Bian Ping stood at the door of Chunming Gate with a gloomy face.

Like him, there were countless officials and people standing at this gate. They came here to welcome Li Longji who returned to Chang'an.

These days, Bian Ping has been unhappy. It’s not because he complained after being scolded by Ye Changzhi, but because he blamed himself for his achievements. He was a little bit unhappy.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't dare to act without permission that day. He was humble from a background and knew that he was just a vine. If he hadn't been attached to Ye Chang's big tree, he would never have climbed to such a high position now. So he hoped to push Ye Chang to a higher position, preferably the Nine Five Supreme, but Ye Chang had other plans.

"What exactly is Mr. Ye thinking... At this time, his reputation is so high that he is unparalleled in the world. Even if he does not abdicate, he should not retreat..."

Just as he was thinking, he saw Li Longji's carriage appearing in sight.

Li Longji came from the west. It was originally the most suitable to go to the Golden Light Gate, but Li Longji felt that he had escaped from the Golden Light Gate in a panic, which seemed not very good. Now he was back in triumphantly, so it was more suitable to go to the Chunming Gate facing the east.

"Hmph, that foolish emperor, if he saw the city wall that was blown up outside Chunming Gate, he would not know how to think about it." Bian Ping looked south, thinking with malicious intentions.

The place he looked at was the city wall that collapsed during the siege. Because of the tight time, it had not been built yet. Now it was just surrounded by a curtain to barely cover up the ugly things.

On the side of the carriage, Li Longji did see Bu Man. He was beside him, and was explaining the bombed wall to him: "The wall that is more than ten feet long has completely collapsed. Every day, the Huhu came here to watch, and they suddenly changed their color. It was said that the Tang Dynasty had such magical weapons and weapons, and the passes were dangerous and could no longer block the heavenly soldiers. They all said that after they went back, they would definitely declare the magnificence of the Tang Dynasty in all directions."

"Okay, don't mention it if you coax people."

Li Longji snorted and looked at Zhou Xiangren with his eyes tilted.

The people around you who have no use can only be taller from a short man. This Zhou Xiangren is really a waste

Can you believe that kind of words to coax people? When the Four Barbarians heard the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, they were all very happy and wanted to immediately pounce on the Tang Dynasty and tear a few bites. Although there are magical weapons such as gunpowder, the Four Barbarians' style has never been hit by them. Then they should be regarded as non-existent. Intimidation? If the deterrence is useful, what else do officers and soldiers do?

There is a reason why Li Longji was in a bad mood. He received news that there were abnormal movements between Anxi, Quanrong, Fan Yang, and Zhuhu.

The news of civil strife in the Tang Dynasty has spread, and it is normal for these ungrateful wolves on the border to be moved. However, for the Tang Dynasty, after two major chaos in just one year, the Central Plains region, which is the core essence, is full of devastation, and it is really impossible to support several border wars that are taking place at the same time.

Not to mention the distant forces, just in terms of military strength, these two civil strife consumed nearly 300,000 of which were elite troops from Jiuzhen’s border - they became rebels. Although most of them have been captured and surrendered now, how could Li Longji feel assured to let them go back to the border?

Then there is food and supplies. Li Longji knew very well that the Tang Dynasty's court is now raising the wealth of Liaodong. Although Liaodong is rich, its business time is short, and it can last for a while, but it cannot last for a long time. Ye Chang was eager to settle the peace and gather his place to eliminate it. This is why. In the frontier war, it is difficult to raise food and grass, and it is even more difficult to transfer the fortune. If it lasts for a long time, it will be another big trouble for the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, the border troubles are just one of Li Longji's many worries, and there are two huge worries hidden in his heart.

One is how he gets along with Ye Chang. Ye Chang's great achievements are no longer a secret. Even if Ye Chang is loyal, he can't help but some of his subordinates infuriate themselves. How can they maintain the friendship between the monarch and the ministers without disappointing the heroes? Li Longji thought about it for a long time, but there was no way.

The second is the position of the crown prince. When the wolf is plotting against the enemy, he will naturally be deposed. The other princes who escaped An Lushan's butcher knife will either be a rioter or a mediocre person. No one can inherit his throne. Li Longji is confident that he can still handle the relationship with the heroes and important generals while he is alive. But if his heirs succeed to the throne, will he be loyal to Ye Chang and other important generals?

"Long live, long live, long live" He was worried in the car, but heard the cheers outside like thunder.

Gao Lishi stretched out his head and looked out, and replied, "Sage, the people are saluting the saints."

"Help me out." Li Longji calmed down what he thought in his heart and ordered.

