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Li Mi shook his head: "It seems that there is no follow-up, but Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, kept making amends to the Duke of Yue, saying that his daughter did not take it lightly and hurt the eldest brother, and he must be strictly trained after he goes back, but as for the matter of passing through the door, he will never talk about it." ”

The light in Yang Xuangan's eyes flashed, and his mind began to spin rapidly, thinking about the reason why the Li family did this, and slowly spoke: "I'm afraid that the Li family also sees my intentions." ”

Li Mi said with a smile: "What the eldest brother said is extremely true, according to the younger brother, it is probably the wishful thinking of the Duke of Yue to marry the Tang Guogong Mansion now, the Li family was not so active, and after seeing your behavior that day, I also understood your intentions, maybe I thought that the Duke of Yue Guo was also undecided." Otherwise, why would there be a martial arts competition again after the family affair was decided? ”

Yang Xuangan nodded with a smile and said, "I didn't expect that I would succeed by mistake this time." The Li family's behavior that day was a bit strange, they had to insist on this martial arts competition, and they also limited themselves to winning within fifty moves, that is, when I wanted to use a wooden lance to compete, Tang Guogong only reminded him, and he didn't blindly oppose it. ”

Li Mi nodded, and a smile appeared on his dark and thin face: "Actually, the younger brother also thinks that Yue Guogong's move is a bit too hasty, he probably wants to take advantage of the fact that the emperor is in Daxing now, not in the Eastern Capital to promote this matter, marriage is not important, the important thing is to show an attitude of marrying with the Guanlong nobles, but the younger brother is also a member of the Guanlong nobles, and the situation he knows is not the case." ”

As soon as Yang Xuangan heard this, he immediately became energetic and sat up slightly. "What is the situation?" he asked. Brother Xian said quickly. ”

Li Mi sighed. said: "In fact, the so-called Guanlong nobles. It's not a monolith, although they all started with military merits back then, but even in the same war process, the generals will compete with each other for merit, how can they get along peacefully in peacetime, the so-called Wen Wu no first, Wu Wu no second, this is the truth. ”

Yang Xuangan was shocked when he heard this, and said, "So my father's plan was wrong from the beginning?" ”

Li Mi shook his head. Said: "At the beginning, you came to the Tang Guogong Mansion and wanted to marry, but at that time, Tang Guogong was also unwilling, so he exaggerated his influence among the Guanlong nobles. ”

Yang Xuan said anxiously: "But my father has also asked you many times about the situation, didn't you react to him truthfully?" ”

Li Mi sighed, looked outside the door, and said faintly: "I'm a post-born boy, how can I speak like Tang Guogong in front of Yue Guogong?" He also thought it was because our Pushan County Mansion was thin for several generations. In my generation, there is no strong backer, so others look down on our family. ”

Yang Xuan slapped his thigh with his left hand with hatred: "Then what can I do?" If there is no strong foreign aid from the Tang State Mansion. So what else does our family have to marry him? Li Xiuning's shadow suddenly appeared in his mind, and when he said this, he was suddenly stunned and stopped talking.

Li Mi didn't notice the change in Yang Xuangan's expression, and said slowly: "After the death of the emperor last time, Tang Guogong suddenly lost his backbone, he knew that the emperor was a person, and he couldn't stop worrying, so he took the initiative to find Yue Guogong at that time, and it happened that Yue Guogong was also worried, and the two of them hit it off, so that you would go to the door to greet your relatives as soon as Yang Liang finished fighting." ”

"But in the past few months, the situation has changed again, the emperor's move to the capital has offended the entire Guanlong aristocracy, not to mention the Eight Pillars national clan, and even Yu Wenshu and Yu Zhongwen, the emperor's diehards, are somewhat dissatisfied because they were excluded from this decision-making process."

Li Mi sighed and continued: "So now the emperor also has to balance the feelings of these people, and adopt the method of division and disintegration, just like he first sent the Duke of Yue here in the name of building the eastern capital and left the decision-making center of the imperial court, now for the Guanlong nobles, he is also soft and hard, for a family like me that lacks strength, he will kick away, and people like Yu Wenshu, Yu Zhongwen, and Li Yuan will make a wish to comfort them." ”

"Tang Guogong heard that he will be given the position of Xingyang Assassin, Xingyang is Shangzhou, in the hinterland of Henan, densely populated, commercially developed, and close to Luoyang, which is much stronger than the three border counties he previously held in the middle and lower states of the Assassin History, with this appointment, it means that Tang Guogong's crisis has passed, and the emperor will not attack his cousin."

