In the fifth year of Yuanhe, Pei Yan resigned due to illness, and Li Chun took the opportunity to recall Li Jifu, who was still in Yangzhou. In the eyes of many people, this is just a small episode, but for Li Jifu, Yuanhe's three-year policy case has always been a lingering piece of his heart. The bright moon of the Twenty-Four Bridge did not soothe his wounded heart, and the bright scenery of the fireworks in March did not soothe his depressed feelings. Therefore, Li Jifu, who worshiped the prime minister again, is no longer the wise prime minister who can "meet and laugh at each other's enmity" with his political enemies, on the contrary, he frequently took revenge on political enemies who once had grudges with him, and even his former confidant, the wise and upright former prime minister Pei Yan, was not spared, and was demoted to the prince's guest by Li Jifu by taking the opportunity. Li Jifu's style of revenge was introduced to the ears of Li Chun, the son of heaven, and in order to prevent his happiness and revenge regardless of the overall situation, Li Chun used Li Jiang to contain Li Jifu.

Speaking of which, the two Li are not only the same surname, but also the same clan, they are both from the Li family of Zhaojun, but the personalities of the two are incompatible, and the ice and charcoal are different. Li Jifu is a utilitarian, who can do whatever it takes for the sake of the end; For example, in order to keep his position, Li Jifu, who once hated eunuchs, also quietly got in touch with eunuchs. Of course, Li Jifu wooed the most favored and authoritative eunuch in the Yuanhe period, Tutu Chengguang. Unlike Li Jifu, Li Jiang was a moralist by nature, and Confucian ethics and the righteousness of kings and ministers were the norms for his actions. No matter who it is, as long as he violates the rules, Li Jiang will not hesitate to stop it, even if the other party is a hot eunuch Tutu Chengxuan, or even the Son of Heaven himself.

In the fourth year of Yuanhe, the lieutenant of the left army, Tutu Chengxuan, led the meritorious envoy, repaired the Anguo Temple, and erected the holy monument. After the stele tower was built, Tutu Chengguang asked the Hanlin scholar to write the inscription for him, and prepared a generous pen fee. Li Chun handed over this fat difference to Li Jiang, who was still a bachelor of Hanlin at the time. Li Jiang not only did not gladly accept it, but also went directly to Shuyun: "Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, have not tried to erect a monument to say that they are sacred, but Qin Shi Huang passed by in the parade, carved the stone high and claimed to be stated, and did not judge what His Majesty wants!" And the beauty of the temple, but the magnificent view, how can it be so light and sacred! "The implication is that if you Li Chun carve a stone to remember his merits, he will be Qin Shi Huang; If you give up, you will be one step closer to Yao Shunyu soup. Li Chun had no choice but to order the stele to be knocked down, and Tutu Chengxuan slapped the horse's ass on the horse's leg, and had to break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, and pushed the stele tower to the point of the matter.

It seems that the moral gentleman Li Jiang seems to be more suitable to be in charge of the government, but in fact, it is not. Li Jiang is a natural staff member and military advisor, a bystander who makes timely suggestions, but he is not an ideal decision-maker and executor. His value lies in his language, in his calm brain, in his penetrating analysis of the situation, and in making reasonable suggestions in a timely manner, so as to provide a theoretical basis and reference for the decision-making of the Son of Heaven. In the-for-tat debate with Li Jiang, Li Jifu fell behind, and his character seems to be inferior to Li Jiang, but Li Jifu is a natural executor, and his value lies in action, vigorous and resolute action. The entire Outer Dynasty, under his control, methodically prepared for the use of military forces, reformed the official system, and reorganized the armament and ......, all for the ultimate goal, to reduce the feudal domains, and to reduce the feudal domains by force.

Li Jifu believes that he has made all the preparations, and it can be said that everything is ready, and only the east wind is owed. Wei Bojiedu's death brought the east wind to Chang'an. This is an opportunity, an opportunity to recapture the appointment and dismissal of Wei Bojiedu's envoy into the hands of Chang'an. Li Jifu was so excited that he repeatedly went up and asked to crusade against Wei Bo. Li Chun, who has been waiting for the rabbit, couldn't help but be thrilled this time, war seems to be inevitable.

