Everyone looked at Dugu Ming, who smiled bitterly at Li Ye and said: "I forgot yesterday. During this period, the emperor has been secretly investigating Chen Xuanli. The emperor suspected that he leaked secrets about Jingxiang. He just suspected that Chen Xuanli leaked secrets to your father.
If Yuan Siyi involves the prince again, it will become Chen Xuanli leaking secrets to the prince. If the prince leaks secrets to Li Dai again, the nature will be completely different. The emperor will probably suspect that the prince and Chen Xuanli are colluding, so he will not have to make excuses and decisively depose the prince.
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Dugu Lie pondered for a moment and said: "The problem is that this is indeed true. Chen Xuanli is indeed the prince's man. He passed the news to the prince, and the prince then gave the news to us."
Li Ye nodded, "So as long as we investigate carefully, we will be able to find clues. We need to remind Chen Xuanli."
Chen Xuanli leaked the secret to himself at a critical moment, saving the father and son from disaster. Li Ye wanted to return this favor.
Dugu Jinyang smiled at the side and said, "I'll remind him this afternoon!"
Dugu Lie quickly reminded his son: "Be a little more reserved. It's best to let him find an excuse to leave Chang'an for a few days."
"Don't worry, father, I will tell him implicitly."
At this time, a follower came in and whispered a few words to Dugu Lie. Dugu Lie was startled, "Element came to me and said there is something urgent. I will go out first."
Dugu Lie got up and left in a hurry. Dugu Jinyang also got up and said goodbye. He was going to inform Chen Xuanli.
There were only two people left in the room, Dugu Ming and Li Ye. Dugu Ming smiled and asked, "Have you received all the copper coins safely?"
Li Ye nodded, "Thank you so much, uncle, for your help."
Dugu Ming smiled and waved his hand, "We are all members of our own family, so you are welcome. In fact, we have made a profit. Now the price of silver has almost risen to 1:4."
Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "I'm very satisfied with one to three."
The two drank a glass of wine, and Dugu Ming asked again: "The court is discussing Anlushan's army these days. Does your nephew think Anlushan's army can break through Tongguan and enter the pass?"
Historically, An Lushan's army did indeed break through Tongguan. The reason for conquering Tongguan was that Ge Shuhan took the initiative to attack and was lured into the enemy's depth. As a result, the entire army was destroyed. However, the responsibility was not Ge Shuhan's incompetence, but the emperor's incompetence and villain's instigation.
The villain is Yang Guozhong.
Now that the emperor is still fatuous, the villain is still there, and there is another Yuan Siyi who is very likely to be a traitor, the possibility of Tongguan failing is even greater.
"What is the general attitude of the court now?" Li Ye asked.
Dugu Ming sighed and said: "The imperial court generally believed that Anlushan's army was cruel and unjust. In this way, the army only considered burning, killing and looting. Once it suffered a setback, its morale quickly collapsed. Everyone also believed that Anlushan only used Hu people as generals.
They are all relatively simple-minded and cannot be the opponent of the Tang Army. It’s just that the Tang Army has not had a war for many years and cannot adapt to it for a while. Once the Tang Army adapts to war, it will definitely kill the rebels to pieces."
Li Ye shook his head, "Too blindly confident. An Lushan's army is very powerful. It can be said that the soldiers are elite, the generals are good at fighting, and the counselors are resourceful. The reason why they were defeated in Dengzhou was because I took advantage of their counterinsurgency tactics. They thought that their opponents
I became Li Huan, which caused them to underestimate the enemy, so I could defeat them. If they gathered their troops to fight me, I would definitely be defeated. Although the Hezhong Army was good, the other Jianghan Army was not good enough and was far from their opponent.
"
"What do you mean by my nephew, An Lushan's army is likely to break through Tongguan?"
"It doesn't have to be Tongguan, it could also be Pujin Pass. There is a high possibility of entering the pass. I strongly recommend that the Dugu family evacuate Chang'an as soon as possible."
Dugu Ming nodded, "We will definitely follow your nephew's advice!"
At this time, Dugu Lie hurriedly walked in, sat down and said solemnly: "Something very strange happened!"
"What's wrong?"
Dugu Ming smiled and said, "It's rare to see my eldest brother so serious."
Dugu Lie glared at his brother and said to Li Ye: "The element just told me that a strange army was stationed in Ba Shang. It has no number, no origin, and no one knows it. It is said that King Rong Li Wan arranged for them to be stationed in Ba Shang."
Li Ye squinted his eyes and said, "Is this army about ten thousand people?"
"Exactly 10,000 people. Does your virtuous son-in-law know their origins?"
Dugu Ming also suddenly reacted and blurted out, "It's Feilong's army!"
