On this night, in the main building of the Qinzheng Government of Xingqing Palace in the south of Chang'an City, Li Zhaozheng, the son of heaven, was dining with his favorite second-rank Zhaoyi Li Yanrong. Li Zhao's real name is Li Jie, when the Yang brothers appointed him as the emperor's younger brother, when he was in the military and state affairs, he changed his name to Li Zhao, and after ascending the throne, he changed his name to Li Min, and soon after changed his name to Li Ye. He is the great-grandson of Xianzong, the grandson of Xuanzong, the son of Yizong, the seventh brother of the current Emperor Taishang, and he is also the nephew of Muzong, Jingzong, Wenzong, and Wuzong.

However, although Li Ye ascended the throne at the age of fifteen, for a long time, he saw Li Tang Jiangshan crumbling in the hands of his brother, and he was still full of enthusiasm to make the decadent rule of the Tang Dynasty not only to avoid extinction, but also to be able to revitalize Li Tang, hoping that he could become the master of Zhongxing like his great-grandfather Xianzong, and also hoped to become a little Taizong like his grandfather Emperor Xuanzong, and govern the world like Xiaozhenguan, revitalize the Tang Dynasty, and be a master of Zhongxing.

After ascending to the throne, he struggled desperately, but he was depressed. The originally fair face now looked pale and haggard under a few palace lights, there were already a few crow's feet at the corners of the eyes, and the eye sockets were also a little dark. He hadn't slept well for months, and it was the same today.

Although the Yang brothers control the internal and external government affairs, especially Yang Fugong is becoming more and more domineering, even more than Tian Lingzi was in the palace back then. At the beginning, Tian Lingzi's status was extremely low, and he relied on the support of the Son of Heaven to defeat those powerful eunuchs in the palace. But although he finally sat in the position of the first eunuch, after all, Yang Fugong, Ximen Sigong, Zhang Tai, Liu, Han and other big eunuchs in the palace are still not small, plus the prime minister's power is contained, he does not dare to be too domineering, but now Yang Fugong, he has established the Son of Heaven in one hand, and even their brothers exterminated Huangchao, and almost all of the marshals of the new dynasty are their godsons. Especially Yang Fugong, who is crazy about accepting his godsons, has now accepted more than 300 godsons. These godsons were installed by him in the Praetorian Guard in Chang'an. and other towns hold important positions such as assassins and town generals, which can be said to be more and more single-handed.

Li Ye felt more and more Yang Fugong's domineering, and he, the son of heaven, has become a complete decoration many times, in major affairs of the court and politics. He didn't even have the slightest say. But even so. He still insists on going to court on time every day. And even if the right to dispose of the pieces is with Yang Fugong, he still insists on having people send a copy of all the pieces to him every day and review them carefully. Even if these reviews can't be issued, he is still studying so hard, hoping that one day he will not be overwhelmed when he can be in power.

When his father was the Son of Heaven, he only cared about playing all day long, spending money, and leaving all the major affairs of the state to the eunuchs of his cronies. When his brother became the emperor, it was the same, all the major matters were handed over to Tian Lingzi, and the result was that the rule of Emperor Xianzong of the great-grandfather Xianzong and the rule of Xiaozhenguan of his grandfather Xuanzong worked hard to restore some of the vitality of the Tang Dynasty, but in the hands of his father and brother, but in a short period of time, the Tang Dynasty was full of smoke, the rebellion of Pang Xun when he was his father, and the rebellion of Huangchao when he was his brother, completely lost the vitality of the Tang Dynasty, and the prestige of the imperial court was gone.

Now that he has inherited the throne, he vows to be different from his father and brothers, and he will do everything from now on.

These days, he has to "review" a large number of pieces every day, so he also knows exactly what kind of threat the imperial court is facing now.

Last year, Li Jing refused the reward of Admiral Tiance, refused the queen to enter the palace as the queen, and incorporated the remnants of Huangchao to take the initiative to attack western Henan, which eventually caused the war of the eighteen towns on the north and south roads of the imperial court to attack Qin. When the war first broke out, Li Ye actually supported this war in his heart, in his opinion, the title of General Li Jing Tiance, and the establishment of Li Jingnu as the queen, this is the new dynasty's greatest close reward to Li Jing, but such sincerity, such a great glory, Li Jing not only did not accept, but went to co-opt the remnants of Huangchao, took the initiative to attack the new dynasty, and even proposed to establish a new emperor, which he could not tolerate. In his mind, the Qin army is indeed very powerful, but the new dynasty has more than 30 feudal towns, and in terms of troops, there are more than the Qin army. What's more, Li Jing, the king of Qin, was still fighting outside the pass with an army of 400,000 at that time, if he could take this opportunity to beat the Qin army fiercely and force Li Jing to face up to the new dynasty and admit him as the son of heaven, it would be very good.

It's just that the result of the matter was unpredictable at the time, from last year's fight to this year, the attack of Eighteen Towns seems to be almost a joke now. When the main force of the Qin army was not at home, it could be said that they had not made any progress. On the southern front, they were instead pressed and beaten by the Qin army, in a defensive state, and the war had always been fought on the territory of the new dynasty.

