Pei Renyong was hard-hearted, waved his hand, sent his two brothers, called the scholars, and wrote a reply to Li Mao, claiming that he could go to Li Mao's camp to surrender to Cheng, but Li Mao had to open the net and let Pei Renjing, Pei Renqu and his generals go out of the city, cross Zhongnan Mountain, go to the south incognito, and when they passed Hanzhong, he went to the emperor's number, tied his arms and went to Li Mao's camp to surrender.

Li Mao replied that as long as Pei Renyong guaranteed the personal safety of the Empress Dowager of the Fourth Palace, the people and officials in the city, the property was not damaged, the spirit was not harmed, and the reputation was not desecrated, he could agree to release Pei Renjing and Pei Renqu.

Under the specific operation of the right chamber, Pei Renjing and Pei Renqu led two thousand old troops out of the pass, passed through Hanzhong, and went south.

After receiving the news that the Pei family brothers were safe and sound, Pei Renyong fulfilled his promise, went to the emperor's name, untied his dragon robe, tied his arms, and went out of the city to Li Mao's camp to ask for guilt.

Li Mao did not embarrass him, and sent him to Luoyang in a prisoner car, while sending troops to take over Chang'an City.

Before leaving the city, Pei Renyong had already dismissed 50,000 Qin troops and burned their military registrations so as not to be implicated.

When the overall situation of Chang'an was initially decided, Li Mao led the camp to go to Xianliang Temple to meet the Queen Mother of the Four Palaces, and welcomed the Queen Mother of the Four Palaces back to the Daming Palace. ”

The Empress Dowager Guo has been living in Xingqing Palace, and it is difficult for Li Mao to refuse this proposition.

I had to send someone to clean up Xingqing Palace and escort the Queen Mother of the Fourth Palace to Xingqing Palace for a temporary stay. After the Pei brothers occupied Chang'an, they entrenched in Taiji Palace and Daming Palace, and they did not look down on Xingqing Palace in the east and did not set foot in it. Empress Dowager Guo asked to go back to Xingqing Palace, naturally not because she was afraid of the smell or anything, she was worried that Li Mao would take the opportunity to set up eyes and ears to spy on the four of her. The situation in Xingqing Palace is more familiar and there are relatively few people, so the situation is easier to control.

After the Queen Mother of the Fourth Palace moved into Xingqing Palace, she appointed the person in front of her to take charge of the affairs, and each built a protective wall in front of her own house to prevent thieves, thieves, and Li Mao.

When Li Mao heard the news, he sneered, and ordered Tian Qian to properly arrange for someone to take care of him, if the Queen Mother had any accidents in his hands, it would be really difficult to explain to the world. After finishing this incident, he went to Li Jiang's mansion to ask him to come out of the mountain to help. How big Chang'an City is and how complicated the situation is, Li Mao has a clear understanding that the governance of Chang'an has to rely on Xijing, which was ordered by Emperor Li Tang.

Li Jiang was appointed by Li Han to stay in Xijing and was captured by the Pei brothers before taking office, Pei Renyong wanted to use him as the right prime minister, Li Jiang refused to obey, and was put into prison by Pei Renjing, because he was afraid that his reputation was too high, and he never dared to start. On the eve of Pei Renyong's surrender out of the city, he was released from the prison and sent him home.

Old friends inevitably sighed when they saw each other, and Li Mao brought two carts of rice grain, meat and vegetables, and cloth and silk with him, which solved the urgent need of the Li family. Li Jiang was not from a high background, he was also honest as an official, and his family did not have much savings, but after he was imprisoned, he was specially taken care of by the local government of the Great Qin Empire. The Li family has already reached the point where they make a living by selling their property, and Mrs. Li is desperate, and she even takes the heirloom she marries.

Li Mao saw that Mrs. Li Jiang had tears in her eyes, so he asked Cai Wencai to take out someone and said, "This shopkeeper Hu said that there are a few things to be returned, please count them." "The shopkeeper Hu is the shopkeeper of the pawnshop, he is old and sophisticated, has rich experience, is used to seeing the ups and downs, and takes good care of these things of the Li family, just waiting for the feng shui to turn back one day, and he has an explanation.

Cai Wencai sent someone to redeem the things that the Li family deserved, and the shopkeeper came with some good items.

Li Jiang was a little embarrassed, and said to Li Mao: "Since I was a child, I didn't want to be with Brother Kong Fang, although I haven't been rich and noble since I joined the office, I have never lacked use in my hands. ”

Li Mao said: "A penny is difficult to defeat a hero, if the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty is as incorruptible as Shenzhi, why is this." ”

Li Jiang said: "Shenzhi is not incorruptible, but he was too ruthlessly looted by the Emperor of the Pei family, so he fell so far." In addition to gold, silver and jade, there were also some furniture pawned by the Li family, and the front hall was noisy, so Li Jiang led Li Mao to sit down in the thatched cottage in the back garden.

