(After thinking about it for a few days, let's play Huaixi!) )

"Your Majesty, Li Shigu has no obvious evil at the moment, and His Majesty has just asked him to serve as a servant recently, and he is also very sincere in expressing his gratitude, which has not damaged the face of the court. Your Majesty is now in the world for the first time, a war and the Xichuan, the prestige of the imperial court has just improved, and it is time to take this opportunity to consolidate the country's foundation, if the imperial court rashly raises troops, not only Li Shigu is not convinced, but I am afraid that even other strong towns will have an excuse to rebound, if the suppression is not successful, the prestige that the imperial court has just recovered will be lost again. ”

Du Huangshang said oldly.

Several other prime ministers were also in favor, but Li Jifu asked:

"Your Majesty, but what happened to Ziqing?"

Li Yu smiled:

"As Li Xiang expected, Ziqing just got news that Li Shigu was seriously ill."

Li Yu addressed the courtiers in private and the official position in public, which was very popular with the ministers. Li Jifu stopped talking, Li Yu had to ask Du Huangsheng, Du Huangshang glanced at Li Jifu, and thought to himself:

"What a lively person!"

Hearing Li Yu ask him, Du Huangshang said:

"Since the minister has been trusted by His Majesty, after being ranked as Zaifu, he always pays attention to the situation in the world, and the minister heard that Li Shigu is over thirty years old, and there is no child under his knees, only a daughter Yi Niang, if Li Shigu is really seriously ill and dies, the minister expects Ziqing to set Li Shidao as handsome. Li Shidao is Li Shigu's half-brother, the minister heard that Li Shigu didn't like him, alienated him, he himself has no big ambitions, but he is a little cunning by nature, painting and playing music all day long, the minister thinks that if Li Shidao really succeeds to become handsome, His Majesty can figure it. ”

Li Yu asked:

"According to what Du Xiang sees, how should I figure it out?"

"The minister thought he could take the opportunity to divide Ziqing."

Li Yu waited for a long time, but none of the prime ministers suggested sending troops, so he asked Li Xun with a smile:

"The God of Wealth is here, why is he silent?"

Li Xun said:

"If Your Majesty wants to solicit Ziqing, the minister will naturally speak, and if Your Majesty does not solicit, the minister will naturally not speak."

As succinct as ever, Lee recited:

"If I want to ask for it, what will you say?"

Li Xun got up and said:

"I don't think so. His Majesty exempted Guanzhong from paying taxes for two years, and exempted Dongxichuan from money and grain for one year, at present, there are only more than 2 million yuan of money in the treasury, and there is only less than 100,000 yuan of money in the Yangtze Academy. With the war, Xia Xie will inevitably be affected, and once there is a problem with the court expenses, it is not only Ziqing that the ministers are afraid of chaos. ”

The analysis of the truth is extremely thorough, and Lu Zhen has been silent:

"The minister also thought that Ziqing should not be moved. His Majesty of the former has already appointed Cheng Zhigong as the envoy of the Henghai Festival, how can Li Shidao not be allowed to succeed him at this time? Ziqing and Huaixi have always colluded, as soon as Ziqing moves, our army will send all kinds of troops and horses to besiege, the south and west Huaixi will inevitably be tied from behind, threatening the Central Plains Huainan, then our army will not be able to force on both sides, Wei Bo and Ziqing will not do their best, but they are afraid of secret funding. Such a labor-based expedition wastes money and food, and the minister thinks it is very inappropriate. If you want to cut down Ziqing, Huaixi must be removed. The minister thought that the national policy had been decided, and he should still run Huaixi first, and then try to Ziqing. ”

Li Jifu seconded:

The minister seconded. His Majesty can secretly order the towns to strengthen their armaments, Ziqing has been dissatisfied with Wang Hua for more than 50 years, Li Shigu and Li Shidao are arrogant and arrogant, and Your Majesty is gentle, and the fighter must not be once or twice. After the Huaixi Pacific, the imperial court held morality, and it was up to His Majesty when to raise troops. ”

Zheng Yuqing, Wu Yuanheng said:

"The minister seconded the proposal."

