Chapter 377: Each of them takes action

Bian Lingcheng arrived in Chang'an before dawn and stayed outside the city nervously for the middle of the night. As soon as the city gate opened, he hurried to Daming Palace.

As early as when Gao Xianzhi was in charge of Tongguan, Bian Lingcheng was suspected by Li Longji and sent him to Hedong for favoritism and ordered him to be the supervisor of Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi until the Maweipo Incident, when the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he never returned to Chang'an. As an eunuch, he could only rely on the emperor. The new emperor had a brief contact when he was in Anxi, but how could he take a down-and-out emperor grandson in his heart? It was not until the news of Li Yu ascending the throne that he knew what he had missed back then.

But Li Yu did not seem to have forgotten him. Not long after ascending the throne, he sent someone to find him and appointed him as Hedong and Hebei's two Guanjuns Rong Xuanfu, and promised that if he could join forces with the generals of the Hedong Army to enter Guanzhong, he would be appointed as the Lieutenant of the Shence Army and be in charge of the Northern Ya Imperial Guard. This is a power that even Gao Lishi had never obtained. It can be said to be a huge temptation. Although Bian Lingcheng knew that Li Qing was powerful, he was still determined to make a fortune in the face of temptation.

However, now that the imperial power is declining and the power is in power, the army in Hedong is unsure of doubts and only perfunctory to him. Bian Lingcheng cannot open up the situation for a while. Just when he was extremely depressed, the opportunity came from the sky. Changsun Quanxu took the initiative to find him and was willing to help him unite with the generals of Hedong and be loyal to the emperor. With their joint efforts, leading generals such as Li Baoyu, Wei Boyu, Zhang Zhijie, Wu Chongfu expressed their willingness to obey the emperor's orders. Now Bian Lingcheng personally went to Beijing, which was a report on his duties in name, but in fact, it was to express his merits and receive rewards. The 100,000 army expressed his loyalty to him. What a great contribution. I wonder how the emperor would be ecstatic when he heard it.

It was dim and there were still traffic on the streets of Chang'an City. The courtiers were lined up in long queues on Zhuque Street. However, most of the places they went to were imperial cities rather than Daming Palace. It turned out that three days ago, the left prime minister Di Wuqi took the lead. More than 300 officials jointly wrote to Li Yu to stop the Sino-Korean meeting, on the grounds that the discussion was too long and most of the officials stood idle and delayed the handling of daily government affairs.

Li Yu immediately convened an extraordinary cabinet meeting to discuss the matter, but except for the opposition of the Minister of War Li Mi and the Minister of Justice Pei Mian, the other important officials unanimously supported the abolition of the China-Korean Conference and only retained the joint meeting of the Grand Dynasties and the cabinet. Moreover, the Grand Dynasties will be changed to once every February, and the joint meeting of the cabinet will be changed to once every three days, and the location will be changed from the current Zichen Palace to be held in the Secretariat. This actually completely emptied Li Yu and deprived him of his last say.

Although Li Yu's power is getting weaker, he is in a good mood today. He had already received news from the newly-licensed Concubine Changsun Huifei last night that Changsun Quanxu and others were willing to go to Beijing to serve the king, but the details of the troops and schedule are still unclear. They can only wait for Bian Lingcheng, who is on the way to Beijing, to explain in detail.

"Emperor! The Minister of War Li Shangshu is here, waiting to see you outside!" Ma Yingjun's voice was soft, afraid that he would disturb Li Yu's rare ease these days.

Li Yu turned around and smiled, "Oh! The master is here, why are you so polite again? Please invite him in!"

Ma Yingjun agreed. After taking two steps, Li Yu called him again and repeatedly reminded him: "Bian Lingcheng may come today. If he comes, take him to see me immediately!"

"Bian Lingcheng!" The fat meat on Ma Yingjun's face shook. This was a name that made him hate him. He was also a eunuch. He was a military commander, but he was a urinating man. He served the emperor for so long, and he didn't even have the power to look at it. Before Bian Lingcheng had seen the emperor, he was a lieutenant of the Shence Army and was in charge of the imperial guards. God, how unfair you are! Although Ma Yingjun's anger almost overturned Li Yu's imperial book room, he still saluted respectfully and retreated hurriedly.

After a moment, Li Mi arrived in a hurry. Although he was the Minister of War, he still had no real power. The real power was in the hands of Wang Changling, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War. This was Li Qing's confidant. Li Mi was not in a hurry. When the situation was unfavorable, he could only endure and wait for the opportunity to appear.

