After Li Zitong occupied Jiangdu, Du Fuwei was a little depressed and became a little disheartened, so he planned to ask Datang to surrender.

Du Fuwei's friend Fu Gong Yi clearly objected to this, although Du Fu Wei had also asked Luoyang to surrender before, but it was just an expedient measure, and Fu Gong Yi realized that Du Fu Wei's plan to take refuge in Li Tang this time was from the bottom of his heart.

Fu Gongqi said to Du Fuwei: "Princes and generals, rather there is a kind!" We raised troops in Shandong and moved to Jianghuai, now the hegemony has not been achieved, the world is undecided, everything is still promising, how can we give up lightly? ”

Fu Gongyi's words were indeed very reasonable, but Du Fuwei did not listen to his words, and still sent an envoy to Chang'an. Fu Gongyi had followed Du Fuwei to fight everywhere since he was young, and knew him very well, and when he saw him so decisive, he realized that this fierce tiger that crisscrossed Shandong and Jianghuai had lost his sharpness......

Fu Gongqi returned to his residence sullenly, and at this time, his friend and Taoist priest Zuo Youxian came to him for a drink. After a few sips of strong wine, Fu Gongqi couldn't help but say a few swear words.

Zuo Youxian felt strange, and under questioning, Fu Gongqi told Zuo Youxian all about the conversation with Du Fuwei not long ago.

Zuo Youxian said: "Since General Du has lost his heart to fight for hegemony, why don't General Fu replace him?" ”

After hearing this, Fu Gongyi was shocked, and most of the wine suddenly dissipated. Regarding Zuo Youxian's rebellious remarks just now, he should have immediately asked someone to take him down, but Fu Gongqi fell into silence at this time......

After Li Yuan learned of Du Fuwei's request to surrender, he was overjoyed, and immediately issued an edict appointing Du Fuwei as the ambassador of Huainan pacification, the governor of Hezhou, and the Shangzhu State.

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Because the case of Dugu Huai'en's rebellion had just happened, Li Yuan became a little suspicious and sick at this time, no matter who he was, he was vigilant, which was of course not a good thing, but when some officials in the East Palace learned of this situation, their minds became active.

At this time, in the East Palace, Li Jiancheng was discussing matters with several henchmen.

It is worth mentioning that at this time, among Li Jiancheng's henchmen, there were more Zheng Shanguo, the historian of the school and the left concubine of the East Palace, and Feng Deyi, the internal history commander, but the figure of Li Gang, the former head of the East Palace, was gone.

At the beginning, Li Jiancheng respected Li Gang very much, but because Li Gang often persuaded Li Jiancheng not to do this or that, after a long time, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but get bored.

In contrast, Zheng Shanguo and Feng Deyi, who have recently taken refuge in Li Jiancheng, are much more likely to be people than Li Gang, give a lot of advice, and never give Li Jiancheng any guidance on his behavior. Zheng Shanguo and Feng Deyi are both figures who have served Yang Guang and Yu Wenhua, and they are well versed in the way of being ministers.

Compared with Zheng Shanguo and Feng Deyi, Li Gang is still more upright.

Li Gang was quite disliked by Zheng Shanguo and Feng Deyi, and repeatedly advised Li Jiancheng to stay away from the two, but Li Jiancheng did not listen, so Li Gang was a little unhappy and asked Li Yuan to retire.

After Li Yuan saw Li Gang's recital, he passed Li Gang to the front of the palace and scolded: "You have been He Panren's long history, are you ashamed to be my book?" Besides, I was about to ask you to tutor the prince, but I insisted on leaving my job, why is that? ”

Li Gang kowtowed and apologized: "Pan Ren is a thief, every time he wants to kill an innocent person, he will not kill him immediately after I persuade him, and I can have a clear conscience as his long history." Your Majesty is a sage monarch who started a business, I don't have the ability, what I say is like pouring water on a stone, although the stone is wet, it can't penetrate, and the persuasion of the prince is also ineffective, how dare I defile Shangshu Province for a long time, and make the East Palace humiliated? ”

Li Yuan said: "I know that you are an upright person, please reluctantly leave to tutor my son." On the 23rd, Li Gang was appointed as the crown prince and young protector, and the official positions of the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the prince Zhan Shi were still retained.

But Li Gang seemed to have gotten his mind and insisted on asking to return to his hometown on the grounds of his old age and illness, Li Yuan had no choice but to issue an edict to dismiss him from his position as Shangshu, but he still let him serve as the crown prince Shaobao, but after that, Li Gang rarely went to the East Palace.

"Prince, since the Holy Lord is seriously suspicious and sick now, isn't it suitable for us to calculate Liu Wenjing?" Yang Wengan said to Li Jiancheng with eager eyes at this time.

At this time, the people who discussed things with Li Jiancheng, except for Zheng Shanguo and Feng Deyi, were this Yang Wengan, which shows that Li Jiancheng regarded him as his real confidant.

Zheng Shanguo and Feng Deyi also agreed with what Yang Wengan just said, and when Li Jiancheng saw this, he finally nodded, "Then what do you think should be done with Liu Wenjing?" ”

In the past, if the official proposed to Li Jiancheng to deal with Li Yin, Li Jiancheng was still a little hesitant, but now since Li Yin went out to Hedong and fought with the previous fierce Liu Wuzhou, Li Yin not only stabilized the situation in Hedong in one fell swoop, but also often had good news come to Chang'an, and many people said that it was a matter of time before the King of Jin defeated Liu Wuzhou.

If by then, Li Yin's power will undoubtedly go to the next level, which will pose a great threat to the East Palace, so Li Jiancheng can no longer sit idly by, and he has to start to weaken Li Yin's power from now on.

After Feng Deyi and Yang Wengan listened to Li Jiancheng's question, they both looked at Zheng Shanguo together, Zheng Shanguo used to be the Dali Temple of the Sui Dynasty, and he was probably the best at how to frame people.

Zheng Shanguo had already thought of a plan, so he first pretended to ponder for a while before he spoke: "I heard that Liu Wenjing has many concubines in his family, and if he wants to make it rain and dew, I'm afraid he doesn't have the ability." In this way, there will definitely be resentful women among them, and as long as we buy one of them and let him sue Liu Wenjing for rebellion, then the matter will be half done. ”

Li Jiancheng asked again: "Then how can we achieve the other half?" Since he made a move, he hopes to be able to get nine out of ten, and he doesn't want to be like the last "Li Rukun case", stealing chickens and losing rice.

Zheng Shanguo said confidently: "If you want to increase the chances of success for the other half, it should be up to the right servant to shoot Master Pei Lianpei." ”

Zheng Shanguo wanted to sell it again, but seeing that Li Jiancheng had a little impatience on his face, he immediately continued: "Master Pei is not only a favorite minister of the Son of Heaven, but also has a bit of a problem with Liu Wenjing, if he is allowed to throw stones at Liu Wenjing at a critical time, then Liu Wenjing will definitely die!" ”

After Li Jiancheng heard this, he nodded with satisfaction.