To greet the emperor, how could Li Xiaofei not come in person, but at the current Yuzhang City, he can't go.

There are all kinds of indications that there are still people in Zhongyi Hall who remain in Yuzhang and wait for an opportunity to cause chaos.

The Wang family took the lead in getting married, and many families in the city also married the officers and men of the Southern Navy, which seemed to be peaceful.

But the closer he got on the surface, the more uneasy Li Xiaofei became, and this uneasiness came from the fear in the eyes of the people in the city, as well as various rumors in private.

The arson and the killing of the Wen brothers in the first few nights had already left a deep impression on the people in Yuzhang City.

Everything Li Xiaofei did was either said to be bullying others, or it was a small favor to buy people's hearts.

Li Xiaofei really wanted to have a few people around who could discuss things at this time, but unfortunately he didn't.

The emperor has already arrived at Chaisangkou, and if he doesn't go, he will have a heart of disobedience.

After seeing the emperor first, since he was not at ease to leave the big families in the city, he simply took them to meet the emperor.

Li Xiaofei took 30 personal soldiers and "invited" 100 people to Chaisangkou.

Wang Ruoyun was also among them, and halfway through, Wang Ruoyun asked Li Xiaofei, "Is the emperor a bad old man?" ”

Li Xiaofei smiled, "The emperor is in the prime of life, his martial arts are extraordinary, and he is a generation of Ming Jun!" ”

"Hehe, I don't believe it, a generation of Ming Jun will get half of the country and not be protected? You people are really hateful, fighting for the throne and fighting for the city, in my opinion, you are no different from the Cui family, they are just careerists! ”

Li Xiaofei poked his head out of the car and looked outside, and after making sure that there was no change, he signaled Wang Ruoyun not to talk nonsense.

Wang Ruoyun sneered, "Hmph, you've done all the bad things, and you don't allow us to talk about it?" If this girl doesn't like this emperor, I will kill him with a sword!" ”

Li Xiaofei hurriedly covered her mouth: "You are too long!" This is a great sin to destroy the Nine Clans! If you talk nonsense, I'll send you back! ”

Wang Ruoyun broke away, "Don't pretend, who doesn't know that this emperor has an empty name, and the soldiers and horses are all yours, are you still afraid of the emperor with a large army?" Can't keep your woman? ”

"The soldiers and horses are the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, not my Li Xiaofei, I can have today all thanks to the emperor today, and I will be loyal to the emperor in this life!"

"You have to get it, I don't understand you people, while killing people and setting fires, while talking about loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, I just don't say it!"

Li Xiaofei took a deep breath, "Remember not to talk nonsense when you see the emperor, although I can protect you, but your family will be implicated by you!" ”

When the group arrived at Chaisangkou, they got off the car and dismounted, and Li Xiaofei walked in front and untied the sword at his waist and handed it to the guards led by Qi Yunfeng.

Of the more than 100 people in the back, only Wang Yuanhua's father and son and five other people were summoned, and the rest were waiting outside Chaisangkou City.

Liu Jian, Liu Mingge and others were waiting for Li Xiaofei to come in the palace of Chai Sangkou, Liu Jian sent Qin Zhong to see it several times, Liu Mingge smiled, "The emperor misses this Li Xiaofei a little too much!" ”

Liu Jian's face was flushed, and he wanted to stand up and walk out, but he felt that it was inappropriate, so he had to keep playing with a few peach pits in front of him with both hands.

A voice came from outside the door, "Li Xiaofei has come to see His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Liu Jian stood up suddenly, and Liu Mingge also slowly got up and looked out the door.

Li Xiaofei crossed the threshold and knelt on the ground and shouted, "Li Xiaofei is late to take over, please forgive your majesty!" The minister knocked to see the emperor, long live long live, long live! ”

Several people behind Li Xiaofei also knelt down one by one and said long live, not daring to raise their heads.

Liu Jian still walked over and helped Li Xiaofei with both hands, "Look at you, you're sweating profusely, please get up quickly, you and I are better than brothers, thanks to you for this counterinsurgency!" ”

Li Xiaofei didn't get up immediately, but kowtowed three times, "Minister, Li Xiaofei, thank Your Majesty Longen, you will be broken to your Majesty!" ”

Liu Jian pulled Li Xiaofei up hard, "Hurry up, please get up, I heard that you have done a happy event in Yuzhang again, you kid is very capable!" ”

Li Xiaofei held Liu Jian's hand with both hands and got up with a smile, "Thank Your Majesty Hongfu, this time the battle has won the beauty again!" The one behind the minister is the cheaper! ”

Liu Jian looked at the people behind him and shouted, "Raise your head!" ”

Wang Ruoyun is the first

looked up at Liu Jian, and Qin Zhong next to him immediately shouted, "Don't look directly at Your Majesty!" ”

Li Xiaofei hurriedly pulled Wang Ruoyun's sleeve, "Don't look up, continue to kneel!" ”

Wang Yuanhua and the others were already sweating at this time, not because they were afraid of Liu Jian, but because Liu Mingge was carrying a giant sword in the hall at this time, his eyes were wide and his eyes were full of power.

