According to the Tsingyi Yamen report, since the last time I saw Khitan and Nanzhao envoys, although Ma Yin behaved as usual, the number of times he went out was much more frequent.
Sometimes it’s hunting, sometimes it’s outing, sometimes it’s boating on Dongting Lake, and sometimes it’s going to live in various villages of its own for several days.
Strictly speaking, this is not an unusual move.
As an idler, there are not many official duties that can be handled. Apart from drinking and having fun in the mansion, he can only go out for fun. After all, Ma Yin is the existence of Feng Wang, so he definitely won't go to the brothel—if it's the brothel in Chang'an, it's fine, and the brothel in Changsha is not worth his visit.
In the final analysis, what Liu Yin and Ma Yin did in Lingnan was similar.
If it was an ordinary time, instead of being suspicious, Li Ye would think that Ma Yin was very knowledgeable about current affairs, knew that his life had nothing to do with power, and understood that enjoying Gu's wealth was a serious matter.
It is a pity that the tentacles of Tsingyi Yamen have already spread all over the place. Ma Yin thought that he secretly summoned the old department, and ordered the old department to summon the tribunes, servants, and thugs. Acting on stage is about the same.
Tsingyi Yamen is located in Jincheng County, Lanzhou, Hexi, and can place so many pawns that even Chu Zheng, a disciple of Bailudong, can't see any clues. They exist as ordinary people, and the situation in Chu can be imagined.
Song Jiao swore to Li Ye that the Tsingyi yamen had already woven a whole spider web in Chudi, and Ma Yin was at best a grasshopper on the spider web.
Although Li Ye couldn't figure out why the grasshopper jumped onto the spider's web, since Aunt Song said it seriously, he couldn't refute it.
"I don't think you need to go to Chu in person, and you don't even need to let King Qi and King Shu go. Tsing Yi Yamen alone can completely settle this matter." These are Aunt Song's original words.
When she said this, Aunt Song looked at Li Ye very dissatisfied, as if she felt that Li Ye underestimated her and the ability of Tsing Yi Yamen.
Of course Li Ye would not underestimate Aunt Song and Tsing Yi Yamen, neither of them.
Aunt Song and Chu Nanhuai are actually of the same generation, but in terms of cultivation and combat power, Aunt Song is even worse than Chu Nanhuai. But in this point, even Li Xian is not as good as her. It's not that Li Xian's talent is poor, but that Li Xian spent too much energy on military and political affairs when he should cultivate his cultivation most.
Aunt Song was different. When she first helped Li Xian, she played the role of a guard. Although she also had the duty to listen to the world's news for Li Xian, she was more of a Jianghu way, so naturally she didn't need to distract her much.
Although the result was not very good, Li Xian was besieged and killed in Bagong Mountain, Song Jiao only had time to rescue with the Bailu Cavemen, and there was absolutely no way to eliminate this matter in advance. But it's no wonder Aunt Song.
In fact, the Battle of Bagong Mountain has always been a knot in Song Jiao's heart.
As Li Xian's junior sister, and also for Li Xian to listen to the world's news, such a siege happened, no matter how you look at it, it is suspected of dereliction of duty. Because of this, after Song Jiao came to Li Ye's side, she did her duties so conscientiously that she could be said to be exhausted.
It is also fortunate that she is a disciple of Bailu Cave, and she is very talented. If it were someone else, even if she worked hard, she might not be able to run the Tsingyi Yamen to its present state.
Among other things, in just a few years, the layout of the world has been completed, so that Li Ye can have pre-arranged chess pieces to use whether he is pacifying the east of the river, the bottom of the central plains, or the west of the river.
Song Jiao has been complaining to Li Ye recently, saying that she is aging prematurely, and that the corners of her eyes are wrinkled due to the pressure of heavy affairs. In fact, it is not all self-pity.
Li Ye has been a human being in two lives—to be precise, it should be a human being in the third life. After all, he still has the memory of this body's previous life, and he has a very thorough understanding of human relationships and sophistication. Of course he knew that Song Jiao's desperate efforts to help him had nothing to do with feeling guilty about Li Xian.
Bailudong disciples are all proud, with high self-esteem, and their affirmation of their own talents and persistence in their ambitions make them transcend the ordinary worldly vision.
