After living in Chang'an for a month, Li Chuncai officially summoned Li Mao, and from late afternoon to late at night, Li Chun left Li Mao in the palace for the first time. On the afternoon of the second day, Li Chun invited Li Mao to climb the Taiye Pool Painting Boat, and the monarch and the ministers were alone for an afternoon, and gave a banquet to the Linde Hall in the evening, and the court and the middle of the house were full of nobles, reaching hundreds of people.

On another day, Li Mao was crowned as the king of Wu, worshiped the hussar general, and awarded the honor of Shangzhu State.

The audience was over, but Li Chun did not let Li Mao go back to Youzhou for a long time, Li Mao was not in a hurry to leave, he met some people in the Chengwu County Palace in the city, such as Pei Du, Li Jiang, Tutu Chengxuan, and young handsome people such as Li Deyu and Liu Gongquan. Li Mao hired Liu Gongquan as the secretary of the Youzhou Jiedu Embassy, and Li Deyu as the observer judge.

Liu Gongquan gladly accepted it, and Li Deyu had already accepted it, but he was exempted because his father Li Jifu was sick.

After the autumn, Chang'an was slaughtered, and Wu Shaoyang died of illness at the end of July of this year, and his son Wu Yuanji carefully blocked the news of his father's death, and dispatched troops to clear the opponent and grasp the real power of Caizhou.

Many of Caizhou's generals were also kept in the dark because of this, but ironically, Li Chun, who was far away in Chang'an, knew this clearly, even better than Wu Yuanji himself, who was in the bureau.

All this is still the foundation laid by Li Mao back then, the ears and eyes of the Longxiang Battalion after the expansion of power are all over the world, and there are their eyes and ears lurking in the military and political leaders of Caizhou, and every move of the Wu family and his son is in the control of the imperial court.

Li Chun quietly dispatched troops, when Wu Yuanji buried his head in purging the opponent to seize the military power, he had quietly completed the encirclement of Caizhou, what he had to do now was to wait for Wu Yuanji to jump out by himself, and then create public opinion, confirm Wu Yuanji's identity as a rebel and thief, and then mobilize the world to conquer Caizhou in one fell swoop.

Wu Yuanji did not live up to the emperor's expectations, and after everything was arranged, he announced his father's death to the world.

The court was in an uproar, and there was a shouting and beating, and the four prime ministers Li Jifu, Pei Du, Li Jiang and Duan Dechang all agreed to use troops against Caizhou, for this day Datang has been preparing for six years, and it is time to fight a battle happily.

Li Chun watched coldly, calm on the surface, but in fact, he couldn't bear the excitement in his heart. Since the defeat of Hebei in the early years of Yuan He, he has waited for this day for too long, recovering Liaodong and quelling the rebellion in Youzhou, although it is also his great achievement as the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, but when people talk about these two things, they will inevitably mention Li Mao, Li Mao, it was Li Mao who recovered Liaodong, it was Li Mao who expelled the Khitan and Murowei who stabilized the situation on the frontier; It was Li Mao who crusaded against the disobedient Silla and Bohai, so that the prestige of the Tang Dynasty spread far and wide on the border, and all the people were in awe; It was Li Mao who quelled the Youzhou Rebellion and maintained the balance of power in Hebei, so that the prestige of the imperial court in Hebei was not reduced because of this.

All this is Li Mao's credit, and Li Chun in Chang'an has nothing to do with it, as the Son of Heaven he doesn't want to take the credit of his courtiers, although Li Mao gave the credit to him and took the initiative to put it on his head, but he still disdain, he is full of pride in his bones, and he is unwilling to accept other people's alms.

Now Wu Yuanji of Caizhou took the initiative to jump out, which is very good, this gives him a chance to perform, seize the opportunity to let the world see his Li Chun's means, and see who is the first meritorious service of Yuanhe Zhongxing.

However, at this juncture, an unexpected event occurred in the DPRK and China: Prime Minister Li Jifu, who was trying his best to advocate the use of troops against Caizhou, suddenly fell seriously ill and died.

Li Jifu was allowed to ask questions in the house by Li Chun a month ago, and the imperial doctor in the palace was stationed at Li's house to help regulate the body, during Li Jifu's illness, Li Chun's Luan drove twice to visit, and the prince Li Heng was ordered to send medicine three times, and he was extremely favored.

How much the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty hopes that his Aiqing can get better soon, this epic feat, he is willing to share it with his Li Aiqing.

The imperial doctor of the Imperial Hospital diagnosed that Li Jifu's illness was not serious, and it was indeed as the imperial doctors said, Li Jifu's body was getting stronger day by day.

He had already asked Li Chun to be on duty, and Li Chun was about to allow it, but something happened at this time.

Li Jifu's death came too suddenly, too bizarre, Li Chun didn't believe that this was a warning from heaven, and he ordered Yousi to thoroughly investigate the cause of Li Jifu's death.

The emperor drew a circle for Li Jifu's death, and naturally no one dared to slack off.

All sides of the sacred showed their own magical powers, and the result was that Long Xiangying took the lead, and the secret agents who were proficient in medical skills found two seemingly ordinary medicinal materials in Li Jifu's medicinal residue, and it was these two medicinal materials that corroded Li Jifu's heart and lungs, causing the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty to die of a violent illness.

The prime minister of the Tang Dynasty was killed by someone, which made Li Chun extremely shocked, he clearly remembered that Wu Shaocheng died of illness in the past, Wu Shaoyang succeeded to the throne, and Wu Yuanheng, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, was assassinated by Wu Shaoyang on the streets of Chang'an because he advocated a crusade against Wu Shaoyang

Two generations of father and son rebelled against the court, one assassinated one of the prime ministers, okay, the father and son of the Wu family are really heroes

The "heroes of the world" want to use such despicable means to force me to submit to him, he is really blind and miscalculated, I will not give in, I am now full of anger, I will immediately slash this traitor.

