Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, for a long time, the Jiedu envoy has only power, although they are in charge of large and small military governments, but they do not have their own power, they may be removed at any time, and the power they have is to some extent not as good as the local assassin history, which is really a chicken rib job, but from the beginning of the twenty-fifth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the imperial court recruited from the hinterland. The Long March athletes' went to the frontier to garrison the border, and replaced the government military system with the conscription system in the border area, and the power of the Jiedu envoy gradually increased, and after eight years of Tianbao, the imperial court was no longer able to support the huge military expenditure of the border army, and the Jiedu envoys began to try to raise their own army, until this time, the Jiedu made the power began to be unprecedentedly huge, and the military and political affairs within the scope of their respective jurisdictions were grasped, and the appointment and dismissal of each Jiedu envoy gradually became difficult and difficult.

At the same time, in order to compete for the source of troops and tax resources, their relationship has become ambiguous and complicated, in the ranking of the envoys of each section, An Lushan has the largest title and the strongest strength, and it deserves to be listed as the top of the list, followed by the envoy of Longyou, the king of Xiping County, Ge Shuhan, Ge Shuhan has always been at odds with An Lushan, this is an open secret of the government and the opposition, An Lushan is not used to the rise of Goshuhan's nouveau riche, and Geshuhan looks down on An Lushan's repeated defeats.

At the same time, Ge Shuhan and Hexi Jiedu made An Sishun discordant, this is not because An Sishun is An Lushan's brother, but Hexi Jiedu and Longyou Jiedu are one, which is like the upstream, middle and downstream of a river, Anxi is the upstream, Hexi is the middle reach, and Longyou is the downstream, in the period of the imperial court, everyone was safe, and the interests were equal, but after eight years of Tianbao, each section made it necessary to raise their own army, and the contradiction began to be highlighted. Hexi does not have the wealth and population advantage of Longyou, nor does it have the vast land and resources of Anxi, and even plundered, which seriously affected the vital interests of Geshuhan, for this reason. He turned his face with An Sishun, even to the point of meeting each other.

Ge Shuhan's debriefing ended yesterday, and today Li Longji originally planned to summon him again, but Li Linfu's sudden death postponed his summons, and Ge Shuhan had to stay at home and drink sullenly to pass the time. In the past two days, he recurred with a foot disease, and the pain was so deep that he could not rest day and night.

Like all border generals, Ge Shuhan also has his own house in Chang'an, and his wife and daughter are staying in Chang'an as hostages. The two concubines massaged his feet one left and one right, although the slender hands were as delicate as white fat, but the foot pain made him unhappy to enjoy, this general of the horse conquest was like a numb, but he couldn't survive his own pain.

Then. There was a gentle knock on the door, and the butler whispered outside the door: "Lord Wang, there is a guest visiting outside the door." ”

Hearing that Ge Shuhan didn't answer, he hesitated for a moment and said, "It's Li Qing who is the envoy of Anxi Jiedu, do you want him to come back another day." ”

"He's leaving tomorrow, what's another day, please come to my study for a while, ouch! Lighter.

The two concubines carefully dried his feet. Helped him up, pulled the folded hem for him again, and a concubine said, "Master, let's change your clothes!" ”

Ge Shuhan waved his hand tiredly, "Forget it, they are all people who eat wind and sand, what else do you pay attention to?" Just help me go. ”

The two concubines helped Ge Shuhan limp forward slowly, turned a corner, and arrived at the door of the study, where the housekeeper had invited Li Qing into the house. Through the crack in the hidden door, Ge Shuhan saw Li Qingzheng standing in front of the bookshelf and bending down to inspect his book collection, he felt a little proud in his heart, although he was a Hu man, but he loved military books, and he dabbled in a wide range of books, except for his old boss Wang Zhonghei, no one was out of the right.

"If you like it, I can lend it to you."

