Counselor Li Fuguo's voice was high-pitched and mellow, and he shouted out of the hall in one breath. Li Siye and the other two climbed up the dragon tail road outside the Zichen Hall into the hall, walked to the emperor's steps and stood still, kneeling on one knee and crossing their hands: "The ministers see Your Majesty, and I wish Your Majesty eternal peace and blessings."

The emperor bent down on the Hu bed, leaned forward and raised his hand and said: "Hurry up, the three of them are my humerus ministers, and today our monarchs and ministers can return to Chang'an, thanks to the concerted efforts of the three of them, I announce your entry into the court, it is to commend your merits."

Li Siye took the lead in standing up, and at the same time crossed his hands and said, "The ministers have thanked Your Majesty."

Li Heng rubbed his hands and smiled: "Don't talk nonsense, let's start directly." He turned his gaze to Li Fuguo, who was standing in front of the side, Li Fuguo turned around and bowed respectfully, and when he turned to face the courtiers, he had already raised his nostrils and looked down, slowly opened the gilded bamboo slip in his hand, and opened his mouth to read: "Li Yu, the king of Guangping, has made meritorious contributions to recovering Chang'an, and has been crowned the king of Chu." Imperial Doctor, with the Zhongshu Sect under the Ping Zhangshi, the king of Xiliang Li Siye annihilated the main force of the rebels and entered the title of Tai Lieutenant. Guo Ziyi was meritorious in annihilating the rest of the rebels, and entered the title of Daiguo Gong, Wang Sili guarded Wuguan, and was meritorious in annihilating the remnants of the rebels. ”

He put down the bamboo slips and picked up the book made of yellow silk, opened his round throat and read: "Father's meritorious service, Yin and heirs, Li Chongyun, the squire of the Left Migration Army, the general of the Longxiang Army, is the Honglu Siqing, the general of Fengyunlu, the second son Li Chongbao is the general of Huaihua Zhonglang, and the youngest son Li Zuoguo is the captain of the light car. Crowned Guo Ziyi's eldest son Guo Yao as Wei Weiqing......"

In this letter, only Li Siye's youngest son, Li Zuoguo, was sealed as the captain of the light car from the fourth grade, which was far lower than that of the eldest son Li Chongyun. This is deliberately done by Li Heng, pretending not to know that Li Chongyun is Li Siye's adopted son, so that the royal family and his face can get by.

Li Fuguo read down the book, his tone became more and more urgent, and his expression became more and more surprised. He didn't see what he wanted to see in the book, so that his two triangular eyes hung high, and he used the corner of his eye to consult the Son of Heaven behind him. What the hell is going on? Didn't you say that you want to take over Li Siye's military power? How the hell is going on? Can this kind of thing be temporarily retreated?

After he finished reading, he clenched the book with both hands and hung it in front of his lower abdomen, gritted his teeth tightly, and gave Li Heng two more glances in a row, but Li Heng signaled him with his eyes not to be impatient.

The little eye play of the master and servant on the royal ladder was all seen by Li Siye, thinking that this historical record was indeed true, Li Heng raised this ugly eunuch into a big rat, and had already begun to interfere in court politics ambitiously.

When he paid attention, he knelt down with Guo Ziyi and Wang Sili, and shouted in his mouth: "The ministers have thanked Your Majesty."

Li Heng nodded and also said a scene: "Today's reward has been completed, and the ministers need to do their best to recover Luoyang as soon as possible to quell the rebellion." ”

Prime Minister Cui Yuan led the ministers to shout: "The ministers will do their best and be willing to work for dogs and horses!"

"Today's pilgrimage, let's end it like this."

"Wait for the resignation!"

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Li Siye and Guo Ziyi walked outside the hall one after the other, and the rest of the courtiers gathered separately and came out. As soon as they walked out of the pillar of the outer corridor of the palace, Li Fuguo had already hurriedly chased after him with the dust, as if he was afraid that he would run away, and then stood still behind Li Siye, put his arm on the dust to regain his composure and said: "King Xiliang, Your Majesty ordered you to stay for the time being, there is something important to talk about."

After all, what should be faced still has to be faced, he stopped and turned around, and arched his hand towards Li Fuguo: "Please also ask Gorou to lead the way in front."

Li Fuguo laughed hesitantly: "King Xiliang calls our family like this, but Jing Zhong is flattered and ashamed, I still hope that you will call me Jingzhong's father-in-law like in the old days, so it sounds comfortable."

Li Siye laughed and changed his words: "Duke Yu Guo, please lead the way in front."

Well, that sounds even more outrageous.

The two of them bypassed the pillars of the Zichen Hall and went to the inner hall from the side and back, Li Fuguo deliberately slowed down and walked side by side with Li Siye, and said in a seemingly idle manner: "Taiwei has been crowned as the king of Xiliang County during the Tianbao period of the old calendar, and now His Majesty has taken great pains to give you an official title, if it weren't for the official position of three divisions and three dukes in the past, I don't know what to take to reward you as a great hero."