At this time, the coldness was fading. Chunxu was born. Li Longji came out wearing a jacket and didn't feel cold. As soon as he got out of the car, the people knew that it was the emperor when they saw his clothes. They cheered in unison, and the sound was like spring thunder, rolling in and out.

Hearing such loud cheers, Bian Ping's face became a little gloomy again.

Today Ye Chang asked him to come here, not to be responsible for security protection. The intelligence reconnaissance system only had the power to reconnaissance and did not have any troops in his hand. What's more, after he acted without authorization that day, Ye Chang had already taken away his control over the intelligence reconnaissance system. At this time, Bian Ping also understood why Ye Chang let him appear here, not to humiliate him, but to let him see the situation clearly.

Although the Tang Dynasty was worried about internal and external troubles, the people of the Li family had not yet lost all their hearts.

Especially Li Longji, after all, was an emperor who worked hard for decades. Although he had lost his moral character in the past decade, he still had a high status in the hearts of the people. Ye Chang might have been able to suppress him by virtue of his merits, but the result of suppression would inevitably be a loss of both sides, and among the people, he was criticized for deceiving the emperor and autocracy.

Realizing this, Bian Ping finally understood his mistake. Ye Chang criticized him for being too impatient and did not criticize him at all. However, the act of impatience made a big taboo. Even if he realized his mistake, he would not be able to continue to return to the emotional investigation system in the future.

Thinking of this, Bian Ping sighed, feeling reluctant to leave.

However, he didn't know that this time, he only gave Ye Chang an excuse because he acted without permission. Even if he had never done such a move, Ye Chang would transfer him from the emotional reconnaissance system in the near future.

Ye Chang thought that institutions like the emotional investigation system should be firmly in his own hands, and no person in charge could serve in this system for too long. Bian Ping had been in this system for eight years and should be transferred from the emotional investigation system.

Bian Ping thought about the position he might be assigned next, so he couldn't help but look at Ye Chang, but saw Ye Chang step forward.

The people who welcomed Li Longji in the outermost circle were the people and then the officials, and Bian Ping was sandwiched in it, while the innermost circle was the soldiers. After Ye Chang stepped forward, all the soldiers who were standing in a relaxed posture were tightened, and Ye Chang was like them.

Seeing Li Longji arrive in front of him, Ye Chang shouted sternly: "Salute"

When Li Longji saw the soldiers of the army, he shouted and saluted him like a man. Including Ye Chang, he was so excited that he felt a smile on his face.

"Shiyilang, thank you for your hard work." He broke away from Gao Lishi's help, accelerated his pace, and came to Ye Chang.

Before he could come to him, Ye Chang fell down: "I am lucky to be able to save my mission."

"No need to do this, no need to do this." Li Longji hurriedly stopped him, trying to stop him from bowing.

But in terms of strength, how old and weak Li Longji can compare with Ye Chang, Ye Chang still bowed deeply. Li Longji helped him up with his own hands and complained: "You have worked hard in battle and have outstanding achievements, so why bother?"

"The rebels rebelled because they were not in the king's eyes and had no etiquette. Now that people's hearts are settled, the ministers can tell that the people will know that there was a king in the Tang Dynasty after all," Ye Chang said.

"It's a true pure minister." Li Longji praised, and the doubts in his heart were inevitably lightened.

However, Ye Chang respects the king so much, so he should not treat his meritorious officials. Thinking of this, Li Longji smiled and said, "I have nothing to reward for such great achievements. I can only give you no need to kneel down and worship - since you have the king in your eyes and etiquette in your heart, you should know that you have no jokes and no need to refuse."

Ye Chang was stunned. He didn't expect that he would avoid worshiping Li Longji in the future. He didn't have much pretentiousness about worshiping Li Longji. Not to mention that he was an old man in his seventies, just talk about the relationship between the two. Sooner or later, Li Longji would be his father-in-law. What is the big deal to worship his father-in-law?

"Come on, come on the bus"

Amid the cheers of sergeants and civilians, Li Longji walked into Chunming Gate and saw that the people and civilians were behind him, Li Longji took Ye Chang's hand.

Ye Chang followed him into the carriage, Li Longji also gave him a brocade group to sit down, and then smiled and said, "Shiyilang, I saw your new memorial, and I actually took back so much property from the Ann thief... However, although there is money and silk in the treasury, there is a shortage of food, so you still need to worry more."

The loss of food in the war was not just the food of the soldiers, but more importantly, the destruction. Although An Lushan threw away Chang'an in a hurry, he had tormented Chang'an for more than two months after controlling Chang'an, he tossed up almost all the food in Chang'an.

