The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 869

Every day at the beginning of the appointment, it was the time for Li Yuan to go to bed. About half an hour later, Li Shunhai, the junior supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who was familiar with Li Yuan's work and rest time, slipped away and went straight to the Qi Palace in a carriage.

Li Shunhai is Li Yuan's confidant, many secrets have not been avoided from this person, but what Li Yuan does not know is that this old eunuch whom he regards as a confidant has been bought by his son Li Yuanji, and has sold military affairs to Li Yuanji from time to time .

For fear of being discovered, he dared not go in through the main entrance, so he stopped the carriage to a side entrance specially opened for him.

Seeing him coming, the guards of Prince Qi's mansion who were in charge of the meeting took him directly to Li Yuanji's study without saying a word. Is it blowing?"

Li Shunhai bowed slightly, and whispered nervously: "Your Highness, I dare not stay for long."

Hearing this, Li Yuanji straightened his face immediately, "Please."

Li Shunhai nodded, followed Li Yuanji into the study, and nodded slightly to Han Zhi who got up to salute, as a gesture of return. After Li Yuanji was seated, he sat down. Badong prefect Yu Wenxin's memorial was approved as 'Dashan', expressing his satisfaction with the content of the memorial."

Li Yuanji and Han Zhi were silent. In order to test Li Yuan's attitude towards Li Jiancheng, they wrote a memorial to impeach Li Junxian, the prefect of the county, in the name of Li Yuanji's confidant and Badong prefect Yu Wenxin. Unexpectedly, Li Yuan didn't even ask. The approval came down, which shows that it is a fact that the prince has fallen out of favor.But this is certainly a happy event, but the two need more valuable news.

Li Shunhai saw that the faces of the two were dull, and he secretly became anxious. He carried Li Yuan, who trusted him very much, so he was naturally not a man of integrity. He risked his life to be Li Yuanji's internal response, for nothing more than money, and hoped that he would be rich in the rest of his life. In particular, the Li Tang dynasty was already in danger, so he cared more about the attitude of Li Yuanji, who was secretly respected as the richest man in the Tang Dynasty.

However, the attitudes of the two of them seemed to indicate that their news was not enough, and they immediately said: "The Holy Majesty favors people with insight in Yuwen. If His Highness goes to find King Huai'an again, the prefect of Yuwen should be able to return to the capital to serve as the servant of the sixth department."

Li Shunhai thought that Li Yuanji wanted Yu Wenxin to come to Beijing as a minister and stay away from the front line, so he said so.

"Why do you want to find King Huai'an?"

"The Holy Majesty appears to be ignoring the King of Huai'an. In fact, he has a lot of trust in the King of Huai'an. I found that the Holy Majesty will consult his opinions on appointment and dismissal, and he will basically listen to him. Now the Holy Majesty has a good impression of Yuwen Prefect. If the King of Huai'an goes to persuade him, Governor Yuwen is expected to be promoted; of course, King Huai'an's hobbies are known to everyone, even if the servants don't tell them."

Li Yuanji nodded and smiled: "Thank you, Shaojian Li, for providing this information."

"Your Highness, you're being polite!" Li Shunhai felt as uncomfortable as a cat scratching at Li Yuanji's expressionless expression. What kind of news did the other party need before he would give him any favors?He thought about it carefully, and then said: "The King of Huai'an now controls a spy."

"Really?" Li Yuanji's complexion finally changed. He thought that Wu Chuansi was the only spy of the Tang Dynasty, but his father started a new one. In this way, his father didn't even trust himself.

"Exactly!" Li Shunhai was overjoyed in his heart, and continued, "It's just that the Sui army wiped out more than half of the intelligence of King Huai'an in Guanzhong, and King Yong'an and Dou Fengjie failed to assassinate Yang Yu, and the entire army has been wiped out..."

Li Yuanji and Han Zhi glanced at each other, both of them were shocked. This was the news they both needed. Han Zhi asked, "Are the two related?"

"It is said that after King Yong'an and his army were annihilated, the various intelligence branches were removed one by one by the Sui army. The King of Huai'an only explained to King Yong'an briefly, and the spy told the Holy One that he had improperly employed people and thought it was a spy. The leader betrayed his master and begged for glory, and the Holy Majesty also believed his words, but I think the king of Huai'an is sweating. Both of them should be related to the king of Huai'an."

"anything else?"

"The Holy Majesty asked him to closely monitor, saying that whoever is still alive is the one who betrayed the spy."

"I understand." Li Yuanji leaned down slightly and asked, "I want to know why the father neglected the crown prince."

Li Shunhai's face turned pale, he finally understood Li Yuanji's purpose, he was trying to seize the heir.

His lips trembled for a long time, but he couldn't say a word, but he also knew that he was on the pirate ship and could not get off, so he secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "I don't know the details, it seems to be related to the abdication."

Li Yuanji glanced at Han Zhi, full of admiration in his heart.

Han Zhi had an inscrutable expression on his face, but in fact, he was also admiring it in his heart.

Who do you admire?
Naturally, he is a big brother in the court.

How much does Han Zhi weigh, how can he not know?The reason why Li Yuanji relied on him as the mastermind was that he had a group of people with high IQs behind him to help, and then he sent it through Xinying, and he just relayed it to Li Yuanji according to the script.

