In the days when I was dressed as the king of a subjugated country

Gu Li had a good night's sleep, and when he got up, the mirage on the Mingguang Pavilion had dissipated - the sun came out, and the mist on the water had dissipated, so the mirage could not last too long.

Officials came to see them one after another, and they were all about searching for mirages. Gu Li always used the excuse that the heavens were moved by his sincerity, and evaded it.Thanks to him, the confidence of the officers, soldiers and common people in the capital has doubled.

Gu Li guessed that Zhang Ci'er would attack again in the next two days.It is impossible for him to delay for too long. If it is too long, troops from all over the country will come to help. Even if it is to encircle the spot to fight for aid, Zhang Ci'er can't stand the exhaustion of these rounds.

Yang Hongjian was exactly as he thought, these two days he was busy arranging city defenses, and Yang Xiewen was also concentrating on training troops.Only Cao Cunlin ran into the palace from time to time, flattered him, and reported military affairs by the way.

On the evening of the fifth day, Zhang Ci'er came to attack again.Gu Li went to the top of the city to supervise the battle again, this time he was not as lucky as the last time, he was shot in the arm by the arrow, but fortunately the injury was not deep, but the pain was severe.

At dawn, the battle situation eased, Zhang Ci'er withdrew his troops to recuperate, and Yang Hongjian hurriedly reorganized his troops to treat the wounded.

Gu Li was wounded by someone, and he stood on the top of the city and watched the tragedy below.Isn't it tragic? After a night of artillery fire, the city was in a mess, with scorched earth and dead scenes, and occasionally the corpses of the rebels lay down.On the top of the city, there are also many ruins of the ruins that were shot by Ishimaru Ryu's arrows. When the cold wind blows, it adds a little bit of desolation.

Gu Li's wound was in severe pain, and he suffered for another night. The cold wind blew, and the original owner's body was already severely depleted. How could he withstand such tossing for days? Rest in the arrow tower.He didn't know how long he had slept in a daze, when suddenly he heard loud noises outside, and they started fighting again.

He tried his best to get up and walked to the top of the city. Yang Hongjian rushed to the north gate, but Prime Minister Mu was actually helping to direct from the top of the city.

Gu Li looked out, and saw Li Xiewen riding a mount at the southwest wall, leading soldiers and Zhang Ci'er's soldiers to charge at the same place, and another person led a team of troops to sweep the formation for him, guarding the central army, showing a face during the fight Come, it is a handsome and lovely appearance, very young, but the eyes are completely calm.

"What's going on here?" Gu Li hurriedly asked Mu Chengxiang.

Prime Minister Mu coughed twice, and replied in a loud voice: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the two armies of Xuanfu and Changping have joined forces to help Beijing. Li Xiewen led people out of the city, and the person who raided for him is the supervisor Xie Lian."

Amidst the roar of artillery fire, Gu Li managed to hear clearly that reinforcements had arrived. According to the plan agreed in advance, Li Xiewen led troops out of the city to join forces with the reinforcements.

The battle has come to a critical juncture, whether the crisis can be turned to safety, and Zhang Ci'er's rebel army can be wiped out depends on this battle.

Under the city wall, Li Xiewen's army was inseparable from the enemy's army, and the flag of the second reinforcement army could be seen in the distance.At this moment, a sudden change occurred in the enemy's formation. A large cart pulled by four horses was parked in front of the formation. One person was tied up and pushed into the carriage. The dog officials are watching! Your King of Fortune is in our hands!"

Gu Li has never met King Fu, but only knows that he is fief in Luoyang. Is this fat man tied into a pig really King Fu?Gu Lizheng tried his best to identify it, and seeing Prime Minister Mu's expression of surprise and worry, it seemed that this person was indeed King Fu.

The enemy yelled three times, and drove the car towards the killing formation.When the defenders of the capital saw that it was really King Fu, they couldn't help being timid and afraid to make a move, for fear that someone who accidentally hurt the emperor's relatives would be blamed by His Majesty.

When Gu Li saw this, how could he just sit idly by.He was about to yell loudly, telling the soldiers to just take action, whether they live or die depends on King Fu's fortune, but Prime Minister Mu seemed to have already guessed what he was going to do, and hurriedly dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, don't be impulsive."

Gu Li suddenly woke up.This King of Fu should be his uncle. If he speaks out seriously, disregarding his uncle's safety, and even contributing to the flames, then it will go against the ideology under the traditional Confucian moral rule, and scholars all over the world will scold him to death!

Gu Li was in a hurry to get angry, seeing the enemy army under the city wall as if they had won the gold medal for avoiding death, pushing and blocking King Fu wherever they went, the defenders there would retreat like a tide, and let others slaughter them like leeks. If they let it go, Li Xiewen will only Afraid to lose.