"I have already made up for this matter. In order to prepare for disasters and famines, I asked me to use a sea boat to transfer grain from Annan last year, and also asked to transfer grain from Liaodong. I then organized hungry people to use labor for relief and eat when I went out. It would be fine to survive the time when I was not in charge of the green and yellow. As long as the autumn harvest comes, the national treasury will be enriched."

Ye Chang said it very simply. Li Longji knew that this required extremely complicated operation, but now he could only rely on Ye Chang.

"I feel relieved if there is no shortage of money and food in the treasury. I see that the city of Chang'an is full of devastation and the palace is destroyed. Now the national treasury is vacant, so it is not appropriate to build a large-scale construction. If you rebuild the palace, you should let it go first. But there is one thing that cannot be delayed..."

It is rare for Li Longji to postpone the construction of the palace, Ye Chang laughed at this. The palace in Chang'an City was severely damaged by several wars, and the most severely damaged one was Xingqing Palace. Others can be postponed. Xingqing Palace still needs to be repaired, otherwise Li Longji would not have a suitable place to live. Ye Chang knew that appropriate infrastructure at this time can not only allow some unemployed people to have money-making jobs, but also promote economic circulation to a certain extent. As long as the scale of the construction of the palace is controlled and then organize labor to purchase materials according to market rules, it is actually beneficial and harmless.

But what Li Longji said that he could not delay any longer made Ye Chang secretly alert.

"I don't know what your Majesty said?"

"Your marriage with Twenty-nine Niang should not be delayed anymore." Li Longji said: "You are old and in a blink of an eye, Twenty-nine Niang has reached this age. If you drag it on, you are delaying her."

Ye Chang lowered his head, and after a while, he said, "I will ask Princess Yuzhen to be the matchmaker, what does the saint think?"

"Very good, very good." Li Longji laughed: "But the ugly words are ahead. You are rich enough to compete with the country. If there is less bride price, I will not follow it."

Ye Chang also smiled: "That's natural, I won't feel wronged by Twenty-nine Mother."

"I want to grant you the King of Wei, and use Liaodong as your fief, and be above the kings." Li Longji looked at Ye Chang and said softly: "Beyond Yuguan, all your fiefs are for you, which is considered the dowry of Twenty-nine Lady."

Ye Chang's heart was terrified and raised his eyes to look at Li Longji. There was not much emotion in Li Longji's dim eyes.

"I am not pretentious, I really... I really don't dare to take it." Ye Chang said with a tough forehead.

"I know your loyalty. If you don't have the establishment of a country, how can you praise your merits and how can you make your subordinates peaceful?" Li Longji said slowly: "Your Ye surname comes from Zhuanxu. "Zuo Zhuan" says that Wei is the hill of Zhuanxu. You are also a martial artist, so you are named King of Wei. I also want you to remember what Ji Zha said at the beginning, "There are many gentlemen in the country, and the country is full of dangers."

"I will never let down Your Majesty's high expectations. It's just about being a king and building a country. Your Majesty please think twice..."

"The reward for defending the country with great strength and turning the tide is for this. This is also for my peace of mind. All the ministers in the court are praised by everyone. Shiyilang, you just follow it, hahahaha..." Li Longji said half-jokingly.

Ye Chang had actually known this incident for a long time, and how could Li Longji have no eyes and ears around him? At first, Li Longji was hesitating between the titles of King Yan and King Dai. The fief was decided long ago in Liaodong. However, later An Lushan called himself King Yan and even Emperor Dayan, so Yan naturally could not be achieved. King Dai was not valued by Li Longji, and his final choice was King Wei.

"I really don't dare to take it."

"Don't say this, there is another thing. I am uneasy. The fundamental reason for the country lies in the crown prince. I was guilty of the heavens and the establishment of the heir was not appropriate. This year, the affairs of the crown prince should not be delayed. Who should be established in the opinion of the crown prince?"

When Li Longji heard that he asked Ye Chang who was standing, Gao Lishi's hair was standing up next to him. He looked at Li Longji and found that Li Longji was focused. Obviously, he really wanted to get the answer from Ye Chang.

"How dare I argue about this family matter with saints?"

"In the past, you naturally don't have to worry about it. Now you are my beloved son-in-law. My family affairs and your family affairs, how can you not speak?" Li Longji smiled bitterly and said, "I have never known people over the years, especially when I make mistakes over the crown prince. Do you say that you are still in my mind? This matter is out of your mouth and no one knows... General Gao, will you go outside and talk about it?"

Gao Lishi shook: "I have been very deaf recently and can't hear anything."

Li Longji looked at Ye Chang again, smiling: "Can you always say it now?"
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