Early the next morning, Duke Shun received the holy decree and left the palace and went to the mansion of Duke Zhao to announce the latest will of His Majesty Li Er to the eldest grandson Wuji.

took away the title of Duke of the country, dismissed the right servant of Shangshu and the post of Zhengqing of Dali Temple, and demoted to the common people. On the same day, he was expelled from Chang'an and returned to his hometown in Luoyang to live in peace, and he was no longer used for the rest of his life.

In the afternoon of the same day, the eldest grandson Wuji appeared at the east gate dressed as a civilian, and quietly went out of the city with a few truckloads of goods and goods with the remaining servants and servants in the house.

The founding hero who once made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, a generation of powerful ministers and the eldest grandson of the country's uncle, Wuji, has since stepped down from the turbulent stage, announcing the end of his era.

The eldest grandson Wuji walked out of the east gate less than ten steps, then stopped and looked back at the majestic ancient wall of Chang'an.

A sigh, a wordless sigh, full of countless resentments and regrets, even a sigh of remorse.

After sighing, he set off and walked dozens of steps, and reluctantly glanced back.

After looking back, he raised his feet and walked forward, walked about a hundred steps, stopped and looked back, and finally under the urging of the old housekeeper, his back was lonely and got into the car.

Suddenly, a roar of horses and cars moved, raising a cloud of dust and galloping away, completely disappearing in the sight of the two spectators at the head of Chang'an City.

At the head of the east gate of Chang'an, Guo Ye and Li Jing stopped and looked at it silently for a long time, until the carriage of the eldest grandson Wuji disappeared in the sight of the two, and Fang Jiang's distant eyes slowly retracted, glanced at each other, and involuntarily shook their heads slightly.

"What's wrong?"

Li Jing looked at Guo Ye and asked softly: "Could it be that you watched the eldest grandson Wuji leave sadly and lonely, and you couldn't bear it in your heart, and felt ashamed of him?" ”

Guo Ye shook his head and said with a wry smile: "In the party struggle that day, either he died or I died, if I hadn't won first, I'm afraid I would have left today." So, I don't feel the slightest guilt about him. Party struggles throughout the ages have been wars full of bloody killings without seeing the smoke and flames of gunpowder. The winner and the prince are defeated, and no one is right or wrong, only winning or losing! ”

Li Jing nodded and said with relief: "You can think of this, which means that you are still a kid and are still mature in mind and can take on great responsibilities." At this moment, there is no mercy for a woman! But the old man is very curious, why did you suddenly intercede for the eldest grandson Wuji last night. It's okay for you to tell Your Majesty some words that you know and reason, but it won't stand up to say these things in front of the old man. Say, what made you change your mind in the end and plead for your former enemy? ”

Guo Yewan smiled, and did not point out that the eldest grandson Yumo was interspersed in this matter, so he replied lightly: "Saving his life is my promise to a brother." Besides, he has already been defeated to the end, so there is not much point in killing them all. ”

"Hehe, understood!"

Li Jing smiled heartily and said: "When the eldest grandson Wuji gained power, there were many henchmen, and there were countless protégés, but in the end, the tree fell and scattered. It's coming, hey...... The eldest grandson Wuji gave birth to a good son! ”

Hey?

Li Jing's words were cloudy and foggy, but Guo Ye still understood, and Li Jing, who dared to love him, had already guessed that he was interceding for the eldest grandson Wuji to save his life, because of the eldest grandson Yumo.

Amazing, ginger is still old and spicy, worthy of being an old man.

Since Li Jing didn't break it, Guo Ye was also happy to smile vaguely. There are some things that are boring if you order them too thoroughly.

Afterwards, Li Jing put away his smile, looked at Guo Ye with a serious face, and preached in the tone of an elder: "Guo boy, the matter of the party dispute has come to an end for the time being, but you must not be complacent. The reason why the eldest grandson Wuji ended up like this today is two words in the final analysis, do you know which two words they are? ”

Guo Ye said without thinking: "Lust for power! ”

"That's right!"

Li Jing looked at Guo Ye with satisfaction and said: "There is nothing wrong with forming a party, only by strengthening one's own strength can one win a place in the court, and only when there is one's own voice in the court can one realize the ambition in one's heart." Therefore, the old man agreed to join your Shilin Qingliu line, because there is nothing wrong with forming a party in itself. The mistake is to go for personal gain and seek personal gain after forming a party. Ignoring everyone's interests for the sake of the small family, this is the root of the eldest grandson Wuji's mistake to the end. Lust for power is a double-edged sword, it can quickly achieve what you want to do for you, and in the same way, it can infinitely expand and make you completely lose yourself. When the day comes when your desire for power overrides the imperial power, then you have to be careful, because—

The emperor is the emperor after all, if you wait for the day when he can't control you, he won't let you go! ”

Li Jing's words were sharp but sincere, as if he had woken up a drum in his ears and sounded the alarm bell, so that Guo Ye's complacency brought by a victory suddenly dissipated, and the whole person was also a little sober.

