Li Kaiming smiled quite heartily: "People are here, they are guests from afar, please come up and talk about it, and see what kind of trick this thing is......"

"Shorty." Liu Maoqi kicked Luo Zhenbang and said, "What is that person's name, you invite someone up." ”

Talking about such a big event, Luo Zhenbang was brought over, and of course the staff also came with him. If the other party doesn't even have such a little courage, this matter is obviously a void painting, and there is no need to continue.

"I didn't say the name," Luo Zhenbang rubbed the place where he was kicked, and said with bared teeth: "I figured out what he meant, if things don't work out and the news leaks, of course we won't admit it, we don't even know the name, let the wind go, who will believe it?" ”

"It's just a useless little trick." Li Kaiming judged and said with a smile: "It's just a delay for some time, if you really leak the wind, people won't analyze it?" He was still found out, and King Zhao couldn't protect him. ”

The cronies and staff of the royal palace colluded with the rogues to cause chaos and trouble, in order to obtain the right to open the palace for the prince, and this matter caused an uproar as soon as the news spread.

"So they're really jumping off the wall." Li Kaiming whispered to Liu Maoqi: "Hurry and panic, slow Langzhong, do you understand?" ”

"Save." Liu Maoqi grinned and said, "This matter is on me." ”

……

Li Gu's carriage back to Fuzhou's capital was not very pleasant.

Li Kaiming, as rumored, treats people gently, speaks very methodically, and purses his lips slightly to show strong will and self-control. His subordinates are not like those vicious rogues, they are very methodical in speaking and doing things, although there are only dozens of people hidden in the mountains and deep valleys, but they seem to be leisurely walking, when Li Gu enters the valley, everyone is doing their own things in an orderly manner, there are a few generals who look like rogues, they are still leaning on the edge of the mountain rocks, holding books in their hands and reading.

These people cannot be treated as ordinary people.

When the two sides talked, Li Kaiming was obviously very interested in Li Gu's proposal, and he also agreed with the basis of cooperation between the two sides. If Liukou wants to get the opportunity to develop and grow, Li Gu's benefits are obvious, and Li Kaiming will certainly not refuse.

But the thief deputy named Liu Maoqi was unruly, and he was not polite to Li Gu, and even to His Royal Highness King Zhao, the biological father of the Great Wei Emperor, had a lot of criticisms.

Li Gu wanted to leave several times, but he also understood that when things came to this point, it was equivalent to a murderer with blood on his hands, and he had not yet received a single benefit, and now that he was gone, it was not Li Kaiming and others who would lose, they would have nothing to gain or lose, but he would suffer heavy losses.

Li Gu was preoccupied, his original joy and ambition, and his desire to fight in the future storm and gain more benefits were much weaker in an instant.

When he arrived at Xu Ziwen's residence, this noble son broke free from his decadent state, and he was still wearing a moon-white robe, a waist tie, and a folding fan in his hand.

As soon as he saw Li Gu, Xu Ziwen's eyes lit up and said, "Mr. Li has come back from Jianzhou?" ”

There was no one around, Xu Ziwen had already pushed away the servants, and Li Gu also hugged his fists and said in a deep voice: "I have already seen Li Kaiming, Liu Maoqi and others." ”

"What do they say?"

Of course, Li Gu refused to say what he had suffered, and he just smiled at the moment: "What else can they say?" Wandering so far, the end of the road, only more than a thousand remnants of the defeated generals, scattered and hidden in the states, no ordnance, armor, money and food, it is difficult to start again. As soon as I told us about our cooperation plan, the two thieves quickly agreed. ”

"This Li Kaiming ......" Xu Ziwen muttered: "It is rumored that he is resolute and resolute and has great ambitions, what does Mr. Li think?" ”

What else? Li Gu almost wanted to complain, of course the rumors were true!

Li Kaiming's eyes are resolute, and he shows rich experience and experience in his conversation, and in addition, he has obviously been studying, and he is no longer an ordinary leader of thieves.

He was calm and calm, although he was hidden in the mountains and was embarrassed, he was quite calm and calm to Li Gu, and there was no eagerness at all.

His subordinates are either cunning like Luo Shorty, or brave and treacherous like Liu Maoqi, and many thieves and generals, judging from their appearance, temperament, and physical appearance, all have the style of a general.

Although there were only a few dozen people, when talking with Li Gu, Li Kaiming was at ease and comfortable in his conversation, and he seemed to be the leader of the thieves who had a large group of 100,000 gangsters.

This made Li Gu quite uncomfortable, he suffered a loss this time, in addition to being pinched by seven inches and having to cooperate, he was also suppressed by Li Kaiming's breath invisibly.

"It is indeed as rumored to be, there is a heroic air in it."

