"That's true, if it's not to speed up the progress of the Southern Expedition, why should it be? The next Jiangnan, it is a battle of interests, it is a changing situation, all forces will gather in Jiangnan, interests are mixed, I am afraid that there will be a struggle of interests, but my Li family finally took the lead and won the first place, it is impossible to say if you don't make a move. Besides, even the prime minister recognized and turned his greetings, so I couldn't help but let my Li family not make a move. But it's okay, no matter how sharp the sword is, it won't be scary if it's hidden in the box, and only when the blade is exposed, will it be terrifying, and it's time to expose the Li family's sword! Li Tong looked at the scenery of the West Lake in the distance, and said to himself, I don't know if he said it to himself, or to Li Song who was standing on the side.

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The sun is setting, it is already dusk, Yanjing City, the imperial capital of three hundred years, has experienced vicissitudes, the merciless baptism of the years, since the founding of the country, left an unknown number of stories, left an unknown number of legends, heroes and heroes, civil officials and military generals, here vertical and horizontal, left their own different wonderful.

At this time, Xiang Hua, dressed in a black eunuch costume and wearing a sharp sword at his waist, stood in a small courtyard in Xicheng District, calmly looking at the sunset in the west, without saying a word.

After a long time, he said to himself: "Looking at this sunset, short and beautiful, I thought that the manager has little time, when will I see the sunset again?" He said with emotion.

The third son on the side listened, but he didn't know what to say, so he had to say comfortingly: "Lord Steward, why don't you cancel the plan?" It's still too late. ”

"It doesn't have to be like this, the arrow is on the bow, I have to send it, if I miss this time, I will never have a chance, people live for a lifetime, grass and trees will fall in autumn, there must be someone, for these many people feel that it is extremely ridiculous, make a summary, and it will start from my beginning and end with me!" Xiang Hua said calmly.

The cold wind blew and swept across Xiang Hua's face, as if he didn't feel it, and then asked again: "Sanzi, are you all ready?" ”

"Lord Steward, you're all ready, but do you really want to do it?" Miko asked again in disbelief.

Xiang Hua listened, nodded, and said, "Don't you think it's ridiculous?" So much money has been spent, thousands of lives have been spent, and even the history books will not be glorious, just for the sake of the exact results that must be known for a long time, and these useless efforts have to be done! ”

The three sons on the side listened, but they didn't speak, obviously acquiescing to Xianghua's statement.

Xiang Hua saw it, and he didn't care, and said directly: "But Daqian, a legendary country, still has to do it in this period of great change." Looking at the founding emperors of all dynasties, who can compare to the legend of Emperor Taizu? A blacksmith was born as a low-level officer, this kind of low-level person, not a family or a big family, not even a good ancestor, one year and separat, one year and the emperor, and then a year and unify the Central Plains, but then died violently, too legendary, not ghosts and gods and unpredictable, and the great cadres have ruled for more than 300 years, it seems that it will continue forever, what a great and long country this great and long country is! ”

"Emperor Taizu of Daqian has been deified, whether it is the royal family and aristocratic officialdom, or the people, but also because of this by the various religions of the people as gods, using its name for self-benefit, the two doors of folk Buddhism and Taoism are flourishing, manipulating the minds of those foolish people, that is a terrible thing, if it is not punished, then what kind of Buddha and Taoism will appear in the future, how terrible it is, maybe it will shake the rule of Daqian."

The third son on the side listened, but he didn't think so, obviously not agreeing with Xianghua's idea.

And Xiang Hua saw it, but he only smiled, and then he said: "Third son, you don't understand, and you don't understand, the terrible thing about controlling a person's mind, not to mention the thousands of people who are still Daqian, even if there is a 1 in 10,000 possibility, it is absolutely impossible, Daqian can only be Zheng's Daqian!" For more than 300 years, the two doors of Buddhism and Taoism have flourished, which has affected the superstructure of Daqian, and several major conflicts of Buddhism and Taoism are just the handwriting of the emperors of previous dynasties, otherwise how can they be conflicted, but it is only a way to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and only the first emperor has thought of a thorough solution, but after all, the first emperor collapsed too early, and this situation is not so perfect after all! ”

"But now that the bureau has been laid out, let's put this end in the end!" Xiang Hua is said to be liberated.

When the third son heard this, he didn't know what to say for a while, and after a long time, he said: "Lord Steward, since this is the case, we might as well explain it to Your Majesty, and your Majesty will still support us in the future." ”

Xiang Hua listened, smiled, but then said: "Your Majesty today, looking at what he has done, it can be regarded as a great strategy, my dynasty can also be comparable to Emperor Taizong Shizong, I want to come to the first emperor Quanxia to know it should be twilight, he has no great merits, at least he gave birth to a good son, I am not worried about what the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism can set off in the current Majesty, what I am worried about is that His Majesty does not pay attention to it and ignores it, besides, His Majesty is still too young after all, not enough iron and blood, so how can it work, how can an emperor not be iron and blooded, Let me, a crippled person, teach His Majesty a good lesson and let him grow up as soon as possible! ”

"Haha, besides, it's all at this time, what if you don't start it? Do you think that Liu Jian, the old fox, doesn't know all this? He knows that he is just pretending to be confused, hiding and not prodding, forcing us to teach His Majesty a lesson, not only one less competitor, but also able to watch the fire from the other side, why not? Xiang Hua said with a laugh.

