In the dead of night, Li Zhongyi left the palace lightly and obediently, and went straight to the military dock on the bank of the Yellow River under the support of the brigade with knives and teeth.

According to Li Zhongyi's plan, he planned to take the boat by water, passing through Zhengzhou to Shaanzhou (Sanmenxia City). Then, abandon the ship and go ashore, cross Tongguan by land, and then take another boat to Hezhongfu, and the final destination is Jingzhaofu.

The reason for this arrangement of the itinerary is mainly that before the Yellow River flows through Shaanzhou, the altitude difference suddenly increases, which is similar to a large waterfall, resulting in the middle and lower reaches of the boat being unable to go up the river through Shaanzhou.

Water transportation is actually a mode of material transportation with large volume and lowest cost. Grain, weapons and other materials in the Central Plains were also transported to Shaanzhou through the Yellow River, and then from Shaanzhou to Tongguan by land, arriving at Hezhongfu and then changing boats to Weishui to arrive at Jingzhaofu.

At this time, the military dock was already heavily guarded, and neither exit nor entry was allowed.

The gendarmes, the police temple, and the cavalry division were also in place, closely monitoring every move in the entire dock area.

The people who saw off on the dock, in addition to Li Yunxiao, the commander of the Nine Gates, also included Wang Dahu, the imperial historian of the Imperial Palace, Huang Jingsheng, the third envoy, and Prime Minister Li Qiong and Counselor Liu Jinshan.

The cabinet has been in trouble with Ruan, and he has been coughing all the time recently, and he is very afraid of blowing cold wind. Therefore, Li Zhongyi personally ordered him to recuperate at home with peace of mind, and there was no need to come to the dock to drink the northwest wind.

According to the battle plan approved by Li Zhongyi, the route of attacking Shu by land was divided into three routes.

The west road out of Fengzhou, led by Liao Shanhe, the general of Zhengnan and the deputy capital of the Xichuan camp, led an army of 50,000, along Xingzhou, Lizhou, Jianzhou, and Mianzhou, and went straight to Chengdu Mansion.

The other way, that is, the East Road Front, attacked from Jingzhaofu, and Song Yunxiang, the general of Zhengxi and the deputy capital of the Shaanxi Xingying, was deployed to take command, leading an army of 50,000 to go to the line of Yuanzhou, Xingyuanfu, and Jizhou, and joined Li Zhongyi in Mianzhou.

The last way was the naval division troops stationed in Xiazhou, led by Zhao Laoqi, the commander of the naval division, to make the appearance of attacking Xishu from the waterway, in order to contain the Western Shu naval army led by Lin Renzhao.

Li Zhongyi himself entered Sichuan with Liao Shanhe, and he had already said that he had already said that he would capture Chengdu Mansion first and be named the Marquis of Dingxi!

In the Later Zhou Dynasty, not only dukes and marquis were flying all over the sky, but also military generals who won the title of prince or county king, and there were also many people.

After Li Zhongyi came to power, he strictly controlled the awarding of knighthoods, and the iron law is: those who have no military merits cannot be knighted!

So far, except for Yang Lie, who is in charge of his own affairs and has made great achievements, and has been named the Marquis of Dingbei, the rest of the generals are basically the founding viscounts.

The conditions for the imperial court to confer knighthoods are extremely strict, and even Li Zhongyi's own sons have no titles so far, let alone the foreign ministers?

When Li Zhongyi's convoy arrived at the military dock, Li Qiong had already led the military generals and stood on both sides of the road.

"Ministers greet the emperor."

As soon as Li Zhongyi appeared, Li Qiong had already taken the lead in bending down and saluting respectfully. The rest of the people all followed Li Qiong's example and saluted in a proper manner.

"That's it, let's get even." Li Zhongyi waved his hand, signaling that the ministers did not need to be polite.

As the saying goes, a companion is like a tiger!

Li Zhongyi can not pay attention to these red tapes, but who dares to be rude to the important ministers headed by Li Qiong?

"Hehe, I'm afraid I haven't been in the capital for more than half a year on my westward trip." Li Zhongyi looked at Li Qiong with a smile.

Li Qiong bowed down and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, although the old minister is dim, he also knows that the court situation must be stable!" ”

"Okay, I can trust Mr. Li." Li Zhongyi turned his head to look at Li Yunxiao.

Li Yunxiao hurriedly clenched his fists and arched his hands, and said, "The minister must cooperate with Old Minister Li to maintain the peace of the capital." ”

Li Zhongyi nodded, raised his hand and patted Li Yunxiao's shoulder, a hardcore old brother for so many years, in a word, Li Yunxiao is doing things, he Li Zhongyi is very relieved.

Li Yanqing saw that Li Zhongyi's gaze fell on him, so he couldn't help bending down and saluting, and said respectfully: "Those who dare to make trouble would rather catch a thousand by mistake than let one go." ”

Seeing what Li Yanqing said, Li Zhongyi smiled and waved his hand: "The military prestige of the imperial forbidden army is at its peak, and it is impossible to have so many guys who are not long-eyed. ”

Li Zhongyi walked up to Zuo Ziguang and said with a smile: "When I return to Beijing, I will definitely handle the marriage for you." ”

Zuo Ziguang, this guy, was looking for a bride in thousands of choices, but in the end he fell in love with a small jasper.

The woman's family background is very ordinary, and her appearance is also very ordinary, but she has read a lot of books, which just fits Zuo Ziguang's eyes.

Zuo Ziguang is an understanding person, he never planned to find a wife in the circle of the powerful from the beginning, so as not to have endless troubles. After all, the Tiqi Division is a yamen supervising hundreds of officials, and although Zuo Ziguang's grade is not high, his real power is unusually heavy.

