Tibet

Autumn with broken leaves is a world of brilliant colors. Large tracts of mountain forests are dyed red and yellow, which is particularly pleasing to the eye under the clear blue sky.

Atami is like a blue gem embedded in the mountains. The water is clear and extremely pure.

Next to Rehai, not far from Helie City, Li Ye jumped from the boulder into the lake. The cool lake water instantly enveloped his whole body, and his whole body blended into the scenery of the lake and mountains.

He is not practicing martial arts, but experiencing the world of water with his heart.

Since Feilong chose Wutingchuan, he has felt more and more clearly that his consciousness in his previous life came from water, and he will eventually disappear in the water in this life.

Li Ye is like a leaf lying on the water, drifting with the current. He likes Rehai very much. He often comes to Rehai to swim alone, especially at night. He looks up at the stars in the water and can feel the vastness of the universe, as if he is also swimming with him. Heaven, earth, and all things merge into one.

At this time, the rapid sound of horse hooves in the distance interrupted his thoughts, and then someone shouted on the shore: "Jiedu Envoy, the emperor has a decree coming!"

A soldier ran forward and unfolded a thick cloth and handed it to him. Li Ye tied the thick cloth around his waist and walked out of the water. He walked into a tent and put on clothes.

Li Ye also asked his soldiers to place an incense case to receive the order. The eunuch who declared the order opened the imperial edict and read: "By God's blessing, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty decreed that Li Ye, the governor of Hezhong and the governor of Anxi, must report his duties in the capital before the end of January next year. Please come early. Make arrangements and go to Beijing as soon as possible. I am here to show my respect! September of the thirteenth year of Tianbao."

"The humble minister Li Ye accepts the order!"

The eunuch handed the imperial edict to Li Ye with a smile on his face and said with a smile: "Time is urgent, the Jiedushi must arrange it as soon as possible!"

Li Ye nodded and asked with a smile: "What do you call me, father-in-law?"

"Cheng Yuanzhen!"

It turned out that this person was Cheng Yuanzhen, a famous eunuch in the Middle Tang Dynasty. He was originally Gao Lishi's confidant. Later, he betrayed Gao Lishi and took refuge with Li Fuguo. Later, he participated in the assassination of Li Fuguo. This man was very good at judging the situation and was an absolutely unreliable eunuch.

"How long have Eunuch Cheng been on the road?"

"It's been a full fifty days!"

"It took fifty days to reach Suiye. It was not easy."

"We changed horses along the way and rode day and night. If Dugu Shijun hadn't told us that Jiedushi was in Suiye, we would have gone to Anxi."

Li Ye was moved in his heart and asked: "Dugu Jiedu also wants to return to Beijing to report on his duties?"

"Exactly! This time, all Jiedu envoys will return to Beijing, but they will return to Beijing in batches. Anxi and Beiting are the fourth batch. They will return to Beijing in January next year to report on their duties."

"Why do everyone have to go back to Beijing to report on their work?" Li Ye asked in confusion.

Cheng Yuanzhen looked to both sides and hesitated to speak.

Li Ye took him to the big tent and asked the soldiers to serve him a cup of hot tea.

Cheng Yuanzhen said: "This Jiedu Envoy's report may have something to do with Anlu Mountain. Now everyone is saying that Anlu Mountain is going to rebel. Even if the emperor trusts Anlu Mountain again, the emperor will be a little suspicious. Maybe this time The debriefing will announce some new rules.”

"What will happen if An Lushan doesn't come?" Li Ye asked.

Cheng Yuanzhen shook his head, "Gao Weng said that if An Lushan won't come, he will definitely find an excuse, such as the Khitan invasion. Anyway, there are various reasons, but the court can't do anything about him."

Li Ye listened to Cheng Yuanzhen's ramblings and knew that a small person like him would not know the inside story, so he stopped mentioning the An Lushan incident. He asked again: "Does Mr. Gao have anything else to tell me?"

Cheng Yuanzhen nodded, "There is indeed one more thing. Regarding Bian Lingcheng, Gao Weng asked me to ask you what happened to the wealth Bian Lingcheng accumulated in Anxi?"

Li Ye looked stunned, "Didn't Bian Lingcheng return to Beijing? Didn't his wealth go with him?"

"It is said that there is not, because the Tibetan army invaded Dunhuang, and the team transporting wealth was forced to retreat and disappeared halfway."

"That's when you encounter a sandstorm or are swallowed by quicksand. It's normal. People die in the desert every year. Even an army will die in the desert. Compared with the wildness and vastness of the desert, human beings are too small. Like ants.”

