In Chang'an, an unexpected heavy snow fell in the city, and the entire Chang'an City was shrouded in goose feather-like snow.

Not long ago, a major event occurred in Chang'an City, Taiwei Zhu Zhu was assassinated on Zhuque Street, three poisoned arrows were shot into the carriage through the car window, a personal female guard and a sencha boy were shot dead, but Zhu Zhu escaped by luck.

Zhu Jun was furious and ordered a search of the city, but found nothing.

Of course, he knew who ordered the assassination of himself, except for Li Shi in Chengdu, there would be no one else, they could not achieve victory on the battlefield, so they used such despicable means, it is really a father must have a son, the first emperor Li Yu especially liked to use assassination methods, and his son was the same.

However, in the past two days, Zhu Zhu was a little unable to take care of Chengdu, and he got an urgent report that Wang Xiaotian, the general of the Kunguan guard, had decided to surrender to Chang'an.

This was an extremely important event, once Wang Xiaotian surrendered himself, their defense line would have to advance more than 300 miles to the east, and the next step was to capture the eastern capital Luoyang.

In the Xingqing Palace, Zhu Jun convened his confidant ministers to discuss the matter, and Yuan Xiu said: "Wang Xiaotian is a native of Dengzhou, but his wife, children, and mother are all in Chang'an, and it is estimated that this is the main reason for his surrender." ”

Zhang Guangsheng said slowly: "Actually, it's not true, Wang Xiaotian is Liu Yan's niece and son-in-law, who ordered Liu Yan's death, everyone knows that Li Shi can't get out of it, Wang Xiaotian didn't want to work hard for Li Shi, and now Li Shi has no hope of seizing Chang'an, so he wants to break away from Chengdu, which is completely reasonable." ”

Zhu Jun turned back and asked Yao Lingyan, "What conditions does he have?" ”

"He wants to be the envoy of the festival and the king of the county, and secondly, he surrenders to the Son of Heaven Li Zhi, not to surrender to the Taiwei, these are his two conditions."

Zhu Jun smiled, "What is the difference between surrendering Li only and surrendering me, this is to save face, I can agree, as for the king of the county, it is completely okay, since he is from Dengzhou, he will be named the king of Nanyang County, and then he will be crowned the prince Shaobao, General Zuo Xiaowei, as for the envoy of the festival, you can make him the envoy of the Qingning Festival, and sit in Qingzhou and Ningzhou." ”

The main reason why Zhu Zhu was so generous was that Wang Xiaotian actually controlled Shaanzhou and Qiuzhou, and his surrender dedicated two extremely important strategic places to Zhu Zhu.

At this time, Yuan Xiu said slowly: "Actually, there is another idea for the humble position, which can help the Taiwei succeed. ”

"Gen Xiangguo, please speak!"

"Knowing that Ge Shuyao's army controlled Henan Province and Ruzhou, Zhengzhou, Huaizhou, Yuzhou and Shaanxi, and a Wang Xiaotian surrendered, he dedicated Yuzhou and Shaanzhou to Taiwei, so what about Ruzhou, Zhengzhou and Huaizhou?

If the defenders of these states also follow Wang Xiaotian's example and surrender to Chang'an, Ge Shuyao's actual control force will be reduced to 6,000 people, 6,000 people will not be able to hold Henan Mansion, as long as Taiwei attacks from Kunguan, he will inevitably abandon Henan Mansion and withdraw to Xiangyang, Taiwei will have a foothold in the Central Plains, and then go south to open up the Shangdeng channel, and the entire south of Henan Mansion will be connected with Chang'an. ”

Zhu Jun was overjoyed, he hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm afraid that they will not follow Wang Xiaotian." ”

Yuan Xiu smiled slightly, "There are not many people who are willing to work for a faint monarch like Li Shi, the so-called refusal to surrender, in fact, the price is not in place, as long as the Taiwei is generous, they will definitely serve Chang'an!" ”

Zhu Zhu waved his hand, "I will give women if they want women, I will give money if they want money, and I will agree to official positions, I Zhu Zhu is a person who does great things, and I have nothing to give up on those false names and things outside my body." ”

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The winter in the Chengdu Plain is not very cold, the river water is not frozen, and there is still a hint of warmth in the air.

The observation of the two Zhejiang provinces made Han Rong solve the tax of 7 million guan salt and 3 million stone grain, so that the finances of the imperial court were suddenly relaxed, Li Shi ordered to add money to 100 officials, build a large number of small official residences in the city, and at the same time began to build Chang'an Palace on a large scale.

The palace of Chengdu Mansion is too small, living aggrieved, compared to the Daming Palace is really 108,000 miles away, although he can not copy a Daming Palace, but at least the area is a little larger, a little garden landscape, he lives comfortably.

Despite the opposition of many ministers, Li Shi was still determined to build Chang'an Palace to remind himself to always remember the restoration of Chang'an.