Wang Ruoyun wanted to speak, but as soon as he saw Liu Mingge, he swallowed the words back.

Liu Jian pulled Li Xiaofei to his seat, "I know your loyalty and hard work, these people must be the leading figures in Yuzhang City, and I have accepted your loyalty." Yuzhang is a treasure land, after I destroy the rebellion, I must go for a walk! ”

Wang Yuanhua and others kowtowed again and again to thank him.

After thanking him, Qin Zhong shouted, "Except for Li Xiaofei, the rest of the people will retreat!" ”

Ten soldiers immediately came in and helped Wang Yuanhua and them out, they thought they could say a few words to the emperor, but they didn't expect the emperor to send them away with a word.

After everyone left, Liu Jian breathed a long sigh of relief, "Now it's just a few of us, you don't have to pinch and pretend to speak!" Li Xiaofei, how many soldiers and horses do you have now? ”

"I have 1,000 people in Yuzhang, 10,000 people brought by Zhou Dapeng to fight Chenzhou, and 15,000 people left south of Xianxia Pass."

"More than 10,000 people? Cui Ju has nearly 200,000 of them, and with such a huge disparity, I am afraid that I will not be able to exterminate them! Liu Jian was a little disappointed, but fortunately, he had his own territory and army.

Liu Mingge stretched out his hand and calculated, "There are not many soldiers, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers, it is already rare." You really have some skills, and you can even borrow the way from Wei to fight! ”

"The Southern Navy is an elite soldier who has been training hard for several years, and the more than 1,000 people who stayed in Yuzhang this time have repelled tens of thousands of Cui troops, and their combat power should be five times that of Cui Jun. Fewer soldiers have the advantage of fewer soldiers, and the people can bear less burden. ”

Liu Jian nodded, "I have seen a lot of folk suffering this year, the people have indeed been overwhelmed, the land of Bashu has been fighting for half a year, many people can only eat grass roots and bark, but the Taishou who occupy the city still have to collect taxes from them." ”

"Your Majesty is so considerate of the people, and the minister believes that Daliang will be able to prosper in His Majesty's hands! From Yichen's point of view, now Cui Ju is suffering from the enemy on his back, and Zhu Yaoshi in the north will definitely not be able to let him go, and our army can seize all the southern parts of Jingzhou at this time, so that Cui Ju will be trapped to death! "Liu Mingge is already thinking of a counteroffensive

Li Xiaofei waved his hand, "The minister has something to say, like Yuzhang and Chai Sangkou, the people are unstable, and the minister is worried about this matter during this time." But there was no way to resolve it for a while, and the reason why the minister brought these big and wealthy businessmen to meet His Majesty was because he was worried that they would rebel after the minister left! ”

"Convincing people's hearts should be your Li Xiaofei's strength, why is he at a loss?" Liu Jian was also surprised, Li Xiaofei married them, and even said that people's hearts were unstable.

"At first, the minister also thought that they should welcome us, but no, no one welcomed us. They don't like to fight, and if they can't do business in a war, everyone will suffer! And these people have all kinds of business dealings with the Cui family, but they are closer to Cui Ju. They don't care about their family and country, and this time the minister can be regarded as a teacher! ”

"I also feel this way this time, the people don't care who is the emperor, and they don't know who is the emperor, they just need to be well fed and clothed and the family is safe. We used to think that we could be gracious to the people, but we were all wrong. What we do does not benefit them at all, they are being stripped clean year after year, and they are dying in poverty year after year. We have never really cared about their lives or deaths, so how can we get people's hearts? Liu Jian's perception is particularly deep, on the way to escape, he often buys food from the people, the best is only wild vegetable porridge, most of the time he can only hunt and satisfy hunger with his own hands.

Liu Mingge touched his beard, "The matter in Yuzhang City, in addition to relying on time to resolve, we also need to send people to educate, starting with children, we can select capable people in our army to teach preaching, let them learn a subset of scripture and history, learn medical skills and learn agricultural affairs, and give them a good future!" ”

Li Xiaofei and Liu Jian looked at Liu Mingge at the same time, "It will take decades for this to be effective, Mr. Liu is sure this is a good idea?" ”

"Haha, there's a better way, and that's to have them all reincarnated, but you're all there

Won't do it! ”

"Ten years of trees and a hundred years of people, good, the method of education that Mr. said, I think it can be implemented in the whole territory of Daliang in the future, everyone has books to read, everyone has food and clothing!"