Song Jiao spent all her energy in running the Tsingyi Yamen, but her biggest purpose was to prove herself. Let everyone in Bailudong and the world see that if she truly uses what she has learned in her life without any shackles, she will definitely have earth-shattering abilities, and it is not that even Li Xian's besieged and killed in Bagong Mountain cannot be avoided.
Li Ye understood this.
But knowing this doesn't mean he isn't grateful to Aunt Song.
Just like what he said to Song Jiao before, he is not a hypocritical person, and the machismo in his bones prevents him from saying disgusting things. But his gratitude and gratitude to Aunt Song is actually better than anyone around him.
To be honest, Shangguan Qingcheng's status is unique. When Li Ye set himself on fire in the previous life, Shangguan Qingcheng's words "I will use my blood for His Majesty" made Li Ye regard her as a part of himself. So as long as she doesn't compare with Shangguan Qingcheng, Aunt Song's status cannot be shaken.
"The reason why I want to go to Chudi in person is actually another reason. It's not that I don't trust Aunt Song and Tsingyi Yamen."
Li Ye said, "Although Ma Yin has the possibility of corrupting the mountains and rivers of Chu, he is nothing more than a clown in my eyes. If it is only him, it is not enough for me to go south in person."
After the Battle of Hexi, Tsingyi Yamen has completed the adaptation of Huanyinfang. Now there is no Huanyinfang in the world, only Tsingyi Yamen.
The original Shengji of Huanyinfang disappeared from the eyes of the world, so it goes without saying. The first commander and other veterans of Huanyinfang have also been properly arranged in Tsingyi Yamen. Therefore, the power of Tsing Yi Yamen is very huge.
"You went to Chu in person on this trip, but let Wang Jian take people to deal with Nanzhao. Actually, I don't agree with such an arrangement." Song Jiao thought that Li Ye went south in person because he wanted to test Wang Jian.
She continued: "Wang Jian has been in Sichuan for many years, and he already has a considerable influence, even if it is not deeply rooted, it must not be taken lightly.
"Besides, he accepted your surrender and avoided the military disaster in the middle of Shu. Both the soldiers and the common people are grateful to him from the bottom of their hearts. If you let him attack from the middle of Shu to deal with King Nanzhao, you will not be afraid of him. Take advantage of this opportunity to make it bigger?"
According to Song Jiao's thinking, it is safest for Li Ye not to use Wang Jian, and just let him enjoy the wealth and honor.
From the perspective of the "emperor's mentality", when the dynasty is surrounded by enemies and uses troops on a large scale, all internal hidden dangers should be eliminated. Killing Wang Jian is actually the easiest way.
If Li Ye didn't want to break his promise and insisted on using Wang Jian, then it would be better to let Wang Jian go to the northern border than to let him cross the middle of Shu to deal with Nanzhao.
Any courtier who can be reused by the owner in such a situation to defend important frontier battlefields has no reason not to be grateful to Dade.
So Song Jiao felt that asking Wang Jian to deal with Nanzhao was superfluous.
Li Ye didn't think so, he said: "I accepted Wang Jian's surrender and spared his life, not to make an appearance to the world and to show my own benevolence and virtue, but because I can really tolerate this People can also accommodate their ambitions in life.”
These words fell into Song Jiao's ears, and the way she looked at Li Ye became extraordinarily weird.
The situation in the world has long been clear. In Song Jiao's view, with Li Ye's meritorious talents, succession to the throne is inevitable—she doesn't think it is against human relations either.
For the sake of the throne, Emperor Taizong could kill his brothers and brothers, and put his father under house arrest. Although from the perspective of historical facts, Taizong did it for self-protection. If he didn’t do this, he would be killed by his brothers. No matter how people in the world think about Emperor Taizong, they have to continue.
There was such a precedent in the Tang Dynasty, Li Ye asked Li Yan to give him the throne, why not? Not to mention that Li Yan himself doesn't care about things. In Song Jiao's mind, he is a foolish emperor. Even if he is a wise emperor, so what
Since he was going to be the emperor, he naturally couldn't let the hidden dangers around him always exist. Even if Li Ye has the heart of Emperor Taizong and doesn't kill heroes, there is no reason to reuse his former opponents.
Li Ye was able to allow King Qi to lead the army, which was enough to surprise Song Jiao. Later, she knew that King Qi was a woman, so she didn't care. Although the gap between men and women in the cultivation world is not that big, there has never been a woman sitting on the throne—except Wu Zetian.
But Wang Jian is a genuine man, and he is likely to pursue a great career.