The area of Chang'an Palace is twice that of the palace, covering an area of 1,000 acres, and the north is close to the 10,000 acres of manor that Huo Xianming dedicated to him.

The original old palace can be changed into a court office, and Li Shi is very proud of his idea.

At this time, Li Shi didn't just ask the government, he was still recuperating in the palace, the arrow hurt his muscles and bones, a little hard, the pain in the back of the right shoulder was unbearable, and he handed over the government to the emperor's heir Li Yi, and his son served as the prisoner.

But there is a power Li Shi will never give up, that is, the new Shence army military power, the Shence army has a total of 30,000 people, composed of Li Sheng's 20,000 troops and Hun Xuan's 10,000 troops, after experiencing the defection of Bai Zhizhen, Li Shi no longer believes in the general and Wenchen, he appointed his henchmen Huo Xianming and Dou Wenchang as lieutenants of the Shence army, and the two of them control the military power, and the army is stationed in the north Huangzhuang Forbidden Garden.

This is actually a disguised deprivation of Li Sheng and Hun Xuan's military power, and neither of them has a single soldier under them.

But it was not enough to master the Shence Army, Li Shi also had to control Liangzhejiang Dao, Shannan Dao and Jingnan Dao, all three of which were extremely important.

In the study, the eunuch Song Chaofeng, who had just been promoted to privy envoy, said to Li Shi: "It is absolutely unreliable to hand over Liangzhejiang Road, Shannan Road and Jingnan Road to outsiders. ”

"What about Han Yun?" Li Shi asked.

Han Rong is an observer of the two Zhejiang, in the two Zhejiang area of the people's reputation is very high, in a short period of time to stabilize the two Zhejiang, and run very well, this time he escorted the grain and salt tax into Shu, the contribution is indispensable, Li Shi is a little hesitant for this.

Song Chaofeng said: "Your Majesty, it's not only military generals who have the heart to divide the territory, Your Majesty, don't forget what Chen Shaoyou did." ”

Chen Shaoyou is a Huainan Provincial Jie Du envoy, a typical civil official, but not long ago, the salt and iron envoy Bao Ji impeached Chen Shaoyou's army to rob the salt tax of 3 million yuan, resulting in heavy losses to the salt and iron division, because Chen Shaoyou held 20,000 troops, the court did not dare to directly remove him, lest he be forced to rebel and endanger the entire Jiangnan.

Song Chaofeng's reminder made Li Shi silent, and he really didn't dare to believe it now.

Song Chaofeng suggested again: "Your Majesty, since Han Yun has come to Chengdu, don't let him go, just stay in Chengdu as an official." ”

After being silent for a long time, Li Shi finally nodded.

Early the next morning, Li Shi promulgated a decree appointing Li Chen, the king of Tong, Li Liang, the king of piety, and Li Shen, the king of Su, as the envoys of the Liangzhejiang Province, Shannan Province, and Jingnan provinces, respectively.

Li Shi's decree was not consulted with the prison and the political affairs hall, and was directly issued, which caused a stir in the court for a while, but soon fell silent, and the supervisor Li Yi issued a statement fully supporting his father's appointment, and everyone realized that in fact, the Son of Heaven had not left the center of power, and he still firmly held the military and political power.

At dusk, Duqiu came to Xue Mansion again, and the two got very close in the past few months, and the relationship quickly became close.

The two sat down in the study, and Xue Xun poured a glass of wine for Dugu Qiu and asked, "I heard that Lu Qi went to the state of the book and impeached Guo Song for expanding his jurisdiction and occupying Lanzhou without authorization, is this true?" ”

Du Gu Qiu sneered and said: "The thing is true, but it's a pity that he went in the wrong direction and was scolded by the Son of Heaven." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"The emperor's heir originally wanted to persuade the Son of Heaven to appoint Guo Song to concurrently serve as the envoy of the Longyou Festival, but the Son of Heaven did not agree, and soon the news came, Guo Song withdrew the army from Longyou, and the puppet dynasty sent the envoy of the Longyou Festival, and the army took over the Longyou, and the Son of Heaven regretted it.

Xue Xun was a little worried: "Actually, I'm also very worried about his development in the direction of the feudal town. ”

Du Gu Qiu smiled slightly, "There are pros and cons to everything, don't think it's bad when you mention the feudal town, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, wasn't Li Tang also a feudal town?" ”

Perhaps feeling that he was saying too explicitly, Du Gu Qiu immediately changed his words: "Guo Song has been isolated in Hexi, completely separated from the imperial court, their survival has to rely on themselves, and he can't do it if he wants to ask the court for instructions, if Hexi gradually becomes a feudal town, I think it's understandable, at least he didn't surrender to the puppet dynasty like Cui Kuan, this is already very commendable, don't worry about it anymore, everything will go naturally!" ”