Li Gu didn't want to admit it, but he couldn't help but tell the truth.

Xu Ziwen frowned and said, "How is it compared to my father?" ”

Than King Zhao?

Li Gu almost wanted to laugh, in addition to the arrogance of nobles, how could King Zhao have a little bit of heroic aura? Li Gu can now recall Li Kaiming's expression and temperament, and he is secretly impressed in his heart. He saw many people, and there were many people of great intellect.

But there are very few people who have wisdom, courage, experience, ambition, ability, and can do great things.

Li Gu is attached to King Zhao, and he also wants to climb the dragon and the phoenix and achieve success, if he is a very poor person, how he will decide after meeting Li Kaiming is simply self-explanatory.

Such a person is quite powerful and terrifying, this is a character who can only be born in standard troubled times, Li Gu shuddered when he thought of this!

"His Royal Highness King Zhao is the ......posture of a dragon and a phoenix," Li Gu reluctantly said: "The people of the mountains, wilderness and grasslands, how can they be compared with His Highness?" ”

Xu Ziwen shook his head and smiled, obviously not believing Li Gu's words.

The two were stunned for a while, and Xu Ziwen suddenly said: "You have also seen my ninth brother, which one is stronger than him or Li Kaiming?" ”

It seems that Xu Zixian is really Xu Ziwen's biggest heart knot, at this time, I can't help but ask Li Kaiming and Xu Zixian's strength, this heart knot seems to be a dead knot.

Li Gu also groaned at this time.

King Zhao and the like, throwing away the identity of nobles, are very different from reckless heroes like Li Kaiming.

And Xu Zixian, even if he throws away his identity as the King of Zhongshan or the Marquis of Nan'an, how does he compare to Li Kaiming?

Li Gu hesitated at first, Xu Zixian is undoubtedly also a hero, he is cheerful and generous, and there is always a looming smile on his face, which is completely different from the rumored loneliness and arrogance.

But under its surface, there is also a ruthless and decisive side, and it is also the reason why Li Gu knows that Xu Zixian is terrible, and would rather take the risk of arching King Zhao to take another step than ask Xu Zixian to set foot on Fujian Road.

Once this person succeeds, as long as he has been involved in the dispute between the two generations of Nan'an Marquis and Zhao Wangfu, as well as Li Gu and others who conspired against him, including Pu Shougao, they will all be unpleased, and it will be a matter of time before they are raided and exterminated.

It has the way to control the army, has the skill of training, and can gather the strength of the people under the benevolence, from the development trajectory of Nan'an Town and the Eastern Domain, it is also good at the way of internal affairs.

The experience in Jingshi also shows that Xu Zixian was good at making decisions at critical moments, and was able to find the right direction, throw away his life and dare to take risks, kill Liu Zhiyuan, the great counselor, and prompt Prime Minister Han Zhong to cooperate with the Son of Heaven, and finally get out unscathed in the chaos of Beijing, and get benefits, get out and return to Fujian.

Without the experience of the Beijing Division, it would be difficult for Xu Zixian to successfully obtain the position of the defense envoy of Qizhou, and it would be difficult to exterminate the Qishan bandits, and there was no way to go further in the short term.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Li Gu's face, and the answer he had thought hard about was not in front of him?

Judging from experience, knowledge, and achievements, Xu Zixian has steadily overpowered Li Kaiming.

As for the individual's personality and ability, it is a matter of opinion, but judging from the process of cooperating with Li Kaiming, Li Gu felt quite unpleasant, he felt that although this person was extremely personable on the surface, he was still a little childish inside, jealous, careful, and greedy. Of course, these things are well disguised, hidden very deeply, and these things are still looming under the surface of the light and moon. After all, Li Kaiming was born in a poor military village in the northwest and was a local civilian class, and his bitter experience and past made it impossible for him to live without these negative things.

Although this is not fair, this is the way of the world, how many things are fair?

To say that it is unfair, Li Kaiming was able to wreak havoc on all walks of life, plunder wealth at will, and coerce the people, so as to train troops and master his subordinates, and finally create thousands of elite henchmen, and gain rich experience in battlefield and local government affairs. And Xu Zixian slowly crawled from dozens of people, to face all kinds of suppression and conspiracy within the system of the Great Wei, how can the two be measured by the word fairness?

The answer had already come out, but it was not good to speak to Xu Ziwen, so Li Gu had to answer vaguely: "In a hurry, I can't observe too carefully, and I can't weigh it carefully." ”

This rather vague answer was guessed by Xu Ziwen.

He smiled bitterly and said, "Putting aside old grievances and prejudices, my ninth brother is indeed the dragon and phoenix among people, the most outstanding talent in the clan. But, the more so...... The more we can't wait! ”

His words were quite heavy, and there were some sad grievances, and Li Gu was unconsciously moved.

