Carry a tiger skin as a banner. For a long time to come, Li Ze will still hold the big banner of Li Tang to decorate his façade.

Even though Li Tang has now reached the last moment of his imminent overthrow, he still has a wide range of supporters after hundreds of years of rule, and among these people, there are many loyal ministers and good generals, as well as local forces. It is a very useful way to encircle these people around you, use them to fight dissidents, and eradicate those who are in a hurry.

Prestige is a strange thing at times. The reign of the Tang Dynasty over the years can be described as deaf, with bad tricks coming out one after another, and the people, officials, and heroes are all full of resentment, and everyone wants him to fall. This led to a nationwide riot more than a decade ago.

After the riot that affected the entire empire was suppressed, the current situation of cutting dramas was formed, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that Datang was just struggling to survive, but at this time, the vast majority of people were worried and suddenly didn't want him to fall. It's good to maintain the current situation.

The Tang Dynasty has ruled the world for hundreds of years, whether it is in the political system, folk culture, national borders and geography, etc., it has been engraved in the hearts of the people.

If this body dies suddenly, those who are used to sucking blood will of course feel at a loss and don't know what to do.

Of course, there are also quite a few people who are full of poetry and books and are deeply influenced by traditional Confucian thoughts, and they are indeed loyal to the monarchy and the country of the Tang Dynasty.

These people, no matter what their purpose is, but in a broad sense, they can be regarded as loyal servants of the Tang Dynasty. Because they all have the necessity to maintain the existence of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Zhongwu was the first to jump out and raise a banner to rebel. originally thought that after the first person to eat crabs, the world would inevitably respond in groups, and wars would break out, but to Zhang Zhongwu's surprise, although the leaders of the warlords and small warlords would also make a small fight in order to grab territory, they were all controlled within a certain range, so that the two towns of Hedong and Chengde besieged Lulong, while the other towns were watching the excitement with their sleeves folded.

Everybody wants to see it again.

The powerful festival town, will naturally secretly accumulate strength, the small force, at this time to find the master to hug the thigh, at this time, it is a test of a person's vision, if you hug the wrong thigh, it will inevitably be the death of the clan, if you hold the right, the future is bright.

Li Ze's mind is very clear, like Zhang Zhongwu, he can't wait to jump out, even if he is reckless for a while, he will eventually fall down and become a stepping stone for latecomers. What he wants to do is to accumulate grain and become king slowly. In the process of encircling and suppressing Zhang Zhongwu, he strengthened his strength and co-opted all the forces that could be co-opted, so that they could become his help.

At this time, the banner of Datang is indeed very useful.

As for the future, who can say for sure!

When the flood of history rolls down, when one's own strength has accumulated to a certain extent, and the hearts of the people in the world have become accustomed to themselves, isn't everything a matter of course?

Or you don't need an axe and a river of blood, and you can smoothly transition to a new and new dynasty.

Of course, it would be better if there were other festivals that killed the emperor at a certain time, so that they didn't have to have their hands covered in blood in the future. For example, Tian Chenghe, for example, Zhu Wen, now it seems that these two are the most promising.

When they are done with all this, they will come to avenge the emperor themselves.

Until now, of course, Li Ze will continue to play the loyal servant of the Tang royal family, absorb the nutrients he needs from the emperor, and finally use a handful of royal family, of course, he will also kill the rebellion in the north for the emperor, but as for the rest, he can't do it.

"Mr. Gongsun, this is a recital I wrote after staying up for several nights, you take it and take a look, help polish it, and then present it, I estimate that the emperor is about to officially summon me." Li Ze handed Gongsun Changming a thick book of recitals and said with a smile.

Gongsun Changming opened the recital, quickly browsed through the ten lines at a glance, and said with a smile: "The eight suggestions made by the marshal, it can be said that each of them pokes at the sore spot of the moment, but every day, the emperor can't do it." No matter which one is, once it is implemented, it will definitely cause chaos in the world, and what the imperial court wants is precisely stability. ”

"That's the difference between dying immediately and dying slowly." Li Ze said with a smile. "But if the emperor wants to see me, I have to say something, whether to say it or not is my business, whether to do it or not is his business, whether I can do it or not, it is even more none of my business."

Among the eight suggestions made by Li Ze in his plays, the first one is to cut the town.

Can the imperial court do it?

Dare to do it?

Go without saying.

If the imperial court really dares to cut the town, even if it is to pick up the smallest and weakest, it will inevitably attract a collective counterattack from all the towns. If you want someone to spit out the fat that has been eaten in their mouth, unless you pull their head and beat them from side to side, you won't achieve your goal at all.

