When Wang Jian sent envoys to Huainan and Hedong respectively, preparing to persuade Li Keyong and Yang Wu to join him as emperor, Li Maozhen, the king of Qi in Fengxiang, was one step ahead of Wang Jian to establish the country and claim the throne. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Like Wang Jian, although Li Maozhen has long had the ambition of self-reliance, when Huainan was still fighting the Liang army under the banner of the Northern Expedition to defeat the rebels, Li Maozhen also chose to temporarily endure the ambition of becoming emperor.

After the Huainan army returned in vain, Li Maozhen, who got the news, quickly took action.

At the end of September, Li Maozhen set up a hundred officials in the palace of Kaiqi in Fengxiang, called the place where he lived the palace, his wife was called the queen, the letters of the generals under his command were called the memo table, and the rest of the etiquette was no different from the emperor.

However, Li Maozhen's territory is relatively small, and in the past few years, he has lost consecutive battles, and his power is not as strong as before, so Li Maozhen did not dare to directly claim the emperor, but only ruled and gave orders in the name of King Qi.

In the city of Jinyang.

Li Keyong looked at the letter from Wang Jian in his hand, and couldn't help sneering: "This Wang Jian, he wants to be the emperor himself, but he is worried about attracting infamy, so he wants to pull the old man and Yang Wu, but the old man has been fighting for the Tang Dynasty all his life, and he has already promised the Tang Dynasty in this life, how can he do such a rebellious thing as being the emperor like Zhu Wen?" ”

Li Keyong rejected Wang Jian's proposal without any hesitation.

Becoming emperor is not a trivial matter, not only related to his own wishes, but also related to the wishes of many subordinates.

Like Wang Jian, because of the remoteness of Shudi, the influence of Datang is weak, and most of Wang Jian's subordinates have little affection for Datang.

Not only that, but these people also want Wang Jian to be the emperor for their own interests.

But Li Keyong is different, after all, Jinyang is located in the north, which is the starting place of Datang, and the connection with Datang is also closer, and it has been greatly affected.

Therefore, many of the generals in Hedong have feelings for the Tang Dynasty and do not want to see Li Keyong immediately become emperor like Zhu Wen.

For example, Zhang Chengye, a prison soldier who is deeply trusted by Li Keyong, although this person is a eunuch, he is loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

With so many people's opposition, coupled with the fact that Li Keyong himself was also deeply influenced by Datang, he naturally would not follow Wang Jian's advice.

However, if Wang Jian himself is called emperor, Li Keyong doesn't want to object, if it is chaotic today, even if Wang Jian is called emperor, what can he do? He can't even deal with Zhu Wen now, where can he take care of Wang Jian.

Seeing Li Keyong's refusal to be the emperor, many civil and military officers under his command immediately bowed in unison: "The king is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and his subordinates are full of admiration!" ”

These people either have the Tang Dynasty in their hearts, or they feel that the time is not yet ripe, so what they say at this time is out of their hearts.

"I just don't know how King Wu Yang Wu will react after receiving Wang Jian's suggestion? Is it to immediately become emperor as Wang Jian said? Or will he be the king first like Li Maozhen? The next one, Li Cunqiao suddenly asked.

For this peer in the southeast, Li Cunqiao has always had great curiosity and a desire to win.

At the age of fifteen, he led the army to the battle, known as a hundred victories, and at the age of eighteen, he inherited his father's position and title, and began to lead Huainan, and now he is only twenty-one years old, but he is already one of the most powerful people in the world.

And his age is one year older than Yang Wu, although he has already begun to come out, he was appointed as the inspector of the school, and he was appointed to lead the Xizhou Assassin History, and then changed to the position of Fenzhou Assassin and Jinzhou Assassin History, but he is currently directly in charge of the army is not much, and there are still many people in Hedong who oppose him, especially Li Keyong's adopted son Li Cunhao, Li Cunshi and others, who are extremely hostile to Li Cunxuan.

These are all major problems that Li Cunmiao needs to face in the future succession, if these problems cannot be solved, it will be difficult for him to even sit firmly on the throne of King Jin, how can he go south to compete with Yang Wu?

Of course, although he has no reputation in the world at present, and he is far inferior to Yang Wu, who is already famous in the world, he believes that he will be able to surpass Yang Wu in the future.

"Yang Wu?" Li Keyong frowned, "He shouldn't be the emperor directly, right?" But it's hard to say, young people, maybe lack patience? ”

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Guangling, in the palace of King Wu.

It's October, but it's still hot.

At this time, Yang Wu, who had just returned to Guangling from Sizhou, was in a good mood and said to Gao Miao and the other three scholars: "I am alone in Guangling during this time, and many things rely on the three scholars, but it makes the three bothered!" ”

"This is the duty of subordinates, and I dare not take credit!" Gao Miao and the other three hurriedly said.

After this period of practice, Yang Wu still found some disadvantages of the previous bachelor's system, mainly because the division of rights and responsibilities was not clear and detailed enough, so that the three of them were often worried about overstepping their authority and being constrained when dealing with government affairs.

This is still the case that none of the three of them have any ambitions, and if this is still the case for future bachelors, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not compete with each other for merit and power.

Therefore, Yang Wu is ready to further standardize the cabinet of scholars in the future.