Even Ma Yin dared to seek to achieve his own achievements under the situation of the whole world attacking Tang Dynasty. Wang Jian was ten times stronger than Ma Yin.
Li Ye knew what Song Jiao was thinking when he saw Song Jiao's appearance. He laughed helplessly at himself, "Aunt Song is worrying too much. Can I not kill Zhu Wen, use King Qi again, and promise the king of Shu to be a noble person for a lifetime? The fundamental reason is not that I trust them unconditionally, but that I have the ability to control them.
"The princes of the world, in my eyes, are nothing more than mediocre. If I want to kill them, it is really a backhand. I have absolute control over the world of Tang Dynasty. This is the basic principle of my being able to accept all rivers."
After hearing these words, Song Jiao didn't know what to say for a moment.
Throughout the ages, there may have been no emperors who were qualified to say that they could control the entire world with their own power. I am afraid that only Qin Huang Han Wu can barely reach this level.
Why is this unlikely? I just need to say a very simple truth: if the combined strength of all the courtiers exceeds the emperor, then the emperor cannot say that he can suppress the world by himself.
This statement seems very unreasonable. After all, if all the courtiers are to be enemies of the emperor, I am afraid that it will only appear in the last days of the dynasty. But as an emperor, you should look at things this way.
Only by looking at the problem in this way can they guard against every courtier, not give absolute trust, always maintain the balance of power among the courtiers, and even deliberately create confrontation. Why is the most core and basic point of view of the emperor's mind art is the balance art? This is the truth.
The world is so big, the emperor is the most insecure person.
He has to guard against everyone coveting his throne.
There is nothing more noble in the world than the throne.
So the emperor thinks everyone is coveting his throne.
But this kind of reasoning is not allowed for Li Ye.
Throughout history, not all kings would perform balancing techniques on the court to ensure their absolute control over the court and the world.
For example, Qin Xiaogong won Quliang.
He used Shang Yang's reform to completely trust Shang Yang.
Qin Xiaogong did this because the Qin State has reached the autumn of life and death. Otherwise, it is not enough for the Qin State to continue to survive in the Warring States Period.
But Li Ye is different. He did this to restore Datang to its prosperity.
On the surface, the two are indeed different, but in essence, there is no difference between the two.
Qin Xiaogong needs to use Shang Yang to let the Qin State unite the power of all the people. Although Li Ye did not achieve the purpose of uniting the hearts of the people through King Qi and King Shu, his fundamental desire is to make all the people loyal to him.
Therefore, his image must be perfect, even higher than all previous emperors.
The attitude Li Ye expressed now was that he dared to pursue this because he could completely control the world by himself.
Song Jiao couldn't refute Li Ye like this.
She looked at Li Ye with a dumb smile, her bright eyes were obviously a little strange, and she said: "I told myself a long time ago that you are different from Li Xian, and you cannot be judged by Li Xian's standards. So all these years, I have always looked at you according to the standards of the previous Mingjunxiongzhu.
"Now I realize that I was still wrong. You may be different from all emperors. Although I don't know the reason for this, the facts cannot be refuted. You can indeed control the entire world by yourself. It won't be happening either.
"Now even if Zhu Wen, Wang Jian, and Li Maozhen join forces, they will not be able to endanger your life. Even if they cooperate with those opponents who attacked Tang, they will not be able to overthrow your country. I don't know when things turned This is the case, but I feel it now, I feel it very clearly, the reality has become like this.
"This is really strange. Even though you are at the peak of the Yangshen Daoist Realm, you have the ability to instantly kill all the monks in the world. This is unbelievable. But maybe, this is the ability that a real emperor should have. If you do it, you should become Lord of the world.
"If the situation of the whole world attacking the Tang Dynasty is resolved and broken by you this time, I can't even think of what kind of existence can prevent you from restoring the Tang Dynasty. Even, I have already vaguely felt that the Great Tang Dynasty you created In the prosperous age, it may even surpass Tianbao Tang!"
Li Ye nodded repeatedly, not hiding his feelings.
He doesn't need to hide himself.
Only those who are strong to a certain extent can not hide themselves.
In any case, having a bosom friend is a happy thing.
Aunt Song can understand herself so well and have such confidence in herself, even if Li Ye is not proud, she is still happy in her heart.
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If you go south from Guanzhong, you have to cross the Qinling Mountains.
