In less than a month, the rebel units died down one after another, and the flames of rebellion in Longquan were extinguished one after another.

The three propaganda machines in the right compartment were running at full power, telling the Bohai people that the gods hated them for being rude and anti-Tang, so they abandoned them. The witch who was burned to death was actually an old prostitute with evil deeds, who wandered around the barracks and did all the dirty things, and the gods hated her for blasphemy, so they punished her with false hands, and the Bohai people were obsessed with it, and aided in the abuse, and the gods would no longer bless the land, but let the Tang people enslave them and humiliate them for generations.

After repeated defeats, the resistance enthusiasm of the Bohai people has disappeared, since the gods can no longer bless them to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and restore the country, what are they still tossing? What's more, the newly arrived generals of the Tang Army have promised to improve their situation and respect their gods.

The flame of resistance is being extinguished little by little, but it seems that some blood must be shed if the resentment in the hearts of the Bohai people is to be completely removed.

After careful consideration, Tian Qian proposed a package solution to Li Mao, including the partial restoration of the old Bohai system in Longquan, Anyuan, and Buyeo, the transfer of some power to the old Bohai aristocracy, allowing them to participate in local governance, giving up the monopoly on some industries, allowing the existence of local magnates, suspending the equal distribution of land, suspending the abolitionist movement, and lifting the ban on human trafficking, so as to quickly stabilize the rear, and make changes after the affairs of the customs have been properly resolved.

Li Mao didn't want to lose Bohai because of this, and he didn't want to affect the overall situation because of the civil strife in Bohai, so he could only agree to it temporarily, but Tian Qing's last request made him very difficult, she asked to execute the culprit Gui Zhisheng, in order to calm down the people's grievances, expel Su Jing, and facilitate the implementation of the plan.

The execution of Gui Zhisheng and the expulsion of Su Jing were ostensibly reconciliation conditions proposed by the old nobles of Bohai, but Li Mao knew in his heart that this was Tian Qian shouting to him in the air, asking him to fulfill the promise he had made. If he agreed to her conditions, Bohai would be stable and the backyard would be stable, but if he didn't agree, Bohai would continue to be chaotic.

This determination is not easy to make, and what makes Li Mao even more embarrassed is that Tian Qian would choose this time to talk to him about conditions.

Forty percent of the sergeants who entered the customs were children of Liaodong, and their parents, wives and children, and property were all in Liaodong, and the backyard caught fire, and the army's morale was unstable.

However, if Tian Chen's conditions are agreed, Bohai will be restored to a state of secession, and in a few years, it will become a kingdom independent of the Central Plains, although the founder and ruler of this kingdom are his relatives.

Li Mao instructed Cai Wencai face-to-face, and sent him back to Youzhou overnight to explain the incident to Su Qing and ask for her understanding.

Bohai is chaotic, naturally she can't hide it from Su Qing, she has been paying attention to Su Jing, Su Jing is the hope of the Su family, he can't be trapped in Bohai.

Tian Qing's return to Bohai is a secret, not many people know about it, Su Qing is far away from the core of power and does not know about it, hearing that Gao Wen put down the rebellion in Longquan Mansion, Su Qing was overjoyed, and was busy looking for a good wife for him from the upstarts in Youzhou.

Before the person could be found, Su Qing got the two conditions proposed by the Bohai people. Kill Gui Zhisheng, although she is distressed, but it is not necessarily impossible, after all, she is clear about the virtue of that old man, and if she throws away her family affection, this old man will actually die a long time ago. But Su Jing must not have anything happen, he is the hope of the Su family, his backing and backer, and he must do his best to protect him.

Despite the worst preparedness, Su Qing still had to make a final effort, and she sent the Yao sisters to Chang'an to kneel down and beg Li Mao to spare Gui Zhisheng's life. The thousand-mile embankment collapsed in the anthill, this head can never be opened, once people realize that the people of her Su family are easy to kill, then it is not a Gui Zhisheng who can stop.