However, he had to admit that Li Qing's methods were indeed ruthless. On the one hand, he ordered Di Wuqi to reform the court meeting system and completely undermine Li Yu; on the other hand, he removed the surveillance of the Supreme Emperor and the princes. The implication was to warn Li Yu not to act rashly, otherwise he would establish a new king and press forward step by step, not giving Li Yu any chance at all.

"My Message Li Mi, please see Your Majesty!" Li Mi looked at Li Yu secretly. Seeing that he looked happy, he felt a little more surprised when he was relieved. It was a big deal to cancel the court meeting. Even if he was not depressed, he shouldn't be so happy. Could it be that Concubine Hui was happy? She had several thoughts in her mind, but she was confused.

"Master, good news! Changsun Quanxu has a reply..." Li Yu suddenly found that Ma Yingjun, who was following Li Mi, stopped his words, waved his hand in anger, and ordered him to go out.

Ma Yingjun was so scared that he took a step back and hurriedly closed the door and went out. He stood at the door blankly. Just now, the disgust on the emperor's face was deeply engraved into his mind. On the one hand, he repeatedly told him to take Bian Lingcheng to meet him in time, but on the other hand, he was like guarding against thieves. A strong sense of loss ate Ma Yingjun's heart. A fierce light flashed in his eyes. He immediately rushed back to the outer hall and wrote a note to his confidant, ordering him to deliver it to Li Qing immediately, but he himself rushed back to the outside of the imperial study room, waiting to be summoned at any time.

Let me say that Li Yu told the master the good news that Changsun Quanxu fully supported him. He wanted to share the results with him, but Li Mi's reaction was very cold, as if he had heard something irrelevant. Li Yu's heart became cold at that time, but he still asked unwillingly: "Master, isn't this good news?"

Li Mi glanced at him and sighed in his heart. He was a disciple who was diligent and loving the people, and was generous and kind. He was originally an emperor of the revival, but like emperors of all dynasties, he could not overcome the power level. He was too eager to take power and always exposed his intentions too early, so he was constantly playing with Li Qing in his palms. Last time, he clearly promised to endure it, but in a blink of an eye, he couldn't help but fight for it. As a result, not only did he get nothing, but he even paid for the court meeting and the cabinet meeting. Alas! It's still a little too tender!

"Your Majesty, I want to say a few words to you today as a master. The words may not be listened to, but they are loyal and unpleasant. I hope you can really listen to it!"

The joy in Li Yu's heart had disappeared. He sat down silently, without saying a word, Li Mi smiled bitterly, "Take the matter of Changsun Quanxu you just mentioned, you just enthroned Concubine Hui, would Li Qing not take it seriously? If I were him, I would definitely pay attention to Changsun Quanxu's movements, and Changsun Quanxu had soldiers in his hands. How could he not understand your intention? I originally wanted to advise you not to rush to enthrone Changsun Huifei, maybe Li Qing would not notice it yet, but seeing that you favor her so much, you can't speak, but you should know in your heart that those who do great things... "

Li Mi advised her earnestly, but Li Yu's face became more and more gloomy. He finally interrupted Li Mi in a helpless manner, "But I have enfeoffed her. If you talk about this now, are you going to want me to depose her?"

After saying that, he stood up suddenly, walked around the study with his hands behind his back, and said with a cold face: "Since you oppose your contact with Changsun Quanxu, then you come up with a useful plan. Last time I competed for the Left Prime Minister for you, but you didn't say a word. Finally, I became the Minister of War and came to complain that I shouldn't have exposed my relationship with Fang Guan and Pei Mian too early. What have you done? Now, I have told you to contact Changsun Quanxu long ago. Why didn't you object at that time? Now that you succeed, you jumped out and said that I did something wrong. Then you said, what do you want me to be satisfied?"

"I want you to endure it! No matter how arrogant Li Qing is, you have to endure it. In this way, he will not dare to do anything to you if he can't catch you, otherwise he will ruin you!"

Seeing that he did not listen to the advice, Li Mi couldn't help but get angry. He stared at Li Yu and said word by word: "Li Qing has lifted the imprisonment of the Supreme Emperor and the kings. Can't you see his intentions? He is warning you that if you are not honest, he will let another prince take you and replace him. Since ancient times, the struggle for power has never been merciless. If you insist on doing your own thing, the master will not be able to protect you!"

"Rareless! Is this what the minister should say to the monarch?"

