Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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As soon as Guo Ye said this, Li Ke's smile became even brighter.Because Guo Ye was in front of him, he didn't take the credit for it, and he didn't forget his identity. He also praised him, the king of Shu, who was frustrated everywhere, and let him stand in front of Qiu Heng and Xu Lie. With enough to earn face.

At this time, a middle-aged official ran into the hall. Guo Ye knew this person. He was Cao Guan, a householder who accompanied Li Ke to Shu Prefecture to the governor's mansion. His surname was He and his name was Yong. Things.

As soon as He Yong came in, he reported to Li Ke: "His Royal Highness, just now Yu Kui, Duwei Yu, who was in Zhechong Duwei's Mansion in Shuzhou, sent someone here, saying that he sent money to our Shuzhou Dudufu's mansion under the order of the Governor of Liang, and said it was I will do my best for His Royal Highness to entertain the captains and captains of the nine prefectures."

"Oh?"

Li Ke's eyebrows twitched, joy could not help appearing on his face, he curled his lips and said sarcastically: "Liang Shidao actually sent someone to send money? Didn't he say that the treasury of the governor's mansion is empty, and Liang Shidao is ashamed? When the captain of Jiufu Zhechong was summoned to visit him, he sent money to show his heart. Hmph, could it be that he is giving in? What do you think, Guo Changshi?"

In the end, he looked at Guo Ye with some complacency, holding his head up and chest out like Dou Sheng's little cock.

Guo Ye thought to himself, he is really a young man, he is happy and fickle, it seems that he is not mature enough.

Immediately, he asked He Yongdao: "He Hucao, how much money did Governor Liang ask Yu Duwei's soldiers to send?"

He Yong gestured with five fingers and said, "500 taels!"

bang~

As soon as the words fell, Li Ke in the hall stood up suddenly, kicked away the copper incense burner with a tripod crane beak on the left hand side in front of him, stared at He Yong with angry eyes, and shouted angrily: "He Yong, you mean Liang Shidao's sect Just send 500 taels of silver? Are you sure it's 500 taels?"

Seeing that Li Ke suddenly became angry, He Yong couldn't find Bei Nan for a while, and explained with a wry smile: "Your Highness, it's really 500 taels of silver. The officer counted several times in the outer courtyard just now, and he will definitely not make a mistake. .”

"The bullying is too much, the bullying is too much, how dare the thief bully me Ruosi????"

Li Ke was no longer calm at this time, and said in a cold voice with resentment all over his eyes: "500 taels of silver, such a big governor's mansion in Shuzhou, not only prepares a dilapidated house with incomplete tiles for the king The governor's mansion even used 500 taels of silver to prevaricate the king. Is this the king's stinking beggar? It is tolerable, which is unbearable. Guo Changshi, the three captains, have you seen it? Have you seen it? ?”

"No, this king can't bear it anymore. This insult cannot be taken in vain. You must fight an eye for an eye with an eye for an eye. This king must hit this cowardly Liang thief head-on and teach him a lesson."

"Guo Changshi, the three captains, are you willing to watch this king be humiliated?"

Li Ke's face turned blue and red, and while muttering, turning around in circles, the whole person was like a madman, unable to calm down for a moment.

He Yong was completely dumbfounded, not knowing what he said wrong just now, and looked at Guo Ye with lingering fear.

Guo Ye waved his hand, signaling him to step back for now.

After He Yong retreated, Guo Ye greeted the eyes of Xu Lie, Qiu Heng, and Zhang Dingjiang, the three Zhechong captains. The three eyes were almost the same, and there were only three words: What should I do if it is swollen?

Guo Ye shook his head slightly at the three of them, implying that the three of them should keep quiet and express their opinions.

Then he went straight forward, came to Li Ke's side and softly comforted him: "Your Highness, Your Highness, have you forgotten what I said to you at the beginning? You must be calm, and you must know how to lie dormant. Otherwise, if you are so impulsive, You really fell into Liang Shidao's treacherous tricks and left a lot of tongues, you must not give anyone the blame, Your Highness!"

shuh~

Li Ke's green and red faces were full of anger, his eyes were full of grievances, and the eye sockets were a little moist, and the tears could fall as soon as they were said.

When Guo Ye saw this, how much grievance would he have to suffer to do this?

Alas, after all, you are a young man, your heart and mind are almost meaningless!

Immediately, he said earnestly again: "Your Highness, King Goujian of Yue was destroyed when his country was destroyed, and he was captured as a prisoner in Wu State, and was insulted by King Fu Chai of Wu. But what did he do? He was not filled with righteous indignation because of this, nor did he become angry because of it." Depression. Your Highness has never heard of the allusion of "restraining one's salary and tasting one's courage". As the saying goes, if there is a will, things will come true, and the hundred and twenty Qin Pass will eventually belong to Chu. Those who work hard will live up to the sky. Three thousand Yue Jia can swallow Wu. Your Highness, you should do everything possible to tolerate what Liang Shidao has done."

"The Liang thief insulted the king repeatedly, how could he accept it willingly? Guo Changshi, I understand the truth, but the king has not yet reached the level of Goujian, the king of Yue. I am still the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and I came to Shuzhou, the feudal vassal, by order. Governor, why should I tolerate him so much?"

Now, no matter how well he tried to persuade him, the king of Shu couldn't calm down. It seemed that he had been stimulated to a critical point by Liang Shidao.

