Li Cunmiao looked coldly at Shi Yanqiong, who was kneeling in front of the palace, trembling all over, and was already extremely angry in his heart. He slapped the letter in his hand on the case, glanced at Zhang Xian, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, who was standing beside him, and did not speak.

The letter was handed over by Zhang Xian, a waiter of the Ministry of Works, after Zhao Zaili was in Weizhou, he courteously greeted the Zhang Xian people who stayed in Weizhou, and wrote this letter to Zhang Xian, persuading him to join his team.

Zhang Xian's move was intended to prove his innocence, but Li Cunqiao felt that Zhang Xian might not be innocent, who could say clearly what he wanted to cover? If Zhang Xian really voted for Zhao Zaili and used this kind of behavior to deceive his trust, wouldn't he be extremely stupid if he really trusted him?

Li Cunmiao decided to put Zhang Xian aside first, and said to Shi Yanqiong: "The city wall of Yedu is deep, and the soldiers are strong and strong, why can the traitors be defeated as soon as they attack?" As the history of the prison army, you are my eyes and ears in Yedu, and you have the responsibility of controlling the army, and now that this kind of thing is happening, if you can't tell the truth in detail, how can I tolerate you? ”

Shi Yanqiong was lying on the ground trembling, sweat had already soaked through his clothes, he was originally a eunuch, only because of Li Cunqiao's favor, he was able to be a supervisor in Weizhou, and he was a powerful man on weekdays, he never put anyone in his eyes, he enjoyed all the honor, and his body was very fat.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's not that your subordinates are incompetent, it's really a villain who is in charge, so that the traitor can succeed!" Shi Yanqiong naturally won't tell the truth, that's no different from suicide.

When Shi Yanqiong was in Weizhou, Weizhou first spread rumors about Guo Chongtao's matter, and Wang Zhengyan summoned him to discuss after (Weizhou) Yedu, and the two talked all day but failed to come up with a countermeasure, which made people's hearts even more confused. Later, Zhao Zaili and Huang Fuhui made a rebellion in Beizhou, and the alarm flew to Weizhou, and Sun Duo was asked to go to the city to defend it, but Shi Yanqiong suspected that Sun Duo had different intentions and refused to act. However, he pretended to be very good at military affairs, and said, "Today, the thief arrives in Linqing, and the journey will take six days to arrive, so as to prepare for it." "We have to wait until the thieves arrive at the city to defend it, and we have missed a great opportunity to arrange the city defenses. When the rebels arrived in Weizhou and suddenly launched a surprise attack at dusk, the defenders of Weizhou actually collapsed without a fight.

Shi Yanqiong cried: "Wang Zhengyan is old and afraid, when the alarm news of the chaos in Beizhou reached Yedu, the minister asked him many times to arrange the city defense, but he retreated into the mansion and did not dare to go to the city to garrison, so he missed the opportunity!" The minister only has the position of supervising the army, but he can't mobilize the defenders, but that's the case, when the chaotic army comes, the minister still wants to kill the enemy and thieves, and live and die with Weizhou, in order to repay His Majesty's kindness! However, who would have thought that Sun Duo, the capital inspector, would secretly collude with the traitors, so that the traitors could attack the city without much effort! Your Majesty, the minister has the intention to kill the thief and has no power to return to the sky, if it weren't for Sun Duo's dissent, how could Ye Du be stolen by the traitor overnight? Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged, please make your majesty the master of the minister! ”

After saying the words that reversed black and white and Tian shamelessly, Shi Yanqiong cried miserably, as if she had really suffered a great grievance.