The three sons on the side listened, their hearts were shocked, their faces were sweating profusely, and their backs were wet, of course he understood that Liu Jian and the chief steward each controlled two dark forces, the former belonged to the royal family, and the latter came from the first emperor, although there had never been a conflict, but they had always regarded each other as rivals, and there were a lot of secret battles in private, but he never thought that there were so many entanglements in them, and he was speechless for a while.

Xiang Hua saw it, but he laughed and said: "You don't have to be afraid, politics, that's it, Liu Jian, that old fox, thinks he won this time, naïve!" When I die, you will give the box in my house to Your Majesty, and say that it is a gift from the old slave of the former emperor to Your Majesty. ”

Sanzi looked at Xiang Hua with a smile on his face, and nodded solemnly, but somehow, he felt that the smile was a little weird, and some conspiracy was successful.

……

And Daming Palace, the imperial study, the palace lights have already been lit, Zheng Wen, who has reviewed the twists and turns for a day, put down the pen in his hand, rubbed his somewhat sore hands, and then leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and recuperated.

At this time, Huang An walked in from outside, walked to Zheng Wen's side, and said in a low voice: "Emperor, do you want to pass the meal?" ”

Zheng Wen leaned back in the chair, but did not answer, closed his eyes for a long time, and then asked, "Are you going to start?" ”

"Emperor, there are still two hours, as for the location, the old slave is estimated to be in the Temple of Heaven." Huang An listened to Zheng Wen's words, and immediately said meaningfully.

"Well, in that case, let's pass the meal, I'm hungry too." Zheng Wen listened and said.

"No, the old slave will go." When Huang An heard this, he immediately said, and then turned around and got up.

……

When Zheng Wen was eating, the Yanjing Mansion had already passed the time to release the government, but the three giants of Yanjing Mansion, Yin Jialiang, Fu Cheng Lin Chen, and Fu Wei Shen Hu, did not leave the Ya, and they all gathered together, as if they were waiting quietly, waiting for something to happen.

The atmosphere in Yanjing these days is dull and depressing, it's not that they don't feel it, but no one knows what it is, so they rarely go home these days, and they all stop in this Yanjing Mansion at night, and it's the same tonight.

After a long time, Jia Liang picked up the tea cup on the table, took a sip of tea, put it down, and then said, "I'm afraid it's tonight, right?" ”

Lin Chen listened, but he didn't speak, only shook his head.

But Shen Hu opened his mouth and said: "The lower officials are not very clear, but today's Yulin Army is unusually quiet, and the lower officials saw today that Wu Yong, the cabinet minister, the scholar of Wude Palace, and the Duke of Liao, went straight to the camp of the Southern Army after the next dynasty. ”

"Well, then wait!" When Jia Liang heard this, he began to close his eyes and recuperate, and the scene fell silent for a while.

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In the camp of the Southern Army, Wu Yongzheng, the Duke of Liao, was gathering the generals of the Southern Army and gathered in the main office, he was wearing a black armor, wearing a sword at his waist, a black cloak, and a golden sword of the horse was sitting on the top.

However, the chief general of the Southern Army solemnly sat at the bottom of his left, but his face was a little bad, and the generals of the other departments also sat at the bottom of Wu Yong in turn, and the scene was silent for a while.

After a long time, Wu Yongcai spoke: "This will be ordered by His Majesty to control the camp of the Southern Army tonight, I think everyone here is also clear, and there is not much nonsense to say, all the officers and men of the Southern Army tonight, no matter what happens outside, are not allowed to leave the camp, and those who violate military law will be engaged in it!" Wu Yong said heavily.

As soon as the words fell, all the people below looked at the chief general of the Southern Army, solemnly, his face was blue and white for a while, obviously he was mainly opposed by Wu Yong, and temporarily seized the power of the Southern Army, and he was still very uncomfortable in his heart, after all, he was not a person all the way.

However, after listening to Wu Yong's words, he still stood up, gave a military salute to Wu Yong, and said loudly: "No! It's just that there is such an element of anger in the words.

When the others saw this, they also stood up and answered loudly.

……

And the commander of the Yulin Army, Li Wei, the commander of the Yulin Army, was sitting quietly on top of his armor, wiping his sword.

The generals below were all sitting upright, their faces full of seriousness, their right hands tightly gripping the hilt of their swords, as if waiting for some order.

……

However, in the capital camp, Jiang Kong, the general of the Yulin Army, was inspecting the Beijing camp with his own guards and the generals of various departments.