Yizhou, the governor of Chang'an to Jiannan Road, was far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, and the transmission of news has never been easy. Therefore, when Jiannan Jieduan Wang Yu received a letter written to him by His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Zhou Chengye had already learned about the content of the secret discussion in the imperial study that day ten days ago.

Wang Yu's reaction did not escape the predictions of the scheming guys in the capital. When he saw the emperor in the letter, he seemed to have just mentioned the slander of the Tubo sapists in the letter, he was stunned on the seat and did not recover for a long time.

The messenger who sent the letter said it very clearly when he came. The letter was written by the emperor directly instructed by the Censor Zhou. As an old fox who has been living in the officialdom for many years, if Wang Yu still didn't understand the emperor's intention at this time, he could really hold a piece of tofu and hit him to death.

At this time, Wang Yu was no longer in the mood to investigate whether it was the Tubo people or the Monshe barbarians who were slandering him. He only cared about whether his head and his family were safe in Chang'an.

Others don’t know the Emperor’s methods, but Wang Yu knows the secret of Li Longji’s bloody battle against the palace to kill Empress Wei and Shangguan Wan’er, and also knows the cruel heart of Li Longji’s death of his own aunt Princess Taiping.

Just raise an army and rebel? This is like throwing himself into a trap and flying into a fire!

Jiannan Road can mobilize only 50,000 troops. Compared with the powerful Longyou Jiedushi and Hexi Jiedushi, this force is not enough for people to get stuck in the gap! If Wang Yuzhen dares to rebel, no matter whether Mengshezhao will support him, even the other five Jiedushi may not be retained by him, unless he defects to the Tubo Kingdom.

The problem is that even if Wang Yu wants to rebel, he dares to rebel. No one of his middle and high-level generals would seek death with him!

What's more, the situation is not so bad that it is to rebel and rebel, and to rebel.

Since His Majesty the Emperor can remind Wang Yu in a relatively gentle and obscure way like letters, it means that he has no intention of killing Wang Yu. On the contrary, this is equivalent to giving Wang Yu a chance to clear himself.

Even if Wang Yu's acceptance of bribes was exposed, even if Wang Yu had helped Mengshezhao say good things, as long as Mengshezhao did not rebel against the Tang Dynasty, the punishment for Wang Yu would be limited to accepting bribes.

After understanding these joints, Wang Yu quickly wrote a letter to the court. He claimed that he was old and his body could not adapt to the humid and foggy weather in Jiannan area. He asked the emperor to allow him to resign and return to Beijing, and to send an elderly and powerful military governor to Yizhou to replace him.

In order to ensure his safety, Wang Yu quickly appointed his confidant servants to go to Chang'an with a large amount of wealth while delivering his memorial. He was preparing to give gifts to the new Secretary-General Li Linfu, Chief Supervisor Gao Lishi, and Censor Zhou Ziliang. He asked these ministers in the court to say more good things for him in front of the emperor, so as not to be settled by the emperor after returning to the capital.

The imperial court has even decided on the plan to split Jiannan Road and the candidate for the Liangchuan Jiedushi, so he is naturally waiting for Wang Yu's resignation memorial to be sent to Chang'an immediately.

Half a month later, Li Longji received Wang Yu's request for resignation, and at that time he asked the Ministry of Personnel to draft the appointment and removal document, removed Wang Yu from the position of Jiedushi in South Road, and granted Wang Yu the position of Wusan as the general of the army of the town, and also awarded the title of Duke of the Founding County and the honor of the Zhuguo State.

From this we can also see that although Li Longji was cruel, he was still very tolerant of ministers who knew how to advance and retreat. Although he suspected that Wang Yu had accepted bribes, given Wang Yu's voluntary resignation, he still gave Wang Yu enough face, which not only allowed Wang Yu to have a good end, but also won the title of honor.

However, Wang Yu's ability to get this result was also closely related to the strategic intention of the Tang Dynasty to paralyze Mengshezhao and the other tribes in southern Xinjiang. The imperial court took Wang Yu from the position of the Jiannan Jiedushi through moderate means. The Piluoge would only feel that giving Wang Yu a gift was a bit of a loss, but he was unable to speak up and let Wang Yu spit out the gift he received. After all, Wang Yu was working hard when he received the money, but he was just disturbed by someone.

As long as Piluoge thought that the Tang Dynasty did not notice that he had left the Tang Dynasty's ambition to establish itself in the southwest after annexing Liuzhao, then the Tang Dynasty would have enough time to split Jiannan Road, and then seize this rare time to dispatch troops and send troops who were good at fighting tough battles to southern Xinjiang.

Of course, some movement will definitely be made in the process of dispatching troops, which will also make Mengshezhao and the other five Zhaos be vigilant, and may even arouse the alertness of the Tubo Kingdom. However, the newly appointed governor of Jiannan Xichuan, Guo Yingyi, could completely fool Piluoge, saying that the Tang Dynasty had basically agreed to send troops to help Nanzhao attack the other five Zhaos.

After the war started, once the Tang Dynasty's military power overwhelmed Mengshezhao, it would be a situation of turning against the enemy. At that time, Guo Yingyi would not look at the face of Piluoge. Whether he agreed or not, Gao would be happy and directly stationed the army on the attacked Nanban tribe territory!

