Li Yu, Li Guangyan, and Xue Ping returned to Chang'an under various pretexts, stayed in Chang'an for half a month, discussed the plan for using troops against Ziqing, and then returned to their own towns. Soon after, Zhang Maozhao will come to Chang'an, followed by Yu Youye, Wu Chongyin, Xi Shimei and others, this group of people came to the meeting how to lead Cheng De and Wei Bo, and Cheng Quan, the envoy of Henghai Jiedu, did not come because he did not dare to risk passing Wei Bo. Later, Fan Xichao, Li Yuan, Li Guangjin, Hao Xuan, Duan You, Li Weijian, and others will enter the court one after another to discuss how to guard against unfriendly ethnic groups such as the Tubo Uighur Party, Xiang Tiele, etc., so as to create a stable external environment for the war in the Tang Dynasty in the east, and prevent the sudden and large-scale invasion of Tibet into Kouzhenwu, Fengzhou, and other places that shook Chang'an from happening again last winter.

On June 25, the imperial court issued an edict allowing Li Shidao to send his son to serve the emperor. The envoys sent by the imperial court to Ziqing to receive Yizhou, Mizhou, and Haizhou editions and bring Li Shidao's eldest son back to Chang'an have been determined, and Li Xun, the left attendant, was ordered to go. On June 28, Li Xun left the Chunming Gate and went to Yunzhou accompanied by Guo Rihu. Li Jifu went to Chunming Gate to see Li Xun off, and sat in the carriage, Li Jifu held Li Xun's hand and said:

"Since His Majesty ascended the throne, the imperial court has successively pacified Xichuan, Xiasui, Zhenhai, and Huaixi, which is a great situation that has not been seen for more than 50 years. If he is really out of fear, then persuade him or persuade him to move his family into the court through Li Gongdu, Guo Rihu and others around him. Wei Dan and Luoyang's affairs are not in a hurry. If he is just a hypocrisy and a snake, he must not fall into the righteousness of the court. Li Shidao is strong and middle-class, good and ambitious, but in fact cowardly, Chen Bing of the imperial court is 100,000 on the side, give him ten courages, he will definitely not dare to make a mistake, Zuo Changzhi can go with confidence. ”

Li Jifu said to Guo Rihu again:

"Your Majesty and Benxiang both know that the judge is loyal, and Shidao's willingness to appear this time is all due to the judge, Li Gongdu, and Li Cun. It's just that Shidao has a mean and gloomy personality and likes to repeat, otherwise Gao Mu would not die in vain. The judge's return to Ziqing this time is successful, and if there are twists and turns, be careful. Your Majesty said that people are the most precious, and even if the judge breaks the festival to protect himself, His Majesty and the Prime Minister will not blame the judge. ”

As a staff member of Ziqing, hearing that the ruling dynasty praised and belittled his owner so much, Guo Rihu couldn't help but want to defend Li Shidao, but when the words came to his mouth, they turned into thanks, and tears flowed down. Guo Rihu has been in Ziqing for so long, and he really knows Li Shidao's character, and he can't say anything to defend himself. Thinking of Gao Mu's death, Guo Rihu choked up and said:

"Li Xiang rest assured, please Li Xiang tell Your Majesty that when the officials go back, they will do their best to persuade Jie Du to enter the court to repay His Majesty's love. There are many state affairs, Li Xiang is a pillar of the imperial court, and Li Xiang is asked to take care. ”

Later, Guo Rihu sighed to the people around him:

People say that Li Xianggong has a deep cliff and a lot of slander, but Guo and Li Xianggong have talked with each other several times, but they are always unsatisfied. Today, I know why Yang Yuanqing was able to influence Li Xiang and abandon the darkness and turn to the light. ”

Sure enough, as Li Jifu said, Li Shidao is capricious. Guo Rihu came out of Ziqing here, and Li Shidao changed his hexagram over there. The reason why Li Shidao regretted it was because someone blew the wind in his ears, and Li Shidao couldn't stand the wind in his ears the most. Before his death, Li Shigu said to Gao Mu and Li Gongdu that Shidao stayed with the servant woman all day long, and he couldn't make a big deal and couldn't let him succeed Ziqing. Gao Mu and Li Gongdu didn't listen. It turns out that Brother Mo Ruo is a brother. After Huaixi was pacified, Gao Mu had already been killed, and Li Gongdu could only regret it in his cell now.