In today's Qiang Han Dynasty, there are four yamen responsible for collecting intelligence, namely: the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Tiqi Division, the Police Temple and the Military Justice Division.

Each of these four yamen has its own focus on its work, but they also monitor each other.

Among them, the Metropolitan Procuratorate mainly supervises the official class above the county level, and focuses on cracking down on the corruption of high-ranking officials, as well as those who are politically unqualified and stand in the wrong line.

The Police Administration Temple, which is not only responsible for the security of the whole country, but also takes into account the responsibility of collecting intelligence from various places, has the largest number of people and the heaviest real power.

In addition to enforcing military law and supervising military leaders, the Department of Military Judge Advocate General, which is also responsible for collecting military intelligence and dispatching detailed work networks to various countries and localities, has begun to take shape.

As for the Tiqi Division, in addition to supervising the big and small officials, the more important duty is to supervise the movements of various intelligence yamen.

Don't let everyone conspire with me, this is the emperor's mental trick!

In fact, Li Zhongyi also has an extremely important intelligence unit, that is, all kinds of Li Ji firms.

However, the focus of Li Kee Firm is to collect economic information from various countries and localities, such as the price of grain in place A, the price of linen in place B, the silk production in land Ding, and so on.

As a real state-owned enterprise, there is only one grain supplier for the army stationed in the country, and that is Li Ji Grain Company.

Since Li Zhongyi's Li Ji Grain Store monopolized the grain business across the country, the armed backlash organized by the big landlords in various places can be said to be one after another.

In today's small-scale peasant society, the grain business was one of the most important businesses in the empire, and has always been an important source of wealth for the powerful and large landowners.

Li Zhongyi pulled out his teeth in the tiger's mouth, and the big landlords everywhere were naturally unwilling to suffer great damage to their interests and angrily launched a counterattack.

However, as the demobilized officers continued to be stationed in Tinghe Village, the influence and armed mobilization ability of the large landowners and grand squires in the countryside were continuously weakened.

In any case, the land reform policy led by Li Zhongyi, which placed equal emphasis on equalizing land and suppressing annexation, must be carried out to the end, and no one will be diverted from it.

Not suffering from widowhood, only suffering from inequality, up and down for thousands of years, whether it is the Celestial Empire or the world, it is the same!

In the Celestial Empire, the slogan of the peasant uprisings of the past dynasties was roughly the same, that is: Equal land and free grain!

Under the gaze of the important ministers, Li Zhongyi led Ye Xiaolan and Han Xianglan and slowly boarded the handsome ship that belonged to him.

After sending Li Zhongyi away, Li Qiong stomped her feet lightly, and was about to step into the carriage, when she heard Li Yunxiao's voice, "Old Minister Li, please stay." ”

"Hehe, Brother Xiaosong, what's the matter with calling the old man?" Regarding the weight of Li Yunxiao in Li Zhongyi's mind, Li Qiong knows better than anyone else.

As long as Li Zhongyi leaves Beijing, the military power near Gyeonggi will definitely be in the hands of Li Yunxiao, which is already very illustrative.

"Old Minister Li, the Xiang army near Gyeonggi needs a major change of defense, and the problem of funding still needs a lot of trouble from your old man." Li Yunxiao looked for Li Qiong not only for supplies, but also for money.

Li Qiong didn't rush to reply, but turned her head to look at Huang Jingsheng, the third envoy, wanting to see the attitude of this God of Wealth.

There is no way, even if Li Qiong, the prime minister, approves the money, if Huang Jingsheng does not agree, the money will still be stuck in the yamen of the three envoys.

Li Zhongyi had already greeted Huang Jingsheng, so he smiled and said, "But according to the orders of Old Minister Li." ”

Li Qiong nodded and asked Li Yunxiao: "Brother Xiaosong, as soon as the official document of the application arrives in the cabinet, the old man will sign it immediately." ”

After everyone dispersed, Li Yunxiao, surrounded by the forbidden army, returned to the backyard of the Nine Gate Admiral's Yamen.

"The official is back?"

Seeing that Li Yunxiao was back, the hostess in the backyard, Zhou, hurriedly got up and got off the kang, walked quickly to the man's side, and served the man to untie his clothes.

Li Yunxiao changed into comfortable casual clothes, sat on the kang, and chatted with Zhou while drinking tea.

"I just sent the emperor away, alas, the responsibility on my shoulders is heavier than Mount Tai!" Li Yunxiao sighed and gently put down the teacup.

The command of more than 100,000 forbidden troops, Xiang troops, and township troops in the entire Gyeonggi region fell to Li Yunxiao, and the weight of responsibility was unimaginable.

"Official, the emperor can trust you, this is a blessing that is hard to buy." Zhou could see the man's worries, and couldn't help but persuade him.

"Well, I think I was just a poor hunter with a dead father. Who would have imagined that now he is the commander of the Nine Gates with a heavy army? As soon as Li Yunxiao mentioned this past, she couldn't help but feel a little proud.

If it was still in the past, how could the Zhou family, who was born in the family of the four important ministers, marry him, a poor ghost? Moreover, it is still a continuation.

Li Yunxiao's wife, Liang, is an unlucky woman, seeing Li Yunxiao soaring, she got a sudden illness, and she only survived for half a month before she died.

Zhou smiled slightly, since marrying Li Yunxiao, she found that as long as men are idle, they always like nostalgia.

I think that at the beginning, the relatives and friends in the family said that marrying a widower as a continuation of the string was really insulting to the Zhou family.

However, Zhou does not see it that way. The so-called family that has lost its former power is like a phoenix that has lost its hair, and it is not even as good as a chicken.

As it turned out, Zhou's vision was extremely unique. In the turmoil of the court situation in the past period of time, it is precisely because of Li Yunxiao, a big backer, that Zhou's maiden family can always stay out of the matter and keep the family safe.