In such a situation, how could the soldiers not know.In the chaos, Xie Lian shouted at Li Xiewen, "General!"

Li Xiewen's eyes showed hesitation, and he didn't dare to make a move.

Xie Lian put her horse between her legs, drew a feathered arrow from her back, and aimed at King Fu.However, he unconsciously loosened and retracted the fingers holding the longbow. After struggling again and again, Xie Lian lowered her hand, with a cold and restrained expression on her always smiling face.

Xie Lian drew her bow and charged forward with her horse, followed by eight knights, forming a guard formation to protect him.This formation is flexible, both offensive and defensive, and the nine men have superb riding skills, and they have killed King Fu in an instant.

Gu Li couldn't help clenching his fists, staring at the battle situation in the city, hoping that the nine people would quickly rescue King Fu, so that the soldiers would not be caught off guard.The enemy army was also well prepared, two teams of troops outflanked them and trapped the nine knights.

At this moment, the formation suddenly changed, the eight knights retreated behind Xie Lian, like two wings, Xie Lian charged forward, and this formation was like an awl, tearing open a hole in the enemy.The Nine Knights rushed out of the encirclement, rushed back and forth, and immediately defeated the enemy army.

"Okay!" Gu Li couldn't help admiring loudly.

Prime Minister Mu said in a timely manner: "Your Majesty, this formation was created by Xie Chixing, the governor of Liaodong. It was specially designed to deal with Jianlu who was always good at riding and shooting. Xie Lian grew up with his father in the military camp. His father's various tactics."

Gu Li nodded. No wonder Li Xiewen specifically asked this person to help him by name. Sure enough, there are two kinds of brushes.Gu Li asked: "Isn't this man a student of the Imperial College? Why did he come back from the barracks?"

Prime Minister Mu explained: "Xie Chixing died for the country, Xie Lian was shaded, and went to the Imperial College to study."

When Gu Li heard that Xie Chixing had died, he couldn't help feeling a little sorry.

At this moment, nine knights have rescued King Fu.Xie Lian dismounted from her horse, pushed King Fu onto the horse's back, and with a backhand sword, repelled a sneak attacking enemy army.King Fu rode on his horse, protected by eight knights, but Xie Lian was left alone, and his figure was instantly overwhelmed by the rushing enemy troops.Gu Li couldn't help sweating, and looked at that place for a moment, and he was relieved when he saw Xie Lian's figure appearing again, snatching a horse back to help.

Unexpectedly, there was an accident at this time, and Fu Wang could not ride a horse. When he got on the horse, he bumped a little, and he panicked and yelled. The horse was frightened, ran wildly, and rushed into the enemy formation again middle.

The enemy army wanted to capture him alive, and the horse hooks rushed to the mount under King Fu to greet him.Xie Lian just snatched the horse and came out. Seeing this scene, she really felt sorry for the good horse, and couldn't hold back the smile on her face.

Seeing that King Fu was about to fall into the enemy's formation again, Li Xiewen couldn't help being anxious, and shouted for someone to come to the rescue.Originally, the defenders had the upper hand, but the rhythm was chaotic, and they showed a tendency to be invincible.

Gu Li was anxious to get angry from the top of the city. Opportunities on the battlefield were fleeting. Prime Minister Mu on the side also understood this truth, and was about to fight it out. He shouted loudly: "Soldiers in the city, listen up..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw an arrow flying from the slanting stab and shot into King Fu's chest!

Who is so bold that he dares to attack the royal relatives? !

Gu Li's pupils trembled, and he hurriedly searched among the crowd, only to see a knight put down his bow and arrow, and said loudly: "I will take care of the killing or cutting! All the soldiers follow me to kill!"

The man's voice was majestic and resonant, and his face turned around. He was a strong man with a black and red face.Gu Li couldn't help but feel sorry for this reckless man, he killed him as soon as he killed him, why did he yell loudly, even if he wanted to find a reason for this man's accidental miss.

It was a pity for Prime Minister Mu, and he pleaded with Gu Li, "Your Majesty, this man is Jiao Liewei, a general of the Central Beijing Defenders. He served as a soldier under Xie Chixing for several years, and Xie Chixing praised him for his courage and bloody man." ..."

Gu Lixin said that although this person was a bit reckless, he was indeed courageous, and he needed to find a way to keep him.

Looking at the rebels in the city again, they probably didn't expect that someone would dare to attack King Fu. They panicked for a while, Xie Lian seized the opportunity, rushed from left to right, galloped on horses, and joined forces with Li Xiewen to tear open a hole in the rebel army. The team broke up.

In the blink of an eye, the rebel army was completely defeated. Gu Li hurriedly sent an order: "The leader of the rebel army must be brought here. If you are alive, you must see the people, and if you are dead, you must see the corpse."