But now, what the imperial court lacks most is strong force. Looking at the world, the current Datang is only afraid that there are millions or even more soldiers on horseback, but the problem is that although these soldiers and horses are holding the banner of the Tang Dynasty, they are not under the control of the imperial court and are not subject to the imperial court. And the land of Heluo, which the imperial court can still control, and the 200,000 divine army in the land of Kanto, it would be good to be able to hold these two places.

Based on what Li Ze has seen these days, as well as the information obtained from all aspects, it is a big question how many of the more than 100,000 Shence troops in Guanzhong still have strong combat power.

What's more, the economy has seriously restricted the ability of the imperial court to govern, just like the Shence Army in Guanzhong, when you can't even guarantee the salary of the soldiers, how can you expect them to fight to the death?

Nest at home, you can barely survive the day, once the army is mobilized, the money and food will flow out like water, what does the court use to support? If you don't make a move, there are still 200,000 troops to deter it, and once you make a move, it will be found that this is a donkey's dung egg, and if it is purely a silver-like wax spear head, it will be self-defeating.

As for the other things such as cleaning up Dingkou, measuring the land, and rectifying the rule of officials, they are all based on cutting down the town, and you can't even manage the personnel below, so how can you do other things?

Just looking at Li Ze's recitals, it is indeed a pearl of words, it can be said that he is thinking about the court with all his heart, but when he thinks about it carefully, it is nonsense throughout.

Unless he, Li Ze, after killing Zhang Zhongwu, raised the army to the south, swept all the way, and pressed all the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods on the ground to rub them, then it would be possible to implement this twist.

"Tomorrow, the festival marshal will come to the Yamen of General Qianniuwei in person to meet all your subordinates." Gongsun Changming said: "The resignation of the military department has come down, and the generals and staff are all in place, and the marshal still has to personally encourage and encourage, of course, the authority that should be established still has to be established." ”

"This is natural." Li Ze nodded and said: "But all the officials of the Qianniuwei General's Mansion, as soon as they are paid, they will be paid by the General's Mansion first, and then you go to the Household Ministry and the Military Department to ask for money, we don't have to do anything about grain rolls and cloth rolls, if you want the horses to run, of course, you have to eat the horses." ”

"But in this way, the expenses are not small." Gongsun Changming said with a smile: "Although the auxiliary soldiers have not yet started to recruit, the main soldiers are transferred from the Divine Strategy, Yuan from the Praetorian Guard, a whole thousand people." ”

"If you want to take care of it, you will naturally start from here. There is no comparison, where can you see the difference! Li Ze smiled.

"In this way, the Qianniuwei General's Mansion will become the target of everyone. When I go to beg for money again, all I can see is the whites of some people's eyes. ”

"When the time comes, I will be far away in Chengde, so naturally I am not afraid, so you Mr. Gongsun will take care of it!" Li Ze laughed: "If you need the money, let Tu Hu transfer it to you when the time comes." Only when these people are fed can the arousal be smooth. Otherwise, people feel that you can't rely on it, who will give you your life when the time comes? It's not worth it! ”

"What the marshal said is very true. At this time, you don't have to care about other people's eyes, it's only a few years around, and it's over after a while. Gongsun Changming smiled and left.

sent away Gongsun Changming, and Li Ze recruited Chen Bing again.

Chen Bing is now the Zhonglang general of the Qianniu Wei Mansion, and he is already a senior military general from the fourth grade, but in front of Li Ze, he is still as good as before.

"How's it going at home?" For these people who followed him first, Li Ze was not very polite, these people and him have become one, one is prosperous, and the other is lost.

"Childe, in addition to the servants who were allocated by the imperial court at the beginning, these days, there are many ministers who have sent a lot of people in various names, and according to Childe's orders, the palace has accepted them one by one. So far, it has been determined that eighteen of them came with ulterior motives, but none of them have been touched so far. ”

"Don't be busy moving them, take your time in the future, grab the handle in the future, and dispose of them one by one." Li Ze said coldly: "Maybe there are big fish in it!" All you have to do is control the inner house. ”

"Yes, Childe." Chen Bingdao.

"In the future, Chu Sheng will assist Mr. Gongsun in dealing with the affairs of the Qianniuwei Mansion, and your focus will fall on the mansion, and in addition, some dark chess pieces will be slowly handed over to you in the future. Light and dark hands, is the guarantee for you to leave Chang'an smoothly and go home, at this point, you can contact Tu Hu in a single line, after Tu Hu deals with the affairs of Luoyang, he will go to Chang'an, and then you will discuss these things with him. ”

"Got it, Childe." Chen Bingdao.

"You are in Chang'an, at least three years, at most five years, and then you can go home." Li Ze said with a smile: "But in the past few years, I have to lift my spirit, and if you are not careful, there will be problems." I will give you my mother and my wife. ”

"Childe, don't worry, even if Chen Bing is broken, he will ensure the safety of the old lady and the others."