After basically understanding the attitude between Li Wenge and the Gao family in Yanzhou, the basic tasks of Zhang Yongde and others in Yanzhou have been completed. As for how to arrange the next step of the local military and political layout, that is not Zhang Yongde's job. Although theoretically, the Rokuyake Quest Envoy had the position of temporary Jie Du Envoy and acted until the official Jie Du Envoy appointed by the imperial court was produced. However, that must be done when the original festival degree envoy is vacant and the new section degree envoy has not yet been produced, and Yanzhou undoubtedly does not meet this condition. In the view of Zhang Yongde and others, Yanzhou is in a delicate equilibrium at the moment, and this equilibrium is largely formed by an underlying conscious restraint.

After a long talk with Zhe Congruan, Zhang Yongde has basically grasped the key to the situation in Yanzhou. At this moment, Li Wenge has obtained the strong reinforcement of the Zhejia Army under the strong support of the military and political forces in Yanzhou, and it can be said that he basically has the strength and conditions to uproot the Gao family. If he does, the court will have no means to effectively restrain or punish him in the short term.

And Li Wenge has not done this now, maybe he still feels that he is not ready, or maybe he has been busy with the front-line military and has not had time to free his hands.

However, Zhang Yongde also noticed that although Li Wenge did a lot of dirty things that made the Gao family hate in the unexpected mutiny launched a year ago, in fact, everyone in Yanzhou City admitted that if Li Wenge hadn't let the Gao family go at that critical juncture, the Gao Yunquan group would have collapsed with a bang.

Some might interpret this as indecisiveness. However, Zhang Yongde, Wang Pu and others, who have seen the world, will never understand it this way. Indecisive people will not open warehouses and release grain to help the poor, let alone use the money, food, armor and staff obtained so quickly to achieve a rapid expansion of military strength. The most important thing is that no matter how confused an old fox like Zhe Congruan is, he will never cooperate with a person who is indecisive and can't support the wall, so he will not hesitate to offend the local powerful forces.

This person is a person who is very good at restraining himself.

This is Zhang Yongde's current basic view of Li Wenge.

It is enough to have this, for the problem of Yanzhou. Zhang's role has always been that of an observer, not an arbiter. Gao Yunquan has the title of servant, and if he wants to arbitrate the internal affairs of a prominent and noble feudal town like him, at least he must have a prime minister-level figure, although Zhang Yongde is the concubine of the princess of the Jin Kingdom, but it is far from enough.

So in fact, there is only one last item left for this mission so far - to meet the central man himself!

In fact, the situation is like this, it doesn't matter what kind of person Li Wenge is, and the shape is forbidden. On the one hand, it is necessary to actively prepare for the final battle to quell Murong Yanchao's internal rebellion, and on the other hand, it is necessary to beware of the covetousness and sneak attack of the Northern Han Dynasty on the Jingshi, and the imperial court is really unable to take care of a small border prefecture and county now. No matter what kind of bastard this Li Wenge is, as long as he can stabilize the situation in Yanzhou, as long as he is willing to submit to the imperial court, as long as he can block the party's footsteps to the south, the imperial court will acquiesce in his dominant position in Yanzhou.

The essence of the matter is like this, the only thing left for Zhang Yongde to do at present is to see what kind of person this person is! This is a key reference factor related to the ranking of Li Wenge and the Yanzhou issue among the feudal towns when the imperial court is considering the reduction of feudal domains in the future. For a powerful local person with high ambitions, of course, it is the first object of consideration when cutting the feudal domain.

Although now even if this person is really Cao Cao or Liu Yu, the court has to be with him, it does not mean that the court will allow a real Cao Cao or Liu Yu to exist under its rule.

Equally. For Li Wenge, he also knew that the time for the final showdown had come. Although he still had some scalp hair, he knew that he couldn't hide from it at this time.

On the second day of Zhang Yongde's night visit to the Zhijia camp, Li Wenge, the commander of the former battalion of the Zhangwu Army, visited Zhang Yongde, the envoy who lived in the six houses of the imperial court in Yanzhou Guanyidi, with great fanfare.