Gu Li fainted before he finished speaking.

When he woke up, it was already the next morning.A woman was guarding the bed, and when she saw him wake up, she was so excited, crying and laughing, "Bodhisattva bless you! Your Majesty has finally woken up."

Gu Li didn't know who she was, until he saw Yu Guangle who was accompanying her, and guessed that this woman should be Guo Jing, the chosen servant who took care of Gu Youzhen, the only young woman left among the young gays, she was really that green A little red in the bush.

Not long after, news spread that he finally woke up, the Queen Mother brought someone to see him, and Prime Minister Mu also begged to see him outside the palace.

Gu Li's body was still limp, he just felt weak and his muscles were sore, he wanted to lie down for a while, but remembering that there were still many affairs waiting for him to deal with in the court, he had to bite the bullet and get up, and went to the Dongnuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace to meet the courtiers Let's deal with the aftermath of counter-insurgency.

Gu Li was limp and weak, so he had to be supported by Cao Cunlin, and walked slowly to the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, lay down on the couch, and had an audience with the Six Departments, the Nine Qings, the Branches, and the Five Houses.

Officials came in one after another, seeing Gu Li's weak appearance, several of them exchanged glances calmly.

Standing in front, Prime Minister Mu saw that Gu Li was weak and worried, and said, "Your Majesty must take care of the dragon's body."

Gu Li smiled. How could he not understand what these evil bureaucrats were thinking?The emperor looks like he will not last long. Gu Youzhen is young. If the emperor dies, should he find a royal child in the royal family to inherit the throne, or support a young and ignorant emperor to ascend the throne? How to choose to maximize power , I'm afraid these people already have several plans in their minds.

Gu Li said, "Prime Minister Mu please sit down."

Prime Minister Mu was slightly taken aback, Zuo Shijue and other courtiers were also surprised.What Gu Li wanted was this effect. He had seen court officials quarreling with Prime Minister Mu and had no choice but to persuade them to quarrel. He already understood that Prime Minister Mu might not have much power in his hands, so no one took him seriously.

If he wants to carry out reforms, he must centralize his power. First of all, he must establish Prime Minister Mu's prestige in the court and respect Prime Minister Mu in front of all officials.

In the previous dynasty, there were also examples of the prime minister taking the seat during the court meeting, so it is not out of the ordinary for him to give the seat to Prime Minister Mu.

Prime Minister Mu sat down, and the rest of the people stood behind him.Gu Li asked: "How was the result yesterday?"

Yang Hongjian replied: "Li Xiewen led troops to cooperate with the Xuanfu and Datong armies inside and outside, defeated the enemy army, and killed three thousand enemies. The rebel Zhang Ci'er was captured alive, and the remnants of the rebel deputy commander Luo Guangwen were defeated."

The siege of the capital was finally resolved, Gu Li nodded approvingly and said, "Very good, very good."

He was thinking about how to award a reward, and one of them came out and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to show. Although the traitor Zhang Ci'er has been killed, there are still more than [-] soldiers in his remnants. In order to defend against it, it is really to appease and raise traitors! I hope His Majesty will see clearly!"

Gu Li had a little impression of this person, he should be a member of the Ministry of Military Affairs, he was a speech officer, and he belonged to Xia Xingcheng, the left capital censor of the Procuratorate.

Li Xiewen scolded: "Nonsense talk! Please learn from me!"

Gu Li asked: "You said that Yang Shangshu tolerated traitors, what good would it do him?"

Bing Kedu replied to the matter: "I heard that Thief Zhang wrote a letter to Sima Yang. Your Majesty may as well ask in person."

Gu Li didn't believe a single word that Bing Kedu told the story, but he didn't expect Zhang Ci'er to write a letter to Yang Hongjian. He immediately felt a little curious, and asked, "Yang Shangshu, is there such a thing?"

Yang Hongjian bowed his head and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have no impression of such a trivial matter."

Bingke laughed at the incident, and was reluctant: "Yang Sima has no impression, but the lower officials have heard of it. The only poem written in Zhang Thief's letter is "Songs of Complaint" written by Ban Jieyu of the Han Palace: Cracked Qi Wansu, fresh and clean as frost and snow. Cut into acacia fans, round and round like the bright moon. Going in and out of the king's sleeves, shaking the breeze. I am often afraid that the autumn festival will come, and the cool wind will take away the heat. Abandoning the donation in the box, the kindness is in the middle of the way .”

Gu Li couldn't help laughing, and said in his heart that such a sour palace complaint poem is not like someone like Zhang Ci'er can write, so most of it is written by the celestial master next to him. This person wrote palace complaint poems for Yang Hongjian, It is definitely not his unrequited love for Yang Hongjian, there must be a deeper meaning in it.