The continuous mountains are steep and the main roads and passes are full of majestic passes. This is a necessary measure to defend the capital. It's a pity that the danger of using mountains and rivers to strengthen the country is destined to not last long. No matter how dangerous the pass is, it needs to be guarded by people. Once the defenders are distracted and have no fighting spirit, the natural moat is also the way.
The root cause of Huang Chao's ability to attack Tongguan head-on was not of course that Tongguan had been in disrepair for a long time, nor was it how capable his trilogy was, but that the guards would collapse at the first touch.
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When Li Ye, Wang Jian, Li Maozhen and others entered Hanzhong through the Qinling Mountains, looking at the mountains, rivers and clouds, they couldn't help but think of the past when they were targeted by the Taoist sect of Zhongnan Mountain when they first arrived in Zhongnan Mountain.
At that time, not long after he had achieved Qi training, he came here to investigate a murderous case during his official assessment. By following the clues, he uncovered the Taoist conspiracy to frame Li Xian, and brought Song Jiao, the leader of the Tsingyi Yamen, back to Chang'an .
"Thousands of years passed in the past, Wei Wu waved his whip, and there was a posthumous chapter on Jieshi in the east. The bleak autumn wind is here again, and the world has changed."
Facing the familiar scenery of mountains and rivers, Li Ye couldn't help chanting this sentence.
King Qi repeated it to himself, and looked at Li Ye strangely: "This seems to be a word? The charm is good. However, it is spring, how do you say the bleak autumn wind? Also, I have never heard of this word. Could it be yours? New work?"
Li Ye replied casually: "It's not my work, it's Taizu's words."
"Taizu? Which Dynasty Taizu?" King Qi was stunned, and carefully recalled the emperors of the past dynasties. "Since Qin and Han Dynasties, it seems that no emperor has been called Taizu, right? The founding kings of the Han and Tang Dynasties were also all Call Gaozu... ”
Only then did Li Ye realize that he had slipped his tongue. Of course he couldn't explain to King Qi that he was the great ancestor of his time on earth, so he could only cover it up with a haha.
"Your Highness, the officials on this trip set out from the middle of Sichuan and led the big monks in Qingyi Yamen and Shu soldiers to attack Nanzhao. The outcome of the battle is still unpredictable, but with the helpers sent by His Highness, I think it will not be a big problem. I don't know if His Highness still has What needs to be entrusted?" When Wang Jian said this, he seemed a little embarrassed.
Not only Song Jiao, but he himself felt that there seemed to be something wrong with Li Ye's arrangement.
The problem is that you trust yourself too much.
Of course, there may be another possibility. Li Ye thought that he was rebellious by nature, and he was very worried about himself.
He even thought that he would want to rebel if he had the chance, so he simply gave himself such a chance to show himself the fox's tail. Then, before things got out of control, he killed himself with thunder.
Just like how he treated Ma Yin this time.
Li Ye was worrying about how to deal with King Qi, and told her not to keep asking who the Taizu was. If Wang Jian asked him to change the subject, he would naturally be very happy to answer.
He smiled and said easy-goingly: "Although Nanzhao has endangered Shu and the Lingnan border for many years, compared with the entire imperial dynasty, it is only a disease of scabies. It is a big deal to mobilize the Chang'an Imperial Army to deal with them. To calm Nanzhao, you only need to send It’s enough to be a partial teacher. The king of Shu has an old grudge with Nanzhao, and this time I can help you with a problem.”
Nanzhao was the later Dali Kingdom, the land of "Duan Yu" in Jin Yong's novels, and in later generations it was Yunnan and its surrounding areas.
If we say that compared to the Central Plains, Tubo and Khitan are a group of barbarians, then most of the people in Nanzhao at this time are savages. Shanzhai and hilltop tribes are the main groups, and there are not many people in the limited cities. The king of Nanzhao is the king of Nanzhao in name, but he is actually the leader of the alliance.
They were able to endanger Shu and Lingnan borders before, but they took advantage of the weakness of the Tang Dynasty.
Now that the Tang Dynasty is peaceful, to deal with them, in Li Ye's view, it's just a matter of waving his sleeves.
If he didn't know that he was not strong, the King of Nanzhao would have formed an alliance with Khitan and respected him everywhere.
Nanzhao thought that they could enjoy the shade leisurely by leaning against a big tree with luxuriant foliage. Little did they know that in Li Ye's mind, if the Khitan was a big tree, then the Tang Dynasty should be a big tree. The sky above the tree!