Dugulie was stunned, "Does Feilong have an army?"
Li Ye sneered and said: "Feilong has an army. He has recruited about 10,000 people and has been training in Heyang County, Tongzhou. Because I stole his money to raise the army, he couldn't afford to raise the army, so he handed over these 10,000 people."
To the King of Honor."
Dugu Ming added: "They should be handed over to the emperor, and then the emperor would give them to King Rong."
Dugulie said quickly: "No matter who it is handed over to, the question is, what does it mean for this army with no number and no origin to be stationed in Bashang?"
"It means Feilong is also going to take action."
Li Ye's eyes flashed with understanding, and he said slowly: "It also shows that Feilong and King Rong have formed an alliance. The 10,000 troops are actually still in Feilong's hands. There is only one reason why they appeared in Ba at this time.
"
Dugu Ming sighed, "I thought it would be Li Yu, but I didn't expect Feilong to choose Li Wan."
Li Ye sneered and said: "Li Yu is just a cover-up, letting the emperor pay attention to Li Yu, thereby neglecting his own son. Now that Li Wan has military power, isn't it an opportunity for Feilong?"
Dugu Lie said worriedly: "I am the Minister of War. A special army appears in Chang'an. I must intervene. This is my duty and I must report to the emperor."
Li Ye nodded, "No problem, father-in-law, feel free to report to the emperor."
At this time, Dugu Ming asked with a smile: "How long will my nephew stay in Chang'an?"
"I don't know. I just came to check the situation. It will take about ten days and a half!"
"How many subordinates did you bring?"
"Not many, I only brought twenty people here."
Dugu Ming smiled slightly and said: "How about this? The leader of the dead soldiers of our Longwu Army is called Zhang Mo. His figure is very similar to that of my nephew. I asked Zhang Mo to go back to his hometown to recuperate for a while, and the nephew pretended to be him and stayed in the Longwu Army."
Inside, my three hundred men are all dead soldiers of the Dugu family. My nephew puts on a bronze mask so that no one knows it is you, and your men also join him."
Li Ye smiled happily and said, "Then I'll be my brother-in-law's subordinate for a few days!"
Since An Lushan's rebellion, Yang Guozhong acted decisively and uprooted all An Lushan's influence in the court and Chang'an. He dismissed what should be removed and confiscated what should be confiscated. However, except for some of An Lushan's apparent resources in Chang'an, he
Secret resources are also arranged.
For example, Anqing Zongming appeared to be An Lushan's contact person in Chang'an, but in fact, An Lushan had a hidden line in Chang'an that was never exposed.
Even An Qingxu didn't know the existence of this hidden line, only An Qingzong knew a little bit.
The leader of this secret intelligence line was An Lushan's confidant Liu Luogu. Liu Luogu was active in Chang'an as a big businessman from Youzhou, collecting intelligence, and at the same time building a huge intelligence network in the Guanzhong area.
After An Lushan's rebellion, Liu Luogu quickly fell silent and acted very low-key. Many people thought that he was no longer in Chang'an.
In fact, Liu Luogu changed the name of the trading company. It was originally called Youyan Trading Company, but now it is renamed Qinghe Trading Company. The headquarters has also moved from Chang'an to Xianyang. Liu Luogu also changed his name to Xie Gu externally, and also made some changes to his appearance. Basically,
No one recognized him anymore.
In the evening of that day, Liu Luogu came to Bian Lingcheng's mansion. Bian Lingcheng had just come back with Prince Rong Li Wan. He was the supervisor of the army and needed to report his duties to the emperor.
Bian Lingcheng's leg injury had healed, but he became limping and became a veritable lame eunuch. Fortunately, the emperor still trusted him, so Bian Lingcheng could continue to play his role in supervising the army.
Of course Bian Lingcheng knew that Xie Gu was Liu Luogu. He was shocked and quickly invited Liu Luogu to the inner hall, where they sat down separately.
Liu Luogu handed him an envelope, "This is 50,000 taels of silver. It's at Baoji Cabinet Shop. Please accept it with my father-in-law's approval."
Bian Lingcheng was overjoyed and immediately accepted it with a smile. He laughed dryly and said, "Why are you so embarrassed? You won't get rewarded for your merits!"
Liu Luogu was not polite and said coldly: "My master hates Gao Xianzhi deeply, please Eunuch Bian, please get rid of this person."
Bian Lingcheng nodded, "I can kill him with the help of the emperor, but I am afraid that Mr. Yuan will intercede for him."
"Don't worry about Yuan Siyi. I communicated with him yesterday and he won't interfere. This matter is urgent. You'd better do it in the next two days."
Bian Lingcheng narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "I will give a report to the emperor tomorrow, and I will definitely give Gao Xianzhi a few good words."