Yang Zhi frowned and said: "I understand what you said, but I think that if An Nei's words, there is no need to have internal friction now, if they are forced to be anxious, everyone fights among themselves, and the countries seize this opportunity to invade, then why not make it worse?" ”

"I kind of understand, it's not easy for you, Prime Minister, sometimes you really need to use thunder means, no wonder the people misunderstand you so much, in the past, I would support your father's idea, but now the situation is different, no matter how you go, so we must be cautious and careful every step."

The two of them discussed state affairs here, and those who didn't know thought they were forming a party for personal gain, but in fact they really discussed state affairs seriously.

If it were someone else, Li Yi might have talked about the alliance, but Yang Zhi is a resolute and upright person, if he plays those, it's okay if he doesn't agree, and it's over exposing you.

So he has been conscientiously maintaining his conscientious image, and he advocates killing chickens and monkeys to make an example, also to clear his suspicions.

If he really joined forces with others, it should be Yang Zhi's attitude, but if he insisted on doing it, then if His Majesty knew, he would not suspect that he had different intentions and colluded with others, which could be regarded as his vote to His Majesty.

In fact, it doesn't matter to him at all if he can't move them, he doesn't care about those, he only cares about his own safety and his status, and the reason why he cares so much is to make Yang Zhi believe that he is as worried about the country and the people as he is.

Li Yi asked, "Then general, what is your good plan?" ”

Yang Zhi pondered for a while, and said: "Now I can only find the fault of the Eighth Prince, curb his limelight, and hype up His Majesty's merits, and slowly try to do it." I can't do too much, after all, His Majesty didn't give an order, so I can't lead troops to arrest him. ”

Li Yi smiled: "Also, by the way, haven't you asked the general and His Majesty what happened?" Hasn't the general always been His Majesty's most trusted and capable general? Why is Your Majesty so angry with you today? Your servant even asked me to save you, what happened in between? ”

After increasing trust, it is time to ask about the situation and understand the other party better, so that he can distinguish whether Yang Zhi is sincere or false.

Since Li Yi was in advance, Yang Zhi pretended to be sad and poured himself some wine in order to enhance the trust between the two, and drank it all, with a hesitant look.

sighed and said: "This matter has to start from me going to Jingyang City to garrison, my cronie Li Yang also followed, I promise that I absolutely did not know that he was His Majesty's person before this, and almost all of his cronies who took Li Yang and his cronies died in Jingyang City." ”

"Your Majesty suspected that I had different intentions, and was discovered by Li Yang, so I destroyed Li Yang and his people, and took the opportunity to blame the Hu Xia people, but I was really wronged, if I really knew, how could I take him with me."

Li Yi agreed: "General, we all know your loyalty, General, you will even sacrifice your life to save the people, even the Eighth Prince, they are so rampant, the general can't bear to kill, how can you kill your subordinates who have been with you for so long, Your Majesty really misunderstood you." ”

"Or Prime Minister, you know me, how can I have different intentions, maybe the situation has been tense recently, plus so many people are uneasy, and I have a lot of power, that's why Your Majesty is so suspicious."

"Today, Your Majesty suddenly asked me to go to the General's Mansion, and I noticed that something was wrong, because the person who saved the people in Jingyang City was named Xiao Yue, he came to the barracks to look for me a few days ago, and was seen by Jiang Yong, I think he must have added fuel to this matter to His Majesty, and may even slander Xiao Yue for being related to the general, so I thought of using the old lady to test my mind, and I made preparations to arrange for my subordinates to find you."

Hearing this, Li Yi's eyebrows moved, but he remembered that Xiao Aofeng had never found the body, could it be that Xiao Aofeng was really not dead?

He cautiously asked tentatively, "Then does Xiao Yue have anything to do with General Xiao?" ”

"You see, even you think so, no wonder Your Majesty doubts me after hearing this." Yang Zhi sighed.

"I didn't mean that, it's just that General Xiao's body hasn't been found after all, so maybe he's still in the world."

Yang Zhi directly denied it: "How is it possible, the general's temper is so arrogant, if he is still alive in the world, how can he let His Majesty say that he colluded with the enemy country, and never even returned to the General's Mansion to visit the old lady?" Do you think His Majesty kept the old lady just to attract the old family? It was to test whether the general was still alive. ”

"It's been three years, so many people have come to the General's Mansion, but I have never seen the general, if the general is still in the world, how can he live a low-key life with his anger swallowed."

Li Yi's eyes moved, "What you said also makes sense, but there is still a slight possibility, so it is not surprising that Your Majesty thinks so." ”

"I don't know what you said, but Governor Cui is also there, he has also seen Xiao Yue, that body shape and appearance are completely different from the general, unless the general breaks the calf under the knee, the body size is barely about the same as Xiao Yue, so it is impossible, if there is really a strange expenditure, Cui Governor must have told His Majesty a long time ago."

"I think Your Majesty must be at ease with me, so even if you think it's impossible, you have to condemn me, so that you can weaken the military power in my hands, and I won't pose a threat to Your Majesty." Yang Zhi said indignantly.

"The general can't think like this, it's a crime of disrespect to talk about His Majesty's intentions like this." Li Yi reminded.

Yang Zhi disagreed, "What I said was the truth, if it weren't for that, how would I find you, Prime Minister, I don't care about this status, but now Chengqi still needs me, if the crisis of various countries is solved, it doesn't matter if Your Majesty wants to abolish my position as a general." ”

"I understand, if it weren't for the people, the general wouldn't have stayed in Chengqi at the beginning." Li Yi greeted him.

Yang Zhi's eyes were turbulent, and there was no one who knew me more than you.

In fact, he secretly thought in his heart, this Li Yi can achieve the position of prime minister, which is really powerful in controlling people's hearts, plus his eloquent mouth, every sentence is in the hearts of others, how can others not say that he will move.

Fortunately, I only want to form an alliance with him today and ensure my status, otherwise I might really be moved by him.

After Li Yi finished complimenting, he asked again: "I understand that the general doesn't care about fame and fortune, the general has always disliked to associate with our officials, a person has always been a loner, there is no shortage of people in the court who want to make friends with the general, of course, including me, but they were all persuaded by the general's indifference, and now the general has taken the initiative to come to me, I really don't understand the general's intention." ”