In the golden autumn of October, the huge plane trees on both sides of Suzaku Street have gone to the heat wave, and there are more pedestrians on the street, these months the citizens of Chang'an have long been accustomed to the political situation changes like wind and rain, and the murder on Suzaku Street is no longer crowded with onlookers, but people's enthusiasm has shifted from the street to teahouses, restaurants, amateur political observers have also increased rapidly, everyone discusses the current situation, analyzes the next storm, and quarrels as they talk, and their opinions are roughly divided into two factions, one is the Xiangguo Party, the other is the clan party, and the spittle flies, and no one refuses to give in。

This is the normal threat, the threat of war is far away, the price of food has also dropped, the copper coins in people's pockets have been saved, and after being warm, they began to think about yínyù, and the jì tavern in Chang'an gradually resumed its liveliness.

Under a thick plane tree on Suzaku Street, several horsemen who were waiting for business were talking on the ground, and the old man selling snacks was like a spider on the branch, as long as there was the possibility of drawing, he would appear, and unconsciously a few large bowls of sugar porridge went out in exchange for a handful of yellow copper coins, perhaps the topic of the grooms was interesting, and he also lay on the camel and listened to their conversation with a smile.

My youngest daughter has just married Master Zheng, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple.

A thin middle-aged groom straightened his waist and glanced at several other peers with a smug gaze, he cleared his throat and said with an ambiguous smile: Yesterday, my son-in-law came to see me and talked about the current situation, he thought that Li Xiangguo's prospects were not good, and he would offend the emperor sooner or later, and he would be exterminated sooner or later, I don't care if he dies or not, but his wife.

Kill you bullshit, a sturdy young groom jumped up, swiped his ear, and Lao Tzu's family was almost starved to death, who dared to say bad things about Li Xiangguo, Lao Tzu was in a hurry with him

The middle-aged groom wanted to show off his new son-in-law. Unexpectedly, the chosen theme was inappropriate, which offended the anger of the public, and another old groom scolded your son-in-law even more harshly, your son-in-law picked up dung in the jì courtyard, and it turned out to be just a maid. The master has taken a fancy to the red and white flesh of the land two fingers wide, and he will come to see you, the man who drives the carriage

The middle-aged groom was slapped in the face. But he couldn't beat them, so he had to bow his head with hatred, and at this time, the old man who sold snacks couldn't help but talk, and I said big brother. It's not that I said that you don't have a relative in Chang'an, who is an official, if you want to show off, just show off, but you shouldn't curse Li Xiangguo, I have a nephew who went to the army. Thirty acres of land. Although he signed a contract with the government, the contract can be covered with Li Xiangguo's name, if he falls. Can the emperor still admit this account, those are the land of the emperor's relatives

Although the middle-aged groom didn't dare to mess with his peers, he didn't buy it from the old man who sold snacks, so he picked up the sugar porridge and spit in it. stepped forward and said in a vicious voice: You don't want to be poisonous here. Quickly return Lao Tzu's money

The sturdy young groom glared at him and did not give it back to him. Look at him daring to be wordy

A group of horsemen were noisy and shouting, and at this time, several military horses galloped along Suzaku Street, and the sergeant on the horse shouted loudly: The emergency military situation is about to disperse, and the pedestrians on the street are suddenly big. They avoided a few horses on both sides, and when they saw the crowd coming, they hurriedly dodged to the side, and the military horses blew across Suzaku Street like a gust of wind, and galloped towards Daming Palace.

Since the officers and soldiers took Shaanzhou, Chang'an, and the correspondence with Hedong, Shannan, Jianghuai, and other places finally resumed, the backlog of documents that had been accumulated for more than half a year suddenly flew like snowflakes. Because Li Qing was in Tongguan, Pei Kuan, the left minister, was a good person, and sent some of the twists and turns that should have been approved by the prime minister into the palace.

Li Yu put down the pen gently, although his body was very tired, but this kind of taste of mastering the world made him feel from the bottom of his heart, Shu Tai regretted that there was no army in the criticism, and the poor few books about the military were also sent by the Ministry of War. It's all in Li Qingdi's hands.

The newly recruited army of 300,000 was firmly controlled by him. He couldn't even see the roster, Li Yu's face was extremely ugly, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but raise his fist and slam it down, and all the documents on the case jumped in shock.

Snap, a small and delicate white jade screen fell on the table, this is the copywriting ornament that Li Yu specially gave him, only the size of a palm, with two words engraved on it, no hurry, Li Yu stood it up, looked at it in a daze, and suddenly sighed softly, Li Yu went to inspect all parts of Guanzhong, and the autumn harvest was gone, he was not around, and he was indeed a little impatient.

Suddenly, a corner of the red ground was revealed under a book, as if it was a book, it turned out to be pressed by the book, presumably it was just a heavy punch that shook the book out of place, exposing it, Li Yu was a little surprised in his heart, using red skin as the cover of the fold, he had heard of it for the first time.

When he pulled it out, it was a book, and he only glanced to the side, only to see it

The former prison commander Bian Lingcheng knocked to my emperor.