After thinking about it, Gu Li finally understood.This round fan refers to Yang Hongjian, and the emperor who goes in and out of the arms of the emperor refers to the emperor himself.What the celestial master meant was: Yang Sima, you have the glory and wealth you have today because of me. If you insist on slaughtering our army, it will be as long as the birds are exhausted and the fans are abandoned.Your days are over!

If this is true, then this scheming celestial master is a more terrifying person than Zhang Ci'er.

Gu Li asked: "Seeing what you said, what evidence do you have?"

Bingke took out a thin piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Cao Cunlin, who handed it to Gu Li.

Gu Li opened it to look at it, and saw that the Chinese characters on the paper were clear and thin, and they obviously had good skills, which was exactly what Gu Li speculated.It is impossible for Zhang Ci'er to write such a good handwriting.

Gu Li looked at Bingke's work and asked, "How did you get this letter?"

Bing Ke said in the middle of the matter: "I got it from Yang Hongjian unintentionally. Your Majesty, Yang Hongjian deliberately condoned it, so that the traitors were arrogant and the King Fu was in trouble. Please be aware of it!"

Yang Hongjian quickly knelt down to defend: "Your Majesty, I have withdrawn my army and returned to the defense. I have no intention of condoning traitors and letting the tiger go back to the mountain. I have deployed troops to wipe out the remnants of the party. I have no idea that King Fu fell into the hands of thieves. If Your Majesty If you don’t want to believe it, I would like to avoid suspicion and stay at home today to prove my innocence.”

Bing Ke retorted: "It's absurd, Yang Sima knows that the remnants of the rebel army still need you to go to the battle to clear up the payment, and he keeps saying that he wants to avoid suspicion and stay at home. It's just a posturing."

Gu Li was annoyed and said: "Enough! Yang Shangshu just led the troops to win the battle, and you can't wait to be impeached and held accountable. I think you are the one who can be punished!"

Bing Ke was refuted by Gu Li during the incident, his expression panicked, and he glanced at Xia Xingcheng, the censor of the supervisory capital.Xia Xingcheng folded his sleeves, lowered his eyes slightly, and remained calm.

There was something Gu Li didn't understand about the eyebrow-eye lawsuit between the two of them.Presumably Xia Xingcheng saw that Yang Hongjian had won the battle, and was afraid that the Left Party (Yang Hongjian belonged to Zuo Shijue) would gain power because of this, so he wanted to impeach and suppress him.Gu Li had a good impression of Yang Hongjian, so he hated Xia Dang's actions even more. He wanted to clean up the party disputes, and shouted: "Yang Shangshu leads troops to fight on the top of the city, and the 80 people in the capital rely on Yang Shangshu." Fight bloody battles. You are good, crossing rivers and demolishing bridges is despicable and shameful, who instigated you, go to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and tell me!"

Cao Cunlin called the guards and escorted the speaker away.

Yang Hongjian still knelt and didn't move: "Your Majesty, I really don't know about King Fu falling into the hands of thieves. These days, I haven't received a letter from Prince Fu's son asking for help, and I haven't heard any rumors from Luoyang..."

Gu Li waved his hand, a little tired, and the arm shot by Liu Ya was still in hot pain.Gu Li felt that he had a fever, and suddenly remembered that William the Lionheart of England was shot by an arrow in the jaw and died of an infection. He should not be so unlucky, right?

Gu Li was thinking about something in a daze, and when he heard Cao Cunlin call him softly: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!", he finally came back to his senses, met the worried eyes of the courtiers, managed to pull himself together, and comforted him: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Shang Shu doesn’t need to blame himself, it’s not your fault, he still blames me for King Fu’s matter, and I have no face to face our ancestors... so the Supervisor of Rites, Supervising Capital Censor, and Li Kedu will send people to Luoyang to condolences to the family of King Fu’s son , and another 5000 taels of imperial silver, 2000 taels of Kunning Palace silver, and 2000 taels of Mercy Ning Palace silver will be withdrawn from the treasury of the Zhenfu."

He is still not familiar with these officials, so he can only read the official positions, and the specific personnel assignments are arranged by themselves.Everyone took orders, and Gu Li continued: "Yesterday's battle, Yang Shangshu and all the officers and men made meritorious service. They rewarded 9000 silver medals, 20 taels of silver, [-] bolts of brocade, and [-] bolts of silk. In addition, the soldiers and officials who died in the battle , One person will be rewarded with [-] taels of pension silver, posthumously named martyrs, parents will be exempted from corvee, and those who are injured will be rewarded with [-] taels of silver and ten bolts of silk. I want to condolences to the guards of the Beijing camp, and I will arrange it with the Department of Pedestrians."