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Volume 1: Who Rides the Star to Break through the Void Chapter 501: There are many gentlemen who defend the country.

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    Bian Ping stood at the door of Chunming Gate with a gloomy look.  Like him, there were countless officials and civilians standing at the door. They were here to welcome Li Longji who returned to Chang'an.  These days, Bian Ping has been in a bad mood, not because he has any complaints after being scolded by Ye Changxun, but because he blames himself for getting carried away with some achievements.  If not, he would not have dared to act without permission that day.  He came from a humble background and knew that he was just a vine. If he hadn't been attached to the big tree Ye Chang, he would never have been able to climb to such a high position.  So he hoped to push Ye Chang to a higher position, preferably the Ninth Five Supreme Being, but Ye Chang had other plans.  "What on earth is Mr. Ye thinking At this time, his reputation is so high that he is unparalleled in the world. Even if he cannot give in, he should not retreat" Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Li Longji's car appearing in sight.  Li Longji came from the west. Originally, it was most appropriate to take the Jinguang Gate. However, Li Longji felt that he had escaped from the Jinguang Gate in embarrassment. It seemed unlucky there, and now he was returning in triumph, so he still walked to the east.  Chunmingmen is more suitable.  "Huh, that foolish emperor, I don't know what he would think if he saw the collapsed city wall outside Chunming Gate." Bian Ping looked towards the south and thought with malice.  The place he looked at was the city wall that had collapsed during the siege. Due to time constraints, it had not yet been repaired. Now it was only surrounded by a curtain to barely cover up its appearance.  While driving in the car, Li Longji did see the curtain. Next to him was Zhou Xiangren, who was explaining to him the section of the city wall that had been blown down: "The city wall, which was more than ten feet long, completely collapsed. Every day, barbarians come here.  Everyone looked at them and suddenly changed their expressions. They said that the Tang Dynasty had such magical weapons, and the dangerous passes could no longer stop the heavenly soldiers. They all said that after they returned, they would definitely show the dignity of the Tang Dynasty to all directions. " "Okay, let's coax them.  As for people, don't mention it." Li Longji snorted and looked at Zhou Xiangren with crooked eyes.  ¡°There are no useful people around, so I can only try to be taller than the short ones. This Zhou Xianren is really a waste. Can you believe those kind of coaxing words?¡±  When the barbarians heard about the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, they were all very happy and wanted to pounce on the Tang Dynasty and take a few bites.  Although there are magic weapons like gunpowder, Siyi's style has always been to treat it as if it doesn't exist if it doesn't hit the body. Deterrence?  If deterrence is effective, what should the officers and soldiers do? "There is a reason why Li Longji was depressed. He got the news that whether it was Anxi, Quanrong, Fan Yang, or all the barbarians, there were changes.  News of the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty has spread. These white-eyed wolves on the border are ready to take action, which is normal. However, for the Tang Dynasty, after two major turmoils in just one year, the core and essence of the Central Plains region was devastated.  It is really unable to support several border wars that started at the same time.  Not to mention the distance, in terms of military strength alone, these two civil strife consumed nearly 300,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty, of which 200,000 were elites from the Jiuzhen border area - they became rebels, although most of them are now captured.  Surrender, but how can Li Longji safely let them return to the border?  ?Then there are grain and grass supplies.  Li Longji knew very well that the Tang Dynasty was now dependent on the wealth of Liaodong. Although Liaodong was rich, its operating time was short after all. It could hang on for a while, but not for a long time.  Ye Chang was eager to eliminate An and Shi together for this reason.  In the border war, it was difficult to raise food and grass, and even more difficult to transport it. If it lasted for a long time, it would be another big trouble for Datang.  Of course, border troubles are just one of Li Longji's many worries. He also has two huge worries hidden in his heart.  The first is how he gets along with Ye Chang. It is no secret that Ye Chang has great achievements. Even if Ye Chang himself is loyal, it is difficult for some of his subordinates to add fuel to the fire. How can he maintain the friendship between the emperor and his ministers without chilling the heroes?  , Li Longji thought for a long time, but there was really no way.  The second issue is the matter of the crown prince. Lang Heng rebelled and was naturally deposed. The other princes who were lucky enough to escape An Lushan's slaughter were either rebels or mediocre, and no one could succeed him.  Li Longji is confident that he can still manage the relationship with his heroes and generals while he is alive, but if his heir succeeds to the throne, will Ye Chang and other generals still be loyal?  "Long live, long live, long live" he was struggling while driving, but he heard thunderous cheers outside.  