Among the five prime ministers, Du Huangshang was in charge, Lu Zhen was in charge of the military department, the household department, and Li Jifu assisted, and the three of them were responsible for foreign affairs, while Zheng Yuqing was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, the Criminal Department, and Wu Yuanheng was in charge of the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Rites was responsible for the operation of the imperial court. Although the prince was enthusiastic, Li Yu still had to give up.

It's still the idea of beating Huaixi. After they dispersed, Li Yu picked up the Huaixi materials prepared by Li Jiang again.

Compared with Ziqing, Huaixi's disadvantage is not one or two points, the place is small, the army is limited, and it is the sphere of influence of the imperial court on all sides, but Huaixi has always been the most headache for the imperial court, Ziqing is far away in Shandong, and Huaixi is stuck in the chest of the imperial court. The small Huaixi is so prosperous, I have to say that the festival makes Wu Shaocheng.

Wu Shaocheng is a native of Lu County, Youzhou, born in Jiangmen, and his father was the Marquis of Duyu under Wei Bojiedu. Wu Shaocheng was awarded an official position because of his father when he was a teenager, and later came to Jingnan for business, and was trusted by Yu Zhun, the envoy of Jiedu, and was left as the goalkeeper. When entering the court, passing through Xianghan, he saw that Liang Chongyi did not obey the law, and he had secretly reported to the court. Later, by the Huaixi Jiedu made Li Xilie important, determined to make meritorious service, Liang Chongyi rebelled, Li Xilie was ordered to lead the army to crusade, and Wu Shaocheng was the vanguard. When the chaos calmed down, Wu Shaocheng got 5,000 households.

It can be seen that Wu Shaocheng in the early years, like Li Xilie, was still loyal to the imperial court, but soon after, Wu Shaocheng's loyalty was tested. Under the blow of the Tang Dynasty army, Li Xilie was finally defeated and died, Wu Shaocheng and others publicly recommended soldiers and horses to make Chen Xianqi stay, and the imperial court also appointed Chen Xianqi as the envoy of Huaixi Jiedu.

However, Chen Xianqi was loyal and devoted to the imperial court, so he was soon killed by Wu Shaocheng, and with the support of everyone, Wu Shaocheng appointed himself as the queen and began to take charge of Huaixi, and got the consent of the imperial court.

Although the court regarded Wu Shaocheng as a thorn in the side, Wu Shaocheng's ability was indeed first-class, as a feudal town, Wu Shaocheng did not have the brutality of other feudal towns such as Tian Ji'an, but was sympathetic to the soldiers, fair and selfless, and diligent in political affairs, and had very strict control over Huaixi, but Wu Shaocheng was bent on cutting off the male and being too ruthless to the people under his jurisdiction. In the third year of Zhenyuan, Zheng Chang, the judge of Huaixi Town, and Yang Ji, the general, and others conspired to expel Wu Shaocheng, but the incident leaked and both were killed. In the fifteenth year of Zhenyuan, Chen Xu Jiedu made Quhuan sick and died, Wu Shaocheng plotted against Chen Xu, so he sent troops to attack Linying County, surrounded Xuzhou, and the imperial court sent sixteen soldiers and horses to crusade against him, but the Huaixi army has always been elite, and Emperor Dezong entrusted the non-people, in December, the official army was defeated in the Xiaopu River. In the following year, after Xiazhou Jiedu made Han Quanyi and Chen Xu Jiedu stay, Shangguan Zhuo and others fought with Wu Shaocheng's subordinates Wu Xiu, Wu Shaoyang and others in Lishuinan, and the official army was defeated again. In July, after repeated defeats, Han Quanyi garrisoned on the fifth floor, but the army's heart was shaken and unprepared, and it was attacked by the Huaixi army and defeated.

Dezong had no choice but to accept Wei Gao's mediation and simply issued an edict to pardon all Wu Shaocheng's crimes, officially commissioned him to be the envoy of Huaixi Festival, and was also crowned as a school inspector. Wu Shaocheng has been even more proud since then, and he does not take the court seriously.