Seeing Li Ke stepping into Liang Shidao's trap step by step, Guo Ye couldn't help sneering, and pointedly pointed out: "Why? It's just because you haven't fully grasped the military affairs of the Nine Provinces, Your Highness. I dare to ask Your Highness, today is already It's the fifth day, but apart from Qiu Heng and Zhang Dingjiang who came to visit, what about the remaining captains of the six prefectures Zhechong? If they leave, they should arrive in Shuzhou, right? So where are they now? where? Your Highness, can't you calm down and think about it?"

Li Ke hesitated for a moment, but he still shouted stubbornly: "So what? Could it be that they, as subjects of the Tang Dynasty, dare not obey the holy orders and obey the restraint of this king?"

Guo Ye was speechless for a while, is this Sappardine still the wise and wise king of Shu Li Ke?It's just getting more and more disappointing.

At this moment, another captain in full armor and with a horizontal knife on his waist ran in from outside the hall. It was Captain Zhiguo Liu Zhenxuan.

After Liu Zhenxuan ran into the hall, he first bowed to Li Ke to salute, and then he bowed his hands to Guo Ye and shouted: "Report to Guo Changshi, I will follow your orders and take my brothers to keep an eye on outside the governor's mansion." Yes. Just an hour ago, all the captains Zhechong who discovered the five prefectures of Bazhou arrived in Shuzhou City. And these five people walked hand in hand under the leadership of Yu Kui, the captain of Shuzhou Zhechong, and entered together half an hour ago. The governor of Shuzhou should go to meet the governor of Liang."

hum~

In the hall, Qiu Heng and Zhang Dingjiang discussed in a low voice and whispered to each other.

But at this time, Li Ke was completely quiet as if he had been severely beaten with a sap.

Guo Ye was secretly shocked that Liang Shidao had secretly connected with Zhechong Duwei's Mansion in other five states.

Shocked, he slowly raised his head to stare at Li Ke, and asked Li Ke with a pun, "Your Highness, can you bear it this time? You should be able to calm down now, right?"

On Guo Ye's face, there was a look that was as expected.

Chapter 659

The news brought by Zhiguo Captain Liu Zhenxuan filled the hall with a tense atmosphere, and at the same time made Li Ke, who was wandering on the edge of tyranny, completely calm down.

For a while, the scene gradually became quiet, Guo Ye took advantage of the situation and took Qiu Heng and Zhang Dingjiang to go down to rest first, and then get together again at the dinner banquet.

And Li Ke, who was young and young at heart, seemed to have suffered an unprecedented blow. He sat in the hall in a daze, and fell into a daze.It wasn't until dinner time that Guo Ye sent someone to invite him.

Just when the dinner was about to start, Yu Kui, the captain of Shuzhou Zhechong, brought the captains of Zhechong from other five prefectures to the banquet one after another, and paid homage to Li Ke, king of Shu.

However, at this moment, Li Ke came at a very early stage. No matter how inexperienced he was, Li Ke roughly understood the positions and attitudes of Yu Kui and the other six.

Think about it, when these people entered the county town of Shuzhou, instead of paying homage to Shu Wang Li Ke, the immediate superior who controlled the military affairs of the nine prefectures, they first went to visit Liang Shidao, the governor of Shuzhou who had nothing to do with them.

This has already explained everything, at least in terms of attitude, there is no need to say which is more important.

And it happened when Liang Shidao and Li Ke, the new governor of Shuzhou, were in conflict, the meaning of it was already very obvious.

Therefore, this dinner, this dinner hosted by the governor of Shuzhou and the captain of Jiufu Zhechong, whether to eat or not is no longer so important, and it has no great significance.

During the banquet, Yu Kui sat at the same table, Guo Ye, Li Ke, and Zhang Dingjiang sat at the same table. Basically, there was no communication between the two tables. They ate their own food and chatted with each other.

Occasionally, even if there are some toasts between the two tables, it is just an insignificant face-to-face communication.

Li Ke tried his best to greet and ask the six people at the other table, but Yu Kui and the others seemed to have a tacit understanding. .

Li Ke was perfunctory and flattering from time to time, but he never expressed his position from the beginning to the end, and never had a choice of position.

Li Ke, the majestic vassal king, a nobleman of the Tian family, suddenly felt a sense of humiliation of having a hot face sticking to someone's cold ass.

After being snubbed by the other six, he had no choice but to return to his original position, poured down the wine in his glass, and choked and coughed again and again after drinking.

Seeing this, Guo Ye couldn't help but shook his head again, Your Highness, why do you do this?Knowing that you can't do it, it's tantamount to asking yourself to humiliate yourself.

Almost full of wine and food, Yu Kui led the other five Zhechong captains to get up one after another, making excuses to go back to bed earlier because they were too drunk, and they all said goodbye to Li Ke and left.

When the six of them left the banquet together and left the hall, Yu Kui suddenly went back again, cupped his hands at Li Ke and said, "Your Highness, just now the captains of Bazhou and other five states Zhechong asked the officials to convey it to them, because military affairs Due to their busy schedules, they can't leave this prefecture for a long time. Therefore, they will leave for each prefecture early tomorrow morning, and return to Zhechong Duwei's mansion, I hope Your Highness will forgive me."

After all, he bowed to Li Ke again very respectfully and said goodbye, turned around and ran away.