How could he have so many?
If he hadn't been the best, climbed the fastest, and couldn't get down, he would have begged the court for a real counselor to come over.

Pretending to be a peerless expert is really too difficult.

Not only was it difficult, but it was also very tiring. In order not to expose the essence of his failure, he had to spend a lot of time reading books every day. In the past few years, he was studying and flickering at the same time, and he finally persisted until today; There are no outstanding talents. If he was under the command of Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin, he would have been exposed long ago.

However, he found that he could not improve much, while Li Yuanji was getting smarter.

"This is [-] hectares of high-quality farmland. There are three manors in Xincheng County. Please accept it." Li Yuanji took out an envelope and handed it to Li Shunhai.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Overjoyed, Li Shunhai took the envelope and stuffed it into his bosom. He got up and said, "Your servant can't stay outside for a long time, so I'll take my leave first! Your Highness, if you need anything, just call me."

"Naturally." Li Yuanji nodded and said, "If you have any good news, feel free to come to me, even if I'm not in the mansion, it's the same to tell Mr. Han."

"I understand." Li Shunhai saluted and left.

After he left, Han Zhi asked with a smile: "Your Highness gave him land instead of gold treasures, is it because he is afraid that he will run away?"

"Mister is amazing." Li Yuanji pointed his finger up and praised, "It is not a pity to die for such a duplicitous eunuch. If I give him precious gold, he will take it and run to a place where no one can find it. If I give him land, he can't take it away. Sooner or later, it will belong to me, if I am not afraid of scaring him, I am going to give him [-] hectares."

"Your Highness is wise!" Han Zhi praised, and said, "The next thing is to find time to find King Huai'an."

"That's right!" Li Yuanji pondered for a while, and said a little uneasy, "But after all, King Huai'an is Father's confidant. I'm worried that I won't be able to win him over, and instead, Father will notice."

"Your Highness, you can rest assured that King Huai'an has lost King Yong'an and the spies. Naturally, he is suspicious and anxious. And our Wu Chuan Division not only has the right to monitor all officials, but also is a spy. If you tell him, Wu Chuan Si already knows Everything, then the king of Huai'an who has a ghost in his heart will be controlled by His Highness."

"Sir, do you mean to lie to him?"

"That's right." Han Zhi nodded, and said, "However, His Majesty is obviously not at ease with His Highness, so His Highness shouldn't show up, so I'll leave it to the humble staff. I will give His Highness a satisfactory answer within three days at most."

"That's all up to you sir."

"Serving His Highness is a blessing in a humble position." Han Zhi laughed. He decided to ask the court for help, first to find out the truth, and then to engage in Li Shentong.

……

When the Sui and Tang Dynasties in the cold north were at peace, Jiaozhou, which was in the warm season of flowers blooming, was covered with war clouds.

Since Feng An and Meng Haigong were defeated in Dongyang County and fled to Nanhai County, they could not retreat. They relied on the Pearl River to compete with the Great Sui Dynasty. However, the five-tooth warships of the Sui Dynasty that were higher than the city wall continued to attack and harass the coast of the Pearl River. The battle made Feng Ang miserable.

After Cangwu was taken as a congratulatory gift by Zuo Tiancheng on New Year's Eve, on the first day of the new year, Zhang Zhenzhou personally led the Sui Navy to go northward from the Pearl River Estuary, and broke through Xinhui City and Yining City in Nanhai County in one go, cutting off the troops stationed at Feng An's food road in Nanhai County, the county seat, forced Feng An to abandon Nanhai City and retreat to Gaoyao City in Xin'an County to the west, officially announcing the fall of Feng An's base camp, Nanhai County, and became a new year's gift for the Sui Dynasty.

Feng Ang fought and retreated, losing streak and barely survived until the [-]th day of the first lunar month. He was attacked by Zhang Zhenzhou and Zuo Tiancheng, and was driven to Longshui County in the south of Yongxi County. Not only did he lose the two counties of Xin'an and Yongping, but also completely Lost the natural danger of the Pearl River.If Yongxi fell completely, Feng An would have no choice but to return to his hometown Gaoliang County.

However, although the Feng family has a strong foundation in Gaoliang County, Gaoliang County is located in a narrow area from east to west, and narrow from north to south. If the Sui army advances by land and water, and attacks from north to south, it will take less than a day to successfully join forces. Therefore, Feng An will recruit more than half a year. The Liaoren, Shanmin and other tribes, with hundreds of thousands of young and strong men, were all brought to Yongxi County in an attempt to take advantage of the Sui army's unsteady foothold and use the people he managed over the past few generations to attack the Sui army. If the Sui army can be defeated in this battle, not only It can reverse the decline, and even more, while the Sui army is mostly in the north, it can gradually recover the lost territory and push the battle line back to the Pearl River.

This time the troops were dispatched, and the commander was still Feng An, not because he didn't want his generals to lead the troops, but in fact there were no other generals available except himself.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, he marched toward Yongxi County in the north with an army of [-].

The [-] army is so powerful that it is impossible to hide their whereabouts no matter what, not to mention after several battles, Feng An has figured out that under the all-pervasive spy agency of the Sui Dynasty, it is impossible to hide it. The only advantage is the time difference. When the soldiers of Zuo Tiancheng and Zhang Zhenzhou were still attacking Xin'an and Yongping, they took advantage of their strength and broke Xu Shiji's troops stationed in Yongxi County.

(End of this chapter)