"It's about to start." Li Gu said in a deep voice: "Li Kaiming will not wait any longer, the situation in Jianzhou is already quite chaotic, and Wang Yue has already resigned." ”

"He made Jianzhou like this, and he wanted to slap his ass and leave?"

"Pretty much." Li Gu sneered: "It is rumored that Wang Yue used the remnants of the Jianzhou General Regiment to form a team of several hundred people, with more than 300 boxes of cages and more than one million yuan, most of which are the benefits he has earned in Jianzhou in the past two years. He has crossed so many mines and iron yards, and he has made such a little money, after the sparse, he waited for the edict of the imperial court, but it is estimated that he will wait for one or two, and without waiting for the consent of the two governments, he will directly hang the seal and leave. ”

"This is the best time to start an incident." Li Gu explained: "Wang Yue has no interest in local government affairs at all, and his control over the local government has weakened a lot. Before the new official arrived, the local people were still miserable, and people's minds changed and their thoughts were confused. Once someone raises the flag and a large number of unclothed miners, the people will come to the scene and kill officials and rebel, at least for a temporary period of food and clothing. Anyway, the coerced people are not guilty, and the court is mainly appeased. People are in turmoil, Li Kaiming will not seize this opportunity, if he wants to start things smoothly, he will have to wait for another opportunity, and he will never give up. Even without our help, they will raise the banner of righteousness again in Jianzhou. ”

"I see." Xu Ziwen was silent for a moment and said, "In this case, it is better to send our manpower, money, food, armor and weapons over earlier." ”

"Yes, I think so, too."

"Since we are cooperating, of course, we must do our best to help each other and go all out." Xu Ziwen said on a whim: "Can I go to Jianzhou in disguise and take care of this matter myself?" Or meet Li Kaiming? ”

"No." Li Gu knew that Xu Ziwen was not dead, and this was to recruit Li Kaiming into his command, or to personally control the power of Jianzhou.

His ambition is commendable, and it is much better than Xu Ziwei who is drunk and dreams in Zhao Wangfu, and enjoys his success, but this approach is obviously abnormal, Li Gu persuaded: "Gongzi should not be lightly involved in danger, and once it is discovered, Zhao Wangfu will fall into it, and there is no excuse." As for Li Kaiming, after all, he is a murderous bandit, one is not good, but the son is controlled by others. ”

When a person like Li Gu sees Li Kaiming, there is not much risk, he is just a messenger and a staff member, Li Kaiming will not kill Li Gu even if he turns his back, and most of them will recruit Li Gu to his command and appoint him.

To Xu Ziwen, it is very clear that Li Kaiming will be very polite on the surface, but Xu Ziwen will not want to leave when he arrives, strange goods can live, Li Kaiming has one more bargaining chip to negotiate conditions with King Zhao, even if he lays down the territory in the future and establishes a state and county to establish a political power, Xu Ziwen can still be used as a signboard, and he will use it until he dies.

If Xu Ziwen passed, it would be really stupid, there is nothing more stupid in the world than this.

"Forget it, I thought it wrong." Xu Ziwen smiled bitterly and said, "Stop this matter." The bottom matter is left to Mr. Li to handle. ”

"I don't dare to live up to the trust of my son."

"Hmm." Xu Ziwen nodded and stood up.

"Childe is going out?" Li Gu's curiosity is not too strong, but it is quite rare for Xu Ziwen to go out, after all, he is the one who was grounded at home by King Zhao.

Xu Ziwen said slowly: "My father ordered me to go out once to attend a wedding banquet for King Zhao's mansion." ”

"It's the Marquis of Changwen's Mansion." Xu Ziwen seemed to have something in his mouth, and it seemed that he had eaten something bitter, the pain on his face was quite obvious, but when he spoke, he was vague.

Li Gu's expression froze, and he said, "Is it Chen Wenjun from the Changwen Marquis Mansion?" ”

"It's her." Xu Ziwen's dejected appearance even Li Gu couldn't bear to see it, after all, it was too miserable, compared to Xu Ziwen's chic and gorgeous dress and handsome appearance, the expression of this noble son at this moment was a little more depressed than the most miserable and depressed homeless man in Fuzhou City.

"Today is a personal greeting."

"The King of Zhongshan is here in person?"

"I entered Fuzhou City this evening, picked up people out of the Nan'anhou Mansion outside the city, and then took a boat down to the mouth of the Minjiang River, crossed the outer port of Qizhou Island, and went straight to the Eastern Domain."

"Time is tight."

Li Gu didn't know what to say, so he could only say such perfunctory words.

"Why did the king send his son?"