Li Siye knew what he really wanted to say, so he just dealt with it casually: "In my opinion, it doesn't matter how big or small it is to enter the official position, as long as it is deeply trusted by His Majesty, even if he is only an eagle dog in the 'Prosecutor's Hall', if he is not trusted by His Majesty, what can he do even if he is a commoner and a prince?"

Li Fuguo's shoulder was agitated, and he glanced at the other party coldly with inverted triangular eyes, before he nodded and said: "What King Xiliang said is right, it is difficult to fly in the dew, and the wind is loud and easy to sink, sometimes the closer your official position is to Your Majesty, but in fact, the farther away your heart is from Your Majesty, people still have to learn more from cicadas, don't climb so high." ”

Li Siye paused, stared at him with a deep gaze, and said, "These words are suitable for you and me to encourage each other. ”

The two entered Li Heng's study in the inner hall, the emperor leaned on the incense couch and held a book in his hand, the corner of his eye looked at them, and quickly put down the book and instructed the maid: "Go and move a Hu bed for King Xiliang." ”

Li Siye thanked the emperor with his hands crossed and sat upright on the Hu bed on his side, but his back was always straight and did not lean against the soft backrest.

This state is called restraint, if it is as relaxed as in his own home, it is estimated that Li Heng's mind will jump up directly.

Out of nowhere, the maid brought a gilded tray containing candied fruit, wine glasses, and a whole piece of roast lamb and a silver knife stuck in it.

Li Heng was just about to make a move, but he seemed to remember something, as if he casually pointed at Li Siye and said, "Go and bring a copy to King Xiliang like this."

Li Siye was used to this kind of behavior, but he still pretended to be sincerely frightened and crossed his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

In front of him, the maid placed a small table with preserved fruits and bacon and grapes and wine.

"Aiqing doesn't have to be restrained, just treat it as if it's your own home."

He pinched a piece of mutton with a silver knife and tasted it, it was indeed quite pickled, but this kind of bacon improved the taste and sacrificed the shelf life, otherwise it would be promoted to the army, so that when the soldiers ate dry food, they would not find it difficult to swallow when they had such a delicious condiment in their mouths.

Li Heng chewed a few bites of mutton, put down the knife and went straight to the topic: "Aiqing has now been promoted to Tai Lieutenant, since the Qin and Han dynasties, Tai Wei has been the head of the military attache in the world, in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, although my dynasty has listed Tai Lieutenant as a false title to show respect." But I think you have the talent of a general, and you can lead the overall situation, and you don't have to lead the soldiers and horses of the three towns alone. What's more, I can produce generals under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and you should also bring more juniors, I intend to promote you to the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and hand over the soldiers and horses of the three towns under your command to the rising star commanders, what do you think?"

Li Siye put down the silver dinner knife, slowly raised his head, and looked at the caisson on the top of the temple above his head, the intricate patterns are like wisps of aquatic plants, which can dazzle people, and can also make people's gloomy mood even more gloomy.

Seeing his uncooperative attitude, Li Fuguo was so angry that his nose wrinkled upward, and the whites of his gloomy eyes occupied most of his eye sockets. He glanced back at the emperor again, secretly revealing a slight expression of hatred for iron and steel.

Li Heng frowned slightly, followed Li Siye's line of sight and looked at the top of his head, and asked very elegantly, "What's on there?"

After the emperor resolved his embarrassment, Li Siye took the initiative to bow forward and cross-handed: "Your Majesty, Li Siye's great victory today depends on the desperate killing of the enemy by his brothers to defeat the rebels. I have been in charge of the soldiers and horses of the Three Towns for many years, and I have been promoted to the rank of lieutenant today, but I have no way to repay my subordinate brothers. Today, if an outsider is in charge of the position of the envoy of the three towns and the festival, I am afraid that many soldiers of the three armies under his command will have resentment in their hearts, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble, so I specially present my Majesty's feelings here, and I am willing to recommend the three people to serve as the envoys of the three towns of Hexi, Anxi, and Beiting, and beg Your Majesty to fulfill it. ”

After saying that, he got up from the Hu bed, knelt on the ground forward, kowtowed to the ground, and said, "I beg Your Majesty Chen Quan."

Li Fuguo's face was surprised, and he was speechless for a while.

Li Heng's face was very flat, as if he had already expected Li Siye's words. It's just that now his heart is churning with depression more than this, and even compared with the other two, this incident is not a big blow to him.

One of them is that the Emperor of Shuzhong refused to settle down, and the other thing is that his sixteenth brother Li Lan, who was raised since childhood, was ready to move when he was appointed to the Jianghuai Festival, and privately intercepted the rent that should have been sent to Chang'an. He didn't want these two things to affect the person in front of him.

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(PS: Thank you Buyi 1022 for the red reward.) ）