Li Cunmiao was furious when he heard this, and scolded Wang Zhengyan and Sun Duo. Empress Liu was waiting on the side, seeing this, she hurriedly appeased, Li Cunqiao calmed down her anger a little, "These people eat my food and take my salary, but they can't worry about me at all, what is the use of such people?" These traitors are even more hateful, they dare to rebel, don't they have a little idea of loyalty to the king and serving the country in their hearts? ”

Empress Liu said: "You and I are the kings of the world, although it is obtained on horseback, but it is also the destiny of heaven. Life is in the sky, and it is not necessary to worry about rebellion. Send some soldiers and horses, and it will be easily pacified. ”

Li Cunmiao's anger almost subsided, sat down again, and asked Shi Yanqiong, "Who do you think is appropriate to quell Zhao Zaili's rebellion?" ”

Shi Yanqiong didn't know anything about military affairs, but he didn't know anything about government politics after all, and he also knew that Weizhou's basket was in his hands after all, and it had to be solved as soon as possible, so he said: "When it comes to the battlefield, the old general Li Cunzhen has not tasted a defeat, and he seems to be handsome." ”

Li Cunmiao's eyes changed, and he muttered: "The old general has already become a servant and no longer cares about the government, but now it is not good to disturb the old general's purity because of this little thing." ”

Empress Liu saw that Li Cunmiao had not made up her mind for a while, so she began to calculate, and said in her heart: The credit of pacifying the rebels is not for outsiders to rob it, or is it good that it falls into the hands of her own people Li Shaorong has always paid a lot of tribute, and he is also knowledgeable, so it is better to give him this credit?

"The traitor goes against the sky, and his demise is inevitable, this kind of trivial matter, the concubine thinks that it is enough to let Li Shaorong go." Empress Liu looked at Li Cunqiao and said.

Li Shaorong also followed Li Cunmiao after years of fighting, and can be called Li Cunmiao's confidant, Li Cunmiao is trustworthy, seeing that Empress Liu mentioned it, it was not easy to brush off the other party, so he pushed the boat and said: "I saw that it was feasible, so I sent an edict to Li Shaorong, ordering him to send troops to Yedu and cut off the traitors." After saying that, he thought about it, and said in his heart that although Li Shaorong was trustworthy, he couldn't be unguarded, glanced at Shi Yanqiong, and said: "You are in charge of the army in Yedu, but Yedu was stolen by traitors in your office, no matter what, you are guilty of dereliction of duty, I miss you for being loyal, and I will not punish you for the time being. ”

Li Cunmiao didn't ask for the crime, Shi Yanqiong was so happy that she almost danced, not only that, but she could continue to supervise the army, and she had the opportunity to make military achievements, so she was even more excited, and immediately thanked Tianen.

The things that everyone is discussing in front of them are related to the society of the country and the great plan of the country, but the whole thing from planning to decision-making came from the mouth of a eunuch and a woman, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty did not even have the opportunity to attend. Zhang Xian, the squire of the Ministry of Works, as the only courtier present, was originally a person in the matter, but he could only stand aside and witness this scene as a bystander.

Coming out of the palace, Zhang Xian bowed his head all the way and was silent, his heart was desolate. In the end, Li Cunmiao did not judge him for taking the initiative to present the letter, and he didn't even know whether Li Cunmiao believed that he had nothing to do with Zhao Zaili.

The wind is blowing, and mid-spring is the season when everything recovers, but Zhang Xian clearly sees that thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are full of bleak autumn colors. He sighed, a little distracted.

"Why is the squire sighing at the air, but what's the difficulty?" Feng Dao, the head of the household, walked out of the side with a round belly with a big belly, bowed to Zhang Xian, and said with a smile.

"Lord Feng." Zhang Xian returned the salute, paused, and said, "Lord Feng is waiting here, I'm afraid I don't care if there is anything difficult about me, right?" ”

Feng Dao said hesitantly: "It's the same, isn't Lord Zhang's difficult matter a national problem?" Since it is a difficult matter for the country, those of us who are courtiers should share the worries of the country together. ”

Zhang Xian smiled dumbly, "Everyone has a mouth, but Lord Feng's mouth is amazing." After joking, he shook his head and sighed: "Your Majesty asked Li Shaorong to lead the troops to quell the rebellion in Yedu." ”

"Li Shaorong? How could he do it! Feng Dao exclaimed, not leaving Li Shaorong with any words, "Didn't you recommend Li Siyuan to Your Majesty?" Nowadays, there is endless turmoil in various places, and the beacon is in full swing, and if you are not a famous general, you can't quickly help the community! ”

Zhang Xian leaned at Feng Dao and snorted coldly: "You don't even need to judge Your Majesty Li Cunxian, do you think Your Majesty will use Li Siyuan?" ”

Feng Dao was stunned, and then was silent for a long time.

