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At this time, Li Ye had received an eagle letter from Lei Wanchun from Hanzhong. The news was mixed. The ambush of Li Lin's army was a complete victory and captured 30,000 troops. The enemy's rear army had retreated to Bashu, but Xiangyang was also attacked by Liang Chongyi. Succeeded, so far only Guizhou, Xiazhou, Jingzhou and Mianzhou have been saved, while the other northern states have been lost.

Frankly speaking, this news really made Li Ye angry. It was not because of the fall of Xiangyang. He had originally planned to exchange Xiangyang for Hanzhong. He was angry because the emperor broke his promise and stabbed himself in the back despite his good promise.

Li Ye immediately sent people to find two military advisors, Li Mi and Liu Yan, to discuss countermeasures.

Li Mi smiled and said: "I'm afraid this Liang Chongyi has ulterior motives and wants to follow the example of the three towns in Hebei."

"Why do you see it?" Li Ye asked.

"It's very simple. If it were Li Huan and Li Xian, would they go against the emperor's imperial edict? In the past, Liang Chongyi's boss Laigui refused to obey the imperial will and wanted to separate the country. He was forcibly recalled to the capital. Liang Chongyi wanted to separatize Jingxiang. I’m not surprised at all.”

Li Ye pondered for a while and said: "Chang Shi means that occupying Xiangyang was not the emperor's intention, but Liang Chongyi's unauthorized act?"

"It is inevitable that blocking Li Lin from leaving Sichuan is much more important than occupying Xiangyang. The emperor can tell which is more important and will never stab him in the back at this time!"

Liu Yan next to him also said: "Chang Shi is right. The matter is obvious. Xiangyang is empty because Jing Xiang's army is fighting against Li Lin's army in the south. Liang Chongyi cannot possibly not know that. He is fully aware of Li Lin's threat to the emperor and Li Lin's army. The serious consequences of breaking out of Bashu, but he still wanted to attack and occupy Xiangyang, which shows that he has no overall interest in the imperial court and no emperor at all. He only has his own interests in mind. It won't be long before his plan to separate Jingxiang will be completely exposed. come out."

Li Ye sighed slightly, "Actually, I hope that Jingxiang can resume normal government management. There will be no garrison and no military envoys, so that the people of Jingxiang can rest and recuperate. I plan to withdraw the Jingxiang army to Hanzhong and station the complete army." When Jing Xiang was handed over to the imperial court, I didn't expect that Liang Chongyi would be such a moron, and the emperor would connive with him and betray my good intentions."

Li Mi shook his head and said: "The Emperor is narrow-minded and cannot understand His Highness's pattern."

Li Ye thought for a while and then said: "What's the next step? It's impossible to just let this matter go. What suggestions does the military advisor have?"

Li Bi smiled and said: "Jing Xiang's next step is actually closely related to His Highness's strategic plan. What is His Highness's next step?"

Li Ye said slowly: "Next year, when the Supreme Emperor dies, we will capture Bashu!"

Liu Yan also laughed, "I understand what Chang Shi meant. Once the army comes out of Bashu, Lei Wanchun's army will be needed to respond."

Li Ye smiled and said: "At this moment, at that moment, the southern part of Jingxiang is more important than Xiangyang."

Two days later, Wei Jiansu sent an eagle letter on behalf of the emperor, explaining that the incident in Xiangyang had nothing to do with the emperor. Li Ye also wrote back to Wei Jiansu, expressing regret for the matter, and the matter was settled.

Time flew by and came to January of the following year. The imperial court changed the Yuan Dynasty to the first year of Baoying. Helong Jiedu Mansion also issued an order of promotion by the King of Qi. The generals with meritorious service were promoted to one level. Many civil servants were also promoted to one level. Everyone joined them. Received salary.

In addition, the Prince of Qi granted a title for the first time. This was the result of negotiations between Li Ye and the Emperor. The Emperor gave Li Ye fifty title indicators, the highest being County Duke, of which there are ten County Dukes, and then Hou Bo and his sons have ten. Quota.

Almost all of the first batch of fifty title indicators were given to generals, such as Lei Wanchun was granted the title of Duke of Jiangxia County, Xin Yunjing was granted the title of Duke of Weinan County, Nan Jiyun was granted the title of Duke of Chengji County, Wang Ruxiao was granted the title of Duke of Jiangling County, etc., as well as Pei Xiu , Li Baozhen, Bai Xiaode, Duan Xiushi, Li Feiyuanli, Wei Boyu and others also became county officials.

Li Ye's knighthood was also relatively balanced, taking care of various factions in the army, and everyone was convinced.