Bian Lingcheng Li Yudi immediately appeared in his mind the image of a yellow and thin eunuch he heard his father say that this person knows the soldiers and generals and is quite capable remember that he was appointed as the supervisor of the Shuofang army.

Li Yu had a thought in his heart, he immediately opened the fold, read it carefully from top to bottom, and gradually his eyes burst into brilliance, he could no longer restrain the excitement in his heart, strode to the window, and cast an expectant gaze to the far north.

Okay, Shuo Fangjun turned out to be 200,000 and loyal to himself, at this time, Li Yu only felt that the depression in his chest had been swept away, and he immediately turned around and ordered: Summoning the servant Zhang Yi to see me

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Ma Yingjun, who was standing against the wall, responded and walked out quickly, but a hint of poison flashed in his lowered eyes, but it was for the side of the couch that Bian Lingcheng was afraid to throw away, but he didn't want to show Li Yu, so he specially pressed it with a book, but it was still Li Yu, and at this moment, he saw that Li Yu was excited, and his heart was even more hateful, and he quickly thought about countermeasures while walking in his mind.

Suddenly. There was a sound of hurried footsteps at the door, and a guard reported loudly outside the door: Your Majesty, emergency military situation in Tongguan

Tongguan Li Yu's heart hung all of a sudden, and the second defeat of Tongguan turned out to be a nightmare that the rulers of the Tang Dynasty did not dare to face the nightmare, at this time Ma Yingjun walked in quickly and handed the express letter to Li Yu.

Li Yu took the letter that he shook away twice, and a fly-headed Xiaokai that was like water immediately appeared in front of him. This is Li Qing's handwritten letter, and there is only one thing: An Lushan was defeated by his son, and the rebels were big within the army. It was a good opportunity to attack Luoyang, and he would return to Chang'an after taking Luoyang.

An Lushan died, Li Yu's hand trembled slightly, and his first reaction was to go to the Emperor Taishang to tell him the good news of the world, but he hesitated. The decision was not to tell Li Longji.

Li Yu has not seen Li Longji once since he ascended the throne, in his mind, Li Longji left him in Chang'an before leaving, he had already expressed his gratitude, his subconscious actually hoped that Li Qing would kill Li Longji in Ma Weipo, but Li Qing brought him back. An old emperor who has more than 40 years of prestige and a forced abdication is like putting a needle on his throne, and he will be poked violently at any time.

His Majesty Zhang Shilang is here.

Ma Yingjun's low voice interrupted Li Yu's train of thought, he walked back to his seat and nodded, "Announce him in."

In a moment, Zhang Yi hurriedly walked in, and he immediately knelt down. He kowtowed two heads and said: The minister Zhang Yi saw His Majesty the Emperor.

Aiqing was polite again, please sit down quickly, Li Yu's smile was unusually gentle, although he ordered the cabinet members at the beginning of his accession to the throne, it can be seen that he does not kneel to show his ease and friendliness, but Zhang Yi will kneel every time he sees it, which really makes him happy in his heart, of course, he values Zhang Yidi, and a more important reason is that he dares to contradict Li Qing is a courtier. And what he said also made him feel comfortable to listen to: Jun is a minister, and it is the way of heaven Li Qing to go against the sky. will be spurned by the world, and the emperor should have planned early. &1t;: At least Zhang Yi can put forward a lot of useful suggestions, such as meeting more courtiers, caring more about the affairs of the courtiers' land and family, personally going to the field to harvest rice, etc., gradually making the courtiers love and gradually establishing prestige, all of which were adopted by Li Yu one by one, and the effect is not bad.

Gradually, Zhang Yi became his henchman, and unlike his master, another kind of henchman was a henchman he trusted more.

Take a look at this is an excerpt written by Bian Lingcheng. As he spoke, Li Yu folded the red-skinned notebook, and then stared at Zhang Yi tightly, waiting for his opinion.

Thank you, Your Majesty

Zhang Yi took the fold very carefully, he first looked at the cover, it was not numbered, which means that this is a secret fold handed to the emperor's private person, and he read it carefully without going through the Chinese book and knowing it in his heart.

Reading and reading, his face was filled with joy, his eyes flashed with tears of excitement, the emperor's voice choked, Zhang leaned up, tried to keep the tears from falling, and finally he sighed and said: The sky has eyes, bless my emperor, bless me, Tang Sheji.

Li Yu looked at him silently, felt his excitement, felt his loyalty to him, and only after a long time did he ask: Aiqing thinks I should be good now

Zhang Yi put away his tears, he thought about it and said: The minister thinks that the top priority is to recall Bian Lingcheng back, he is a eunuch, he can enter and leave the forbidden place at will, His Majesty can reuse him, he ordered him to contact Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, His Majesty must firmly grasp these two armies in his hands, as long as there are soldiers in his hands, he can contend with Li Qing, and the minister believes that with His Majesty's generosity and benevolence, the time for the world to return to his heart will not be too long.

I understood, so I sent someone to recall Bian Lingcheng.

