"Liu Wu is afraid that he would never have dreamed that His Majesty would take away his military power like this."

Li Jifu, who was on the sickbed, smiled at Li Yu and smiled. He was about to get up to salute, but was stopped by Li Chan. Yunzhou was calm, the weather was a little cloudy on this day, and it was not too hot, and it was a day off, so Li Yu went to Li Jifu's mansion. Originally, it was good not to talk about state affairs, but as a result, I turned to state affairs after talking. What Li Jifu is talking about are a number of edicts issued by Li Yu after the pacification of Yunzhou.

In the edict, Li Yu transferred Liu Wu to the post of Yicheng Jiedu envoy, but incorporated the Yicheng Army into the Guards, and with one move, Liu Wu was put in the air. Li Yu smiled:

"It's not that Liu Wu can't find it, but what can he do if he finds it? Li Guangyan, Li Yu, and Cheng Quan's 200,000 troops were on the side, and Wang Pei had already led the army into the city, and he couldn't afford to make a big wave. Moreover, the imperial court did not treat him badly, the school inspection department Shangshu, the festival envoy and the imperial history doctor, the king of Pengcheng County, the actual seal of 500 households, the son Liu Congfeng supervised the imperial history, but it is more realistic than Gao Chongwen, Gao Biao is now just a riding captain. ”

Li Jifu said:

"Your Majesty is reasonable, in the face of absolute strength, Liu Wu will never dare to show it even if he has resentment. As long as the imperial court is still so strong, I am afraid that after ten years, these people will not even have a grudge to resent. ”

Li Yu smiled but did not answer, looking mysterious. Picked another topic and asked:

"What does Hongxian think about rewarding Chen (Li Guangyan), Liang (Li Yu), Wang (Pei) and meritorious soldiers?"

The reward for Liu Wu was issued as quickly as possible in order to appease the heart of the surrendered army, and the rewards for the meritorious deeds of the three generals and the officers and men under their command were to evaluate the actual combat merits, and the military department and the official department were in the process of calculating at the level of the captain. Opinions have been formed on the reward of the chief general, and it has been sent to the ministers of the cabinet, and Li Jifu naturally has a share. At this moment, Li Yu asked the three generals without asking the commander-in-chief, what was going on Li Jifu's heart. Present Path:

"If there is merit, it will be rewarded, and if there is no merit, it will be admonished, the cabinet of the ministers has already seen it, everything is good, only one minister thinks it is not appropriate or not."

Li Chanted:

"Why don't Hongxian speak out."

Li Jifu said:

"The cabinet shot Li Yu as the right servant of the inspection school, and Li Guangyan shot as the left servant of the inspection school, and the minister thought it was slightly inappropriate. Chen Guogong and Liang Guogong were both handsome, and the two wars of Pinghuaixi and Pingziqing made the two Guogongs accumulate great prestige. Since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the martial arts are arrogant, although the two princes are loyal and pure, but it is inevitable that there is no disagreement under their command, such a general is outside, His Majesty must not check and balance. I thought it would be better to change Li Guangyan to shoot for the right servant and Li Yu to shoot for the left servant. ”

In the Tang Dynasty, the right was respected, and Li Yu was not as good as Li Guangyan in the battle of pacifying Huaixi, except for the last blow, but the surprise attack on Caizhou and the thief chief Kankan and Li Guangyan were equally divided. In the battle to pacify Ziqing, Li Yu's military exploits were higher than Li Guangyan's, and it stands to reason that Li Yu should be respected. Li Jifu said this, Li Yu heard it very clearly, Li Jifu reminded him to distinguish between the two people, create contradictions, and facilitate the control of the imperial court, otherwise once something happened that day (such as Li Yu, who could calm the scene), the two would inevitably have an accident. Li Yu's face suddenly became cloudy.

Infighting, and infighting.

Li Yu once said that positive infighting is conducive to the progress of the state machine, but Li Jifu's proposal is clearly not to create positive infighting. It's no wonder that Li Jifu, the emperor came out of the knife handle, the emperors of all dynasties have always been so wary of leading generals, for example, Tang Taizong also ordered the British Duke Li Tao to be the governor of Hongzhou before his death, Li Tao immediately packed his luggage after receiving the order, and obediently went out of Chang'an to take up his post without even drinking the wine to see him off, Taizong closed his eyes with confidence. It's not that these people in Taizong are too sensitive, and the lessons of history often die miserably if they don't pay attention. Li Yu was also wary, but Li Yu didn't plan to be wary in this way.

