The first ray of morning light falls on the ancient city of Taiyuan. The coolness left by the long night has not dissipated, but the neighbors row upon row have woken up. People opened the door and walked into the yard, and the scattered breakfast stalls in the streets and alleys were steaming, and diners gradually gathered in groups of three or four.
Sitting cross-legged, Li Ye opened his eyes on the low couch, and saw the golden sunlight jumping over the window sill and spreading out on the carpet, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
It has been some time since Hedong was pacified, and the Pinglu army has already entered the four prefectures of Dai, Shuo, Yun, and Wei, and a series of follow-up matters are steadily advancing. With the complete control of Hedong, Li Ye already has absolute military and political power over these eleven states.
What followed was the luck of the common people gathered from all directions.
Although Li Ye had just pacified Hedong not long ago, fortunately, the Pinglu army had strict discipline. After taking the city, they seldom harassed the people. With money and food, coupled with the proper arrangement of the initial measures to appease the people, the people in Hedong have initially returned to their hearts.
The prestige of King An has long been spread all over the world, and everyone in the world knows King An's benevolence. Although Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, soldiers and other princes don't think that Li Ye can rejuvenate the Tang Dynasty, so they don't like him very much. But the common people don't care about these, what they care about is very simple: who can let them live and work in peace.
When Pinglu's army entered Hedong, although there was no big scene of people eating pots of pulp to welcome the king's army, after the war, the people of Hedong were willing to return to the rule of King An.
Although the popular support is still only a part of it, and it is far from half of the number of people in Hedong, but fortunately, the area of Hedong is densely populated, and Li Ye's harvest is still not small.
Today, Li Ye has reached the late stage of Daoist Yangshen, and he is only one step away from hitting the Immortal Realm.
Li Ye reckoned that when Li Zhen's early civil affairs policies were fully implemented, peace and order would be restored in Hedong, and reassurance would be given to the people who were still waiting and hesitating, he would have enough luck.
This time does not take long, as short as half a month, as long as three or two months.
At that time, it will depend on whether the impact on the fairyland can be successful with the help of Tianji.
In the morning, Kang Chengqian, the Jiedu envoy of the Zhaoyi Army, Xue Wei, the Jiedu envoy of the Tianping Army, and Liu Jingsi, the Jiedu envoy of the Henghai Army joined hands to ask for an audience, and Li Ye entertained them in the hall.
Among the three, the Zhaoyi Army is the most powerful, and Kang Chengqian is the highest, but the first one to talk about the business is Liu Jingsi, because he is the oldest—Heng Haijun followed Li Ye as early as when Li Ye came out of Zhenpinglu. make friends.
Liu Jingsi clasped his fists and said: "This battle, it is all due to His Highness's skillful scheduling that we have won the current situation. We all admire His Highness very much. Now the army has been going out for several months, and Hedong has been set, I will come here to inquire about the date of return. "
After the war, the rewards for meritorious deeds had already been done, and the loot from the Hedong treasury had been divided up. Liu Jingsi and others got a lot of money, and the papers for the imperial court's meritorious service had also been handed in. It is reasonable to say how long Liu Jingsi and others will add The official enters the noble.
But now Chang'an is surrounded by Fengxiang Army.
The day before yesterday, it was reported that the Fengxiang Army had already begun to attack the city, and the number of generals was extremely large, Chang'an City was about to be breached.
Once Chang'an was destroyed and the emperor moved westward to Fengxiang and fell into the hands of Li Maozhen, then there would be no hope for everyone to be promoted to rank, because it would depend on Li Maozhen's face.
Unless they make friends with Li Maozhen, Li Maozhen will give them face.
So Liu Jingsi and the others wanted to go back quickly before making plans.
After all, staying in Hedong, as long as Li Ye has a thought, Liu Jingsi and others who don't have fairyland monks in the army will obediently move their heads. The army falls into Li Ye's hands, and the town becomes Li Ye's spoils of war.
Of course Li Ye knew what they were thinking.
The world is in chaos, the situation is changing rapidly, Chang'an is attacked, the court orthodoxy is unsustainable, and Pinglu is also being attacked by the Xuanwu army. Li Ye's status, power and majesty are all being challenged.
When the name of righteousness is already fragile, King An's name is actually useless, no matter how difficult it is for people to bow their heads to follow.
Everything has come to the time when only strength speaks.