Then, Guo Ye bowed to Li Jing and bowed: "Old handsome, I have been taught!" ”

"The children can be taught!"

Li Jing was very satisfied with Guo Ye's kindness, and he was also very satisfied with Guo Ye's mentality, and after a little approval, he continued: "The reason why the old man wants to warn you is not to pose in front of you with seniority, but that the old man has been watching the Manchu Dynasty all over the civil and military affairs, and you kid is not only the youngest and lightest, but also the most embarrassing. Now that Hou Junji is dead, Tang Jian and others have also been deposed and expelled from the court. As for Kong Yingda, Yu Shinan, Fang Xuanling, and the old man and others, there will be an old day after all. So, in ten years, you will be leading the people in this temple. Today's words should be a warning to you or a reminder to you. In short, the further you go, the more you will feel like you are walking on thin ice, the more you have to listen to the six paths, the more you have to look in all directions, and the more cautious you have to be. Remember? ”

As soon as Guo Ye heard the words "We will eventually get old one day", his nose suddenly felt sour, and he sincerely said to Li Jing: "Old handsome, the boy always remembers today's words. ”

"That's great!"

Li Jing stroked his beard, his face was slightly stunned, and he subconsciously asked: "Hey, the sound of the fast horse trampling the horse's hooves, the horse's hooves are strong and powerful, it should be the royal horse in the palace, could it be that there is a holy decree to go out of the city?" ”

When Guo Ye heard this, he looked outside the city, and it turned out to be dozens of fast horses out of the city, all of which had a bright yellow flag on their backs, and each flag was faintly embroidered with a golden dragon with teeth and claws.

Moreover, the person riding the horse looks at the armor system, and it should be the Qianniuwei in the palace.

Embroidered dragon Ming Huang Jing flag...... Qianniuwei ...... Dozens of fast horses......

Guo Ye looked at a few more fast horses and a few jars of mud-sealed imperial wine, and suddenly came to his senses, looked at Li Jing and said, "It should be sent by His Majesty to Tuyuhun Road to send the imperial wine to pass on the holy decree, uh...... Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County...... Shuai, you know. ”

Li Jing suddenly remembered the cruel words that His Majesty Li Er put down in Wangbei Pavilion last night, and immediately understood, shook his head and sighed: "Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, is also a talent, especially a rare leading talent in the royal family, it's a pity!" So, Guo boy, people are afraid of going the wrong way, and one wrong step will be lost! ”

Guo Ye responded: "I understand! By the way, Lao Shuai, I want to discuss with you my brothers who are stationed in Tuyuhun City, and find a way to make them move and move their nests. Now that you're in charge of the military department, it shouldn't be a big problem, right? ”

Li Jing smiled: "It's no problem to move, the key is where to move?" Now there is no war on the border, and there are 100,000 troops of the British Duke on the Tibetan side, which is enough! Sometimes as a soldier, that's the sadness. Not only pray for peace in the country and peace in the world, but also hope that the world will be in flames, because only war is the only way for soldiers to be promoted through meritorious service! ”

Guo Ye's face was quite disappointed, and he said: "So, the British government doesn't need reinforcements for the time being?" ”

"Hey, you insatiable brat!"

Li Jing quipped: "Aren't all your subordinates on the Xichuan Metropolitan Protectorate all requisitioned by Li Ji?" As for the brothers you are in Tuyuhun Dao, let us be patient for the time being. Go back and see where there are opportunities, and then let them earn some military merit and come back. ”

Guo Ye snorted and said, "That's the only way to go!" ”

"Ouch hey!"

Suddenly, a voice that was neither yin nor yang came from the corner of the stairs of the city tower, and I saw Father-in-law Shun running towards the two of them with dust in his waist, sweating profusely.

Running closer, Father-in-law Shun took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe his sweat, and hurriedly shouted: "Two adults, I can be regarded as finding you, so let the slave and maid find it easily." I didn't expect the two adults to be so leisurely and leisurely, and they actually looked at the wind on the top of the city. ”

Lookout?

This is not a good word in the future generations, Guo Ye suddenly rolled his eyes, and joked angrily: "Father-in-law Shun, dare to love your old sow is going to give birth?" But Li Weigong and I don't know how to deliver babies! ”

Now the relationship between Guo Ye and Shun's father-in-law, a little joke is not worth showing.

Who knew that Gonggong Shun stomped his feet with a white face and said angrily: "When is it, Guo Jungong, do you still have the heart to joke here?" The emperor asked the slaves and maids to quickly find the two to enter the palace and discuss important matters. I heard something big happened......"

Something is wrong?

Guo Ye and Li Jing looked at each other, both of them looked dazed, and they couldn't think of anything else that could happen at the moment.