Early in the morning, two teams of heavily armed soldiers, who were still subordinate to the van army, ran from the west gate of Yanzhou, which was guarded by the right battalion, into the state city, and the commander of the right battalion received a report yesterday evening. So prepare early. One hundred soldiers of the front battalion entered the city and immediately guarded all the communication arteries in the city under the leadership of officers, while the soldiers of the right and rear battalions stationed in the city assisted in appeasing the market, while the middle battalion, which was in charge of the defense of the Jiedu Province, blocked the neighborhood where the Jiedu Province was located.

An hour later, Li Wenge, accompanied by Li Bin and Qin Gu, rode a horse and led 20 personal soldiers into the city from the West Gate and came straight to the pavilion.

The guests in Bianjing were really taken aback by this preemptive approach, and at first they thought that something new had happened in the city.

Li Bin and Qin Gu originally did not agree to be so public, but Li Wenge still remembered the last experience in the city, and he had lingering feelings about the despicability and shamelessness of the Gao family's father and son. Without a hundred heavily armed soldiers, he refused to enter the city.

In the end, the group came to dismount in front of the pavilion, and they couldn't help but take a few more glances at the heavily guarded forbidden army officers around the pavilion, Li Wenge, these people can be selected to follow Zhang Yongde, and they should be the first-class elite main force in the Guo family's army.

Zhang Yongde led Wang Pu out to greet him. Although the other party is just a small Xuanjie captain, after all, he is a powerful person who holds the power of a state, and the demotion ceremony is used for this kind of person.

For Zhang Yongde, who is about to become the number one general in the world, Li Wen

in awe in the eyes of the heart. As for Wang Pu, needless to say, the powerful character who can make Boss Zhao, who has ascended the throne and emperor, feel awe by virtue of his portrait. At this moment, these two people may not really become famous, but the cattle are all cattle at any time, Li Wenge knows that he is about to face the top two figures in the world, and he does not dare to take it big for this level of historical celebrities.

Therefore, as soon as he came up, he rushed to bow and salute, and his tone was quite humble, and he even called Wang Pu "teacher". It was a surprise to let Wang Pu, who is still in a humble official position even now, although the champion and the first.

Next, Li Bin and Qin Gu also greeted everyone one after another, and Zhang Yongde did not dare to slack off Li Bin, the real hero who had pacified Yanzhou for 20 years for the previous imperial courts, and invited Li Bin to walk in front of him thoughtfully, and he took Li Wenge's hand to introduce him one by one to a group of staff members with official titles.

When Han Wei was introduced, Li Wenge was stunned: "Han Wei? Which Han Wei? ”

He called him by his first name. In fact, it is very rude, and the question is asked in a rather strange way, so people don't know how to answer.

Han Wei didn't mind, and replied very open-mindedly: "In Xia Taiyuan Han Wei, the word Qiren, the labor inspection made the adult inquire!" ”

Han Wei...... Taiyuan people...... Li Wenge stared at Han Wei's hunchback in a daze very rudely, and he only had one thought in his heart at the moment - it wouldn't be such a coincidence!

"Brother Han is the son of the former Shaanzhou Jiedu and the new Kyoto Right Wing Inspector Han Lao?"

He didn't know how to call Han Tong's words, and he couldn't call him by his first name. I had to call him "the boss" in general terms.

This sentence made Zhang Yongde, Wang Pu and Han Wei all change their faces.

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Han Tong's transfer order to step down from Shaanzhou Jiedu and enter Beijing as the inspection envoy of the right chamber of Kyoto was sent to Beijing together with the secret edict handed over by the emperor to Zhang Yongde, and this transfer edict was brought to Shaanzhou by Zhang Yongde to announce to Han Tong. When the group left Shaanzhou for Chang'an, Han Tong had not yet delivered the defense and set off for Beijing, that is to say, west of Tongguan, no one should know that Han Tong was no longer serving as the envoy of Shaanzhou Jiedu at this moment and was transferred to the inspection envoy of the right wing of Kyoto.

Li Wenge said with a relaxed face, how can he not be surprised?

Han Wei was surprised in his heart, but he was not rude, and immediately said politely: "...... It's my father! ”

Sure enough, it was a "camel", and he actually followed Zhang Yongde to Yanzhou.

Li Wenge bowed down with a happy look on his face and said, "Brother Han is talented." My brother has been in Guanzhong for a long time, and it is really a blessing for my brother to be able to get you today......"

Han Wei inexplicably returned the salute, and really couldn't think of anything worthy of this Xuanjie's "long-term admiration", it seems that since he was born, except for the Luo pot on his back. So far, I have nothing to be "admired" by others.