Ge Shuhan pushed open the door and persuaded the juniors in a tone from the seniors: "Although you have won a few battles, it is because the enemy is not strong, if you meet a real strong opponent, I am afraid you will not have such good luck, while you are young, it is only right to read more military books." ”

He chattered and said, Li Qing laughed dumbly, he had heard for a long time that Ge Shuhan was a good teacher, and today it seems that it is true, he turned around sharply and bowed to Ge Shuhan, and said with a slight smile: "Mencius said, it is better to believe in books, it is better to have no books, there are many people in Chang'an who are full of economy, and they may travel at night with knives like Ge Shu?" ”

Ge Shuhan listened to it with joy in his heart, and couldn't help but raise his head and laugh, but he laughed too much, and pulled up the pain in his foot, and his face changed for a while, Ge Shuhan snorted, and suddenly fell into the chair, and the sweat beads rolled down his forehead in pain, and his face was distorted and deformed.

Li Qing was shocked and said to him hurriedly: "Since the king of Geshu County is unwell, then Li Qing will visit Longyou next time, and he will take the liberty of today." ”

After that, he arched his hand and was about to leave, but Ge Shuhan grabbed him, shook his head, signaled that it was out of the way, and pointed to the chair again, and asked him to sit down, and after a while, the pain subsided slightly, and he sighed with a long sigh of relief: "Sooner or later, I will die on this foot." ”

Then he waved his hand, ordered the concubine to retreat, and after a while, the pain disappeared completely, and Ge Shuhan said to Li Qing: "I was thinking of looking for you to enter the palace tomorrow, An Sishun's house is getting more and more excessive, and it won't be long before the trade between my Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions will be ruined in his hands." ”

This is also the purpose of Li Qing to find Ge Shuhan, he just came out of King Qing's mansion, King Qing was beaten and pulled by him, and finally gave in, and promised to go to Yang Guozhong immediately, but to persuade Li Longji to let himself replace An Sishun, and at the same time serve as the envoy of Anxi and Hexi towns, Yang Guozhong alone is not enough, and he must exert another force, at least drag An Sishun down first, Li Qing thought of this person, it is Ge Shuhan.

"The king of Geshu County said very well, it is common to take taxes from merchants, the key is to have a long-term vision, not to exhaust the fish, so that the trade caravans will come and go, endlessly, but An Sishun is seeking money and killing the caravan, so sooner or later the caravan will be forced to the northern line, around the desert into Hebei, in this case, the three of us have no taxes to collect."

Speaking of which,

Moved his body forward slightly, and said in a low voice: "I came today to talk to you about how to ensure the safety of the westward migrants, what I am most worried about is a section of Hexi, you and I both understand that the so-called horse bandits are actually An Sishun sent someone to pretend to be, I have told the emperor about it, but he doesn't believe it very much, so I want to ask the king of Geshu County when he is summoned by the emperor." By the way, with this person, both Anxi and Longyou are not at peace. ”

Ge Shuhan smiled but did not answer, he gently pinched the instep of his foot, as if thinking about something, and after a long time he laughed. Cai Xu said: "Longyou is densely populated, rich in grain, but there are not many horses, and Hexi is sparsely populated, the grain is thin, but the water and grass are abundant, since ancient times it is a place to raise horses, in fact, these two places are one, you are long and I am short." It just can complement each other, so the festival degree of Longyou and Hexi has always been a concurrent person, which is why it is for this reason.

Ge Shuhan said while looking at Li Qing with a twisted beard, Li Qing understood what he meant, what two places are one, and he talked for a long time. This brother Shuhan is also fighting the idea of Hexi, presumably he himself is not good at mentioning this matter, so he made his own idea and asked himself to come forward to recommend him, but his deeper idea is probably to prevent himself from competing with him!