But far from the core of power, she can only rely on the card of feelings, although the Yao sisters are not Li Mao's own children, but they have always been valued by him, their husbands are in Li Mao's army, Yao Jinghua's husband died on the battlefield, and remarried Han Jiangchun, and although Han Jiangchun made a big mistake and is now assigned to serve in Shi Xiong's army, he is still one of Li Mao's cronies, and she hopes to use this feeling to slowly influence him.

Yao Jinghua has a son with her ex-husband, and a daughter with Han Jiangchun, her husband is away all the year round, she lives alone with her two children in Youzhou, and life is very difficult. But she never complained about it, and all the hardships were borne silently by herself, which was valued by Li Mao, and she praised him more than once on different occasions.

Now she and her sister Yao Cuihua knelt in front of her, tearfully begging her adoptive father to let her go, but Li Mao felt very embarrassed, and for a while she also had compassion, Gui Zhisheng had been in Longquan Mansion, but the sin was not to death. Especially since it is not necessary to die.

Li Mao wrote a letter to Tian Qian overnight, promising to make Tian Qi's son Li Zun the king of Bohai in the future, and promising that the Su family forces would never set foot in the Bohai Sea, and asking him to let Zhisheng live and not do things desperately.

After the envelope was completed, Li Mao opened it again, and added another sentence at the end of the letter, saying that he was ready to seal Tianbu as the king of the county in the future and take charge of the old land of Weibo within three generations.

The letter was sent out in an urgent manner, but while it was still on the way, news came from Longquan Mansion that Guizhi committed suicide in fear of crime and committed suicide by taking poison. Tian Ling forced Su Jing to "kill" him again in front of the public, and the violent corpse on the street finally saved a little prestige for Su Jiedu.

When Li Mao heard this, he folded two pens in a row, and he didn't notice that the ink was splashing on his face.

A month later, Su Jing was transferred to the history of the same state, and Tian Yingli Fuyu general Gao Wen stayed for the Longquan Mansion Festival, and asked Zheng Puxiu, the second son of Zheng Xiaozhang, to stay for the Fuyu Festival. Zheng Xiaozhang wrote to Li Mao on the grounds of Zheng Puxiu's lack of qualifications, but refused to grant it, and Li Mao moved Zheng Puxiu to Danzhou Assassin History.

Knowing that her adoptive father was violently corpsed on the street, Yao Jinghua looked for a short time that night, and she was rescued in time when she found it. Li Mao made a special trip to visit her, and Yao Jinghua sat on the bed facing the inner wall, ignoring it with hatred. Yao Cuihua on the side was deeply disturbed, and even persuaded her sister not to do this. Yao Jinghua said angrily: "I keep saying that women are not allowed to interfere in politics, but they only focus on others, but they don't care about their own families. My father just told the truth two times and suffered this catastrophe, where is the fairness and justice that he boasted of? Killing meritorious deeds before they are accomplished makes people feel cold. After crying bitterly, Yao Cuihua was very uneasy, and hurriedly apologized to Li Mao on behalf of her sister.

Li Mao's face was red, he smiled awkwardly, and instructed Yao Cuihua: "Take a good look at your sister, don't do stupid things again." ”

After going out, he bumped into Han Jiangchun and asked, "It's okay if you're back, persuade her more, she has been a hot person since she was a child." Later, he asked Shi Kong: "How did Han Jiangchun come back, the news is quite well-informed." ”

After Shikong entered the Guanzhong, he was sick because of the water and soil, and he had been recuperating in Pizhou, and had just arrived in Chang'an, when he heard the words, he said with a smile: "Although Taigong's temper is bad, he is bright and upright, and his status in the army is very high. Zhu Jiu, Shi Daring, and Senior General Xue are not afraid of heaven and earth, and they obey him alone, he died so miserably, I'm afraid I can't stand it. Li Mao said: "Talking and talking, do you want to say that she has gone too far this time, and she wants to kill people to pay for her life." ”

