When Li Jian's army arrived at Silver Tiger City, Feng Jingquan also met Qu Huaier in the secret room as promised.

Qu Huaier asked with a smile: "Now that the day has passed, dare to ask Your Majesty, do you want Li Jian to die or live?" ”

Feng Jingquan gritted his teeth, seemed to have made up his mind, and replied: "Back to the emperor, now that the great enemy is present, there is no one in the Liang Kingdom to rely on except for Li Jian, so I want him to live and continue to defend the country for me!" ”

The cunning rabbit died, the lackeys cooked, as long as the three kingdoms of Yan, Chu and Liao were still there, Li Jian held the talisman in his hand. Regarding Feng Jingquan's decision, Qu Huaier smiled with relief and said: "This is very good, Your Majesty does not have to worry about Li Jian's self-respect, according to the old man's opinion, after Li Jian quells the rebellion, he can be rewarded for his meritorious deeds to show the emperor's grace." ”

Feng Jingquan frowned and asked: "This person is now the only king with a different surname since the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty three hundred years ago, it violates the ancestral system, and then the meritorious deeds are rewarded, is it possible to include him in the royal family tree and give him the surname Feng?" ”

Qu Huaier sneered and said angrily: "Ridiculous! Do you know why the old man asserted that Li Jian would not oppose? ”

Feng Jingquan saw that the emperor was angry, and he didn't dare to breathe, shook his head and said, "The disciple doesn't know. ”

Qu Huaier said in a deep voice: "The Li family has been loyal for generations, and Li Jian is even more foolish and loyal, as long as you treat him sincerely, this person will not rebel, this is one of them." As for the second, and most crucial point, that is the word "people's heart". Seeing that Feng Jingquan was puzzled, Qu Huaier continued: "In the more than 300 years since the founding of the Liang State, the surname Feng has been the surname of the country, and others cannot use it in vain. No matter how great Li Jian's merits are, he is only a courtier with a foreign surname, and if his name is not correct, he will not be good, if Li Jian is really reversed, he will lose the hearts of the people and be detained as a chaotic minister and thief, but if he is given the surname of the country, he is a famous teacher, whether Li Jian is against or not, Liang Guo is still the master of your surname Feng after all, and it is still the will of the people, and the fortune of the dynasty will not be affected at all, when did you Feng Jingquan become so stupid and want to lift a stone to shoot yourself in the foot? ”

Feng Jingquan was panicked, bowed down and said, "Thank you for the emperor's guidance, Quan'er knows that he is wrong." ”

After another good life, Qu Huaier waved his hand, Feng Jingquan did not dare to slack off, respectfully withdrew from the secret room, and waited until the latter walked away, Qu Huaier sneered: "Wen has Jiang Qing, Wu has Li Jian, and there are even more enemies and foreign troubles, it seems that you, the emperor, are also very sad." ”

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When he learned of the war in Yongzhou, Ah Shan's crossbow was dark and solemn, and he frowned. Li Mixian in Shengyun City was even more anxious to jump to his feet and scold his mother, ignoring the obstruction of Ou Yunxi and Gong Changping, he quickly stepped up his horse and rushed to the front line of the battlefield alone.

Galloping all the way, Li Mi couldn't take a break for the first time, and after meeting with Ah Shan, he hurriedly asked: "Presumably, the general army has already known about the war in Yongzhou, and now that Yan and Chu have retreated, Li Jian led the army to Jingzhou, I don't know what the general plans to do?" ”

Ah Shan's crossbow groaned: "The strength of the White Elephant City and Baili Jin can't stop Li Jian's army, and the general really doesn't have the confidence to hold the four cities of Jingzhou, so he has no other way but to return this result with both hands." ”

Li Mi scolded first: "What can't be resisted, the general can know that the battle losses of both sides are less than five hundred, and it is clear that the person surnamed Guo deliberately did it in order to preserve his strength." ”

Ah Shan waved his hand, interrupted Li Mixian, and said: "I don't care about this, I only know that now the Liang State has gathered nearly 500,000 troops, and it will converge in Changqing City, and it is definitely not something that our army can contend with." No matter what the reason, now the two countries of Yan and Chu have taken the lead in showing weakness and taking the initiative to return all the three cities of Yongzhou, if our army is stubborn and stubbornly resists, it will definitely attract the monstrous anger of the Liang army. ”

Li Mi gritted his teeth first: "It's just a little bit!" If Guo Yuan is willing to sacrifice his blood and desperately eat the 350,000 troops of Li Jian and Zhu Wang, my Da Liao can take advantage of the situation to go north, step through Ye Baiye, and go straight to Qingyang City! ”