Taking a deep breath, Li recited:

"Hongxian is old enough to seek the country, and I am very relieved. But Yu and Guangyan are both generals of the imperial court, and now that the river is not peaceful and Hu Lu is on the side, how can I create civil strife first and chill the hearts of loyal ministers? When I am careful, I will naturally be careful, but Hongxian should not mention this again. Today's events can only be known by heaven and earth, and I know it, and it cannot be passed on to the six ears. ”

After Li Yu left, Li Jifu lay quietly on the sickbed for a long time and rang the copper bell at the head of the bed. Li Deyu hurriedly came in and said:

"Father!"

Li Jifu took out two letters from the box on the inside of the bed and instructed:

"You immediately take these two letters, go to Yunzhou, meet Chen Guogong and Liang Guogong respectively, and hand them over the letters. Be careful, don't let them know you're on both sides! ”

Li Deyu wanted to know what was in the letter, but when he saw that Li Jifu didn't say anything, he knew that he shouldn't ask, took the letter, bowed and retreated. After Li Deyu left, Li Jifu said with emotion:

"Your Majesty treats your subordinates with sincerity, how can your subordinates not plan for Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty,"

Wang Wu gently came to Li Chen's back and saluted,

"Li Deyu hurriedly came out of Duke Zhao's mansion at night and went out of the north gate."

Li Yu nodded and said:

"I know. Remove the people outside Zhao Gongmen. ”

After Wang Wu went, Li Yu said leisurely:

"Li Yu and Li Guangyan are both smart people, Hongxian has a letter, the two of them should know what to do, right?"

It turned out that Li Yu knew that if he didn't agree, with Li Jifu's loyal personality, he would definitely take action, so he explicitly rejected Li Jifu's proposal and made Li Jifu a villain. Li Zhongyan on the side has been serving Li Yu for so long, and he has never seen Li Yu so scheming, and he can't help but be a little scared in his heart. The head hung lower.

But what Li Yu thinks is:

"It's still a deep tacit understanding with Li Jifu. You don't need to say anything, you can get things done. ”

A few days later, the imperial court's reward for meritorious soldiers finally came out, of course, the edict was only announced by the main generals.

Pei Du was named the Duke of Jin, dismissed Ziqing Xingying, and served as the governor of Yunzhou, Yun Caopu Jiedu envoy Tongping Zhangshi (after March, he was transferred to the court, with Xue Ping as the Jiedu envoy), and Wei Boxingying was the pro-envoy.

Li Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, shot the right servant of the school, dismissed the army, led the army to the Wuning Army, and returned to serve as the envoy of the Wuning Army Festival (in winter, he was recruited into the court as the general of the guard). Chen Guogong Li Guangyan added the left servant of the inspection school, dismissed the recruitment, led the army to Yicheng, and transferred to the Zhaoyi Army Festival Envoy (in winter, he was recruited into the court to serve as the general of the right military guard).

Wang Pei was named the Duke of Qinghe County, and served as the secretary of the Criminal Department of the Inspection School, the Bianzhou Assassin History, and the Xuanwu Army Festival Envoy (later recruited and transferred to the Dynasty and dismissed the Xuanwu Army), and also served as the Imperial Doctor.

Han Yu was named the county uncle of Changli, and returned to the dynasty to serve as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

Li Dingjin was crowned the king of Hechuan County and led his headquarters back to Guanzhong.

Li Yuanyi was crowned the king of Linjing County, and he was still the envoy of the headquarters.

Wang Zhixing was named the Marquis of Tongshan County, the assassin of Bozhou, and the deputy ambassador of Wuning Junjiedu.

Li Tingfeng Wuwei County Marquis, Yanzhou Thorn History, Yihai Yanmi Festival Envoy, and Imperial History Doctor (later transferred to the court, Yihai Yanmi).

Hou Weiqing entered the Marquis of Dongping County and was recruited into the court to serve as the commander of Zuo Xiaowei.

Li Youjin was the county boy of Jinxiang County, and the Fourth Army of the Guards (formerly the 52nd Army) was a soldier and horse envoy.

Cheng Quan sealed the Henghai County Gong and inspected the school.

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