As soon as Li Zhuo's words came out, everyone was shocked: Li Guanqi has been busy with this matter since he secretly returned to Beijing last night, and in the middle of the night, he was transferring troops and arresting people, and the matter was so big, and the result was a big fuss in the eyes of this old man, although this old man has a noble status, but what he said is too bold, right? didn't save face for Li Guanqi at all, and even Li Linti, who was lying underground, couldn't help but glance at Li Zhuo.

Li Guanqi was not angry, but asked calmly, "What do you say?" ”

Li Zhuo glanced at Li Linti on the ground again, and said with a smile: "Long Xiangwei's soldiers are either rich or expensive, on the surface, the existence of such a unit is indeed quite scary. But if you really want them to do something decent, forgive the old ministers for being rude, that is, a rabble; They disdain to do small things. At the end of the day, these people can't do anything.

Moreover, Your Majesty is the master of the world, since the imperial pole, the world has returned to the heart, the court and the field are served, not the old minister, I want to flatter and invite pets, to tell the truth, the prosperity of the great cadres is just around the corner, at this time I want to rely on thousands of gentlemen to make trouble in Beijing? It's too much to lift up this dragon guard! ”

Speaking of this, Li Guanqi was already smiling. The rest of the people also laughed, but only Li Linti couldn't laugh, and his heart became heavier and heavier.

Li Zhuo glanced at Li Linti on the ground again, and suddenly changed his words, and said: "Of course, the person who made up this Long Xiangwei can be forgived for his deeds, and his heart can also be punished. However, filial piety is the first, and there is no trace of the heart; All evils and fornications are the first, and the deeds are not careful. In this matter, please ask Your Majesty to judge! ”

Li Guanqi smacked Li Zhuo's words, nodded lightly and said, "What you always said is right." There is no filial piety in the poor family, and there is no perfect person in the world. Born in this imperial family, who hasn't thought about this dragon chair? ”

After speaking, he looked at Li Linti, who was still kneeling on the ground, sighed and said, "Get up!" You are my brother, and I forgive you! ”

Li Lintie struggled to get up. At this moment, he was really ashamed, and he couldn't wait for a crack in the ground to get into, and just about to thank him, Li Guanqi said: "Although Long Xiangwei has no real evidence for rebellion, what he has done is intolerable by the law of the country, and you are the actual leader of Long Xiangwei." No matter what you think in your heart, you should also be given a light punishment to clean up the law of the country. You and I are both in the blood of the first emperor, I really can't bear to hurt you, so I will punish you for a year of thinking behind closed doors in the Qi Palace, as a warning!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" Li Linti knelt down again and said.

Several ministers present laughed secretly in their hearts, Li Guanqi's disposition did not seem to be serious, but in fact, it was not light at all, and he thought about it behind closed doors for a year. Isn't that the same as going to jail?

"Get up!" Li Guanqi pondered again and said, "Except for the three people who are the leader, the other Long Xiangwei will be acquitted immediately!" Li Dun and Li Jing were stripped of their titles and demoted to commoners! As for Qin Ying! Hey, give it to his father, Qin You, the protector of the country, to deal with! ”

Although the matter of Long Xiangwei was finally dealt with lightly, Li Guanqi felt more and more the importance of firmly controlling the army, Long Xiangwei was just a rabble composed of some clan children and descendants of nobles, even if he wanted to rebel, he was powerless. But each province is in charge of the real army.

In fact, when Li Guanqi had just ascended the throne, he felt it. There are already signs of instability in the military, and the local commanders who hold the de facto power of the military have always been ambiguous. A trip to Shannan and Jiannan made him realize that the current situation was even more critical.

Although he has been sitting on the throne for nearly a year, the world's soldiers and horses are not in his hands, and at most he can only be regarded as an emperor with no real power. And Li Guanqi is not going to be a puppet.

Li Guanqi can now directly control the elite of the 12 guards of the Beijing Division, the number of which is only 130,000 Ququ, and there are many more soldiers and horses in any Dao than him, although when he was in Shannan, Li Guanqi also saw the world of difference between the elite troops in his hands and the combat power of the local garrison. But the edict of disarmament is still not so easy to make. He had to have a certain deal to do before he dared to attack these commanders with heavy troops.

Li Guanqi, who has traveled since modern times, understands very well the truth that "there are not many soldiers in the elite", and the country's army is already too large for him to stand it, and he has just reduced the army of nearly 300,000 troops in the Jiangbei camp to 120,000, so naturally he will not recruit some inexperienced newcomers.

Since the number of troops in hand cannot be greatly increased for a while, then the combat effectiveness of the existing troops can only be increased as much as possible. In addition to optimizing and strengthening training, it is also necessary to improve the sophistication of the troops.

Just when Li Guanqi was thinking about whether to call Zhao Zheng to discuss the matter of gunpowder, an incident once again stimulated him - an envoy from the Eastern-Turkic faction, who had been preparing to move on the frontier, came to Beijing to meet the new emperor of Daqian.

Because of Emperor Muzong's diplomatic strategy of making peace with Nagong, the Eastern-Turkic-Turkic have not been on the border in recent years. In fact, after many years of war, the current Eastern Turkic Jiba Khan, like the Western Turkic Sharo Khan, has realized that although the Great Qianchao is a big fat sheep, he is only a small dog, and it is okay to bark at the big fat sheep or bite twice, but if you really want to eat the big fat sheep, you don't have such a big mouth and belly.

In the final analysis, the national strength of the East Turks and Turks was not able to fight with the Great Qian Dynasty for a long time, the two sides were at war, economic exchanges were cut off, and it was always the East Turks and the Turks who suffered. Use the victory of local battles to strive for substantial interests at the negotiating table.

During the reign of Mu Zong, he was frightened by the Eastern Turks, and directly paid tribute every year in exchange for peace, and the Eastern Turks could regularly get the tea and other important materials they wanted without spending a single soldier, and naturally they were also happy to "coexist peacefully" with the Great Qian Dynasty.

However, after Li Guanqi ascended the throne, although he did not clearly show a tough attitude towards the surrounding countries, he stopped paying tribute. At this time, the Eastern-Turkic-Turkic couldn't sit still, but after all these years of peace, they didn't really want to fight, so Jiba Khan thought about it and felt that it was better to send an envoy to probe Li Guanqi's tone first.

"The lord of the steppe respectfully wishes His Majesty the Great Qiandi Emperor well!" The eastern-Turkic envoy had dark and shiny skin, and was dressed in a brand new brown coat with left hair! The beard on his face looks very powerful. (To be continued......)