After reading King Yue's letter, Li Yi couldn't help but sigh.

Although he had never met him, his thoughts and emotions of worrying about the country and the people jumped on the page, giving him great feelings and touches.

Li Yi has read many dynasty biographies, and there are very few children of the royal family who care about the court and the people like this.

But as Liu Yan's fifth son, in this feudal era, after all, he is too far from the throne.

But then again, if such a person can inherit the great unification, it will be a great blessing for both the country and the people.

Although King Yue is weak by nature and has no ambition, it is more than enough for him to be a master of success. Thinking of this, Li Yi's determination to help King Yue became even stronger.

Putting down King Yue's letter, Li Yi opened Li Pian's letter.

In the letter, Li Pian reported to Li Yi in detail some major events in the imperial court and in the capital, and even some accurate news about the recent events in the Central Plains countries.

It seems that Li Pian has taken his heart and brain this time. Although he didn't know that the imperial court had approved Li Yi's performance, this was also due to his low position.

But in other aspects, everything is explained very clearly, so that Li Yi has an in-depth understanding of the trends inside and outside the court, which is something that King Yue, a person with the status of a prince, cannot do.

The specific news reported by Li Pian is that after Zhao Yan was promoted to Zhongshu Ling and Tongping Zhang, Zhong Yunzhang was deeply appreciated by him, and he was promoted from a general secretary to a living house of the five grades.

Moreover, it is said that Zhong Yunzhang and the champion Li Yi have a close relationship, and with this relationship, it will be more beneficial to Yunnan in the future.

In addition, Li Congke, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains, has been trying to reduce the strength of the feudal towns since he succeeded to the throne, which has caused dissatisfaction among the local forces. In particular, he was unreasonably suspicious of his brother-in-law, Shi Jingjiao, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu and the head of the northern camp, and was ready to take measures to reduce his military power.

Under the strong pressure, Shi Jingjiao was forced to put up a counter-flag, and has now connected with the Khitan, on the condition of sending Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, borrowed 50,000 wolf-like Khitan soldiers, and is preparing to send troops to attack Luoyang.

It seems that just like the historical facts, Shi Jingjiao jumped over the wall in a hurry, and he was really going to cede the sixteen states of Yanyun, Li Yi couldn't help but sigh secretly.

In this way, the Northeast Ping Domain was lost, and the Khitans could drive straight into the Central Plains.

Although Li Yi also knew that the Khitans only plundered Luoyang this time, they did not really cross the Yellow River for more than 100 years.

However, the loss of the sixteen states of Yanyun made the Khitans, as well as the Liao, Jin, and Mongols in the future, condescending from now on, and could graze horses in the Central Plains at any time.

There is another thing that seems to have a great impact, the Persian merchant Agro presented 50 catties of ambergris and 100 pearls, and 6 Persian beauties, and the big food merchant Saaddo presented 5,000 catties of various colors of jade and 100 pairs of colorful glazed vessels.

As a result, Liu Yanlong, who was building luxurious palaces such as the Nanxun Palace, and was lacking rare treasures, was given the title of viscount, and built the viscount's mansion, allowing him to open a fang, which could trade offshore and join the Han people.

Although this move was fiercely opposed by the ministers of the DPRK and China, the 'blind man lit the lamp in vain' was once again ignored by Liu Yan.

After reading the paragraph of Persia and the Great Food Merchant in Li Pian's letter, Li Yi suddenly thought of a thing.

Yunnan's local products, there are also a lot of scarce and precious local products, if only in the vicinity of Yunnan circulation and sales, the profit is really limited, as the so-called 'scarce is expensive', if the Yunnan local characteristics of the products into the capital this prosperous, lush, active trading market, the income will not be doubled.

Moreover, he is about to start developing the espionage force, and a high-end restaurant like Lin Qingliang's 'Shang Pin Xuan' has been the only place to listen to the news of the upper echelons since ancient times.

If you can open a branch in the capital, and then send some capable personnel to take care of the information liaison in the capital, it will be beneficial and harmless for both public and private affairs.

And there are many rich people in Beijing, are you willing to spend money and silver? Isn't that just a commotion?

However, when it comes to the question of specific candidates, there is too little room for choice.

Li Pian is too young, he is not skilled enough in his world, his mind is not clear enough, and as a guard in the imperial court, there are still many taboos and inconveniences in doing this kind of thing.

And the person Li Yi needs to be in charge of the capital must not only know the situation inside and outside the capital well, but also be flexible and thoughtful, and the key is that he must have a very close relationship with himself.

Otherwise, even if the financial resources are extensive and the money is made every day, if he is a master who can turn his face at any time, then he is still busy, and there will be no practical significance in setting up this institution.

Therefore, this matter still needs to be handled by Lin Qingliang himself.

Thinking of this, Li Yi immediately picked up his pen and first wrote a warm letter of thanks to King Yue, expressing his gratitude for his efforts in the court and lobbying the intellectuals and abbots of Shanglaidian.

At the same time, he strongly praised King Yue's compassion and compassion, and advised him to cultivate his self-cultivation without revealing his edge, and never to come out and accuse King Qin of his mistakes.

If he showed some dissatisfied expressions and words in front of the emperor, not only would it not help, but also Liu Yan would think that King Yue was very dissatisfied with his practice of ordering King Qin to command the three armies, and he was angry and jealous, which would invisibly make the emperor gradually alienate and snub King Yue, which was not a thing worthy of people's joy.

Therefore, in the case of a huge disparity in strength, self-preservation is the first priority.

Don't act irrationally for the sake of pleasure and impulsiveness, which will only put you in a more passive position.

However, Li Yi also persuaded King Yue that in this critical period, while maintaining obscurity, he should also quietly contact and recruit some capable people, as long as the action is not big, I believe that it will not attract the attention of King Qin, King Jin and others, nor will it arouse the suspicion of the emperor.

In addition, Li Yi pointed out particularly vaguely that he is also accumulating necessary talents and material resources for him in Yunnan, although it is not strong enough now, but in time, it will be a force that no one can ignore.

Next, Li Yi wrote another letter to Li Pian. The main content of the letter is to let him find some trustworthy people for himself, of course, the more the better. This type of person should not only be shrewd and good at managing money, but most importantly, be close and loyal.

Therefore, this person must not use outsiders, preferably close relatives and friends who share the honor and disgrace with the Li family.