The first level of the emperor's way is the heart of a strong man who is determined to the top and does not succumb to any existence; the second level of the emperor's way is the heart of a benevolent man who has the world in mind and stands up for the common people. These two realms are more like the original requirements of the emperor, and it is the emperor's heart that is tested.
In other words, this is the philosophical basis.
However, the aura of the third stage of the emperor's way touched by Li Ye today is more like a theory of methods—a theory of methods to achieve the emperor's career.
That is to control the hearts of the people and make the people work for themselves.
For the emperor to achieve a great cause, naturally he does not fight alone, but leads many people to fight together. And if it can make all the people in the world follow him, then it will be a ghost if he can't achieve the emperor's career. What Li Ye understands now is how to make all the people work for him.
That is, the method of controlling people's hearts.
To become a qualified emperor requires proficiency in many methods, but the method of making all the people work together for oneself is undoubtedly the most basic. Without the followers of the people, there would be no emperor.
The process of Li Ye killing the master and gaining the command of the team is undoubtedly the embodiment of the method of controlling the emotions and thoughts of the crowd.
In Li Ye's consciousness, in the indescribable nothingness, there is a door of classical vicissitudes in the darkness. Standing outside the door, he saw a dragon pattern on the gate, depicting a picture of a dragon soaring through the nine heavens, and under the dragon pattern, there are countless soldiers and civilians in thousands of miles of land.
Now the dragon body of this door has lit up three nodes, and the door has opened to a degree of 30-40%.
He tried to walk into this dazzling door, and the scroll of heavenly secrets between his eyebrows opened silently, and he stepped in with just one step.
The scene in front of me is all too familiar. The five states of Pinglu are under our feet. Looking north, we can see mountains and rivers, cities and villages dotted all over, and countless soldiers and civilians the size of ants are distributed among them, just like the northern border of the Tang Dynasty.
In Li Ye's fairy garden, except for the five states of Pinglu, other areas are transparent.
But now, Li Ye stood in the sky above the northern border, and with a thought, the dragon energy in his body flew out of his body, soared nine days, and let out a high-pitched cry.
At the same time, the Dragon Qi is like the sun, emitting a bright blue light, illuminating the earth. Those dots of green awns, as soon as they landed on the territory, made the territory more solid.
Countless star points of different colors gradually lit up on the territory, white, yellow, red, each different, distributed in various places. Points are connected into lines, and lines are connected into surfaces. Li Ye had a feeling in his heart that every light point was an official, army, and civilian who were completely loyal to him.
And among these light spots, there are some special existences that emit a halo, as if they have the power to affect those dark spots around them that are not bright.
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Hedong, Taiyuan City.
In Jiedushi's mansion, Li Zhen was dealing with government affairs, and the books on the desk were piled up like a hill, and there was more than one, which completely blocked Li Zhendu inside.
When Li Ye left Pinglu, he had already appointed Li Zhen as the governor of Hedong. Now he is in charge of all military and political affairs in Hedong.
There are a lot of things to govern in a newly acquired land. The remnants of Li Keyong's party must be screened and cut off, bandits in the mountains must be eliminated, exorbitant taxes must be abolished, irrigation facilities must be repaired, and many refugees must be resettled... . .. In particular, it is a huge project to implement Pinglu's administrative measures in an all-round way in Hedong.
Before the oil lamp was burned out, the morning light had passed through the window screen and sprinkled on the desk. Li Zhen, who was immersed in government affairs, did not notice it immediately. It wasn't until several servant girls brought him over early and called him several times that he raised his head and recovered himself, realizing that another whole night had passed.
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Putting down the brush, Li Zhen came to the dining table to eat.
While serving, the servant girl persuaded her softly, "Emissary Lian is diligent in political affairs. I have no right to say anything, but envoy Lian should always take pity on his own body. If envoy Lian falls ill, Isn't the political affairs in Hedong going to be delayed?"
Li Zhen glanced at the servant girl and smiled slightly, "I'm afraid it's not the political affairs being delayed, but some people's affairs are being delayed?"
As a Confucian scholar, Li Zhen has long been a master of literature, and he is only one step away from Wenzong. Although the cultivation base of a Confucian scholar is not in the level of physical strength and outstanding combat power, it really doesn't matter if he doesn't sleep for a few days.