He slowly walked in front of Zhang Yidi, wiped off a jade ring on the ground on his hand, and handed it to the minister who I rewarded for the first time, but I didn't expect it to be Aiqing

Zhang Yi fell to his knees with a thud, held the jade ring high above his head, and wept silently: The minister is loyal to His Majesty and is willing to die for His Majesty

After Zhang Yi left, Li Yu's heart became lighter, at this time it was almost noon, he looked at the thick stack of music in his hand, folded his head and said to Ma Yingjun without raising his head: You go and tell the queen, I originally said that I would go back to eat at noon, but there were too many things in my land, so I had to cancel it.

It's a minion, so let's talk about it.

Ma Yingjun slowly withdrew from the imperial study and turned around for a moment. Li Yu didn't notice that a murderous intent flashed in Ma Ying's handsome eyes, and Zichen Hall was the closest hall to the harem, and a side road passed through the back of the hall. It is the high wall of the harem, but Ma Yingjun did not go to the queen, but quickly wrote a secret letter. Sealed with a wax pellet. Find one of your confidants, the eunuch said: You go to Tongguan immediately, and hand over this wax pill to Xiangguo, you have to hand it over to Xiangguo yourself.

The eunuch promised him to put away the wax pills, turned around and went out of the palace. Looking at his back gradually disappearing, Ma Yingjun's face was sinking like water, and his fat face trembled. He said to himself: Your Majesty. Don't blame the minions, if you want to blame yourself, you want to reuse something, and there is no way for the Bian Lingcheng minions. This Daming Palace is too small. I can't fit two people.

Tongguan Li Qing has been in command here for almost a month, except for leaving 20,000 troops to guard the capital. He brought with him an army of 200,000 men, which was all his capital. Except for the more than 20,000 Anxi troops, all the others were newly recruited soldiers in order to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. He scattered all the Anxi army. Intensive training is done in a one-to-ten way, but training alone is not enough. If you want to be able to fight. The key is to fight. September. He personally led a large army to raid Shaanzhou. In one fell swoop, he defeated 50,000 newly recruited rebels in Anshourendi. Recaptured Shaanzhou and opened up the passage between Chang'an and Hedong and Shannan, and he immediately left Li Siye to lead 50,000 troops to defend Shaanzhou and wait for Guo Ziyi's army to go south.

At this moment, the news of An Qingxushi's father's seizure of the throne came, and the best fighter arrived.

Handsome tent. Li Qingzheng was lying on a map and examining the situation in front of him, all of Hedong and most of Hebei had fallen into the hands of the Tang army, and now Li Guangbi was leading 100,000 troops to be stationed in Boling, and Shi Siming and Li Huaixian led 50,000 troops to hold on to Youzhou to the north, and in Xiangzhou to the south, there were 50,000 troops of Tian Chengsi and Zhang Zhongzhi, and the strength of the two sides was quite evenly matched, and the key was Luoyang. Once Luoyang was breached, the Tang army was able to attack Xiangzhou from the south, thus breaking the stalemate on the battlefield in Hebei.

If nothing else, the general thought that the rebellion could be quelled before the winter, and the general Xi Yuanqing pointed to Luoyang on the map, and said with confidence: The key is to take it, once the entire Central Plains and Guanzhong region are taken, the general trend has been determined, and those rebels in Hebei are just insects after autumn. I can't jump for a few days, I think Dashuai should go back to Chang'an as soon as possible

Li Qing shook his head and smiled: I know what you mean. However, it is now the most critical time, and we must not be careless.

He stood up, walked to the tent door with his hands behind his back, stared at the sunset, and went to the north of the river for a long time before he said with a little worry: I am actually not worried about when the rebels will be pacified, I am worried about whether these generals under An Lushan will lead the troops to surrender to the imperial court, Li Huai, Xiantian, Chenghei and Zhang Zhongzhi and others, if that is the case, I am worried that there will be a big trouble

He turned around and shook his head again, sighed and said: If this matter is not resolved, how can I sleep in Chang'an

Several generals in the big tent were silent, and at this moment, a personal soldier ran over to report: Report that a eunuch at the door of the marshal asked to see him, saying that he had come from the palace to report a major event.

Li Qing in the palace was a little surprised, who would come to him at this time

The villain knocked on Xiangguo, and the eunuch came in, knelt down for Li Qing, kowtowed, and presented a wax pill to Li Qingdao: The villain came to see Xiangguo on the order of Ma Gonggong, so he couldn't stay for a long time, so he went back immediately.

Li Qing immediately pinched open the wax pill, which was a roll of notes, took out the notes, spread them out, and saw that a piece of paper was densely written, and it was both positive and negative, Li Qing looked at it carefully, and there were not many contents in the note, mainly the matter of Zhang Yi's allegiance to Li Yu, and the fact that Bian Lingcheng was about to return to Beijing to report on his work, and he would discuss with the emperor how to deal with Li Qingdi's forces.

Li Qing sneered lightly, tore the note to shreds, and then said to the eunuch: Go back and tell your father-in-law, Ma, and say that I already know thank him