"Your Majesty is wise, Mr. Gaojian, I, Li Xiaofei, have been taught today, it seems that I have to choose someone to be Mr. Teaching."

"By the way, you Li Xiaofei are solely responsible for military affairs, and I will not interfere, but the rewards of the soldiers must be reported to my eyes, and I will personally reward them!"

Li Xiaofei immediately understood that Liu Jian wanted to re-declare the existence of the Great Liang Imperial Court, and the Son of Heaven would have the final say in rewarding the officials.

"All ministers obey His Majesty's instructions, and everything obeys the arrangements of the court!"

Liu Mingge looked at Li Xiaofei, "Li Xiaofei, you are a blessed person, and you know how to cherish blessings, I am not as good as you in this regard, haha"

Liu Jian looked at Li Xiaofei again, and suddenly remembered something: "Xiaofei, I'm sorry for you, when Xiao Youran was forced by the rebels, we couldn't bring her out, and many ministers fell into the hands of the rebels." This is all caused by the improper use of people. ”

Li Xiaofei hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty doesn't have to blame yourself, thank Your Majesty Hongfu, Xiao Youran leaned on the eldest brother to bring it out desperately, and now he is enjoying happiness in the South China Sea." The matter of the rebels is not the fault of Your Majesty, even if the ministers are still in the army, I am afraid that it cannot be avoided. Chen Jiajun has only known the generals and the imperial court over the years, and chaos is inevitable. ”

Liu Jian sighed, "Then in your opinion, how can such a thing not happen again?" ”

"The minister is also distressed, if you don't use the government soldiers, the combat strength is worried, and it is difficult to defeat the enemy army to complete the great cause of counterinsurgency. can always use government soldiers, and the safety of the court must be guaranteed by the character of the general, but this character is invisible and intangible. ”

Liu Jian looked at Liu Mingge again, "What do you think of Mr. Liu?" ”

"To do this, you must have the world to settle down before you can start, this problem is not a generation or two can be solved, yesterday's elite generals, maybe tomorrow is the proud generals, or even bandits and rebels. But if the leader of the army can't build the army into a division of tigers and wolves, it is useless to lead this army. Only after the unification of the world is gradually dissolved, and the original army is dismantled and not allowed to get together, this person is prone to accidents when they get together. Second, treat the generals well, give them good land mansions and titles, gold and silver, and prevent these people from being dissatisfied because of unfair treatment. Third, the generals who lead the troops are rotated to other places every three years, and the garrisons are rotated once every five years, so that the officers and men will not form a dependency relationship with each other. That's all the minister can think of."

Liu Jian pondered for a while, "Mr. Liu is right, there is never the best solution to this problem. In the past, Han Gaozu killed Han Xin, Peng Yue and others, and the third generation was turbulent and war-tortuous. Emperor Guangwu did not kill heroes, and at the end of the Han Dynasty, the princes of the world divided the Quartet, and finally died the Han Dynasty. The three methods mentioned by Mr. Liu may be tried in the future. Xiaofei, you are the one who leads the troops, what do you think? ”

Li Xiaofei asked rhetorically, "Can the minister tell the truth?" ”

Liu Jian spread his hands, "It's all today, aren't you still telling the truth?" But it doesn't hurt to say, I just want to listen to the truth! ”

Li Xiaofei knelt on the ground again, "The people who lead the troops often can't help themselves when they embark on this road, the emperor and the court want to be suspicious, the subordinates want to be rewarded, and the people with bad intentions threaten the rebellion under various banners." The longer the troops were led, it was not the general who commanded the soldiers, but the captains and centurions below who coerced the generals. If these people have ambitions, they will inevitably provoke the generals to rebel! Even if he is as loyal as General Chen, the Chen family army he brought out has also embarked on the road of rebellion, not to mention me Li Xiaofei. ”

Liu Jian pressed his hands on the table and didn't speak for a long time, Liu Mingge clapped his hands, "You dare to say such a truth, say it well, Your Majesty"

Liu Jian came back to his senses at this time, "Well, this matter is really tricky, the emperor and the court dare not trust the generals, because they are betting on the stability of the world, and both sides actually don't trust each other." The three ideas that Mr. Liu said today, do Xiaofei think it is feasible? You get up and speak, don't always kneel! ”

Li Xiaofei got up, "The method Mr. Liu said, the minister also thinks it is feasible, but it will not be possible until the world is stable and the external troubles are cleared." But for now, we are still quelling the rebellion. ”