The imperial court hoped for a quick victory, and quickly quelled the rebellion of Zhang Zhongwu in the north to show the world that the imperial court still possessed extremely strong power to suppress all ill-intentioned people. Zhang Zhongwu's strength, in the world at this time, is still ranked first, even he was suppressed, others can't help but feel worried, think about what kind of fate they will have if they learn from Zhang Zhongwu?

Li Ze obviously didn't think so.

If he joins forces with Gao Biao and quickly defeats Zhang Zhongwu, then all the festival towns in the world will inevitably shrink from the cold, and the little grass that sprouts in their hearts will definitely wither quickly, and they will definitely continue to wait and see, shrink in their own festival towns, and try to strengthen their own power while nominally being a vassal to the court.

Is this good for Li Ze?

Of course not. In this way, after he extinguished Zhang Zhongwu, what reason did he have to meddle in the situation in the world? Learn from others, be honest in the town, and be the emperor of the soil?

Only when the world is chaotic can he have the opportunity to get his hands on it. After he extinguished Zhang Zhongwu, he went south and meddled in the world with high-sounding reasons.

In fact, the situation in the north has now been barely stabilized. Li Ze stationed heavy troops in Yizhou, Dingzhou, Yingzhou and other places, although the offensive strength was insufficient, but the defense was more than enough. The upcoming spring ploughing will help him win more time. No matter which festival town, spring ploughing, are not afraid to be a little sloppy, and when the spring ploughing is over, the most difficult time of the year will come again.

Everyone is short of food.

Of course, at this time, it is also the season when everything grows wildly, and you can still find a lot of things to eat, for ordinary people, wild vegetables can survive their lives, but for the army, this is naturally not good.

The situation of the Lurong is even worse.

Because of the blockade of Hedong and Chengde, they had no channels to purchase grain, which made Zhang Zhongwu even if he wanted to launch a large-scale attack, but he would have to stop due to the constraints of economic conditions.

Want to attack?

Let's wait for the autumn harvest!

With a year's buffer time, Li Ze can do so much.

The fact is this fact, but in front of Li Xin, Li Ze naturally would not analyze him like this. In his mouth, Zhang Zhongwu was extremely powerful, and now he was overwhelmed, although he won a small victory before, it was just that Zhang Zhongwu looked down on him, and now Zhang Zhongwu set his eyes on him, and he was ready to clamp his tail and be a good man. At least recharge your batteries for a while so that you are ready for a big battle with the other side.

In addition to these, Li Ze did not hesitate to detain a black pot on the imperial court.

Let's see, if you don't come up with any moths and directly let me join the town, at this time, I am expanding my armaments and preparing for a war against Zhang Zhongwu, but you have to let me come to Chang'an, and you have to send my old mother and wife to Chang'an as a hostage, which not only does not believe me, but also delays a lot of time!

Who bears the responsibility for the delay?

Naturally, it's the imperial court.

So if you want to win quickly, it's impossible for the time being, as long as I return to Chengde, complete the town, rectify the soldiers and horses, and gather forces, can I slowly figure it out.

As for how long it will take? Of course, it's a matter of opinion.

Either very quickly, or very slowly.

It all depends on the situation.

Fuwang Li Xin had nothing to say.

How could he be such a shrewd and capable person who couldn't hear the meaning of Li Xin's words, but from the perspective of the imperial court, what could he do? There is already a Zhang Zhongwu's Lu Long, if there is another too strong Chengde, how can it be good? Without the necessary means of control, how could the imperial court rest assured that another super festival town would appear?

You can't win 'em all.

The only thing that can be done now is just as Li Ze suggested to him, tie up the fence, guard the few remaining belongings, and wait until Gao Biao and Li Ze have extinguished Zhang Zhongwu, and then discuss other things.

As long as Gao Biao and Li Ze, the two big festival towns, are loyal to the imperial court, then everything will be easy. Gao Biao's loyalty has already passed the test of time, and Li Ze's obedient sending his mother and wife to Chang'an this time also shows his loyalty to the imperial court. Then next, the imperial court will naturally give corresponding rewards and spare no effort to support, so that they can serve the imperial court without distraction.

In his heart, Li Xin has actually recognized Li Ze, but in fact, in the face of the current form, he and the court behind him do not have much choice. In the words of Gongsun Changming, the imperial court asked Li Ze to send his mother's wife to Chang'an, which was the last resort that could be used when the donkey skills were poor and there was nothing to be done.

Such a request has actually shown the powerlessness of the imperial court from another aspect.

The conversation between the two sides took place in a friendly atmosphere, and when the major parties reached an agreement, other details did not seem to be important, but more like icing on the cake. Regarding Li Ze's request to do some business in Luoyang, so that his wife and mother could live more comfortably when they were in Chang'an, Li Xin waved his hand and directly asked Li Ze's people to go to Luoyang South City to choose the best shop, no matter whose shop it is, it will become Li Xin's next. And what you want to do, as long as Li Ze speaks, even those materials controlled by the imperial court are no problem.