Xu Ziwen smiled bitterly, his smile was a little more ugly than crying, and he said slowly: "This is a warning, reminder, and beating from my father." ”

Li Gu was also shocked, King Zhao was very angry because of Xu Ziwen's leak of the news, but this matter has not yet ended, which is really beyond Li Gu's expectations.

"My father wants me to marry Liu Guangsi's daughter." Xu Ziwen said quite calmly: "Asking me to go to the banquet is to make me completely dead." ”

Liu Guangsi is the commander of the military capital of the forbidden army, and to be honest, this family business is not too suitable. The prince's son-in-law must marry the daughter of the prince's family at least, and if it is a civil official, at least it is a pacification envoy or a transit envoy all the way, and the punishment envoy and the prefect of a prefecture are not very worthy.

The center is at least two officials, and the military generals are at least under the command of the capital, which is barely qualified to marry the prince.

However, civil official families are generally reluctant to marry their daughters to the noble and noble families, so the prince's family, in addition to marrying among the nobles and wealthy merchants, is mostly married to the daughter of the general.

"Father said it." Xu Ziwen said coldly: "He will ensure that Liu Guangsi is the commander of the Xiangdu and holds the festival, so that his identity is enough." ”

Li Gu was silent, Liu Guangsi's qualifications were enough, but his military exploits were not available, King Zhao really tried his best to support this beloved general, and more importantly, it was obvious that King Zhao felt the threat and danger, and wanted to tie Liu Guangsi firmly to the chariot of King Zhao's mansion.

What better way to do this than by marriage?

For this matter, sacrificing Xu Ziwen's personal feelings is a problem that people like Zhao Wang don't need to consider at all.

"If something big can happen, Childe doesn't have to do it." Li Gu got up and hugged his fists and said, "When the time comes, I will speak in front of the king." ”

"No need." Xu Ziwen smiled strangely and said, "Father's arrangement is not bad, and it is even very reasonable. ”

Li Gu was stunned for a moment, and then he figured it out, and immediately clasped his fists and withdrew from Xu Ziwen's residence.

Of course, the reason is very simple, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Great Wei will turn into a troubled era, and it is likely to be the end of the dynasty. However, the length of this period is not certain, and the transition from the founding period to the conservative period of a unified dynasty is at least forty or fifty years, and the period from the conservative period to the decay period is at least one hundred years or more.

From the period of decay to the period of extinction, that is, the current period, it seems that it will be twenty or thirty years, and it may last for another twenty or thirty years, or forty or fifty years, which is difficult to say.

Decades of time is an inconspicuous little wave of history, in the history books of descendants hundreds of years later, what is recorded must be one after another mutiny, wars, invasions, natural disasters and man-made disasters, all kinds of strange things combined, good luck is on the enemy, and the famous ministers and good generals on their own side are also wasted, and even killed by their own people. The emperor must be inferior to one another, the finances must have fallen into depletion, local chaos, and the people have not stopped, under the combination of various factors, or died in a foreign race, or were strengthened by the powerful ministers and generals of their own clan, and finally succeeded in the situation of coup d'état or Chan concession, and completed the change of dynasty.

These decades may be the time of a lifetime for an ordinary human being, and with a little effort, the period of decline and death can be delayed, and it is still enough to enjoy the wealth of one or two generations.

Zhao Wangfu is not unable to see this momentum of decay, everyone can see it, the stupid person may see it later, but sooner or later he will still know.

Some of the clan nobles in Jiangling City, drunk and dreaming of death all day long, the prosperity of Jiangling is the same as before, everything in the world seems to have nothing to do with Jiangling City, and the clan nobles there are very likely not to see the development of the general trend, but as long as they have done practical things for a few days, they have observed the national strength of Great Wei, and it is not difficult to conclude that Great Wei is declining and civil strife is coming.

At this time, the collusion with the civil officials is not too attractive, and in the troubled times, the civil officials can only choose the strong to rely on, rather than the prosperous or stable cooperative relationship.

It is also obvious that in the era of sword talking, the status of civil officials will decline.

At this time, even if the Marquis of Changwen Mansion is willing to marry when he comes back, the mind of King Zhao's father and son will not change, Xu Ziwen and Liu Guangsi will marry, and if this forbidden army general is firmly tied to his entire army. As soon as the troubled times come, an army can quickly expand into ten armies, and the general of the forbidden army on Fujian Road, after all, is still Liu Guangsi's oldest seniority, and after marrying, he will be the most powerful arm of Zhao Wangfu.

If you don't use this method, as soon as the troubled times come, the gold content of the prince's identity will fall, and the status of the clan, civil officials, and gentry will plummet, and there will only be one kind of person who will rise, the military general who has mastered the military power.