Fortunately, what Li Ye lacked most was strength. Whether it is the strength of monks or the strength of the army.
So he smiled and said to the crowd: "Not to mention the two towns of Pinglu and Tianping, after the battle of Hedong, the north of the Yellow River, the east of Luliang Mountain, and the most important northern powerhouses of the Tang Dynasty, most of them are now in Guwang and Er They are under control. Only Zhenzhou Chengde, Dingzhou Yiwu, and Youzhou Lulong are the three towns. In other words, the Gu Wang only needs to take these three towns into his pocket, and the north is in the hands of the Gu Wang!"
When Liu Jingsi, Kang Chengqian, Xue Wei and others heard this, their expressions changed, and they felt as if they were sitting on pins and needles.
The so-called Luliang Mountain is on the east side of the bend of the Yellow River. That is to say, as long as Li Ye leveled the three towns of Chengde, Yiwu, and Lulong, the places east of the bend of the Yellow River and north of the Central Plains would all be completed. out of his sphere of influence.
This does not include the two towns of Tianping and Pinglu.
And according to what Li Ye said, he was about to do it!
This is what everyone is most worried about.
When Li Ye Pinghe Dong, he set out from Pinglu, crossed the Yellow River, and headed west all the way. He conquered Weibo and subdued Zhaoyi along the way.
Since Li Ye won Hedong, he would naturally not hand it over to others, but the territory of the Zhaoyi Army was between Hedong and Wei Bo. Now that Li Ye has already obtained Wei Bo, if he wants to sit on Hedong, Zhaoyi's position will be extremely embarrassing.
You can't just sit back and watch Zhaoyi get stuck in your throat, can you
For Li Ye, how could he allow others to snore and sleep on the side of the couch
Kang Chengqian couldn't eat well these few days, and couldn't sleep well. He was afraid that when Li Ye returned to Shi Pinlu, he would take away his Zhaoyi army by the way.
Before attacking Hedong, Kang Chengqian was very worried about this situation, and Zhaoyi Army was still arguing about it.
It's just that in the end between Li Keyong and Li Ye, Kang Chengqian chose the latter. After all, Li Ye is Tang Chen, as long as the Zhaoyi army is not caught in the braid, he can't attack the Zhaoyi army for no reason, right
Who would have expected that now that Chang'an was under attack and the court was in danger, although Li Ye lost the strong support of righteousness and fame, on the other hand, he was also free from shackles.
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The emperor has been robbed, the world is in chaos, I, Li Ye, as a minister of the Tang Dynasty, and also the clan of Li Tang, as the prince, of course I must calm down the Quartet, restore the Tang Dynasty to a bright future, and continue the Great Tang Guozuo - is this okay
In the past two days, Kang Chengqian has gone up and down, greeting Li Maozhen's eighteen generations of ancestors more than a hundred times. If he could meet Li Maozhen now, he would definitely grab him by the collar and ask angrily: Why did Li Zi hurt me? !
Li Ye saw that everyone was uneasy, and Kang Chengqian was sweating profusely, so he also found it interesting.
He continued: "Li Maozhen attacked Chang'an, and the court was at stake. As Li Tang's clan, the lonely king had to consider for the country. Once the emperor fell into the enemy's hands and the country fell, the lonely king had to make one or two plans for the Tang Dynasty, and he could not sit idly by. The Tang Dynasty collapsed."
Everyone trembled.
The meaning of these words is very clear.
Since ancient times, when the emperor fell into the hands of the enemy, it meant that the dynasty would not survive. If the ministers wanted to preserve the country and continue the country, they had to support the prince and clan relatives to ascend the throne—establish another emperor and rebuild the court.
Obviously, Li Ye planned to do this.
And he doesn't need other people's support, he is the blood of Li Tang himself, he is the prince, and if the emperor really falls into the enemy's hands, no one can say anything wrong with him if he stands up for himself.
If it is said that before Li Ye acted, the imperial court was in charge of his actions, even though Li Yan trusted him, even though he had the power to control Shandong's military affairs and act cheaply, but in the end, he was just a minister. He has to report to the court for everything, and there are many constraints.
Now, everything is different.
With Li Maozhen's attack on Chang'an, the emperor was in danger of falling into the hands of the enemy, and the court was in name only. Li Ye only needed to be more ruthless and act decisively, and he could completely get rid of the shackles of the court.