At a critical time, Li Jiang stood up, he told the Son of Heaven who was about to move, don't use soldiers, and don't need to use soldiers, at this time, the most important thing Chang'an should do is to continue to wait, wait and see what happens, and then wait for the opportunity to move. Li Jiang asserted that it would not be long before something new would happen to Weibo. Li Jiang's words are conclusive, of course, not true, but well-founded.

The days of the Jiedu envoys are not as glamorous as they seem, in fact, all along, they have to deal with no less troubles than the emperor of Chang'an, such as the conquest of Chang'an, such as the provocation of neighbors, such as the betrayal of subordinates. Especially the last point, the Jiedu envoys who are always ready to betray Chang'an must also be on guard against the betrayal of their subordinates, in order to nip possible betrayal in the bud as much as possible, the Jiedu envoys racked their brains and came up with a clever trick. This so-called trick is called dividing troops. The specific situation is as follows: Jiedu envoys took out their own army, of course, a part of it, and handed it over to different generals, artificially creating a balance of power among the generals who commanded the army, so that they could contain each other. If anyone wants to start a rebellion, he will face a dilemma: if he goes it alone, his strength will be relatively weak, that is, he will touch an egg with a stone, and as long as he is not brainless, no one will do such a stupid thing; There is a danger in going it alone, and the danger factor of a broad alliance is no lower than that of going it alone, because a rebellion is such a confidential event, and naturally the fewer people know about it, the better, otherwise, there will be many people talking about it, and if you can't keep it, there will be a benevolent brother who will leak the secret intentionally or unintentionally, maybe you haven't had time to act, and your head has been taken off. It's so dangerous, it's not safe like that, those generals are left with only one way, stay honest, only in this way, will their hearts be more steady. For decades, those arrogant feudal towns relied on this so-called division of troops policy to control their arrogant generals.

However, this seemingly perfect trick is actually not perfect, because it has a loophole, the only loophole, but it is also a fatal loophole. Li Jiang discovered this loophole, so he accurately foresaw what would happen to Wei Bo in the near future.

The only loophole in this is the people, the people who manipulate the system. Any kind of rule, any kind of system, no matter how perfect, needs to be done by people. This so-called policy of dividing forces is no exception, and the premise for its perfect operation is that the temperance envoy must have a certain prestige and superior wisdom, or in other words, the person must be cunning enough. Tian Chenghe, who came out of the war, undoubtedly has these conditions, he holds a carrot in one hand and a stick in the other, the reward that should be rewarded, the punishment that should be punished, and the obedience of those unruly generals is packed up. And Tian Huaizhi is only an eleven-year-old child, neither has any prestige, let alone cunning, as for his mother Yuan, she is just a woman, and her knowledge is not high. Such a mother-son combination will inevitably act upside down and be unorthodox, and will eventually lead to resentment and resentment among everyone, which will greatly increase the possibility and success rate of the joint rebellion of the commanders and generals. At that time, Tian Huaiji's ending was nothing more than two things, either he was killed by the rebel army, or he was sent to Chang'an to be executed.

If the rebellion succeeds, whoever will take over Tian Huaiji's position will face the squeeze of the neighboring provinces. Because the most taboo thing for the Jiedu envoys is the rebellion of their subordinates, although they often do this. At that time, if Wei Bo did not take refuge in Chang'an, he would definitely be smashed into powder by the neighboring provinces. Therefore, what Chang'an needs to do is not to send troops to recruit, but to train people and horses and create momentum. In this way, within a few months, Wei Bo will take the initiative to join Chang'an. Surrendering soldiers without a fight, this is the best policy.

Soon, to be specific, more than a month later, Chang'an received a report from Wei Bo's supervising army: Sergeant Wei Bo drove Tian Huaiji out of Yamen, and promoted the soldiers and horses in Yanei to make Tian Xingwei stay behind. Not long after, to be specific, a few days later, Li Chun received a map of the six states of Weibo sent by the flying horse of Weizhou, as well as a note waiting for the edict. Tian Xing used this move to announce to Chang'an and the world that Wei Bo would return to Chang'an from now on!