"But Yue Guogong's current situation can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, and he already belongs to the object of purge and suppression in the future, Tang Guogong used to find Yue Guogong to protect himself, but now that he is safe, on the contrary, Yue Guogong is beginning to face trouble, so Tang Guogong naturally wants to return the marriage to the best."

Yang Xuangan was eager to quit this family business, but after seeing Li Xiuning that day, he had a strange feeling, even if he slashed her, he couldn't hate it at all, and now when he heard Li Mi mention this divorce, he couldn't help frowning, and said: "This divorce is impossible." At most, it's just a delay. ”

Li Mi noticed Yang Xuangan's expression this time, smiled "hehe", and said: "Big brother, you used to want to withdraw this marriage every day, but now you say this, could it be that the third lady of the Li family is really like a fairy, and the eldest brother is also fascinated?" ”

Yang Xuangan's face flushed, and he hurriedly waved his left hand and said, "Don't get me wrong, I don't mean that, I just don't want our Yang family to lose trust in the world." ”

Li Mi saw it in his eyes, understood most of it in his heart, smiled, and stopped mentioning the matter, and said, "Now this matter can indeed only be delayed." The Li family said that after you recover from your injuries, you will go there to compete in martial arts to welcome your relatives. This morning, the document from Daxing that asked you to go to Songzhou to serve as an assassin has arrived, and you will have to take office as soon as you are injured, and there will be no time to marry your bride at that time. ”

Yang Xuangan gasped: "Why did this appointment come so quickly?" The Red Whisk said that it was decided five or six days ago. ”

Li Mi shook his head: "It's indeed a bit abnormal, originally the new emperor took office and wanted to appoint a group of assassins." Generally, new appointments are not appointed until after the assessment in May and June. But your appointment was made individually. I didn't go with anyone else, and I said that I would go on the road immediately after receiving the edict. ”

Li Mi paused when he said this, and said: "The most interesting thing is that the emperor also deliberately ordered that the person who sent the edict should go to Songzhou with you. This person is also an old acquaintance of the eldest brother. ”

Yang Xuan was surprised: "Who is this person?" ”

Li Mi said: "The person who came is the prince Qianniuwei, and the fat man's personal guard Chai Shao is also an old acquaintance with us." ”

Yang Xuan was so shocked that he almost jumped up from the bed: "How could it be him?" ”

Li Mi smiled and said, "This may be a little bit of the fat man's heart." First, it is convenient to contact you, and secondly, you may also want this Chai Shao to follow you to Songzhou for training, if you are promoted in the future, you can also take him to be promoted together, in addition, it is not ruled out that the emperor wants to use this person to spy on you. ”

Yang Xuan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Chai Shao is the fat man's personal guard, how can he be the emperor's eyes and ears?" ”

Li Mi sighed: "After all, it's not the fat man himself, if the emperor wants him to spy on you, can he refuse?" Eldest brother. You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to defend people. It never hurts to have multiple eyes, remember! ”

Yang Xuangan nodded seriously: "Brother Fool has written it down." ”

Yang Xuangan looked at Li Mi and suddenly thought of a question: "Brother Xian, didn't you resign and leave?" How did it end up here? ”

Li Mi seemed to have expected Yang Xuangan to ask this question, smiled slightly, and said: "The eldest brother has long known about the resignation of the younger brother, according to the eldest brother, why did the younger brother resign?" ”

Yang Xuangan looked at Li Mi's eyes, and there was a meaningful taste in them, as if he was looking forward to Yang Xuangan's answer.

However, Yang Xuangan has been thinking about this matter repeatedly for several months since he heard Wang Shichong talk about Li Mi's resignation, and after quelling Yang Liang's rebellion, Yang Xuangan went directly to Li Mi's mansion when he first returned to Daxing, but was told by Chai Xiaohe that Li Mi had already traveled, which made him firm in his judgment.

