"They colluded with horse bandits in the Western Regions, ambushed Lord Cao's official convoy, and even entered the Assassin's Mansion to carry out assassinations and other heinous acts."

Ji Yi's trip was obviously prepared.

He did his homework and his presentation was smooth and methodical.

"At the beginning, they just issued all the decrees to Lord Cao, using yang and yin to disobey, and listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement."

"But Lord Cao does have some means and methods, he has supported some children of the Hanmen Shu clan and the officials who have been suppressed to take the position, because these people have no complicated background, Lord Cao became their backer as soon as he came, and this group of people gathered around him."

"Coupled with the deterrence and support of Marshal Guo's 20,000 garrisons in Mingsha Mountain, Lord Cao Kesheng barely has a foothold in Guazhou, and some of the decrees issued can be implemented."

"But despite this, some measures promulgated by Lord Cao such as reclamation of forests, development of animal husbandry, robbery of wealth and disaster relief, and forcing local tyrants to release mountains, forests and fields have completely touched the interests of the local Haoqiang group, and they began to assassinate Lord Cao continuously."

"At the most serious time, in just one day, there were three or four waves of killers who wanted to assassinate Lord Cao, and he was also considered fateful, plus with the protection of the guards sent by Guo Shuai, there was no danger."

"After the arrival of the last general, it will be to strengthen the construction of the Guazhou secret guard intelligence network, as well as the strict training of Lord Cao's personal guard team."

"That's... What is the movement of Ye Yinting, the general of the Guazhou Daoxing Battalion? Yuan Zhi listened to Ji Yi's report very carefully and asked questions from time to time.

He has been paying close attention to the movements of the original garrison in Guazhou.

There are all kinds of indications that the local garrison has long colluded with the horse bandits in the Western Regions and has become a veritable bandit.

"Since Guo Dashuai's Chinese army is stationed in Wusha Mountain and has more than 20,000 elite cavalry, Ye Yinting does not dare to make any movement at present, if the imperial court starts to clean up the military boundaries in Guazhou, he may take action."

"Hmm." Yuan Zhi stroked his beard and pondered.

It seems that all this will have to wait until Guo Wei returns to Kyoto, and then discuss it in detail.

Seeing that the prince was silent in thought, Ji Yi arched his hand and said in a deep voice:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, in the foolish opinion of the last general, there are no more than two consequences for the Guazhou area and even the entire Western Regions region."

"Oh... Let's hear it. ”

Yuan Zhi remained silent and said indifferently.

Cao Kesheng's series of actions in Guazhou were planned by the prince himself before he set off, and he first made a test before the beginning of the year, in preparation for a large-scale clean-up operation after the beginning of the new year.

It aims to completely eliminate the power of the Cao Mansion in the Hexi Corridor.

He now doesn't want to evaluate Cao Kesheng's series of measures last year, how effective they were, whether they were good or bad.

Nor was he angry because the local tyrants and traitorous party groups colluded with each other and acted recklessly.

This was all expected by him.

It can be said that the Yuan Zhi of the two generations was not surprised at all by the power of the powerful groups in the ancient feudal society, and the influence of the gate lords of the previous dynasties on the court situation.

It is not surprising that even they do more daring things, such as rebellion.

Seeing that the prince agreed, Ji Yi began to narrate, saying:

"The last general believes that Guazhou and even the Hexi Corridor will either be completely forced to rebel, and the local wealthy groups will collude with horse bandits and rebels to kill Lord Cao, raise the anti-flag and formally confront the imperial court."

"Either the imperial court has a strong force to clean up, forcing them to compromise and not violate the river water with the imperial court's well water, but the imperial court must ensure their existing interests and promise not to settle accounts after the autumn."

Yuan Zhi laughed out loud when he heard this.

He looked at Ji Yi suspiciously, and said gloomily:

"General Ji, I didn't expect you to go to Dunhuang once, and you still have some hard work in the cognitive realm, and the harvest is not small."

Ji Yi's face changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the last general doesn't understand..."

"Hehe, I don't understand, then let me tell you, these opinions are definitely not something you thought about, but someone wants you to say, right?"

The prince's aggressive tone gradually became indifferent.

Ji Yi lowered his head at the moment, a little discouraged.

Although he didn't look at the prince's expression, he could clearly feel the majesty of the prince from the prison country above his head.

The momentum of the king is getting stronger and stronger, and it is getting stronger and stronger.

The air around him slowly solidified, as if it was frozen, making Ji Yi feel deeply difficult to breathe.

Even the autumn breeze standing next to him felt that the atmosphere suddenly became tense, a little chilling, and the feeling of suffocating his chest.

On Ji Yi's forehead, cold sweat was visibly oozing from the naked eye.

In the main hall of this west study, there seems to be a demon-slaying sword blessed on the top of Yuan Zhi's head, so that he can stand there, just like the Son of Heaven patrolling, and the world changes color in anger.

Ji Yi was a little unbearable.

His heart began to beat wildly in his chest, and the blood continued to surge, making his whole scalp numb and his face tight.

He fell to his knees with a thud.

"The last general is guilty, and indeed someone has told the last general this, and asked the lowly to come and pass the word to His Highness, hoping to ask for a meeting."

"See? Say... Who is it? ”

The prince's tone became more and more cold as frost, without the slightest expression of emotional fluctuations, but there was a sense of terror that pierced his back.

It seems that in the next second, a catastrophe may come.

"Dunhuang Zhang clan, Ling Gu clan two clans."

At this time, Ji Yi couldn't help but tremble, he lowered his head and stated:

"Dunhuang Zhang's family, Linggu clan is a combination of many nationalities at home and abroad, has a history of hundreds of years, in Guazhou and the Hexi Corridor, with these two forces are the most powerful, and the Zhang family, in this dynasty can be traced back to the founding of Taizu, its ancestors are the right-hand men of His Majesty Taizu, and was named the Marquis of Dunhuang after the establishment of the country, the fief is in the area of the crescent spring outside Dunhuang, hereditary three generations, and it is currently the third generation, the marquis is called Zhang Chong."

"The Zhang family operates in the Hexi Corridor, which can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty, and the local officials do not know how many officials come from their subordinates.

"The head of the Zhang family, Zhang Chong, the marquis of Dunhuang, has been very close to the Cao Mansion over the years, and this time, he sent a special envoy to Chang'an with the last general, and waited for His Royal Highness to summon him in the capital."

"Dunhuang Zhang wants to negotiate with the prince?" Yuan Zhi muttered lukewarmly: "Secretary Qiufeng, you immediately consult the history of the Western Han Dynasty of Zizhi Tongjian, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty."

When the west corridor of the river, the family history of the Zhang family of Dunhuang, the Gu family and so on. ”

"Obedience."

Qiu Feng was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly promised to go to the bookshelf to find a book to inquire.

Seeing this, Ji Yi immediately added: "Marquis Zhang Chong asked the last general to bring someone over, after all, he is the second rank of the final Jin Dynasty, and the last general is not easy to refuse, he asked the last general to bring in a message, and said with great confidence that if the prince of the prison country hears this proposition, he will definitely summon his envoy, and the details will be told by the envoy and His Royal Highness." ”

"Dunhuang Zhang, the second marquis Zhang Chong actually sent an envoy to negotiate with the prince of the prison country..."

Yuan Zhi muttered again, his eyes gradually sharpening.