Half a month later.
Capital.
Tap tap tap!
As the sound of galloping horse hooves sounded from the direction of the city gate, a light horse galloping over thousands of miles away.
As the Qingqi entered the city, they could only be heard shouting loudly.
"Nanzhao was victorious. The Duke of Jin led his army to defeat the Nanzhao rebels and suppress the Nanzhao rebellion."
"The great victory of Nanzhao."
As Qingqi shouted, everyone on the street suddenly understood what was going on.
However, Qingqi came from Jiannan thousands of miles away to deliver Nanzhao's battle report.
Not long after, the battle report also reached Li Longji in the palace.
The battle report was written by Bai Yuxian himself. It focused on the Jiannan Army's victory over Nanzhao's Ye Wushuang and other rebel forces. He assisted Queen Nanzhao in quelling the Nanzhao rebellion, and obtained Queen Nanzhao's personal promise that Nanzhao would forever honor the Tang Dynasty as its leader. The Lord surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
The battle report also stated at the end that in order to express her surrender and respect to the Tang Dynasty, the Queen of Nanzhao would also present a batch of Nanzhao beauties and gold and silver jewelry to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, which would be delivered in one month.
In fact, the last tribute came from Bai Yuxian.
Because Bai Yuxian knew Li Longji's character, for Li Longji, Nanzhao's problems and details were not his concern. All he cared about was the results and face.
The results of this battle report not only succeeded in allowing Nanzhao to continue to surrender to the Tang Dynasty to achieve Li Longji's goal, but in order to express respect for the Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao also presented a group of Nanzhao beauties and gold and silver jewelry as tribute. Li Longji, this can be said to be giving Li Longji enough face.
In this situation, Bai Yuxian is not afraid that Li Longji will be unhappy.
The facts did not go beyond Bai Yuxian's expectation. When Li Longji saw the battle report information clearly, especially when he saw that at the end of the battle report, Nanzhao Kingdom would also pay him a tribute of beauties and gold and silver jewelry, Li Longji suddenly became excited. Orgasm.
Unexpectedly, Bai Yuxian not only solved the problem of Nanzhao Kingdom smoothly this time, but also made Nanzhao Kingdom willing to continue to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.
Even the Nanzhao Kingdom wanted to pay tribute to Li Longji with beauties and gold, silver and jewelry.
What does this mean?
This means that Li Longji has great grace and great power, and that Li Longji has unparalleled power.
"Okay, okay, you are worthy of being my Jade Immortal. You will never let me down. Well done."
Li Longji was very happy.
He felt that Bai Yuxian's battle report was very suitable for him, and it also came too timely.
Because the continuous natural disasters in recent years have led to turmoil under the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji also knew it in his heart.
He even knew that if things continued like this, the Tang Dynasty would probably be in chaos, but now that Bai Yuxian was reporting one after another of great victories, and with Bai Yuxian, a general who had been invincible since his debut, Li Longji wanted to take a look. Who dares to cause trouble?
To put it bluntly, Bai Yuxian's battle report was not only a great victory, but also a shock to the world.
"Jade Fairy did a good job."
Li Longji was happy and excited. After reading the battle report, he quickly called for instructions.
"Come here, Nanzhao has won a great victory. Please publish this battle report to me. I want to see who else dares to disrespect me, the Tang Dynasty."
"In addition, I will summon Li Xiang and Yang Xiang. I will discuss with them how to reward the Jade Immortal for his great achievements this time."
"promise."
Upon hearing this, Gao Lishi quickly retreated and made arrangements.
At this time, it had been more than two months since Bai Yuxian went to Jiannan to take up the post of Jiedushi in the capital.
In more than two months, the changes in the capital's court were not small. Many things happened, including two major ones.
First of all, the first major event is that the long-vacant position of the East Palace of the Tang Dynasty finally has its owner again. Li Longji’s sixth son, King Zhen Li Wang, was made the new prince of the Tang Dynasty by Li Longji. He also served as the emperor after Bai Yuxian resigned. The commander-in-chief of the Ce Army leads the Tian Ce Army.
Speaking of which, this was already the third prince of the Tang Dynasty when Li Longji was in power, and the first two princes were both dead.
Then the second major event was that after the New Year, Prime Minister Li Linfu intended to resign and go into seclusion due to old age, physical discomfort, and began to resign from the emperor Li Longji. For this reason, he also recommended Yang Guozhong to Li Longji to take over.
After some thought, Li Longji agreed to the matter, but he did not agree to Li Linfu's immediate abdication. Instead, he asked Li Linfu to hand over all government affairs to Yang Guozhong completely and smoothly before retiring.
So now Li Linfu has begun to prepare to abdicate and is in a state of semi-retirement, while Yang Guozhong has begun to take over. Now his official position has been promoted to the left prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and his position in the court is second only to Li Linfu.
Nowadays, the government affairs in the Tang Dynasty have begun to be handled by Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong at the same time.
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"See Your Majesty."
Not long after.
Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong came to Li Longji.
Li Linfu has a thin figure, gray hair, and an old face that is full of twilight, giving people a feeling of being decrepit.
Yang Guozhong's face was flushed and he was full of energy. Their appearance seemed to be in sharp contrast.
Li Longji couldn't help but think when he saw this.
