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Li Ye received the news ten days ago that Taiyuan was occupied by Tian Shenyu. Li Ye immediately ordered Lei Wanchun of Yunzhou to occupy Shuozhou and Daizhou immediately.

Li Ye knew that Tian Shengong, who had lost his foundation, had no way out and would surrender to the court sooner or later.

Sure enough, Tian Shengong sent an envoy, but this also meant that he surrendered conditionally.

Li Ye immediately arranged for Dugu Lie, the Minister of War, to contact the other party.

The next morning, Tian Shengong's chief adviser Li Feng was taken to the Ministry of War, and officials took him to Dugulie's official room.

Dugu Lie is the Minister of the Ministry of War. In Li Longji's era, he was the Minister of the Ministry of War, but now he serves as the Minister of War as the Minister of War.

Li Ye implemented the functional phase, and the omnipotent phase was limited to the right phase.

The functional phase is generally called the auxiliary phase or the envoy phase, but people prefer to call the function directly and do not like the name auxiliary phase.

Therefore, the seven phases are now called: official phase, financial phase, ritual phase, martial phase, law phase, work phase and privy phase.

Then the left prime minister is called the door prime minister, and the right prime minister is called the prime minister.

Dugu Lie was known as Dugu Wuxiang outside. Li Feng was led into Dugulie's official room, bowed and saluted: "Little man Li Feng, he is Tian Shijun's staff, please see Dugu Wuxiang!"

Dugu Lie smiled slightly and said, "Please sit down!"

Li Feng sat down with some uneasiness, and Dugu Lie added: "I was entrusted by the Supervisory State to talk to Mr. Tian Shengong about Tian Shengong. I don't know what Tian Shengong thinks."

"I want to say one thing first. His Royal Highness King Wei has committed suicide."

Dugu Lie was startled, "Why?"

"Because none of the generals wanted to betray the imperial court, nor did Tian Shijun. King Wei refused to agree, so he threatened Tian Shijun with committing suicide. Tian Shijun did not accept his threat, so he simply drew his sword and committed suicide. There is no way to save it.”

"Why did King Wei threaten Tian Shengong?"

"King Wei forced Tian Shijun to cooperate with Tian Shenyu to establish the Northern Tang Dynasty and build Taiyuan as the capital. Of course Tian Shijun would not agree."

Dugu Lie nodded, "It seems that Tian Shengong still considers the overall situation and deserves praise!"

Li Feng pondered for a moment and said: "If Tian Shijun surrenders to the imperial court, what kind of treatment will he receive?"

Dugu Lie said lightly: "There are a few ugly things to say. First, the court is going to clean up the titles. There is only one prince, and that is His Highness Prince Qi. All other princes will be reduced to county princes or heirs, and the county prince will be reduced to county. male.

Secondly, to implement the order of Emperor Gaozu, non-royal people cannot be kings, so there will be no kings with different surnames, including myself. I will be demoted from a county king to a duke. The father of King Qi, Li Dai, will also be deprived of his position as a county king and demoted to a prince. The same goes for Tian Shengong, Duke of Jin, who was demoted to Duke of Xu in recognition of his role in quelling Liu Zhan's rebellion in Xuzhou.

As for vassal towns and the like, directly canceling the throne, not even the Duke of the country, and being knighted for participating in the rebellion is simply a joke, which makes the soldiers all over the world dissatisfied. This is not directed at Tian Shengong, everyone is the same. "

Li Feng nodded silently. Even Li Dai was deprived of the title of king, and it was impossible for Tian Shengong to retain the title of king.

"What about the position?" Li Feng asked again.

"The official rank is set as Yinqing Guanglu Dafu, and he is appointed as Taichangqing. Taichangqing is a real official. If you don't want to be an official in the court, you can also be named Shangfu Yin. If you don't want to be an official and want to rest at home for a few years, Then he was granted the title of Prince Shaobao, a purple robe, and a goldfish bag."

If you want to be a real official, then be granted the title of ministerial-level official. If you want to retire, enjoy deputy state-level treatment. As for the army, forget about it. If you have been made a civilian official, you will no longer have any relationship with the army.

Dugu Lie smiled and said: "Of course, we must also listen to Tian Shijun's own thoughts. If it is not excessive, the court will also consider it!"

Li Feng cautiously tried to test: "My envoy is more inclined to Luze Jiedushi to guard against Tian Shenyu's army going south!"

Dugulie shook his head and smiled: "In the past, it was because the imperial court was not strong enough and had to accept the existence of feudal towns, but now it will no longer be the case. Any feudal towns will no longer be allowed to appear in the Central Plains. The existing feudal towns will also be canceled one by one. As for Tian Shenyu , I guarantee that within three months, he will cease to exist!”

After listening to Dugu Lie's report, Li Ye nodded and said with a smile: "Tian Shengong still had a bit of luck, thinking that the imperial court would still compromise as before and make him the governor of Luze. Unfortunately, that era has already In the past, reality will teach him a lesson."

Dugu Lie pondered for a moment and said, "What if he doesn't want to accept the court's arrangement and wants to maintain the status quo?"

Li Ye said lightly: "He only has one month. If he does not reply within one month, the imperial army will not hesitate to destroy him and kill him. But since he has killed King Wei, he will not be so Stupidly confront the imperial court and become the chicken in the imperial court’s attempt to kill the chicken and the monkey!”

Dugu Lie was shocked, "Your Highness thinks King Wei was killed by Tian Shengong?"

"It must be him. If King Wei is not dead, how can he surrender to the court?"

After reporting to the Supervisor, Li Dai convened the Political Affairs Hall to listen to Dugu Lie's report on Tian Shengong.

Li Ye would not participate in the political affairs hall discussion. It was convened by Prime Minister Li Dai, including the prime minister and the other seven prime ministers to gather to discuss government affairs.

There is nothing new in the political affairs hall, it has always been there. Li Ye pioneered the military and political affairs, which replaced the court meeting. The ministers soon discovered the secret. The Queen Mother no longer had the power to convene, and the court meeting disappeared at the same time, so they had no The opportunity to see the Queen Mother and the Emperor again will only appear during the New Year's Day on the first day of the first lunar month every year.

In addition, in terms of government affairs classification, Li Ye added a purple level, which is the level of the Queen Mother. Only purple level government affairs will be handed over to the Queen Mother for approval, such as canonizing kings, drafting reign titles, moving the capital, dynasty arrangements, etc. Important ceremonial matters will only be reviewed and approved by the Queen Mother, who is the highest authority in name only.

In this way, whether it was military affairs or government affairs classification, the Queen Mother and the Emperor were technically isolated.

In the final analysis, Empress Dowager Zhang was just a pawn of Li Ye. Li Ye needed her and the emperor as a transition, but did not really want to give her power. How could he really give him power?

In the political hall, after listening to Dugu Lie's account, all the ministers unanimously agreed on the plan to supervise the country and could not give Tian Shengong any chance again.

Wei Jiansu said with emotion: "The imperial court was really aggrieved in the past. It watched helplessly as Jiedu prefectures were established one after another in Hebei and the Central Plains, turning the vassal towns into a state within a state. This seriously damaged the interests of the imperial court and centralized power, and the unified country was torn apart. There are armies and wars everywhere, leaving the people living between life and death, and having to bear heavy military expenses. Now that the new Tang Dynasty is born, we have enough strength, and the court will never allow the vassal town to continue. Tian Shengong actually still wants to Let’s be the governor of Luze again and let him have his great spring and autumn dream!”

Wei Jiansu's speech won a round of applause from everyone.