If Piluoge insists on reasoning with Guo Yingyi, Guo Yingyi only needs to use the pretext that "the barbarians in garrison are to prevent the Tubo country from invading" to dismiss Piluoge!

The side of Jiannan Road is temporarily calm, but there is a storm on the other side of Longyou.

Everything is due to Guo Yingyi's sudden promotion.

Since Governor Guo met Tuesday in the past two years, his official career seemed to be particularly prosperous. He was first promoted from Governor Zhongzhou to Governor Shangzhou, and then in less than two years he was promoted from Governor Shangzhou to Governor Xichuan Jiedushi in less than two years.

Although the troops under the command of the Xichuan Jiedushi are actually not as many as those of the Shanzhou Governor's Office, they cannot withstand the level of the higher level!

As long as Lao Guo wins a few beautiful victories in Xichuan and successfully dismantle the barbarians of southern Xinjiang according to the emperor's wishes, he will have the opportunity to replace Zhang Zhongliang as the governor of Longyou in a few years, and may even be a more important position like the governor of Anxi or the governor of Hexi.

Guo Yingyi had the military merits of winning over Tubo last year as support. Although the promotion was a bit too fast this time, it was still within the psychological expectations that the officials in the court could accept. The key question is, who will take over the position of governor of Shanzhou after Lao Guo left?

The current governor of Shanzhou can be said to be the most popular and popular among the many governors of Shangzhou in the Tang Dynasty. The reason is nothing special. Who made the total number of soldiers in Shanzhou exceed 100,000, and there are two rising generals guarding the gateway?

The Baishui Army Commander Wang Zhongsi and the Shenwei Army Commander Zhou Chengye have become a rookie and star among the millions of Tang Dynasty troops. Their deeds are now rumored to be magical, which is simply that Wu Qu Star descends to earth and Zhao Zilong reborn!

Everyone understands that if they take over Guo Yingyi's stance, even if they lie in Huangshui City every day, their military achievements will rise, and in less than three years, they can wait for the court to issue a new order to be promoted to the governor.

The position of governor of Shanzhou is really so popular, and people from all walks of life are fighting for it, so it is difficult for even the emperor to make a decision.

Li Longji also thought about elevating Wang Zhongsi, but when he thought that the last time he made on Tuesday was even greater than that of Wang Zhongsi, and now the two beloved generals are called brothers and brothers in Longyou. The relationship is so good that he has a little tooth pain.

Even if Zhou Er is too young and is not suitable for promotion again, if Wang Zhongsi is promoted, will Zhou Er be convinced? Besides, now that the Shenwei Army and the Baishui Army are advancing together, they will definitely be the two most powerful troops in the Tang Dynasty. At this time, Wang Zhongsi was transferred away, and although he was promoted to him, Wang Zhongsi might not be happy.

The position of governor of Shanzhou is high, but there is no direct command of troops under his command, while the organization of the Shenwei Army and the Baishui Army is an astonishing 20,000. As long as it is used well, the role of any army may not be much smaller than that of the other troops of the Shanzhou Governor's Office.

This is like the commander of a military region in a province in later generations, although it sounds awesome, he may not have a higher status than the commander of an army group.

Wang Zhongsi cannot be mentioned, and Zhou Chengye cannot be mentioned. After Guo Yingyi left, he had to send a member to let the two brave generals convinced to go to Shanzhou, which would make the emperor and the Minister of Personnel worry.

Later, Li Linfu had an idea and suggested to the emperor why not send Du Xiu, the current Minister of War, to the Ministry of War, to return to Shanzhou to serve as the governor?

Although Li Linfu's proposal was mixed with his own selfishness, it seemed very suitable on the surface. He now vaguely felt that Du Ying was not the same as him, but was closer to Zhang Jiuling and Li Yi and the old guys. Although the Secretary of the Shang Dynasty was older than the Minister, Du Ying was the second-in-commander of the Ministry of War after all, and was quite appreciated by the emperor. Many times, although Du Ying could not make a decision in the Ministry of War, he would know some of the inside stories of Li Linfu's secret operations.

Obviously, keeping Du Xiu in the Ministry of War will be a huge constraint for Li Linfu.

The emperor was very satisfied with Li Linfu's proposal and felt that Li Linfu was indeed a good prime minister who chose talents. Although he knew that transferring Du Xiu from the Ministry of War would increase his burden, in order to stabilize the borders of the Tang Dynasty, he still recommended Du Xiu's capable subordinates like him.

After learning about this, Du Xiu neither showed any great desire nor did he show that he was reluctant to leave. He just calmly told the Minister of Personnel that he obeyed any arrangements of the Emperor and the Ministry of Personnel, and he would do whatever he asked him to do!

In fact, Du Xiu had gained a lot of knowledge after staying in the imperial center for more than a year. Although he felt that leaving Li Linfu, a somewhat elusive Shangguan, was a good thing, and going to Shanzhou to run his unsuccessful career made him very happy, he did not express anything in words, making people feel that he couldn't wait to leave the Ministry of War, so as not to be made big by some people with ulterior motives.

Tuesday is not qualified to participate in these personnel transfers from the upper class, but when he learned that Guo Yingyi was going to Xichuan and Du Xi was going back to Shanzhou, the expression on his face was both a joyful and a worrying side.

In other words, I might be laughing on Tuesday, but my smile is a bit bitter.

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