Li Qing sneered in his heart. But he smiled on his face: "The hero sees the same thing, if Brother Shu can sit in Hexi, it will be a blessing for the people who moved west, and Li Qing will have no worries in Dawan." ”

Speaking of this, he stretched out a palm and smiled at Ge Shuhan: "Let's drive An Sishun away together, and I will recommend Gong Gong as the envoy of Hexi Festival." ”

Ge Shuhan was overjoyed, he had already made a secret agreement with King Yong. will be recommended by Pei Kuan to serve as the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, if Li Qing recommends him, he will remove one of the most powerful competitors, and he can also let him cooperate with him to get rid of An Sishun, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, as long as Anxi and Longyou are dissatisfied with An Sishun, then Li Longji will transfer An Sishun away anyway.

He stretched out his right palm and struck a heavy blow with Li Qing, and the two of them glanced at each other, and they both laughed out loud with their own evil intentions.

Leaving the house before dawn, Li Qing was busy all day. I didn't even eat lunch, and when I got home, it was already dark, and I was going to leave Beijing tomorrow, so I said that I wouldn't go anywhere when I came back at noon, and I was at home with my wife and daughter, but it happened suddenly, and I had to count the things I promised.

But when he walked to the gate, Li Qing was unexpectedly surprised to find that there was a gorgeous carriage parked in front of Yang Guozhong's mansion opposite, and a few family members standing next to him saw it at Li Cong's mansion at noon.

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"The master is back!"

A few family members who were waiting at the door shouted and ran into the house, but Li Qing couldn't stop him, and after a while, he saw a group of women striding towards him angrily.

As Li Qing guessed, Qing King Li Cong was desperately trying to persuade the right minister of the Tang Dynasty in Yang Guozhong's study, and he did not mention that he was caught by Li Qing again, but was just analyzing the current situation to him.

"The emperor's body should be clearer than me, I heard that there are five years at most, he himself actually knows that his time is short, so he suddenly pushed me out, but this does not mean that I will definitely be able to enter the East Palace, there are enough lessons in the past, all the princes are eyeing each other, and each has its own supporters, in the matter of establishing a prince, the emperor will inevitably widely seek the opinions of hundreds of officials, if Li Qing can support me, not only has a strong foreign aid, but also the old department of the former chapter of the party, as well as the household department, will only be his head.

Although Li Cong is right, Yang Guozhong can't raise the slightest interest, it's all his benefits, what does it have to do with himself? Besides, Li Qing has a deep hatred with him, but now he wants to recommend him to serve as the envoy of the Hexi Festival, which is really a bit difficult, in fact, he is willing to help King Qing, mainly because he can't save face.

Tired of listening, Yang Guozhong covered his mouth and yawned, smiled apologetically at King Qing: "Why don't we eat first and talk after dinner." ”

Li Cong saw that Yang Guozhong's attitude was ambiguous, obviously unwilling to agree to himself, he immediately became extremely angry, he almost bankrupted his family to bribe his Yang family, but when it came to a critical time, he refused to help, Li Cong wanted to say what was threatened by Li Qing, but every time the words came to his mouth, he swallowed it again.

He walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and suddenly realized: "It must be Yang Guozhong who thinks he has no benefit, so he refuses to express his position." Thinking of this, he smiled coldly and said to Yang Guozhong: "As the saying goes, the prime minister can support the boat in his belly, and the right minister has always been angry with Li Qing, if the emperor knows, he will say that you are not the prime minister, on the contrary, if the two of you reconcile, this will become my Tang Dynasty 'will be peaceful'; ”

"Alright, stop talking!" Yang Guozhong stood up and interrupted him impatiently: "If you really want to do this, for your sake, I will help you once, but I want to remind you that Li Qing is insidious and cunning, you must not be deceived by him." ”

Li Cong was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Then when are you going to say?" He was worried about those land deeds and deeds of sale, if the time dragged on for a long time, I am afraid that he would have a long night and many dreams.

Yang Guozhong glanced at him, and said with a faint smile: "I'll go and tell the emperor tomorrow, now you can rest assured!" ”