A few days later, the Tang army appeared in Huiji and surrendered the Jianghuai thief army. The exhausted supporters of Zuo Youxian and Chen Zhengtong, who had already killed each other, rushed to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and Huiji was pacified, and the entire Jianghuai was pacified.

In Chang'an, the Dengwen drum outside the Taiji Palace was heavily beaten by the Tang Dynasty sergeant who reported the victory. The news of Jianghuai's pacification quickly spread throughout the Tang Dynasty and all prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty.

In Taiji Palace, Emperor Li Yuan sat on the dragon chair with joy on his face. Wang De, the chief eunuch, entered the main hall and respectfully reported: "Your Majesty, the right servant has brought Feng Deyi." ”

Li Yuan said excitedly: "Deyi has arrived, Xuan." ”

Feng Deyi entered the main hall and saw Li Yuan. He bowed and saluted: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, Jianghuai is pacified, from now on there will be no more war in the south of my Tang Dynasty, and Jianghuai will be completely integrated into my Tang Dynasty." ”

Li Yuan smiled, overjoyed. He said to Feng Deyi: "The war in the south is calm, I summoned you here today, just to plan with you and see how to completely integrate the entire Jianghuai into my Tang Dynasty?" ”

Feng Deyi was also full of joy.

Li Yuan suddenly sighed: "The one I trust the most now is Aiqing. Pei Lin and the prince are too close, and the prince and the people don't deal with each other, and now only Aiqing is the most public-minded for the country. ”

Feng Deyi hurriedly excused himself, saying that he didn't dare to be.

Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "Deyi, let's talk about it, Jianghuai, what should we do?" ”

Feng Deyi replied: "Your Majesty, the Jianghuai war has been calmed, and we can't stay with that person." The prestige and ability of the traitor are not as good as him, but he can set off such a big storm in Jianghuai, if he also has two hearts, I don't know what kind of disaster will happen in Jianghuai at that time? ”

Li Yuan affirmed: "Yes, what Feng Qing said is extremely true, and it really can't stay any longer." Isn't it because I am jealous of him in my heart? Now for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, it's time to get rid of him. ”

Feng Deyi suggested again: "There is no one in Jianghuai who can stay anymore. That person is his confidant, Yizi, and Jianghuai is his original territory. If that man gathers a crowd to rebel, there will be a great number of responders. It's too dangerous. ”

Li Yuan groaned: "Brave general Kan Ling? I only know that I am loyal to Du Fuwei, but I don't know that there is a court, what is the use of me staying? Kill. It's just that how to kill needs to be carefully planned, after all, Kan Ling is now in Jianghuai, Jianghuai, and Du Fuwei's subordinates too much. ”

Feng Deyi suggested: "Kan Ling has made great contributions to the pacification of Jianghuai this time, and he can first be crowned with an official position to numb his heart, and then order Li Xiaogong, the governor of Jingzhou and the king of Zhaojun, to wait for the opportunity to kill this person on the charge of treason." ”

Li Yuan affirmed again: "This plan is wonderful. You may act accordingly. ”

Feng Deyi had people carry into a huge map of the Tang Dynasty and said to Emperor Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, please look at ......"

Li Yuan raised his head and looked at the map.

Feng Deyi explained: "Under the leadership of the Governor of Jingzhou, Li Xiaogong, the King of Zhaojun, the Deputy Governor of Jingzhou, Shi Lijing, the Commander of the Jingzhou March, and Li Ji, the General of Zhendong, the Southern Army of the Tang Dynasty first leveled Bashu, then leveled Jingzhou Xiao Milling, and now pacified the Jianghuai Auxiliary Gongyou Rebellion, with remarkable feats and made remarkable contributions to pacifying the entire south for the Tang Dynasty. Now they lead more than 200,000 elite people in the south of the Tang Dynasty, controlling the huge territory from the Huai River in the north, to Lingnan in the south, to Bashu in the west, and to the sea in the east, which is more than half of the territory of my Datang Dynasty, and most of them are economically rich places in my Tang Dynasty. Now that Jianghuai is pacified, and there is no more war in the south, the old minister suggested that in the name of promotion and knighthood, Li Xiaogong, Li Jing, and Li Ji should be transferred, and re-dispatch confidants and loyal people to take over the entire southern army, so that the entire southern army must be firmly controlled by His Majesty. Li Xiaogong, the governor of Jingzhou and the king of Zhaojun, is His Majesty's nephew, and Li Jing and Li Ji are also loyal and righteous people, but the old minister has a plan for the stability of the Tang Dynasty, but he has to ask His Majesty to transfer the three of them, hoping that His Majesty will not blame. ”