In this era, behind the businessman, if there is no strong force, then you can only make a small fuss, and you can't worry about it, if you really want to make a lot of money, then you must rely on the powerful people to make it. Li Zefang, General Qianniuwei, the flag is hard enough, but in Luoyang and Chang'an, it is beyond the reach of some whips, if you don't get Li Xin's support, I'm afraid it will be difficult.

Luoyang is the distribution center of commodities in the world, and it is the starting point of the Silk Road. As for what to do, Li Ze doesn't pay much attention to it, standing on top of his position, as long as he gets Li Xin's support, even if he sells land in Luoyang, he can still make money.

The general framework is finalized, and the task of Fuwang Li Xin is completed. Many of the remaining details will be handed over to the big people in the court to measure. Today's conversation between him and Li Ze will also appear on the emperor's desk in the form of a recital.

And when everything was settled, it was already noon, and Li Xin also had a big banquet, thinking that Li Ze would catch the wind and wash the dust. Unlike the secret meeting in the morning, where only three or five people participated, at the banquet, the civil and military officials above the fifth rank in Luoyang were all out of order, and even Shi Peiju, the head of the Eastern Capital Defense Envoy, who had been busy checking the interior, also hurried to the end.

Li Xin introduced these powerful figures to Li Ze one by one. Li Ze will naturally take this opportunity to take a closer look at these characters, Pei Ju looks tired, his eyes are obviously bagged, and his eyes are full of red silk, obviously this time because the opponent showed his horse's feet, this thread was grabbed, and the hands of the people who were pulled out were really a lot.

Li Xin sat first, Li Ze was the first guest of honor on the left, below was Gongsun Changming, and the first on the right was Changshi Pei Ju, who had just arrived, and the second was Niu Furen, who had joined the army, and then there were several generals. This is also in line with the characteristics of this era, because of the division of Fanzhen, the status of military generals has risen significantly, and the civilian and official groups that originally held the bull's ear have to retreat.

Almost every troubled time will appear such a scene of respecting the military people, because at this time, whoever has a hard fist, whoever dares to speak loudly will naturally be louder, and in peacetime, it is naturally a scene of civilian officials suppressing military generals.

Chen Changping and Li Yu did not sit at the table, but sat cross-legged behind Li Ze.

After three rounds of drinking, seeing that the two guards behind Li Ze were just eating their meals silently, Li Xin was a little reluctant. The two behind Li Ze are not ordinary guards, of course he knows it. Although Li Mi is a woman, she is Li Ze's deputy commander of the personal guard, and is actually responsible for Li Ze's entire security matters, and the other, who is even bigger, is Chen Changping, a general under Li Ze, who has excellent archery skills.

At Li Xin's signal, a female official brought two pots of wine and sent them to Li Ze's back.

"Two generals, please accompany the meal with good wine." Li Xin said with a smile

Li Ze smiled and said nothing, Chen Changping and Li Yu stood up and clasped their fists towards Li Xin, "Thank you Your Highness for your kindness, it's just that Chen and General Li both have military affairs." Military law is strict, and the two of us dare not drink. ”

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and his eyes turned to Li Ze.

Li Ze smiled and said: "Your Highness, I have become a German military law, it is true, the military law is strict, even I, Li Ze, dare not disobey, otherwise why order the whole army?" ”

Li Xin smiled: "No wonder Marshal Jie was able to sweep the rebel Zhu Shou with the power of a state, and he was really strict in governing the army." ”

As soon as Li Xin said this, many of the generals of the Divine Strategy Army in the hall all looked wonderful, and at this time, they were all drunk and red.

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, in embarrassment, a slender general Huo Ran stood up and arched his hand: "This must be General Chen Changping, who is famous for his archery skills?" ”

"It's exactly down there." Chen Changping hugged his fists.

"I am the commander of the Chinese army under the defense of the Eastern Capital Li Hai, I have also practiced archery since I was a child, and I boast that my archery skills are not bad, today Li Shuai and His Royal Highness have a feast, why don't you and I have a competition, so as to Bo Li Shuai and His Royal Highness smile?" Li Hailang said.

The opponent was openly provocative, Chen Changping naturally had a temper, and when he heard this, he turned his head to look at Li Ze.

Li Ze looked at Li Xin.

Li Xin was a little annoyed in his heart, looking at other people's subordinates, looking at his subordinates, he really didn't know, he was shocked! Chen Changping was obviously a little unbearable at this time, but he still remembered that he asked his boss, his own Chinese army soldiers, but provoked his guests at the welcome banquet he held, and these guests were still the objects that the imperial court wanted to try its best to woo.