Shi Kong said: "Who dares to say this, forgive them and don't have the courage to do so." It's just strange that Madame is such a shrewd person, how could he do such an outrageous thing, I think it is indeed that the situation in the Bohai Sea is too complicated. Li Mao said: "She is self-inflicted, and now who can defend her." Taigong died too much, when I think about it, my heart is panicked, it's really panicked. ”

Like Li Mao, there is also Tian Qian, who threatens Gui Zhisheng's life to make Li Mao give in, she believes that Li Mao will give in, because Bohai is the only one she can control, and all she asks is what Li Mao once promised her, and at this time it is just to confirm it, so as not to make him pay the bill in the future.

Gui Zhisheng died at home in a daze, and his death was unknown, and as soon as he died here, there was news that he committed suicide in fear of sin. Committing suicide in fear of sin, that is, he forced him to death, which is really unwashed by jumping into the Yellow River. With the thickness of Gui Zhisheng's skin, how could he commit suicide in fear of sin, even if he put a knife on his neck, he would not give in. People designated that they were murdered, but they were made scapegoats in a daze, and you let her deal with them like this?

After learning that Guizhi was alive and dead, a large group of Bohai nobles demanded that this person be violently corpsed on the street to avenge his humiliation of the witch in the past. Bohai will be founded in the future, and her son's country, if this country wants to remain autonomous, it must tolerate their existence.

Anyway, the suspicion of her murderer can't be washed away, so she just stubbornly does it to the end, and the violent corpses on the streets will be the violent corpses on the streets, if this is exchanged for the submission of the Bohai people, it will be worth it.

Tian Qing, who was carried away by selfishness, unconsciously did the thing she regretted the most in her life, but when she did it, she was high-spirited and full of confidence, and her arrogance left Su Jing with an indelible impression for the rest of her life.

Whether this matter can be explained clearly to Li Mao, Tian Qian is not sure, at least in the correspondence, she is really unwilling, and she is really unwilling to let her leave Bohai and go back to the Central Plains to explain the reason to Li Mao. Bohai is hers, her son's, and their Tian family, how can she give it up easily?

Anyway, the notoriety has already been borne, so he simply goes all the way to the dark, whether he jumps like thunder or curses her, it doesn't matter, she wants to do her best to make Bohai a paradise that belongs to her.

But reason told her that it was necessary for her to reply to Li Mao, describing Gui Zhisheng's death in detail, analyzing the cause of his death, she did not shirk responsibility, and stated that after the situation in the Bohai Sea stabilized, she would personally return to Chang'an to ask for guilt and give an explanation to the princes of all parties.

Thousands of miles away, Li Mao couldn't do anything about her, so he had to comfort her to withstand the pressure and continue to guard the Bohai Sea. Then he tried his best to explain the cause of Gui Zhisheng's death to the generals of all parties, and openly denied Tian Qi's judgment, immediately overturned the case for Gui Zhisheng, posthumously awarded Shanhe County Gong, gave Situ, shaded his adopted son, named his adopted daughter Yao family sister as the county monarch, Fu Ling returned to his hometown for burial, and sent the minister to mourn.

That's all he can do for Li Mao, to show his relatives Su Shi, and also to show the soldiers in the army. Larger-scale pacification actions are carried out at the same time. Because Su Qing had no children under his knees, the prince of Yan Wang has been undecided, under Su Qing's proposition, Li Mao canonized Qi Yan's eldest son Li Ming as the son, and Li Zun, the son of Tian Qi, as the prince of Shensu County, and sent him to study in Chengde Tianbu Mansion.

In addition, Li Mao divided the right wing into Mobei, Guannei, and Haidong, with Chen Muyang, Qin Fengmian, and Tian Qian as the general managers, and the three of them were in the same position, not subordinate to each other, and were directly responsible to Li Mao, so that Tian Ming's position as the intelligence director existed in name only, and was soon revoked by Li Mao on the pretext of excuses.

After this series of actions, Li Mao struggled to extricate himself from this unexpected crisis of trust.