Li Yu's face was extremely blue, "Since the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, my emperors and ancestors have always been supreme in power. The Supreme Emperor gave up to me, hoping that I could quell the rebellion, save the people from the water and fire, and restore a bright world in the world, instead of letting me be a turtle and handing over the Tang Dynasty to the treacherous ministers. You let me tolerate it and understand that I can't endure it indefinitely. When he dies at seventy or eighty, he will have his son, grandson, and great-grandson. Where is the Tang Dynasty? Now that he is in power for a short time, people are unfair, and there is still a chance to gain something. Otherwise, when his deployment is completed, I will never have a day to turn over!"

"Emperor!" Li Mi knelt down with tears on his face and kowtowed heavily. "I always consider how to get Your Majesty to take power again, but our opponent is a far-sighted person and ruthless. He sets traps step by step. If we are not careful, we will be defeated without any harm. Therefore, I am careful and dare not be careless. Your Majesty, please listen to my advice and give up on Changsun Quanxu!"

Li Yu was silent. Li Mi's tears diluted the anger in his heart. He gradually calmed down and began to realize that he was a little risky. However, Li Qing was about to lead a large army to fight eastward, and Guanzhong was empty, just so that the Hedong Army would come in. If he missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he would most likely regret it for the rest of his life.

History is often decided in an instant. Just when Li Yu was extremely conflicted and in a dilemma, the door knocked gently, and Ma Yingjun's voice sounded outside the door, "Your Majesty, Bian Lingcheng has arrived!"

A little eunuch ran out of Zichen Hall quickly and headed towards Xuanzheng Hall. In the late Tianbao period, the Secretariat, Menxia Province, the Censorate, Hongwen Hall, the History Museum and other institutions moved into the Daming Palace, located on both sides of the Xuanzheng Hall, known as the Inner Dynasty. The Secretariat was located on the right and was also composed of a tall and majestic building complex. The small eunuch ran up the steps and said a few words to the guards of the Yulin Army. The Yulin Army immediately went in to report. After a while, a miscellaneous official came out to lead him in.

Li Qing opened the note handed over by the little eunuch, and there was only one sentence on it, "Bian Lingcheng, who the emperor was eagerly looking forward to, is here today, and it is about Changsun Quanxu."

‘Hurry, Bian Lingcheng, Changsun’, Li Qing smiled slightly, as he expected, even if Li Yu did not enthrone Changsun Lan Yu, he would still notice Changsun Quanxu. From a secret document on Ma Yingjun, he had already pointed out Li Yu’s ideas. He was fighting the Hedong Army. Changsun Quanxu, Zhang Zhijie, and Li Baoyu. These people are indeed easily attracted by the court. Moreover, there is also a Bian Lingcheng in the middle. When he was in Luoyang, Li Yu also appointed him as Hedong and Hebei’s two guards of the army, Rong Xuanfu, and he not only wanted to capture the Hedong Army, but also had Li Guangbi’s idea. It would be fine if he pretended to be deaf and did not ask about this matter, but he actually took action.

"Since you want them to come so, I will fulfill your wish!"

Li Qing smiled faintly, then picked up a pen and wrote a letter to Tongguan Commander Nan Jiyun, and ordered him to arrange defense according to his instructions. After writing, he pulled the rope around him twice, and two personal guards came in immediately. Li Qing handed the letter to one of them and said, "Send this letter to Tongguan Commander Nan, no delays are allowed!"

The guards took the order to go forward. Li Qing closed his eyes and sorted out his thoughts. He walked slowly to the window with his hands behind his back and opened the window. A fresh and cold wind blew towards him. It was still sunny early in the morning, but at this moment, it was already covered with clouds. Li Qing stared at the sky of the black momo in the distance and said to himself: "It seems that the blizzard is coming!"

He pondered for a moment, then turned around and ordered: "Go and call Li Fei Yuanli for me!"

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In the middle of November of the first year of Zhide, Li Guangbi defeated Shi Siming and captured An Qingxu's old nest Youzhou. Shi Siming died in battle. The rebel general Li Huaixian killed Shi Chaoyi, the son of Shi Siming, immediately surrendered to Li Guangbi. After Youzhou was lost, the counties in Hebei surrendered one after another. Li Guangbi was out of power and divided his troops into two groups to capture Xue Song from Qingzhou. The other was led by him personally. The troops were directly aimed at Xiangzhou, which An Qingxu had last occupied. The time for the battle finally came.

