Chapter 1240: King Nanyang's Choice
In Wangdu, a sudden rebel stealing incident was blocked, and the king of Nanyang, Li and Wei Jiansugaolishi, were delayed for three days.
Among the sons of Li Heng, Li Nai, the king of Yingchuan who was originally born to Concubine Wei, was a descendant, but Concubine Wei was deposed, and the identity of the sons was basically leveled. Especially for several elderly imperial grandchildren, most of their mothers are extremely humble, and the biological mother of Nanyang Wang Li is just a palace person. Therefore, after Li Heng was imprisoned, Zhang Liangdi summoned King Jianning, the king of Guangping, and asked them to run outside. If a pie falls on his head today, how can he, who has been treated coldly, not flutter?
Even so, he was still quite courteous to Wei Jiansu and Gao Lishi. Wei Jiansu was not responsible for Li Heng's killing before, but he didn't contribute, and after Du Shiyi returned, he took the initiative to give up his position, and now he was sent to assist Li, he only thought that the Son of Heaven was the eldest among Li Heng's sons. But making suggestions is not what he is good at after all, but he has some objections to recruiting Shi Siming, and he has been tactful along the way, and he must not let Shi Siming still control the soldiers and horses under his command, otherwise he will definitely raise tigers.
After all, Gao Lishi is too old, and he has suffered a series of ups and downs before, and his physical condition is not very good, and he is always a little embarrassed, so although Li has the heart to have a good relationship with the most favored eunuch in front of his grandfather, he never has a chance. Moreover, Gao Lishi was tight-lipped about business, and he opened his mouth and closed his mouth, but with the decision of King Nanyang, he was just ordered to accompany him, and Li couldn't do anything about him. After coming and going, when he stayed at the post house thirty miles away from Qingyuan County that night, he couldn't help but complain to the eunuch Yu Chaoen sent to him by Zhang Liangdi.
"Along the way, those county chiefs looked respectful, but in fact, they were disobedient, and they didn't know how much the trip was slowed down Wei Jiansu's meaning was obviously different from that of his eldest father, and Gao Lishi pretended to be deaf and dumb, so would I be alone to deal with Du Shiyi when the time comes?" As soon as Li thought that it would evolve into such a situation at that time, his face couldn't help but become extremely ugly, "Even the eldest father has touched Du Shiyi's hands with a gray nose, how can I suppress Du Shiyi, who has so many soldiers and horses under his hands?" ”
This important task was supposed to be Li Jingzhong's coming, but Zhang Liangdi was afraid that something would happen to Chang'an, so he carefully selected among the eunuchs in the East Palace, and selected Yu Chaoen, who had served Li Heng and knew a little about marching and fighting. At this moment, Yu Chaoen smiled and persuaded: "King, although Du Shiyi has the power of the army and has the name of recruiting marshals, don't forget that the king still has the holy oracle of His Majesty in his hand. If Du Shiyi does not obey the edict, you can immediately take over his position as marshal. After all, the royal family is the marshal, which is a tradition since the founding of our Tang Dynasty. ”
Seeing that Li Fei was not only happy because of this, but looked at him with a straight face and looked at him with an idiot's gaze, Yu Chaoen was not panicked, but took another step forward: "Of course the slave knows that now Du Shiyi's prestige in the army is incomparable, and the king was not famous in the past, if he rushes to fight for the throne, of course it will only backfire." Therefore, if the king wants to persuade Marshal Du, he only has to put his heart in his heart, hand over this oracle to him, and declare that he does not think of His Majesty's oracle, so that the king expresses his full support for him, and Marshal Du will return the favor with peach, and he will not be embarrassed by the king again. ”
Only then did Li turn his anger into joy, and said with a slight bow: "It's about the same, you continue." ”
After receiving Li's affirmation, Yu Chaoen suddenly became more confident, and he lowered his voice and said, "Please forgive the slave and maid boldly." His Majesty is a person with a cold nature, not to mention that he killed Prince Yisu and the eldest brother and third brother of the king before, but said that the death of Yongwang Li's father and son this time, His Majesty had instructed Li to poison Du Shiyi, and he refused to abdicate after the fact, and even when the king came to Hebei this time, he refused to give the name of the grandson of the emperor of the East Palace, so even if His Majesty gave a promise, it was never credible. In contrast, if the king tries his best to win over Du Shiyi, maybe when he returns to Chang'an, the king will not only be the grandson, but the new monarch of the Tang Dynasty."
Although the position of the East Palace is very tempting, there is a tragic end of his uncle Li Ying's father Li Heng in front of him, even if he knows that Li Longji's day should be dragged on for a day, but Li does not want to give his life for an illusory prince. Yu Chaoen's last sentence can be said to be extremely in line with his heart. So, he nodded emphatically, and then sighed and said: "But Du Shiyi has never shown any resentment, but with a courtier with such a reputation and great meritorious service as him, even if I can really win the great treasure, I am afraid that I will be extremely rich." ”
"King, so recruiting Shi Siming is the key. His Majesty means that Shi Siming keeps Youzhou and tens of thousands of people under his command, and Du Shiyi ordered him to stay to pacify Hebei, and the three dukes and the prince can give it as they please, as long as they can contain each other, the court can free up their hands. Not to mention anything else, His Majesty's intentions are very accurate, and the crown princess also agrees with this very much. Secondly, when we came out, the Western Regions had just sent a war report, Gao Xianzhi conquered Shiguo, and returned with a great victory, and wanted to come to Du Shiyi's eldest son Du Guangyuan to accompany him on the expedition, and the credit was not small, but he could give it high to his officials, such as the deputy capital of Anxi, who knew the soldiers and horses, he was young and in a high position, what would Gao Xianzhi think? At that time, no matter how high the old love is, I am afraid that we must guard against its seizure of the throne. ”
Although Yu Chaoen said that his rank was not high in the past, he had been immersed in the palace for so many years, and such an analysis and idea came as soon as he opened his mouth. Seeing that Li listened to it, the more his eyebrows fluttered, he knew that he had been with him all the way here, and this was finally the only way to gain Li's trust, and it would never be a problem to overshadow Li Jingzhong in the future, and it was only at this time that he took advantage of the situation to throw out the last killer move.