Cheng Yuanzhen shook his head, "That's not the case. He was robbed by Bi Sichen and everyone was killed. But a young eunuch went to find water and escaped. He saw the whole process. It was Bi Hui, Bi Sichen's son. Because, this little eunuch walked for several months before escaping back to Chang'an."

Li Ye shook his head, "This kind of thing will definitely be very hidden. Even Bi Sichen's ordinary confidants may not know it, let alone me. General Anxi doesn't know about it, and neither do I."

"But Jiedushi raided Bi Sichen's house and it is said that he got a lot of wealth!"

"That's the military salary that Bi Sichen embezzled, and the gold and silver wealth he obtained from mining in Anxi privately. Do you know how much military salary he embezzled? When I took over, there were only 15,000 people in the Anxi Army, but he still wanted to The imperial court registered 28,000 people, but he ignored Feng Changqing. Even Feng Changqing didn't know how many people there were in the Anxi Army? Also, he opened a copper mine in Yanqi Army Town and cast copper coins himself. I got It’s all this wealth, and I’ve never heard of Bian Lingcheng’s wealth.”

"Could it be that he mixed Bian Lingcheng's wealth with his own?"

"I don't know about this. I have distributed all Bi Sichen's wealth to the soldiers. Bian Lingcheng's wealth has nothing to do with me. Bi Sichen still has children in Anguo. Bian Lingcheng should ask them. Maybe Bian Lingcheng's wealth is all He was transported to Anguo by them."

Li Ye denied it, and Cheng Yuanzhen had no choice.

He was silent for a moment and said: "Gao Weng wants you to pay attention to Kang Huaishun!"

Li Ye immediately understood that the spy planted by the emperor was Kang Huaishun. Needless to say, this must have been planted by Bian Lingcheng. This person had already been killed by him by accident, and he was lucky.

"There is nothing else to do. I have to rush back to the capital to resume my duties. I hope Jiedushi will return to Chang'an before the specified time."

Cheng Yuanzhen stood up and said goodbye. Li Ye immediately rewarded him with five hundred taels of silver and thanked him for his hard work along the way. Cheng Yuanzhen accepted the offer with great gratitude and left.

Li Ye immediately ordered to pack up his belongings and return to Suiye.

Time is really tight. It is mid-October now, and in the blink of an eye it will be the fourteenth year of Tianbao.

Although An Lushan rebelled at the end of Tianbao's fourteenth year, it was just the time An Lushan chose in Tianbao's fourteenth year. In fact, An Lushan had already prepared it in Tianbao's fourteenth year.

One of the landmark events was the replacement of Han generals with thirty-three Hu generals.

Once An Lushan takes this step, it means that he is ready to rebel at any time.

History will probably not follow its original trajectory. Historically, An Lushan did not kill Yang Guozhong's son. Li Ye had a strong intuition that An Lushan would most likely launch a rebellion in advance.

Li Ye rushed back to Suiye and immediately summoned everyone to discuss the matter. Hearing that the Jiedushi envoy was rushing back to Chang'an to report on his duties, everyone was shocked. The Jiedushi envoy came to Suiye just this spring, and only half a year later, he was leaving again. , his total time in Broken Leaf did not exceed three months.

But everyone also understands that Jiedushi set off from Chang'an at the end of August last year and participated in several wars. He spent a lot of time in the process, especially completing the Great and Little Bolu War. In any case, he had to return to Beijing to report on his work.

"Now we have fifteen thousand people in the Broken Leaf Army, eight thousand of whom will be four years old next year. They need to return to Chang'an. This is the promise given to them by the court, and then new troops will come to station. This time I We will only take a thousand people away, and we will negotiate with the court. Once the return time of the soldiers is determined, General Pei, General An and Xu Heimao will lead them back."

General Pei is Pei Xiu. He has just been transferred back to Suiye. Li Ye needs him, An Taixuan and Hei Spear to lead the army. These three people are his confidants. With them, he can fully control more than 10,000 elite troops. The Hezhong Army,

Pei Rui, An Taixuan and Hei Spear stood up and accepted the order.

Li Ye nodded and said, "I'm not in the middle of the river. According to the old rules, Deputy Governor Dugu Ying will be in charge of military affairs, and Xie Changshi will be in charge of government affairs."

Dugu Ying and Xie Jin nodded in agreement. At this time, Xie Jin asked again: "Should the governor go directly to Beiting to return to Chang'an, or should he go to Anxi first?"