Three days later, the Grand Marshal of the World and the Right Prime Minister Li Qing led his army to set off. He left 30,000 troops to station in Chang'an and Guanzhong. He himself led 200,000 troops to leave Chang'an and advance eastward. At the same time, he ordered Tian Shengong in Huaixi, Helan Jinming in Huainan, and the governor of Xiangzhou Lai Wang, Nanyang Governor Lu Jing, Xu Guangchen, Xu Shuji, Qingzhou Governor Xu, and other warlords in the area with troops led their troops to meet him in Zhengzhou to fight against Anqingxu.

The day after Li Qing left Beijing, the blizzard stopped, and the north wind blew, and a thick layer of snow accumulated in Chang'an, reaching the knees. Such thick snow was not even allowed to travel to the carriage. The entire Zhuque Street was also white, and only a few small black dots were vaguely seen moving hard in the snow. Most of these poor people came out to ask for food, and sweeping snow for people is also a good way to make money.

But there was a man who walked very fast. He was thick-eyed and had an extremely burly figure. He walked with big strides, just like running. This man was named Liu Silang, the twin brothers whom King Yong met when he returned to his house. He was his brother. He told Yong that their brothers were originally soldiers in Hexi and were all scouts. After Geshu Han Tongguan defeated, their entire scout camp fled to Hedong. Later, they became bandits, but the two brothers were unwilling to be thieves and planned to raise horses in his hometown in Hexi. Because they lacked money, they were selling their skills on the streets.

King Yong immediately sent someone to the Ministry of War to investigate the military status of the two of them. Sure enough, they had their names, Liu Silang, Liu Wulang, from Liangzhou, Hexi. After three years of joining the army, Li Lin immediately ordered them to be his own bodyguard.

King Yong Li Lin also had the idea of ​​that scout camp. It is said that there were more than 500 people. If they were controlled by him, what a powerful new force would be. He immediately sent Liu Silang to Hedong to recruit the army and grant them money, land and women. Today is the day when Liu Silang came back to report the news.

"Reporting to the prince, he is worthy of his duties. Except for a few people returning to his hometown, the remaining 520 people have all taken them to the farm outside the city and can enter the city at any time."

In order to compete for the throne, Li Lin also trained two thousand slaves in his own fields as guards as guards. However, after Li Qing pursued the fields and recruited soldiers, the village was almost completely lost, and only Yongye fields were left. Now that Li Longji was about to regain the throne, no one in his hands became Li Lin's biggest weakness.

Today, this sudden news immediately made Li Lin jump up with joy. The Hexi Army was already very fierce, and the scouts were the elite among the elite. If you have this army, you will win it over well, which will become a great help for you to ascend the throne.

"Let's go! Let's go to the farm."

Li Lin put on a silver rat fur coat and walked out, but the butler hurriedly stopped him, "Prince, there is such a thick snow outside and you can't run the carriage. It's better to go there another day!"

"If you can't ride a carriage, you can ride a horse. I will go now!" Li Lin pushed the butler away and walked out with great strides.

"Prince, it's very windy outside, so why not take a sedan chair, let us carry you there!" Liu Silang followed from behind and said.

Li Lin stopped, he looked back at Liu Wulang's honest and sincere face, and couldn't help but feel moved. Then he patted his broad shoulder kindly and smiled: "Not bad! Follow me well, I will never treat you brothers badly."

Liu Silang immediately knelt down on one knee and cut his mind: "I hope to serve the prince!"

The roads were blocked with heavy snow in Chang'an City. The most troublesome person was Guo Xuji, the ministers wanted to go to the yamen, the people wanted to work and support their families, and merchants wanted to go out to sell goods. All kinds of reasons required him to clear out a way for each major street, but he had no soldiers, only hundreds of yamen runners, and even Chang'an County and Wannian County were a group of only a thousand people. It was not enough to clean up the Zhuque Street. As for hiring the husbands to work, money was not a problem. Where to find so many husbands on the issue, the Chang'an County Magistrate thought of a way for him, and went to the ruined temples and ruined temples in each yard to find beggars and wandering children, and promised them to thirty cents a day and take care of two meals, and finally solved the problem.

There were people sweeping snow everywhere on Chang'an Street. Carriages began to appear on the road. The road finally opened. However, Guo Xuji hurried back home. The housekeeper ran to tell him that a strange guest had come to his house, guarded by soldiers, and was very fierce, so he asked him to go home quickly.

Guo Xuji thought for a long time but couldn't figure out who the person would be. When he walked into the door, he saw more than a dozen guards with swords guards guarding the door, his eyes cold and alert. His family was so scared that they hid in the inner courtyard and dared not come out. The whole mansion was quiet and very quiet.