So Yang Xuan felt calm, and said: "From the point of view of the foolish brother, the virtuous brother's move is to avoid trouble, and the second is to make a stand, as for the third, and the most important point, I am afraid that it is also the same as the foolish brother, I want to make friends with heroes and heroes all over the world, and make arrangements in various places to prepare for the future." ”

Li Mi sighed and smiled: "The eldest brother is really good-minded, in the past, the younger brother always thought that the eldest brother was more than brave, but the strategy was insufficient, and today I heard that the younger brother was really wrong." ”

Yang Xuangan didn't expect that he had guessed all of them, he was secretly happy in his heart, and a smile appeared on his face, he patted Li Mi's arm and said, "Who let the foolish brother get along with the virtuous brother for so many years, and know your mind clearly." It's just that if you do this, don't you offend the emperor too hard, aren't you afraid that he will punish you? ”

Li Mi smiled and waved his hand: "No, he wishes that the younger brother would not be an official in the court, for the younger brother or a person like Yue Guogong, in his eyes, he can't use the kind of talented, if he stays sooner or later, it will pose a threat to himself, and the younger brother is willing to take the initiative to retire, he couldn't be happier." ”

Yang Xuangan nodded and said, "Then where have you been in the past six months?" As a brother, I went to look for you twice in three days, and at first I thought you were making a show for the emperor, but later I believed that you were really leaving. ”

Li Mi's expression became stern, he moved the stool closer, and said in a low voice: "I can't hide it, the junior brother went to the area of Shuzhong this time and observed the customs there. ”

Yang Xuangan was slightly stunned and asked, "How could Brother Xian go to Shuzhong?" If you want to achieve great things in the future, I'm afraid you won't be able to go to such a closed and comfortable place. ”

Li Mi smiled: "Big brother, listen to the younger brother first, the reason why I went to Shuzhong is because this is the first place that the younger brother wants to exclude." Lingnan and Shuzhong, these are two large states that are basically impossible to achieve hegemony, but these two places are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and local separatist forces are prone to appear, so the younger brother wants to investigate these two places first. ”

Yang Xuangan nodded: "You don't have to go to Lingnan, the Feng family there will protect the territory and the people in troubled times, Mrs. Xian's prestige in the Lingnan area is too high, and now she is the emperor of the soil, if it is in troubled times, then you can tear the soil and become the king." ”

Li Mi nodded and said, "Big brother is talking about Feng An, I have seen this person, and he is indeed extraordinary, plus their family's extraordinary influence in Lingnan." It is indeed possible to divide one side in the future. Has Yue Guogong already contacted him? Once there is a change in the future. Could he be a reliable ally? ”

Yang Xuan sighed and said: "Feng An's words are very clear, he can only divide one side, but he can't help us conquer the world, because Lingnan is vast and sparsely populated, both military and production, are very backward, and the climate is very different from the Central Plains. Self-protection is reluctant, not to mention entering the Central Plains, so he is at most wait-and-see, and it is impossible for him to help. ”

Li Mi also sighed: "This person speaks and acts brightly, which is worthy of admiration, if there is a chance, the younger brother is willing to have a deep friendship with this person." ”

Yang Xuangan laughed: "There will be a chance, in the future, the foolish brother and the father can help the virtuous brother to introduce him." By the way, what do you think in Shuzhong? ”

Li Mi shook his head: "The younger brother this time is to follow Zhuge Wuhou's example, and his footprints have traveled all over the land of Liangchuan. Now I know the customs and customs of Guanshan there well. Eldest brother. You haven't seen it, the difficulty of the Shu Road is really beyond imagination, as long as the Sword Pavilion is guarded, let him pass the 100,000 male soldiers, and don't want to take a step into Sichuan. ”

Yang Xuangan shook his head: "Brother Xian, there is more than one road, when Deng Ai destroyed Shu in the Three Kingdoms, it was a peaceful path. ”

Li Mi smiled: "What kind of trail, seven hundred miles of Yinping Ancient Road, I deliberately walked on the way into Sichuan, all the way to cross the Yinping Bridge, Mumen Road, Tangjia River, and finally over the Sky Ridge, from the high cliff down, you can go straight into the key pass of Shuzhong River Oil Pass." The end of the ground is steep and abnormal, and as long as the enemy army sends a few thousand soldiers and horses to guard under the Sky Ridge, it can completely make the smuggling troops come and go. ”