Of course, with Li Yan still alive, he certainly didn't need to say that I would establish myself as emperor and build another court in Shandong, which would be like a rebellious minister and a traitor, giving excuses to the princes and losing integrity in righteousness. But he was able to act on his own under the banner of clearing the universe for the Tang Dynasty.
Thinking about it this way, Kang Chengqian greeted Li Maozhen's eighteen generations of ancestors again: When you attacked Chang'an and held the emperor hostage, did you harm King An or help King An
Of course Kang Chengqian knew that when Li Maozhen attacked Chang'an, he wanted to coerce the emperor to order the princes. This "princes", of course, also includes King An.
But the key point is that Li Ye can deny it. He can say that Li Maozhen is a traitor and a traitor.
Although he can't really come for the time being, it's okay to raise the banner early, gather forces, draw a clear line with Li Maozhen, and prevent Li Maozhen from borrowing the emperor's edict to let him do what he does.
Others may not be able to do this, but Li Ye is fine, because he is the son of the clan and the world-renowned King An.
Furthermore, after the end of the Han Dynasty, everyone was already familiar with the routine of coercing the emperor to make the princes, and few people would foolishly let it be manipulated.
It's not that it's useless for Li Maozhen to hold the emperor hostage, but the effect is not as good as before.
Seeing the changing eyes of the people, Li Ye was racking his brains, struggling to figure out the deep meaning of Li Ye's words, trying to figure out Li Ye's intentions, and sometimes he suddenly realized it, so he wanted to laugh.
He really didn't need Kang Chengqian and others to bother trying to figure out his thoughts.
It's not that he has ambitions, but he has to act with care, and he has repeatedly said that I am a loyal minister. He is the King An of the Tang Dynasty.
It's just this matter that may hurt Kang Chengqian and others.
He said bluntly: "You all know who the lonely king is. What the lonely king wants to do is to maintain the authority of the Tang Dynasty and ensure the smooth flow of government orders. You are all loyal ministers of the Tang Dynasty, and the Battle of Hedong has proved it. Presumably you are now , and they all have the same thoughts as the lonely king. This is easy to handle, you continue to be your Jiedu envoys, even if the imperial court does not give rewards for this battle, the lonely king has the power to control the military and government of Shandong, and he can give whatever is due you."
Speaking of this, he sighed: "The Gu Wang knows that you are loyal to Datang and will not disobey the Gu Wang's decree, but who knows what Chengde, Yiwu, and Lu Long think? What the Gu Wang wants to do is nothing more than It's just a confirmation of their loyalty. Of course, if something unpleasant happens during this process and you need to use swords and guns, then the three of you will continue to help the lonely king, right?"
Li Ye's meaning was very clear: You all have to listen to me in the future. Whatever I tell you to do, you have to do. Treat the orders of the lonely king just like you would treat the government orders.
This is the meaning of Li Ye being the master and everyone being the servant. It can also be understood as Li Ye being the king and everyone being the minister.
If Kang Chengqian and others agree, then in the future, they will play the same roles as Li Zhen, Liu Dazheng and others.
Kang Chengqian, Liu Jingsi, and Xue Wei looked at each other, speechless for a while.
Of course they were speechless, otherwise what could they say
Said that Wang An, you have eaten the bear heart and leopard courage, and you want to recruit us? Said King An, you don't show loyalty, we helped you pacify Hedong, but you want to annex us instead
Isn't that courting death? Is Wang An's cultivation really a display
Following Li Ye, they are still Jiedushi, their status will not decline, and they will receive a lot of rewards, and as long as Li Ye develops well, they will have a bright future.
The only downside is that it is controlled by others from now on.
But being controlled by others is better than being dead.
The three of them knew without thinking that if Li Ye wanted to kill them, it would be as easy as crushing an ant. And after being crushed to death, there is no need to consider collecting the corpse.
Those in their respective feudal towns who wanted to curry favor with King An and take advantage of the situation to rise to power would come over and deal with the funeral quickly.
In troubled times, with ulterior motives, everyone has a hundred thousand troops under their command, so how can there be some ambitious people
Kang Chengqian and the others looked at me, I looked at you, and finally had to get up and leave their seats, and bowed down to Li Ye who was sitting on the main seat: "I will wait for your Highness, but I will follow His Highness's order!"