"Master, it's him!"

The housekeeper shrank and pointed to the yard. Guo Xuji looked at his fingers and saw a man standing in the yard with his hands behind his back and admiring the ice hangings on the trees. He was wearing a fire fox coat and a black hat. From his back, Guo Xuji felt that he looked very familiar, but he could not remember who he was.

"Uncle, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

The man smiled and turned slowly, Guo Xuji was shocked, "Ah! Emperor, no! Emperor." He fell to the ground all of a sudden, feeling that he had no strength in his body.

The person who came was the Supreme Emperor Li Longji. He glanced at Guo Xuji and smiled faintly: "I came out to enjoy the snowy scenery in Chang'an. I happened to pass by here. I was a little thirsty. My uncle wouldn't even give me a glass of water!"

Guo Xuji secretly looked at the room. There was no one else. He immediately understood in his heart. He looked at Xuejing but did not bring Yang Yuhuan. This was clearly coming to find him. At this moment, he suddenly remembered something and immediately broke his back. Isn’t Li Longji dementia? This, he actually pretended! Could it be?

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Guo Xuji no longer dared to think about it anymore. He followed Li Longji into the guest room blankly. Li Longji sat in the main seat without any hesitation, waved his hand and said, "You sit down!"

Guo Xuji sat down while rubbing his butt against the chair, and his calves trembled constantly. He said with a tough bullet: "Your Majesty, no! Is the Supreme Emperor asking for his ministers for trouble?"

Li Longji snorted coldly, "I'll ask you first, are you a minister of the Tang Dynasty?"

"Of course I am!" When I said this, sweat had been left on Guo Xuji's forehead.

"Bang!" There was a loud noise, and Li Longji slapped heavily on the table, stood up and scolded him angrily: "Since you are a minister of the Tang Dynasty, why do you remain indifferent when you see the Tang Dynasty's country being stolen, and even make accusations for tigers!"

Guo Xuji was so scared that he was shocked, his body suddenly slid from the chair to the ground, and he stuttered: "The Supreme Emperor, I... I am sincere to the Tang Dynasty, no, no second heart, and no accomplice to the tiger."

"Don't have a second heart?" Li Longji sneered, staring at him like lightning, "If not, then why would he use you as Jingzhao Yin? When he came to Jingzhao City, you went to Jiannan and passed by him. He had no relationship in the future. If you hadn't taken the initiative to surrender to him, would he use you? He also had such an important position as Jingzhao Yin, please explain to me!"

"Ultimate Emperor, I am wronged!" Guo Xuji knelt and climbed forward two steps. The decades of absolute surrender made him lie at Li Longji's feet and cry. "I didn't go to find him. He said he wanted to repay my brother's kindness!"

"Repay kindness?" Li Longji was stunned for a moment and immediately reacted, "Are you talking about Guo Xuping?"

"Yes! My brother was the chief minister in Suzhou and died for him, so he specially appointed me as Jingzhao Yin."

"I didn't expect that he was a kind person who could repay kindness, but I was as kind as a mountain to him, but he was kind to him and revenge!" Li Longji breathed a long breath, took out a booklet from his arms, turned it in front of Guo Xuji, and ordered him: "I want to destroy the useless crown prince and establish a new king. You can sign a name on it!"

Guo Xuji hesitated for a moment. At this critical moment, his mind suddenly became clear. This was Li Longji's purpose for him. He stared at the booklet tightly, his heart was so chaotic that he wanted to say no, but he didn't dare. If he signed this, the troubles would be endless, and sweat beads rolled down from his forehead.

Li Longji glanced at him coldly, suddenly raised his tone and shouted sternly: "What! Are you very satisfied with the current emperor?"

"No! No, it's just me..." Guo Xuji swallowed and couldn't continue.

"Just what?" Li Longji looked coldly in front of him, "Do you want to go and sue? Is it fake to say that I am sick?"

"No! No!" Guo Xuji waved his hand desperately, "How could I hurt the Supreme Emperor? I don't dare to give me ten thousand courage!"

Li Longji took back the booklet and sighed long and said, "I still remember when you passed the Jinshi, you were so excited that you couldn't even ride a horse. If I pushed you from behind, you could only praise the official and parade. It's almost forty years now. You and I are old. What else can you miss? Forget it! If you don't support me, forget it, don't force you."

Li Longji looked up to the sky and cried out, "What can we do if the heavens are going to destroy our Tang Dynasty!" After saying that, he dragged his heavy steps and walked out slowly.
Chapter completed!