The emotion in Li Wenge's heart is different, the person standing in front of him is a bull man who almost changed the direction of Chinese history, if this person's confused father can listen to the advice of this hunchbacked son after eight years, whether Chai Zhou can be maintained, how many years can be maintained is not easy to say, but the Zhao and Song dynasties, which were brilliant for a time in Chinese history, will never appear again. Without the mainstay of Boss Zhao, relying only on Zhao Lao Er and Zhao Pu will never be able to dominate the world in a few decades.

Zhang Yongde silently looked at Li Wenge, who had an admiring look, and Han Wei, who was full of confusion. smiled and said: "Li Xuanjie, Li Observation, Qin Ming Mansion, please come in and talk......

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April 16 of the second year of Guangshun. Zhang Yongde and his entourage left Yanzhou, nominally they would return to Bianjing, but in fact they were going to Shuofangjun via Gyeongju to mediate the conflict between the sons of Feng Hui, the king of Chenliu.

On the same day, led by Zhe Congruan, Li Wenge, Li Bin and Qin Gu and other powerful figures in Yanzhou then made a trip for Zhang Yongde and his party, the Gao family father and son did not show up, Zhang Yongde knew in his heart that Gao Yunquan may not want to send himself, but their father and son were blocked in the Jiedu Mansion at the moment, and they were afraid that they would not even be able to get out of the mansion.

In the short period of six days in Yanzhou, Zhang Yongde and others met with people from all walks of life in Yanzhou, fully understood the opinions of various local forces, and had an intuitive grasp of the situation in Yanzhou. Although it was not able to mediate the contradictions and conflicts between the various factions in Yanzhou, it provided a solid intelligence foundation for the imperial court's future response decisions.

Just five days after Zhang Yongde and the others left Yanzhou, 200 soldiers from the former battalion marched into the state city again in full armor, and 100 of the soldiers who entered the city this time were veterans who had just been transferred back from the Luziguan front. This time, the recruits of the two teams were still in charge of guarding the streets and traffic hubs, while the two veteran teams quickly surrounded the Jiedu Province, and the middle battalion, which was in charge of the defense of the Jiedu Province, handed over the defense with great interest and withdrew the whole team.

Under the guidance of dozens of pro-army members, Ruan, Li Wenge, Li Bin, and Yuqing entered the city from the south gate and went straight to Jiedu Mansion.

Dismounted in front of the Jiedu Mansion, Li Wenge arched his hand at Zhecongruan: "The following affairs will be entrusted to the servants!" ”

Zhe Congruan smiled. With a wave of his hand, he strode into the door of the mansion with Fold Yuqing.

Li Wenge sighed, turned back to Li Bin and said, "Zijian won't blame us, right?" ”

Li Bin smiled: "If he really blames us, he won't be able to avoid it today!" ”

After that, he sighed: "I hope that Gao Shizhong can take a step back, so that he can save Yanzhou and the Gao family." It won't make the old man and Zijian so embarrassed......"

Li Wenge turned his head to look

The halberds on both sides were silent.

In the inner hall of the Jiedu Mansion, all the servants and servants were driven out, and even Gao Shaoji was not allowed to be on the side, and the two servants sat and stood together, their four eyes looking at each other coldly.

“…… It's been a long time and I'm finally willing to see the old man? Gao Yunquan has a purple robe and a jade belt, a fish bag at his waist, and he folds it coldly in half from Ruan Dao.

There was no anger on Ruan's face. He slowly spoke: "Brother Gao is serious, you and I are both old people, what else can't you see?" The Gao family has ruled Yanzhou for many years, and it has also been created by God! Now the general trend is like this, Brother Gao is a smart person, taking a step back can ensure the safety of the family, if the stalemate continues, I am afraid that the Gao family will not even be able to save a seed, then it is really a great tragedy! ”

Gao Yunquan sneered: "If that ruler dares to kill the old man." If you killed it a long time ago, do you need to wait until today? It is easy to slaughter the Gao family, but it is very difficult to want the wealthy county of Yanzhou to return to their hearts! ”

Zhi Congruan shook his head disappreciatively: "Senior brother is a person who understands, how can he say foolish words?" Now it is no longer the early Tang Dynasty, although the power of the wealthy families is still there, it is far from the extent of influencing the political situation. Those who are busy in the fields all day long will not care whether Yanzhou is surnamed Gao or Li. Li Huairen's failure to kill his brother and son a few years ago does not mean that he cannot kill his brother and son at this moment. Didn't Brother Gao still count on the imperial court to support the virtuous father and son? ”

Gao Yunquan snorted coldly, but did not speak, Zhang Yongde and others were in Yanzhou for six days, but they always said some scenes covered by clouds and mountains and fog, and never showed any clear tendencies, which made Gao Yunquan dissatisfied and secretly frightened. In today's situation. Even if the imperial court is only neutral, the Gao family will definitely not be able to stand it. Without the support of the imperial court, the fate of the Gao family would be truly in danger.