Two maids with delicate eyebrows came to serve tea, and Li Mao was taken aback when he saw that there was cinnabar between their eyebrows. Li Jiang explained: "I was arrested by them before I took office in Xijing, Pei Renjing persuaded me to be the right prime minister of Daqin, promised Jinshan Yinshan, and sent four palace people from the palace to come and serve, how could I use it, send them away, they didn't dare to go, saying that if they went back, they would not escape death, so they could only stay." Alas, I am now a living sin, and a capital sin is inevitable. ”

Li Mao said: "Your Majesty is wise and will understand your hardships." ”

Sitting down in the grass pavilion and taking away the two palace people, Li Jiang didn't want to go around the bend anymore, and said bluntly: "Masterpieces, there are no officials to reward, what are you going to do." Li Mao said: "I came here to seek advice, and I am in a dilemma at the moment, and I am at a loss. ”

Li Jiang looked at the blue sky and said leisurely: "Guanzhong is a good place." ”

lowered his head, looked at Li Mao levelly, and persuaded: "Xijing has been decided, let's ask Your Majesty to return to Luan." ”

Li Maomao immediately opened his mouth, immediately helped Li Jiang to open the mansion, served as a guard in Xijing, stabilized Chang'an, and jointly played Li Han, please return to Luan immediately to calm the hearts of the subjects of the world.

Li Han naturally refused to come back easily, in Luoyang, he could still rely on Zhu Kerong, Tutu Chenghua and Li Quanzhong, Liu Wu, and Han Hong to maneuver, and return to Chang'an, wouldn't he fall into Li Mao's cage? Moreover, even if he is willing to make it, how can Li Quanzhong, Liu Wu, and Han Hong let go?

Li Han sent an envoy to Chang'an, renamed Li Mao Jin King, sealed 5,000 households, added Li Jiang Situ, and sealed Liang Guogong. He also sentenced Pei Renyong to the downtown of Luoyang, and sent an envoy to hunt down Pei Renjing and Pei Renqu. But he didn't mention anything about returning to Chang'an.

Everything was expected by Li Mao, and the emperor's refusal to return to Beijing was the greatest distrust of the courtiers, but the courtiers' posture was exhausted, and they had a clear conscience and could face the world.

Of course, a person who is also the envoy of Youzhou and Hedong, the two powerful towns, actually controls the eleven towns of Youzhou, Hedong, Hezhong, Anyuan, Longquan, Fuyu, Liaodong, Yanbei, Chengde, Ziqing, and Yingping, has nearly one million troops, occupies the heart of Guanzhong, and the courtiers who steal Chang'an are always particularly eye-catching, and Li Mao has to be prepared.

The land in the middle of the pass must be controlled like an iron bucket, with Jingzhaofu as the core, the surrounding Tongguan, Wuguan, Sanguan, Xiaoguan and other Xiongguan must be firmly grasped in their own hands, Fengxiang, Lingwu, Suining, Dunfang, Jingyuan must be directly under their control, Fengzhou, Xia Sui, Zhenwu and others cannot allow hostile forces to exist, these must not be sloppy.

Li Jiang told Li Mao that he had palace maids at home, which was tantamount to putting his life in the hands of Li Mao, he was an extremely smart person, and he would definitely be able to see the general trend. From now on, I will definitely wholeheartedly assist this rising star. The door of his left-behind mansion is open, and he is recruiting talents, with the goal of reserving all kinds of talents needed for the founding of the country for Li Mao. No one said this, but everyone knew it.

Li Mao organized and trained the 50,000 Great Qin Army into five divisions according to the establishment of the Youzhou Army, which belonged to the Shence Army and was called the Guannei Five Army, which were respectively handed over to Zhu Xie Zhiyi, Yin Mu, Li Xianyi, Liu Fengshan and Yan Qin to command.

Please take Zhu Xie Chixin as the envoy of the Lingwu Festival, Yin Mu as the envoy of the Jingyuan Festival, Liu Fengshan as the envoy of the Xia Sui Festival, Li Xianyi as the envoy of the Fengxiang Festival, and Yan Qin as the envoy of the Dunfang Festival. Li Han gave the edict one by one.

Since then, the key points in the customs have been under Li Mao's control, although Li Han has been suspicious of Li Mao, but he has not dared to accuse him of having different intentions in a short period of time, this period of time is Li Mao's opportunity period.