The words were not explained thoroughly, but both of them understood the meaning. It's just that Li Cunmiao is suspicious of the heroes and generals to such a point, and the two of them really can't help but worry about the Tang Dynasty.

The two walked silently for a long time, and Feng Dao sighed with emotion: "Since ancient times, martial arts and death wars and civil death admonitions can be the blessing of the society, but now you and my generation are only sighing for the country in private, if the ancients knew, I am afraid that they would be ashamed." ”

Feng Dao said that he didn't do anything, but Zhang Xian blushed and said angrily: "Lord Feng is ridiculing him, why didn't he speak out in front of the emperor?" ”

Feng Dao smiled helplessly: "What qualifications do I have to ridicule others? If I am really a direct minister, I should rush into the palace at this moment. His footsteps stopped, and he looked at the sky with complicated eyes, "I'm just worried about those who are still fighting abroad for their country, they are fighting alone in such a situation, they are too lonely. ”

Zhang Xian followed and stopped, following Feng Dao's gaze to the vast north. He naturally knew who Feng Dao was referring to, after the Shu army pacified the rebellion of Kang Yanxiao, there was no war, and Li Jiqi, the king of Wei, was about to lead the army, and at this time, the only one who could be said to be fighting for the country was the battle of Lu Long against the Khitan.

"That's a good kid." Zhang Xian remembered that in the first year of Tongguang, Ren Yuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, wanted to marry his daughter, because of Queen Liu's matchmaker, he led his son Zhang Zheng, and Li Congjing had a civil and military game in the Renfu, although Zhang Zheng lost to Li Congjing at that time, he felt that Li Congjing was not an ordinary person, and afterwards he also concluded that this son may have an extraordinary career in the future.

Glancing at Feng Dao, Zhang Xian said: "Don't worry too much about him, after all, Lu Long fought for the Khitan for the country, and when His Majesty fought with the Pseudo-Liang, he was not less troubled and constrained by the Khitan Koubian, and he was already resentful of it. ”

Feng Dao could only smile comfortably.

Many days later, Li Shaorong and Shi Yanqiong went to Weizhou.

Zhao Zaili saw that Wang Shi was coming, and he panicked, and hurriedly rewarded the sergeant with wine and meat, and at the same time said that Li Shaorong said: "Tianxiong soldiers are homesick, so they return without permission, and there is no intention of rebellion." Please ask the general to act on his behalf, if he can avoid death, I will wait for Xian to change his life! ”

Li Shaorong didn't say a word, Shi Yanqiong stepped forward and scolded: "You and other traitors, stealing from the state and county, and disrupting the capital of the country, now I will wait for your corpse to be broken into ten thousand pieces!" ”

Zhao Zaili's color changed, and Huang Fuhui said to everyone because he drew his sword: "Since the prison army has said this, we can no longer be forgiven, for today's plan, if you fight, you will live, and if you slack off, you will die, and all the soldiers will follow me to resist the enemy!" ”

Li Shaorong immediately ordered a large army to attack the city.

After several battles, Yang Chongxiong was killed.

Li Shaorong had to retreat to Danzhou in order to reorganize the army and fight again.

When Li Cunmiao heard the report, he was indignant and wanted to recruit himself. At that time, Wang Wen, a soldier from Ma Zhi, and others killed military envoys indiscriminately and broke into the palace. The prime minister said that Li Cunqiao said: "The master of Beijing, the foundation of the world, although there are changes in the Quartet, Your Majesty is in the middle of the habit, but the order will go to the battle, no trouble to bow to the imperial soldiers." Li Cunqiao gave up the idea of rejecting his relatives.

During the day, alarms frequently reached Luoyang.

Xingzhou sergeant Zhao Tai, a party of more than 400 people, killed officials and occupied the city, claiming to be the queen.

The Cangzhou army was in turmoil, and after the junior colonel Wang Jingjiao pacified the rebellion, he took Cangzhou without permission and claimed to be the queen.