However, Gao Yunquan still held on to the last ray of hope, and Zhang Yongde did not clearly express his support for Li Wenge after all. After all, he is still a servant of the imperial court, and although things are bad enough, it is not yet the time when the mountains and rivers are exhausted.

Zhi Congruan didn't intend to listen to Gao Yunquan's answer, but said his words slowly: "The world has been chaotic for decades, and the so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, and he is talking about the way to protect himself in troubled times. Brother Gao has been sitting in Yanzhou for many years, but he was subverted in an instant by a martial artist leading dozens of soldiers, to put it mildly, Brother Gao is really not suitable to be the lord of Yanzhou anymore. The Gao family has accumulated excessively over the years, and has long lost the support of the local people, and now they can't even protect the morale of the army, what else does Brother Gao have to rely on? ”

Speaking of this, Zhi Congruan smiled gently: "Could it be that Brother Gao really thought that the imperial court would send troops to Yanzhou at this time for Brother Gao?" ”

Seeing that Gao Yunquan was speechless, he turned into a hot railway from Ruan: "If the imperial court really has this strength, there is no need to transfer the old man's soldiers to Guanzhong." Not to mention that Murong Yanchao's rebellion has not yet subsided, it has subsided. Before the death of the Northern Han Dynasty, the imperial court could only appease the towns in Guanzhong and could not move troops, didn't the senior brother continue to sit in the seat of Yanzhou Jiedu four years ago and last year? Why can't you figure it out now? ”

Gao Yunquan's face is like ashes at the moment, he understands these truths, but until the last moment, he really can't let go of the supreme power of the nine counties in Yizhou, which is the most reliable guarantee for the Gao family in Yanzhou.

"If Brother Gao still has illusions about the imperial court, you might as well take a look at this ......" Zhi took out a white linen paper roll from Ruan quietly, slowly walked to Gao Yunquan's side, and put the paper roll on the case.

Gao Yunquan unfolded the paper roll with trembling hands.

It was a table of meritorious service from Ruan for Li Wenge, and on the left side of the table, the official name of Zhang Yongde, the general of the Left Guard, was prominently listed.

Although Gao Yunquan has not seen Zhang Yongde's handwriting, the following seal is genuine, and since this piece of music is taken from Ruan to his own land, the possibility of falsification is very small.

It turns out that behind the scenes, they have already arranged everything......

Since Zhang Yongde is willing to be listed on the seal for Li Wenge's meritorious service, it will be difficult for him to say anything bad about Li Wenge when he returns to Bianliang in front of the emperor.

Even if Zhang Yongde doesn't help each other and doesn't say bad things about anyone, it will still be fatal to the Gao family.

The imperial court refused to help, and the Gao family lost the last credentials, and under the naked threat of the local military on behalf of Li Wenge, Gao Yunquan actually had no possibility of turning the tables.

With Ruan's prestige status, he didn't need anyone to take credit for Li Wenge and his son, and he had to give it to the emperor no matter what. Therefore, in fact, this recital with Zhang Yongde's joint signature was actually specially prepared for Gao Yunquan. If he doesn't completely dispel this old guy's illusions, he will never give in.

Although Zhang Yongde is extremely smart, he would never have imagined that this recital of Zhecong Ruan would be used like this.

Gao Yunquan's hands trembled more and more, and he could hardly contain it.

After a long time, the Zhangwu military envoy, whose beard was white and his eyes had almost completely lost his brilliance, asked in a very low voice: "...... But what does Brother Jiu want the old man to do? ”

Zhe Congruan laughed, stretched out his hand and took out a piece of white linen paper from his bosom, gently placed it on the table before approaching, and said slowly: "As long as the senior brother copies the words on the paper, he can keep the family safe......"