Gao Lishi stretched out his head and looked outside, and then reported back: "Sage, the people are saluting the saint" "Help me out."  "Li Longji restrained his thoughts and ordered. "At this time, the chill had faded and spring was coming. Li Longji came out wearing a jacket and did not feel cold. As soon as he got out of the car, the people saw his clothes and knew that he was the emperor.  There was another chorus of cheers, sounding like spring thunder. Hearing such loud cheers, Bian Ping's face became gloomier. "Ye Chang asked him to come here today not to be responsible for security - the intelligence investigation system only has reconnaissance."  He did not have much power in his hands, not to mention that after he acted without authorization that day, Ye Chang had already taken away his control over the intelligence investigation system.At that time, Bian Ping also understood why Ye Chang let him appear here. It was not to humiliate him, but to let him see the situation clearly.  Although the Tang Dynasty was plagued by internal and external troubles, Li's people had not lost all their support.  Especially Li Longji, after all, he is an emperor who has worked hard for decades. Although he has been immoral in the past ten years, he still has a high status in the hearts of the people.  Ye Chang may be able to suppress him with his merits, but the result of suppressing him is bound to be a lose-lose situation, and he will be infamous among the common people for bullying the emperor and monopolizing power.  Realizing this, Bian Ping finally understood his mistake. Ye Chang criticized him for being too hasty, but he was not wrong at all.  However, taking unauthorized actions in a hurry is a big taboo. Even if he realizes his mistake, he will not be able to return to the intelligence investigation system in the future.  Thinking of this, Bian Ping sighed, feeling reluctant to give up.  He didn¡¯t know that this unauthorized action only gave Ye Chang an excuse. Even if he had never done this, Ye Chang would transfer him from the intelligence investigation system in the near future.  Ye Chang believes that organizations such as the intelligence investigation system should be firmly in his own hands, and no person in charge can hold a position in this system for too long.  Bian Ping has been in this system for eight years, and it's time to transfer out of the intelligence investigation system.  Bian Ping thought about the tasks he might be assigned next, so he couldn't help but glance at Ye Chang, only to see Ye Chang stepping forward.  The people who lined the road to welcome Li Longji were the common people in the outer circle, officials next, Bian Ping was among them, and the sergeants in the inner circle.  After Ye Chang stepped forward, the sergeants who were standing in a relaxed posture all tensed up, and Ye Chang was also like them.  Seeing Li Longji approaching, Ye Chang shouted sharply: "Salute." When Li Longji saw all the soldiers in the army, they saluted him like one person, including Ye Chang. He felt refreshed and a smile appeared on his face.  .  "Shi1lang, thank you for your hard work." He broke away from Gao Lishi's support, quickened his pace, and came to Ye Chang.  Before he could come in front of him, Ye Chang bowed down and said, "Thank you, I have fulfilled my mission." "It doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't have to be like this." Li Longji hurriedly stopped him, trying to stop him from bowing down.  But in terms of strength, how could the old and frail Li Longji compare to Ye Chang? Ye Chang still bowed down deeply. Li Longji personally helped him up and complained: "You have fought hard and made outstanding achievements, so why bother?"  The rebels rebelled because they had no emperor in their eyes and no etiquette in their hearts. Now that the people's hearts have finally decided, I will give this gift to the people to know that there is a king in the Tang Dynasty after all," Ye Chang said.  "You are a truly pure minister." Li Longji praised him, and the doubts he had just felt in his heart could not help but be relieved.  "However, Ye Chang respects the emperor so much that the emperor should not treat his meritorious officials lightly."  Thinking of this, Li Longji smiled and said: "I have nothing to reward the Eleventh Lang for such a great achievement. I can only give you no need to kneel down - since you have the emperor in your eyes and etiquette in your heart, you should know that you have no joke and no need to refuse."  ." Ye Chang was stunned. He didn't expect that he would be exempted from doing so 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, but just talking about the relationship between the two, Li Longji would be his father-in-law sooner or later. What big deal was it to worship his father-in-law?  "Come on, come with me and get in the car." Amid the cheers of the sergeants, officers and people, Li Longji entered Chunming Gate on foot. Seeing the people, officers and people behind him, Li Longji took Ye Chang's hand.  Ye Chang followed him into the carriage, and Li Longji gave him a brocade group to sit down, and then said with a smile: "Eleventh Master, I saw your new memorial, you actually took back so much property from the An Ni thieves  However, although there is money and silk in the treasury, there is a shortage of food, so you still need to worry about it. "The loss of food in the war is not only the food of the soldiers, but also the greater destruction.  Although An Lushan lost Chang'an in a hurry, in the more than two months of controlling Chang'an, he destroyed Chang'an's grain reserves until there was not much left.  "I have already considered this matter. In order to prepare for disasters and famines, last year I invited large-scale ships to transport grain from Annan, and also from Liaodong. I also organized the hungry people to work for relief, and went out to eat to survive this period of drought.  There is no problem with the time. As long as the grain from Huainan arrives, the treasury will be full. "Ye Chang said it simply. Li Longji knew that this required extremely complicated operations, but now he could only rely on Ye Chang.  "There is no shortage of money and food in the treasury, so I feel relieved. I see that the city of Chang'an is full of devastation and the palaces are destroyed. Now that the treasury is empty, it is not appropriate to carry out large-scale construction. I will put the matter of rebuilding the palaces on hold for now. But there is one thing that cannot be postponed any longer  ¡­¡± It was rare for Li Longji to postpone the construction of the palace, and Ye Chang responded with a smile.  The palaces in Chang'an City were seriously damaged in several wars and fires, among which Xingqing Palace was the most severely damaged.  Everything else can be postponed for a while. Xingqing Palace still needs to be renovated, otherwise Li Longji will not have a suitable place to live.  Moreover, Ye Chang knew that proper infrastructure construction at this time would not only allow some unemployed people to find money-making jobs, but also promote economic circulation to a certain extent. As long as the scale of palace construction was controlled,Then organizing labor to purchase materials according to market rules is actually beneficial and harmless.  But what Li Longji said couldn't be delayed any longer made Ye Chang secretly vigilant.  "I wonder what your Majesty is talking about?" "The marriage between you and Erjiu Niang can no longer be postponed." Li Longji said: "You get old easily, and in the blink of an eye, Erjiu Niang has reached this age.  If you drag it on, you are delaying her." Ye Chang lowered his head. After a while, he said: "I will ask Princess Yuzhen and Prime Minister Wei to be the matchmakers. What do you think, sage?" "Very good, very good.  "Li Longji laughed loudly: "But the ugly words are ahead. You are as rich as the country, and the betrothal gift is small, so I can't help you." Ye Chang also laughed: "That's natural, I won't wrong the twenty-nine mother." "  I want to make you the King of Wei, with Liaodong as the fiefdom, and position yourself above all the kings." Li Longji looked at Ye Chang and said softly: "Everything outside Yuguan is your food. This is the twenty-nine mother.  "The dowry." Ye Chang's heart trembled, and he raised his eyes to look at Li Longji. Li Longji's dim eyes did not show much emotion.  "I'm not being hypocritical. In fact I really don't dare to take it seriously." Ye Chang said bravely.  "I know your loyalty. Without the establishment of a feudal country, how can I praise your merits and make your subordinates peaceful?" Li Longji said slowly: "Your surname Ye comes from the Zhuanxu family. According to "Zuo Zhuan"  He said, "Wei is the hill of Zhuanxu. You are a martial artist, so I am named King of Wei because I want you to remember what Ji Zha said at the beginning, 'If there are many gentlemen in Wei, the country will be safe." "I will live up to your majesty."  High hopes are just a matter of establishing a king and establishing a country. Your Majesty, please think twice" "It is for this reason that I am rewarded by holding the sky to protect the country and turning the tide. This is also for my peace of mind. Everyone in the court praises me.  Ichiro, just go with it, hahahaha" Li Longji said half-jokingly.  Ye Chang actually knew about this incident a long time ago. How could he not have his eyes and ears around Li Longji.  At first, Li Longji was hesitating between the two titles of King Yan and King Dai. The fiefdom of Liaodong had already been decided. But later, An Lushan claimed to be King of Yan, or even Emperor of Yan. Naturally, this was not the case for Yan.  .  The King of Dai was not valued by Li Longji, so the last choice was King Wei.  "I really don't dare to be a minister." "Stop saying this, there is one more thing that makes me feel uneasy. The foundation of the country lies in the crown prince. I have sinned against Heaven. If I do not establish an heir properly, I will be in trouble. Now that I am old,  Gao, it is not appropriate to postpone the matter of becoming the crown prince any longer. In your opinion, who should be appointed?¡± Hearing Li Longji directly ask Ye Chang who should be appointed, Gao Lishi next to him stood on end. He glanced at Li Longji and realized that  Li Longji looked focused. Obviously, he really wanted to get the answer from Ye Chang.  "How dare I say anything about this saint's family affairs?" "In the past, you didn't have to worry about it. Now you are my beloved son-in-law. My family affairs are also your family affairs. How can you not say anything?" Li Longji said with a bitter smile:  "I have been ignorant of people over the years, especially when it comes to the crown prince. I have made mistakes again and again. You tell me what you want, and whether or not you will listen is still with me. When this matter comes from your mouth to my ears, no one else knows General Gao, you  Will you go outside and say it?" Gao Lishi trembled: "My servant has been very deaf recently and can't hear anything." Li Longji looked at Ye Chang again, half-smiling: "Can you finally say it?  " Ye Chang hesitated for a while, then finally spoke and said three words.
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