow, Li Longji will issue an order to summon him.

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Just as Yang Guozhong's carriage was leaving Chang'an, on the Taibai Building on Chunming Street, Li Heng was sitting by the window, drinking wine alone, and the two guards stood far away, watching the situation around him.

Ever since Li Longji summoned him. The feud between them was settled. The eunuchs watching over him have been evacuated. He went out for a drink, went shopping, and so on, and was much freer than before. At least he didn't have to rush back.

At this time, it was the afternoon, Li Heng had been sitting here for almost half an hour, he couldn't drink enough, a pot of old wine was in his stomach, he was a little half-drunk, and just when he paid the bill and was about to leave, a person suddenly sat opposite him.

"Your Highness, don't come unharmed, right?"

Li Heng was startled, the wine disappeared immediately, he took a closer look, and recognized it, it turned out to be Li Lin, the king of Xining, he raised his hand to stop the two guards who came forward, and said with a slight smile: "Aren't you very busy?" Why do you have time to drink here today? ”

Although polite, but the tone was a hint of sarcasm, Li Lin was the one who betrayed him back then, Li Lin didn't care about his sarcasm, and said in a low voice: "Someone wants to see you, it's about the news of King Guangping, please come with me." ”

Hearing the news, Li Heng's face immediately changed, and he hurriedly asked, "But Yu'er is back?" ”

"You come with me!" After Li Lin finished speaking, he got up and left, although it was a little abrupt, but Li Heng hesitated, but still followed him upstairs, and walked to the fifth floor, Li Lin pointed to a room, "There are people waiting for you inside, so I won't go in." ”

There were more than a dozen big men standing at the door of the room, all of them were strong and burly, all of them stood against the wall with their hands behind their backs, their waists were straight, and they could be seen to be soldiers, but in that room, Li Heng recognized it, how many years ago, he met with many henchmen of the Taidang in this room, but now things have changed, and it is his turn to be received.

Li Heng sighed secretly, or pushed the door in, the furnishings in the room were still the same as before, there was no change, there were two cups of hot tea on the table, obviously one of them was prepared for him, only to see a person with his back to him, standing by the window, from the dress, the person opposite was wearing a hat, the eaves covered most of his face, dressed in short clothes, quite like a warrior who ran the rivers and lakes, but his momentum was not like, to stand there, as if Mount Tai was as dignified, and as if thousands of troops and horses were going to surrender at his feet.

"Who are you?" Li Heng asked vigilantly.

"It's me, Your Highness!" The man slowly turned around and lifted the eaves slightly, Li Heng recognized it at once, it was Li Qing who he valued very much back then, although he had a long beard, and his face became deep and mature, but Li Heng still recognized him at a glance, and couldn't help but wonder for a while, why did the dignified Anxi Dadu Hu dress like this?

But Li Heng immediately understood, Li Qing must have entered Beijing without permission, at this time his heart was bitter, remembering that when he was the governor of Shazhou, he received him in this room, but now it is reversed, if it was four years ago, Li Heng must have been very angry, but a few years of training made him calm, he sat down, picked up a cup of tea and smiled slightly: "Why is the general dressed so cold?" ”

Li Qingyi sent someone to Gao Lishi's mansion earlier, but learned that Gao Lishi was in Huaqing Palace and had not returned to the house for more than a month, and then asked Li Lin to look for Li Heng, but learned that Li Heng was drinking in Taibai Building, so he hurried over, just invited Li Heng, Li Qing also sat down, and said sincerely: "I haven't seen you for many years, Your Highness is much thinner than before, but his spirit is better." ”

"I have no thoughts and no desires all day long, and my spirit is naturally good." Li Heng smiled self-deprecatingly, and then he changed the topic, and asked urgently: "I heard King Si Ning mention Yu'er, where is he now?" ”

Li Qing shook his head and said regretfully: "I originally escorted the little prince into Beijing, but halfway through, he felt a little sick, so I went to Beijing to find out the news." ”

As he spoke, Li Qing took out a letter from his arms and pushed it to Li Heng, saying, "Here is the emperor's secret decree to the little prince, please take a look at it first." ”

Hearing that it was a secret decree, Li Heng immediately picked it up, shook it open, and looked at it in a hurry, but gasped, "How could you let Yu'er send an envoy to Daqin, how long will it take to come back?" ”

Suddenly, as if he had discovered something, he spread out the secret finger on the table, looked at it carefully, and blurted out: "No! This secret is false. ”

"How did Your Highness see that?" Li Qing asked quietly.

Li Heng read it again, and still said with certainty: "I have copied my father's words since I was a child, and my heart has long been ripe. ”

"But this is the secret decree sent by the emperor to the land of Qiuzilai! There is also the emperor's gold medal, but it is real, how can this be explained? ”

Li Heng's gaze slowly became solemn, he looked at Li Qing, and said in disbelief: "What does the Great General mean, does someone fake the Holy Decree?" ”

"Exactly!"

Li Heng's face turned red for a while, and as the wine surged, he finally couldn't restrain himself, 'bang' a punch, slammed it on the table, and scolded: "Li Cong, I'm going to cut you with a thousand knives!" ”

He grabbed the secret decree and said to Li Qing: "General, if this secret decree can be given to me, I will go to my father and sue him now!" ”

"Your Highness, please calm down!" Li Qing saw that his face was red, obviously because he had drunk too much, so he persuaded him: "I can give you the secret decree, but since the other party can use the eunuch to pass the decree, and the emperor's gold medal, the palace must have an internal response. ”

Li Heng slowly calmed his heart down, sighed and said, "Okay! It just so happens that tomorrow I am going to bow to the emperor for the New Year, and let him live another day. ”