Yang Xuangan listened attentively, and hurriedly said: "That is to say, in the eyes of the virtuous brother, it is impossible for someone to take the Yinping Ancient Road to enter Shu now?" ”

Li Mi nodded: "With Deng Ai's precedent, presumably the people guarding Shu will send some troops here to guard against it in the future, and they will no longer be as caught off guard as the Shu army back then." According to the younger brother, as long as he guards the Sword Pavilion and Jiangyou Pass, he basically excludes the possibility of entering Shu from the northern pass, and if he wants to enter Shu, he is afraid that he will have to go up the Yangtze River. ”

Yang Xuangan muttered twice about the Yangtze River, and said, "You are talking about the two tributaries of the outer water and the inner water mentioned in the ancient military books." ”

The upper reaches of the Yangtze River originate from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and there are many tributaries in Sichuan, among which the Fujiang River is the internal water and the Minjiang River is the external water. In history, when Zhu Lingshi, the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, attacked Shu, he was to send troops out of the internal water and the outer water at the same time, and the suspicious soldiers went out of the internal water, and the army went out of the outer water to pacify Shu in a war.

Li Mi said: "Since the eldest brother is familiar with the book of war, he should know the matter of Zhu Lingshi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Shu, but the internal and external waters are in the Three Gorges in the Fengjie area of Ba County and merge into the Yangtze River, once the Three Gorges can not be guarded, then the door of Shu is wide open, and the enemy can calmly choose whether to march from the outer water or from the inner water, and Shuzhong is very passive, so if you want to defend Shuzhong, you must defend the Three Gorges, this is the understanding of the younger brother, once the Three Gorges is stable, coupled with the North Choke Sword Pavilion, Shuzhong can form a separation. ”

Yang Xuangan nodded and said, "Then according to Brother Xian's opinion, this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is very easy to form a separation, are there any big families in this place that have huge power and can be befriended?" In troubled times, if the competition is unfavorable, there is a place to retreat. ”

Li Mi sighed and said: "It's all to blame for Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, who plotted against him, he first wanted to cultivate his own power, and wantonly cleansed and squeezed out the local families in Shuzhong, and after he was defeated, Zhao Zhongqing, a ruthless man, was killed in Shuzhong, and the locals who were officials were wiped out nine times out of ten, and now there is no strong enough family in Sichuan." ”

Li Mi glanced at Yang Xuangan and continued: "What's even more sad is that the Shu people have experienced such a massacre and purge, because the leading big family has almost all been defeated, the remaining ordinary Shu people are like a plate of scattered sand, without leadership, they can't form a series, and they don't have the courage to confront the imperial court. ”

"Big brother, in the expected twenty or thirty years, there will be no local forces in Shu who dare to come forward and form a secession, in the eyes of the younger brother, although there was a saying that the world was not chaotic in Shu first, and the world was in Shu before it was settled, but in my dynasty, this will not work, if Shu wants to have a secession force, unless it is a foreign army into Sichuan."

Yang Xuangan's heart moved when he heard this, and he said, "How are the current folk customs in Shudi?" Putting aside the local clans, let's just say that the Shu people, if we retreat into this Shu in the future, if we want to recruit troops and horses on the spot, first seek self-protection, and then enter the Central Plains, can we have a chance of winning? ”

Li Mi shook his head and said: "Shu lacks war horses, Shu people are generally short in stature, and because there is no border trouble, they have not been in battle for a long time, even if the eldest brother can occupy Shu and recruit soldiers on the spot, there is no big problem in terms of money and food, because Shu produces a lot, whether it is Shu brocade or tea trade, it can earn a lot of silver, and the Chengdu Plain is also a fertile land, but Shu soldiers really can't be counted on." ”

After Li Mi thought of his experience in Sichuan, he sighed again and said: "And after entering Shuzhong, for some reason, the whole person will give birth to a kind of inertia, that is, the younger brother has been in Sichuan for less than half a year, and he is also unwilling to extricate himself in that warm, rich and closed Shu land. ”

Yang Xuangan smiled evilly, looked at Li Mi's face that was a little tired and had sunken eye sockets, and said: "It is said that the beauty of Shu is a beautiful woman, all of them are snow-white and bright, you have been tired for half a year, haha." (To be continued......)