It is recorded in the history books that "Li Shidao was weak, and the military government was in major affairs, and he and his wife Wei, Nuhu Weikan, Yang Ziwen, Wanpu, Yuan, and Confucius were promoted again, and the generals and staff had no precautions." When Li Shidao returned to the back house and told his wife Wei that he was going to send the little eldest son to Chang'an as a hostage, Wei's howling did not stop all night, which made Li Shidao very annoyed. Pu and Yuan, who were called by Li Shidao to fight the fire, of course, one of them was named Siniang, while persuading Wei, he accompanied Wei to cry, and became crying while persuading Li Shidao:

"From the first Situ (Li Shidao's father) to the present, when have we been so cowardly in Ziqing? Xian Situ has worked hard for so many years to have these twelve states, looking at the world, which one can compare to ours? Land is easy to lose and hard to get, so why cede the land left by the ancestor Situ to the imperial court? If there are few soldiers, it doesn't matter, but we have 12 states of land and more than 100,000 soldiers. Even if you don't sacrifice the three states, it's just a combination of swords and soldiers, you really can't beat it, and it's not too late to give it up when the time comes, will which of your allies watch us be destroyed by the imperial court? Besides, since the beginning of Situ, the emperor and the court have never regarded my family as a loyal minister, what kind of thing can you do that a loyal minister can do? Just break the jar and break it! You are a big man, you have more than 100,000 soldiers in your hands, what is the matter of letting the eldest prince send people to watch people's eyes under the fence? The eldest prince was pinched in the hands of the imperial court, and we didn't want us to do anything, what is the difference between this and the twelve states? You are soft-eared, you can do whatever Gao Mu, Li Gongdu, Guo Rihu, and Li Yingtan want you to do, and you have long told you that these individuals are eating things inside and out, you go and ask Li Wenhui, Lin Ying, and Wang Zaisheng, but will they persuade you to do this? Even Hu Weikan and Yang Ziwen will not persuade you. Those guys wanted to exchange our family's land for their own officials, I thought you had come to your senses after killing Gao Muren, but who knew that you were still so confused! ”

This call burst into tears, heartily, and went straight to Li Shidao's head. Li Shidao has a thought and a fear. A person's personality is often related to his experience, we know that because he was not born by a mother, Li Shidao's child was not treated by his eldest brother Li Shigu at the beginning, and was driven to other places by Li Shigu, unable to eat and dress well, no one around him, no money in his pocket, and went through a lot of hardships to get to the top, which made Li Shidao particularly resentful of Li Shigu, and wanted to prove to others that he was better than Li Shigu. This is Li Shigu's thoughts, judging from the situation of his presiding over Ziqing, he does have a lot more fancy intestines than Li Shigu. But after all, the tricks of these ghosts and ghosts are not as bold as Li Shigu's, and I want me to be magnificent. Li Shigu was afraid of poverty, Li Shigu told Gao Mu and Li Gongdu that he sent Li Shidao outside to let him experience experience, knowing that life is not easy, and he can do things steadily and dedicatedly in the future. Maybe Li Shigu really thinks so, Li Shidao does feel the hardships of life, and the specific point of his performance is to give his home and be reluctant to give things in his home to others. I like to take others and don't like to give them to others, sometimes I am as big as a nouveau riche, and sometimes I am extremely stingy. The Wei family and their ladies have a thorough understanding of Li Shidao's psychology. Looking at a few beautiful pear blossoms with rain, Li Shidao's ears really softened, and it was easy to have these twelve states, but he gave it to people, and Li Shidao's heart hurt. What should I do if it hurts? I don't send it!

When Li Xun was still in Chang'an, Li Gongdu had already been arrested by Li Shidao. Originally, Li Shidao wanted to send Li Gongdu to see Gao Mu, saving Gao Mu from being lonely in the underworld, and the staff member Jia bluntly said (listening to this name is not an ordinary character) wanted to save Li Gongdu, but he didn't say it bluntly, but pretended to be drunk, and said to one of Li Shidao's cronies and servants:

"Da Shuai is doing this, it's really a catastrophe coming, is this Gao Mu's grievance revenge? If Li Gongdu is really killed, the twelve states of Ziqing will be in danger. ”‘

When his cronies said this, Li Shidao left Li Gongdu's life and imprisoned him. However, Li Yingtan's luck was not so good. Li Shidao knew that Li Yingtan was a tooth general and had many cronies, so he just ordered Li Yingtan to be sent to Laizhou, which is the place where Gao Mu once made a history of assassination, Li Yingtan had no choice but to go to work, but before he arrived in Laizhou, he was strangled by Li Shidao.

By the time Li Xun arrived in Yunzhou, all the "traitors" in Yunzhou had been eradicated except for Guo Rihu, who was with Li Xun. When he arrived in Xuzhou, Li Yu informed Li Xun of the situation and persuaded Li Xun not to go, and directly let the officers and troops fight; persuaded Guo Rihu to stay in Xuzhou because he was sick, so as not to be the same as Li Gongdu, but was first rejected by Li Xun and then by Guo Rihu. Seeing that the two were resolute, Li Yu no longer dissuaded them.