The servant girl's gaze touched Li Zhen's teasing smile, and her face immediately turned red to the neck. She was so ashamed that she wanted to dig a hole and get in after being exposed to the little calculation in her heart by the other party. However, Li Zhen was still looking at her indecently, which made the servant girl run away, "Let's eat by myself, the slave family has retired!"
As Li Ye's right-hand man, Li Zhen has been busy with political affairs these years, often staying up all night, and has no time to marry a wife. There is no mistress in the house, and the closest "closest" are only a few housemaids.
Although they are maids, they are all ladies from a scholarly family. Not only do they know poetry and books, they have common topics to chat with Li Zhen, but they also have a graceful temperament, know how to be considerate and love others.
These are all carefully selected by Li Ye for Li Zhen.
As a qualified protagonist, Li Ye certainly knew how to think about his own arm.
In the morning, it was time to sit in the political affairs hall. Every day, Li Zhen would promulgate government orders, hold meetings, or report and ask for instructions from the officials below, all of which were carried out in the political affairs hall.
After breakfast, Li Zhen went to the Political Affairs Hall. At about the same time, he was discussing something with an official when he suddenly felt something. He raised his head and looked at the sky outside the door, his eyes were full of shock.
His vibration was so strong that he left the talking official, flew directly out of the door, flew up to the roof, stared at the east sky, and felt it carefully.
The more he concentrated on the induction, the stronger the shock in Li Zhen's heart. Not only him, but also those Confucian scholars in the government office, and all those who reached the realm of literati, all rushed out of the room and came to the courtyard to look at Dongtian.
"Emissary Lian, what's going on?" Chang Shi of the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion came behind Li Zhen and asked in shock.
"It seems that everyone has sensed it. It is His Highness's breath."
Li Zhen was silent for a moment, with thoughtful eyes, "But the strange thing is, there is an obvious emperor's air in His Highness's aura... His Highness is very heroic, and he has this kind of feeling in his body before." Temperament, but in the end it's just temperament, but now it can form breath and release it?"
Chang Shi asked suspiciously: "But His Highness is clearly not in Datang, how could his aura spread thousands of miles away, so that we can feel it so clearly here?"
Li Zhen couldn't answer this question either. He concentrated and calmed down, closing his eyes to sense. After a while, he opened his eyes, and the shock in his eyes became stronger: "I actually... feel that my cultivation base has made great progress in just this moment?! It seems that I have improved a lot for no reason. A force, pushing this envoy's cultivation forward... "
As a literary teacher, Li Zhen's moral articles are enough to educate the people in a city, making them benevolent and kind. But now he clearly felt that the radiation range of his article had expanded by a full 20% at this moment!
Chang Shi quickly felt his attention, and lost his voice in a moment: "The cultivation base of the lower official has also improved?! The lower official feels that the power of his writing has increased by nearly 20%! Lianshi, what's going on?"
Li Zhen lowered his brows, and solemnly said with reverence: "It seems that His Highness has encountered a great opportunity in the Yaozu territory, and we can benefit from it... It's just that this kind of thing has never been heard of before." , Your Highness, what exactly did you get?"
After thinking for a while, Li Zhen didn't think of a reason.
But he is Jiedushi after all, and he knew what to do at this time, so he ordered: "Order: All the Confucian scholars among the officials of Taiyuan City will gather in the Zhengshitang after an hour. This envoy has important instructions to convey! Then order: All Confucian scholars among the officials in Hedong, who have reached the level of literati, will come to the Jiedu envoy's office to report on their duties within half a month!"
Chang Shi knew that the matter was of great importance, so he quickly took orders.
An hour later, a hundred officials gathered inside and outside the Political Affairs Hall.
Li Zhen looked around at everyone from the main seat: "It must have been an hour ago that everyone sensed the power contained in His Highness's breath, and your cultivation base has also increased to varying degrees. This matter is top secret and must not be disclosed. Anyone who leaks the secret will be killed!"
"This envoy, from now on, is limited to one month. You will hand over the government affairs at hand to your colleagues, and go to the counties and townships under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan Prefecture to preach the government, educate the people, and publicize the name of Your Highness's benevolence and righteousness. January Afterwards, this envoy is here to discuss merits for you all!"
All the officials bowed and took orders.
When all the officials left, Li Zhen was the only one left in the Zhengshitang.