"Of course, the most important thing is now. Although the king has the fact that he is the eldest grandson of the crown prince, his reputation is far from enough after all. And Du Shiyi coerced the siege of Chang'an, recovered Luoyang, and now almost regained the prestige of the entire territory of Hebei, which will inevitably override the king. Therefore, the king should lower his posture, as long as he has the name of righteousness in hand, many things will be easier. For example, why did the king bow down to Marshal Sheydu for his counterinsurgency in full view? Most of the officers and soldiers in the army are all interested in Li Tang, to put it mildly, the hated one is just His Majesty, and if the king is willing to take risks, he can still use a trick to press the bottom of the box, it is a bitter trick."
"What is a bitter meat trick?"
Li was confused, and when Yu Chaoen stepped forward and whispered in his ear the plan to put the plate together, he was afraid at first, but gradually gritted his teeth, and finally was provoked to be full of spirit.
"It's okay, then it's up to you, go out and gamble on the dead, you can arrange it"
For one night, neither of them had slept well. The seemingly rosy prospects, and the bumpy road leading to them, are no joke, and they have to think about it. And in addition to them, Wei Jiansu tosses and turns like Gao Lishi. Wei Jiansu was worried that Li Longji and Du Shiyi would lose harmony, and if they continued like this, they might be forced out of another An Lushan by the Son of Heaven. As for Gao Lishi, he is also not thinking about the present, he can vaguely guess what Du Shiyi wants now, but he can't be sure what Du Shiyi wants in the future. Although he thought about the worst, he was forced to deny it every time.
So, when they set off early the next morning, the four most important people in this group were all blue and black under their eyes, and the dark circles under their eyes were impressive, even Fu Fan couldn't cover them. As for the accompanying officers and soldiers of the Longwu Army, although they were tired along the way, they could eat well and sleep soundly, but they did not have such trouble as big people.
Half a day later, this group of five or six hundred people finally arrived in Qingyuan County, but in addition to the people who greeted them, there was also a "good news" waiting for them that no one expected.
"Youzhou City has been recovered three days ago, Shi Siming gave the news that just arrived this morning, Miyun and Yuyang counties have also surrendered the city, and now there is no large number of rebels in the whole territory of Hebei. Marshal Du has ordered to report to Chang'an on this matter, and at the same time ordered all counties to send people to the countryside to publicize the matter and recruit the remnants of the rebels."
It's only been a few days, and the last three counties occupied by Shi Siming have already been taken, and Shi Siming, who was going to be awarded the position of deputy envoy of Jiedu in his arms, is also dead?
Li's face was already impressive, and Yu Chaoen's heart was tight, and the hesitation in his heart turned into disbelief. Wei Jiansu breathed a sigh of relief instead, and said with a smile that the world would return to peace.
And the most complicated mood is Gao Lishi, although he expected to be delayed by the state and county directors along the way, probably because Du Shiyi had the intention of forcibly taking Youzhou, but a qiē actually came so quickly, it made people feel dizzy. Back then, the young man who dared to throw all the corpses of the jailers who were assassinated at night to the Jingzhao Mansion and did not spare the young man who made a big deal has now climbed to the top of his feat
Under the impact of such a "good news", the group of people who were originally in a hurry lost their interest in hurrying, and they were delayed on the road for another three days before they arrived in Youzhou City. Only outside the city, Li and the others saw the huge scars left by the siege of the city. According to Azler, who welcomed them into the city, at that time, many winch crossbows fired in a salvo, and the city walls were densely packed with crossbow guns, and the shock of shaking the earth and the sky was the key to someone offering the city. When Li stood under the city gate and clearly saw the deep crater not far above, he only felt a little cold down his spine.
Azler saw the expressions of these people in his eyes, but his face was full of respect: "Marshal Du was originally going to come to greet him in person, but because Dubo Huaiyi Khan pacified the Raoledu Governor's Mansion and asked the marshal to meet in Zhenyuan's army, the marshal rushed over this morning. The marshal asked me to tell the king, Wei Shangshu, and General Gao that if it was convenient, they could move to Zhenyuan to meet with the army. After all, Huaiyi Khan was able to thunder and quell the rebellion this time, and Huaiyi Khan contributed a lot. ”
Li Dengshi was tempted by this. Although he, the imperial grandson, received a lot of sympathy points in Chang'an because he was born in the East Palace, but for the same reason, there were many people who disagreed with him. Therefore, knowing that it would not be so easy to come to Youzhou this time, he still came hard. Now the biggest thing has been messed up, but if the lord of the capital broadcast really owns the land of the Khitan and Xi people, and has a great influence in Mobei, if he can win people to his side, then his trip is not in vain
So, Li glanced at Wei Jiansu and Gao Lishi with an inquiring gaze, and saw that neither of them expressed an opinion, so he said conclusively: "Okay, then let's go to Zhenyuan Army"
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