Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

After Yu Shinan finished listening, he sighed thoughtfully: "Yuan Tiangang? It turned out to be him. This person is not only a guardian of the country appointed by the imperial court, but also proficient in astronomy and geography. I'm out. So, I blamed you? You got away with me, but it was just a coincidence?"

It seems that old Yutou is still struggling with this matter. After all, fame is more important than life. Losing life is a small thing, but losing integrity is a big thing. At least Yu Shinan thinks so.

Guo Ye saw that Yu Shinan's attitude towards him had changed a lot, indicating that the misunderstanding between the two had been gradually eliminated, but through this incident, he also had a new understanding of his old principal.

A loyal and loyal minister, well-learned and Confucian, high-spirited and upright, he will definitely not give way to others.

So, he nodded slightly, and replied: "Yes, this is the plan that the student and Yuan Tiangang made. As for the return of the teacher, it was just an unplanned accident. The teacher misunderstood the student."

"Ah... that's good, that's good~ It's the old man who blamed you."

After hearing Guo Ye's affirmative reply, Yu Shinan was finally comforted by Lao Huai, and then he asked Yuan Tiangang why he appeared in the south this time.

It stands to reason that Yuan Tiangang's identity is a member of the Taoist family, and in the court he is only the Qin Tianjian who observes the astronomical phenomena and monitors the country's destiny.

Moreover, from what Guo Ye said just now, it seems that Yuan Tiangang has been holding big ideas from the beginning to the end. On the contrary, Guo Ye, the general manager of the Guangnan Road March who is in charge of conquering the Nanping rebellion, still listens to him and cooperates with Yuan Tiangang every time. Arrangements come.

Isn't it obvious that there is no distinction between priorities and nonsense? When did a Taoist get involved in state affairs.

Thinking of this, Yu Shinan's donkey temper came up again, and he couldn't help asking Guo Ye: "Tell me quickly, is there something else you are hiding from me?"

Guo Ye naturally had no need to hide from Yu Shinan who had always respected him, and then he revealed the real purpose of His Majesty Li Er's sending Yuan Tiangang south.

After speaking, Yu Shinan became silent.

After about a while, he murmured to himself: "Your Majesty wants to take this opportunity to eradicate several Guanlong clans entrenched in the south, I can completely understand. But why do you want to reach such an agreement with Yuan Tiangang to exterminate Buddhism?" What about the agreement? Could it be that I want to support Taoism as my national religion in the Tang Dynasty, and I want to use the power of the southern Taoist sect to take revenge, and uproot the Buddhist forces that secretly obeyed the orders of the Guanlong family? I do not agree with these methods. It’s too overkill, alas, it’s inappropriate, how can the imperial court get involved in such things as the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism? Besides, even if you want to support Taoism, it shouldn’t completely destroy Buddhism. You can worship Taoism and suppress Buddhism Well, this is the way to appear gentle. Besides, there are also good people in Buddhism, great virtuous monks who guide people to be good, this time, alas..."

Guo Ye listened to Yu Shinan sighing softly to himself, felt a little helpless in his heart, and secretly belittled, but no, His Majesty Li Er is too vengeful and too narrow-minded.

However, he really didn't want to get involved in this matter. He had planned to stay out of it for a long time. Let's not talk about Yuan Tiangang's relationship here, just say that His Majesty Li Er's temperament is so determined to do what he wants to do. You can really persuade him live?

Dead remonstrance?How many lucky people are there in this world like Wei Zheng?Guo Ye is not Wei Zheng, and he doesn't want to learn from Wei Zheng.

For a while, the two were relatively speechless, and the atmosphere was a little tense.

About half an hour later, Cao Luxun returned to the boat and went up the tower again.

As soon as he saw Guo Ye, he cupped his hands and reported: "My lord, that's right, the hundreds of thousands of white lotus bandits have not only burned down hundreds of boats on the shore, but have almost all withdrawn from Qianzhou City, and they should be heading towards Guangzhou. The direction retreated."

It's really retreating from the city!

Guo Ye muttered to himself, it seems that it was Yuan Tiangang's work again.This time I owe him a favor again.

He knew very well in his heart that if the opponent's internal strife was over, once the opinions were unified and all troops were forced to cross the Heishui River and storm Lingnan City, his chances of winning would be almost zero.

It seems that Yuan Tiangang wanted to solve his urgent need of being besieged.

But even so, he still couldn't be happy.

Because the Bailian bandit army has already begun to retreat, does his task of going south to suppress the rebellion come to an end for the time being?

He was not so stupid and naive as to take the initiative to attack with the [-] troops in his hand, chase down hundreds of thousands of bandit troops, go straight to Huanglong and go to Guangzhou Mansion in one go, and completely solve the southern affairs.

This is simply a matter of the Arabian Nights.

Now that the bandit army is retreating south to Guangzhou Fuhuihe, I don't know what tricks they are going to do next, and Li Jing doesn't play his cards according to the routine, and even goes to attack Annan and Jiaozhi, the two white-eyed wolves of the Tang Dynasty.