He came outside the door, stood under the eaves, looked at the east sky, with a solemn and sacred expression, with an indomitable piety in his eyes: "Your Highness, Chang'an was destroyed, Your Majesty moved westward to Fengxiang, Zhu Wen attacked the surrounding towns, The power is greater than that of the Central Plains, and the envoys of the world, except for the north, are almost all conquests. The Tang Dynasty is in chaos. At this moment, it is time for His Royal Highness to establish Han Guangwu achievements. Zhen, Ding should do his best to govern the region for His Highness , educate the common people, and strengthen His Highness's power!"
...
In the afternoon, Li Zhen was drafting official documents in the East Study Room, and Chang Shi came to report: "Emissary Lian, Xu Zengming has arrived."
Li Zhen's eyes froze, and he put down his brush: "Send him to see you."
Xu Zengming, head of the Xu family in Daizhou. Daizhou, the border area in the northeast of Hebei Province, is the base camp of the Daibei Frontier Army. The Xu family, the largest family in Daizhou. There are not only Taoist and Buddhist monks in the clan, but also military generals, and even Confucian literati. The family is powerful and should not be underestimated.
Most of the handsome men in his family served in Daizhou and the Daibei Frontier Army. It can be said that 40% of the frontier defense forces in the north of the river are in the hands of the Xu family.
Moreover, the Xu family has in-laws with various prominent families in Daizhou and Hedong, with huge strength and great influence. There were even rumors that several big bandits in the northeast of the river had contacts with the Xu family, and even the tribes in the grassland wanted to sell some of their face.
In a word, the existence of the Xu family is the most troublesome ground snake for the local officials. That is not the existence of the problem that can be easily solved by sending a few big monks randomly and violently eradicating them.
After Li Zhen took over Hedong, the Xu family has always been the object of his headaches. The other party is self-confident, violating his government orders, rebellious and unruly, and the influence is very bad, which has caused great damage to the authority of the government.
Because the time he served as the Jiedu envoy of Hedong was still very short, Li Zhen hadn't been able to free up his hands to really solve the Xu family's problems.
After the political affairs were sorted out a few days ago, he took the opportunity of Xu Zengming's birthday to send some gifts to the Xu family, so as to invite the head of the Xu family to come to Taiyuan City, and prepared to start to solve the problems of the Xu family thoroughly. .
After a while, a middle-aged man dressed in a Confucian shirt but with an iron temperament walked into the door with a tall and strong dark man.
"Xu Zengming, acting governor of the lower government, pay homage to the envoy Lian!"
"Xu Zengshou, Sima of Daizhou, my lower official, pay my respects to Lian Envoy!"
As soon as the two entered the door, they saw Li Zhen standing up from the main seat, and immediately bowed down to salute.
"You two don't need to be polite, please take a seat." Li Zhen greeted eagerly. The other party behaved well, bowed very low when saluting, and looked very meek and chaste, which surprised him a little.
"Xie Lian envoy." Xu Zengming and Xu Zengshou thanked him first, and then sat down on a chair beside him with lowered eyebrows. From the beginning to the end, they never looked directly at Li Zhen, as if they were afraid of his majesty. When they were seated, the two of them didn't sit firmly, they just touched the edge of a chair.
"I've heard that the Xu family has many heroes. Today, seeing Chang Shi and Sima, I know that people in the world are not deceiving me." Li Zhen greeted with a smile, but the other party's cautious attitude made him a little puzzled.
A few days ago on Xu Zengming's birthday, the officials sent by Li Zhen to deliver gifts came back and said that when they met him, the Xu family members were very arrogant, not to mention their lack of courtesy, and they were always angry and bullying. When Xu Zengming finally agreed to come to Taiyuan City, his attitude seemed to be giving alms, as if he wanted to take this opportunity to give Li Zhen a blow.
That official was Li Zhen's confidant, and he was upright. Li Zhen knew that he would not lie, so what was the reason for Xu Zengming and Xu Zengshou's current appearance
"Emissary Lian is absurd. Compared with Envoy Lian and His Highness, the lower officials are nothing more than chickens and dogs." Xu Zengming quickly cupped his hands and said in awe, even using the words "chicken and tiles".
Li Zhen looked at the other party, wanting to see if the other party was pretending to humiliate him with exaggerated acts of sincerity and fear.