Li Yuan said: "Since ancient times, is there still family affection in front of power? Loyal people? Before the rebel Fu Gongyou rebelled, the whole world thought that he was a loyal and righteous person. Transfer Li Xiaogong, Li Jing, and Li Ji, the three of them, any one of them has the ability and prestige to control more than 200,000 elites in the south of Datang, which is too dangerous for the stability of Datang. ”

A few days later, Gao Shilian, the secretary of the ministry, left the imperial capital Chang'an with the holy decree and went to Danyang.

More than ten days later, Li Xiaogong led Li Jing, Li Xuan, Li Ji, Kan Ling and other officials of all sizes in the southern part of the Tang Dynasty to greet Gao Shilian, who had just arrived in Danyang, outside Danyang City.

Gao Shilian saw Li Xuan, nodded and smiled, and Li Xuan also smiled and nodded.

After the stars entered the Danyang Jingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion like the moon, Gao Shilian asked for the holy decree and read it out loud:

"Jianghuai is calm, I am very relieved, and the government and the opposition are excited, thanks to the merits of the secretaries. In recognition of the merits of the secretaries.

Tejiafeng was summoned from Li Xiaogong, the governor of Yipin Jingzhou and the king of Zhaojun, to be the captain of Zhengyipin and the king of Huainan, and was summoned to Chang'an to participate in political affairs;

Shi Lijing, the deputy governor of Jingzhou and the commander of the Jingzhou march, was crowned as the general of the army from Erpin Town and the general of Lingzhou, stationed in Lingbao and defending the imperial capital;

Crowned from Sanpin Zhendong General Li Ji as the general of Sanpin Zuo Weiwei and the general of Tongguan, the town guards Tongguan, and guards the imperial capital;

Kan Ling, the general of the four-rank forward, was appointed as the governor of Yangzhou from the third grade, stationed in Danyang;

……….”

In the holy decree, Emperor Li Yuan rewarded Jianghuai officials, but there was no praise or reward for Li Xuan, Li Xuan didn't care, and secretly said in his heart: "I didn't expect that he still holds a grudge." ”

After the decree was read, everyone left, leaving only Li Xiaogong and Gao Shilian.

Gao Shilian handed a secret edict to Li Xiaogong and said: "When I left Beijing, Your Majesty explained: Let Dadu supervise the affairs of the secret edict before going to Chang'an to take up his post. ”

Li Xiaogong opened the secret edict and looked at it, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

After a long time, Li Xiaogong said: "Kan Ling is loyal to my Tang Dynasty, and he has made great contributions to pacifying the Jianghuai rebels and thieves this time." ”

Gao Shilian said: "He is just a pond fish that has been affected. A forward-looking general who is a fourth-grade can't get into the eyes of His Majesty. Dadu Governor, look at the Tang Dynasty now, the Wagang Mountain Wei Gong Li Mi, King Zheng Wang Shichong, and Xia King Dou Jiande who have taken refuge in my Tang Dynasty are still alive? ”

Li Xiaogong asked, "Didn't Li Mi be killed because of the rebellion?" Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande did not die violently, and they died after ineffective treatment? ”

Gao Shilian looked at Li Xiaogong and asked rhetorically: "Governor, what do you say?" ”

"Hey." Li Xiaogong let out a long sigh.

He still admires Kan Ling very much, a rare fierce general, why can't Datang take it for his own use, and can't wait to get rid of him? Such a hero, such an ending, it's a pity, it's a pity.