Then what else are his [-] soldiers and horses doing in the south?

reconstruction?Re-establish government offices in the restored Lingnan Road state capital to restore local law and order?

This doesn't seem to be his responsibility, it should be a matter for the officials of the Chang'an court, and he cannot overstep it.

Then lead the army squad back to Chang'an?

It seems that the suppression of the rebellion in the south has not been successful, and the imperial court has not issued an edict to let him return to Chang'an as a teacher. If he returns to the imperial court without an edict, it is a crime of deceiving the emperor and he will lose his head.

This is really neither advancing nor retreating, Guo Ye frowned for a moment and was puzzled.

It seemed that Yu Shinan saw Guo Ye's knot in his heart, and said softly: "Guo boy, the old man is out of trouble now, and it's time to return to Chang'an to face the saint. Why don't you leave the tens of thousands of men under your command to stay in Lingnan Town for the time being, Then you personally lead a group of soldiers to escort the old man back to Chang'an? Although the edict for this group of teachers to return to the court has not yet come down, it is also reasonable for you to escort the old man, the Minister of Xuanfu who went south to Chang'an, and this is completely flexible! "

A word to wake up the dreamer!

Guo Ye slapped his head fiercely, gave a thumbs up and praised: "Teacher, Jiang is still old and hot, and you still think carefully. Well, I will arrange and explain in Lingnan City in the past two days, and then I will personally lead the guards. You go back to Chang'an. When I arrive in Chang'an, I think the Holy Majesty will definitely call me into the palace for questioning, and he will make arrangements for the details at that time."

"Okay, just stay here for two days now, the old man will take care of himself first, and then set off with you."

After finishing speaking, Yu Shinan called Fatty Zhu who was not far away, and asked him, the logistics manager, to arrange a place for him to rest.

Chapter 1109

The sudden retreat of the White Lotus Cult Dharma Guardian Army on the other side of the city is bound to relieve the urgent need for Lingnan City to be besieged.

For almost two days, hundreds of thousands of Bailian sect bandits retreated day and night, but they only retreated twenty miles away from Qianzhou City because they had to escort a lot of heavy gold brick boxes on the road.

However, they didn't plan to stop, but continued to go south all the way, heading straight to Guangzhou Mansion, the southernmost place on Guangnan Road.

As for what method Yuan Tiangang used to make Duguyu, who has always been suspicious and treacherous, agree not to attack Lingnan City when his own strength is superior to the official army, and then withdraw his troops from the city, that is beyond Guo Ye's guess.

At least, there are hidden secrets that Guo Ye can't figure out.

After a two-day break, the [-] soldiers of Guangnan Road guarding Lingnan City breathed a sigh of relief.

After Yu Shinan was raised for two days, he also began to urge Guo Ye to leave as soon as possible and return to Chang'an as soon as possible to face the saint.

Now that the rebellion in the south is being suppressed, with the internal strife of the White Lotus Sect and the southward retreat of the White Lotus Sect's Dharma Guardian Army, the Grand Master of Guangzhou Mansion has completely deviated from Guo Ye's previous plan. In his opinion, it would be pure if he stayed here for one more day. It's a waste of one more day.Therefore, he was unwilling to waste time here in Lingnan City from the bottom of his heart.

Right now, he just happened to be able to return to Chang'an by escorting Xuanfu envoy Yu Shinan back to Chang'an, and he was even more eager.

He could tell that His Majesty Li Er had arranged for him to go south with Li Jing to suppress the rebellion.

Spending time in Lingnan is a waste of time.

Back in Chang'an, it happened that he could still seek justice with His Majesty Li Er, at least he couldn't be used as a gun for no reason, right?No matter what, you have to get some credit back.

Afterwards, he recruited Pang Feihu, Cao Luxun, Cheng Erniu, Zhu Fatty and others to discuss matters, and arranged for his deployment after he left. Then he selected [-] black-armored soldiers from Cao Luxun's black-armored army battalion. Let Fatty Zhu prepare some Lingnan specialties, and then left Lingnan City in the early morning of the third day, heading back towards Chang'an.

Yu Shinan was also impatient, looking forward to returning to Chang'an as soon as possible, so he repeatedly told Guo Ye on the way back to Beijing that he must keep a low profile and covertly hurry up, there is no need to bother the officials in various state capitals, let alone make a fuss at various state capital post stations. linger.

Therefore, they went all the way to the north with great speed, and arrived in Chang'an nearly seven days earlier than the original estimated date.

After entering Chang'an City, it was dusk when Yu Shinan was sent safely to the three gates of the imperial city.

An evening in early August.

Yu Shinan went into the palace to meet His Majesty Li Er, and promptly responded to the matter of going south to Xuanfu.

However, Guo Ye did not accompany him into the palace. After all, he did not return to the capital according to the order when he came back this time. Yu Shinan had to go to the palace to give him a foreshadowing before he could go to see His Majesty Li Er.