Ah Shanxuan smiled: "Everything is fixed, Mr. doesn't have to force it." Besides, Mr. wants to use Yan Chu to fight to the death, so that my Da Liao can take advantage of the void to enter, why don't your two fellow disciples think so? There is a famous saying in the rivers and lakes, saying that the dead Taoist friends do not die in the poor way, and the general will deeply believe that it is human nature to harm others and benefit themselves. In the final analysis, Liang is strong and weak, so he has to bow his head. ”

Hearing the not-so-funny joke said by the always serious Ah Shanxuan, the originally tense atmosphere eased slightly, and Li Mixian laughed dumbly: "Having said that, I am still unwilling, and I finally defeated Jingzhou, but now I want to return it to its original owner, haven't all my efforts in the past six months been in vain!" ”

Ah Shanxuan stood up, patted Li Mixian's shoulder, and said: "Not necessarily, originally my Liao country was located in the southern corner of the Central Plains, and the strength was only 150,000, if it weren't for the flying cloud stream as a barrier, it would have been flattened by the Liang Guotie cavalry, and now after absorbing the defenders of Jingzhou, plus the previous successive battles, many young and strong people joined the army, and in less than half a year, my Daliao army can increase to more than 250,000!" On the other hand, Liang State, although it has added 150,000 troops in the name of Li Jian, but in the past six months, Liang has suffered great losses, and now it is only 650,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Li Mixian naturally understood these simple truths, and he was just carried away because he was anxious before, but now after calming down, he nodded and said: "What the general said is reasonable, but he is in a hurry." ”

With the initiative of the Liao army to conquer the east, when Li Jian led the army to arrive in Yunyang City, Jingzhou, there was no Liao defender in the city, and the four cities of Jingzhou were recovered by Li Jian effortlessly.

On the way back to Beijing, the people of the cities of Liang Kingdom welcomed the way, just to pay homage to the style of the only king with a different surname in the dynasty, and the city of Qingyang was full of lights, lively and lively as the New Year, to welcome the triumph of the army.

In the Zichen Palace, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces were arranged left and right, Emperor Wu of Liang sat on the dragon chair, Li Jian held his head high, and walked into the hall first, the wind and dust were served, and he didn't even have time to remove his armor, followed by Zhu Wang and Ye Baiye. The war was calmed down, Emperor Wu of Liang was happy, and a few people were allowed to go to the temple this time.

With Emperor Wu of Liang coughing lightly, Tang Gai, the eunuch with a solemn face, stepped forward and said loudly: "In the early dynasty today, the generals Zhu Wang and Ye Baiye will not kneel. ”

As the only two remaining generals of the Liang Kingdom, with a dignified status, although he did not make meritorious contributions in the early stage of the pacification of the war, he still followed Li Jian to achieve great results, and it is understandable to enjoy such an honor.

"Taishi Jiang Qing doesn't kneel." Dongay continued to preach.

Jiang Qing, as the leader of the civil officials and the veteran of the Three Dynasties, made meritorious remarks and naturally would not provoke criticism.

"Qingzhou King Li Jian doesn't kneel. In the future, you can wear a sword to the hall and enter the temple in civilian clothes. ”

Li Jian lowered his head and said softly, "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”

Among the four people who didn't need to kneel, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the other three were just stained with the light of King Qingzhou today. I also heard Tang Gai continue to preach: "Taishi Jiang Qing recommends merit, and he will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold." ”

"General Zhu Wang has meritorious service in protecting the country, is loyal and brave, rewards 1,000 taels of gold, and leads an army of 100,000 to sit in Yongzhou."

"The general Ye Baiye has meritorious service in protecting the country, is loyal to the Marquis, rewards a thousand taels of gold, and leads an army of 100,000 to sit in Jingzhou."

Above the main hall, there was silence.

Jiang Qing's face was also full of shock, obviously he had not received any news before. Seeing that a few people were stunned in place, Tang Gai said softly: "Three adults, don't hurry up and thank you." ”

Only then did the three of them react, and said in unison: "The ministers are grateful, long live my emperor, long live!" ”

Among the three, Zhu Wang and Ye Baiye were the most proud, this time they lost in the early stage of the battle, and they couldn't raise their heads by the enemy country. Although it is not as respectable as Li Jian's status, it is also the emperor's grace. Compared with this, the thousand taels of gold that Jiang Qing was rewarded were insignificant.

When Tang Gai's decree was completed, Feng Jingquan stood up and said loudly: "This time to quell the chaos, the king of Qingzhou has made great contributions, read his meritorious service in protecting the country, and specially named the king of one word side by side, in addition to the three cities of Qingzhou, and then reward the three cities of Xuzhou as their fiefdoms, reward three thousand taels of gold, give the title of the god of protecting the country, and the people of the fief can be exempted from paying taxes for three years, Qin this!" ”