Gao Qiu didn't take the case over because of Gao Shen's thoughts. He just wanted to disgust Tong Guan. I was just trying to punish you. What are you doing!

The next morning, Tong Guan appeared in the Privy Council's official yamen with a pale face. His confinement does not mean that he does not know the situation of the court. Yesterday, the report was sent to the court. He was placed in the confidant of the Ministry of War. Liu Qiming, the doctor of the Ministry of War, copied a copy for him.

Although Yang Lin had an affair with the Qiang people also made Tong Guan extremely angry, Yang Lin was an important figure in the Western Army. Due to the three defeats of the Western Xia and the Liao Dynasty, more than 300,000 soldiers were lost. Tong Guan's power and status in the army were no longer as good as before. His confidants in various places lost all their losses in several battles.

It was because he spent a lot of effort to fight for Yang Lin from Gao Qiu. As one of his promises, Tong Guan originally wanted to promote him as the Tongzhi of Jingzhao Prefecture, but he did not expect that the official appointed Li Yanqing as the Tongzhi of Jingzhao Prefecture during his confinement.

Unexpectedly, just a few days later, the situation of the Jingzhao garrison changed drastically, and Yang Lin was taken down by Li Yanqing for the name of a serious crime, which really caught Tong Guan off guard. He thought that Li Yanqing would slowly cut Yang Lin's military power after going to war.

All the way, officials were greeting him with flattery, as if he had just been released from the prison camp. Tong Guan's face became more gloomy. If he hadn't had something to do today, he would have slapped these ungrateful officials.

Tong Guan came to Gaoshen's official room and coughed heavily. Gaoshen had already greeted him with a smile on his face, "The Taiwei will be at home for a while and looks much better."

Gao Shen was very good at speaking, and Tong Guan couldn't get angry, so he had to snort, "Gao Tongzhi wished I would be sick for a few more months, right?"

"The Taiwei is so serious. The Taiwei is not here for this period. Our Privy Council's status in the court has plummeted. I told my subordinates that it is really impossible not to be in charge of the Privy Council without the Taiwei!"

Tong Guan's face was a little gentler. He walked into the room and sat down. Gao Shen quickly ordered his subordinates to serve tea.

Tong Guan waved his hand, "No need to be so troublesome. I'll ask you about Yang Lin. I haven't sent someone to verify it yet. Why did you hand over the report? It's not in line with the rules! What if Yang Lin was wronged? Gao Tongzhi, I know you are a ruler. You must give me an explanation!"

Gao Shen sighed, "The Taiwei really wronged me in this matter."

"How do you say this?"

"I originally wanted to follow the rules, but yesterday morning, Taiwei Gao found me and asked for the case directly. He handed over the case, and it had nothing to do with me."

"But Tongzhi also signed the name and printed it, so why doesn't it matter?"

Gao Shen smiled faintly, "This is just a favor. Who made my position lower than others? If the Taiwei asked me for the same case, I would also sign and print it."

Tong Guan cursed the old fox inwardly. Of course, he understood that Gao Qiu was stabbing him in the back, but now he didn't care about resolving the score with Gao Qiu. He pondered for a while and asked, "Does Tongzhi feel there is room for recovery in this case?"

Gao Shen went forward and closed the door, lowered his voice and said, "The Grand Marshal Gao had already been directly exposed to the official family yesterday afternoon, and he had never passed through Zhizheng Hall!"

"What?" Tong Guan suddenly became angry and stared at Gao Shen, "How dare he..."

"I think this is too much!"

Gao Shen sighed and said earnestly to Tong Guan: "The evidence in this case is conclusive. Gao Taiwei sent his confidant to verify it. The possibility of overturning the case is gone. Moreover, it is related to the Qiang people's riots. Maybe it is related to Xixia. I advise Taiwei privately and try to remain silent! Don't burn the fire on yourself."

Tong Guan restrained his anger and nodded, "Tongzhi is right, someone is waiting for me with a knife in front of me! I have admitted this case."

Tong Guan was extremely depressed. He pushed the door out and walked into the yard. He looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh, gritting his teeth and said, "Gao Qiu, let's go and see!"

.........

"Kill!"

There was a lot of roar in the martial arts field, and the two armies collided and fought fiercely. Dozens of cavalry watched the contest of each soldier nervously, and promptly called the soldiers who had been "injured" or "dead" to the martial arts field.

In the middle of the team, Han Shizhong, who had been promoted to the acting commander, looked at every soldier on the battlefield with a cold expression. He was the general judge of simulated operations and decided the final victory or defeat of the two armies.

Eight days have passed since Yang Lin was taken down, Li Yanqing has completed the integration of the army. He promoted Cao Xing and Han Shizhong to the left and right commanders, and Cao Meng and Gao Chong also served as partial generals.

In two days, the army will go to the Northern Expedition. After eight days of intensive training, the army has been completely renewed. In addition, Li Yanqing rewarded all the money Yang Lin embezzled to the army, which made morale high, which is completely different from the army eight days ago.

In the stands next to the martial arts field, Li Yanqing and Cao Xing were watching the drill. Cao Xing grinned and said, "Old Li, this practical drill method is really good, just like dog skin cream... that magic pill, it works as soon as you apply it."