On this day, the two led the crowd to Yunzhou, and naturally local officials notified Li Shidao to come to greet them. From a distance, Li Xun saw a cloud floating in front of him, a black and oppressive cloud, a cloud of swords and guns like a forest, and a cloud with flags covering the sky, Guo Rihu told Li Xun with a wry smile:

"Li Shidao, who is not a weapon, actually killed himself, lined up such a large army formation to show off his strength to the imperial court and intimidate the envoys of the imperial court, did he think that he died late?"

Guo Rihu has already called Li Shidao's name. When he saw Li Shidao, Li Shidao was really arrogant, and after pretending to ask the emperor An, Li Xun just replied "Emperor An", Li Shidao straightened up, pointed to the big array triumphantly, and asked Li Xundao:

"Unfortunately, unfortunately, Zuo Changshou came today to catch up with Li's military parade. Zuo Changzhi has seen the world, how do you look at my Ziqing Erlang's military appearance? ”

He originally wanted to scare Li Xun and take the lead, but how did he know that Li Xun had already been vaccinated, and he didn't eat him at all, seeing that Li Shidao sent him to the door to find a blow, he put his hand on the pergola and looked at it a few times, and said unceremoniously:

"There are a lot of people, it looks spectacular, very scary, and has the shape of the Huaixi Army."

The appearance of the Huaixi Army is the reality of the Huaixi Army. The strength of the Huaixi Army is famous all over the world, and such a strong army will be wiped out in four months, not to mention the visible Ziqing Army? The implication is obvious. Li Shidao's face changed several times, and he finally couldn't hold back and didn't have a seizure. Li Xun still refused to give up, and said:

"Since the Holy Son of Heaven has been in the world, those who dare to refuse the envoys of the Son of Heaven and try to determine themselves in vain have all been captured, and they cannot escape the fate of sacrificing to the Taimiao. Now that Li Dashuai Chen Bing is here, do you want Chen Bing to reject the envoy of the Son of Heaven or do you want to bind the troops to welcome the envoy of the Son of Heaven? I don't know if Li Dashuai wants to emulate Liu Pi, Li Qi, Wu father and son, or does he want to learn from Zhang Maozhao, Liu Changyi, and Zhang Yang? ”

The generals behind Li Shidao were all furious, but Li Xun was not afraid and talked and laughed freely. Li Shidao's momentum was shortened first, so he had to say:

Li Changshou said with a smile, Ben Shuai naturally wanted to bind his troops to welcome the messenger of the Son of Heaven. Come on, come on, please wait! ”

At that moment, the army array was divided on both sides, and Li Shidao and Li Xun entered Yunzhou side by side. After a few words of greeting, Li Xun lined up the guard of honor and read out the edict. Li Shidao listened half-heartedly, and the connection was all reminded by Li Wenhui. After the ceremony, Li Shidao got up from the ground and was about to take Li Xun to a welcome banquet, and said to Li Xun:

"The performance at the banquet is wonderful, and the performance after the banquet is even more exciting."

After a lewd laugh, Li Xun laughed a few times with him, and suddenly asked:

"Li Dashuai, Your Majesty has been invited by Li Shuai to give three states and send his eldest son to the court. May I ask the handsome, when can your son leave? I'm still waiting to go back to my life. ”

Li Shidao said with a smile on his face:

"Lord Zuo Chang is really enthusiastic about official business, Ben Shuai is a cheerful person, he likes to go straight, Ben Shuai assured Lord Li that soon, soon, soon the dog will be able to go to Chang'an. If Master Li doesn't dislike the ugliness of Yunzhou, he will be here for a few days, and let my father and son stay for a few more days. How is it? Master Li, don't you be unkind? ”

Li Xun took a piece of paper stuffed by Li Shidao from the bottom of his sleeve and asked:

"What is this?"

Master Li said:

"The bill of exchange of Datang Bank, a little meaning, not a tribute, to Zuo Chang and all the servants to drink tea, buy some small gifts, after returning to Chang'an, you can get it with a certain seal, and please Zuo Chang Shi smiled."

Even if Li Xun loves money like his life, he didn't dare to accept Li Shidao's bribe at this time, Li Xun immediately said:

"Li Dashuai is so generous, but the official came on a business trip on the orders of the court, and I hope that Li Dashuai will have a decision, whether your son can do it or not, it is all in Li Dashuai's words, please give a letter of approval, so that it is convenient for the official to explain to the emperor."

has a righteous and awe-inspiring face, but it turns out that oil and salt do not enter.

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