In early January, major events occurred in various places. Li Huaixian of Youzhou provoked a mutiny by whipping soldiers and was killed by his general Zhu Xicai and brothers Zhu Si and Zhu Tao. Zhu Xicai established himself as the governor of Youzhou and Lulong, and brothers Zhu Si and Zhu Tao They are all soldiers and horse envoys.

The imperial court recognized Zhu Xicai as the military governor and continued to confer him the title of Chief Shi of the Governor's Office of Youzhou and Prince of Fanyang County. Both Zhu Si and Zhu Tao were granted the title of General of the Xiaoqi Guards and the title of County Duke.

At the same time that Li Huaixian's accident happened, Tian Shengong, the governor of Ziqing, went to Beijing to report on his duties. Li Zhengji took the opportunity to launch a coup, overthrew Tian Shengong, and proclaimed himself the governor of Ziqing. In order to save his family, Tian Shengong had to recognize Li Zhengji legally replaced him, Li Zhengji was immediately recognized by the court, and Tian Shengong was granted the title of Jiedushi of Henan Province.

The imperial court finally recognized Liang Chongyi as the governor of Shannan East Road, and granted him the title of Doctor Ziguanglu, the Secretary of the Military Academy, and the Prince of Xiangyang County.

On the last day of January, Wang Changling, the supervisory envoy of the Helong Festival, died of cold due to old age and was bedridden for two months. Unfortunately, he died of illness. Li Ye held a grand memorial ceremony, posthumously named him Yi Gong, and personally took him with him. Hundreds of officials carried his coffin to the burial.

Although it is early spring in early February, Longyou is still covered in ice and snow, but I can already feel the warmth in the air. Wintersweets are blooming, willow branches are sprouting, flocks of birds are flying and chirping in the sky, the ice on the rivers is beginning to melt, and the snow in the wheat fields is beginning to melt. It has become a thin layer, and the dark land can already be seen.

There was only a thin layer of ice and snow left on the official road, and the constant movement of carriages and horse hooves made the road very muddy.

Li Ye took hundreds of officials out of the city to inspect spring plowing. The wheat fields were full of busy farmers, plowing the soil with oxen to loosen the soil, and spreading wheat seeds and fertilizer.

Li Ye also changed his shoes and took the officials to the fields to plow the fields. It was the same in all parts of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, all the prefects and county governors had to go to the fields to work with the farmers to express their encouragement for farming. Even the emperor of Chang'an, Li Heng, also wanted to do so. Going into the field symbolically pushes two plows.

This year is the year when the Helong Jiedu Prefecture pays the most attention to agriculture, including the cultivated land in Longyou and Hexi, the development of the Hetao Plain in Shuofang and Fengzhou, and the Hehuang Valley in Shanzhou. After half a year of land distribution, Helong’s absolute Most farmers have their own land and are full of energy to work hard this year to strive for a bumper harvest of food.

After Li Ye and the officials worked for half an hour, they ended their inspection and returned to their respective offices.

Back in the official room, two newly arrived military officers were carrying the lit brazier into the room.

After Ji Shouchun and Dingyou returned to his hometown, Wen Jingnian also served as the governor of Henan Province. The two reporters who joined the army in the first term resigned, and the second term also came to report. One was Yang Yan, a friend recommended by Wen Jingnian to Li Ye, who was introduced in history. Yang Yan, the Prime Minister of the Two Taxes Law.

Yang Yan once served as the chief registrar of Taifu Temple in the imperial court, and was later appointed as the magistrate of Longcheng County by Li Ye. He worked for more than a year, which was pretty good and pragmatic. This time, he was recommended by Wen Jingnian, so Li Ye transferred him to be his registrar. Room to join the army.

Another reporter who joined the army was Wei Qingkai, the second grandson of Wei Jiansu. He was the magistrate of Yunyang County in Jingzhao. He had resigned and came to Longyou and was appointed by Li Ye to join the army as a reporter.

This was of course Wei Jiansu's long-term plan, betting on Li Ye to ascend to the throne and sending his most valued second-grandson to Li Ye in advance.

Yang Yan was in charge of government affairs, and Wei Qingkai was in charge of military affairs. The two had a clear division of labor.

Li Ye warmed up the fire for a while, then smiled at the two of them and said, "You guys go back and clean up today. You are going on my first business trip with me."

Wei Qingkai smiled and asked, "Your Highness, where are you going?"

"We will go on inspection in Hexi for about a month. We will leave early the day after tomorrow."

Yang Yan also smiled and said: "This is my first time to go to the Hexi Corridor. It is said that there is heavy snow in winter and the road is blocked. I wonder if it is open now?"

Li Ye said calmly: "It has been opened. Yesterday morning, the first caravan from the Hexi Corridor arrived in Jincheng County."