"Although Jiangxi is now pacified, it is not an easy thing to govern it well, especially in Jizhou, Fuzhou and other southern states, not only the roads are remote, but also the people's hearts are not attached, as the so-called poor mountains and bad waters out of the people, the danger of the whole irony and other people during the governance period, the local bandits are rampant, plus the Ivory Lake battle caused by those routs, if these people do not recruit as soon as possible to clear and suppress, I am afraid that sooner or later they will occupy the mountain as the king, rampant on one side!"

It is Huainan's established policy to lay down a place to facilitate the administration of a place, first consolidate the areas that have been occupied, and then move forward step by step.

Like in history, although the Southern Tang Dynasty successively defeated the Chu State and the Min State, it was unable to hold the territory it had defeated, which would be a waste of military power and harmful to the country.

Yang Wu didn't want to make the mistake of the Southern Tang Dynasty, now that the situation in the north is turbulent, it is running according to the original historical track, and it will take at least ten years for a regime to emerge that can unify the north.

Therefore, for Yang Wu, the time to unify the south is relatively abundant, and there is no need to be anxious.

After dealing with government affairs for a while, Yang Wu pretended to be unintentional and asked: "I heard that Wang Jian, the king of Shu, sent an envoy over, and now he has passed Ezhou, what do you think Wang Jian's purpose is this time?" ”

Gao Miao groaned: "In the opinion of his subordinates, Wang Jian planned to build a country and become the emperor a long time ago, and now that the Tang Dynasty is dead, this person must be unable to resist the ambition of becoming the emperor." Perhaps the messenger was sent here to inform the matter? ”

Yang Wu nodded, and then said, "It's possible what you said. Now the inheritance of the Tang Dynasty has been extinct by Zhu Wen, and many clans have been slaughtered, leaving only some distant collateral descendants to circulate outside. The situation in the Tang Dynasty is decadent, and it is normal for Wang Jian to have the ambition to be the emperor. ”

"But what do the officials and people of Huainan think about this?"

Although he has the intention of becoming king, he cannot be too eager in this kind of thing, and he needs to take into account the opinions of his subordinates.

Although most of the officials and generals in Huainan followed Yang Xingmi to fight the world, they had nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty, but it is difficult to ensure that there are no people who are interested in the Tang Dynasty.

Gao Miao listened to Yang Wu ask about the views of the officials and people in Huainan, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether Yang Wu was asking their views on Wang Jian's claim to the emperor, or whether he was asking them about Huainan's views on the future.

He looked up at Yang Wu, only to see that Yang Wu's face was calm, and he couldn't see what he was thinking.

Gao Miao actually didn't care whether Yang Wu continued to use the banner of the Tang Dynasty or directly founded the country and became the king, or directly called the emperor, he didn't care.

For him, as long as the people under Huainan can live a stable and well-fed life, nothing else matters.

Of course, if Yang Wu had the intention of becoming king, he would strongly agree, but now he was not sure of Yang Wu's attitude, so after thinking about it, Gao Miao said tentatively: "Shuzhong is too far away from my Huainan after all, and we don't have many grievances between Huainan and Shuzhong, so if Wang Jian is the emperor, my officials and people in Huainan shouldn't pay too much attention, right?" ”

Yang Wu was a little dissatisfied when he heard this, and what he asked was obviously what everyone would think if he became king, not everyone's opinion on Wang Jian's claim to be emperor; However, he is not good at asking this kind of thing too obviously in front of everyone, so he asked vaguely.

Although he didn't get the answer he wanted, Yang Wu didn't care, anyway, now that Wang Jian is not even the emperor, there is no need for him to be so eager, when the time is fully ripe, he will naturally give Gao Miao and the others an obvious hint and let them prepare for persuasion.

Half a month later, Wang Jian's envoy finally arrived in Guangling and presented Yang Wu with a handwritten letter from Wang Jian.

"This is, persuade me to be emperor? Let Li Keyong be the Northern Emperor, I be the Eastern Emperor, he himself is the Western Emperor, and the three emperors will each lead one side? After reading the handwritten book, Yang Wu couldn't help but laugh dumbly: This is very different from history.

In history, Wang Jian only sent an envoy to persuade Li Keyong to be the emperor, but he did not say anything about Huainan.

But when you think about it, it's normal.

After Yang Wu's unremitting efforts, today's Huainan is not much greater than the prestige and strength of Huainan in history, from the strength to the territory, and then to the results achieved on the battlefield, especially the two powerful Northern Expeditions, these are not comparable to Huainan in history.

Therefore, in history, Wang Jian did not pay attention to Huainan, but now he sent people to persuade Yang Wu to be emperor, which is also a normal thing.

However, now Yang Wu does not have the idea of being the emperor, and now the time to be the emperor is far from mature, and the territory occupied by Huainan is not even unified in the south, even if he is called the emperor, it is just a joke, it is better to only call the king for the time being, and continue to serve the Tang Dynasty as orthodox.

In addition, Yang Wu had promised that Yang Xingmi would not be the emperor until he eliminated Zhu Wen to avenge the Tang Dynasty, but now that Yang Xingmi has died of illness for only a year, Yang Wu is unwilling to break his original oath

"Wang Jian doesn't say that he is the emperor, but he still wants to persuade Lone to be the emperor, is this to fall into disloyalty and injustice?" Yang Wu brushed his sleeves and left.