After Cao Xing accidentally heard the title of "Old Li" from Wang Gui, he took it without hesitation. Li Yanqing was his brother-in-law, so he could certainly call it this way.

Li Yanqing seemed a little worried. Yang Lin was still in the prison camp. The officials sent by the Privy Council to verify had already returned, but the plan for Yang Lin was not yet ready.

"Old Li, you are not worried that that guy will be restored to his post again!" Cao Xing had a teasing look at the corner of his eyes.

"Go! You should be worried about. He will be the first to be reinstated, and he will be exempted from you!" Li Yanqing said angrily.

"That's what I say, it seems that I value this commander position more!"

"It sounds nice now. I don't know who looked in the mirror in the big tent all night when he first put on the mountain armor."

Cao Xing blushed and quickly changed the topic, "To be honest, are you worried that the court will pursue the 50,000 taels of silver to reward the army?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Fifty thousand taels of silver should belong to the army, so there is no problem for me to give it to the soldiers. I am worried that Tong Guan will make fun of the demons and will not criticize your commandership, but will send someone else."

This is indeed something Li Yanqing is worried about. After Zhang Tuzi was gone, Li Lazi came. In the end, Tong Guan still did not suffer any losses. Without Cao Xing and Han Shizhong supporting him, his army would be difficult to control.

"Don't care!"

Cao Xing comforted Li Yanqing with a trembling voice, "At worst, just be a side general."

It is certainly a lie to Cao Xing say that he is not worried. The old man at home wishes that they will be soldiers for ten years first and then slowly promote them. In the words of the old man, it is not too late to become a general at the age of fifty. The key is to truly serve the country.

But when he arrived at Li Yanqing, he was immediately promoted to a general. After a few months, he became the commander. To be honest, the ecstasy feeling of being a commander for the first time makes him nostalgic than the first time he was a woman. If he was asked to go back to be a general for the second time, he would have the desire to die.

At this moment, a soldier came to report, "Prime Minister Ma Tong is here and said he has something urgent to look for the commander!"

Li Yanqing was stunned. What did Ma Shan come here to do? Although he was strange, Li Yanqing still walked quickly outside the camp. Ma Shan looked at the brothels and restaurants opposite him with regretful expressions. On the first day of Li Yanqing's army, he ordered these brothels and restaurants to move away within three days.

"Prime Minister Ma Tong came to the military camp, he is such a rare guest!" Li Yanqing smiled and greeted him.

Ma Shan said helplessly: "I originally wanted to invite you to have a drink opposite, but I didn't expect you to drive them away. Forget it, I'll invite you to have a drink next time!"

"Please go to the camp for a detailed discussion!"

Ma Shan shook his head, "There are too many rules in the military camp, I don't like it. Actually, I will tell you something. I just got news from the capital."

Li Yanqing's eyes lit up and he waved his hand to the left and said, "Why don't we go?"

Ma Shan nodded and followed Li Yanqing to a small path next to him. Not far away was a hill. A whistle tower was erected on the hill, and you could see ten miles away.

"I just got the news from the capital, and the emperor has already approved the matter of Yang Lin."

Li Yanqing had no choice but to have Ma Shan’s brother Ma Weimin as Cai Jing’s confidant, and he must have received the news from his brother.

"What do you mean?"

"I was taken to Beijing to execute him. I heard that the emperor was furious and scolded Tong Guan. Tong Guan wanted to put the blame on Gao Qiu, but Cai Xiang said, 'It seems that he didn't think about Taiwei Gao when he pacified Fang La.' The emperor became even more angry and ordered Tong Guan to reflect on him for another three months. It was so satisfying!"

Li Yanqing felt a little emotional. At the critical moment, Cai Jing actually took advantage of the situation. However, it is not surprising that Tong Guan lost two consecutive battles, and lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers. His prestige had long been lost. At this time, Cai Jing would naturally tend to Gao Qiu, who held the military power of the imperial guards. Moreover, Tong Guan and Wang Fu got too close to him, and attacking Tong Guan was also cutting off Wang Fu's wings. He killed two birds with one stone. Why would Cai Jing not do it?

"Prime Minister Ma Tong, I owe you a favor for this matter!" Li Yanqing said in a deep voice.

Ma Shan came for this sentence of Li Yanqing. Li Yanqing is the prince's person. When will Li Yanqing say a few good words to him in front of the prince, he will be able to enter Beijing as well.

Ma Shan is not a good official, but he is not a bad official. He is just mediocre. He has been evaluated for several consecutive years. He cannot enter the court with this assessment. Ma Shan can only find other ways. His elder brother Ma Weimin is Cai Jing's confidant, but Cai Jing is old and will completely retire in two or three years at most. He probably won't be able to help him too much.

So Li Yanqing's arrival gave him another way, and maybe he could hold the prince's thigh through Li Yanqing's relationship.

"Haha! Tongzhi is so kind. It's not too late, so I'll go back."

Ma Shan bowed to Li Yanqing, turned around and left. Li Yanqing stood on the hill and watched Ma Shan leave. He finally felt completely relieved. Tong Guan was punished again, which means that there would be no surprises in commanding the task. Gao Qiu would return this favor to himself no matter what.
Chapter completed!