Chapter 202: A Fragile Balance
Compared with last night's bloody battle, today's morning dynasty seems to be calm, the absence of Yuan Rukui, Yang Deming and others made Li Gui know that he had no way to defeat Yang Jiefu's party and the net, and he understood the situation in Beijing and was afraid that these people would mutiny, so he did not immediately retaliate. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
And Yang Jiefu and the others also knew that the Fengtian Palace was now full of Li Gui's soldiers and horses, so they didn't dare to threaten him too much, and everyone said some innocuous topics without saltiness, and the early dynasty ended like this; During the dispersal of the dynasty, Li Gui summoned Li You, Qian Sa and other ministers who supported him to enter the house to talk, and Yang Jiefu and his party also found a quiet place to discuss countermeasures after leaving the palace.
"This time, I was able to return to Beijing safely, and Changhua Bo made great contributions." Entering the inner hall, the soldiers of the Zhenwei battalion were ordered to take care of the left and right, and Li Gui first rewarded Qian Sa.
"This is all sent to us by Jiazhou Bo Order, otherwise the old minister would not know that those civil officials have such courage." If it weren't for the last resort, the old fox Qian Sa would not be willing to go against Yang Jiefu, but this time Yang Jiefu obviously pointed the finger at all the nobles, the British Gongqiu Yuande, Shunchangbo Chen Yu, Jiangxia Hou Guo Yongzhong and other dozens of nobles died at the hands of Tang Kuobu, and Cao Yutian, the Duke of Lu, was assassinated, if he didn't fight back, it would be his end when Yang Jiefu unified the court.
At the same time, he was also a little lucky, if it weren't for the monk Xu Guang introduced a few days ago, with his understanding of the strength of the noble family in Beijing, no one would be able to formulate such a thorough and sharp plan, such a person can be used by Li You, it seems that he has a lot of ambitions, I don't know how he will deal with the next situation?
Yang Jiefu has been in charge of the court for many years, and Li Youfang is only less than twenty years old, and it is not easy to fight with such an old fox in the capital, even if there is a strategist like Master Daoyan to help.
"Your Majesty, Commander Qiu has already led the rear army into Beijing, and Commander Yao will make them arrive in the capital at most the day after tomorrow." As he was talking, Wei Shiliang came in with a happy face and reported that there were only three hundred credible soldiers and horses in the city now, which was far from enough to protect their safety, and with five thousand reinforcements led by Qiu Shangjian, it was enough to make them a little easier.
"Hurry up and enter Xuanqiu Shangfrugal." Li Gui, who regained the throne, began to ponder the distribution of forces on his side, and among the 5,000 people, Li You's troops were the majority, followed by Qian Hua, and Qiu Shangjian again; And the Li family and the Qian family have been friends for many years, and it is very unwise to pin all their safety on Li You's loyalty, maybe they will reuse Qiu Shangjian in the future.
In addition, as the son of a British duke, he has a certain influence in the noble family, if he is to collect the nobles in Beijing, he may be able to compete with those disobedient civil officials, right? Lee Gyu, who has suffered several big losses in a row, has finally matured a little.
The day after tomorrow, Yao Pingzhong and Qin Tansheng led an army of 20,000 to break through from Weizhou City and returned to the capital.
Li Gui also sent the king back to the palace of the king of Yu, and ordered people to take strict care of him, and the eunuchs and slaves in his palace were also replaced by Wei Shiliang's carefully selected cronies, but whenever the king of the palace made a slight change, all kinds of news would be transmitted to the palace in the shortest possible time.
At the same time, with the support of 20,000 forbidden troops, he replaced the eunuch with his own manpower to fight against Wei Shiliang, so as not to fall into his hands with all the power in the palace.
At this time, Li You had time to come out of the palace and return to his own mansion, and after many days away from Beijing, some people in Jiazhou's mansion were panicked, and everyone showed joy when they saw him come back; In the eyes of those servants, Li You has made a great contribution this time, maybe His Majesty will soon reward him for his promotion, right?
It's just that Li You knows that now is far from the time to feel at ease, he will go to the house in a while, and he doesn't care about asking other people's news, so he immediately found Yao Guangxiao who was staying in the backyard, and was ready to discuss his next plans with him.
Yao Guangxiao quietly returned to Jiazhou Bofu after seizing the door, reading and chanting scriptures every day, and the servants in the palace thought that he was just an ordinary monk, and no one thought that these upheavals in Tianjing were planned by him.
"Thank you Master Daoyan, if it weren't for the master, I'm afraid Li would have only led the troops to escape." Entering Yao Guangxiao's residence, Li You waved away everyone and thanked him respectfully.
"Since it is to serve the lord, then these little things are also what poor monks should do." Yao Guangxiao said lightly, and without waiting for Li You to continue to compliment him, he asked rhetorically, "What are the lord's plans next?" ”
"Uh." Li You was slightly stunned, he did already have his own plans, but this time he came to hear if Yao Guangxiao had other opinions, but now he asked first, so he had to explain his plan and discernment, "Now the situation in Beijing and Central China is complicated, and the energy spent on this is more than worth the loss, so I plan to go back to Jiazhou." ”
"Well, it's really not suitable for Jingzhong to stay any longer." Yao Guangxiao nodded in agreement, "The one on the throne now is not the Ming Lord, and the battle with Yang Jiefu will not be of much benefit to us whether it is won or lost." ”
If Yang Jiefu wins them, Li Gui's sworn friends, he will definitely not be able to end well, and if Li Gui is lucky to win, with his ungrateful temperament, I am afraid that he will have to consider hiding the bird.
"What's more, Tang Kuo's department is still eyeing the outside, this year and last year, the Great Wei has lost 400,000 elite troops one after another, and there is not one in the army in ten, if they come again next year, the capital will be in danger." Li You knew that there was no need to hide these in front of Yao Guangxiao, so he expressed his pessimism about Dawei without scruples, "In addition, in recent years, corrupt officials have been rampant and the people have been struggling to make a living, and now that Dawei has lost so many soldiers and horses, maybe someone will rise up soon." ”
"Troubled times are coming." Yao Guangxiao expressed the same emotion as Li You, but the difference was that Li You felt sorry for the loss of his peaceful life at that time, and Yao Guangxiao was happy because his talent finally had a place to use, "The most important thing in the troubled times is to have soldiers and territory in hand, and Jiazhou is far away in the south, so don't worry about the attack of Tang Kuo's army for the time being, it is a good place for the lord to accumulate strength." ”
The two sides were about to discuss this issue in detail, when they suddenly heard Xu Guang shouting outside, "Little lord, someone from Bachelor's Mansion Zhou, please come over to the mansion for a while." ”
It seems that his father-in-law and mother-in-law and the little lady who have not passed through the door are worried, Li You had to suspend the discussion with Yao Guangxiao, change his clothes and lead the people to the Zhou Bachelor's Mansion. (To be continued.) )