Li Chun, who was furious, was about to issue an edict to crusade against Huaixi, and the privy envoy Wang Shoucheng and the lieutenant of the left army suddenly vomited Chengguang to persuade the evil to persuade him.

The crusade against Huaixi is on the bow, but it still has to be considered in the long run, and it is impatient.

After the rage, Li Chun calmed down, what happened to him, he was actually messed up by a chaotic minister and thief, it was really undeserved, he drank a bowl of herbal tea, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said to Wang Shoucheng and Tutu Chengxuan: "I'm sleepy, you have to sleep well, no one is allowed to disturb, what should you do and what to do, the king of Chengwu County is in the capital, you can discuss some things with him." ”

After the emperor finished speaking, he fell asleep peacefully, thinking that nothing had happened.

Wang Shoucheng and Tutu Chengxuan, the sworn enemies, had to temporarily abandon their previous suspicions, and jointly went to the palace of Chengwu County to meet Li Mao and announce the message of the Son of Heaven.

Li Mao was grateful to the Son of Heaven for his trust, and discussed with the two hot relatives and nobles on official business.

Early in the morning of the second day, Wang Shoucheng and Tutu Chengxuan jointly entered the palace to report to the Son of Heaven, and Li Chun accepted the suggestion of the three of them, and did not deal with the murder of Li Jifu for the time being, so as not to interfere with the plan to use troops against Huaixi.

Li Chun still clearly remembers that after Wu Yuanheng was assassinated on the street in the past, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were afraid of the assassin's sword, and they did not dare to go to the court, causing no one to be empty in the court of the Daming Palace, causing a big joke that had never been seen before.

A similar joke must not be repeated, and he summoned Jingzhao Shaoyin Zhonglian and gave him full authority and responsibility to unify and dispatch all the powerful departments in the capital to stabilize the situation.

Zhong Lian suggested that the real cause of Li Jifu's death be ventilated among the high-level leaders in Chang'an, the unknown brings fear, and some things will be the same once they are thoroughly explained. Li Chun allowed his request.

Li Mao became one of the few Jiedu envoys who knew the true cause of Li Jifu's death, and in order to show his support for the Son of Heaven, he solemnly asked Pei Du to be the commander of Caizhou and send troops to attack Wu Yuanji.

Li Chun's edict ordered Li Mao's recital to be made into a dew cloth to announce to the world, as the basis for the local festival to support the imperial court to use troops in Huaixi, this recital came from the hand of Liu Gongquan, the writing was brilliant, once it was announced, it spread immediately, some of the famous sentences were recited by Chang'an scholars, Li Mao became the first loyal minister of Tianzi, the representative of the main battle faction and the hardliner faction in the marshal.

Wu Yuanji's request was quickly rejected, since the middle of August, the imperial court in the matter of peace, the opinion tends to be the same, Yuan and the tenth year of August 16, just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Son of Heaven immediately issued an edict to Xuanwu Festival to make Han Hong the commander of all armies, commander Xuanwu, Yicheng, Hedong, Xiangyang, Shouzhou, Shannan, Huainan and other seven states of 100,000 soldiers and horses to crusade against Wu Yuanji.

On the matter of appointing who should be the commander, Li Chun consulted Li Mao's opinion, and Li Mao recommended the prime minister Pei Du as the commander of Caizhou, and the famous general Li Sheng's son Li Yu as the marching Sima and the battalion soldier and horse envoy.

Pei Du is handsome, which has been repeatedly proven in practice, he is the commander of the armies that quelled the Youzhou Rebellion.

During the Youzhou Rebellion, he was far away in Henan, and he did not come to the front line of Youzhou, and the counterinsurgency troops from all walks of life in Youzhou had not even seen him, but this did not prevent him from becoming a handsome man all over the world, and he became the commander with the highest voice in Caizhou.

As for Li Yu, although he is the son of Li Sheng, his previous resume has never had any contact with the military, he has served as the prince's right concubine, Fang, Jin Erzhou Assassin History, at this moment as Jin Ziguanglu Doctor, Prince Zhan Shi, although the official character is high, but he is an idle official.

Li Chun did not think so of these two people recommended by Li Mao, Pei Du is a knife and uses a knife to kill chickens and Li Yu is a complete layman, although he was born in a general, he has been familiar with military books since he was a child, but he has never been in charge of the army, such a person can go out of the town to make the festival degree envoy in the interior of the town, like Xue Rong, who has no teacher, begging for thieves and killing thieves, maintaining law and order, and even the town army, it is not a problem, but it is not child's play to lead the army to go out

Huaixi has been standing outside the imperial court for 50 years, with strong soldiers and strong horses, fierce generals like clouds, and no sloppiness.

Li Chun did not approve of Li Mao's recommendation, and Li Mao did not explain much, he was a marshal of a foreign town, and he could give ideas to the imperial court, but it was not appropriate to influence the political situation of the imperial court.

However, Li Mao's other reminder aroused Li Chun's great attention, and Li Mao reminded the Son of Heaven to pay attention to the direction of Luoyang to prevent someone from stabbing him in the back.

Once the logistics supply line of the 100,000-strong army is cut off, it will directly lead to a rout at the front, triggering catastrophic consequences.

Seeing that the autumn wind was cold, and there was a shouting and beating in Chang'an City, Li Mao went to the court and asked for permission to return to Youzhou.

Li Chun approved his request, and ordered Li Mao to return to Youzhou immediately, the path was designed by him, take Hangu Road to Luoyang, take Wei Bo, Chengde, and then return to Youzhou.

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