It seems that Li Linfu is indeed old and should abdicate. Judging from Yang Guozhong's performance during this period, Yang Guozhong is also very good. He is also loyal to himself and his beloved brother. He should be trustworthy and a suitable person to succeed Li Linfu.
In fact, Li Longji was somewhat hesitant about Li Linfu's abdication.
Because Li Linfu is so useful, even though outsiders have been saying that Li Linfu is a traitor over the years.
But whether Li Linfu is a traitor or not, only Li Longji has the most say.
Anyway, in Li Longji's view, Li Linfu is definitely a capable minister, and he is the kind with top ability. He can handle anything if you leave it to him, and he handles it well for you, which is worry-free and easy to use.
Therefore, when Li Linfu wanted to abdicate, Li Longji was somewhat reluctant, and Yang Guozhong's specific abilities were not yet clear.
But after this period of time, his ideas slowly began to change.
First of all, judging from Li Linfu's appearance, Li Linfu is indeed old, and Yang Guozhong's performance in taking over during this period is also very good, and like Li Linfu, he is also obedient and easy to use.
Therefore, at this moment, Li Longji felt that Yang Guozhong might indeed be able to succeed Li Linfu.
But Li Longji didn't know.
Yang Guozhong may have learned 100% from Li Linfu in terms of flattery and trying to figure out the emperor's heart, but in terms of real political ability, he was even inferior to flattering others.
Li Linfu was able to figure out the emperor's heart and had sufficient political ability, but Yang Guozhong was not good enough. He only learned to figure out the emperor's heart, but his real political ability was mediocre.
In fact, Li Linfu also discovered this through getting along with Yang Guozhong during this period.
However, Li Linfu had no intention of telling Li Longji, because if he told Li Longji about this, how could he successfully abdicate.
When he originally reached a private agreement to cooperate with Bai Yuxian, Li Linfu just wanted to leave a way out for his heirs and family, because he felt that it would be difficult for him to escape.
But the situation during this period came down.
Li Linfu suddenly realized that he seemed to have a chance to abdicate.
That is to let Yang Guozhong successfully take over his position, and then directly resign and return to his hometown.
As long as he gets Li Longji's approval to retire and return to his hometown after resigning, he can just run away, and he has already thought of the place to run, which is Jiannan.
Because Li Linfu has already figured out some of Bai Yuxian's thoughts.
Bai Yuxian definitely has the intention to replace Li Tang, and now that the world is in chaos, he will have this opportunity.
Under such circumstances, Li Linfu felt that if he could just run away privately to help Bai Yuxian, Bai Yuxian would definitely be willing.
And as long as he ran to Bai Yuxian's side, he wouldn't have to worry about anything anymore.
Run away!
This is what Li Linfu is thinking now.
And Yang Guozhong is his successor. If there is any trouble in the future, it will definitely be Yang Guozhong who takes the blame.
Yang Guozhong never thought that he had been plotted from the beginning to the end. At this moment, his only thought was how to replace Li Linfu as soon as possible, so as to become the new prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, one person less than ten thousand people.
"This is a great victory in Nanzhao, and the Jade Immortal has made such a great contribution to our Tang Dynasty. The two beloved ministers think that I should reward you this time."
Li Longji looked at Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong and asked.
"The pillar of the Duke of Jin has made such a great contribution this time, so he must be rewarded. However, now that the Duke of Jin has become the Duke of the country and is also the governor of two towns, if he continues to be promoted to a higher position, I am afraid it will not be possible again. Feng, and the credit this time is a little insufficient."
Yang Guozhong heard this and said, now Bai Yuxian has become the Duke of the country and serves as the military governor of two people. If Bai Yuxian is given another official title, he will basically be crowned king.
But being crowned a king is not a trivial matter. The entire Tang Dynasty has not had a king with a different surname for many years, and if you were crowned a king, it would not be enough just for suppressing the Nanzhao rebellion this time.
But it would definitely not be appropriate if he were not awarded a reward. Although Bai Yuxian's contribution this time was not enough to make him a king, it was definitely not small.
Li Longji also nodded after hearing Yang Guozhong's words.
Yang Guozhong's idea coincided with his. Bai Yuxian's current status was too high, and it would not be easy to reward him again.
"What do you think, Prime Minister Li?"
Li Longji looked at Li Linfu again.
Li Linfu immediately raised his hand and suggested.
"In my opinion, since it is difficult for the Duke of Jin to be promoted to an official position and receive rewards this time, it would be better for your Majesty to focus the rewards on the Jin Palace. You can focus on rewarding the mother, wife and other family members of the Duke of Jin. As for the Jin State, If you are a duke, I will temporarily add him to a false position, and record the merits for now. When the Duke of Jin makes great achievements again in the future, I will add him to the rank, title, and reward."
After hearing this, Li Longji thought about it and thought it was a good idea, and immediately suggested it.
"In this case, for the Jade Immortal's merits, I will confer the title of Lady Zhen, the mother of the Yu Immortal, as the State Lady, and her wives will also be promoted to one level according to their royal decrees. In addition, in the case of the Yu Immortal, I will temporarily confer him the title of Crown Prince. Fu, enjoy a taste."
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong immediately agreed and naturally would not object.
And despite the fact that Li Longji seems to have a lot of awards, each of his titles is bigger than the last, as he is both the royal lady and the crown prince.
But in fact these are false positions.
But the reputation is indeed impressive.
(End of chapter)
