Chapter 46: The Distinction of Factions

The reason why Li Zhen showed such an expression was very simple, because he found that there were already signs of factions under his command.

It stands to reason that for a superior to split his subordinates into different factions, it is good for him to consolidate his rule, on the contrary, it is the greatest disaster for the ruler to be held together.

But for Li Zhen, it is a bad phenomenon that there is discord among his subordinates, and even factions are divided - the faction can indeed help stabilize his dominance, but it is also easy to cause internal struggles and internal instability.

Li Zhen's goal is to sweep the world, and it is best to pocket the entire earth, if the factions within the Tang Dynasty are fighting each other and fighting endlessly, this will only drag down his energy, how can he conquer the world?

And Li Zhen knows very well how harmful the party struggle is, whether it is the dispute between Niu and Li at the end of the Tang Dynasty, or the dispute between the reformers and the conservatives in the Northern Song Dynasty, and then to the party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty, not to mention the dispute between the monarch and the courtiers in the Han Dynasty, the struggle between the imperial power and the relatives, the struggle between the relatives and the eunuchs, the struggle between the relatives and the ministers, and the struggle between the ministers and the eunuchs...... All kinds of chaos have become a pot of porridge, everyone only cares about the struggle, everyone wants to kill their enemies, no one to manage the government, there will be no one to manage the people's livelihood, and finally in this kind of infighting, the vitality of the country is exhausted little by little, and then the people rise up, and the dynasty perishes.

Li Zhen didn't want to see this scene, but it was obvious that he had neglected this aspect, and under his command, those from noble backgrounds (such as Fang Yiai and Du He) had begun to consciously have a faint estrangement from those from poor families (Xi Junmai and Xue Rengui) - although perhaps this estrangement may not even be noticed by themselves, but if they are allowed to develop, the estrangement will become bigger and bigger, and it will eventually lead to party disputes.

What's more, the situation is now very urgent. At least without paying attention to it, this secret factional division has reached a very serious point, and it has reached the level of opposition purely for the sake of opposition - let's take this banquet matter, Fang Yiai and Du He are not stupid, it is impossible for them not to see that the family has reached a state of decline, at this time, even if he borrowed Cui Yongxing's ten guts, he would not dare to harm Li Zhen in this stall, and this time going to the banquet can be called whether it is dangerous or not.

But they knew that Li Zhen was not in danger, but in order to refute Xi Junmai's opinion, Du He and the others still came up with a lot of reasons, and resolutely opposed their own banquet on the grounds of their own personal safety.

The more noisy and intense the atmosphere at the scene, the darker Li Zhen's face became, but this scene was not seen by the two sides who were hyped, but because of his great achievements and fame all over the world, Yan looked at Wang Xuance, who was about to seal the official and make a wish, and was promoted to three levels in a row, and was destined to go to the pinnacle of life.

Wang Xuance noticed that Li Zhen's face was not good-looking, and looked at the people who were arguing endlessly, and immediately understood what Li Zhen thought, seeing that Li Zhen had already had a tendency to explode, he hurriedly interrupted everyone and said, "I said everyone should stop arguing, no matter how much you argue, if it is meaningless, let's ask His Highness what he means?" Your Highness, what exactly are you going to do? Cui Yongxing didn't give Cui Yongxing any face before, why did he think of attending his banquet now? Could it be that there is something special about it? ”

Forcibly suppressing his anger, Li Zhen said slowly: "The plan is indeed there, but it is not special, this king just wants to take advantage of this opportunity to arrest Cui Yongxing." ”

"What? Your Highness may not. Xue Rengui was shocked, he didn't expect Li Zhen to have such a plan, and immediately persuaded: "If Your Highness has this idea, then your subordinates will not be able to approve of Your Highness going to the banquet."

There is a way that the lord humiliates his ministers to death, His Royal Highness is so embarrassed by this Cui Yongxing, and his subordinates want to kill him even more than His Highness, but Hangzhou is Cui Yongxing's territory, he has been an official in Hangzhou for so many years, and his power is unimaginable.

If we make trouble for him, he doesn't care, but if he really wants to force him to his death, then he can do anything in order to survive - although we have thousands of young soldiers, but the open guns are easy to dodge and the hidden arrows are difficult to defend, and if the enemy secretly plays tricks, we may not be able to play with them. ”

"What do you mean? The whole world is not the king's land, the shore of the land is not the king's minister, His Royal Highness is the king, what happened to the assassin who wants to arrest a guilty assassin? As Li Zhen expected, as soon as Xue Rengui's words fell, Du He stood up: "What's more, let's arrest Cui Yongxing, the sound is not a nameless teacher, this Cui Yongxing is on the boundary of Hangzhou, but he does all kinds of evil, just the evidence of his crime in our possession, there are no less than a hundred pieces - so many pieces of evidence, Cui Yongxing is enough to die ten times, we arrest him to eliminate harm for the people, who can be what?" ”

"That's right, besides, this Cui Yongxing doesn't dare to trouble His Highness." After Du He finished speaking, Fang Yiai stood up and added: "Now that the family has been greatly injured by His Royal Highness, it is a time of turmoil, they wish His Highness would not pay attention to them, how could they dare to stand up against the imperial court?" ”

"Jinnima is a pig teammate." Hearing Fang Yiai's words, Wang Xuance couldn't help but cover his head, you can't see such an obvious trap, you dare to form a gang? Who gave you the courage? With your IQ, aren't you afraid of being swallowed clean?

"Really? It makes a lot of sense. Sure enough, after listening to Fang Yiai's reason, Li Zhen suddenly smiled: "But, even then, you know that Cui Yongxing didn't dare to do anything to me, so why did you object to me going to the banquet before?" ”

"I ......" Fang Yiai's love suddenly froze, the beads of sweat on his forehead suddenly flowed, and Du He's heart was also about to be pinched, at this time, why didn't he understand? Li Zhen has already released what she is doing against Xue Rengui for personal gain?

"Your Highness......" swallowed a mouthful of spit, Du He struggled to say something, but looking at Li Zhen's cold gaze, his heart trembled, and when it came to his mouth, he couldn't say anything.

"Tell me, what the hell is going on?" Li Zhen was not as violent as Wang Xuance imagined, but her voice became calmer and calmer, but the monstrous anger contained in this calm could be felt even by Wang Xuance, a new joiner.

As a person who has followed Li Zhen for more than ten years, Du He naturally has a deep understanding - not only Du He, but all those who heard this seemed to be blown by the yin wind from the Nine Shades, and felt a cold chill from the inside out.

(End of chapter)