On the northern front, although the Qin army was in a defensive state, even the Shatuo people in Hedong Town, the party members of Baoda and Dingnan towns, the Tuyuhun people in Tiande and Zhenwu towns, and several other towns joined forces, plus the always fierce old Hebei feudal towns Wei Bo and Chengde, and finally did not even beat down a city of the Qin army, and after almost a year, they actually became a group of robbers, just ransacked the villages on the border of the Qin domain, robbed some food and money, and seized some population.

These are not the results Li Ye wants at all, what he wants is to fight a decent victory, show the power of the court like Li Jing, and force Li Jing to submit honestly. hit a stick first, and then give Li Jing two dates, so that Li Jing would not rebel against the court. But now the result is that a prestige operation has become a robbery, which will not only not deter Li Jing, but will only anger Li Jing.

Now, Li Jing is back with 300,000 people, and they have to face the reality that they have messed everything up. If Li Jing really established himself as emperor in a fit of anger, it would be a fatal blow to the new imperial court!

Thinking that he might be the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the king of a dead country, Li Ye couldn't sleep all night.

Seeing that the situation is getting more and more difficult, day by day chaos like a day, all kinds of documents sent to the palace every day are like snowflakes falling all over the imperial case, he has endless documents to read every day, often sleeping after the third watch, sometimes sleepless all night, but even so, the more he seems to be more than enough and not enough, nothing can be done, he can only see that the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable, but he is helpless.

"No matter what, you have to appease Li Jing, the court must not fight with Li Jing anymore now, you say, Li Jing even refuses to accept General Tiance, what does he want, does he really want my thousands of miles of rivers and mountains?" Li Ye sighed, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and turned his head to Zhaoyi Li Yanrong, but he seemed to be talking to himself.

"Your Majesty, since the imperial court can't go to war with Li Jing, then don't fight."

"In this situation, it is no longer up to us to fight or not, and the decision is completely in the hands of Li Jing."

"Then let Li Jing not fight."

"How?" Li Ye looked at his favorite woman and sighed, "Li Jing doesn't even accept General Tiance, this is an official position that only Emperor Taizong has held." ”

"Isn't Shang Shuling an official position that only Emperor Taizong has held? But the original imperial court did not award Li Jing differently, and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses was not only a position held by the prince, and Li Jing was also awarded. Li Yanrong said lightly.

Li Ye's heart moved, thoughtful. But then he shook his head, "Even if Li Jing is re-awarded the positions of Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses and Shang Shuling, how can he be satisfied." ”

"Then add more."

"More?" Li Ye was stunned.

How else can I add it? What other official positions do the generalissimos of the world's soldiers and horses, the general of Tiance, and Shang Shuling? If you add it further, it will be the prime minister, the fake Huang Yue, the addition of nine tins, and even the sword shoes to the palace, praise and worship. But if you really want to do this, then what prestige does the court have? If you really want to be rewarded like this, it will be the apex of the minister, and from then on, it can only be the Zen position. How could this work, he shook his head.

Li Zhaoyi looked at the haggard man and felt sorry in her heart. Originally, it was not her turn to intervene in these state affairs, but remembering that the government and politics are now in the hands of Yang Fugong, she said that if she said something, it would not affect the government and politics, and she couldn't help but say: "The Emperor Taishang once called Li Jing the emperor's uncle, and also added Li Jing the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Shang Shuling, and fake Huang Yue." The concubine remembered that it was the peak of the anti-thieves, when several towns surrendered to the thieves, and the other towns were also waiting and watching and refused to resist the thieves, and Li Jing did not move. It was the Emperor Taishang's unconventional reward that made Li Jing finally send troops to fight against the thief, and made other towns also raise troops to fight the king, so that he finally destroyed the Yellow Nest. ”

Li Zhao looked at this beautiful woman and asked for help, "Then what kind of reward do you think can make Li Jing not rebel this time?" As long as Li Jing is not openly anti-Tang, we can still stabilize Li Jing, now that the new dynasty has just been established, it has not yet been stabilized, and we can't afford the consequences of Li Jing's anti-Tang Dynasty at this time, even if Li Jing has to rebel after all, it would be better to be a little later. ”

"General Li Jingke Tiance, Shang Shuling, Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses, Governor of the Central and Foreign Military, King of Qin, Taifu, Envoy Jie, Shaanxi Eastern Dao Daxing Taishang Shuling, Commander-in-Chief of the Military and Political Affairs of Hebei, Shandong, Huainan, Liaodong, and Western Liaoxi, Ambassadors of Khitan, Xi, Bohai, Heishui, Silla, Korea, Murowei, Tatars, and Uighurs, Respect the Son of Heaven and Father, fake Huang Yue, give the sword to the temple, praise and worship the name!"

Listening to the series of names, Li Ye frowned urgently, and was silent for a long time! It wasn't a good decision, the list of names was too loud. At least since the founding of the Tang Dynasty more than 200 years ago, no courtier outside the clan has ever been given such a heavy position and such glory, even if it is a clan, no one has reached this height. These rewards are actually equivalent to admitting the secession of the Qin Domain, which is just a humble grievance.

If the grievance can be satisfied, Li Ye is definitely willing to bear the grievance, but the question in front of him is, will Li Jing be willing to accept his grievance? He didn't know the way, he didn't know the way at all. (To be continued......)