The streets and alleys of Bianjing are immersed in the excitement before the expedition at this time, and the first imperial examination of the Hongwu Dynasty has also kicked off, not only the imperial court attaches great importance to it, but even among the people is also valued.

In Changchun Garden, Li Jing leaned on the peak of Xu's chest, looking at the song and dance in front of him, these days, he is still haunting Changchun Garden, and even ordered these beauties to only wear tulle to satisfy some of Li Jing's bad tastes, Li Jing lives a ridiculous life here, simply has An Daoquan, the imperial doctor, there is a huge empire for Li Jing to squander, ginseng, cordyceps and other precious medicinal materials to supplement Li Jing's consumption, otherwise, even if Li Jing is an iron beater, he can't bear such absurdity.

"Your Majesty, the post house is coming to report, Duan Mingcheng, the prince of Dali, wants to see Your Majesty." Gao Zhan lowered his head and walked over cautiously.

"Duan Mingcheng? What is the origin? Is it Duan Zhengyan's son? Li Jing opened his eyes and asked curiously. Who is Duan Zhengyan? It is also called Duan Heyu, and it is also called Duan Yu in Jin Daxia, Li Jing once checked the origin of Duan Yu because of "Tianlong Babu", this Duan Yu is Duan Zhengyan, but in history, Duan Zhengyan's successor Duan Zhengxing was only introduced, and Duan Zhengyan's other sons did not have any records, which was amazing, so Li Jing asked.

"Your Majesty's words are the son of Duan Zhengyan, the king of Dali." Gao Zhan hurriedly said.

"After Xuanhe, Duan Zhengyan has not paid tribute to the Great Song Dynasty for a long time, why is there a Duan Mingcheng now, what is this trying to do?" Li Jing said with a smile: "Guanshan is blocked, Duan Zhengyan thinks that the Central Plains can no longer control Dali?" But why did his son appear here again? ”

"Your Majesty, the slave heard that the internal struggle in Dali is very fierce, Duan Zhengyan is old, there are powerful ministers of the Gao family who hold power, and the sons fight each other in order to compete for the throne, although Duan Zhengyan is a Ming monarch, but he cannot decide the major affairs in the country." Gao Zhan hesitated for a while and hurriedly said.

"Your Majesty, the commander of the secret guard asked Du Xing to see him." Outside, another chamberlain came to report.

"Biography." Li Jing waved his hand, letting Xu and some emperors retreat, and only after half a ring did he see Du Xing walk in.

"Your Majesty, the country of Dali sent a document, and Duan Zhengxing, the son of the king of Dali, is ready to come to meet Your Majesty and ask for a seal." After Du Xing saluted, he hurriedly said: "At this time, Duan Zhengxing may have entered Bashu. "Dali has always been a vassal of the Central Plains, and it does not need the permission of the border general to enter Beijing. It's just that the arrival of these two groups of people one after the other made Li Jing a little curious.

"Where the palm is big, they fight each other for a little power, whether it is Duan Mingcheng or Duan Zhengxing, they are not visionaries, even if it is Duan Zhengyan, the powerful ministers in the country are in charge, and these brothers are still fighting each other." Li Jing shook his head.

I have to say that this is the most interesting place in Dali, the king and the ministers can live in harmony, the Duan family and the Gao family are in charge of the world, after Gao Shengtai usurped the emperor's throne, when he was dying, he actually gave the throne to the Duan family, and the Duan family was also very happy, and still let the Gao family be the prime minister, and married his daughter to the Gao family.

"Your Majesty, not only the Duan family, but even the Gao family is fighting very fiercely now." Du Xing hurriedly said: "This time there are people from the Gao family who followed Duan Zhengxing and Duan Mingcheng, and the minister has already found out, the person behind Duan Zhengxing is called Gao Liangcheng, and this time it is Gao Zhenshou, the son of Gao Liangcheng, who followed Duan Zhengxing, and it was Gao Zhenyuan, the son of Gao Liangcheng, who followed Duan Mingcheng. ”

"It's okay for Gao Liangcheng to be open-minded, and he actually let his nephew support his own people?" Li Jing's face was stunned for a moment, and he said: "No wonder Gao Zhenyuan didn't like it in his heart, he came to the Central Plains with Duan Mingcheng in advance to see me, probably because he wanted to give Duan Mingcheng a title, or rather, to pull some political capital for himself." ”

"Your Majesty." Du Xing smiled: "It's just that this Duan Mingcheng has some means, and he sneaked to the Central Plains to see His Majesty." ”

"That's a sword for me. I'm afraid that Duan Zhengyan never thought of coming to see me, knowing that his son was coming, if he didn't come to see me at this time, I would definitely interfere in the affairs of Dali Guozhong, so he sent his son to come to see me, so as to take the opportunity to step down. Although Li Jing is guessing, he believes that he has guessed the matter.

"Your Majesty, this Duan Mingcheng?" Duchenne hurriedly asked.

"See, why not." Li Jing sneered: "Dali has belonged to the Central Plains since ancient times, and has been occupied by the Duan family for more than 100 years, and it should be taken back. It's just that the other party is a vassal of the Central Plains, if I forcibly attack the vassal, I'm afraid that no one will be my vassal in the future, and this time there is a Duan Mingcheng, isn't it just an excuse? ”

"Your Majesty doesn't look down on Duan Mingcheng?" Du Xing immediately heard the meaning of Li Jing's words, and clearly wanted to use Duan Mingcheng to intervene in the Dali court and finally annex Dali.

"Since the power in Dali is controlled by the Gao family, it is not Duan Zhengyan who is the crown prince, Duan Zhengxing is behind Gao Liangcheng, and the future crown prince must be Duan Zhengxing, Duan Mingcheng has great ability, I am afraid it will be difficult to become the king of Dali." There was a silence in Li Jing's heart, this Duan Mingcheng may not be used to the Gao family's dictatorship, or he may simply want to compete for the throne, but no matter what, if he wants to win, unless he is the same as himself, he is also a traverser, otherwise, all plans are useless.

Du Xing was confused for a while when he heard this, since he didn't look down on the other party, why did he still support the other party, isn't this the opposite of Li Jing's plan?

"If the person I fancy fails, Dali will always give me an explanation! If you don't explain it well, it's always no problem for me to send troops! Li Jing seemed to see through what Du Xing was thinking, glanced at the other party, and said, "Tomorrow's court meeting, let Duan Mingcheng come to see me in the palace!" I and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs have a good life, this distinguished guest from Dali, also let him see Dali's bearing, and the Gao family, let's also go to the palace to meet together! ”

"Yes." Du Xing suddenly realized, and was about to retreat but was stopped by Li Jing.

"Send someone to ask Duan Mingcheng, does the Duan family have a pearl?" Li Jing suddenly said: "Without Mingzhu, how can I look at Duan Mingcheng?" How to avenge Duan Mingcheng in the future? ”

Du Xing was stunned for a moment, but soon understood the meaning of Li Jing's words, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he slowly retreated.